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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748759" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p><strong>Originally posted by Hellcow:</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which seems reasonable to me. Again, the EC was merely one of a number of Seeker orders deployed during the war. I've used the Order of the Onyx Skull in a number of games as an order whose members were similarly disavowed but who haven't allied themselves with the Queen of Death.</p><p></p><p>One of the PCs in one of my campaigns was a paladin of the Blood of Vol. The idea for the character was that his father was a respected Karrnathi noble who served with the Emerald Claw. When Kaius turned on the order (and remember, it happened before the end of the war), the PC's father was killed by a political rival who had been looking for an excuse to seize his lands. The PC had been in a safe house prior to this, and he was smuggled away to the Lhazaar Principalities for safety; raised by Seekers; and personally contacted in visions by Erandis. She encouraged his seeker faith and emphasized how Kaius's betrayal had led to his father's death. SO, the PC's goal was to go to Stormreach - of the radar of his enemies in Khorvaire and build up influential allies that would let him go back, defeat first the man who stole his birthright, and then Kaius himself. </p><p></p><p>The thing about this is the the PLAYER knew that it wasn't this simple - that his PC was being used by Erandis, and that killing Kaius would be a terrible thing. Essentially, the vision of the character arc was that in the heroic tier he would raise support and try to kill his father's murderer; in the paragon tier he would kill Kaius - ideally, as a PC, actually by winning the support of warlords and actually taking Kaius' place afterwards, not simply smashing into the castle solo and beating him up; and in epic, it would become clear that he'd be used and he'd have to both fix the mistake and deal with Erandis herself. Again, a key point here is that he was a devoted seeker - while Erandis herself isn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6748759, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by Hellcow:[/b] Which seems reasonable to me. Again, the EC was merely one of a number of Seeker orders deployed during the war. I've used the Order of the Onyx Skull in a number of games as an order whose members were similarly disavowed but who haven't allied themselves with the Queen of Death. One of the PCs in one of my campaigns was a paladin of the Blood of Vol. The idea for the character was that his father was a respected Karrnathi noble who served with the Emerald Claw. When Kaius turned on the order (and remember, it happened before the end of the war), the PC's father was killed by a political rival who had been looking for an excuse to seize his lands. The PC had been in a safe house prior to this, and he was smuggled away to the Lhazaar Principalities for safety; raised by Seekers; and personally contacted in visions by Erandis. She encouraged his seeker faith and emphasized how Kaius's betrayal had led to his father's death. SO, the PC's goal was to go to Stormreach - of the radar of his enemies in Khorvaire and build up influential allies that would let him go back, defeat first the man who stole his birthright, and then Kaius himself. The thing about this is the the PLAYER knew that it wasn't this simple - that his PC was being used by Erandis, and that killing Kaius would be a terrible thing. Essentially, the vision of the character arc was that in the heroic tier he would raise support and try to kill his father's murderer; in the paragon tier he would kill Kaius - ideally, as a PC, actually by winning the support of warlords and actually taking Kaius' place afterwards, not simply smashing into the castle solo and beating him up; and in epic, it would become clear that he'd be used and he'd have to both fix the mistake and deal with Erandis herself. Again, a key point here is that he was a devoted seeker - while Erandis herself isn't. [/QUOTE]
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