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 Sharona Voorhallen My name is Sharona Voorhallen, daughter of Steilia Kraggston, daughter of Theoric Kraggston, son of Lena Orehallow, daughter of Tara Haarthford. I can keep going, tracing the heroic lineages. I can also recite their deeds. In Old Dwarvish, if required. I'm almost as good in the forge as my father, and mother's been teaching me poetry as best she can on her own. The letter from mother told you that her daughter would be coming to your school. You know that every good war poet needs to go on a dvarfvander before they can claim to be more than an amateur! I don't see why you're so shocked when it was me. Is it the horns? It's the horns, isn't it. Well too bad! No law says a dwarf girl can't have horns! Anyway. If you must know, I'm adopted. My...birth parents were ogres. But I'm a dwarf! I've done all the proper coming of age rituals and all. I even won the wrestling competition, and that wasn't easy! Mayria Kars was really good at it, you know? I made sure to practice a long time for all that, so I'd be able to prove to everyone I'd mastered all the traditions. I...um, I'm not actually good at magic, really, besides the basic recitations, so that bit I still need some training in. Can't be a proper war poet unless you master all the traditional arts, and all that. But I've been training my voice so I can do the declaiming! So yeah, that's...that's why I'm here. I'm on my dvarfvander to prove my mastery and become a war poet. Very traditional. I'm a very traditional girl. High Concept: Dwarven War Poet In Training Trouble: Adopted Ogre Aspect: Traditional Dwarvish Arts Aspect: Traditional Ogrish Temper Aspect: Accidental Delinquent +4: Provoke +3: Physique, Crafts +2: Fight, Lore, Athletics +1: Rapport, Will, Notice, Empathy Stress Physical: OOOO Mental: OOO Consequences Minor, Moderate, Severe Stunts Dwarvish War Poem: You may use Provoke to overcome physical obstacles by bragging about skills or insulting the obstacle. The True War Poem: When you overcome an obstacle in battle using Provoke, you may create a situation aspect that describes how the poem alters the world for you and stick a free invocation on it. I Look Amazing: You can use Physique to defend against Provoke attacks that involve insulting your appearance, though you always take 1 shift of stress on a tie. Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Jul 13, 2016 |
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HiKaizer posted:Sharona Testing my knowledge, huh? I can take it! Now, humans haven't really been told the truth of the world. But the truth of the world is known to us dwarves, because we found it deep in the earth, where it was born. It wasn't gods that made it or anything - the gods came later. See, first it was just the Word. The Word was not a god or a creator - it just was. It was the Word, and it spoke itself, and the word was 'Birth.' And that is how the world was made, and the gods were born, in an egg of stone at the heart of the world. The egg hatched, and many things came forward, because the Word spoke one word. That wasn't the only time the Word spoke. We know this because we found the impressions of the Word, echoing within the caverns. The Word is still there, and if it speaks again...well, that's not important here. The important thing is that this shows you, words are important. Words are really important. The world is born from words. And we dwarves learned that first! There's an immense amount of poetry recording the history that we built from that knowledge. But the important one is Rogan Hymond, the first of the War Poets. He witnessed a speaking of the Word, and it changed him. He realized that the world could be changed by the Word, and like any proper dwarf, he knew that if he tried hard enough and smart enough, he could do anything. So he decided he'd do that, too. And that's why we dwarves have a reputation for confidence! To change the world with your words, you can't have any doubt. The magic is powered by your will and, more importantly, your confidence. That's because when a War Poet declaims, their words are always true. A war poem can never be anything but true when it's spoken. That's what Rogan discovered. Now, entire books could be written about his adventures, and have been, so I'll leave them out. What's important is that I'm not saying war poets can't lie. I'm saying war poems are true. If they aren't true when you start saying them, they become true, even for just a little. As long as you do it right. But you need to have total confidence in what you're saying to do the magic. The Word never doubts, and doubt destroys a war poem's power. That's why war poetry is mostly bragging and insults. It's a lot easier to believe - they're called the recitations, and they're the simplest form of war poetry, the kind that every war poet learns first. Traditionally they are declaimed powerfully and loudly, to assert your confidence. Ever since the days of Rogan, dwarven war poets have taken to the battlefield to proclaim dwarven triumph and ensure our foes know they can't ever win. Even if our foes are clouds, mountains or oceans. The greatest war poets can do even more than the recitations - they can create poems that sway the hearts and minds of entire nations, though usually those aren't magical. Just, every dwarf respects poetry and words. Some war poets are said to be able to command the minds and bodies of their foes, though, and others have tongues so vicious they can burn people with their words...literally. The greatest magic, however, is when they make prophesies. Prophetic war poetry is extremely difficult, even for the best poets. A prophecy cannot be phrased simply and cleanly, after all. The power to weld truth to the world on that level requires allegory and metaphor even more than normal war poetry. I'm only able to perform recitations right now. But still, I'm good at that! I'm very confident and I can keep meter well. And none of that 'I'm this person here and I'm here to say' stuff. That's just bad.
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HiKaizer posted:Sharona Voorhallen Yeah, war poets just go out and adventure a lot, I imagine. Got to get inspired and learn a lot about the world. As for crafting, she is a smith, but works mostly in gold and silver rather than iron or steel, given her choice. She is especially good at rings and torcs, the traditional jewelry of the dwarves. She is only decent at swords or armor.
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