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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848284" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>The Berlengas, 1182</strong></p><p></p><p>It was immediately clear that our time in the Berlengas was at an end. If there was not enough prey for me to find easily, there certainly wasn't enough for me and Juião.</p><p></p><p>I suspected the current flurry of war wasn't going to last, but I did not have the luxury of being wrong, not with Juião in a vulnerable state.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, the various Moorish taifas are supposed to be places of culture and refinement, but exploring them during wartime, especially with Juião in tow, would be reckless.</p><p></p><p>My memories of France are fragmentary -- disjointed images of my father, of Carnutes, of Constansia -- but I had no desire to return there.</p><p></p><p>We needed a fresh place, away from the battles with the Muslims, preferably a place of cloudy days and long nights, where Juião and I could wander the shadows of a great city, hunting without being spotted. </p><p></p><p>While I puzzled this out, Juião and I took our small sailing ship, Mouette Noire, north along the Portuguese coast, tying up beside other ships in harbor and boarding a lightly crewed neighbor and drinking our fill. We had one or two close calls, but no disasters like at Figueira da Foz -- the further I got from my previous hunting grounds, the less on guard the people were for things like myself and Juião.</p><p></p><p>Juião was learning control over his appetites, although he swung between resenting what I had done to him and glorying in it. I do not know which bothered me more.</p><p></p><p>But the time we reached the Rhine river, weeks later, he had gained control of himself, and I knew our destination, a place where two creatures such as us could flourish.</p><p></p><p>And so it was, as Wilhelm and Julian Black, we took up residence in Cologne in the Holy Roman Empire.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 26 + 4 - 6 = Prompt 24</p><p></p><p><em>You are forced to adopt a new name. Why?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Wilhelm Black</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Skills</strong>: </p><p>Skilled at navigating boats (checked);</p><p>Bloodthirsty (checked); </p><p>Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked);</p><p>I control the beast; </p><p>Skilled merchant; </p><p>Cook Portuguese seafood dishes;</p><p>Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; </p><p></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p>the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires</p><p>Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book</p><p></p><p><strong>Characters</strong>:</p><p>Juião/Julian Black, a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (Immortal); </p><p></p><p><strong>Marks</strong>: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants; </p><p></p><p><strong>Memories (up to three Experiences each)</strong>:</p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder there</p><p>2: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead.</p><p>3: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven;</p><p>4: I am "the Frenchman": The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them.</p><p>5: I am "the Frenchman": I retreat to the islands off Portugal with my servant, Juião, and sail to the mainland at night, under cover of darkness, looking for prey; I feed on Juião when desperate for blood and accidentally turn him into a vampire; we relocate to Cologne, a city of gray skies and long nights, better suited for those such as ourselves than sunny Portugal.</p><p></p><p><strong>Diary (up to four Memories)</strong>:</p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants;</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848284, member: 11760"] [B]The Berlengas, 1182[/B] It was immediately clear that our time in the Berlengas was at an end. If there was not enough prey for me to find easily, there certainly wasn't enough for me and Juião. I suspected the current flurry of war wasn't going to last, but I did not have the luxury of being wrong, not with Juião in a vulnerable state. Likewise, the various Moorish taifas are supposed to be places of culture and refinement, but exploring them during wartime, especially with Juião in tow, would be reckless. My memories of France are fragmentary -- disjointed images of my father, of Carnutes, of Constansia -- but I had no desire to return there. We needed a fresh place, away from the battles with the Muslims, preferably a place of cloudy days and long nights, where Juião and I could wander the shadows of a great city, hunting without being spotted. While I puzzled this out, Juião and I took our small sailing ship, Mouette Noire, north along the Portuguese coast, tying up beside other ships in harbor and boarding a lightly crewed neighbor and drinking our fill. We had one or two close calls, but no disasters like at Figueira da Foz -- the further I got from my previous hunting grounds, the less on guard the people were for things like myself and Juião. Juião was learning control over his appetites, although he swung between resenting what I had done to him and glorying in it. I do not know which bothered me more. But the time we reached the Rhine river, weeks later, he had gained control of himself, and I knew our destination, a place where two creatures such as us could flourish. And so it was, as Wilhelm and Julian Black, we took up residence in Cologne in the Holy Roman Empire. [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 26 + 4 - 6 = Prompt 24 [I]You are forced to adopt a new name. Why?[/I] [B]Wilhelm Black Skills[/B]: Skilled at navigating boats (checked); Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked); I control the beast; Skilled merchant; Cook Portuguese seafood dishes; Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; [B]Resources[/B]: the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book [B]Characters[/B]: Juião/Julian Black, a Portuguese orphan turned my servant turned vampire (Immortal); [B]Marks[/B]: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants; [B]Memories (up to three Experiences each)[/B]: 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder there 2: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead. 3: I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven; 4: I am "the Frenchman": The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them. 5: I am "the Frenchman": I retreat to the islands off Portugal with my servant, Juião, and sail to the mainland at night, under cover of darkness, looking for prey; I feed on Juião when desperate for blood and accidentally turn him into a vampire; we relocate to Cologne, a city of gray skies and long nights, better suited for those such as ourselves than sunny Portugal. [B]Diary (up to four Memories)[/B]: 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants; [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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