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My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Awww yeah.

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My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010



Szandor, the Emperor's rightful heir to be

Szandor felt like the unluckiest man in the world. As first son of the emperor, he had been prepared from youth to one day take over the throne, and he was always proud of the responsibility and vowed to be a good regent. Then, on his 12th birthday, the draconic mark manifested on his forehead, along with spectacular powers, revealing to everyone's horror that the Lady Empress obviously had been less than faithful. An illegitimate son - so obviously, anyway - couldn't possibly become emperor so it was goodbye to rightful inheritance, hello Szandor's kid brother Jeremy in line for the throne, and Szandor himself discreetly sidelined as apprentice to the Archmage, a thankless position with not much chances for promotion, seeing as the man himself had held the title for centuries. It just wasn't right.

Then one day, browsing the vault of magic artifacts, the solution to Szandor's problems stared him in the face. The Forbidden Tome of Chronomancy. He couldn't very well make himself the Emperor's legitimate son after the fact, but before... all he would have to do was find the dragon that had seduced his poor mother, kill him, and the timeline would have to restore itself so that Szandor was now the Emperor's son. To be safe it would have to be quite a jump - all the way back to the 13th Age.

What Szandor doesn't know is that the timeline will actually only restore itself to have the next most probable being his father. And the Lady Empress has a thing for dragons.

One Unique Thing: I travelled back through time to kill my dragon dad, hoping to set the timeline right.

Backgrounds: Prince of the Empire from the future +5, Unwanted magic powers +3

Icons:
The Three: 1 conflicted
As the current largest concentration of dragons, the Three and their followers are Szandor's first target. But he would actually make a good addition to their ranks.
Emperor: 1 conflicted
Szandor loves the Empire and its cause, but some of the guard captains and spymasters have heard there's someone around who wants to "take the Emperor's throne" and have got the entirely wrong idea.
Great Gold Wyrm 1 positive
The Great Gold Wyrm probably didn't take a break from guarding the Abyss to have a quick romp with the Lady Empress. And his people are completely fine with someone going against the Three.
Archmage: 1 negative
The Archmage just knows someone has used the Tome of Chronomancy to arrive in his age, and he doesn't like it one bit. Particularly because this is how he learned of its existence.

pre:
Dragonspawn Sorcerer

STR 12
CON 14
DEX 12
INT 14
WIS 12
CHA 16

HP 24

AC 12
PD 13
MD 13

Talents: Chromatic Destroyer Heritage, Metallic Protector Heritage, Blood Link (The Three)
Spells: Breath of the White, Chaos Bolt, Lightning Fork, Resist Energy
Feats: Chaos Bolt Adventurer
Racial: Dragon Breath
The way I see it, Szandor is a dragon's son right now. If he kills that dragon in the past, the timeline will shift such that another dragon will take his place, and he'll be (always have been) that dragon's son. There's no danger of Szandor erasing himself from existence because obviously he's there! Szandor might have to kill a whole lot of dragons before his mom just plain doesn't meet one in the future. Could Dragon Breath's energy type just always be related to the dragon du jour?

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