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A who, what, when, where, why, in what way & by what means of homebrew campaigns by DM Tyrtylius. ___________________ I'm keeping this records solely for my own convenience, but if anyone wants to use pieces of it, go ahead, as long as it's non-commercial. __________________ Any post may be edited at a later date without further notice, if more information becomes available by game play of if I get more or better ideas. __________________ This is a secundary blog, so I can't follow back with it. My primary blog is backstabbing-buddies.tumblr.com

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Dirk’s map

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Vharen Elencendar (Person)

Old Goldelf artefact collector from Robtown

Time: Vharen is a few months short of thousand years old. (Note: the standard maximum age for Goldelves is 1020 years) 

Location: Vharen spends most of his time in his home in Robtown. 

Connections: 

Xin Xu (Ex-wife, human)

Xin Lei (Daughter, halfelf) 

(servant)

(correspondents/penpalls)

Family, friends, colleagues, employers, nemeses, etc.. Outlook: The person’s pantheon, patron deity, philosophy, ideology and/or political points of view.

Social Status:   Ethnicity: Goldelf Appearance:  Combat: 

Plot:  Story: 

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Scaly (Person)

Goblin indentured servent from Calderen. 

Time: Current (during campaign)

Location: Calderen.  Connections: ? Outlook: Scaly cares little for the needs of others. 

Social Status: Indentured servant. Convicted criminal.   Ethnicity: Goblin. Appearance: Scaly is skinny and visibly in poor health. He has a runny nose and red rimmed, irritated eyes. He wears  Combat: Scaly is a skilled and coureageous fighter. As he isn’t very strong, he favours weapons that let him use his dexterity, like crossbows, daggers, and rapiers. Though Scaly is intelligent enough to come up with sensible plans and tactics, his violent impulses sometimes get the better of him, causing him to take unnecessary risks.  

Plot:  Story: Fed up with being poor and miserable, Scaly tried to rob a shop. He failed becouse his repeating crossbow got blocked. The Calderen city guard arrested him, and not much later Scaly was found guilty of attempted armed robbery.  He was sentenced to  5 years of servitude.

Not much later Scaly was bought by the human adverturer Vixador, who initially planned to set him free as soon as they were out of the city. 

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Pebble (person)

Female Goblin Rogue

Time: 

Location: Calderen

Connections:  Outlook: 

Social Status: Commoner, lower class with criminal connections.  Ethnicity: Goblin Appearance: Sturdy female goblin. Round face, greyish-brown skin. Usually wears a cap and a shirt with rolled-up sleaves.  Combat: Pebble doesn’t seek out fights, but doesn’t shy away from them either. She will ferociously defend what she considers hers. Pebble is very proficient with knives and daggers, and in finding ways to use her sneak attack, like feigning, hiding, and tumbling.

Plot: Pebble has an excelent knowledge of the city, including the old tunnels. She can guide the pc’s and provide them with information about local customs and individuals.  Story: Pebble runs a stall on the Floating Market in Calderen. Her main source of income, however, is the selling of information in various forms, e.g. as a guide or as a scout for clandestine operations.

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“I don’t want to get on the wrong side of Pebble." - Madder, goblin street urchin.

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CALDEREN (Location)

City

Official name: Calderen

Ruler: Hobgoblin elite.

Time: The city was founded over 1500 years ago. 

Located: On the surface, in the mountains, on top of an inactive vulcano. One day walking from a river. About seven days traveling south of Robtown (5/6 days by boat + 1 day walking).

Places of interest:

Hells Bowl: the central lake. Smells slightly of sulfur.

The Floating Market: on rafts on the lake.

The Oracle’s temple: on the island in the lake

Pindrick Hill: the highest part of the vulkano’s rim.

Population: 

Number of inhabitants: ?

Etnic composition:

Goblins;

Hobgoblins;

Humans;

Orcs;

Individuals with mixed heritage of Hobgoblin, Human, and/or Orc;

Others.

Individuals from Calderen:

Pebble: Female Goblin Rogue. Runs a stall in the Floating Market.

Scaly: Male Goblin Fighter. Convicted to 5 years of servitude for armed robbery. 

Sergeant  Drashka: Female Hobgoblin. Officer of the city guard.

Other info:

Up until 800 years ago, Calderen used to be a Gnome city. After the mass extinction caused by the Gruesome Gnome Fever, the city was uninhabited for a short while. Soon, members of other races common in the area made their home in the deserted buildings.  Over time, they developed their own amalgameted culture, and expended and rebuild the city.  

The oldest parts of the city, often located deep underground, are still difficult to access for anyone larger than Gnomes. Nowadays, Goblins often use these spaces for activities want to keep hidden from the mostly medium- sized city guards.

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City without name, for now called Robtown, by DM Rob.

Official name: ?

Alternative names : ?

Ruler: Robtown has no official ruler. De facto, the leaders of the 4 greatest trade houses are more or less in charge of the city.

Time: ?

Location: On the surface, at the mouth of a river streaming into the  Balterian Sea. 

Places of interest in Robtown:

Uppertown 

Deepport

 Notice Board 

The thirsty Mermaid (Inn)

Cindy’s place (coffeeshop)

Bux Batman: hardware, sports and adventuring gear (shop)

Murky's Ale & Weed 

Lorkin's Rock

Crowtown 

Population: 

Number of inhabitants:?

Ethnic composition: very divers, at least including:  

Humans (of various ethnicities)

Dwarves

Silver Elves

Gold Elves

Half-Elves

Individuals from Robtown : 

Brohm Broadbeard: Male Dwarf. Leader of 1 of the 4 great trade houses.

Carlin Crow: Male Elf from Crowtown. Captain of a river cargo ship.  

Cindy: Female Human. Waitress in a coffeeshop.

Iltherian Crow:  Male Elf. Leader of 1 of the 4 great trade houses.

Nilvir Crow: fisher and sailor from Crowtown. Owns a small ship.

Salahm Al'Bazir: Male ?. Leader of 1 of the 4 great trade houses.

Vharen Elencendar (Vharen 'Star-reader'): Male Goldelf. Almost 1000 years old. Ex-husband of Xin Xua. Obsessed with Gnome culture.  

Xin Lei: Female halfelf. Daughter of Xin Xua and Vharen Elencendar. 

Xin Xua: Female Human. Leader of 1 of the 4 great trade houses.

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Azraganzlan (Location)

Underground city, mainly inhabited by Dark Elves and Deep Gnomes.

Official name: The City-state of Azraganzlan

Ruler: The Queen, Iziloxli, has died. The city is in magical lock-down and stasis, waiting for a hero to rescue and mary Crown Prince Aktalkepto and claim the trone. 

Time: Founded almost 250 years ago by Lady Iziloxli. 

Located in: The Underdark

Places of interest:

The Royal Palace

The Library

Population: About 12.000 inhabitants, 10.000 of which live in the main city and the rest in various outposts. The etnic composition of the populace is as follows: 

Dark Elves (small majority)

Deep Gnomes (Large minority)

Gold Elves (minority)

Silver Elves (minority)

Dwarves (<1 %)

Other info: Map of Azraganzlan

A:  Azraganzlan proper

B:  Deep Gnome trading post

C:  ‘Reception hall’ with stairs to the surface world and gate to the trading post

D: Northern rangers outpost

E: Southern rangers outpost

Not on the map: ‘protectorate’ kobold mining village (South-East of E).

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Eye color chart

Can be used as a tool to describe the appearance of characters.

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Hair color charts 

Can be used as a tool to describe the appearance of characters.

Chart for cool hair colors made by combining, rearranging and sometimes slightly altering the cooler shades in charts by the Raquel Welch Signature Collection, Revlon and Matrix. 

Chart for warm hair colors and black made by combining and rearanging 2 charts I found here and here. Original charts were by John Frieda. 

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Hair type charts (Andre Walker system, (X X))

Can be used as a tool in describing the appearance of characters. 

Sources: 

https://www.andrewalkerhair.com/whats-my-hair-type/ 

http://www.blackhairblackbeauty.co.uk/hair-care-2/hair-assessment/ 

http://malaikanaturalhair.com/hair-type/hair-types/ 

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Skin type chart (Fitzpatrick scale).

Can be used as a tool in describing the appearance of characters. 

Sources: 

http://narcissista.me/2015/11/09/the-underrated-power-of-knowing-your-fitzpatrick-score/ 

http://appearancesaesthetics.co.uk/fitzpatrick-scale/

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Garol Darthorius (Person)

Prominent physician and teacher at the Academy of Angan.

Relationships: former teacher of Philip Fear Tree

Appearance: Almost always wears necromancers robes, usually with a work apron over them.

Ethnicity: Swordman father, mother Spearman

Garol teaches anatomy, among other things. Because there's a shortage of bodies for anatomical study, Garol steals fresh corpses from the graveyard. After use, he compresses the bodies together into manageable packets and dumps them in an abandoned quarry. To avoid being harassed by vengeful spirits, he catches any returning souls and keeps them trapped in a sort of bell jar. Garol secretly performs in unethical medical experiments. After the Battle of Honey Hill Garol rescued the lives of three soldiers, including Camil Rabec, with his illegally acquired knowledge. Ever since, he has been in the good graces of the wealthy merchant family Rabec.

Battle: Garol is pretty good with a knife.

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Militia Unit 16 (Institute)

Infantry unit of the Angan militia.

Time: When was the institute founded? By whom? Does it still exist?

Location: List the location(s) at which this institute is located. If there are to many, create a separate post and link that.

Goal: What does the institute want to achieve? Is it commercial, governmental, religious, something else? Are their public goals their real goals, or do they have a secret agenda?

Organization: Like most units of the Angan militia, unit 16 consists of one sergeant, two corporals, and 9 privates. Only the sergeant is a professional, the rest are conscripts. 

The city provides draftees with a spear and shield, and either a crossbow or ordinary bow. This equipment is supplemented by wathever weapons the draftees bring themselves. Many of them have a knifes or axes.

Standaard uitrusting is speer met schild, en een kruisboog of gewone boog. Deze uitrusting wordt aangevuld met wapens die de militieleden zelf van huis meenemen. Veel van de leden hebben een short sword of een bijl.

How is the institute organized? Is there a formal membership? Is there a hierarchy? Are they legal, illegal, secret, overt? Do the associates wear any visible signs, like uniforms, tattoos, etc?

Size: 12 persons. How much of the total populace is that?

Members:

Marc Dorthon     (sergeant, killed by explosives/collapsing building)

Philip Fearntree        (corporal)

Gunnar Thortouched  (corporal, right arm amputated under elbow)

Farshad Daftarian   (private, superficial cuts to the head)

Clover Treadwell     (private, severe burns)

Tilda Haubrecht     (private, lethally wounded but saved by magic)

Ludovic Harou       (private, killed by axe blows)

Ion High Harvest    (private, lethally wounded but saved by magic)

Garth Atgeir          (private, killed by explosives/collapsing building)

Bert Ostergaard    (private, medium burns and blows)

Oswald Krach       (private, killed by an poisoned arrow)

Camil Rabec         (private, lethally wounded but saved by magic)

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Philip Fearntree (Person)

Necromancer from Angan.

Time: High medieval Fuga

Location: The city of Angan. Can usualy be found on the militia training grounds, or in his and his husbands shop. Connections:

Bert Ostergaard (Husband).

Ambard and Serena Fearnree (Parents)

Julia, Francis (deceased) and Colin Fearntree. (Siblings)

Maerun the swamp witch. (Former teacher of magic arts)

Garol Darthorius. (Former teacher of anatomy)

Teacher magic and first aid in the

University of Angan

Town militia of Angan. Former corporal of

militia unit 16, under the direction of Sergeant Marc Dorthon. Outlook: Patron deity: Hecate. Ethnicity: Shieldman. Trained and initiated in the Axeman magic tradition. Appearance: An about 30 year old man. Dark hair, dark eyes, light ocher-like skin. Small posture. Light southern accent. Wears his uniform from the Angan militia when he teaches and at official occasions. Otherwise he wears a simple black outfit. Used as a magic wand metal distaff. Combat: Philip has strong battle magic, but prefers not to use it in the middle of the city because of the risks to bystanders. Outside of the city, you can count on fireballs, lightning, suffocating

Plot: Persons intended role in the plot (for NPC’s). Story: Philip is not originally from Angan, but from the sleepy town of X. His father is a doctor there and his mother a teacher. Philip initially wanted to become a doctor too, but at the age of twelve he showed to have a strong aptitude for magic. For he stayed in contact with his twin brother Francis after he had died. Francis is still Philips' most used contact in the spirit world. Shortly thereafter he began to see other apparitions and got disturbing dreams, some of them predictive. When he convinced his parents that he Wasn't just pulled stuff out of his ass, his mother sent him to local sorceress Maerun to learn to handle his gifts. She taught him magic according to the Axeman tradition, especially Deep magic. Philip can see someone's impending death in the shape of a yellow mask floating before that person's face. Inituationritual at 14/16? Philip went to live in Angan for his magic study. Besides in magic, Philip was still interested in medicine. Along with a small group of others, he therefore he took anatomy lessons from Garol Darthorius. Garol at that time was only a few years older than his students. Garol and his anatomy students quickly formed a close-knit group of friends. Because a lack of legally acquired bodies hampered them in their studies, the students regularly helped Garol to steal fresh corpses from the graveyard. They distracted the cemetery watchman with gossip and liquor. On one of these raids, they were hindered by a troublesome bulldog, who fiercely defended the tomb of the intended victim . One of Philips fellow students killed the dog. The body of the dog they have taken to the Red Rooster, but also studied and then dumped into the sewer. In retrospect Philip isn't proud of these actions, but his medical knowledge has saved lives and limbs several times. He decided to settle in Angan permanently and applied for citizenship. He had to serve two years in the militia to obtain this. During his service, he met Bert. They served in the same unit, and fought together during the Battle of Honey Hill. During this battle include in the successful deposition of the shattered arm of his fellow corporal Gunnar Thor Touched. Later Philip and Gunnar thrice performed a makeshift soul vaulting ritual together to save their mortally wounded comrades Tilda Haubrecht, Camil Rabec and Ion High Harvest. Through the help of expirimentele (and illegal) methods of Garol Darthorius After the war, Philip renounced membership of the Necromancers of the North to marry Bert. Philip has been for years no longer a student, and it does not seem more concerned with theft. Friendship with his teacher and classmates is watered. He suspected that Garol simply continues its practices. Philip has now teamed up with Bert a shop for magician supplies, which they have a pretty decent income. He is still involved with the militia as a teacher in military magic and first aid. Philip's parents still live in Hutton. Philip argued with them, because they are related to "flat talking bartender with a criminal record" disapprove and angry that he therefore "his career flushed down the sewer." With his old teacher Maerun he still has a close bond.

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Bert Ostergaard (Person)

Owner of a shop for magical supplies from Angan. Former owner of the Red Rooster Inn.

Relationships: Husband of Philip Fearntree. Son of Astrid Fauks and Harm Ostergaard (both deceased), only child. Nephew (Nephew) of Gertrude Fauks, Life-long friend of Gunnar Thorthouched. Former member of militia unit 16, led by Sergeant Marc Dorthon. Appearance: Man of 28 years. Short blonde hair, gray eyes. Giant of a man with hands as a longshoreman. Dented nose. Scars from burns on his forearms. Clear northern (local) accent. Ethnicity: Spearman

Born and raised in Angan. Bert's parents were owners of the Red Rooster Inn, and Bert helped them in the bussiness. Bert met Philip when he was 18, during his obligatory one-year service in the militia. They then fought in the same unit in the Battle of Honey Hill. During the battle Bert incured burns and crush injuries. He still has scars on his forearms and face from this. Three fingers on his right side he can t bend properly due to hammer blows on his hand. Shortly after the battle, he married Philip in a temple of Odin, Thor and Frey, in a ritual organized by their unit-mate Gunnar Thortouched and his colleagues. Although Bert himself was not a student, he was easily accepted into the group of friends around Garol. The fact that he had access to unlimited amounts of booze and a virtually unspyable meeting place undoubtedly contributed to this. After the death of his parents  Bert inherited the Red Rooster. Unlike his parents, Bert took no pleasure in running the inn. He was terribly annoyed by the drunken bragging, vomiting- and facade pissing parties of its customers. Moreover, they were always whining about his relationship with Philip. After yet another offensive comment Bert hard-handedly threw everyone  out of his establishment, and locked the whole place up.   This action earned him a conviction for assault. Bert then sold the inn and with the yield started a shop for magical supplies together with Philip in a different part of town. That suits him much better, customers are in general friendly and neat, and he makes a good living from the proceeds of the bussiness. Bert is still struggling with his experiences during the war, and can be very emotional when he talks about it. Battle: Bert fighting preferably with his bare hands, but can cope with crossbow, ax, spear and shield. used to do amateur boxing.

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City Archives of Angan (Location, institute)

 Angan has some extensive city archives. All kinds of things are kept on record there. The archives consist of a public and non-public section.

In the public section you will find all information of which the city council thinks others could have a reasonable interest to know about, such as:

Decisions of the City Council,

Court rulings,

Data on marriages and divorces, births and deaths,

Names, activities and owners of businesses,

Registered debts. 

For a reasonable fee, anyone can view them or have a copy made.

The non-public section includes, for example:

Sensitive data on the city; eg. about the city walls, escape tunnels and water supply,

Reports of police investigations

Sensitive data of individuals, such as tax records, medical examinations and reports of police interrogations.

Located at:

Persons who work there:

Official Needle

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three criminals

Collaborate with Garol Darthorius. They regularly dump packets meat and trapped souls for him in the abandoned quarry at Angan.