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Thousand Year Old Vampire: Guillaume d'Orléans
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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848266" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Orléans, 1060</strong></p><p></p><p>After my father's death, some dam appears to break with Cateline. Raum reports that she regularly visits with church officials and even wins an audience with the duke. I know in my heart that she wants to see me destroyed at last.</p><p></p><p>And I find that I am glad. This anger, this rage and bloodlust inside me that seems always ready to erupt, even when I am already drenched in the blood of the dead, I realize how much of it is tied up in Orléans and my memories of all that has happened here and the bitter way that it has changed for me over the decades.</p><p></p><p>Yes, Cateline is right. Whatever thing her brother Guillaume has become must be destroyed.</p><p></p><p>In the dead of night, I gather Constansia's wretched cult down into my personal chambers in the basement, which so many of them have sought to visit for so long. None of them notice how much has been removed or could guess at the significance, especially when I give them what I have begged to do so many times.</p><p></p><p>I drink from them.</p><p></p><p>It's not enough to kill any of them, but I leave them weak with blasphemous joy, praising Satan as they lay limply on the cold stone floor.</p><p></p><p>And then I leave them behind, locking them in behind heavy iron locks, toss the key down a well and set the building on fire.</p><p></p><p>Outside, the men my sister and the church have brought shield their eyes from the flame, torches and lanterns in their hands, marveling that the house is burning so brightly and quickly before they've had a chance to do so themselves, not understanding what has happened. Instead, they praise God, assuming the flames to be evidence of His favor.</p><p></p><p>"They will believe us among those destroyed in the fire," Constansia murmurs beside me, her glossy black hair shining with the reflected light of the fire, watching the house burn from a distance. "A brilliant plan, beloved Guillaume."</p><p></p><p>I feel the anger and rage I felt toward Guiscard, toward Cornutes, toward Constansia, toward myself, burning up with the house as well, along with whatever feelings Cateline still harbored toward me. I pray that my father, wherever he is now, is unaware of all that has happened.</p><p></p><p>"Guillaume died in the fire, along with all that he was," I murmur, hearing my voice as cold as Cornutes' now. "I am merely un passeur."</p><p></p><p>And with that, the barge moves quietly away from the dock and down the Loire, beginning the journey west through France and ultimately, toward the ocean beyond.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 8 + 9 - 6 = Prompt 11</p><p></p><p><em>You discover an internal focus which lets you maintain control of yourself. Lose a violent Memory and take the Skill I Control the Beast and rewrite any unchecked Skill as something new. What new name do you take to distance yourself from what you once were? How is the name symbolic?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>le Passeur</strong></p><p></p><p>Skills: </p><p>Literate in French;</p><p>Skilled at navigating boats;</p><p>Bloodthirsty (checked); </p><p>Knows secrets he should not; </p><p>Knows the secrets of killing vampires;</p><p>I control the beast; </p><p></p><p>Resources:</p><p>a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight;</p><p>a small bronze crucifix;</p><p>the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear said to be capable of killing vampires</p><p></p><p>Characters:</p><p>Cateline, my sickly younger sister, my best friend (mortal);</p><p>Carnutes, the center of the Orléans Heresy and a vampire, a melancholy figure often lost in reminiscences of Gaul (immortal);</p><p>Constansia, Guillaume's first wife, a sociopath who believes her husband is an agent of the Devil (mortal);</p><p>Raum, a demon in the shape of raven, summoned by Constansia to serve as Guillaume's familiar (immortal)</p><p></p><p>Marks: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants</p><p></p><p>Memories (up to three Experiences each):</p><p>1. I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of (redacted), a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants; </p><p>2. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; </p><p>3. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; </p><p>4. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven;</p><p>5. I am le Passeur:</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848266, member: 11760"] [B]Orléans, 1060[/B] After my father's death, some dam appears to break with Cateline. Raum reports that she regularly visits with church officials and even wins an audience with the duke. I know in my heart that she wants to see me destroyed at last. And I find that I am glad. This anger, this rage and bloodlust inside me that seems always ready to erupt, even when I am already drenched in the blood of the dead, I realize how much of it is tied up in Orléans and my memories of all that has happened here and the bitter way that it has changed for me over the decades. Yes, Cateline is right. Whatever thing her brother Guillaume has become must be destroyed. In the dead of night, I gather Constansia's wretched cult down into my personal chambers in the basement, which so many of them have sought to visit for so long. None of them notice how much has been removed or could guess at the significance, especially when I give them what I have begged to do so many times. I drink from them. It's not enough to kill any of them, but I leave them weak with blasphemous joy, praising Satan as they lay limply on the cold stone floor. And then I leave them behind, locking them in behind heavy iron locks, toss the key down a well and set the building on fire. Outside, the men my sister and the church have brought shield their eyes from the flame, torches and lanterns in their hands, marveling that the house is burning so brightly and quickly before they've had a chance to do so themselves, not understanding what has happened. Instead, they praise God, assuming the flames to be evidence of His favor. "They will believe us among those destroyed in the fire," Constansia murmurs beside me, her glossy black hair shining with the reflected light of the fire, watching the house burn from a distance. "A brilliant plan, beloved Guillaume." I feel the anger and rage I felt toward Guiscard, toward Cornutes, toward Constansia, toward myself, burning up with the house as well, along with whatever feelings Cateline still harbored toward me. I pray that my father, wherever he is now, is unaware of all that has happened. "Guillaume died in the fire, along with all that he was," I murmur, hearing my voice as cold as Cornutes' now. "I am merely un passeur." And with that, the barge moves quietly away from the dock and down the Loire, beginning the journey west through France and ultimately, toward the ocean beyond. [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 8 + 9 - 6 = Prompt 11 [I]You discover an internal focus which lets you maintain control of yourself. Lose a violent Memory and take the Skill I Control the Beast and rewrite any unchecked Skill as something new. What new name do you take to distance yourself from what you once were? How is the name symbolic?[/I] [B]le Passeur[/B] Skills: Literate in French; Skilled at navigating boats; Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows secrets he should not; Knows the secrets of killing vampires; I control the beast; Resources: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; a small bronze crucifix; the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear said to be capable of killing vampires Characters: Cateline, my sickly younger sister, my best friend (mortal); Carnutes, the center of the Orléans Heresy and a vampire, a melancholy figure often lost in reminiscences of Gaul (immortal); Constansia, Guillaume's first wife, a sociopath who believes her husband is an agent of the Devil (mortal); Raum, a demon in the shape of raven, summoned by Constansia to serve as Guillaume's familiar (immortal) Marks: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants Memories (up to three Experiences each): 1. I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of (redacted), a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord; one of the joys of my youth, gardening, slips away as my touch is now fatal to plants; 2. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford; after my father's death, Constansia and I leave Orléans by barge, after setting my house aflame and allowing my sister to believe I was destroyed there; 3. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness; I confront Carnutes about him making me a vampire and he confesses he did it out of loneliness and tells me I will suffer in the same way some day; 4. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I rescue a dark-haired girl from attack and Constansia pledges herself to me, believing me to be a servant of Satan, and we soon wed; Constansia conducts her Satanic rituals and summons a demon, Raum, to serve me in the form of a raven; 5. I am le Passeur: [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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