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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6903373" data-attributes="member: 42582">And here, in spoiler blocks, is the background/kicker for a fourth PC, an eladrin artful dodger Athasian Minstrel. Though it's mostly in 2nd person, it was actually written by the player except for some tidying at the beginning and end to make it fit the other PC backstory (Mindartis, the eladrin bard) and the events so far (and when I did that tidying, and had to send it back to the player, I changed all the "I"s to "you"s).[sblock]Awan welcomed Mindartis upon his arrival from the Lands Within the Wind. The two of you were friendly, as you got on well. Both of you are good entertainers, Mindartis as a flautist and story teller, you as an Athasian Minstrel who performs acrobatics, plays the kank-horn pipes, and has learned local tales in your time on Athas.You parted ways about a week or so ago, when the time came for Mindartis to enter the city of Tyr. You knew his mission - defiling not only destroys the land of Athas, but also unmakes the Lands Within the Wind, and so Mindartis had come here to make contact with the Veiled Alliance, a secret society of preservers dedicated to ending defiling and restoring Athas to health.However… what Mindartis did not know was that you are a shadow templar, who performs eliminations for the Sorcerer-King of Tyr… Well, who knows really, but  that’s what you’re told! - they got you many, many years ago, when you were young, and never really gave you a choice.And your mission was to follow Mindartis, and kill whomever he contacted, and then kill him (which is a real shame because he seems a nice guy). As you say to yourself, “It’s not like I enjoy this, but it’s what I do.”(It’s ironic that Mindartis was correct to believe that you were making contact as a fellow Eladrin wanting to help him make contact with the Veiled Alliance, …)You entered Tyr and (in disguise) followed Mindartis to the stadium, melded into the crowd and then spotted and killed his contact (right in front of him no less - crowds are good for that!) and slipped away… just as the word spread that the Tyrant is dead… Why couldn’t you have heard this one minute earlier?  It would have been one less body for that bastard the Sorcerer King and there have been so many.…With Kalak dead you consider your contract void. Awan thinks, “This is the furthest I have been from the organisation, and I want nothing more to do with them.  Let the templars chase me if they want….”But they do tend always to finish what they start.  Mindartis could still be a target despite Kalak’s death. As he stands in the arena with a pair of gladiators, on the “winning” side of an altercation with a templar and his bodyguards, you “bump” into him.“I know a safehouse we can go to - but we have to hurry!” Trying to protect Mindartis seems the least that you can do.[/sblock]I'll post a report of our second session - played last Sunday - when I get a chance.</blockquote>

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