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Skaadi Dagmyrsdottir Daughter of her tribe's shaman guide, Skaadi was entrusted with the myths and history (one in the same) of her people. When the succession crises broke out, she was among the skaldic delegation pulled from the surrounding countryside to judge the claimants. With the contests threatening to spill out into open civil war at any moment, she feels compelled to try to keep the peace long enough for someone stable to gain the throne. She knows from her history a clan divided is easy pickings for its neighbors, and refuses to let stubborn Northern pride get in the way of her people's survival. Mortal Qualities: Skald and Shaman[+4] - Inheritor of the tribe's oral legacy, Skaadi is familiar with the orations and sacrifices needed to placate the ancestor spirits. Possessing the closest local equivalent to literacy, she is expected to advise her people in the proper historical solution. This requires certain creative interpretation in unprecedented situations, but the ancestors probably had a sound idea at some point, when they weren't clubbing mammoths with stone clubs. Daughter of the North [+2] - To survive to adulthood, especially in the smaller villages, is a feat unto itself, and Skaadi would not be a fully functioning member of her tribe if she didn't have the basics of combat and wilderness survival down. While not a champion, she nonetheless can hold her own when words fail. Diplomat[+2] - Being a shaman is to stand slightly aside from the tribe, in two worlds. Its from this place one can hold a position of neutrality to bring multiple sides to a mutually satisfying conclusion. Drawbacks: Brash[-2] - Ordinarily, Skaadi would have received around five years more training before being sent out into the world, but the demands of the kingdom come first. While knowledgeable, she lacks the sophistication and wisdom of age, and may act in an impetuous and rash manner. Country Cousin [-2] - Although skilled in reading people in general, Skaadi has yet to learn many of the traits and values of big city people, and may come across as unsophisticated and rural to a more cosmopolitan audience. Starting Location: Bjornhold, trying to aid in expediting the process to choose the new king. What do you want out of the game? Do a little peacemaking, with eventually switching to black metal   traditional Norse mayhem if/when the talky-feely parts eventually fail.
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Thanks again Val, and quote:Skadi - What is the thing that surprised you most about Bjornhold?  The sheer number of people, and also the smell. Not even at the local clan moots has she seen so many humans walking around. Neither had she smelled so many humans and livestock cooped up together. The old Northern phrase "Stinks on ice" comes to mind.It had been two weeks, and she had settled into the inn commandeered to house the majority of the shaman brought into judge the claimants. Skaadi had learned a great deal from them already, including several new songs and histories unknown to her. Also communicated to her was the sheer size of the kingdom itself; growing up in a village, you heard of places beyond the horizon, it was quite another to see, and smell them. The walls, the finery and goods in quantities she had never seen before were certainly a new experience. Also found in quantities unheard of before: drunks, weirdos, pickpockets, etc. All in all a mixed-leaning-positive experience. Ronwayne fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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JamezBfod posted:Am I the only one that isn't grimdark and bloodthirsty? Am I missing a theme here? I specifically made a non grim and anti excessive violent pc and went embarrassingly folk metal over death metal.
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Post incoming after work, so like 8pm central time u.s.
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Sorry for the delay, will post right after work ~11 hours from this post.
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