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Thousand Year Old Vampire: Guillaume d'Orléans
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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848278" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Coimbra, 1181</strong></p><p></p><p>"So, these people, they are bad?" Juião asked.</p><p></p><p>He stood on a stool, stirring the caldeirada he was making with the shrimp I had brought up from the ocean's floor earlier. His delight in me being able to wander around on the sandy bottom, picking up whatever wildlife I could find down there, without concern, had not abated, although he still found squid and octopus too wriggly for his tastes.</p><p></p><p>Despite his awareness of who and what I was, he was still ultimately a boy.</p><p></p><p>"I do what I can to make sure of it. I have always preyed on bandits and other criminals and those who do violence to those weaker than them."</p><p></p><p>Juião's eyebrows went up momentarily, but he said nothing about my hypocrisy.</p><p></p><p>"They are sending more men to fight against the Almohads. What will you do then? Can you feed off of sheep or cows?"</p><p></p><p>I had not paid attention to the movement of troops inland, as so much of my focus in those days was on shipping and ship-building.</p><p></p><p>"No, I cannot. My wife believed I needed to feed on creatures with souls. I will have to think of what to do."</p><p></p><p>How Juião reconciled what I did to feed and his persistent view of me as a good person -- as one-sided and naive as Constansia's insistence on my wickedness -- I never understood.</p><p></p><p>But his view of me was in my thoughts as I walked the darkened streets of Coimbra that night. I could hear and see blacksmiths at work, late into the night, preparing the implements of war.</p><p></p><p>I followed the sound and wandered through streets busy with late-night activity, as men young and old prepared for their departure in the morning. As "the Frenchman," there was no thought of impressing me into service.</p><p></p><p>And then I caught the overwhelming smell of blood. Little of it smelled fresh, but the scent rolled over me like a wave.</p><p></p><p>I followed it, unable to even think, until I reached its source: a series of hastily erected sheds filled with wounded men, being cared for by a few military men and a larger number of civilians I knew from Coimbra.</p><p></p><p>I smiled when I saw the field hospital, and had to change my expression when one of the military men approached, weary and blood-stained.</p><p></p><p>"I'd like to volunteer my services."</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 21 + 7 - 3 = Prompt 25</p><p></p><p><em>Your methods for acquiring victims are no longer effective. What has changed? Lose a Resource and create a Skill which describes your new feeding technique.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The Frenchman</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Skills</strong>: </p><p>Skilled at navigating boats (checked);</p><p>Bloodthirsty (checked); </p><p>Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked);</p><p>I control the beast; </p><p>Skilled merchant; </p><p>Cook Portuguese seafood dishes;</p><p></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><p>a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight;</p><p>the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires</p><p></p><p><strong>Characters</strong>:</p><p>Juião, a Portuguese orphan who becomes my servant</p><p></p><p><strong>Marks</strong>: 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><strong>Memories (up to three Experiences each)</strong>:</p><p>1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, 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; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder 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; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead</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: The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them;</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848278, member: 11760"] [B]Coimbra, 1181[/B] "So, these people, they are bad?" Juião asked. He stood on a stool, stirring the caldeirada he was making with the shrimp I had brought up from the ocean's floor earlier. His delight in me being able to wander around on the sandy bottom, picking up whatever wildlife I could find down there, without concern, had not abated, although he still found squid and octopus too wriggly for his tastes. Despite his awareness of who and what I was, he was still ultimately a boy. "I do what I can to make sure of it. I have always preyed on bandits and other criminals and those who do violence to those weaker than them." Juião's eyebrows went up momentarily, but he said nothing about my hypocrisy. "They are sending more men to fight against the Almohads. What will you do then? Can you feed off of sheep or cows?" I had not paid attention to the movement of troops inland, as so much of my focus in those days was on shipping and ship-building. "No, I cannot. My wife believed I needed to feed on creatures with souls. I will have to think of what to do." How Juião reconciled what I did to feed and his persistent view of me as a good person -- as one-sided and naive as Constansia's insistence on my wickedness -- I never understood. But his view of me was in my thoughts as I walked the darkened streets of Coimbra that night. I could hear and see blacksmiths at work, late into the night, preparing the implements of war. I followed the sound and wandered through streets busy with late-night activity, as men young and old prepared for their departure in the morning. As "the Frenchman," there was no thought of impressing me into service. And then I caught the overwhelming smell of blood. Little of it smelled fresh, but the scent rolled over me like a wave. I followed it, unable to even think, until I reached its source: a series of hastily erected sheds filled with wounded men, being cared for by a few military men and a larger number of civilians I knew from Coimbra. I smiled when I saw the field hospital, and had to change my expression when one of the military men approached, weary and blood-stained. "I'd like to volunteer my services." [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 21 + 7 - 3 = Prompt 25 [I]Your methods for acquiring victims are no longer effective. What has changed? Lose a Resource and create a Skill which describes your new feeding technique.[/I] [B]The Frenchman Skills[/B]: Skilled at navigating boats (checked); Bloodthirsty (checked); Knows the secrets of killing vampires (checked); I control the beast; Skilled merchant; Cook Portuguese seafood dishes; [B]Resources[/B]: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires [B]Characters[/B]: Juião, a Portuguese orphan who becomes my servant [B]Marks[/B]: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times; my touch is fatal to plants; [B]Memories (up to three Experiences each)[/B]: 1: I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, 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; I use my father's name when I later settle in Portugal and set myself up as a merchant and shipbuilder 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; Carnutes possessed Raum and led the Archbishop of Tours' men to try and killed me -- but I used the Spear of Aeolius and killed Raum and Carnutes instead 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: The Portuguese orphan Juião helps me after I am burned by sunlight, unafraid of my supernatural nature, and I take him in as my servant; Juião teaches me to cook with the seafood I catch underwater; at his urging, I prey on battlefield wounded as I tend to them; [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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