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Thousand Year Old Vampire: Guillaume d'Orléans
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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848280" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Coimbra, 1182</strong></p><p></p><p>As we were not on the front lines, the wounded who showed up in Coimbra were those capable of surviving the journey, often after battlefield surgeons had done their best.</p><p></p><p>But these men needed care, whether it was battling persistent fevers or simply recovering from the loss of limbs or eyes.</p><p></p><p>They were sent to Coimbra because of the presence of the Igreja de Santa Cruz, where monks created the country's first teaching hospital. Young doctors came and went from our hospital, learning the skills they needed to be sent off to the battlefields of the reconquista.</p><p></p><p>Their comings and goings meant that many of them saw me as little other as a volunteer who would come assist at night.</p><p></p><p>In the wee hours of the morning, as I was checking wounds or the status of a fever, I would regularly find those who would not survive the night -- even with the learned doctors of the Igreja de Santa Cruz, medicine was a hit or miss proposition in those days -- and would gently speed them on their way, feeding on them as they slipped into a slumber they would never wake from.</p><p></p><p>So many men were dying on a regular basis that I was not much concerned about being caught, although I had to always pay attention to the others who were there over an extended period of time, like I was: the monks and other volunteers.</p><p></p><p>But it was nice to view my insatiable hunger as a comfort to these young men and to be able to tell Juião I had harmed no one and caused no deaths that were not already imminent and likely more painful than what I granted.</p><p>[spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 25 + 4 - 4 = Prompt 25</p><p></p><p><em>What physical labors are necessary to utilize this method? Create a simple, practical Skill and strike out a Memory.</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>Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; </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>Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book</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: 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>2: 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>3: 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>4: 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>5: I am le Passeur: </p><p></p><p><strong>Diary (up to four Memories)</strong>:</p><p>1: II 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>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848280, member: 11760"] [B]Coimbra, 1182[/B] As we were not on the front lines, the wounded who showed up in Coimbra were those capable of surviving the journey, often after battlefield surgeons had done their best. But these men needed care, whether it was battling persistent fevers or simply recovering from the loss of limbs or eyes. They were sent to Coimbra because of the presence of the Igreja de Santa Cruz, where monks created the country's first teaching hospital. Young doctors came and went from our hospital, learning the skills they needed to be sent off to the battlefields of the reconquista. Their comings and goings meant that many of them saw me as little other as a volunteer who would come assist at night. In the wee hours of the morning, as I was checking wounds or the status of a fever, I would regularly find those who would not survive the night -- even with the learned doctors of the Igreja de Santa Cruz, medicine was a hit or miss proposition in those days -- and would gently speed them on their way, feeding on them as they slipped into a slumber they would never wake from. So many men were dying on a regular basis that I was not much concerned about being caught, although I had to always pay attention to the others who were there over an extended period of time, like I was: the monks and other volunteers. But it was nice to view my insatiable hunger as a comfort to these young men and to be able to tell Juião I had harmed no one and caused no deaths that were not already imminent and likely more painful than what I granted. [spoiler="Character sheet"]Prompt 25 + 4 - 4 = Prompt 25 [I]What physical labors are necessary to utilize this method? Create a simple, practical Skill and strike out a Memory.[/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; Knowledgeable of medieval medicine; [B]Resources[/B]: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; the Spear of Aeolius, an ancient Roman spear capable of killing vampires Diary, written in a medieval Portuguese log book [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: 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 2: 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 3: 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; 4: 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; 5: I am le Passeur: [B]Diary (up to four Memories)[/B]: 1: II 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; [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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