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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 495194" data-attributes="member: 552">(Name, race, class, alignment, but no hard stats or such)Gustaf, Human, Fighter/Sorcerer, Chaotic Good/Neutral GoodGustaf is nephew of Gustave the XIII, The King of Steal, a powerful man who lacked the ability to use spell-arts, but was also extremely resistant to magic. Gustave was killed in a tragic battle between himself and the Edilritter, though Gustaf knows nothing of this. Gustaf's father was transformed into a dragon when he was 7 years old, and was undergoing the firebrand ceremony. In more detailGustaf's Family LineGustave I, King of Finney|V>Gustave XII , King of Finney->Gustave XIII, the Exile, Lord of Hahn Nova, killed by the Edilritter->Phillippe I, Brother of Gustave the Exile, Half Brother of Gustave XIV, killed in the firebrand tragedy->Gustave the XIV, Half Brother to Gustave and Phillipe, killed by Gustave-->Phillippe II, Son of Phillippe I, now known as Gustaf to conceal his identityGustave XIII was exiled because his anima (spirit) lacked the ability to appropriately move the ebb and flow of energy in magic, which all kings in Finney were expected to be gifted with. He later usurped a minor lord under the count of jade, and eventually started a war with his home country after his fathers death. He killed Gustave the XIV, his half brother, and became the new ruler of Finney. He soon forfeited the title to his brother Phillippe, and created his own duchy, called Hahn Nova.The people did not accept Phillippe as king because he had not undertaken the firebrand ceremony as a child. This ceremony is a test of a persons own magical strength, and the ability to control it. It must be performed during youth, or the forces involved could transform a person into a monster as it consumes their anima.His son, Phillippe the second would undertake the ceremony, but was stabbed in the stomach by an assassin during it. His father, in the process, grasped the firebrand and executed the assassin, but was consumed by his own anima, and turned into a red dragon. This dragon flew off with Phillippe the second in hand, and mystery shrouds what would happen to the younger Phillippe.Gustave, however, would eventually be slain by the edilritter, a powerful creature that immitated Gustave himself to usurp his power. After this happened, Gustaves fine non-magical sword would disappear. Soon, the Firebrand too would be taken to master Cielmer, a caretaker of the now deceased royal family.Phillippe was eventually taken from his father, who had been attempting to hoard his own son. Phillippe the I, as a red dragon, eventually forgot his entire human history, and now thinks himself entirely draconic, hoarding treasure and commiting himself to evil. Phillippe the II would be renamed Gustaf to conceal his identity. His caretaker is master Cielmer who has provided him with his fathers weapon.Gustaf will likely fight with two weapons, a longsword and his fathers sword (masterwork non-magical steel (adamantium) bastard sword), and later on; the Firebrand (+x magical flaming/flaming burst longsword). He will have 2 or more levels in fighter, and 2 or more levels in sorcerer in order to best entail his magical/mundane abilities. He will have a few motivations from the start, incuding discovering his uncles fate, slaying his own father who has become a horribly evil red dragon, and hunting down the Edilritter. He also would like to reclaim the Finney kingdom for himself, from the bureocracy (magocracy) that currently controls the old kingdom.What do you think?</blockquote>

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