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<blockquote data-quote="CrowleysCrossroad" data-source="post: 6717444" data-attributes="member: 6802131"><p>So, first off, if you love to read (which I'm sure you do, I mean you are on a forum), here my character's background so far</p><p><em>btw, the term soulbroker is a homebrew race of devils that make pacts with pretty much anything with a soul to get said soul. The humans they make a pact with are allowed to live basically until the Soulbroker decides to either use the soul for their own benefit, or hell itself has consumed it</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">At the time of creation, Surzal, a lowly imp, was created.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> For eons, she went from</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> hermit</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> to another, tempting each into taking their lives in the name of hell.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Eventually</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> after a time she was bound to a</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> wizard, famous for his deeds.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">. One day she spotted a monk in town, grinning she mentioned it to the wizard. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">"You couldn't possibly achieve that, now could you? His soul is too pure, too resilient</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">." Was his stubborn reply.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Sensing an opportunity, Surzal placed a bet. If she could tempt the monk into sin, the wizard himself would stroll into hell and offer his soul up as well. If not, Surzal herself would take her life. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">And thus Surzal waiting outside the holy ground, in disguise as a stray old cat. Eventually the monk took her home, pitying the poor homeless animal. For a week, every day, the imp caused turmoil and chaos in the monks head, until he could no longer take it, and ran screaming into the nearby whorehouse, his heart singing for temptation. When Lilith, one of the archdukes of hell, heard of this double cross, Surzal was quickly promoted into a Soulbroker, and climbed up the ladder, to become one of the best of them all. Yet, somehow the monk had become himself a lowly </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">lemure</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">,</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> and sought revenge against Surzal</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, blaming her for his demise</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">. Discovering that the </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Soulbroker was </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">preparing</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> a portal to the material plane, the </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">weak devil</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> stealthily ruined the portal, in an attempt to rip ap</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">art</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> the very essence of Surzal. But she survived, weak and fuming with rage</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">, unbeknownst to the other fie</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">nd.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>now here is the problem:</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'"></span></span></p><p>I really truly want my character to have had a relationship at tiamat, sometime before she got obsessed with Bahamut. However my DM needs me to find a certain time where such a relationship could be established, and I'm having a hard time doing so. Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrowleysCrossroad, post: 6717444, member: 6802131"] So, first off, if you love to read (which I'm sure you do, I mean you are on a forum), here my character's background so far [I]btw, the term soulbroker is a homebrew race of devils that make pacts with pretty much anything with a soul to get said soul. The humans they make a pact with are allowed to live basically until the Soulbroker decides to either use the soul for their own benefit, or hell itself has consumed it [/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Segoe UI][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Calibri]At the time of creation, Surzal, a lowly imp, was created.[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] For eons, she went from[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] hermit[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] to another, tempting each into taking their lives in the name of hell.[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Eventually[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] after a time she was bound to a[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] wizard, famous for his deeds.[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]. One day she spotted a monk in town, grinning she mentioned it to the wizard. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Segoe UI][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Calibri]"You couldn't possibly achieve that, now could you? His soul is too pure, too resilient[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]." Was his stubborn reply.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Segoe UI][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Calibri]Sensing an opportunity, Surzal placed a bet. If she could tempt the monk into sin, the wizard himself would stroll into hell and offer his soul up as well. If not, Surzal herself would take her life. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Segoe UI][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Calibri]And thus Surzal waiting outside the holy ground, in disguise as a stray old cat. Eventually the monk took her home, pitying the poor homeless animal. For a week, every day, the imp caused turmoil and chaos in the monks head, until he could no longer take it, and ran screaming into the nearby whorehouse, his heart singing for temptation. When Lilith, one of the archdukes of hell, heard of this double cross, Surzal was quickly promoted into a Soulbroker, and climbed up the ladder, to become one of the best of them all. Yet, somehow the monk had become himself a lowly [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]lemure[/FONT][FONT=Calibri],[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] and sought revenge against Surzal[/FONT][FONT=Calibri], blaming her for his demise[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]. Discovering that the [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Soulbroker was [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]preparing[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] a portal to the material plane, the [/FONT][FONT=Calibri]weak devil[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] stealthily ruined the portal, in an attempt to rip ap[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]art[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] the very essence of Surzal. But she survived, weak and fuming with rage[/FONT][FONT=Calibri], unbeknownst to the other fie[/FONT][FONT=Calibri]nd.[/FONT][FONT=Calibri] [B]now here is the problem:[/B] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] I really truly want my character to have had a relationship at tiamat, sometime before she got obsessed with Bahamut. However my DM needs me to find a certain time where such a relationship could be established, and I'm having a hard time doing so. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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