WIGLAF THE TRICKSTER: AN INTRODUCTION
Feb 28, 2018 3:51:21 GMT
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Post by karamazov on Feb 28, 2018 3:51:21 GMT
I AM MYTHMASTERING A CAMPAIGN FOR A FEW PLAYERS WHO WILL RECIEVE A PREGEN CHARACTER EACH (AND WILL GET A SOLO INTRO SESSION AS WELL, GETTING THEM UP A FEW LEVELS SO I CAN THROW SOME CRAZY STUFF AT THEM SOONER!) ULTIMATELY LEADING THEM INTO A CORRUPTED FOREST REEKING OF ETUNAHAIMAR, WHERE THEY MUST FIND AND CUT DOWN THE CURSED TREE BEHIND IT ALL...
NOTE: THIS CHARACTER WILL NEED TO RECLAIM HIS HONOR IN ORDER TO BE PARDONED AS AN OUTLAW IN THE STORY ARC,
OTHERWISE, HE WILL SOON BE MET AGAIN BY 'THE HUNTERS'.
* CHARACTER INTRODUCTION IN A LARGER CAMPAIGN - WIGLAF THE TRICKSTER
FOR MANY OF HIS EARLY YEARS, HE WAS IN A SMALL BAND OF TRICKSTERS CALLED: THE KEYS OF TROSKENIA
THEY SPENT YEARS MIDDLEMANING TRADES BETWEEN MERCHANTS/FARMERS WHO DIDN'T DEAL WITH KHEMETIANS DIRECTLY
STEALING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD W/OUT GETTING CAUGHT
A STOCKPILE OF GOLD WAS BURIED BY THEM IN A SECRET SPOT, KNOWN ONLY TO THE KEYS OF TROSKENIA.
THEY COULD NOT SPEND MUCH OF IT, FOR FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT.
A BAND OF JUSTICEMEN CALLED 'THE HUNTERS' HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF BY SOMEONE TO THEIR CRIMES
EACH WERE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT, SEPARATED, AND ENTHRALLED TO THOSE THEY STOLE FROM.
LUCKILY, NO ONE KNEW THEY WORKED TOGETHER, THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR CRIMES, AND OF THE GOLD.
TO THIS DAY, WIGLAF KNOWS NOT OF HIS COMPANIONS WHEREABOUTS NOR CONDITION.
BEGINNING HIS TIME (IN THE HIGHLY TRAVELLED BEARDLAND) AS A THRALL TO A NASTY FARMING-MERCHANT NAMED RUMUSSON,
HIS MASTER SENTENCED HIM TO WORK THE LIVESTOCK AND THE FIELDS SUNRISE TO SUNSET FOR HIS 5 YEARS OF SERVITUDE
HE WAS WATCHED OVER BY THE MASTERS YOUNGEST SON, HANTILI, WHO GREW TO ENJOY HIS TIME WITH THE CHARASMATIC WIGLAF
THE SON NEVER LIKED HIS FATHER OR BROTHERS, WHO WERE ALL HEARTLESS MERCHANTS OF TROSKENIA
EVERYTHING WAS CURRENCY IN THEIR EYES.
ONE DAY WIGLAF CONVINCED HANTILI TO DISOBEY HIS FATHER AND HELP WIGLAF ESCAPE WITH PROMISE OF A NEW LIFE
WIGLAF BECAME AN OUTLAW AND WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE KIDNAPPED OR KILLED THE MERCHANTS SON.
HE SERVED ONLY 1 OF HIS 5 YEARS.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, HANTILI WAS BRAGGING OF HIS NEW LIFE OVER A MEAL WITH A TOWNSMAN IN SPEARSTEAD (SOUTH OF BEARDLAND)
AND WAS OVERHEARD BY KHEMETIANS WHO RECOGNIZED TWO NAMES IN HIS BABBLING: RUMUSSON, AND WIGLAF
THESE KHEMETIANS, WIGLAF WOULD'VE RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATLEY, FOR THEY TRADED WITH WIGLAF SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST
THE 3 KHEMETIANS WERE LED BY FENUKU, A REAL PIECE OF TRASH, WHO FIGURED IT WAS POSSIBLE HE HAD BEEN CHEATED HIMSELF.
AND SO FENUKU FOLLOWED HANTILI, UNTIL HE LED THEM TO WIGLAF, WHO HAD DISGUISED HIMSELF WELL, BUT NOT FROM HANTILI'S IMMATURITY.
DAYS LATER HE WAS AMBUSHED, THROWN INTO AN IRON CAGE (ON A 2 HORSE WAGON) WITH HANTILI AND 2 OTHER MEN.
THEY WERE TAKING THEM BACK TO BEARDLAND FOR A REWARD/RANSOM.
HANTILI UNDERESTIMATED HIS FATHERS PROWESS, FOR HE WAS KNOWN WELL INTO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF TROSKENIA, EVEN INTO ELLINEA
WIGLAF WAKES UP IN THE MOVING WAGON, HANDS BOUND IN CHAINS BEHIND HIM TO THE IRON CAGE
THE 3 OTHER MEN SIMILARLY BOUND SAT MOTIONLESS AND DAZED; ONE OF WHICH LOOKS AT THE BRINK OF DEATH...
THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH CHAIN SLACK TO MOVE TOWARD A CENTER HOLE, DEVISED FOR EMPTYING THEIR BOWELS ON THIS LONG JOURNEY.
LASTLY, HE NOTICES HIS CLEVER DISGUISE HAD BEEN STRIPPED OFF, AND HE WAS CLAD IN OUTLAW GREYS.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IN THE DYING PRISONERS HAND, AS IT FALLS LIMP, IS A JEWELSTONE. THIS STONE CALLS TO YOU POWERFULLY...
WIGLAF ALMOST FORGETS, TO ESCAPE...
NOTE: THIS CHARACTER WILL NEED TO RECLAIM HIS HONOR IN ORDER TO BE PARDONED AS AN OUTLAW IN THE STORY ARC,
OTHERWISE, HE WILL SOON BE MET AGAIN BY 'THE HUNTERS'.
* CHARACTER INTRODUCTION IN A LARGER CAMPAIGN - WIGLAF THE TRICKSTER
FOR MANY OF HIS EARLY YEARS, HE WAS IN A SMALL BAND OF TRICKSTERS CALLED: THE KEYS OF TROSKENIA
THEY SPENT YEARS MIDDLEMANING TRADES BETWEEN MERCHANTS/FARMERS WHO DIDN'T DEAL WITH KHEMETIANS DIRECTLY
STEALING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD W/OUT GETTING CAUGHT
A STOCKPILE OF GOLD WAS BURIED BY THEM IN A SECRET SPOT, KNOWN ONLY TO THE KEYS OF TROSKENIA.
THEY COULD NOT SPEND MUCH OF IT, FOR FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT.
A BAND OF JUSTICEMEN CALLED 'THE HUNTERS' HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF BY SOMEONE TO THEIR CRIMES
EACH WERE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT, SEPARATED, AND ENTHRALLED TO THOSE THEY STOLE FROM.
LUCKILY, NO ONE KNEW THEY WORKED TOGETHER, THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR CRIMES, AND OF THE GOLD.
TO THIS DAY, WIGLAF KNOWS NOT OF HIS COMPANIONS WHEREABOUTS NOR CONDITION.
BEGINNING HIS TIME (IN THE HIGHLY TRAVELLED BEARDLAND) AS A THRALL TO A NASTY FARMING-MERCHANT NAMED RUMUSSON,
HIS MASTER SENTENCED HIM TO WORK THE LIVESTOCK AND THE FIELDS SUNRISE TO SUNSET FOR HIS 5 YEARS OF SERVITUDE
HE WAS WATCHED OVER BY THE MASTERS YOUNGEST SON, HANTILI, WHO GREW TO ENJOY HIS TIME WITH THE CHARASMATIC WIGLAF
THE SON NEVER LIKED HIS FATHER OR BROTHERS, WHO WERE ALL HEARTLESS MERCHANTS OF TROSKENIA
EVERYTHING WAS CURRENCY IN THEIR EYES.
ONE DAY WIGLAF CONVINCED HANTILI TO DISOBEY HIS FATHER AND HELP WIGLAF ESCAPE WITH PROMISE OF A NEW LIFE
WIGLAF BECAME AN OUTLAW AND WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE KIDNAPPED OR KILLED THE MERCHANTS SON.
HE SERVED ONLY 1 OF HIS 5 YEARS.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, HANTILI WAS BRAGGING OF HIS NEW LIFE OVER A MEAL WITH A TOWNSMAN IN SPEARSTEAD (SOUTH OF BEARDLAND)
AND WAS OVERHEARD BY KHEMETIANS WHO RECOGNIZED TWO NAMES IN HIS BABBLING: RUMUSSON, AND WIGLAF
THESE KHEMETIANS, WIGLAF WOULD'VE RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATLEY, FOR THEY TRADED WITH WIGLAF SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST
THE 3 KHEMETIANS WERE LED BY FENUKU, A REAL PIECE OF TRASH, WHO FIGURED IT WAS POSSIBLE HE HAD BEEN CHEATED HIMSELF.
AND SO FENUKU FOLLOWED HANTILI, UNTIL HE LED THEM TO WIGLAF, WHO HAD DISGUISED HIMSELF WELL, BUT NOT FROM HANTILI'S IMMATURITY.
DAYS LATER HE WAS AMBUSHED, THROWN INTO AN IRON CAGE (ON A 2 HORSE WAGON) WITH HANTILI AND 2 OTHER MEN.
THEY WERE TAKING THEM BACK TO BEARDLAND FOR A REWARD/RANSOM.
HANTILI UNDERESTIMATED HIS FATHERS PROWESS, FOR HE WAS KNOWN WELL INTO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF TROSKENIA, EVEN INTO ELLINEA
WIGLAF WAKES UP IN THE MOVING WAGON, HANDS BOUND IN CHAINS BEHIND HIM TO THE IRON CAGE
THE 3 OTHER MEN SIMILARLY BOUND SAT MOTIONLESS AND DAZED; ONE OF WHICH LOOKS AT THE BRINK OF DEATH...
THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH CHAIN SLACK TO MOVE TOWARD A CENTER HOLE, DEVISED FOR EMPTYING THEIR BOWELS ON THIS LONG JOURNEY.
LASTLY, HE NOTICES HIS CLEVER DISGUISE HAD BEEN STRIPPED OFF, AND HE WAS CLAD IN OUTLAW GREYS.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IN THE DYING PRISONERS HAND, AS IT FALLS LIMP, IS A JEWELSTONE. THIS STONE CALLS TO YOU POWERFULLY...
WIGLAF ALMOST FORGETS, TO ESCAPE...