Gary N. Mengle
04-01-2005, 07:20 PM
We had our first session yesterday, mostly taken up by the task of character creation, which went (I thought) very smoothly. We did get about an hour of play in as well - I'll get to writing that up with next week's session summary.
Those interested in the campaign setup and in writeups of the important NPC's (many of which are mentioned below,) should refer to This Thread (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=177784&highlight=tekumel).
Here are the PCs:
Drakóhl hiSharvóya of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 20. Clan Swordmaster. Worshipper of Chiténg.
Son of Kotáru and Raisákka.
Drakóhl is quick to anger, quick to judgment, and quick with the sword. A family contact with the Clan of the Sword of Fire got him admitted to the martial academies of the Temple of Vimúhla at age 12, where he prospered studying one of the few subjects which could hold his attention.
During a "private weapon practice" at the academy, he killed a scion of the Clan of Sea Blue - a very, very high Clan, and one which would be a formidable enemy indeed. A close friend in the academy had the matter hushed up and arranged for an "accident scene." The truth of the matter remains hidden... for now.
Drakóhl is gifted enough with the blade that he is now in charge of training the young scions of the House in its use. Treshélmu, the Clan-Head's dilettante eldest son, hates him for that - that position should have been his.
Zhurák hiSharvóya of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 19. Ritual Priest of Sárku, 5th Circle.
Son of Kotáru and Ta'ána.
Zhurák was a shy little boy packed off by his father to the Temple academy of Sárku at age 8. The young Ritual Priest who emerged is nervous and cruel - and he wakes up in the middle of every night in a cold sweat. That woman who was his patron for five years in the Temple... the one with flesh like meat left too long in the butcher's shop... he did things at her command... and with her... that will not be spoken of here. But none question his dedication to the faith of Sárku or pursuit of the Temple's goals - he makes very sure that they don't.
Arkháne hiKoródu of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 20. Worshipper of Hrü'ü. Former Kási of the Legion of the Deep Purple Dark.
Son of Horú and the deceased Sídla.
Arkháne's father was himself a veteran of the Legion of the Deep Purple Dark, and used his contacts within the Legion to set his son up with an officer's commission. There Arkháne served with... well, not distinction, since he broke and hid during a decisive engagement during the recent Civil War, regrouping with his decimated unit later. Shamed over the affair, he mustered out as soon as hostilities wound down and came back home to Katalál. He hopes that no one knows of his cowardice in battle...
His father Horú is very proud of his second son. Nobody's told him the tale of his boy cowering in an old ruin while his subordinates fought and died mere paces away. Yet.
Nríga hiKoródu of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 18. Lay-Priest of Ksárul, 3rd Circle.
Son of vanished Ngáya and an unknown father, brother of No'ómu; husband of Jaishá.
Clever, ruthless Nríga recently spent 18 months attached to a Clan trade embassy to N'lüssa headed by Clan-Elder Charikása hiSharvóya - one that ended in financial disaster, and is partly responsible for the Clan's current fiscal woes. Charikása found himself packed off to a remote clanhouse in the hinterlands upon his empty-handed return, and Nríga has himself been tainted by association with the failed venture.
The young sorcerer also came back with an additional embarrassment - a female N'lüss "bodyguard," who at just over 7' tall, towers over everyone in the clanhouse. He hasn't told anyone that he married the woman up in N'lüssa - he certainly hasn't told his pretty little wife.
Those interested in the campaign setup and in writeups of the important NPC's (many of which are mentioned below,) should refer to This Thread (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=177784&highlight=tekumel).
Here are the PCs:
Drakóhl hiSharvóya of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 20. Clan Swordmaster. Worshipper of Chiténg.
Son of Kotáru and Raisákka.
Drakóhl is quick to anger, quick to judgment, and quick with the sword. A family contact with the Clan of the Sword of Fire got him admitted to the martial academies of the Temple of Vimúhla at age 12, where he prospered studying one of the few subjects which could hold his attention.
During a "private weapon practice" at the academy, he killed a scion of the Clan of Sea Blue - a very, very high Clan, and one which would be a formidable enemy indeed. A close friend in the academy had the matter hushed up and arranged for an "accident scene." The truth of the matter remains hidden... for now.
Drakóhl is gifted enough with the blade that he is now in charge of training the young scions of the House in its use. Treshélmu, the Clan-Head's dilettante eldest son, hates him for that - that position should have been his.
Zhurák hiSharvóya of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 19. Ritual Priest of Sárku, 5th Circle.
Son of Kotáru and Ta'ána.
Zhurák was a shy little boy packed off by his father to the Temple academy of Sárku at age 8. The young Ritual Priest who emerged is nervous and cruel - and he wakes up in the middle of every night in a cold sweat. That woman who was his patron for five years in the Temple... the one with flesh like meat left too long in the butcher's shop... he did things at her command... and with her... that will not be spoken of here. But none question his dedication to the faith of Sárku or pursuit of the Temple's goals - he makes very sure that they don't.
Arkháne hiKoródu of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 20. Worshipper of Hrü'ü. Former Kási of the Legion of the Deep Purple Dark.
Son of Horú and the deceased Sídla.
Arkháne's father was himself a veteran of the Legion of the Deep Purple Dark, and used his contacts within the Legion to set his son up with an officer's commission. There Arkháne served with... well, not distinction, since he broke and hid during a decisive engagement during the recent Civil War, regrouping with his decimated unit later. Shamed over the affair, he mustered out as soon as hostilities wound down and came back home to Katalál. He hopes that no one knows of his cowardice in battle...
His father Horú is very proud of his second son. Nobody's told him the tale of his boy cowering in an old ruin while his subordinates fought and died mere paces away. Yet.
Nríga hiKoródu of the Clan of Dark Fear
Age 18. Lay-Priest of Ksárul, 3rd Circle.
Son of vanished Ngáya and an unknown father, brother of No'ómu; husband of Jaishá.
Clever, ruthless Nríga recently spent 18 months attached to a Clan trade embassy to N'lüssa headed by Clan-Elder Charikása hiSharvóya - one that ended in financial disaster, and is partly responsible for the Clan's current fiscal woes. Charikása found himself packed off to a remote clanhouse in the hinterlands upon his empty-handed return, and Nríga has himself been tainted by association with the failed venture.
The young sorcerer also came back with an additional embarrassment - a female N'lüss "bodyguard," who at just over 7' tall, towers over everyone in the clanhouse. He hasn't told anyone that he married the woman up in N'lüssa - he certainly hasn't told his pretty little wife.