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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neil the Knight" data-source="post: 7033176" data-attributes="member: 6801269">The Pool family will play a significantly more minor roll compared to the Gaspars, and Quinchino's in the campaign. Their main game purpose will be as the patron faction to the Rat Brood sewer quest. The quest will involve defending the workers from an attack from the rat brood. At which point the party will be tipped off as to the location of the brood nest and sent to exterminate it. There will be other ways for  the party to learn about the brood nest, namely if they investigate the Gaspar warehouse break ins and manage to tail the rats (pun intended) back to their hide out. After this quest is complete the Pools simply act as a resource for information in the missing scions case of SoG and offer a reward for the safe return of Elaint. Though one possible idea I am toying with is, just in case the party does not accept the invitation to the Quinchino resistance after rescuing the scions, It could be possible to throw a ball in their honor at the Pool resistance and have Dazzlag crash the party and ambush the players there.Pool FamilySource: LCoB, SoG (Marsk)Game Purpose: Patron and Resource FactionFaction Type: CompanyGoal: To maintain their status as a greater familyBackground:The pools are one of the three oldest families in Endhome. How the Pool family seems to be trying to gain support in the city is by winning the hearts and minds of the populace. Ruled by Ranlan Pool, the current Governor of Endhome, the house oversees many of the city's municipal improvements, including a troubled sewer project. The fact that the building contracts are almost all going to Pool allies limits the goodwill generated.Members:Ranlan PoolA portly man of fifty or so, he has been governor for 10 years, after serving 12 years in the Senate. Ranlan enjoys the life of governor and throws lavish parties at his estate overlooking the river. He Is a frequent diner at Heaven's Gate, and enjoys visiting the bazaar from time to time, just to see how the common folk are fairing. Ranlan is the consummate politician. Always quick to shake hands especially of the well-connected and influential, and possessed of fantastic memory for names, the governor makes a quick and memorable impression on everyone he meets. Having spent so much of his time in public life, he has been adroit at disgusting his true ambitions, feelings, and ideas, and one must spend much time along with the governor to discover what lies beneath the layers of polished discourse.Along with a less than modest salary as the Governor, Ranlan, at arms length, controls various worker and builders guilds around Endhome. Members of these guilds pay hefty dues (most of which end up in the Pool coffers) but are the only ones who receive municipal contracts.At his heart, Ranlan is desperate to maintain his families prestige and notoriety. He calculates his self worth from the number of people who know his name and vie for his attention. Ranlan is very wary of who his family is seen interacting with and it has come to his attention that Elaint, his son, has been spending more and more time with Kara Calaudra. Ranlan has warned him about the "intrigues" of house Calaidra but Elaint will hear none of it. If things continue, Ranlan will be forced to act to "ensure his house's security". To keep his son occupied Ranlan has arranged for Elaint to study law at the Temple of Thyr under some of the best scholars and tutors the city has to offer. He is vary eager for his son to enter politics.Ranlan sees his current marriage to Isabella as a business transaction and all he expects of her is to smile and act the part during parties and public events. His real love is the mother of his son, who died of the cancer a decade and a half ago.Ranlan has a quick temper with his servants and assistance, and is prone to bouts of disabling depression. Still, when all is said and done, he works hard for and home and, under his watch, this city likely will continue to thrive and grow.Ranlan is a wiry man with dark hair with silver strands that is kept slicked back and neat. His prickly silver eyebrows hide his true motives but his hazel eyes are warm and welcoming.Isabella PoolOriginally Isabella Gaspar, she is Ranlan's second wife. Married off as part of the deal that saw the Pool spice business sold to the Gaspar's,  Isabella has no love for Ranlan. Her one true love is her twin brother Liam. The two have been caught up in a forbidden love affair that began before Isabella was married off. Though she despises everything about her husband, she puts on a perfect show when attending public events or hostessing the many important political and professional figures that come hoping for Ranlan's ear.Isabella has the cascading, wavey, golden hair and icy blue eyes of the Gaspar's and is roughly 35 years of age.Elaint PoolFollowing his fathers wish's, Elaint studies Law at the temple of Thyr. Elaint has no real love for politics and would rather become a clergyman than a politician but is too timid to speak out against his fathers wishes. Much to his father's dismay Elaint has begun spending much of his free time with Kara Calaudra. Since joining the other scions on their adventures Elaint has secretly invested in a set of masterwork full plate that he bought at one of the local blacksmiths. He has also convinced Kilgore Spink, his father's bodyguard to train him in some  basic melee combat which he brushes off is for self defense. Wile training he has subtly been getting Kilgore to recount his own time as an adventurer with the Ascension. Elaint sports Dark shoulder length hair, hazel eyes and a sole patch.Kilgore SpinkGovernor Pool never Strays far from the estate without his bodyguard, Kilgore Spink. Kilgore is a seasoned veteran of both the Endhome Guard, and of several Adventures. Kilgore is a robust and firm believer in good health and daily exercise. He is tried unsuccessfully for several years to convince Ranlan to eat healthier and to go out for a brisk walk everyday. Kilgore despise a sloth and waste, and frequently reprimands shirkers in the governor's employ.Though now privately employed by the Pool's Kilgore maintains good connections with the City Guard and his former associate Kytor the Red from his time with the adventuring group known as the Ascension. Kilgore quite enjoys his current well paid and relatively speaking danger free life thus his scene of duty and loyalty towards the Pool's is unwavering.Due to his military background Kilgore is always standing at the ready and normally goes about dressed in leather armor and carrying a short sword. However if you believe things are going to get rough he dons his chain mail and shield and carries a long sword.Face: Ranlan PoolRelationships:Control workers guilds from arms length. Is paid hefty dues.Allied with Gaspar's but still look out for Pool interests first. (If it looks like another faction will rise to prominence, will jump ship)Think Quinchino are thuggish brutesWell connected with Temple of ThyrNotes:Greater HouseFamily colors, purple and goldTheir family coat of arms is blazon thus purpur, a raven proper maintaining a key orQuest notes: May been seen out on the street yelling at the workers of the sewer project to get back to work (Rat Brood quest)Reward for bringing back Elaint alive is a small gold key which as long as Ranlan is governor of the city is worth 500gp. Alternatively it can be handed to a city official or member of the Pool family for a favour. (SoG)</blockquote>

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