Characters and Campaigns

Characters and Scenarios of the Latter Campaigns

Tense Peace

The War of Ideals originally favored the Dark, but with the rise of Arthomer I and Verial's Return, the Southlands were able to recover and drive the forces of the Darkness out of the Southern Kingdom. What eventually resulted was a division of the Central Kingdom between the two spheres, with the Dark-aligned powers having the advantage. Central Kingdom is currently ruled by puppets with the Royal Family in exile (possible wild card for the future?).

The Vampyro Campaign

This is the story of the rise of a rather sinister individual. While the Verial Campaign, a long-running campaign, was the story of a man conflicted between demonic and angelic influences, and his ultimate redemption, the story of Vampyro is much darker in many ways. Vampyro starts out as an assassin, working for the Order of Obscure Firmament. After many adventures he is able to take control of this organization with the blessing of Kazar Kan, the former leader, who is old and desires to live out the remainder of his years in peace.

Vampyro's campaign becomes especially heated in the wake of two happenings. First of all, the alliances he is able to forge with the mysterious warlord known as Derus who emerged as a political force during the War of Ideals on the side of the Northlands/Darkness. In turn, this leads to the introduction of one of Derus's old acquaintances, the dark magician Maroh. Then, one of the Council of High Magi in Jadus who has gone rogue, also joins the campaign. The events that allowed all of this to happen escape my exact recollection, but hopefully perusing the campaign logs will help to sort this out.

This group of men became known as the Quadrarchy. Despite their seeming connexions with Darkness, none of them had any time for the Black Syndicate, the Priests of the Dark or the Northern Kingdom. They desired to rule a piece of land and to establish their own form of tyranny over Saen without the interference of agenda-driven powers in either sphere.

The Jedon Campaign

Jedon is a young soldier who served in the armies of the South during the Civil Wars following the tense peace that stabilized in the wake of the War of Ideals. These wars were covered in the Vampyro Campaign when King Arthomer tried to assert dominance over the territories of the West under the auspices of the Quadrarchy's rule. This resulted in a draw, after Arthomer I was defeated at the pass of Cairon. In the wake of the events of the Civil War, the Quadrarchy now controls most of the West, with the King still dominating the Central and Eastern portions of the Southlands.

His life changes strangely after being exposed to a strange magical pollutant, which others in his company were as well. The abilities, perhaps borne of mutation, that he acquires during this time end up molding him into a man of heroic stature. Unfortunately, his chief rival, the nobleman Serenax, also develops along parallel lines and this becomes a thorn in his side throughout the campaign.

Characters

Vampyro

Physically, he is about 6'3” and lean, almost gaunt in appearance. He has pale sallowish skin, long black hair and glinting black eyes. His features are sharp and thin. He tends to wear dark colors which accentuate a sinister aspect.

Jedon

He is of medium size, 5'10” and of a middling build, though very lean and muscular like a career soldier. He has mid-length rose-blond hair and pale blueish-green eyes. He tends to favor the blue uniforms of the Southern Army, with whom he served.

His personal politics are Royalist and he has a distaste for the Quadrarchy. He knows that it will not settle for the current territory it has and will try to expand again as soon as possible. Thus, it is something of his personal mission to stop it. However, during the course of his adventures he finds that the tyranny in the West is actually less of a threat than that from the North.