Sanjay Madragupti
Hey Alan,
Here's another character for ya... You can either choose my original post (on page 2 of this thread) or this one. Whichever piques your interest is fine by me. Though, I don't mind saying that I like this character better than the other one.
My group is currently playing in a Mythical India setting. We are currently incorporating the new rules found in Arcana Unearthed. We also use the Psionics Handbook. Yes... it's a very strange mish mash, but it actually works pretty well.
Sanjay Madragupti is an Unfettered/Totem Warrior/Psychic Warrior... in normal DnD parlance he would be considered a Ranger/Psychic Warrior. Sanjay stands 5'11" has dark skin, black eye and hair (like most people from the Indian sub-continent).
Sanjay is a two-weapon fighter and he uses two curved short swords. One of them is known as "The Touch of the Midnight Blessing" It is blue-black in color.
Sanjay wears a Chain Shirt with fine silk material covering the rest. Being a Psychic Warrior, Sanjay has various Psychic tattoos on his body.
Here's a link to Sanjay's character sheet...
http://3ep.rpgprofiler.net/3ep/public.php?c=Sanjay
Here's the history I provided for Sanjay to my DM...
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Enter Stage Right... Sanjay Madragupti... A wiry young man with a ready smile. His life has been a series of lucky coincidences. It seems that by kismet or luck he is destined to fall on his feet. Ahhh... but if he falls again can he trust his new companions to catch him? We shall see... we shall see...
Indrani was only a girl of 9 when she wedded Vindhar Madragupti. Vindhar was a robust 63. These sorts of arrangements are not unknown in Naranjan, but one cannot help but think of Vindhar as a lascivious old man with his pre-pubescent concubine. And if one could be a fly on the wall, it would have seemed even more so.
When he married Indrani, Vindhar was the governor of Umbai, a small city in the Nihak province. He was as an evenhanded and just ruler, but the lower castes might wonder at your definition of evenhanded and just. Despite his old age, Vindhar was able-bodied and he remained governor until the ripe old age of 68. At which time he retired with his young wife and newborn son to the family estate, far from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Indrani knew her place as Vindhar’s wife, but she was also a teenager when she left the city… and she became despondent while living in the country. She missed the spectacle of city life and most of all she missed the people. Her newborn son Sanjay was not a comfort to her, and she often dreamed of a life far from Vindhar and Sanjay where she would be free to live as she pleased. Vindhar never suspected his young, cherubic wife felt the way she did. He was happy doting over his young son and dreaming up sexual fantasies for his child-wife.
Exactly Two years, two months, and two days after moving to the estate, Indrani disappeared and was never seen again. Vindhar was furious and paid several people to search for her. One of Vindhar’s agents sighted Indrani in the Spice Coast city Varupa one year after she disappeared. She was dressed in the livery of a common sailor. She soon disappeared again, perhaps on a vessel bound for parts unknown.
Vindhar’s health began to decline soon after Indrani’s disappearance. On the night of Sanjay’s 6th birthday, Vindhar died in his sleep.
Sanjay and the estate were transferred over to Vindhar’s eldest son, Paresh, from his previous marriage. Paresh had never had a great relationship with his father, but as a military man he took his responsibilities seriously, and more importantly he treated Sanjay like a father. Sanjay often speaks of his time with Paresh as his fondest childhood memories. Paresh taught Sanjay how to hunt and fight. Paresh had an easy way about him that made learning fun and easy for Sanjay.
Sanjay rarely wondered about his mother, but when he did Paresh was quick to admonish him and then he would spew vile invective about Indrani. It almost seemed that Paresh bottled up all his bad feelings and let them go at the mere mention of Indrani. Eventually Sanjay never asked about his mother again.
Paresh suffered a stroke when Sanjay was 13 years old. He was never the same again and could not run the estate or care for Sanjay any longer. Control of the estate fell briefly into the hands of Manu, Sanjay’s other half-brother. Manu was an incompetent, and luckily he knew it. Manu knew that he could never run the estate or care for Sanjay so he sold the estate quickly and sent Sanjay off to his sister Lakshmi who had been married off to Yashpal, an imperial officer in Bhindar, the capital of Prajeet Province.
Lakshmi was barren and could bare no children so she treated Sanjay like the son she never had, as did Yashpal. The turbulent change from country living to city life affected Sanjay deeply and he rebelled a bit at this time. It only lasted a short while, and he was again the model child... well, at least as much as any child can be.
The strange thing about the Prajeet province is that there are no giants there; the people of Prajeet have a profound hatred of giants… and it was the site of a huge massacre of giants during the Great Rebellion. Despite the lack of giants, the military in Prajeet are known as the best at fighting giants in all of Naranjan. Yashpal inculcated Sanjay with this distaste for giants. He also taught Sanjay a trick or two when caught in a fight with the “tall devils” as Yashpal likes to call them.
When Sanjay turned 18 he decided it was time for him to leave Lakshmi and Yashpal and make his mark upon the world. Lucky for him, Yashpal pulled a string or two, and Sanjay soon found himself as an apprentice to the Master of the Hunt for the governor of Parashana, the capital of Srijith Province.
Nandan, one of the few Faen that live in Sudarsha, was charged with protecting the governor’s sizable estate from poachers and incursions from jungle beasts. Nandan was also charged with keeping the estate stocked with all manner of game for hunting. Under Nandan, Sanjay learned quite a bit more than he would from just a run of the mill woodsman. Nandan taught Sanjay the ways of Sujahnism. It was an eye-opening experience for Sanjay to see magic-like abilities performed by someone as low seeming as the faen.
His work for the governor, Samarjit, did not go unnoticed. The emperor, Vasudha himself, visited the governor’s estate for a weekend of hunting and relaxation. Many of the governor’s entourage noted how well stocked the estate was. A woman in the entourage, Ila, had a lengthy conversation with Sanjay at the end of which she noted that Sanjay’s father was a cousin of a high-ranking minister. Sanjay did not know that he was related to one of the emperor’s own ministers.
A short while later Sanjay received a letter from his cousin (4th cousin, in fact). The letter simply asked that Sanjay should visit the capital when his commitments with Samarjit were over. Needless to say… Sanjay left Nandan and the estate a few days after receiving the letter. His governorship, Samarjit, was not pleased, but Nandan smoothed things over and a new apprentice was found.
So much for Sanjay’s history… let’s talk about Sanjay himself…
Sanjay constantly has a smile on his face. Even when he is exerting himself to the fullest extent his smile seldom wanes. Sanjay has led a charmed life. He was never mistreated by anyone and is quite possibly the least paranoid individual one is likely to find.
For Sanjay his life has been a series of bad events immediately followed by good so he has little fear of what lies ahead for him. He often remarks that he has led a blessed life and that he is enjoying the rewards of a previous life’s painful existence, but he doesn’t delve too deeply into the possible metaphysical implications. He’s just happy to be wherever he is at that moment, and will always attempt to make the best of a bad situation.
Sanjay has an irrational dislike of giants because of his time spent with Yashpal in the Prajeet Province. He has never had any bad interactions with giants, but he still tends to avoid them when he can. Interestingly enough he has never met a sibeccai he didn’t like. Because of his friendly relationship with Nandan, Sanjay has a hard time believing the cannibalism stories told about faen. He has never spoken to a Verrik before, but he has seen several during his time in Srijith. Sanjay views them as an oddity. Sanjay has met only a few planetouched, and has always been fascinated by them. The very idea that someone could consort with a being as diabolical as an Asura or as beautiful as the Elements themselves interests him. He views most planetouched as creatures requiring study… and the few times he has been around one he can often be caught staring at their movements.
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