RobotRobotI
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I editted in Alexis's background from here into the RG post. I'm set to go whenever. =]
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Metropolis - The World in Waiting (Full)
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G'day,
I have real life gaming tonight so I will try and get a PC concept and stats fleshed out for posting tomorrow or Sunday. Saying that I've posted below all that we know about Hound so far. It's from the previous posts and consolidated so it is all in the one place. I'll also consolidate and see if I can't expand on The Apartments some time in the next day or so.
Cheers
Daz
Hound (elf bard)
Hound is a journalist and investigator. He rails against the establishment and strives for a better place for the down trodden. More often than not he finds his investigations leave him waist deep in the paranormal. He works for a local rag, a self financed operation run by an idealogical hard arsed half orc called Burke. Occasionally, to supplement his income, he hires his investigative skills out but, the case has to pique his interest - a cheater stalker his is not.
He was born in The Apartments, 7 tall stone spires with hundreds of floors and a maze of rooms, corridors and staircases. All interconnected by bridges, tunnels and magical portals. All of the races of Metropolis have legends regarding the creation of The Apartments and no two of those legends is the same. The only thing that is common in the legends is the fact that somewhere in the vertical labyrinth something is hidden. Whether that something is benevolent or malign is unknown but every race has representatives searching for whatver it is. The Apartments are a constant skirmish, a war of atrittion. Sure, a race may hold a particular series of rooms or even a floor or two for anywhere from weeks to months. In fact the Killi-kelli-hek, a barbaric, flesh eating breed of dwarf, have inhabited the same three floors in one of the towers for the last 73 years. Recently the Killi-kelli-hek have become agitated and expansionist. Where as before they would hunt in small groups for meats and goods they are now moving through The Apartments in greater numbers. Hound believes that someone is using the Killi-kelli-hek to further their own ends, there is no other logical reason why they would all of a sudden become mroe agressive - is there?
Hound lost his parents, both Wayfinders, at an early age. Fortuitiously for him the first 'people' to wander past the weeping child who sat beside the bodies of his parents were not frenetic nor were they ritualistic, in fact they weren't even hungry. They were a posse of 3 ghouls. The small child, knowing no better, stood and waited. The ghouls, Grym, Gryme, and Grynn, were amazed that the boy had not run screaming from them, he was too young to realise the predicament he was in (and being elven he was immune to their paralytic touch). The ghouls, being not foolish and quite intelligent, decided that they could use the small child. They named him Hound because of the way he trailed after them. The ghouls were careful to ensure that they sheltered their 'child' from the more base, violent, reprehensbile side of their nature. The ghouls tutored the boy, taught him how to survive and introduced him to some of the more questionable talents that he uses in his investigations today. Eventually though the gig was up. Hound discovered their true nature and only just made it away from them alive. In fact if not for the actions of Gryme, who had spent the most time teaching Hound, he would surely have been killed. This deception forged Hound into the truth seeker that he is.
Hound supposes that the reason so many of his cases end up being paranormal is becaue of his unusual upbringing, maybe somehow his soul resonates to the pulse of the supernatural.
Hound has been investigating a story involving biomagical engineering on indentured workers on some of the sewer farms. He believes that these biofarms are a front for duplcitious 'God' dealings. The farms he has been investigating abut a religious sanctuary dedicated to the mysterious deity known as Hess Ne-el Il'ithuk . The followers of this somewhat questionable deity have a penchant for violence and experimentation. They refer to Hess Ne-el Il'ithuk as 'God' and anyone daring to invoke another deity or call 'God' by his actual name on their patch is dealt with quickly, brutally and without mercy.
I have real life gaming tonight so I will try and get a PC concept and stats fleshed out for posting tomorrow or Sunday. Saying that I've posted below all that we know about Hound so far. It's from the previous posts and consolidated so it is all in the one place. I'll also consolidate and see if I can't expand on The Apartments some time in the next day or so.
Cheers
Daz
Hound (elf bard)
Hound is a journalist and investigator. He rails against the establishment and strives for a better place for the down trodden. More often than not he finds his investigations leave him waist deep in the paranormal. He works for a local rag, a self financed operation run by an idealogical hard arsed half orc called Burke. Occasionally, to supplement his income, he hires his investigative skills out but, the case has to pique his interest - a cheater stalker his is not.
He was born in The Apartments, 7 tall stone spires with hundreds of floors and a maze of rooms, corridors and staircases. All interconnected by bridges, tunnels and magical portals. All of the races of Metropolis have legends regarding the creation of The Apartments and no two of those legends is the same. The only thing that is common in the legends is the fact that somewhere in the vertical labyrinth something is hidden. Whether that something is benevolent or malign is unknown but every race has representatives searching for whatver it is. The Apartments are a constant skirmish, a war of atrittion. Sure, a race may hold a particular series of rooms or even a floor or two for anywhere from weeks to months. In fact the Killi-kelli-hek, a barbaric, flesh eating breed of dwarf, have inhabited the same three floors in one of the towers for the last 73 years. Recently the Killi-kelli-hek have become agitated and expansionist. Where as before they would hunt in small groups for meats and goods they are now moving through The Apartments in greater numbers. Hound believes that someone is using the Killi-kelli-hek to further their own ends, there is no other logical reason why they would all of a sudden become mroe agressive - is there?
Hound lost his parents, both Wayfinders, at an early age. Fortuitiously for him the first 'people' to wander past the weeping child who sat beside the bodies of his parents were not frenetic nor were they ritualistic, in fact they weren't even hungry. They were a posse of 3 ghouls. The small child, knowing no better, stood and waited. The ghouls, Grym, Gryme, and Grynn, were amazed that the boy had not run screaming from them, he was too young to realise the predicament he was in (and being elven he was immune to their paralytic touch). The ghouls, being not foolish and quite intelligent, decided that they could use the small child. They named him Hound because of the way he trailed after them. The ghouls were careful to ensure that they sheltered their 'child' from the more base, violent, reprehensbile side of their nature. The ghouls tutored the boy, taught him how to survive and introduced him to some of the more questionable talents that he uses in his investigations today. Eventually though the gig was up. Hound discovered their true nature and only just made it away from them alive. In fact if not for the actions of Gryme, who had spent the most time teaching Hound, he would surely have been killed. This deception forged Hound into the truth seeker that he is.
Hound supposes that the reason so many of his cases end up being paranormal is becaue of his unusual upbringing, maybe somehow his soul resonates to the pulse of the supernatural.
Hound has been investigating a story involving biomagical engineering on indentured workers on some of the sewer farms. He believes that these biofarms are a front for duplcitious 'God' dealings. The farms he has been investigating abut a religious sanctuary dedicated to the mysterious deity known as Hess Ne-el Il'ithuk . The followers of this somewhat questionable deity have a penchant for violence and experimentation. They refer to Hess Ne-el Il'ithuk as 'God' and anyone daring to invoke another deity or call 'God' by his actual name on their patch is dealt with quickly, brutally and without mercy.
Captain NeMo
First Post
So, any word on whether you'd be interested in having Zook around? I've still got to finish him, so I'll be able to change him to a regular cleric if I must.
RobotRobotI
First Post
Will do, Phoenix.
Festy_Dog
First Post
Phoenix, if you're willing to accept alts I happen to have a character in mind who'd be fun to flesh out a background for, more for just expanding the campaign world than to line up to play (although I'd love to play, creating an alt is just great potential for contributing to a good idea). In a nutshell, a half-orc canal pirate hailing from a burnt-out section of the city inhabited primarily by wandering humanoid tribes. Haven't got any concrete ideas for his aspirations at this stage.
Ranger Rick
First Post
Unfortunetately I will not be able to flesh out anything till next week. Therefore I am going to bow out.
I've got the 4 characters that i like (as long as d20Dazza is in) but I will be looking for alts eventually. Since the game hasn't even started yet, I'm going to hang off asking for them at the moment since i'd like the alts to have something to do with the storyline when introduced. If you'd still like to flesh something out Festy Dog, I'd love to hear it (and may just use a little of it).
Ok then, hit points....
Taran, you should have 23hp.
As soon as d20Dazza has posted his character, I'll start the game...
Ok then, hit points....
Taran, you should have 23hp.
As soon as d20Dazza has posted his character, I'll start the game...
Heya,
Excellent, I'n on board. Bare with me a dozen more hours or so please guys, I've been out celurbricating my fathers 60th b'day and my head is about howdy doody at the moment so I can't finalise my PC. After I nurse this sorry head I'll finish Hound off - post soon but am keen as mustard!
Cheers
Daz
Excellent, I'n on board. Bare with me a dozen more hours or so please guys, I've been out celurbricating my fathers 60th b'day and my head is about howdy doody at the moment so I can't finalise my PC. After I nurse this sorry head I'll finish Hound off - post soon but am keen as mustard!
Cheers
Daz
