Voadam
Legend
CASTLE OLDSKULL - Oldskull Anti-Paladins
1e
Lord Mordred the Kin-Slayer, Undead Knight of Saigoth Black Knight 13, Undead Heir, Hateful Revenant: Whatever truly occurred, the terrible end is known: The curse which had destroyed the legacy of Camelot was twofold, and as a result of the defeated Mordred’s panicked pleas, demonic insanity reigned once more. Lord Mordred was entombed alive by noble men who were driven mad; horrifically, he was sealed into the tomb of Queen Guinevere herself. There in the utter dark, he was offered the embrace of one final pact of darkness by a banshee spirit who hailed from the Unseelie Court. This he accepted, and to save himself from starvation — and to empower the banshee’s terrible pact in his black heart — he ate of the dead flesh of Guinevere. In so doing he became an undead heir to the dread and ancient Knights of Saigoth, a hateful revenant. He was torn away into the dark faerie realm of the Unseelie and never seen again.
The slayer of King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Whether he was slain by Arthur, or barely survived, is unknown to many. It is whispered by the wisest that he was entombed alive with the body of Queen Guinevere, and that he ate of her flesh before he starved to death in the utter dark. If true he likely arose as an undead Knight of Saigoth.
Knight of Saigoth, Typical Knight of Saigoth, Undead Knight of Saigoth: The rite to become a Knight of Saigoth is rather horrific. When a high-level (at least level 13) NPC, but not Player Character, anti-paladin is near to death there is a chance that he will be visited by a powerful banshee of the Unseelie Court. The chance is up to the Game Master, but is highly dependent upon immediate circumstances. An anti-paladin who is slain by a party of good characters will die and have his soul taken before a banshee can appear to intervene. However an anti-paladin who is trapped by a cave-in and slowly dying, or drowning alone, or dying painfully in solitude, will probably be visited by the spirit.
Once the NPC anti-paladin agrees to the rite (which he almost always will), the banshee’s hymn will then bring forth a magically unearthed dead body, which might be years old or recently slain. The anti-paladin must eat of the dead body’s flesh and then swear to forever serve the Priesthood of Saigoth. When this is done the banshee will scream, fatally separating the anti-paladin’s soul from his body. The anti-paladin’s immortal patron will be cheated of the soul, and the banshee’s ensnaring power will stitch the soul into the corpse which has been unearthed. The corpse’s remaining flesh will wither away, to be only partially reformed into a vile and twisted countenance.
A magical mask will be conjured and seared into the animated corpse’s face. In 13 nights’ time, these tortured remnants will arise as a Knight of Saigoth, fully undead yet also possessing all of the fallen anti-paladin’s memories.
Before they could all be hunted down and wiped out by holier Men, however, some few of the arch-priests fled into the nether. There — seeking arcane and necromantic powers where divine magic had failed them — they made allegiance with the last of the Lich Maidens. (Which Maiden it was, some sayeth Hagath, others Annis, is unknown.) They twisted even the arts of Mung, who sent his own minions and the Monsters against them. But twenty-three of these arcane warriors of undeath endured these trials and torments, and rose in the World of Oldskull as terrible princely powers of wrath and hate.
These twenty-three were the Knights of Saigoth. They are warrior Liches of dreadful might, and each is worshipped by a death cult, lost in a different corner of the world.
Knight of Saigoth, Undead Chaotic Evil Knight of Terrible Power, Terrible Princely Power of Wrath and Hate, Warrior Lich of Dreadful Might: ?
Undead: ?
Undead Lord: ?
Undead Horror: ?
Banshee Spirit: ?
Powerful Banshee of the Unseelie Court: ?
Ghast: ?
Ghoul: ?
The Lich Queen, Deathless Triumphator: ?
Lich: ?
Lich Maiden: ?
Lich Maiden, Hagath: ?
Lich Maiden, Annis: ?
Mummy: ?
Shadow: ?
Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Vampire: ?
Vampire, Vampiress: ?
Vampire Lord, Lady Vampiress: ?
Vampire Patriarch, Vampiress Matriarch: ?
Limping Zombie: ?
Basic
Lord Mordred the Kin-Slayer, Undead Knight of Saigoth Black Knight 13, Undead Heir, Hateful Revenant: Whatever truly occurred, the terrible end is known: The curse which had destroyed the legacy of Camelot was twofold, and as a result of the defeated Mordred’s panicked pleas, demonic insanity reigned once more. Lord Mordred was entombed alive by noble men who were driven mad; horrifically, he was sealed into the tomb of Queen Guinevere herself. There in the utter dark, he was offered the embrace of one final pact of darkness by a banshee spirit who hailed from the Unseelie Court. This he accepted, and to save himself from starvation — and to empower the banshee’s terrible pact in his black heart — he ate of the dead flesh of Guinevere. In so doing he became an undead heir to the dread and ancient Knights of Saigoth, a hateful revenant. He was torn away into the dark faerie realm of the Unseelie and never seen again.
The slayer of King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Whether he was slain by Arthur, or barely survived, is unknown to many. It is whispered by the wisest that he was entombed alive with the body of Queen Guinevere, and that he ate of her flesh before he starved to death in the utter dark. If true he likely arose as an undead Knight of Saigoth.
Knight of Saigoth, Typical Knight of Saigoth, Undead Knight of Saigoth: The rite to become a Knight of Saigoth is rather horrific. When a high-level (at least level 13) NPC, but not Player Character, anti-paladin is near to death there is a chance that he will be visited by a powerful banshee of the Unseelie Court. The chance is up to the Game Master, but is highly dependent upon immediate circumstances. An anti-paladin who is slain by a party of good characters will die and have his soul taken before a banshee can appear to intervene. However an anti-paladin who is trapped by a cave-in and slowly dying, or drowning alone, or dying painfully in solitude, will probably be visited by the spirit.
Once the NPC anti-paladin agrees to the rite (which he almost always will), the banshee’s hymn will then bring forth a magically unearthed dead body, which might be years old or recently slain. The anti-paladin must eat of the dead body’s flesh and then swear to forever serve the Priesthood of Saigoth. When this is done the banshee will scream, fatally separating the anti-paladin’s soul from his body. The anti-paladin’s immortal patron will be cheated of the soul, and the banshee’s ensnaring power will stitch the soul into the corpse which has been unearthed. The corpse’s remaining flesh will wither away, to be only partially reformed into a vile and twisted countenance.
A magical mask will be conjured and seared into the animated corpse’s face. In 13 nights’ time, these tortured remnants will arise as a Knight of Saigoth, fully undead yet also possessing all of the fallen anti-paladin’s memories.
Before they could all be hunted down and wiped out by holier Men, however, some few of the arch-priests fled into the nether. There — seeking arcane and necromantic powers where divine magic had failed them — they made allegiance with the last of the Lich Maidens. (Which Maiden it was, some sayeth Hagath, others Annis, is unknown.) They twisted even the arts of Mung, who sent his own minions and the Monsters against them. But twenty-three of these arcane warriors of undeath endured these trials and torments, and rose in the World of Oldskull as terrible princely powers of wrath and hate.
These twenty-three were the Knights of Saigoth. They are warrior Liches of dreadful might, and each is worshipped by a death cult, lost in a different corner of the world.
Knight of Saigoth, Undead Chaotic Evil Knight of Terrible Power, Terrible Princely Power of Wrath and Hate, Warrior Lich of Dreadful Might: ?
Undead: ?
Undead Lord: ?
Undead Horror: ?
Banshee Spirit: ?
Powerful Banshee of the Unseelie Court: ?
Ghast: ?
Ghoul: ?
The Lich Queen, Deathless Triumphator: ?
Lich: ?
Lich Maiden: ?
Lich Maiden, Hagath: ?
Lich Maiden, Annis: ?
Mummy: ?
Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Vampire: ?
Vampire, Vampiress: ?
Vampire Lord, Lady Vampiress: ?
Vampire Patriarch, Vampiress Matriarch: ?
Limping Zombie: ?
1e
Lord Mordred the Kin-Slayer, Undead Knight of Saigoth Black Knight 13, Undead Heir, Hateful Revenant: Whatever truly occurred, the terrible end is known: The curse which had destroyed the legacy of Camelot was twofold, and as a result of the defeated Mordred’s panicked pleas, demonic insanity reigned once more. Lord Mordred was entombed alive by noble men who were driven mad; horrifically, he was sealed into the tomb of Queen Guinevere herself. There in the utter dark, he was offered the embrace of one final pact of darkness by a banshee spirit who hailed from the Unseelie Court. This he accepted, and to save himself from starvation — and to empower the banshee’s terrible pact in his black heart — he ate of the dead flesh of Guinevere. In so doing he became an undead heir to the dread and ancient Knights of Saigoth, a hateful revenant. He was torn away into the dark faerie realm of the Unseelie and never seen again.
The slayer of King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Whether he was slain by Arthur, or barely survived, is unknown to many. It is whispered by the wisest that he was entombed alive with the body of Queen Guinevere, and that he ate of her flesh before he starved to death in the utter dark. If true he likely arose as an undead Knight of Saigoth.
Knight of Saigoth, Typical Knight of Saigoth, Undead Knight of Saigoth: The rite to become a Knight of Saigoth is rather horrific. When a high-level (at least level 13) NPC, but not Player Character, anti-paladin is near to death there is a chance that he will be visited by a powerful banshee of the Unseelie Court. The chance is up to the Game Master, but is highly dependent upon immediate circumstances. An anti-paladin who is slain by a party of good characters will die and have his soul taken before a banshee can appear to intervene. However an anti-paladin who is trapped by a cave-in and slowly dying, or drowning alone, or dying painfully in solitude, will probably be visited by the spirit.
Once the NPC anti-paladin agrees to the rite (which he almost always will), the banshee’s hymn will then bring forth a magically unearthed dead body, which might be years old or recently slain. The anti-paladin must eat of the dead body’s flesh and then swear to forever serve the Priesthood of Saigoth. When this is done the banshee will scream, fatally separating the anti-paladin’s soul from his body. The anti-paladin’s immortal patron will be cheated of the soul, and the banshee’s ensnaring power will stitch the soul into the corpse which has been unearthed. The corpse’s remaining flesh will wither away, to be only partially reformed into a vile and twisted countenance.
A magical mask will be conjured and seared into the animated corpse’s face. In 13 nights’ time, these tortured remnants will arise as a Knight of Saigoth, fully undead yet also possessing all of the fallen anti-paladin’s memories.
Before they could all be hunted down and wiped out by holier Men, however, some few of the arch-priests fled into the nether. There — seeking arcane and necromantic powers where divine magic had failed them — they made allegiance with the last of the Lich Maidens. (Which Maiden it was, some sayeth Hagath, others Annis, is unknown.) They twisted even the arts of Mung, who sent his own minions and the Monsters against them. But twenty-three of these arcane warriors of undeath endured these trials and torments, and rose in the World of Oldskull as terrible princely powers of wrath and hate.
These twenty-three were the Knights of Saigoth. They are warrior Liches of dreadful might, and each is worshipped by a death cult, lost in a different corner of the world.
Knight of Saigoth, Undead Chaotic Evil Knight of Terrible Power, Terrible Princely Power of Wrath and Hate, Warrior Lich of Dreadful Might: ?
Undead: ?
Undead Lord: ?
Undead Horror: ?
Banshee Spirit: ?
Powerful Banshee of the Unseelie Court: ?
Ghast: ?
Ghoul: ?
The Lich Queen, Deathless Triumphator: ?
Lich: ?
Lich Maiden: ?
Lich Maiden, Hagath: ?
Lich Maiden, Annis: ?
Mummy: ?
Shadow: ?
Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Vampire: ?
Vampire, Vampiress: ?
Vampire Lord, Lady Vampiress: ?
Vampire Patriarch, Vampiress Matriarch: ?
Limping Zombie: ?
Basic
Lord Mordred the Kin-Slayer, Undead Knight of Saigoth Black Knight 13, Undead Heir, Hateful Revenant: Whatever truly occurred, the terrible end is known: The curse which had destroyed the legacy of Camelot was twofold, and as a result of the defeated Mordred’s panicked pleas, demonic insanity reigned once more. Lord Mordred was entombed alive by noble men who were driven mad; horrifically, he was sealed into the tomb of Queen Guinevere herself. There in the utter dark, he was offered the embrace of one final pact of darkness by a banshee spirit who hailed from the Unseelie Court. This he accepted, and to save himself from starvation — and to empower the banshee’s terrible pact in his black heart — he ate of the dead flesh of Guinevere. In so doing he became an undead heir to the dread and ancient Knights of Saigoth, a hateful revenant. He was torn away into the dark faerie realm of the Unseelie and never seen again.
The slayer of King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann. Whether he was slain by Arthur, or barely survived, is unknown to many. It is whispered by the wisest that he was entombed alive with the body of Queen Guinevere, and that he ate of her flesh before he starved to death in the utter dark. If true he likely arose as an undead Knight of Saigoth.
Knight of Saigoth, Typical Knight of Saigoth, Undead Knight of Saigoth: The rite to become a Knight of Saigoth is rather horrific. When a high-level (at least level 13) NPC, but not Player Character, anti-paladin is near to death there is a chance that he will be visited by a powerful banshee of the Unseelie Court. The chance is up to the Game Master, but is highly dependent upon immediate circumstances. An anti-paladin who is slain by a party of good characters will die and have his soul taken before a banshee can appear to intervene. However an anti-paladin who is trapped by a cave-in and slowly dying, or drowning alone, or dying painfully in solitude, will probably be visited by the spirit.
Once the NPC anti-paladin agrees to the rite (which he almost always will), the banshee’s hymn will then bring forth a magically unearthed dead body, which might be years old or recently slain. The anti-paladin must eat of the dead body’s flesh and then swear to forever serve the Priesthood of Saigoth. When this is done the banshee will scream, fatally separating the anti-paladin’s soul from his body. The anti-paladin’s immortal patron will be cheated of the soul, and the banshee’s ensnaring power will stitch the soul into the corpse which has been unearthed. The corpse’s remaining flesh will wither away, to be only partially reformed into a vile and twisted countenance.
A magical mask will be conjured and seared into the animated corpse’s face. In 13 nights’ time, these tortured remnants will arise as a Knight of Saigoth, fully undead yet also possessing all of the fallen anti-paladin’s memories.
Before they could all be hunted down and wiped out by holier Men, however, some few of the arch-priests fled into the nether. There — seeking arcane and necromantic powers where divine magic had failed them — they made allegiance with the last of the Lich Maidens. (Which Maiden it was, some sayeth Hagath, others Annis, is unknown.) They twisted even the arts of Mung, who sent his own minions and the Monsters against them. But twenty-three of these arcane warriors of undeath endured these trials and torments, and rose in the World of Oldskull as terrible princely powers of wrath and hate.
These twenty-three were the Knights of Saigoth. They are warrior Liches of dreadful might, and each is worshipped by a death cult, lost in a different corner of the world.
Knight of Saigoth, Undead Chaotic Evil Knight of Terrible Power, Terrible Princely Power of Wrath and Hate, Warrior Lich of Dreadful Might: ?
Undead: ?
Undead Lord: ?
Undead Horror: ?
Banshee Spirit: ?
Powerful Banshee of the Unseelie Court: ?
Ghast: ?
Ghoul: ?
The Lich Queen, Deathless Triumphator: ?
Lich: ?
Lich Maiden: ?
Lich Maiden, Hagath: ?
Lich Maiden, Annis: ?
Mummy: ?
Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Vampire: ?
Vampire, Vampiress: ?
Vampire Lord, Lady Vampiress: ?
Vampire Patriarch, Vampiress Matriarch: ?
Limping Zombie: ?
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