This thread is not meant for discussion, which can take place in the various OOC threads of the Ptolus/AD&D game proper.
This here is a reference thread that will provide summarized information about all the people, places and factions the characters interact with or hear about (which means some of this information may be blatantly wrong, if believed to be true). Each entry will then refer to each other, and/or be referenced to throughout the game as it is being played.
Naturally, all entries are going to be updated as the game unfolds.
Here's a summary of all the different entries in this thread so far:
People
Angharad (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420739&postcount=14)
Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11)
Cadfan the Dwarf (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=15)
Commissar (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420702&postcount=6)
Delbaeth the Elf (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=16)
Erarht the Orc (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=449560&postcount=21)
Maulbert (Brother) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=449559&postcount=20)
Mundel of Kantz (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=450992&postcount=22)
Places
Dalenguard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420695&postcount=3)
Dawnbreaker (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420726&postcount=13)
Gold Ladder (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=8)
Goth Gulgamel (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420700&postcount=5)
Iridithil's Home (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=431675&postcount=17)
Jabel Shammar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420697&postcount=4)
Spire (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420694&postcount=2)
Groups & Factions
Brotherhood of the Sword (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420708&postcount=9)
Church of Lothian (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10)
Imperial Guard (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420703&postcount=7)
Knighthood of the Rattle and Spear (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=431677&postcount=18)
Order of St. Fharlang (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420723&postcount=12)
Pactlords of the Quaan (The) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=446681&postcount=19)
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Ptolus/AD&D Threads on the RPG Site
Pre-game Chat (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18639)
Player Characters (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708)
Experience Points (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19491)
Out-of-character thread #1 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18732)
People and Places of Ptolus (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18805)
In-character thread #1 - The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18731)
In-character thread #1a - Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18765)
In-character thread #2 - Underground (part 1) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18798)
In-character thread #2b - Limbus Sanguineum (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19278)
In-character thread #3 - Back to the Surface (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19691)
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Map of Ptolus in 431 of the Imperial Age.
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/maps/Spire-area-E800.jpg)
The Spire
Location: Directly west of Ptolus.
Related People and Places: Jabel Shammar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420697&postcount=4), Goth Gulgamel (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420700&postcount=5), Dalenguard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420695&postcount=3).
Appearance:
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/pictures/Ptolus-from-sea.jpg)
Background: The Spire is a site of great mystery and power. It is said that long ago a good man built the fortress that is still resting on top of it, and that somehow, this man was twisted to evil and became the Dread One, a dark power of legend who ruled the land from the Spire and its fortress, renamed Jabel Shammar. Much later, Ghul, the Half God, built a fortress half-way up its length, which was named Goth Gulgamel. It is from there that he started to conquer the lands around, up until humans, elves and dwarves banded together to stop his madness. Since then, it is said the power of the Spire remains dormant. It is for fear that the powers of the Spire would one day return that the fortress of Dalenguard was built in its vicinity.
Destination: unknown.
Dalenguard
Location: Directly east of the Spire.
Related People and Places: The Commissar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420702&postcount=6), the Imperial Guard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420703&postcount=7).
Appearance:
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/pictures/Dalenguard.jpg)
Background: Dalenguard was built by dwarves allied to the Empire of Tarsis to keep the powers of the Spire from returning to Palastan (see the Empire’s map). It is now the seat of power of the Commissar and his men, who are all faithful to the Empire of Tarsis, and allies of the Church of Lothian.
Destination: Keep the evils of the Spire at bay; provide law and order to the people of Ptolus (though in most respects, Dalenguard doesn’t seem to care what happens outside the city walls).
Jabel Shammar
Location: Directly on top of the Spire.
Related People and Places: The Spire (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420694&postcount=2).
Appearance: Hard to tell from such a distance. It's a castle for sure, and it seems to have at least three prominent towers as part of its architecture.
Background: This was the fortress of a legendary leader of men who turned to evil long before Ghul the Half God became a threat to the world.
Destination: A reminder of evils past?
Goth Gulgamel
Location: Half-way up the Spire.
Related People and Places: The Spire (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420694&postcount=2).
Appearance: Hard to tell from such a distance. It seems to be constituted of a series of fortified constructions directly along the steep wall of the Spire.
Background: Goth Gulgamel was the castle of Ghul the Half God, who tried to conquer the world about five centuries ago.
The Commissar
Name: unknown.
Age: unknown.
Alignment: Lawful.
Allies: The Imperial Guard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420703&postcount=7) (underlings), the Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Empire of Tarsis.
Hangouts: Dalenguard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420695&postcount=3).
Appearance: unknown.
Personality: unknown.
Background: The Commissar is the leader of the imperial forces in the vicinity of Ptolus and its Spire. He acts, in effect, as governor of the city and its holdings, and “acts in the Emperor’s stead” in whichever way he sees fit.
The Imperial Guard
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/arms/ptolus-imperial-arms-200.png)
Founded in: unknown.
Alignment: Lawful.
Leader: The Commissar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420702&postcount=6).
Allies: The Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10)
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Empire of Tarsis.
Headquarters: Dalenguard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420695&postcount=3).
Beliefs and Organization: These are mostly conscripted imperial soldiers put under the direct command of the Commissar, and are charged by the Empire to assist him in his governing tasks.
Background: unknown.
The Gold Ladder
Location: Within the city walls, just to the north east of Dalenguard.
Related People and Places: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=11), Angharad (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=14), Cadfan (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=15), Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=16), the Brothers of St. Fharlang (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=12).
Appearance:
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/maps/gold-ladder/Gold-ladder-small.jpg)
Background: Bertold bought this place where a tower and a few ruins once stood, and converted them into an tavern and inn for all would-be delvers within the city walls.
Destination: A tavern and inn providing access to the city’s underground levels for a fee.
The Brotherhood of the Sword
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/arms/group-sword-brotherhood-200.png)
Founded in: unknown.
Alignment: Lawful.
Leader: unknown.
Allies: unknown.
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Commissar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420702&postcount=6), the Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10).
Headquarters: unknown.
Beliefs and Organization: "Nah. It's the Brotherhood of the Sword that keeps things from getting ugly with the populace, really. It's a group of war veterans who pledged allegiance to the Church in exchange for a pardon, though the Church itself considers them to be borderline heretics. So they go about town and keep the peace, while the prelates are busy playing politics with the rich and powerful of the place." – Cadfan the Dwarf.
Background: unknown.
The Church of Lothian
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/pictures/Lothian_symbolPNG.png)
Founded in: 477 BE, as Lothian was crucified.
Alignment: Lawful Good.
Leader: The Emperor of the Church is spiritual leader of the Church and the Empire, while the actual Emperor of Tarsis is its secular leader. The current Emperor of the Church is Dietmar Venandus Ylestos.
Allies: The Commissar (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420702&postcount=6), the Imperial Guard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420703&postcount=7), the Brotherhood of the Sword (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420708&postcount=9).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Empire of Tarsis, Lothian.
Headquarters: unknown.
Beliefs and Organization: The Church believes Lothian is the Redeemer of Mankind, and one of the very few mortals to have ascended to Godhood through his martyrdom. The Church’s organization is complex and involves a multitude of various types of titles and corresponding responsibilities, as well as a variety of groups, orders and brotherhoods all under its care and performing a wide variety of tasks all supporting its aims of propagating the Word of Lothian and its influence on the people and imperial authorities alike.
Background: “The Church of Lothian, often just called “the Church,” has been inextricably entwined with the Empire of Tarsis for as long as the Empire has existed. When Delian Von Tessel was crowned Emperor and ascended the Lion-Guarded Throne in Tarsis, the act granted him both secular dominion over the Empire and spiritual leadership of the Church. Even when the Emperor and Emperor of the Church split into two different positions (and thus lineages), Lothianism remained the official religion of the Empire. The Church of Lothian is based around a martyred saint named Lothian who rose from his own grave and ascended into Heaven, becoming the most powerful of the gods, according to his followers. In fact, the harshest of Lothian doctrines maintains that Lothian discovered that all other beings claiming to be gods were actually demons in disguise; this belief teaches that he rose again to bring order to the previously disordered, godless universe.” – Ptolus, City by the Spire.
This explains why other religions are basically outlawed in the Empire, though there is such diversity amongst the people coming to Ptolus to strike it rich that it is nearly impossible for the Imperial Guard or the Church to effectively enforce the law, hence all the shrines and various temples popping up all over the place between the city proper and the docks.
Bertold
Age: unknown.
Alignment: unknown.
Allies: Angharad (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=14) (niece), Cadfan (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=15) (aid/friend), Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=16) (aid/friend), the Brothers of St. Fharlang (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420723&postcount=12) (debitors), Mundel of Kantz (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=450992&postcount=22) (friend).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: unknown.
Hangouts: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=8).
Appearance: unknown.
Personality: unknown.
Background: Bertold recently built the Gold Ladder and planned to open it to serve as an inn and tavern for would-be delvers. It would also serve as an access to the dungeons under the city of Ptolus. He called on the Brothers of St. Fharlang to help him investigate the place he discovered right below the Ladder. They were victims of an attack while trying to determine what they actually found, and were not heard from ever since.
Order of St. Fharlang
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/arms/group-st-fharlang-200.png)
Founded in: unknown.
Alignment: unknown.
Leader: unknown.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11).
Enemies: The Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=10) (?)
Allegiances: The Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=10).
Headquarters: unknown.
Beliefs and Organization: As an Order of the Church of Lothian, the Brothers of St. Fharlang believe in the Redemption of Mankind by its Saint and martyr. Who St. Fharlang was, however, is still unknown at this point, as are the particular missions and beliefs of the Order.
Background: The Brothers of St. Fharlang form an Order that is part of the Church of Lothian. According to Angharad, Bertold, her uncle, owner of the Gold Ladder, helped some of the friars escape "the questions of the Church." In return, the Brothers helped him investigate the place under the Gold Ladder.
The Dawnbreaker
Location: The Docks.
Appearance: A ship of elven design.
Captain: Felnarthir.
Background: "We were all sailors aboard Captain Felnarthir's ship, the Dawnbreaker. We suddenly found ourselves dead center in a freakish white squall. They usually don't happen so far north, but this one seemed to single us out as it smashed into us. Old Captain Felnarthir got us and the Dawnbreaker through it. However, the Dawnbreaker was severely damaged and we limped into the Bay of Ptolus. The Dawnbreaker is going to be in drydock for quite some time, and so the Captain released the crew here to make their own way." – Rissthil
Destination: The Dawnbreaker is a ship.
Angharad
Age: Late 20s.
Alignment: Good.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11) (uncle) Cadfan (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420752&postcount=15) (aid/friend), Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=16) (aid/friend).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11).
Hangouts: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=8).
Appearance: A cloaked slender figure comes in. [She] takes off her hood and reveals a pretty, long female face with thin eyebrows, emerald eyes and long, dark auburn hair. She starts saying: "They won't have it, Cadfan..." and then stops dead in her tracks, realizing she and the dwarf are not alone. - (In-character thread 1 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=419069&postcount=40))
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/tokens/NPCs/Angharad-token02.png)
Personality: Empathetic. Helpful. Strong-headed.
Background: Angharad is Bertold’s niece. After the incident involving the Brothers of St. Fharlang occurred in the complex buried under the Gold Ladder, Angharad tried to find some help to recover them. She enlisted the poor children of Ptolus, and found the players’ characters…
Cadfan
Age: Geriatric.
Alignment: unknown.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420739&postcount=11) (employer/friend), Angharad (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420739&postcount=14) (friend), Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=16) (colleague/friend).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420739&postcount=8).
Hangouts: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420739&postcount=8).
Appearance: You throw a look at your chaperon waiting like you for his boss to come back. A geriatric dwarf with a long white beard and ice cold blue eyes, as it were. He seems weary and tired, though you can see he is hiding it to make it seem like he would be able to take you all in a fight if he had to. Ah! Dwarves: the more these guys grow old and weak, the more they stay the same. - (In-character thread 1 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=418385&postcount=1))
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/tokens/NPCs/Cadfan-token02.png)
Personality: Stubborn. Helpful. Genial. Irreverent.
Background: Cadfan is one of Bertold’s aids at the Gold Ladder. He seems very fond of his elven colleague, Delbaeth.
Delbaeth
Age: unknown.
Alignment: unknown.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=11) (employer/friend), Angharad (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=14) (friend), Cadfan (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=15) (colleague/friend).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=8).
Hangouts: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=8).
Appearance: The elf is tall, and slender. Though his face, arms and legs are covered with second and even third-degree burns in places, his torso and abdomen are mostly unscathed, probably because of the garments he was wearing when he was set on fire. He seems asleep at the moment, though his head moves from side to side erratically while resting on a linen pillow. His limbs shake every now and then with uncontrollable spasms. His breath is very shallow, and he seems to mutter, or whisper, as if talking through a bad dream. (...)
The elf opens his eyes, which are light brown, almost golden. You can see the flesh around them crack as his traits try to find a comfortable expression but fail to do so. It seems to take a long time for him to understand your words. He tries to move, but must give up as pain surges throughout his body: "The friars. Bertold. We... they were searching for clues. Everything seemed to go so well. We'd open the inn, and everything would go well. The friars would find refuge." - (IC Thread 1a (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=419324&postcount=1))
Personality: Hard to tell with his suffering.
Background: Delbaeth is one of Bertold's aids at the Gold Ladder. He was down underground with his boss and the Brothers of St. Fharlang when the mysterious "blue door" suddenly opened, with all sorts of creatures coming out of it, and suddenly, an explosion which wounded him pretty deeply. He flew away from the scene, up the long well to the main room of the Ladder, and caught on fire in the process. He is now resting and, hopefully, recovering in the upper levels of the inn.
Iridithil's Home
Location: East of Ptolus, along the King's River.
Related People and Places: unknown.
Appearance: unknown.
Background: "No idea who that Iridithil fellow might be, but his name was given to the elves' compound outside the city walls. That's how they call it - 'Iridithil's Home'. So I thought you folks might have been headed there, somehow." – Cadfan.
Destination: Iridithil's Home is the elven compound outside the city walls.
Knighthood of the Rattle and Spear
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/arms/group-rattle-spear-200.png)
Founded in: unknown.
Alignment: unknown.
Leader: unknown.
Allies: unknown.
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: The Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10), at least until 425 of the Imperial Age.
Headquarters: unknown.
Beliefs and Organization: The Knighthood of the Rattle and Spear must have shared the beliefs of the Church up until it was disbanded in 425 IA. Whether the order still exists in some way, shape of form is not known at this point.
Background: The PCs found an edict from Dietmar Venandus Ylestos dated from 425 IA while investigating the incident that occurred under the Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420706&postcount=8) at the beginning of this year, 431 IA. It was located in a chest (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=422746&postcount=212) that apparently was part of the belongings of the monks of St. Fharlang (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420723&postcount=12) who helped Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11) in investigating the place underground, and read:
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/handouts/RaS-parchment.jpg)
The Quaan
Founded in: unknown.
Alignment: unknown.
Leader: The Pact Lords.
Allies: The Toruk-Rul (troops/servants).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: unknown.
Headquarters: unknown.
Beliefs and Organization: The Quaan seems to be some sort of pact or alliance between various Pact Lords. Their leadership seems to be authoritarian, and very harshly enforced, as Erarht’s testimony attests:
"I am but a lesser son of the Toruk-Rul." He looks carefully at Runch and Tudd. "Just like you."
"As for my allegiances. I serve the Quaan, and followed Gohruel and Moghool, our Chieftains, to retrieve the secret hidden within these walls, though I do not know what that is." (…)
"The Quaan! The Lords of the Pact do not suffer weakness or any other allegiances. There is no hope for me to return. If I become one of them... no! The Pact must not be broken!" The Orc looks straight back at Runch, now pleading again: "This is the Truth! KILL ME NOW!"
Background: unknown.
Brother Maulbert
Age: Adult (mid-30s).
Alignment: Unknown.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11) (protector).
Enemies: unknown.
Allegiances: Order of St. Fharlang (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420723&postcount=12).
Hangouts: The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=8).
Appearance: The monk suddenly turns to face Rissthil as he takes his hood off his head. "Were you talking to me?"
This is a small, very small fellow with a plump baby face, reddish hair and sideburns, plain lips and bright, blue eyes. After he's asked his first question, he seems to realize something is off, as if he'd forgotten where he was. He then corrects himself: "I'm sorry. Do I know you?"
Gareth and Smeads recognize the hobbit that served as the model of the statue they found by the iron door earlier... - (In-character thread 2B (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=436525&postcount=32))
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/tokens/NPCs/Maulbert-token02.png)
Personality: Good-spirited. Curious. Considerate.
Background: Maulbert is a hobbit, and one of the monks of St. Fharlang who assisted in the task of investigating the underground area under the Gold Ladder. When the "blue door" opened and the monks where attacked, Maulbert made it to the corridor west of the central dais area, but lost conscience there.
"That's right... we were here, Bertold was by the large crystal. I was studying the paintings. Then the door opened, and the demons poured in. Everything was aflame. I had to run, see? Find shelter. Everything was unstable. I found the secret passage. I ducked. I ... that's where I must have lost conscience." (Maulbert, In-character thread 2B (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=436734&postcount=35))
Since then, it seems the hobbit has been trapped in the strange limbo-esque parallel dimension underground Gareth, Smeads and Rissthil visited.
Erarht the Orc
Age: Hard to Tell.
Alignment: Chaotic?
Allies: None.
Enemies: Pactlords of the Quaan (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=446681&postcount=19) (banishment).
Allegiances: Runch (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=417562&postcount=6)?
Hangouts: The Underworld.
Appearance: Erarht is a fairly representative specimen of orc, though maybe a tad smaller than the average. He wears a leather armor and clothes that look more like rags than anything else. His hair is sparse, most of it gone due to disease and various scars inherited from his upbringing. His skin is an eyesore, between the acne, the ritual markings, and the faded war paintings he's worn most of his life. Strong brow, small but shrewd yellow eyes and black pupils; no lips to speak of; pointed teeth rotten to the core.
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/tokens/NPCs/Erarht-token.png)
Personality: Coward. Shrewd. Observant.
Background: Erarht is a "lesser son of the Toruk-Rul." He was part of the retinue of the Chieftains Gohruel and Moghool who came to the area currently investigated under the Gold Ladder to find out or retrieve some sort of "secret" hidden there, though he doesn't know what that secret might be. After the explosion following the horde's entrance through the "blue door", Erarht and some of his fellow orcs and goblins found themselves isolated by the dais area. The tentacled horror and its flesh spawns attacked. Erarht decided to flee north and wait for the combat to be over. The orcs were partially victorious, since they repelled the monster without being able to slaughter it for good. Erarht was then banished from the group for his cowardice. The passage to the north of the dais was walled after the orcs piled up the dead in one of the storage rooms, leaving the deserters to fend for their lives against the monster which would surely return later on.
The deserters finally decided to barricade themselves in the other storage room by the dais and wait there until it would be safe to come out. A little while later, some mercenaries (the PCs) showed up from the surface and started fighting some of the dead that had come back "alive" or were diseased by the creature. The humans, elves and dwarves had the upper hand, made their way to the storage room where the deserters were hiding, and slaughtered them all but for Erarht, who remains their prisoner at this point.
Mundel of Kantz
Age: Mid-30s.
Alignment: Good.
Allies: Bertold (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420716&postcount=11) (friend), Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10) (faith), Imperial Guard (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420703&postcount=7) (loyalty).
Enemies: Brother Malekh (Black Abbey, Church of Lothian (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420712&postcount=10)) (unwanted chaperon/overseer).
Allegiances: The Brotherhood of the Sword (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=420708&postcount=9).
Hangouts: The Bladechapel.
Appearance: "The shape of a large man wearing black robes and suit of mail over them appears by the opening in the ceiling, climbing down the set of ropes leading to the basket resting on the dais. He is a large fellow, and wears a long heater shield, a broad sword and a staff or pole crossed on his back. He also carries a large leather pouch and dagger both secured to his waistband, and uses a set of chains to secure himself to the ropes while he is climbing down carefully."
The large man keeps on climbing down from the ceiling and finally reaches the dais. He carefully stores the chains he used to secure himself to the ropes in the large basket right next to him, and has a look around. He eyes are intense, inquisitive. After a few brief looks left, right, above and down later, he takes notice of your current positions and takes a few steps away (westward) from the basket. He unfastens some straps tightened over his chest and seizes his sword and shield before saying: "Mundel of Kantz. Brother of the Sword." (In-character Thread 2 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?p=448504#post448504))
(http://enrill.net/images/play-by-posts/tokens/NPCs/Br-Mundel-token.png)
Personality: Proactive, brave, considerate.
Background: Mundel struggles with his thoughts for a split second, as if trying to put in direct terms a complex situation: "Let's just say that I am not here by choice. When Angharad came to the Bladechapel asking for our help, she interrupted... negotiations with the authorities of the Church. I thought best to send her on her way, refusing to agree to her demands in front of the Abbot's envoys, but fully intending to correct this falsehood later on."
He sighs, throws another look at Erarht the Orc, and continues: "What I did not expect was that we would be assigned a chaperon who would follow us on our city round. I decided to make for the Gold Ladder anyway - time was of the essence, as I understood it -, pretending to shut down whatever operations you would be engaged in if necessary."
"The truth of the matter is that I want to help - I am friend, not foe, and know Bertold well - but the Brotherhood cannot get involved. I have to make the Black monk upstairs believe I am being tough on you, so he will leave both the Brotherhood and the Ladder alone. Which is why I am here. Well, besides my own curiosity's satisfaction, of course, and the desire to see you make it back up if you need it." (In-character thread 2 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?p=449901#post449901))