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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5043874" data-attributes="member: 2093">Here's what I've jotted down so far this afternoon, amongst other things: Ladia Fanchon: human (vampire) female fighter 5/ cleric 3This woman is a sergeant of the watch in Midtown, and has voluntarily taken the evening shift for the past 5 years. She is a widow, and has no children. She's known for her sensible, practical, kindly way of dealing with criminals, children and miscreant adventurers alike.However, she guards a terrible secret. Five years ago, she and her husband, who were both watchmembers, were ambushed by a vampire passing through Ptolus. They were both slain, but Ladia's husband merely died. She rose. In the five years following, she has tried to do no great evil, but she was never a particularly good person, and has become accustomed to seeing her "disposal" of unwanted victims as a "good thing" for the city.She had, before her conversion, sometimes done some work at a small orphanage near her home. But since her conversion, she has done much more there. She made the discovery that the mistress of the orphanage had begun to worship at a minor chaos cult, and was offering up the children as converts. Already being corrupted, and needing a steady supply of victims, Ladia has co-opted the chaos cult. She has stepped into the role of priestess, and gained several clerical levels. She's turned the orphanage mistress into her personal follower - not a vampire spawn, although she has several, but a charmed dependent who obeys her every command. Various followers:The orphanage headmistress (charmed human)Her watch captain (charmed human)The orphanage "senior orphan" - spawn? (Too bad DnD vampires can't create ghouls - it would be the perfect type of follower in this situation). A ruffian (charmed half-orc) acts as her muscle during the day.A couple of spawn who guard her lairs. She has two major lairs - one in the apartment which is her apparent home, and one in the basement of the orphanage, where she spends the bulk of her time. I think these locales will be connected via the sewers. She can certainly move through drains via gaseous form easily enough.She will also have a small chaos cult temple connected to the orphanage - again, via the sewers, and a dozen or so loyal followers there who know nothing about her vampirism. And of course, the vampire who "turned" her is still out there somewhere. Who was he? Where did he go? Does he know or care about Ladia?</blockquote>

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