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= The Irish Mission = | |||
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Storm has an open invitation for any party member to return and visit her. | Storm has an open invitation for any party member to return and visit her. | ||
= Town of Poole, Wales = | |||
== Prior Constable Hermann of Cologne == | |||
The senior brother at the Hospitaller Prior in Poole, Hermann handles the logistical, management, and militant members of the prior. Originally from Germany, he has spent many years in the Holy Lands and other Hospitaller outposts and was posted in Poole to command this outpost. He is pragmatic enough to know that that the worldly politics of both the Church and the nobles affects his priory and knows how to deal with it. As the commander of the Knights of St. John, he is answerable only his hierarchy and to the Pope, which puts him in conflict with the local bishop, Cristoforo. | |||
== Prior Fulk of Tyre == | |||
Fulk is the religious head of the priory and was responsible for the schism between Bishop Cristofor and the priory. A pious, compassionate man, he was the one who offered communion and final rites to a man excommunicated by the bishop. But since the priory doesn't answer to the bishop, there was nothing he could do about it. Fulk holds some unorthodox views on doctrine, which adds to the friction with the bishop. However, as the religious head, and co-prior of the fortress, he has final say on non-military decisions. In any case, Prior Constable Hermann has enough on his plate to leave Fulk on his own with doctrine. | |||
Fulk also manages the charitable work the priory does, including the hospital and soup kitchen for the poor and the travellers that stop by the Priory. | |||
== Bishop Cristoforo == | |||
The local bishop of Poole, he resents the presence of foreign knights in 'his' bishopic when he can't order them to do what he wants. The magi and Sir Daniele met him briefly after the noon mass. | |||
== Enrico the Venentian Merchant == | |||
A formerly trusted merchant who has dealt with the covenant for years, bringing goods from the Holy Land and the far east through Venice. He is a middle-aged man who keeps a mistress in Poole and is only in kingdom for half the year as he trades primarily in Wales, while collecting up goods to sale back in Venice and storing them in Poole. | |||
Revision as of 17:05, 2 June 2013
The Irish Mission
The Irish Demon
Very little is known of this demon, other than his penchant to claim he is an ancient Irish hero, Cu Chulainn. Astute party members noticed oddities about him, like the fact he left hoofprints instead of footprints, and an unusually warm aura about him. Ultimately, Adria's sensitivity to the Holy and Unholy left little doubt about his origins, and he reacted with shock and surprise when Ritter Sigmund's sword drew an ichor instead of blood. The demon had no way of knowing the blade bore a relic from the Crucifixion of Christ.
He was last seen flying away from Dublin bearing both the "Tear of the Virgin Mary" (the unholy meteorite the townsfolk mistook as a holy sign from Heaven), as well as Aed, the glassblower's apprentice whose Guardian Angel made him aware of the demon's and the meteorite's true nature.
Storm
Storm was encountered near the peak of Mount Snaefell, on the Isle of Man. She considered herself the rightful ruler of the mountain and offered her hospitality the Irish expedition. She appeared as an eight-foot tall gull who inhabited a series of caves, a mix of worked and naturally formed. Forest animals of all types seemed to respond to her instantly, as if she were their queen.
One interesting find was a nearly full set of dragon bones in one of the caves she didn't use. She invited the party members to take what they wanted; a few took a tooth from the massive frame. She has invited the characters to return and claim the whole thing if they wanted. A few questions indicated that she had been inhabiting the caves since before the Norse came to claim the islands, and that the dragon was already dead and bones before she got there. Adria found a single partially melted gold coin bearing the face and name of 'NERO' on it.
Storm has an open invitation for any party member to return and visit her.
Town of Poole, Wales
Prior Constable Hermann of Cologne
The senior brother at the Hospitaller Prior in Poole, Hermann handles the logistical, management, and militant members of the prior. Originally from Germany, he has spent many years in the Holy Lands and other Hospitaller outposts and was posted in Poole to command this outpost. He is pragmatic enough to know that that the worldly politics of both the Church and the nobles affects his priory and knows how to deal with it. As the commander of the Knights of St. John, he is answerable only his hierarchy and to the Pope, which puts him in conflict with the local bishop, Cristoforo.
Prior Fulk of Tyre
Fulk is the religious head of the priory and was responsible for the schism between Bishop Cristofor and the priory. A pious, compassionate man, he was the one who offered communion and final rites to a man excommunicated by the bishop. But since the priory doesn't answer to the bishop, there was nothing he could do about it. Fulk holds some unorthodox views on doctrine, which adds to the friction with the bishop. However, as the religious head, and co-prior of the fortress, he has final say on non-military decisions. In any case, Prior Constable Hermann has enough on his plate to leave Fulk on his own with doctrine.
Fulk also manages the charitable work the priory does, including the hospital and soup kitchen for the poor and the travellers that stop by the Priory.
Bishop Cristoforo
The local bishop of Poole, he resents the presence of foreign knights in 'his' bishopic when he can't order them to do what he wants. The magi and Sir Daniele met him briefly after the noon mass.
Enrico the Venentian Merchant
A formerly trusted merchant who has dealt with the covenant for years, bringing goods from the Holy Land and the far east through Venice. He is a middle-aged man who keeps a mistress in Poole and is only in kingdom for half the year as he trades primarily in Wales, while collecting up goods to sale back in Venice and storing them in Poole.