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Post by jammermoore on Sept 25, 2014 17:40:39 GMT -8
Lassandra Gremore is student of the arcane arts and fighting combat, her master’s name is Julius Gremore. Before all that Lassandra was left on Julius’ doorstep as an Infant by her birth mother. The village of Lundene where Lassandra and Julius live is small and out of the way. As a kid Lassandra was always picked on by other children so she kept to herself and studied all the time. She loves reading adventure novels as a heroine saves the day. As a bed time story Julius told her about different adventures and deeds he accomplished during his travels. As Lassandra grew up she wanted to emulate Julius as an adventurer and Magus. She studied different arcane art of a Magus and different fighting techniques, but she was always alone. When Lassandra turned 19 Julius decided it was time for Lassandra to quit reading the books and go out and find her own path in the world.
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Post by pringerbeam on Sept 26, 2014 21:15:30 GMT -8
Ok so this is a good start James but I think we can go quite a ways. First question: Where is the village that you grew up in and what was it like?
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Post by jammermoore on Sept 26, 2014 23:00:08 GMT -8
Small village between the Skyplain Province and Goldenbough Province on the Deepwood River up near Deepwood province. The population is around 200, the villagers fish for a living and sale to travelers passing through.
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Post by pringerbeam on Sept 26, 2014 23:40:15 GMT -8
Ok then question round two: If its such a small town why would your master be there? Is/was your master a registered mage or was he rogue? Is your character registered or rogue? Why are the answers to these questions what they are?
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Post by jammermoore on Sept 27, 2014 13:23:34 GMT -8
Julius is retired and moved to Lundene to get away from the Academy and live in peace. Lassandra is not Sanctioned due to she hasn't left the village yet to go to the Academy and get Sanctioned.
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Post by pringerbeam on Sept 27, 2014 13:33:54 GMT -8
Question round 3: What kind of a mage was your master and why would the village be considered any more peaceful than living in an academy institute? Why would your character learn swordsmanship if they live in a tiny fishing village with apparently no problems to speak of?
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Post by pringerbeam on Sept 27, 2014 21:00:55 GMT -8
So I hear you are having some difficulty with trying to figure out where to go with your backstory. so lets look at what aspects of your character you have right now and try and figure out what you can elaborate on.
1) Your character was an orphan
This is a good place to start. Who were your parents? Did they leave anything to clue into their identity? Did they know your master? Did he know them? Why would they drop you at the door of a magus? Did your character want to find out who they were? If not, what would lead your character to not try to seek them out? Did they live in Lundene and leave after dropping your character off or were they passing strangers? In a small town anything other than parents lifelong townsfolk dying to natural causes is going to have much gossip about your character's origins.
2) Your character was a social outcast and read lots of books
This can open up a lot about your character's personality as well as their peers. Why was your character the town outcast? Do they look different? Did you use your arcane powers against the other children? Did your character use their martial prowess to fend off bullies? If neither, why would your character who has been trained in martial combat and arcane spells do nothing to defend themselves and instead retreat to books? Did a particular book influence your character more than all the others? How did your master react to the bullying? Did he intervene or leave you to learn from hard knocks?
3) Your character sets out to adventure at the behest of their master
Ok this is a good place for your character's prolog (i.e. what you have now) ends and you can begin to figure out how your character fits into the world. Where did your character head first? North to the elves to survive in the forest or learn more of the arts of wizardry? South to the city of Splitstream or even further all the way to the capitol Goldthrone? Out to the west into Giantsfall province to try and make some cash as a slaver capturing for goblinoids and orcs? I have talked to Tony and he is interested in running the first module for this campaign. You can ask him where he is starting the party and construct a story for how your character got there in the first place.
4) Julius Gremore is a magus
So here you would pretty much just write an entire backstory for a second character that you won't be playing. Who was/is Julius? What kinds of adventures did he go on? Did he dungeoneer or join up with the imperial legions? It is hard to believe that a caster versed in the art of swordplay would spend his time cooped up in an academy library. Did he have friends? Enemies? Rivals? Why did he quite the life to go live out in a fishing village? Look to the backstories of Tony and Miles for some idea of what I mean. They have written stories not just for their character but those around them to give an idea of what shaped them. I am not necessarily asking you to go into a huge family tree thing like Tony or Miles that just does not really work with your character's backstory but I am asking you to think of your character in context.
I am not trying to say that your character doesn't work. I just want you to think about your character not just as a vehicle to play this game.
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Post by jammermoore on Oct 1, 2014 22:27:04 GMT -8
here an updated version of my background
Lassandra Gremore is student of the arcane arts and fighting combat, her master’s name is Julius Gremore. Before all that Lassandra was left on Julius’ doorstep as an Infant by her birth mother. The village of Lundene where Lassandra and Julius live is small and out of the way. As a kid Lassandra was always picked on by other children because Lassandra never played the normal games and always had a book in her hand, so she kept to herself and studied all the time. She loves reading adventure novels as a heroine saves the day. As a bed time story Julius told her about different adventures and deeds he accomplished during his travels. Lassandra never wanted to pick on or get revenge on the other kids, she always hoped the kids would just accept her the way she was. As Lassandra grew up she wanted to emulate Julius as an adventurer and Magus. She studied different arcane art of a Magus from Julius and different fighting techniques from the local blacksmith. When Lassandra turned 19 Julius decided it was time for Lassandra to quit reading the books and go out and find her own path in the world. Lassandra never wondered about her birth parents; Julius and other villagers were always there for Lassandra when she needed something. No one has mentioned anything about her parents. As she set out towards Goldthrone’s academy, all the other villagers wished her luck, finally she felt like she had been accepted in the village.
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Post by jammermoore on Oct 3, 2014 20:19:22 GMT -8
Lassandra Gremore is sanctioned magus in Goldthrone’s academy.
Before all that Lassandra was an orphan left with Julius Gremore a 6th circle Magus of the imperial academy. Her parents left a medallion with a lion on the front and a text on the back that was not in common.The village of Lundene where Lassandra grew up a small village between the Skyplain Province and Goldenbough Province on the Deepwood River up near Deepwood province. The population is around 200.When Lassandra was a kid other children did not understand why she never played the normal games and always had a book in her hand. She was a shy child and books made her feel empowered. She enjoyed the bed time story Julius told her one story.
Julius was on a quest to retrieve some documents from Stonespire's Academy for Goldthrone's academy and like always 3 soldiers escorted Julius, there was a new soldier was in the group his name was Zane. After receiving the documents and on the way back the group was ambushed. The battle was looking to be one sided Zane was at the end of a sword and Julius save him, they escaped and made it to Goldthrone and reported what happened after that Zane and Julius became good friends.
Lassandra grew up training under Julius for the spell of the academy and swordsmanship from the local blacksmith which was Zane; he was the imperial soldier Julius told stories about.Lassandra never wondered about her birth parents, but also wondered what the medallion had written on it, it was a language even Julius did not know. As she set out towards Goldthrone’s academy, all the other villagers wished her luck, Julius told her one more story about the inquisition.
Julius was on a quest to escort a rep from The Iron Kingdom to Goldthrone from trade talks. Inquisition sent a couple of people along with Julius; the inquisition knew the rep was a spy from the Frontierlands trying to kill the empire rep to start a war between the 2 empires. The inquisition people didn’t tell Julius of this, during the way back to Goldthorne the inquisition people out right killed the rep in front Julius. Julius told her that story and they did anything/everything to protect the empire at any means. As Lassandra has never met someone from the inquisition she is wondering if they are just evil murders or just misunderstood. She will hold back judgment of the inquisition till she meets a member of that order.
Lassandra decided she will use the academy's resources to decipher the medallion and find out where it came from. That would be the perfect quest.
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Post by pringerbeam on Oct 8, 2014 20:08:53 GMT -8
Just a point of clarification: you are a full member of the academy and not just a sanctioned mage?
To clarify the difference:
A sanctioned mage is essentially free to do as they wish as long as they stay within the prescribed use of magic (no necromancy or summoning evil beings). In general, they are vulnerable to conscription and are unlikely to get much support if they are under scrutiny of the inquisition. Freedom in exchange for vulnerability.
Full academy members are afforded bureaucratic support in the form of access to academy facilities and the right to internal investigation in the event of suspected unlawful magic use in exchange, they are given varying levels of freedom depending on their position in the academy. Members of the lower circles are typically given no real responsibilities but also have only limited access to academy facilities. Advancing to a higher circle requires sponsorship from an active higher circle member and some proof of skill. Any member can be given orders from the academy at any time and they are required to fulfill them. They are also protected from conscription by the imperial army though there is a token voluntary force of combat specialized magi that is maintained by the academy and is sometimes loaned out to the imperial army. There are other rules that I can elaborate on if you choose this path.
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Post by jammermoore on Oct 9, 2014 10:02:59 GMT -8
Lassandra is just a sanctioned mage right now.
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