Verandus Loran
Verandus Loran was born in Nexus, where he learned to fight on the streets - both with his hands and with a bow. He earned the notice of the Guild, who took him in. They made him a bodyguard, mercenary, assassin, and later a merchant. His skill in dealing death and dealing silver were equal, and his ability to negotiate became famous. After a time, and much experience in the Scavenger Lands, he was sent after a target that had often escaped their grasp: Linowan.
He was instructed to bring the Guild's wares to Linowan (and Linowan wares back), while not tipping the Haltans off as to what they did. He posed as a friendly soul to a Linowan boat clan; he lived among them and learned their ways, expressing feigned humility to overcome their distrust. In time, his skills at war were what carried him through - he ventured into Halta with them on a raid, helping cut a tree down and sending secret messages to Guild representatives into Halta at the same time.
However, Loran's exposure to the people of Linowan took its toll on him. He earned the trust of Seraho, a shaman of the boat clan he lived amongst. The man fashioned his Linowan Mask for him - a sign of ultimate respect. Loran was given his instructions, however: to try to cement a relationship between the Guild and Linowan, he would work with Guild members in Halta to engineer a massacre for the Linowan forces. Loran accepted the task and went through with it, convincing a war band leader to send hundreds of warriors into a trap laid by the Haltans. Loran went with them, fought at their side, and let himself be captured. He was separated from the other captives in Halta - the two dozen men who somehow survived.
He inquired as to their fate, and discovered that they were to be given to the Fair Folk. These were men he had helped, fought aside, and came to respect. Loran saw that he was about to take a step towards immorality that he could not accept in himself. He created a plan - he used his status in the Guild to acquire the guard rotations, and then slipped among the Linowans later in the night, wearing his mask. He explained that he would free them - not only from Halta, but from the machinations of those who did not care for their lives. It was then that the Unconquered Sun chose him, revealing himself to the man in a flash of insight. Loran led them himself, wearing his mask, and broke free to vanish into the woods and escape death by the Fair Folk.
He spent the following time at the edge of the borderlands. He indoctrinated those who followed him in the Unconquered Sun; he inspired them to religious fervor and explained to them that the East had become a tool of the rest of Creation. With the Unconquered Sun supporting them, they could grow into something more. He, slowly, brought some twenty men into the belief that Halta and Linowan were enemies because of the fall of the Solars before - and those who came later. He snuck back into Halta, finding sympathetic people there, and slowly created the small village of Senescha where he found a manse of one of his old incarnations. Here, Haltans and Linowans that he converted - a small handful, many already prone to questioning when they should not - began to live and work together. He brought in Dragon King allies that he found in the forests, as custodians and protectors of the village.
Now, Loran has set out. He needs resources, to make Senescha into more than one village. He also has retribution to visit upon the Guild, for their many crimes, and he needs allies.
NameVerandus Loran
ConceptRevolutionary Priest
DescriptionA 30 year-old man with long black hair and tanned skin.
MotivationLoran desires to unify Halta and Linowan into a confederation united in their worship of the Unconquered Sun. He intends to use religion to unite these vastly different cultures, and turn them against what he views as corrupting influences - to, ultimately, destroy the Guild and the Realm.
Intimacies Spreading the Faith of the Unconquered Sun●●
LanguagesRiverspeak, Forest-tongue, Old Realm
CasteZenith
AnimaGolden coins that fall down around him and shatter into shards.
Experience0 unspent/0 total
Essence/Willpower
Essence●●○○○○○○○○
Personal Pool12/12
Peripheral Pool26/29
Respiration Rate2m/hr at all times from Cult, 4m/hr relaxed or 8m/hr resting
Willpower●●●●●●○○○○
■■■■■■
Virtues
Compassion●○○○○Conviction●●○○○Temperance●●●●○Valor●●○○○
■■■■■■■■■
Primary VirtueTemperance
Limit BreakAscetic Drive Seeks tranquility through withdrawal and meditation. Engages in extreme penitence and forsakes the material.
DurationOne full day.
Partial ControlDoesn't have to retreat from world or destroy possessions, but cannot accept luxuries.
Limit ConditionGain Limit when confronted by own inaccuracies and human weakness..
Limit□□□□□□□□□□
Attributes
Strength●●○○○Charisma●●●●●Perception●●○○○
Dexterity●●●○○Manipulation●●●●○Intelligence●●○○○
Stamina●●●●○Appearance●●○○○Wits●●●○○
Abilities
Archery●●●●●Integrity●●●○○Craft○○○○○Athletics●○○○○Bureaucracy○○○○○
Martial Arts●●○○○Performance●●○○○Investigation○○○○○Awareness●●○○Linguistics●●○○○
Melee○○○○○Presence●●●●●Lore●●○○○Dodge●●●○○Ride○○○○○
Thrown○○○○○Resistance●●●●●Medicine●○○○○Larceny○○○○○Sail○○○○○
War○○○○○Survival○○○○○Occult○○○○○Stealth○○○○○Socialize●○○○○
Backgrounds
Allies●○○○○Loran allied with two Dragon Kings, Harok and Vernesis; they act as retainers and assistance when he needs extra muscle for something. He also is training them as priests of the Unconquered Sun, and has vowed to restore the Dragon Kings to their First Age glory.
Cult●●○○○Loran has created what is, effectively, a cult to the Unconquered Sun that venerates him as the Unconquered Sun's chosen spokesman. It consists of a treetop village known as Senescha, located in the East, between Haltan and Linowan lands.
Influence●○○○○Loran has some influence in the East. He worked with the Linowans for some time and earned renown among them. In addition, the Haltans believe him to be a crafty Guild merchant of some skill. He has tried to avoid the two nations realizing that he has friendly terms with both.
Resources●●●○○Loran has the resources of the village of Senescha at his command. It is a small village, but he commands virtually all of the wealth of the village.
Artifact●●●○○An orichalcum long powerbow named Eagle's Gilded Talon. Loran found it inside of his manse, when he ventured there after his Exaltation.
Artifact●●○○○The orichalcum buff jacket of a Solar associate of Loran's First Age incarnation, named Ceralsdor's Jacket. It, too, was left in his manse. It has a homing beacon... for Ceraldsor's current incarnation. Loran has no idea.
Artifact●○○○○A wooden mask fashioned for Loran by a Linowan shaman. When he wears it, it increases his Presence by 1. However, he hides this mask among the Haltans. He uses the mask as a disguise,; among the Linowans, he is known as Kehatse of the Long River.
Manse●●●○○Oaken Watcher's Sanctum, a manse at the center of Senescha. It provides a Gladestalker's Stone.
Charms
1st Archery Excellency
There Is No Wind
Arrow Storm Technique
1st Presence Excellency
Hypnotic Tongue Technique
Durability of Oak Meditation
Spirit Strengthens the Skin
Iron Skin Concentration
Ox-Body Technique
1st Medicine Excellency
1st Martial Arts Excellency
1st Performance Excellency
1st Integrity Excellency
1st Lore Excellency
Health Levels
-0□6 hours rest
-1□□□2 days rest
-2□□□□4 days rest
-4□2 weeks rest
Incapacitated□2 weeks rest
Dying□□□□2 weeks rest
Possessions
PossessionsTwo sets of traveling clothes on his person at all times, including a rather well-sewn cotton cape. He also has some formal clothing in his bags, and a backpack. He also has an old silver coin, which identifies him as a member of the Guild. He also keeps a pair of fighting gauntlets and iron boots on him, for the purposes of fighting up close.
ManseThe Oaken Watcher's Sanctum is a Wood-aligned manse at the center of Senescha. It appears to be an enormous tree, resting at the center of the village. He uses it as a base to operate out of. It provides a Gladestalker's Stone, it can also communicate its state to him in dreams, has numerous hidden passages, and an archive on the history of the East. Archive (2), Hidden Passages (2), Sympathetic Dream Link (2)
HearthstoneThe Gladestalker's Stone adds +3 Accuracy and +3 Damage to his powerbow.
Edit History
- 09/11/09: Updated for the house rules; the 1st Martial Arts, 1st Lore, 1st Performance, and 1st Integrity Excellencies were added.
He was instructed to bring the Guild's wares to Linowan (and Linowan wares back), while not tipping the Haltans off as to what they did. He posed as a friendly soul to a Linowan boat clan; he lived among them and learned their ways, expressing feigned humility to overcome their distrust. In time, his skills at war were what carried him through - he ventured into Halta with them on a raid, helping cut a tree down and sending secret messages to Guild representatives into Halta at the same time.
However, Loran's exposure to the people of Linowan took its toll on him. He earned the trust of Seraho, a shaman of the boat clan he lived amongst. The man fashioned his Linowan Mask for him - a sign of ultimate respect. Loran was given his instructions, however: to try to cement a relationship between the Guild and Linowan, he would work with Guild members in Halta to engineer a massacre for the Linowan forces. Loran accepted the task and went through with it, convincing a war band leader to send hundreds of warriors into a trap laid by the Haltans. Loran went with them, fought at their side, and let himself be captured. He was separated from the other captives in Halta - the two dozen men who somehow survived.
He inquired as to their fate, and discovered that they were to be given to the Fair Folk. These were men he had helped, fought aside, and came to respect. Loran saw that he was about to take a step towards immorality that he could not accept in himself. He created a plan - he used his status in the Guild to acquire the guard rotations, and then slipped among the Linowans later in the night, wearing his mask. He explained that he would free them - not only from Halta, but from the machinations of those who did not care for their lives. It was then that the Unconquered Sun chose him, revealing himself to the man in a flash of insight. Loran led them himself, wearing his mask, and broke free to vanish into the woods and escape death by the Fair Folk.
He spent the following time at the edge of the borderlands. He indoctrinated those who followed him in the Unconquered Sun; he inspired them to religious fervor and explained to them that the East had become a tool of the rest of Creation. With the Unconquered Sun supporting them, they could grow into something more. He, slowly, brought some twenty men into the belief that Halta and Linowan were enemies because of the fall of the Solars before - and those who came later. He snuck back into Halta, finding sympathetic people there, and slowly created the small village of Senescha where he found a manse of one of his old incarnations. Here, Haltans and Linowans that he converted - a small handful, many already prone to questioning when they should not - began to live and work together. He brought in Dragon King allies that he found in the forests, as custodians and protectors of the village.
Now, Loran has set out. He needs resources, to make Senescha into more than one village. He also has retribution to visit upon the Guild, for their many crimes, and he needs allies.
NameVerandus Loran
ConceptRevolutionary Priest
DescriptionA 30 year-old man with long black hair and tanned skin.
MotivationLoran desires to unify Halta and Linowan into a confederation united in their worship of the Unconquered Sun. He intends to use religion to unite these vastly different cultures, and turn them against what he views as corrupting influences - to, ultimately, destroy the Guild and the Realm.
Intimacies Spreading the Faith of the Unconquered Sun●●
LanguagesRiverspeak, Forest-tongue, Old Realm
CasteZenith
AnimaGolden coins that fall down around him and shatter into shards.
Experience0 unspent/0 total
Essence/Willpower
Essence●●○○○○○○○○
Personal Pool12/12
Peripheral Pool26/29
Respiration Rate2m/hr at all times from Cult, 4m/hr relaxed or 8m/hr resting
Willpower●●●●●●○○○○
■■■■■■
Virtues
Compassion●○○○○Conviction●●○○○Temperance●●●●○Valor●●○○○
■■■■■■■■■
Primary VirtueTemperance
Limit BreakAscetic Drive Seeks tranquility through withdrawal and meditation. Engages in extreme penitence and forsakes the material.
DurationOne full day.
Partial ControlDoesn't have to retreat from world or destroy possessions, but cannot accept luxuries.
Limit ConditionGain Limit when confronted by own inaccuracies and human weakness..
Limit□□□□□□□□□□
Attributes
Strength●●○○○Charisma●●●●●Perception●●○○○
Dexterity●●●○○Manipulation●●●●○Intelligence●●○○○
Stamina●●●●○Appearance●●○○○Wits●●●○○
Abilities
Archery●●●●●Integrity●●●○○Craft○○○○○Athletics●○○○○Bureaucracy○○○○○
Martial Arts●●○○○Performance●●○○○Investigation○○○○○Awareness●●○○Linguistics●●○○○
Melee○○○○○Presence●●●●●Lore●●○○○Dodge●●●○○Ride○○○○○
Thrown○○○○○Resistance●●●●●Medicine●○○○○Larceny○○○○○Sail○○○○○
War○○○○○Survival○○○○○Occult○○○○○Stealth○○○○○Socialize●○○○○
Backgrounds
Allies●○○○○Loran allied with two Dragon Kings, Harok and Vernesis; they act as retainers and assistance when he needs extra muscle for something. He also is training them as priests of the Unconquered Sun, and has vowed to restore the Dragon Kings to their First Age glory.
Cult●●○○○Loran has created what is, effectively, a cult to the Unconquered Sun that venerates him as the Unconquered Sun's chosen spokesman. It consists of a treetop village known as Senescha, located in the East, between Haltan and Linowan lands.
Influence●○○○○Loran has some influence in the East. He worked with the Linowans for some time and earned renown among them. In addition, the Haltans believe him to be a crafty Guild merchant of some skill. He has tried to avoid the two nations realizing that he has friendly terms with both.
Resources●●●○○Loran has the resources of the village of Senescha at his command. It is a small village, but he commands virtually all of the wealth of the village.
Artifact●●●○○An orichalcum long powerbow named Eagle's Gilded Talon. Loran found it inside of his manse, when he ventured there after his Exaltation.
Artifact●●○○○The orichalcum buff jacket of a Solar associate of Loran's First Age incarnation, named Ceralsdor's Jacket. It, too, was left in his manse. It has a homing beacon... for Ceraldsor's current incarnation. Loran has no idea.
Artifact●○○○○A wooden mask fashioned for Loran by a Linowan shaman. When he wears it, it increases his Presence by 1. However, he hides this mask among the Haltans. He uses the mask as a disguise,; among the Linowans, he is known as Kehatse of the Long River.
Manse●●●○○Oaken Watcher's Sanctum, a manse at the center of Senescha. It provides a Gladestalker's Stone.
Charms
1st Archery Excellency
There Is No Wind
Arrow Storm Technique
1st Presence Excellency
Hypnotic Tongue Technique
Durability of Oak Meditation
Spirit Strengthens the Skin
Iron Skin Concentration
Ox-Body Technique
1st Medicine Excellency
1st Martial Arts Excellency
1st Performance Excellency
1st Integrity Excellency
1st Lore Excellency
Health Levels
-0□6 hours rest
-1□□□2 days rest
-2□□□□4 days rest
-4□2 weeks rest
Incapacitated□2 weeks rest
Dying□□□□2 weeks rest
Possessions
PossessionsTwo sets of traveling clothes on his person at all times, including a rather well-sewn cotton cape. He also has some formal clothing in his bags, and a backpack. He also has an old silver coin, which identifies him as a member of the Guild. He also keeps a pair of fighting gauntlets and iron boots on him, for the purposes of fighting up close.
ManseThe Oaken Watcher's Sanctum is a Wood-aligned manse at the center of Senescha. It appears to be an enormous tree, resting at the center of the village. He uses it as a base to operate out of. It provides a Gladestalker's Stone, it can also communicate its state to him in dreams, has numerous hidden passages, and an archive on the history of the East. Archive (2), Hidden Passages (2), Sympathetic Dream Link (2)
HearthstoneThe Gladestalker's Stone adds +3 Accuracy and +3 Damage to his powerbow.
Edit History
- 09/11/09: Updated for the house rules; the 1st Martial Arts, 1st Lore, 1st Performance, and 1st Integrity Excellencies were added.