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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 53744" data-attributes="member: 1194">This is the intro to the Agent of Bitter Tears prestige class for paladins-no-more, by Sheb Tillytank:"A stroke of lightning pierced the night sky, throwing flashes along the walls of the room at the top of the main tower of Lord Brammer's keep. Brammer's anguished cries drowned out the peals of thunder that followed. He doubled over in pain, his knees sinking deeper into the thick, blue velvet carpets."Why, Sennicor?...Why do you...torture me so? You were once one of the greatest champions of Heironeous. You..."Brammer's words were choked off in a strangled gasp as another torrent of pain ripped through him. Flashes of self-doubt tore at his mind as he writhed on the floor."Because, Brammer, I've realized how wrong I was. How naive."Sennicor stood above the aging noble, his loose blond curls hanging limply down his forehead. Tears streamed down his hollow cheeks, hanging for a moment on his unshaven chin before falling to the carpets under his mud caked boots. He hardly looked the same as the vital young man Brammer had seen marry just five years gone. He looked tired and worn. His face had a permanent set and his eyes burned with a cold, heartless fire."I was a warrior of Heironeous, a devout follower. But they took her from me, Brammer. They took Ellica. I was off on some pointless quest for Heironeous and bandits killed my wife. I came back from the field to find her beaten and raped. She was still warm, Brammer. Still warm as I held her in my arms and cried, lamenting to Heironeous to save her, not to take her from me. He never heard."I searched for two years for her attackers, praying day and night to Heironeous to help me find the men responsible so I could avenge Ellica. He ignored me, Brammer. I finally realized the truth: Heironeous doesn't care. No more than any of the other gods do. It's all a bunch of lies. Their teachings, their doctrines- lies. The only real truth is balance. For every good there is an evil; for every law a crime. Trying to uphold one above another is foolhardy."I know that now, Brammer, and I've come to teach you too. To save you from the same mistake I made. To save you from yourself."An Agent of Bitter Tears has, at some point, gone through a major life event that has caused him to reevaluate his philosophy in favor of balance. He is often bitter about his former foolishness, which serves to further affirm his current outlook in his eyes. An Agent of Bitter Tears uses his abilities as a way to prove his as the true path.Agents are often seen crying silently as they force themselves to remember the past in an effort to harden themselves. Consequently, they are often refered to as Weepers. A disproportionate number of Weepers seem to be fallen Paladins. However, due to the drastic events revolving around one becoming a Weeper, no class, race or former alignments are barred save for those who are already neutral. An agent prefers the company of those who are also true neutral, but occasionally works with those who are one step removed (lawful neutral, chaotic neutral, neutral good, and neutral evil.) Due to the major conflict of character that occurs, no Agent has ever been know to stay in the company of those who are more than once removed from neutral (lawful good, chaotic good, lawful evil, and chaotic evil.)</blockquote>

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