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Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Worldly Persons
Germanicus DuValle: Until recently a baron, currently the most well recognized and powerful lord in Arthuria, slatted to become its first King. Known for a stern adherence to chivalry, law, and justice, as well as keen strategic, tactical, and political sense.

The Three Hag Queens: Arina, Serafina, and Jagha are the three witches who, through cunning and skill have risen to the highest level of power a witch or warlock can attain. Hag Magic being, generally, a very cutthroat discipline in which power must be increased at the expense of others (or other powerful things/places/etc), this is no small feat. All three are difficult to find, but all three, unlike the highest officers of most schools of magic, will work for anybody if the price is right. Their names are spoken in hushed and fearful voices, and although most magicians scoff, there are few who doubt the power of the hag queens.

Hadrian of the Stone Tower: The most talented magician in Karthay, possibly all of Amora. Karthayan magic was fairly rudimentary until this generation, but Hadrian has canonized a wealth of new spells and restructured their school of magic with stunning success. He is said to be a haughty, moody, egocentric genius: despite his faults, his tremendous power and extensive service to the Karthayan state means that he is amongst the most important political players in Karthay.

The Tetrad of Eburon: The rulers of Eburon for the past 25 years or so are a wizard and three angelions, who have transformed Eburon from a small but prosperous trading center to an imperial powerhouse that has conquered a sizeable chunk of the northern continent. Mellior Lightbringer, angelion, is perhaps 6 1/2 feet tall: he is strikingly beautiful, and typically wears a tunic or a loincloth. He has long hair and massive, birdlike wings that are almost translucent. He carries the famed magical item Wrath, a shapeshifting weapon that has so far defied classification (and spurred furious debate) as a runic or an attuned item: it may be something altogether different. The weapon usually takes the form of an elegant two handed sword or a spear/halberd, but has been seen as an Axe, a scepter, a staff, a bow (which somehow generates its own glowing arrows), or even a shield. Belomel, also called the Advisor, angelion, is a famed historian of notorious cunning and political savvy. When he was last seen, he appeared as a normal human, although he has taken to wearing elaborate, flowing costumes accompanied with extravagant masks hammered from precious metals (some say they are of dwarven manufacture). Velasz, angelion, looks like the picture on the Liliana Vess card. She is a powerful magician who claims to have invented a new "form" of magic (as in something other than spellcasting, hag-magic, OR druidry). Nishiim, human wizard, looks like a well built man in his late forties or early 50s. he is the head of the college of summoning in Eburon, and probably rivals Hadrian and a few others as one of the greatest wizards of the age.

Ignus, The Ruby Shield: hundreds of years ago, a great beast crawled through the maze of tunnels beneath a great dwarven city. The hero Thorbjorn turned it to stone, and his brother Hrungding carved apart the petrified beast to discover that its heart had turned into a massive ruby in the petrification process. Hrungding, who was a great runesmith, carved the ruby into many things, the mightiest of which was the shield ignus, inlaid with mithril runes that protected the bearer from nearly all forms of harm. Several generations later, when Oryxys was still young and came for the first time against the dwarves, he burned the gates of Ker Ruug with a single blast of his breath and laid the city waste. Bollo, great grandson of THorbjorn, took Ignus and his best men to destroy the dragon as he ransacked the city, but falling short of his grandfather in strength and skill at arms, his men were slaughtered and he (although saved from Oryxys' mighty flames by the shield), fearing that the precious shield might fall into the hands of the dragon, flung himself into a deep underground river. The dragon having departed with his treasure (but not the shield), There the shield would have remained, but for the "thieves' bargain": Brollo, brother and heir to Bollo, cursed now by many dwarves, made a hateful bargain with the sea elves in which they agreed to retrieve the shield in exchange for 9 times 9 suits of mithril armor, light as air and strong as dragon hide. The shield back in Brollo's hands, he declared that it was too valuable for any hero to wield, and locked it deep in the mountain. About 20 years ago, the shield was stolen by Iyi, the legendary thief, who sold it to the mighty Orc warlord Grundbad for what is rumored to have been an astronomical sum.

Local Personalities
King Dionysius: Sovereign of the fae of Caminus. No non-faerie has seen him since Tom the Fool ventured into the deep forests, but his royal seal upon the gifts delivered to the royal house of Cimon upon the birth of children to any member of the Cimon line indicates that he is alive and well. Before the time of Tom the Fool, Dionysius let it be known that he saw the island as his, and his faeries did as they pleased in the villages of Caminus. Nowadays, the fae keep to the deep woods, and it is at their own peril that any cross into their domain. The Sidhe Court of Caminus

Lord Cimon: The latest in a long line of rulers of Caminus, Gaius Cimon is just but stern ruler. He is slow to enact policy, but typically when he does, it betters the island. Nevertheless, he will not tolerate any potential challenge to his rule, and it is known that his court is heavily steeped in intrigue. Despite his stern manner in regards to policy, he is quite extravagant with his free time, throwing huge, elaborate parties, games, hunts, and other events for local and foreing nobles. As such, he has become a favorite destination for royals touring the islands, or exiled nobility from places as far off as Imadigo. Lord Cimon is also a passable warrior and general, and has reduced blood elf and dwarf raiding on the island, although the problem remains far from solved. In general, Cimon is well liked by the people, who are not without a healthy fear of their lord.

Aihdahl Troy: High Attendant to the Priestesses of the Forge, a position that comes with being the chief of the charcoal burners union. He is a man of immense political, spiritual, and economic power on the island, and has so far filled his role admirably, helping the island to flourish in the last 20 years or so.

Brent Wogrum: A very ugly but very cunning lord of the underworld in Amoris. He is said to be half-orc, and widely acknowledged as the most powerful of the crime lords in Amoris, although such lofty station is rarely held in this arena for long.

Rex: A small but sturdily built saurian mercenary with a fiercesome reputation, if you ask the right people. His fees, and the fact that they are regularly paid, suggest that the reputation is not unfounded. It is said that in his youth, he was a resistance fighter against the Imadigo overlords of the saurians, but Rex remains silent on this topic.

Broll Wheatgrass: A bouan merchant of herbs, medicines, charms, as well as an importer of various Bouan goods from the plains on the southern continent. He also has connections on the eastern continent. Broll is skilled in Druidic magic, and a large amount of his income derives from this skill.

Mark Threefingers: A notorious thug for hire on the island.

Hassan Ibn' al' Amir: An exiled Imadigo prince, staying in perpetuity at the court of Lord Cimon. Despite his exile he is extravagantly wealthy, one of the richest people on the island, and lives in a massive manor near the sea.

Oresteian Chalanos: sea elf trade ambassador, recently arrived in Amoris perhaps 3 months ago. He resides in a beautifully carved vessel that is moored in a small lagoon just north of Amoris proper. Few people have seen or heard him or his retinue, which appears to be quite small.

Phaedron Agathe: The high priest of the temple of Aeron. Among the youngest high priests in the history of the temple, he has implemented numerous new "policies" and interpretations of the laws of Aeron. Despite his unorthodoxed principles, he is a devout priest and a famed healer: this combination has made him something of a celebrity at the court, where he is said to have the ear of lord Cimon himself.

The Kestrel: A notorious Blood Elf captain with a flare for the dramatic known to frequent the waters of the central Isles. He has conducted a number of raids on Caminus, some very daring and risky, and he clearly takes great pleasure in the fact that any attempts by Lord Cimon to catch him have been completely unsuccessful. He is aggressive and ruthless, but he does adhere to some poorly understood code of conduct.

Gwyndolin: A wise old crone legendary among the villages of Amoris for her knowledge of the auspices, of medicinal herbs, and of minor charms and spells to aid the common man. She was old when the character's parents were young, so she is clearly ancient. Mysteriously, no one has seen hide nor hair of her in the past year.

Lyra Stoneheart: A stone elf witch outcast. Don't let the 'witch' title fool you, though: Lyra's strength lies in her swordarm. She is a notorious mercenary and sell-sword, although occasionally she takes on assignments just for "fun"; she makes it a habit to test herself against whatever worthy opponents she can find.

Sir Sissay of Arthuria: A knight with a rigid sense of honor, Sissay was actually banished by Baron DuValle from his court because he was too honor obsessed, starting duels over even minor infractions of honor, real or perceived. He has wandered the central isles since, getting himself into trouble. That he is still alive is a testament to his skill at arms, at least.

Zabulon of Belerr: A fabulously rich merchant importing luxury goods to the island. He has extensive connections throughout the isles, if not all of Amora.