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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orryn Emrys" data-source="post: 4211891" data-attributes="member: 6799">Well... it wasn't a character, but I have a related tale.In a recent campaign I was running, the party leader was a son of a noble returning to his homeland after years away at war.  On the way to his father's little corner of the kingdom, I presented the party with numerous challenges designed to illustrate a subtle corruption that was creeping across the land.  In one town, they encountered a very strong example of racist self-righteousness.  The local captain of the guard was the head of a group that called themselves the Red Guard.  Believing that many of the hardships that the town had suffered over the years could be thrown directly at the feet of the non-human war refugees who had trickled through the area, the Red Guard, many of whom were in the town watch, would do anything they could to make non-human travelers feel unwelcome, including unwarranted arrests on false charges and, in the case of any dwarves staying in town, turning them over to the humanoids who mined in the nearby mountains to use as slave labor.  Most of the party was, of course, not human.It turned out to be a very powerful theme, as the people involved (and several notable townsfolk were supporters of the Red Guard) were generally good people, but the PC noble simply couldn't ignore the wrongdoings of the locals... particularly as his fellows began falling victim to their prejudices.  And the locals would similarly fall all over themselves to be courteous to him, of course.  It was dramatic... and it was fun.  Particularly when the PCs got the upper hand.</blockquote>

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