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<blockquote data-quote="Fenris-77" data-source="post: 8590374" data-attributes="member: 6993955"><p>[USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] - I'm loving the paythrough</p><p></p><p>So I have my vampire written, but I'll spare you another screen shot and all the fonts. In plain text, here he is (with translations from the Latin):</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Thousand Year Old Vampire</span></u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>In absentia lucus, tenebrae vicunt </em>(in the absence of light, darkness prevails)</p><p></p><p>Being an incomplete and at times unreliable account of the long life and eventual death of one Quintus Aquilor.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Memories</span></strong> –<em> Verba volunt, scripta manent </em> (spoken words fly away, written words remain)</p><p></p><p><strong>Primus</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I am Quintus, fifth son of Honorius Aquilor and I can trace my name back to the Senate of Rome. I was born in in the Year of our Lord Eight Hundred and Seventy-Three in Ravenna. My destiny was always to enter the priesthood and build my family’s fortunes through the glory of God.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"></li> </ul><p><strong>Secundus</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My father has arranged for me to accompany my uncle on a delegation to the court of Boris I, Emperor of Bulgaria. My uncle is furious that my father entrusted me with the gift of manuscripts for the new library in Preslav.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Tertius</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We docked at Tomi on the Black Sea, from there to make our way overland to Preslav. The night of our first camp Cato caught a servant of Galthus rifling through my belongings – he had my ring in his pocket. Crato garroted him and we buried the body under an oak tree. Galthus will have to be more subtle.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Quartus</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have liberally spent some of my father’s gold buying mercantile contacts in an effort to supplant the Byzantine hold over the trade in furs from the lands of the Rus. I bought Durndal a fine new woolen cloak that he blushed over. Tomorrow we will be presented to the court of the Emperor Boris I.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Quintus</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was unexpectedly invited to dine with Elena Stoyanov, of the Rus, to discuss furs and our shared love of manuscripts. I was received at her manse with great honour and we drank and talked late into the night. When I was drunk she moved in close, and I thought he would kiss me, but she ripped out my throat with her long fangs. Her eyes glowed green in the firelight.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Skills</span></strong> – <em>Faber est suae quisque fortunae</em> (every man is the artisan of his own fortune)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Oratory</strong> in service to the Church of Rome </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Swordsmanship and Riding</strong>, as befits a noble scion</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Calligraphy,</strong> as books are a passion I need not hide</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Resources</span></strong> – <em>An dives sit omnes quaerunt, nemo ad bonus</em> (Everyone inquires if he is rich, no one inquires if he is good)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A chest of gold destined to buy influence and contacts in the far Kingdom of Bulgaria</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A gold ring inscribed with a simple cross, a gift from my eldest brother, long dead</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fine collection of ancient manuscripts, intended as a gift to the library at Preslav</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Characters</span></strong> – <em>Vox et praetera nihil</em> (a voice and nothing more)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My uncle <strong>Dominus</strong> is a Papal Legate and a pompous blowhard whom I suffer poorly</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Crato</strong>, an unassuming manservant granted me by my father, he is gifted in the arts of murder and intrigue</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Galthus</strong>, a northern Lombard and castellan to my uncle. He is a devious snake and we loath each other</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Durndal</strong>, an armsman in service of my uncle with whom I share the occasional tryst</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Elena Stoyanov, </strong>an immortal posing as a noble from the lands of the Rus. She is dark and beautiful.</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Marks</span></strong> – <em>Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet </em>(thought the wound is healed, a scar remains)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My eyes now glow in dim light like those of a wolf</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenris-77, post: 8590374, member: 6993955"] [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] - I'm loving the paythrough So I have my vampire written, but I'll spare you another screen shot and all the fonts. In plain text, here he is (with translations from the Latin): [CENTER][B][U][SIZE=6]Thousand Year Old Vampire[/SIZE][/U][/B] [I]In absentia lucus, tenebrae vicunt [/I](in the absence of light, darkness prevails)[/CENTER] Being an incomplete and at times unreliable account of the long life and eventual death of one Quintus Aquilor. [B][SIZE=5]Memories[/SIZE][/B] –[I] Verba volunt, scripta manent [/I] (spoken words fly away, written words remain) [B]Primus[/B] [LIST] [*]I am Quintus, fifth son of Honorius Aquilor and I can trace my name back to the Senate of Rome. I was born in in the Year of our Lord Eight Hundred and Seventy-Three in Ravenna. My destiny was always to enter the priesthood and build my family’s fortunes through the glory of God. [*] [/LIST] [B]Secundus[/B] [LIST] [*]My father has arranged for me to accompany my uncle on a delegation to the court of Boris I, Emperor of Bulgaria. My uncle is furious that my father entrusted me with the gift of manuscripts for the new library in Preslav. [/LIST] [B]Tertius[/B] [LIST] [*]We docked at Tomi on the Black Sea, from there to make our way overland to Preslav. The night of our first camp Cato caught a servant of Galthus rifling through my belongings – he had my ring in his pocket. Crato garroted him and we buried the body under an oak tree. Galthus will have to be more subtle. [/LIST] [B]Quartus[/B] [LIST] [*]I have liberally spent some of my father’s gold buying mercantile contacts in an effort to supplant the Byzantine hold over the trade in furs from the lands of the Rus. I bought Durndal a fine new woolen cloak that he blushed over. Tomorrow we will be presented to the court of the Emperor Boris I. [/LIST] [B]Quintus[/B] [LIST] [*]I was unexpectedly invited to dine with Elena Stoyanov, of the Rus, to discuss furs and our shared love of manuscripts. I was received at her manse with great honour and we drank and talked late into the night. When I was drunk she moved in close, and I thought he would kiss me, but she ripped out my throat with her long fangs. Her eyes glowed green in the firelight. [/LIST] [B][SIZE=5]Skills[/SIZE][/B] – [I]Faber est suae quisque fortunae[/I] (every man is the artisan of his own fortune) [LIST] [*][B]Oratory[/B] in service to the Church of Rome [*][B]Swordsmanship and Riding[/B], as befits a noble scion [*][B]Calligraphy,[/B] as books are a passion I need not hide [/LIST] [B][SIZE=5]Resources[/SIZE][/B] – [I]An dives sit omnes quaerunt, nemo ad bonus[/I] (Everyone inquires if he is rich, no one inquires if he is good) [LIST] [*]A chest of gold destined to buy influence and contacts in the far Kingdom of Bulgaria [*]A gold ring inscribed with a simple cross, a gift from my eldest brother, long dead [*]fine collection of ancient manuscripts, intended as a gift to the library at Preslav [/LIST] [B][SIZE=5]Characters[/SIZE][/B] – [I]Vox et praetera nihil[/I] (a voice and nothing more) [LIST] [*]My uncle [B]Dominus[/B] is a Papal Legate and a pompous blowhard whom I suffer poorly [*][B]Crato[/B], an unassuming manservant granted me by my father, he is gifted in the arts of murder and intrigue [*][B]Galthus[/B], a northern Lombard and castellan to my uncle. He is a devious snake and we loath each other [*][B]Durndal[/B], an armsman in service of my uncle with whom I share the occasional tryst [*][B]Elena Stoyanov, [/B]an immortal posing as a noble from the lands of the Rus. She is dark and beautiful. [/LIST] [B][SIZE=5]Marks[/SIZE][/B] – [I]Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet [/I](thought the wound is healed, a scar remains) [LIST] [*]My eyes now glow in dim light like those of a wolf [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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