[HQ Ignorance] Re : First Scene: Sog City, a rider comes from Riverjoin

[Lev Lafayette]

--- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:

> Aalmon remembered the stiffness in his back as he
> stood rigidly to 
> attention, the knuckles of both hands white upon the
> stave as he gripped 
> it waiting for his sponsor to speak.
> 
>  Sir Griftwald spoke in his usual gravelly voice,
> never deigning to look 
> at or speak directly to the priest.
> 
>  “I speak for Aalmon the bastard. He rode Courier
> for my Riverjoin 
> Lancers, dashing and yet faithful. With keen mind he
> won the crystal 
> pieces in chess, with steady hand and the far gaze
> he drew fine maps. He 
> was Sevened when with clever tactics he survived
> battle, yet then hated 
> War and instead found peaceful ways with his Star
> Twin Barros the Piper. 
> For cheating the demons I gifted him Blackwald’s
> Stallion and the 
> Star-iron Axe, yet mostly his nose for trouble makes
> him worthy.”
> 
>  As he turned off the main street Aalmon allowed
> himself a wry smile, it 
> had maybe not been the whole story but it had
> worked. He bounded up the 
> stairs and stooped to enter the doorway, the warm
> animal smell of his 
> brother welcoming him. Clapping his arm over Barros’
> bare shoulder he 
> laughed “Well what did you think of the show, have
> you packed for the 
> morning? Its time you saw the filthy streets of Sog
> for yourself. After 
> an ale or three, of course."
> 
> ooc:
> The basis of the narrative is all there, however it
> is 20 words short. 
> There are things perhaps Aalmon's patron is better
> off not knowing. I do 
> not know what they are yet myself so if possible I'd
> like to keep those 
> words in reserve while I think up something suitably
> juicy. Lev, should 
> I email the annotated version of the narrative to
> you directly?

Please that would be good.

Nice introduction.

All the best,


Lev


> I think 
> the keywords are pretty clear although it may take a
> little adaption, 
> other abilities I will underline. I think his
> cultural keyword will 
> look  like  a modified Seshnelan one, the religious
> and occupational 
> keywords are both Lunar in origin and can be pretty
> much as in ILH2.
> 
> You may also notice I seem to have slipped a
> beast-man in by the back 
> door - we might yet hear of the scandal of their
> mother and how it came 
> to pass that one twin is human and the other not.
> When I do the 
> character sheet we will see that Barros is a satyr.
> 
> As I mentioned this is a bit of a peace-maker
> character (his magic 
> helps, for its purposes everyone else will count as
> Barbarians) however 
> there are a few obvious sources of conflict to work
> with
> His heretical Lunar religion - especially if anyone
> discovers he is 
> Illuminated

LOL! Oh, I am so working that into the plot...

> His family history - from what I read Jonatelans
> really don't like 
> bastards.
> His brother's behaviour. Mmmm, elf ladies are sooooo
> nice. Any ladies at 
> all for that matter.

Heh. You know about the "care and feeding of the GM"
;-)

All the best,

Lev


 
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