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| Forum = [http://www.alandfaraway.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=387 Here] | | Forum = [http://www.alandfaraway.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=387 Here] | ||
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== Campaign-Specific Canon == | == Campaign-Specific Canon == | ||
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| + | === Argos' Wild Theories === | ||
| + | If a wild theory is being discussed by the party about the nature of Alator's experimentation, the Vilquari known or unknown, the alien thought processes of the aberrant illithid, who may or may not be trusted, what can really be *known* regarding the Unbroken Circle of Zerthimon, the wild theory probably originated with Argos. | ||
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| + | === Cackling === | ||
| + | The only way Aseel Bladesmile is known to laugh. | ||
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| + | === Dunaan === | ||
| + | A dwarf of Kanaglym who was fortunate enough not to drink of Styx water, but unfortunate enough to be shepherded out of Kanaglym with many memory impaired peers by an illithid called the Xanict, hundreds of years ago. Dunaan left a trail of clues in the form of written-on bricks, but also living metal articles intended to help show the way towards wherever the survivors of Kanaglym were being marched to. These at minimum included a morningstar, a shield bearing Dunaan's family crest, but also a rapier made more in a drow-elvish style, but apparently of a living metal somehow charmed by Dunaan to still point the way to his people. Dunaan ultimately planted seeds of revolution which the population of Xanictoll nurtured in secret for generations, his gloried death was reportedly met in hand to hand combat with the original Xanict, who also met his end in that fight. The folk of Xanictoll seemed to grant a title of "the Dunaan" to a PC party dwarf, Golinar Goldforge, who helped inspire them to revolution leading to Xanictoll's drowning, as he and his main associate, another dwarf by name of Gwylla, had no end of living metal articles between them, inclusive of Dunaan's shield. | ||
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| + | === Dwarves === | ||
| + | Violent, greedy, xenophobic drunks with severely underdeveloped social skills with which the party sometimes ally until the dwarves realize it is probably a better idea to axe or hammer everyone severely. They seem to specialize in building, then tragically losing hopeless lost cities such as Kanaglym or Delzoun, or waiting it out in intact settlements until the naturally desirable state of their becoming monster and treasure infested ruins comes to pass. Also some dwarves have demonstrated tentacle growth (as substitute limbs in the prime material, or as beard material in the realm of Shadow) as part of Vilquari related experimentation or fear-phantasms as the case may be. | ||
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| + | === Fake Alator === | ||
| + | A bald fellow dressed as a Thayan, who was the principal of a slave-buying operation, seeming to take on the role of a wise and powerful wizard identifying himself as Alator, master of various wizardly things and powers that daren't be challenged. Apparently wasn't much of a wizard or warrior, more of a front man / patsy as revealed in an assault on the complex he was nominally in charge of, and the swift pounding into paste dealt to him by a collection of escaping slave PCs. | ||
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| + | === (The) Hungry C*nt AKA Nusemne === | ||
| + | The Hungry C*nt was a sailing vessel, captained by a bloodthirsty and acknowledged to be psychotic pirate captain who went by the name of Brella Wetblade. Apparently the vessel was named after her. An initial encounter with the Vilquari adventurers saw her nearly captured on a beach, after an escape, a more definitive sea battle saw both Brella and the adventurer party need to chase her to the sea floor with waterbreathing magic. A school of sharks drawn by the fight helped end the captain, the ship was taken as a war-prize and renamed the Nusemne. The elves of the party claimed this translated from Elvish as "daugher of the changing tides", much more pleasant than its prior name. The present whereabouts of the ship are unknown to the party, as it had been crewed, captained and maintained by the Thessans while the party was off adventuring and doing portal travel through the Underdark. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Living Metal === | ||
| + | A remarkable special material, steel that does not corrode or oxidize, and bends, chips, cracks etc. are known to miraculously heal themselves over time. A particular "recipe" for Living Metal articles originating in Kanaglym appears not to have died out with most of the rest of the knowledge of that lost city, but to have been picked up by the illithid loretakers (such as the Xanict) who went on to establish Xanictoll, which became a major production center for this material. Some very old Living Metal items appear to have been created by the Kanaglym dwarf named Dunaan, later known to Xanictoll's dwarves and humans as "The Dunaan." | ||
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| + | === Njall's Libido === | ||
| + | Star of many turns of the ranger Njall's lecherous sense of humour. | ||
| + | |||
=== Prisoners === | === Prisoners === | ||
There is no faster way to seal your fate than to be an NPC prisoner of the Vilquari, typically submitting to the Vilquari in combat results in a grotesque, humorous or senseless death within minutes, typically before any information useful to the campaign's intrigues is possible. Zakresh, Brella, Verron, Amelia, Ronald... we hardly knew ye. All right, some lived in captivity for a short time at least, but typically with better NPC caretaking and prisoner-housing infrastructure than the Vilquari party is able to provide. | There is no faster way to seal your fate than to be an NPC prisoner of the Vilquari, typically submitting to the Vilquari in combat results in a grotesque, humorous or senseless death within minutes, typically before any information useful to the campaign's intrigues is possible. Zakresh, Brella, Verron, Amelia, Ronald... we hardly knew ye. All right, some lived in captivity for a short time at least, but typically with better NPC caretaking and prisoner-housing infrastructure than the Vilquari party is able to provide. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Ulatoth === | ||
| + | A mind flayer pyrokineticist known for both its oversight of a Xanictoll smelting-works and foundry involved in the production of living metal, as well as its ferocity as an enforcer of the Xanict's will. Also known for a sizeable ruby worn in its forehead, determined to amplify the ability of a psion to manifest flame-related power, but the ruby burns a bearer terribly if coaxed into use. Deceased. | ||
=== Vilquari === | === Vilquari === | ||
Vilquar was the name of a famous traitor to the [[Gith]] race, the Vilquari are those deemed resembling Vilquar. A term used by a [[Githzerai]] associate of the party to describe the corrupted or tainted state of most PC party members or the varied agents being pursued by same. This Vilquari title is not an honored title nor one the group has adopted for themselves as if organizing themselves with a company name. | Vilquar was the name of a famous traitor to the [[Gith]] race, the Vilquari are those deemed resembling Vilquar. A term used by a [[Githzerai]] associate of the party to describe the corrupted or tainted state of most PC party members or the varied agents being pursued by same. This Vilquari title is not an honored title nor one the group has adopted for themselves as if organizing themselves with a company name. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Xanict, the === | ||
| + | A mind flayer title given to the highest authority in Xanictoll, last holder of the office of Xanict was the illithid named Yantith, known for a beljuril worn in his forehead. Also known to be a prolific author, for the rare non-illithid able to read Qualith script. Deceased. | ||
=== Xanictoll === | === Xanictoll === | ||
Xanictoll was what appeared to be an island town in the Underdark upon Great Void Lake. The town's majority of inhabitants were [[Dwarf|dwarven]] survivors of the lost city of Kanaglym, and a fairly large number of humans as well. The leadership though was more notable, as all the citizens were overseen by a small cadre of Illithid "teachers" organized by a chief local authority, an Illithid carrying the title of "Xanict" or the Singer. Apparently this title was respecting a past Xanict acting much like a Pied Piper figure, luring memory-impaired dwarves from the city of Kanaglym, which fell on hard times after its wells started running with memory erasing Styx waters. The most recent Xanict, by name of Yantith, was killed by the Vilquari party after incitement of a revolution of the citizenry invoking the memory of a cultural hero of Kanaglym, but not before Yantith could activate a Netherese device which turned out to control the island in the manner of a Netherese flying city (in this case more a floating city), condemning the town to sink beneath the surface of Great Void Lake. The party and thousands of Xanictoll survivors fled through a local portal during the submersion process, to the Underdark ruins of Delzoun beneath the Silver Marches region. | Xanictoll was what appeared to be an island town in the Underdark upon Great Void Lake. The town's majority of inhabitants were [[Dwarf|dwarven]] survivors of the lost city of Kanaglym, and a fairly large number of humans as well. The leadership though was more notable, as all the citizens were overseen by a small cadre of Illithid "teachers" organized by a chief local authority, an Illithid carrying the title of "Xanict" or the Singer. Apparently this title was respecting a past Xanict acting much like a Pied Piper figure, luring memory-impaired dwarves from the city of Kanaglym, which fell on hard times after its wells started running with memory erasing Styx waters. The most recent Xanict, by name of Yantith, was killed by the Vilquari party after incitement of a revolution of the citizenry invoking the memory of a cultural hero of Kanaglym, but not before Yantith could activate a Netherese device which turned out to control the island in the manner of a Netherese flying city (in this case more a floating city), condemning the town to sink beneath the surface of Great Void Lake. The party and thousands of Xanictoll survivors fled through a local portal during the submersion process, to the Underdark ruins of Delzoun beneath the Silver Marches region. | ||
Revision as of 22:02, 14 August 2014
| Vilquari | |
|---|---|
| Meeting Information | |
| Server | The Silver Marches |
| Play Time | 8:00pm-1:00am U.S. Eastern Sundays |
| Forum | Here |
| Party Demographics | |
| Race(s) | Any |
| Religion(s) | Any |
| Alignment | Any |
| Allegiance | Any |
| Level Span | 7+ |
| Member Contacts | |
| DMs | Ronan |
| Player Lead | Brokenbone |
| Members | Kmj2587, jmecha, Regas, Mikayla, loulabelle, oldgrayrogue, puny, occasional guests |
The Vilquari is the name of a player group operating on Sundays on The Silver Marches, with plot centered on the initial party's sale into servitude, a period of mysterious experimentation and the machinations of the Illithid race, as mostly represented through a principal antagonist, Alator the Twice Exiled, Survivor of Glyth and Loretaker of Oryndol. The premise of the campaign involves mystery, the Underdark, great travels and the fate of the world.
Contents
Campaign-Specific Canon
Argos' Wild Theories
If a wild theory is being discussed by the party about the nature of Alator's experimentation, the Vilquari known or unknown, the alien thought processes of the aberrant illithid, who may or may not be trusted, what can really be *known* regarding the Unbroken Circle of Zerthimon, the wild theory probably originated with Argos.
Cackling
The only way Aseel Bladesmile is known to laugh.
Dunaan
A dwarf of Kanaglym who was fortunate enough not to drink of Styx water, but unfortunate enough to be shepherded out of Kanaglym with many memory impaired peers by an illithid called the Xanict, hundreds of years ago. Dunaan left a trail of clues in the form of written-on bricks, but also living metal articles intended to help show the way towards wherever the survivors of Kanaglym were being marched to. These at minimum included a morningstar, a shield bearing Dunaan's family crest, but also a rapier made more in a drow-elvish style, but apparently of a living metal somehow charmed by Dunaan to still point the way to his people. Dunaan ultimately planted seeds of revolution which the population of Xanictoll nurtured in secret for generations, his gloried death was reportedly met in hand to hand combat with the original Xanict, who also met his end in that fight. The folk of Xanictoll seemed to grant a title of "the Dunaan" to a PC party dwarf, Golinar Goldforge, who helped inspire them to revolution leading to Xanictoll's drowning, as he and his main associate, another dwarf by name of Gwylla, had no end of living metal articles between them, inclusive of Dunaan's shield.
Dwarves
Violent, greedy, xenophobic drunks with severely underdeveloped social skills with which the party sometimes ally until the dwarves realize it is probably a better idea to axe or hammer everyone severely. They seem to specialize in building, then tragically losing hopeless lost cities such as Kanaglym or Delzoun, or waiting it out in intact settlements until the naturally desirable state of their becoming monster and treasure infested ruins comes to pass. Also some dwarves have demonstrated tentacle growth (as substitute limbs in the prime material, or as beard material in the realm of Shadow) as part of Vilquari related experimentation or fear-phantasms as the case may be.
Fake Alator
A bald fellow dressed as a Thayan, who was the principal of a slave-buying operation, seeming to take on the role of a wise and powerful wizard identifying himself as Alator, master of various wizardly things and powers that daren't be challenged. Apparently wasn't much of a wizard or warrior, more of a front man / patsy as revealed in an assault on the complex he was nominally in charge of, and the swift pounding into paste dealt to him by a collection of escaping slave PCs.
(The) Hungry C*nt AKA Nusemne
The Hungry C*nt was a sailing vessel, captained by a bloodthirsty and acknowledged to be psychotic pirate captain who went by the name of Brella Wetblade. Apparently the vessel was named after her. An initial encounter with the Vilquari adventurers saw her nearly captured on a beach, after an escape, a more definitive sea battle saw both Brella and the adventurer party need to chase her to the sea floor with waterbreathing magic. A school of sharks drawn by the fight helped end the captain, the ship was taken as a war-prize and renamed the Nusemne. The elves of the party claimed this translated from Elvish as "daugher of the changing tides", much more pleasant than its prior name. The present whereabouts of the ship are unknown to the party, as it had been crewed, captained and maintained by the Thessans while the party was off adventuring and doing portal travel through the Underdark.
Living Metal
A remarkable special material, steel that does not corrode or oxidize, and bends, chips, cracks etc. are known to miraculously heal themselves over time. A particular "recipe" for Living Metal articles originating in Kanaglym appears not to have died out with most of the rest of the knowledge of that lost city, but to have been picked up by the illithid loretakers (such as the Xanict) who went on to establish Xanictoll, which became a major production center for this material. Some very old Living Metal items appear to have been created by the Kanaglym dwarf named Dunaan, later known to Xanictoll's dwarves and humans as "The Dunaan."
Njall's Libido
Star of many turns of the ranger Njall's lecherous sense of humour.
Prisoners
There is no faster way to seal your fate than to be an NPC prisoner of the Vilquari, typically submitting to the Vilquari in combat results in a grotesque, humorous or senseless death within minutes, typically before any information useful to the campaign's intrigues is possible. Zakresh, Brella, Verron, Amelia, Ronald... we hardly knew ye. All right, some lived in captivity for a short time at least, but typically with better NPC caretaking and prisoner-housing infrastructure than the Vilquari party is able to provide.
Ulatoth
A mind flayer pyrokineticist known for both its oversight of a Xanictoll smelting-works and foundry involved in the production of living metal, as well as its ferocity as an enforcer of the Xanict's will. Also known for a sizeable ruby worn in its forehead, determined to amplify the ability of a psion to manifest flame-related power, but the ruby burns a bearer terribly if coaxed into use. Deceased.
Vilquari
Vilquar was the name of a famous traitor to the Gith race, the Vilquari are those deemed resembling Vilquar. A term used by a Githzerai associate of the party to describe the corrupted or tainted state of most PC party members or the varied agents being pursued by same. This Vilquari title is not an honored title nor one the group has adopted for themselves as if organizing themselves with a company name.
Xanict, the
A mind flayer title given to the highest authority in Xanictoll, last holder of the office of Xanict was the illithid named Yantith, known for a beljuril worn in his forehead. Also known to be a prolific author, for the rare non-illithid able to read Qualith script. Deceased.
Xanictoll
Xanictoll was what appeared to be an island town in the Underdark upon Great Void Lake. The town's majority of inhabitants were dwarven survivors of the lost city of Kanaglym, and a fairly large number of humans as well. The leadership though was more notable, as all the citizens were overseen by a small cadre of Illithid "teachers" organized by a chief local authority, an Illithid carrying the title of "Xanict" or the Singer. Apparently this title was respecting a past Xanict acting much like a Pied Piper figure, luring memory-impaired dwarves from the city of Kanaglym, which fell on hard times after its wells started running with memory erasing Styx waters. The most recent Xanict, by name of Yantith, was killed by the Vilquari party after incitement of a revolution of the citizenry invoking the memory of a cultural hero of Kanaglym, but not before Yantith could activate a Netherese device which turned out to control the island in the manner of a Netherese flying city (in this case more a floating city), condemning the town to sink beneath the surface of Great Void Lake. The party and thousands of Xanictoll survivors fled through a local portal during the submersion process, to the Underdark ruins of Delzoun beneath the Silver Marches region.
