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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 1011185" data-attributes="member: 3929">AntagonistsPerhaps it’s always this way, but any great power in the world can be either the enemy or the patron. Eventually, the PC’s must confront them and try to stop what they’re doing; perhaps for all the wrong reasons. Who are they supposed to believe? Who can they trust? At any rate, here are some of the big names the PC’s will run into over the course of their travels.Silmoon OakleafHe is an elf druid amassing considerable sway in the Wilderness. For years he has been vocal about how the druids must be active in their defense of nature’s balance. He presses for widespread use of magic to “contain” the corrupting influence of the growing civilizations. He still maintains his beliefs that civilization must be destroyed wholesale, but his orations have become more moderate for him to influence a greater number of the druidic order. His goal is to reshape the druidic hierarchy into his own vision and cover the lands in woods and natural environs. He would be fighting the Paalen League, Subartha, the Langolans and any Enclave he comes across. His philosophy on magic is that it should only be in the hands of those who know how to use it properly, i.e. druids. He would take the monolith fragments and utterly destroy them to prevent the return of powers foreign to Nurn. Probably LN in alignment.---Roland de ChansonThe Patron of the Chanson Academy of Music, Roland is an old vampire. He detests the opulence of the Paalen League, but understands that they allow him to work on his compositions. He believes that magic is a natural expression, like music, and when found the ability to use magic should be nurtured. The greatest works of magic must be elegant as well as powerful; he regards the Fall as an example of the inelegance of the devout and the power hungry wizards. He does have incentive to keep the enclave happy and supplied with information because the enclaves have discovered his secret of undeath. So an uneasy truce has formed between the enclaves and Roland: neither reveals the true nature of the other and there is a generally free flow of information both ways. This truce is maintained as long as both parties are more useful to the other alive, and there is no possibility of destroying the other without destroying one’s self. <<Vampires are not destroyed by the sun, making them like Bram Stoker’s vampires. Everything done in sunlight is subjected to a -6 circumstance penalty.>> His view of the monolith is one of curiosity; he wonders what kind of beautiful music he could make were he to possess divine powers. He is CE, although he’s Evil only by a hair’s breadth.---General PhaedonHe is the most experienced and wily of the Subarthan commanders. He holds influence in Subartha, but refrains from using it thinking that it is not a general’s place to dictate policy, only to execute it. He has on his plate the expansion of his Empire to the west, the defense from possible Paalen assault. Recently he has had to worry about the raids of Giovanni Puccini and other pirates and has offered a reward for the capture of the rogue. He has assigned a lower general to guard the border with the eastern swamps since lizardmen incursions have been more frequent of late. He views magic as a coward’s tool and uses none himself, and permits none of his subordinates to use it. <<Since Subartha is geared towards war, masterwork weapons are more common, costing only 1/3 the listed price for citizens.>> Only rumors have reached his ears about the monolith and thinks it a good thing that all those magical beings were destroyed. He has no personal goals other than to be the exemplar of what a Subarthan should be.---Alec CrowleyOne of the merchant princes of the Paalen League. He is the youngest and most eager merchant, always supporting the League’s expansion and their efforts of opening trade routes wherever possible. While he supports expansion in general, his main area of interest is in exploring the western continent of the Plateau. He dislikes the Subarthans, but they do not threaten his interests yet, so he isn’t too worried. He respects Giovanni Puccini and enjoys hearing stories of his rivals’ ships being plundered; Giovanni just better not plunder Alec’s ships! He is a pragmatist when it comes to magic. If it can help him, it’s a good thing. To this end he has gotten the interest of one enclave and they are using each other to gain power in the Plateau. Both would like to see then enclaves there destroyed and their wealth of magic plundered. Only recently has he considered what bearing a monolith fragment might do for him: he could crush his rivals and set himself up as the most powerful man in the world. He has begun to employ spies and assassins to gather information about the monolith. One such assassin failed in his mission to get information from Roland de Chanson. Roland knows who sent the assassin, but Alec doesn’t know how the assassin failed: he was made a vampire spawn and sent back to infiltrate Alec’s spy network. Alec is probably LE or NE.---Brimblegook FlappyfeetThis goblin is more than a little agitated when someone asks him about his name, but he knows enough not to kill you unless he was sent for that purpose. He was for a long time a spy for the Wilderness, but has now struck out on his own. He has the most extensive network of spies in the world. All of the goblin spies belong to him, and he has them everywhere. How does he pay them? He charges a large sum for the information he can provide; it’s not cheap to get information from a wily old coot like Brimblegook. He entered the information service to get away from what was sure to be a life of slavery in the Wilderness and found that he was very good at it. His residence is near the Wilderness, but not so near so as do discourage anyone from coming to see him. He enjoys the challenge of finding information and cares little for what’s done with it. As such, the monolith is fascinating but not consuming. He most certainly uses magic. (N or NE)</blockquote>

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