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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848271" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Coimbra, 1181</strong></p><p></p><p>More than 120 years passed.</p><p></p><p>Constansia had long ago gone to be with her beloved Satan, sure to the end of her long, wicked life that we were both willing partners in the evils of the world. I remain unsure, to this day, how much of that is true.</p><p></p><p>Le Passeur -- known locally as just "the Frenchman" -- moved to Portugal during the early days of the Reconquista, when a foreign merchant's presence was something no one paid too much attention to. My ships aided the forces of King Afonso, as well as serving as smugglers in and out of the Moorish cities that were increasingly ignoring the commands that came out of Marrakesh.</p><p></p><p>By the time they were driven out entirely, "the Frenchman" -- or rather, his grandson -- was well established in the new kingdom. When pressed for a name, I call myself "Onfroi d'Orléans," in memory of a father whose face and voice I can no longer recall, although I still keep the inkwell he purchased for me in another life. I only know his name because I sent merchants working for me to Orléans with orders to research the history of Cateline's family, along with more ordinary work on my behalf. I and Constansia are remembered as a ghost story, nothing more. </p><p></p><p>My shipping business, up and down the coast, is lucrative and I maintain homes in Coimbra, Portucale (later known as Grande Porto) and eventually Lisbon so that no one spends enough years with the Frenchman that they can notice how he does not age and so that I can change cities as my own son and start anew there. Those employees with me long enough to participate in the ruse are well paid enough that I do not worry much about them saying anything.</p><p></p><p>I do well enough that I expand from shipping into also becoming a shipbuilder, profiting even from other merchants' success.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"] Prompt 14 + 9 - 3 = Prompt 20</p><p></p><p><em>There is a great shift in the way society moves goods. How does this work to your advantage? Check a Skill. Create a Skill based on a Memory.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The Frenchman</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></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p>a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight;</p><p>a small bronze crucifix, in the French style;</p><p>the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires</p><p></p><p><strong>Characters</strong>:</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, 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>2: 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>3: 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>4: 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>5: I am le Passeur:</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848271, member: 11760"] [B]Coimbra, 1181[/B] More than 120 years passed. Constansia had long ago gone to be with her beloved Satan, sure to the end of her long, wicked life that we were both willing partners in the evils of the world. I remain unsure, to this day, how much of that is true. Le Passeur -- known locally as just "the Frenchman" -- moved to Portugal during the early days of the Reconquista, when a foreign merchant's presence was something no one paid too much attention to. My ships aided the forces of King Afonso, as well as serving as smugglers in and out of the Moorish cities that were increasingly ignoring the commands that came out of Marrakesh. By the time they were driven out entirely, "the Frenchman" -- or rather, his grandson -- was well established in the new kingdom. When pressed for a name, I call myself "Onfroi d'Orléans," in memory of a father whose face and voice I can no longer recall, although I still keep the inkwell he purchased for me in another life. I only know his name because I sent merchants working for me to Orléans with orders to research the history of Cateline's family, along with more ordinary work on my behalf. I and Constansia are remembered as a ghost story, nothing more. My shipping business, up and down the coast, is lucrative and I maintain homes in Coimbra, Portucale (later known as Grande Porto) and eventually Lisbon so that no one spends enough years with the Frenchman that they can notice how he does not age and so that I can change cities as my own son and start anew there. Those employees with me long enough to participate in the ruse are well paid enough that I do not worry much about them saying anything. I do well enough that I expand from shipping into also becoming a shipbuilder, profiting even from other merchants' success. [spoiler="Character sheet"] Prompt 14 + 9 - 3 = Prompt 20 [I]There is a great shift in the way society moves goods. How does this work to your advantage? Check a Skill. Create a Skill based on a Memory.[/I] [B]The Frenchman Skills[/B]: Skilled at navigating boats (checked); Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked); I control the beast; Skilled merchant; [B]Resources[/B]: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; a small bronze crucifix, in the French style; the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires [B]Characters[/B]: [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, 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; 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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; 5: I am le Passeur: [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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