So, er, this is not DnD related....well I guess it could relate by a loose definition of genre. But yeah. I'm posting about this anyway.
I finally saw Enchanted tonight, and holy balls is is awesome *love!* If you are a fairy tale/fantasy fan and you haven't seen it, go see it NOW!!!!!
Okay, my macaroni is done, so off I go. I just wanted to share.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Backstory - Gazit's father
In case anyone was wondering how Gazit's father came to be such an evil biznatch (and because I like posting every day).
Hadrian of the Dark rock
Father of Gazit Treebend
Race: Gnome
Age: 148
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Class: Cleric 13, Ranger 1
Deity: Nerull
Domains: Death, Trickery
Also known as: Elgan Riddlewick
Hadrian was born to a poor Gnomish family in Brynn. His father was a rather untalented rogue, and his mother a common beggar, who started a relationship and accidentally had a child. They got married out of necessity and soon had two more children, the youngest of which was Hadrian. They all struggled through life, each day getting harder. His father turned to alcohol to distract himself, and his mother fell into depression. Their luck changed a bit when Hadrian was in his early teens; his father entered the black market and started making money illegally. Though this improved the status of the family, his mother did not approve, and the two parents would often get into fights over it. Finally, one night, in a state of misery she had not yet experienced, Hadrian’s mother took her life and left the children with their father.
Their father discovered his wife’s body after returning home that night from drinking, and flew into a rage. He blamed the children, not himself, for her suicide, and in his anger attacked them. He killed the oldest child right off, and attacked Hadrian and the other, both of whom were almost killed. Hadrian somehow managed to distract him, letting his remaining sibling escape, and in the end killed his father. He ran off then and left any semblance of his family behind.
For a while, Hadrian scraped by as a beggar, traveling the world to escape what had happened. He began to starve, and during one hallucination brought on by his hunger, saw a skeletal being, cloaked and holding a scythe, coming towards him and preaching evil and trickery as the only ways he would survive. When the vision ended, he knew it was the god Nerull, and he must find his worship in order to live. Thus he made his way to the human city Kelwen, where an Order dedicated to Nerull was rumored to exist. By sheer luck he stumbled upon their stronghold, and was tested and taken in, immediately being trained as a cleric.
By the time he had attained fourth level, and was 105 years old, he was assigned a mission by the leader of the Order. He was to travel back to Brynn, trick the High Priestess of Ehlonna there into believing he was good, and impregnate her. Nerull wanted this done in order to insult Ehlonna herself. In order to do this, he had to learn a different trade, and learn how to pass it off as good. So he trained with the best masters of disguise they had, and their one ranger, to pass himself as a good ranger who just happened to be passing through the city. He also used his newfound disguise skills to make himself look younger, so being a level 1 ranger would not surprise anyone. After taking months to prepare himself, he left Kelwen and traveled northeast, heading once again to his home town. He survived as a ranger mostly, crossing into civilization when he needed to, but always taking great care not to let slip who he really was. To anyone who asked, he was Elgan Riddlewick, a gnome youth returning home after traveling to understand the forests better. He arrived in Brynn in good time and with little trouble, and immediately set to wooing the High Priestess.
The High Priestess was Jera Treebend, newly instated after her mother’s death. She was barely an adult. Still a bit naïve and new to her role and to otherworldly things, she fell for his act, and he won her over easily. It was not too long until she was pregnant. Once Hadrian knew that she was, and was sure the child was not going to die, he slipped away, abandoned his disguise, and quickly traveled back to Kelwen.
Once back in the city, he reported his success to his superiors, and was told that his job now was to wait and see what happened. Nerull did not want to claim the child straight off; he was more interested in how it would affect Ehlonna and her followers that he was able to do this. Other clerics were instructed to watch the progress of Jera’s pregnancy, taking note of how she reacted to everything, and how soon she discovered who her child’s father really was. She did not discover this until the child, Gazit, was born; her eyes were quite different and eerie looking, so they used magic to find out why, and found out the truth. Jera was devastated and insulted, but decided not to let anyone know, especially Gazit. Seeing this, the higher-ups of the Order decided to leave them alone for now, waiting until the girl was older to strike again.
Hadrian continued in the future to work for the Order, gaining prestige as he grew older. He now works as second-in-charge, orchestrating different adventures and attacks for members based on what Nerull tells him in his visions, though he no longer goes on these missions himself. These missions, however, are not always inspired by Nerull - he is slowly going mad, and sometimes sees visions of things not from his god. Still, he attributes these to Nerull anyway, and no one has thought to challenge his authority yet. He does not think of the past or the daughter he spawned.
Hadrian of the Dark rock
Father of Gazit Treebend
Race: Gnome
Age: 148
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Class: Cleric 13, Ranger 1
Deity: Nerull
Domains: Death, Trickery
Also known as: Elgan Riddlewick
Hadrian was born to a poor Gnomish family in Brynn. His father was a rather untalented rogue, and his mother a common beggar, who started a relationship and accidentally had a child. They got married out of necessity and soon had two more children, the youngest of which was Hadrian. They all struggled through life, each day getting harder. His father turned to alcohol to distract himself, and his mother fell into depression. Their luck changed a bit when Hadrian was in his early teens; his father entered the black market and started making money illegally. Though this improved the status of the family, his mother did not approve, and the two parents would often get into fights over it. Finally, one night, in a state of misery she had not yet experienced, Hadrian’s mother took her life and left the children with their father.
Their father discovered his wife’s body after returning home that night from drinking, and flew into a rage. He blamed the children, not himself, for her suicide, and in his anger attacked them. He killed the oldest child right off, and attacked Hadrian and the other, both of whom were almost killed. Hadrian somehow managed to distract him, letting his remaining sibling escape, and in the end killed his father. He ran off then and left any semblance of his family behind.
For a while, Hadrian scraped by as a beggar, traveling the world to escape what had happened. He began to starve, and during one hallucination brought on by his hunger, saw a skeletal being, cloaked and holding a scythe, coming towards him and preaching evil and trickery as the only ways he would survive. When the vision ended, he knew it was the god Nerull, and he must find his worship in order to live. Thus he made his way to the human city Kelwen, where an Order dedicated to Nerull was rumored to exist. By sheer luck he stumbled upon their stronghold, and was tested and taken in, immediately being trained as a cleric.
By the time he had attained fourth level, and was 105 years old, he was assigned a mission by the leader of the Order. He was to travel back to Brynn, trick the High Priestess of Ehlonna there into believing he was good, and impregnate her. Nerull wanted this done in order to insult Ehlonna herself. In order to do this, he had to learn a different trade, and learn how to pass it off as good. So he trained with the best masters of disguise they had, and their one ranger, to pass himself as a good ranger who just happened to be passing through the city. He also used his newfound disguise skills to make himself look younger, so being a level 1 ranger would not surprise anyone. After taking months to prepare himself, he left Kelwen and traveled northeast, heading once again to his home town. He survived as a ranger mostly, crossing into civilization when he needed to, but always taking great care not to let slip who he really was. To anyone who asked, he was Elgan Riddlewick, a gnome youth returning home after traveling to understand the forests better. He arrived in Brynn in good time and with little trouble, and immediately set to wooing the High Priestess.
The High Priestess was Jera Treebend, newly instated after her mother’s death. She was barely an adult. Still a bit naïve and new to her role and to otherworldly things, she fell for his act, and he won her over easily. It was not too long until she was pregnant. Once Hadrian knew that she was, and was sure the child was not going to die, he slipped away, abandoned his disguise, and quickly traveled back to Kelwen.
Once back in the city, he reported his success to his superiors, and was told that his job now was to wait and see what happened. Nerull did not want to claim the child straight off; he was more interested in how it would affect Ehlonna and her followers that he was able to do this. Other clerics were instructed to watch the progress of Jera’s pregnancy, taking note of how she reacted to everything, and how soon she discovered who her child’s father really was. She did not discover this until the child, Gazit, was born; her eyes were quite different and eerie looking, so they used magic to find out why, and found out the truth. Jera was devastated and insulted, but decided not to let anyone know, especially Gazit. Seeing this, the higher-ups of the Order decided to leave them alone for now, waiting until the girl was older to strike again.
Hadrian continued in the future to work for the Order, gaining prestige as he grew older. He now works as second-in-charge, orchestrating different adventures and attacks for members based on what Nerull tells him in his visions, though he no longer goes on these missions himself. These missions, however, are not always inspired by Nerull - he is slowly going mad, and sometimes sees visions of things not from his god. Still, he attributes these to Nerull anyway, and no one has thought to challenge his authority yet. He does not think of the past or the daughter he spawned.
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