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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1199195" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>To start, some work by David Hendee (littlejohn) off of his web site.</p><p></p><p>A variant portrait of Mara Thornhill. Mara is a young paladin of Aeos the Sun god, one of the few who have ever become a radiant knight. Her troops worship her as fearless and would follow her anywhere; she may have never even noticed, but she has the bad habit of leaving many broken hearts in her wake. Wielding the mace <em>Lightbinder</em>, she shines like a flame on the battlefield.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Mentally, the Defenders hear Mara asking, “Where’s the half-orc?”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">“In the far corner at the back right,” someone answers. “Why? Where are you?”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Mara doesn’t answer. Flying sixty feet above the deck of the ship, she lets herself fall, aiming her one ton <em>iron body</em> at what she hopes is the correct point. She smashes through the wooden planks of the poopdeck as if they were balsa wood and miraculously comes down directly <strong>on top of</strong> the half orc. The floor beams groan and bend but somehow hold, and Mara finds herself facing a number of surprised Defenders and one very horrified minotaur. “That went well,” she says, dusting her hands off with soft clanging noises, rain splashing down on her through the jagged hole above. Then she looks around for the half-orc.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">She’s standing in his stomach.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.davidhendee.com/images/mara9h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Saint Aleax. Aleax was a famous paladin of Aeos some three hundred years ago, and was slain deep underground when trying to destroy a kingdom of ghouls. Now he has returned in skeletal form. Is it a trick of the ghoulish empire, or has he truly been sent to lead the Army of the Sun to victory?</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">“But who is this new Saint?” asks Mara. “I know he’s undead, I’ve heard that, but what is his name?” Father Tolliver opens his mouth to answer, but doesn’t get a chance, because a metallic and cold voice rasps out from behind Mara.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>“Sir Aleax.”</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Mara spins to see a… knight?... clad in gleaming golden armor, flashing in the mid-day sun coming from the skylight. The polished helm is clutched under one arm, a huge sword across his back. Nevertheless, Mara’s can’t drag her gaze away from the bone-white skull rising from the armor. The eyes are deep pits of shadow, the teeth gleam, and not a scrap of flesh remains on the old bones. <strong>”I am he. I’ve heard reports about you. Come to my office.”</strong> The skeletal knight turns abruptly on his heel and strides away, as Mara gapes at Tolliver. </span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.davidhendee.com/images/aleax.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The marilith. Summoned in the Battle of Mridsgate by a ghoulish wizard, she faced the heroes twice - once in physical form, once in spiritual.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">From the <em>gate</em>, out slithers a 12 foot tall rippling serpent with a woman’s body and a woman’s face. Coiled, hellish armor adorns her otherwise naked chest, and six scimitar sheaths line her sides. Her eyes catch Velendo’s, and they look like burning coals. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong><em>”Kill everyone in the fortress?”</em></strong> The demon’s voice sounds like dragon scales dragged across stone. She sounds amused. <strong><em>”How fun.”</em></strong></span></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.davidhendee.com/images/marilith.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1199195, member: 2"] To start, some work by David Hendee (littlejohn) off of his web site. A variant portrait of Mara Thornhill. Mara is a young paladin of Aeos the Sun god, one of the few who have ever become a radiant knight. Her troops worship her as fearless and would follow her anywhere; she may have never even noticed, but she has the bad habit of leaving many broken hearts in her wake. Wielding the mace [i]Lightbinder[/i], she shines like a flame on the battlefield. [size=1]Mentally, the Defenders hear Mara asking, “Where’s the half-orc?” “In the far corner at the back right,” someone answers. “Why? Where are you?” Mara doesn’t answer. Flying sixty feet above the deck of the ship, she lets herself fall, aiming her one ton [i]iron body[/i] at what she hopes is the correct point. She smashes through the wooden planks of the poopdeck as if they were balsa wood and miraculously comes down directly [b]on top of[/b] the half orc. The floor beams groan and bend but somehow hold, and Mara finds herself facing a number of surprised Defenders and one very horrified minotaur. “That went well,” she says, dusting her hands off with soft clanging noises, rain splashing down on her through the jagged hole above. Then she looks around for the half-orc. She’s standing in his stomach. [/size] [img]http://www.davidhendee.com/images/mara9h.jpg[/img] Saint Aleax. Aleax was a famous paladin of Aeos some three hundred years ago, and was slain deep underground when trying to destroy a kingdom of ghouls. Now he has returned in skeletal form. Is it a trick of the ghoulish empire, or has he truly been sent to lead the Army of the Sun to victory? [size=1]“But who is this new Saint?” asks Mara. “I know he’s undead, I’ve heard that, but what is his name?” Father Tolliver opens his mouth to answer, but doesn’t get a chance, because a metallic and cold voice rasps out from behind Mara. [b]“Sir Aleax.”[/b] Mara spins to see a… knight?... clad in gleaming golden armor, flashing in the mid-day sun coming from the skylight. The polished helm is clutched under one arm, a huge sword across his back. Nevertheless, Mara’s can’t drag her gaze away from the bone-white skull rising from the armor. The eyes are deep pits of shadow, the teeth gleam, and not a scrap of flesh remains on the old bones. [b]”I am he. I’ve heard reports about you. Come to my office.”[/b] The skeletal knight turns abruptly on his heel and strides away, as Mara gapes at Tolliver. [/size] [img]http://www.davidhendee.com/images/aleax.jpg[/img] The marilith. Summoned in the Battle of Mridsgate by a ghoulish wizard, she faced the heroes twice - once in physical form, once in spiritual. [size=1]From the [i]gate[/i], out slithers a 12 foot tall rippling serpent with a woman’s body and a woman’s face. Coiled, hellish armor adorns her otherwise naked chest, and six scimitar sheaths line her sides. Her eyes catch Velendo’s, and they look like burning coals. [b][i]”Kill everyone in the fortress?”[/i][/b] The demon’s voice sounds like dragon scales dragged across stone. She sounds amused. [b][i]”How fun.”[/i][/b][/size] [img]http://www.davidhendee.com/images/marilith.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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