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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Valerian" data-source="post: 1551170" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>Modifications have been made to what Tess' player originally gave me, to give me some options with future campaigns (and Isida I think you'll like the changes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p><strong>Tess/Pellaron</strong></p><p></p><p>The ten years after the Great Demon War were interesting ones for Baroness Tesseron Keldare. Before the war, her greatest ambition was one of playing at the grand auditorium in Iskeldrun, joining the Imperial Music Academy, and making a name for herself with her music. However, after criss-crossing the country and the planes, destroying evil, suffering heartbreak, and setting right old wrongs, she began to have a change of heart. </p><p></p><p>While she did hold forth at the Imperial Auditorium for a while, as well as teaching a few classes at the Academy for the Arts, eventually she went to the Emperor and Empress and asked them for something to do. She ended up crossing the country. Sometimes she would take other promising young bards that she had awakened the powerful musical magic in, other times she would go with young priests, eager mercenaries, or others that attracted the eye of either herself or Their Imperial Majesties. </p><p></p><p>In her travels, she was targeted by more than one powerful devil for death, but her tolerance for such evil had degenerated to the point of nonexistence by that point. The devils that tried to kill her ended up uniformly dead or fled, and the attempts on her life began to diminish.</p><p></p><p>Her travels, and the bards, priests, paladins, and everyday people she allied with in fighting evil for those years have since coalesced into a nascent organization... an underground group, which struggles within or without the law against forces of evil, tyranny, and misrule. For many months, the loose alliance held no name or hierarchy, until a personal event in Tess’ life gave them inspiration.</p><p></p><p>During her travels, Pelleron, an old friend now transcended into a solar, would find her and talk with her. While she was reluctant to throw herself headlong into romance as her friends had done, she would spend whatever time Pelleron could spare talking to him. She did like him a great deal, but was uncertain about entering into a relationship with a solar, a celestial, when her own background was tainted by rage and questionable acts. It took both of them several years of deep conversation and learning to understand and forgive each other, as well as to love, but six years ago Tess married Pelleron. </p><p></p><p>Cooincidentally, her lose organization developed a name... the Angels of Mercy, jokingly provided by the bard Simeon Mylis, one of the first partners Tess gained. While in many other places, it has many other names (Soledad in the Eastern Empire, Aashio in Ak Konylu, etc.), ‘Angels’ has been the name Tess has taken as her own to refer to it. Since that time, the Angels have developed connections with personages all over the Empire. Their sources of intelligence range from such well known personages as the Dice family, owners of the largest number of restaurants and magic shops in the Valley. While they cannot be official allies or sources of information (beside of the fact the Angels operate outside the law) it is privately acknowledged that the Emperor and Empress provide as much support as possible. On top of this, occasionally a real angel (or two, depending if Anias shows up or not) help the mortal members out.</p><p></p><p>While Pelleron cannot be around all the time, due to his responsibilities, Tess understands. When she became pregnant with her first child, she eventually went to one of the celestial planes to give birth, so that there would be no worries about devils attempting to kill her during such a vulnerable time. Besides, about the time she married a solar, the attempts on her life took an abrupt plunge. She now has three half-celestial children, Amarine, who is five and seems to have inherited her mother’s musical talent, Siabracius, who is three and sticks close by his father when he practices the arts of war, and Elaynaun, a delightful two year old girl who already is showing signs of magical power. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes she has even joined her husband in the fight against the evils of the multiverse, while his celestial friends have watched their children. She visits the Imperial Court as often as she can, helping Siabrey and Lucius in any way she can... trying to overthrow tyranny and enact justice through means the Emperor and Empress wish they could use, but sadly cannot. </p><p></p><p>Tess has refrained from becoming a static “leader” of the organization. She is still very much active in the “front lines.” Many of corrupt noble fears word that she has appeared in town, and devils now flee at her approach. Inwardly, she’s reluctantly realizing she can no longer do much of the ‘mere’ “frontline” activity for the Angels... more and more she finds herself in Iskeldrun or off-world getting aid, or arranging for rare and valuable supplies for the other operatives... or on high risk missions that the others do not have the know-how, ability, or resources to accomplish.</p><p></p><p>This day, however, she has found a note, delivered to her through channels in the Angels that the Emperor and Empress have invited her and Pellaron, if he is free, to meet in the desert near Obash. It was a personal meeting... and while it was a time for the Emperor and Empress to privately discuss matters of ‘the organization’ (as Siabrey referred to it), it was intended mostly as a BREAK for Tess. The note held the distinctly Siabrey commands, “You need a rest! Stop running around and rest for three days! Three! That’s it! Bring your children, too! I haven’t seen them!”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Grumki the Loud</strong></p><p> </p><p>After the Great Demon War, Grumki the Loud took over the temple at Irulas, becoming the Chief Chainbreaker for the Valley region. Every now and then, when the Empire needed some exceptional strength, the Emperor and Empress would cajole Grumki away from his temple to “demonstrate the Strength of Kord.” However, he never needed much cajoling. Shortly after the war, he met a fellow half-orc priestess of Kord named Karjana Ironfist. Declaring that “The Strength of Kord requires love, as that is strength as well,” the two were shortly married. The two celebrated their marriage by breaking adamantine chains… amongst the wrestling, arm-wrestling, rock lifting, weight-throwing, and other things. </p><p></p><p>Their ten year old child, Tark, has recently started joining them on their journeys to demonstrate the Strength of Kord. Grumki has been glad to present his family at court several times, and delights in scandalizing the nobles. He’s happy to help his Imperial friends in their quests to keep the Empire calm, and often spends a great deal of time breaking bandit heads. Tark has expressed extensive interest in working with the Angels of Mercy... and has already taken part in some local minor missions...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emperor Valerian, post: 1551170, member: 15043"] Modifications have been made to what Tess' player originally gave me, to give me some options with future campaigns (and Isida I think you'll like the changes. :) ) [b]Tess/Pellaron[/b] The ten years after the Great Demon War were interesting ones for Baroness Tesseron Keldare. Before the war, her greatest ambition was one of playing at the grand auditorium in Iskeldrun, joining the Imperial Music Academy, and making a name for herself with her music. However, after criss-crossing the country and the planes, destroying evil, suffering heartbreak, and setting right old wrongs, she began to have a change of heart. While she did hold forth at the Imperial Auditorium for a while, as well as teaching a few classes at the Academy for the Arts, eventually she went to the Emperor and Empress and asked them for something to do. She ended up crossing the country. Sometimes she would take other promising young bards that she had awakened the powerful musical magic in, other times she would go with young priests, eager mercenaries, or others that attracted the eye of either herself or Their Imperial Majesties. In her travels, she was targeted by more than one powerful devil for death, but her tolerance for such evil had degenerated to the point of nonexistence by that point. The devils that tried to kill her ended up uniformly dead or fled, and the attempts on her life began to diminish. Her travels, and the bards, priests, paladins, and everyday people she allied with in fighting evil for those years have since coalesced into a nascent organization... an underground group, which struggles within or without the law against forces of evil, tyranny, and misrule. For many months, the loose alliance held no name or hierarchy, until a personal event in Tess’ life gave them inspiration. During her travels, Pelleron, an old friend now transcended into a solar, would find her and talk with her. While she was reluctant to throw herself headlong into romance as her friends had done, she would spend whatever time Pelleron could spare talking to him. She did like him a great deal, but was uncertain about entering into a relationship with a solar, a celestial, when her own background was tainted by rage and questionable acts. It took both of them several years of deep conversation and learning to understand and forgive each other, as well as to love, but six years ago Tess married Pelleron. Cooincidentally, her lose organization developed a name... the Angels of Mercy, jokingly provided by the bard Simeon Mylis, one of the first partners Tess gained. While in many other places, it has many other names (Soledad in the Eastern Empire, Aashio in Ak Konylu, etc.), ‘Angels’ has been the name Tess has taken as her own to refer to it. Since that time, the Angels have developed connections with personages all over the Empire. Their sources of intelligence range from such well known personages as the Dice family, owners of the largest number of restaurants and magic shops in the Valley. While they cannot be official allies or sources of information (beside of the fact the Angels operate outside the law) it is privately acknowledged that the Emperor and Empress provide as much support as possible. On top of this, occasionally a real angel (or two, depending if Anias shows up or not) help the mortal members out. While Pelleron cannot be around all the time, due to his responsibilities, Tess understands. When she became pregnant with her first child, she eventually went to one of the celestial planes to give birth, so that there would be no worries about devils attempting to kill her during such a vulnerable time. Besides, about the time she married a solar, the attempts on her life took an abrupt plunge. She now has three half-celestial children, Amarine, who is five and seems to have inherited her mother’s musical talent, Siabracius, who is three and sticks close by his father when he practices the arts of war, and Elaynaun, a delightful two year old girl who already is showing signs of magical power. Sometimes she has even joined her husband in the fight against the evils of the multiverse, while his celestial friends have watched their children. She visits the Imperial Court as often as she can, helping Siabrey and Lucius in any way she can... trying to overthrow tyranny and enact justice through means the Emperor and Empress wish they could use, but sadly cannot. Tess has refrained from becoming a static “leader” of the organization. She is still very much active in the “front lines.” Many of corrupt noble fears word that she has appeared in town, and devils now flee at her approach. Inwardly, she’s reluctantly realizing she can no longer do much of the ‘mere’ “frontline” activity for the Angels... more and more she finds herself in Iskeldrun or off-world getting aid, or arranging for rare and valuable supplies for the other operatives... or on high risk missions that the others do not have the know-how, ability, or resources to accomplish. This day, however, she has found a note, delivered to her through channels in the Angels that the Emperor and Empress have invited her and Pellaron, if he is free, to meet in the desert near Obash. It was a personal meeting... and while it was a time for the Emperor and Empress to privately discuss matters of ‘the organization’ (as Siabrey referred to it), it was intended mostly as a BREAK for Tess. The note held the distinctly Siabrey commands, “You need a rest! Stop running around and rest for three days! Three! That’s it! Bring your children, too! I haven’t seen them!” [b]Grumki the Loud[/b] After the Great Demon War, Grumki the Loud took over the temple at Irulas, becoming the Chief Chainbreaker for the Valley region. Every now and then, when the Empire needed some exceptional strength, the Emperor and Empress would cajole Grumki away from his temple to “demonstrate the Strength of Kord.” However, he never needed much cajoling. Shortly after the war, he met a fellow half-orc priestess of Kord named Karjana Ironfist. Declaring that “The Strength of Kord requires love, as that is strength as well,” the two were shortly married. The two celebrated their marriage by breaking adamantine chains… amongst the wrestling, arm-wrestling, rock lifting, weight-throwing, and other things. Their ten year old child, Tark, has recently started joining them on their journeys to demonstrate the Strength of Kord. Grumki has been glad to present his family at court several times, and delights in scandalizing the nobles. He’s happy to help his Imperial friends in their quests to keep the Empire calm, and often spends a great deal of time breaking bandit heads. Tark has expressed extensive interest in working with the Angels of Mercy... and has already taken part in some local minor missions... [/QUOTE]
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