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<blockquote data-quote="Voobaha" data-source="post: 386755" data-attributes="member: 2741">Some hopefully fun and melodramatic ideas:#1)&nbsp; Her Great Love was a half-orc barbarian hero; brave, strong and not too bright either.&nbsp; Another female half-orc competed with your PC for his attentions.&nbsp; He was torn between the two women, and left the tribe on a &quot;vision quest&quot; to figure out which to choose.&nbsp; He never came back.&nbsp; The PC seeks to find him over the course of her adventures, and has a romantic rival who (unreasonably) heaps all the blame for the hero leaving on your PC.&nbsp; This enemy is also seeking him, and will occasionally appear in the campaign to hinder your efforts.If your character is strong and dumb, make the rival smart and weak (maybe a bit of a tribal outcast).&nbsp; A rival who is the PC's opposite is more interesting, IMHO.#2)&nbsp; Her Great Love was her grandfather.&nbsp; The enemy (an evil orc chieftain, a tribal traitor, human slavers, etc) attacked your village and he died protecting you from being taken.&nbsp; You have sworn vengeance on the enemy (a la Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride), but the reason why the enemy wanted to kidnap you in the first place is a mystery.#3)&nbsp; Her Great Love is a Tribal Hero turned traitor.&nbsp; He murdered a person of some importance in the PC's tribe, then fled.&nbsp; Torn between loyalty to her tribe and her love for the traitor (and influenced by her 7 Int), she spared her lover during the manhunt for him and helped him escape.&nbsp; As he was getting away, he stabbed her in the back and left her for dead.&nbsp; She seeks him now to redeem her honor and find out why he turned traitor.&nbsp; She still loves him, though.&nbsp; When she finds him, she doesn't really know how she'll react.#4) Her Great Love was an accomplished wizard (possibly from Thay) she met while on a trip to Silverymoon as part of her families' diplomatic entourage.&nbsp; She fell in love with him after he seduced her, but he turned out to be a spy.&nbsp; When she found out he was using her, he cast a powerful enchantment of unknown origin on her to keep her quiet.&nbsp; It manifested in the form of a terrible fever that distracted her family long enough for him to make good his escape.&nbsp; The magic was never fully dispelled, and the PC suffers under a residual curse that lowered her intelligence to 7.&nbsp; All attempt to dispel the curse have failed.&nbsp; The PC seeks this mage to discover his mysterious origins and force him to lift the curse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voobaha, post: 386755, member: 2741"] Some hopefully fun and melodramatic ideas: #1) Her Great Love was a half-orc barbarian hero; brave, strong and not too bright either. Another female half-orc competed with your PC for his attentions. He was torn between the two women, and left the tribe on a "vision quest" to figure out which to choose. He never came back. The PC seeks to find him over the course of her adventures, and has a romantic rival who (unreasonably) heaps all the blame for the hero leaving on your PC. This enemy is also seeking him, and will occasionally appear in the campaign to hinder your efforts. If your character is strong and dumb, make the rival smart and weak (maybe a bit of a tribal outcast). A rival who is the PC's opposite is more interesting, IMHO. #2) Her Great Love was her grandfather. The enemy (an evil orc chieftain, a tribal traitor, human slavers, etc) attacked your village and he died protecting you from being taken. You have sworn vengeance on the enemy (a la Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride), but the reason why the enemy wanted to kidnap you in the first place is a mystery. #3) Her Great Love is a Tribal Hero turned traitor. He murdered a person of some importance in the PC's tribe, then fled. Torn between loyalty to her tribe and her love for the traitor (and influenced by her 7 Int), she spared her lover during the manhunt for him and helped him escape. As he was getting away, he stabbed her in the back and left her for dead. She seeks him now to redeem her honor and find out why he turned traitor. She still loves him, though. When she finds him, she doesn't really know how she'll react. #4) Her Great Love was an accomplished wizard (possibly from Thay) she met while on a trip to Silverymoon as part of her families' diplomatic entourage. She fell in love with him after he seduced her, but he turned out to be a spy. When she found out he was using her, he cast a powerful enchantment of unknown origin on her to keep her quiet. It manifested in the form of a terrible fever that distracted her family long enough for him to make good his escape. The magic was never fully dispelled, and the PC suffers under a residual curse that lowered her intelligence to 7. All attempt to dispel the curse have failed. The PC seeks this mage to discover his mysterious origins and force him to lift the curse. [/QUOTE]

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