From nv91-asa@somme.nada.kth.se Tue Nov 8 14:03:50 1994 Received: from comp.uark.edu by mail.nada.kth.se (5.61-bind 1.4+ida/nada-mx-1.0) id AA29244; Mon, 7 Nov 94 17:42:16 +0100 Received: (from sbabb@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA00549; Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:41:48 -0600 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 10:41:46 -0600 (CST) From: Shelby Babb Subject: The Goblin Kingdom To: Anders Sandberg Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII (finally decided to give it a shot?) Admittedly based on a wierd hybrid of the movie Labyrinth, and the videos of Tool shown on MTV. I was going to wait to post this until after I had finished the campaign I use it in (which started about a year ago), but it will never end. It won't let me kill it!! Oh well, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE KINGDOM OF THE GOBLINS -------------------------- Aleric strode amongst the masses of his goblins and knights, smiling at the harvest they had reaped. Thirty children had been captured this month, thirty more soldiers to fill Aleric's ranks. Thirty children who would be destroyed. Aleric smiled approvingly at his followers and the treasures they had brought to be changed, while his heart held back a tear. He had to do this; the kingdom could not be allowed to fall! History: The Goblin Kingdom dates at least to before the Renaissance, when a marauder, named Aleric Giovinci, took the mantle of Goblin King after defeating its previous ruler. Aleric had been a promising disciple among the Order of Hermes, studying under Franchesca De'Medici before her fateful accident. After the two attempted a particularly massive ritual to travel to the Umbra which failed, Franchesca and Aleric found themselves caught in a paradox backlash which threw them into the Umbra (as they wanted) by turning them into "pseudo-spirits" and scattering them across the Umbra. Over the next few days, Aleric found that he need not eat or drink, sustaining himself on the omnipresent vim (i.e. quintessence) within the Umbra. Aleric also soon discovered that he could return to Gaia, but due to his dependence on the Umbra for sustenance, he would "suffocate" within an hour. Hoping that his mentor could be of some help, Aleric began seeking for Franchesca. Aleric searched for her, and stumbled into a realm hidden within the Umbra. The realm was designed like a palace, filled with corridors and chambers, and decorated with tapestries and articles that Aleric (correctly) guessed to have been created in the early Dark Ages. Soon after Aleric began exploring this strange place, he encountered a group of short, repulsive humanoids of all descriptions being led by a pair of armored soldiers. When the soldiers removed their helmets, Aleric saw two of the most attractive beings he had ever encountered. The two addressed themselves, in perfect Italian, as being Knights of the Goblin Kingdom, and that Aleric was a prisoner of Jogat, King of the Goblin Realm. Aleric, trying to approach the situation in a diplomatic way, allowed himself to be taken prisoner and brought before the king. Aleric recognized the little creatures as Goblins, but based upon common folklore as opposed to those found in Arcadia. When Aleric was brought to the throne room he nearly burst into laughter. Sitting on the throne was a old, fat, unkempt man with a beer belly ravishing a turkey drumstick. Aleric controlled himself, not knowing what powers this king possessed. "What's with the visitor, Altai," the king asked one of the two knights that had escorted Aleric in between slurpings of mead. "We found him exploring the southern chambers. He wasn't stealing anything, and he did not resist arrest us when we took him prisoner," the Goblin Knight replied. The king, ignoring Altai's comments altogether, stated "very good. Kill him Altai." Aleric, refusing to let someone so fat and pompous as this supposed king arbitrarily dictate his death, knocked Altai to the ground and shouted "you'll have to do that yourself, you bloated hog!" Immediately the throne room became silent, and Aleric feared he had sealed his doom. All of the goblins and knights backed away from the mage, all of them chanting "the king has been challenged" over and over. Aleric began to panic, until he looked at the face of the king and saw the king's fear as well. Aleric then understood. The ruler of this realm was determined in trial by combat, a combat the fat man had won long ago. The goblins (both plain and "knighted") either could not, or would not, challenge their king. Knowing this the old king had allowed himself to grow lazy, and unfit. Aleric vowed to win, and use this realm to return him to Gaia. The old king didn't stand a chance, as Aleric threw a Ball of Abysmal Flame at the worthless drunkard. As the king's corpse began to burn to dust, the assembled goblins all hailed Aleric as their king. And then Aleric heard the beating calling to him. A pair of knights gently took Aleric, who was in a hypnotic stupor, out of the throne room and into a huge chamber. Resting on a giant circular altar was an enormous white crystal, pulsating with a red light inside of it. "This is the Goblin Heart, the heart of the realm. As king..." Altai began to say. "... it is my duty to protect from the legions of darkness," Aleric interrupted as he gazed at the stone in awe. The Heart flooded his mind with knowledge of the realm, the goblins, the knights, and the Heart itself. Aleric saw the Heart's creation, and in that moment his soul merged with the Heart. He was the Goblin King! He knew of realms and how they were powered from the teachings of Franchesca, and he knew that there were bound to be Node sites somewhere that powered this realm. He found ley lines at hidden faerie rings, and deep within the ground. These nodes were protected from attack by groups of goblins and knights, which Aleric knew were formed the souls of babies. While the faerie trods had been abandoned by their past owners, the nodes hidden underground were constantly under attack from evil Garou who called themselves Black Spiral Dancers. The Spirals ruthlessly tried to take the areas and turn them into Caerns for their own use. The battle had been going on for over a century, and the Spirals grew in strength with every passing decade before Aleric took the throne. The knights and goblins always managed to keep the Wyrm creatures at bay, but eventually a large pack of the dark Garou managed to not only take one of the underground Nodes, but used the Node to invade the Goblin Realm. It wasn't until the middle of the 1800's that Aleric managed to defeat most of the pack and reclaim the Node. Aleric then used strong magicks and wards to prevent such a recapture from repeating itself. But there was one survivor among the Spirals, a young Theurge who vowed to rule this realm and keep Aleric's head as a trophy. The Spiral, known as Kreet, summoned dark Banes from the homes of abusive families. She summoned the Braltharka, abusers of the innocent, and Children of the Effigy, the lowly ones, from the cities where boys and girls worked in factories and were abused by their parents. The dark spirits struck against Aleric, taking vast portions of the realm. Aleric struck back, by sending "hunting parties" to gather children to be turned into goblins by the power of the Heart. The battle has been swaying back and forth since then, with each side trying to amass more forces than the other for a crushing victory. Aleric knows that he can not give up, for if he fails the realm, its goblins, and the Heart will all fall to the Wyrm. And so, the harvesting of the innocents continue. Cabals: There are no cabals in the Goblin Realm. Aleric is the only resident mage here, but occasionally he takes on other magi as students, at the price of total obedience. Basic Concept: The realm is entirely indoors, with no windows, and no doors leading "outside." It resembles a hybrid of various interior designs from between the dark ages to the modern era. A cubist painting may hang next to a chandelier from the sixteenth century. But despite all the contrasting images, the Heart manages to shape the realm to look excellent. Goblins occasionally roam down the halls, messing and breaking things, and the realm simply "cleans" itself after they have passed. However, as one goes closer to the areas ruled by Kreet, the realm begins to show signs of decay and chaos. Furniture is broken, paint peels from the walls, and the realm is powerless to fix this "disease" of Wyrm infection. Environment: This realm is larger than many small towns, and entirely self-contained. All light, water, food, and air are supplied by the Heart through quintessence from the Nodes. As one approaches the Wyrm Halls (as Aleric calls them), the lights become muted, food and water are spoiled, and the air is full of choking amounts of dust. Denizens: Aleric commands the lesser Goblins and their Goblin Knight siblings, while Kreet leads her Braltharka and Effigies (see below for stats). Occasionally a rat or other small animal will wander into the realm by entering one of the Node areas, but due to the remote location and improved security, this is rare. Nodes: The Ring of Lyon- a faerie trod hidden outside of Lyon, France, the Ring was once used as a gateway between Gaia and the Goblin Realm. However, since Aleric began his battle against the Spirals so long ago, he has sealed off all Node access to the realm so that only strong magicks or rituals can break his locks. The Cave of Light- this cave is hidden in the mountains outside of Denver Colorado. During the 1800's, the Spirals, in a last ditch attempt, had a series of "mines" dug to get to the cave hidden deep in the mountain. Aleric, sensing the attack, summoned a powerful water elemental to drown the Spirals and their fomori miners. The lower parts of the mines are still flooded to this day. Aleric finds it interesting that this is the only Node of the Realm that doesn't exist within England. He assumes that this is due to the fact that the Node is EXTREMELY powerful, and very well hidden. Magickal Ratings: Correspondence: -3 (Only in use. Some areas of the Realm were created using Level 4 and 5 Correspondence effects, but the lower levels will not function except as vulgar effects.) Entropy: +1 (Since the arrival of Kreet's forces, the Entropy of the Realm has risen to reflect the decay and destruction she brings.) Forces: 0 (Some areas under high Correspondence effects have bizarre gravity, but neither aid nor penalize such magicks.) Life: 0 Matter: 0 Mind: 0 Prime: -1 (Subtract one die from ALL magicks involving Prime in ANY form due to the rising Entropy forces and the quintessence harvesting of the Goblin Heart.) Spirit: -3 (Only in use. Levels one through three require vulgar magick to be worked.) Time: 0 (While Time progresses identically to Earth aging does not occur, but as Entropy grows, this may change.) Note: the Goblin King, Knights, and Lesser Goblins can not acquire Paradox in their realm, and can ignore all sphere level restrictions. Chantry Description: The Goblin Realm is a huge, sprawling collection of rooms, corridors, and secret passages easily as big as a small town. There are ten "floors," each with interconnections to other floors. Due to strange warpings of space (also known as teseracts), the are stairways one the bottom floor leading to the top, doors that open up to vastly removed areas, and even more impossible structures. The Goblin Heart resides in the very center of the realm, surrounding by "pure area", areas that the Aleric controls. On the top floor, and surrounding the pure areas are the Wyrm Halls, where Kreet's forces have been able to damage the structure of the realm and claim it as their own. Currently, the Wyrm Halls are immune to all attempts at Correspondence use by even the Goblins and Aleric, preventing quick raids into the Halls. This results in guerrilla warfare tactics combined with a strange form of "trench" warfare, where Goblins and Banes make combat raids into their enemies holdings. Also scattered through the realm are randomly changing areas leading to the Node sites on Gaia, with shallowing allowing creatures to enter and leave. Aleric believes that Kreet has managed to "bind" one or more of these moving areas into her control, and that she uses them to summon Banes through to the Realm. Purpose: Aleric claimed this realm from Jotan, the previous Goblin King, and in so doing, learned of the Goblin Heart and the Realm. Aleric doesn't completely understand the reason for the Realm's creation, but knows that it is meant as a housing for the Heart, which in turn is some sort of an experiment by an Oracle or Umbrood Lord (Aleric isn't sure which) who held very strong connections with Europe. Aleric has no idea why the Heart was designed to create Goblins from the souls of mortal children, or why the realm changes its decor in reflection of changes made in Europe. Currently, Aleric has decided that all of the Realm's energies must be dedicated to defending the Heart from the ever-advancing hordes of the Wyrm. Chantry Inhabitants: The Realm is fairly well isolated thanks to its low Spirit and Correspondence ratings (an attempt by the Heart's creator to deter the "unworthy" from gainin the Heart and the Realm), there are quiet a few visitors and residents besides the Goblins and Wyrm spirits. Aleric, always looking for assistance in his long war, has been known to take on other mages as pupils. Currently he is instructing a young Verbena, by the name of Abigail, in the arts of magick as she assists him in finding children and fighting the Banes. Also present are members of a strange race of Umbrood known as Intruders, who claim to be allied to the Marauders. Unknown to both Kreet and Aleric, a trio of combat cyborgs from Iteration X have managed to sneak into the realm. Armed with experimental "paradox-transmitters", the cyborgs seek to decimate members from both sides, while accumulating data on the various manifestations of Paradox. Internal Structure and Relations: With the exceptions of the Intruders, Abigail, and the cyborgs, all members are COMPLETELY loyal to the leaders of their respective camps, to the point of self-destruction (even the Lesser Goblins would sacrifice themselves for the sake of their King and home, albeit with a LOT of bitching. But Goblins bitch about everything anyway.) External Relations: Due to his war, Aleric is always open to new mages. However, until he knows their true motives, he treats them as enemies, under careful guard. If he finds them of use in his conflicts. The only relations Aleric has with the mundane world is when he sends his goblins to acquire new children. Aleric often tries to "rescue" children from abusive homes, as he finds them better off in his world as goblins, than in the "loving care" of their parents. However, as the war grows more costly, Aleric takes more and more children wherever he can find them. Status and Reputation: Since the Realm isn't very well known, it is low on status, but those who do know of it think highly of it. Status: 2 Reputation: 2 Allies and Enemies: Besides the problems that Kreet brings, Aleric is (unknowingly) being hunted by an amalgam of Iteration X, who sees him as being a highly dangerous Marauder. He has also earned the wrath of the Black Spirals, and an Umbrood servant of the Wyrm. However, Aleric is well known to several mages among the Verbena, and is also well liked by members of both the Seelie and Unseelie courts of the fey for reasons that remain unclear. Research Capabilities: Excellent in magickal matters, but three to five hundred years out of date in almost every mundane way. Aleric allows free access to his vast laboratories and libraries to his students, and will offer more restricted access to other mages in return for favors. All library resources are kept as books, scrolls, and other hard, paper forms. His laboratories have stockpiles of numerous rare chemicals found on Gaia and throughout the Umbrae, and contain some reserve quintessence for study. Theme and Mood: The theme of stories involving the Goblin Realm should deal with hard choices. Do the characters allow Aleric to continue kidnapping children to permanently turn into goblins, or do they try to prevent the kidnappings (assuring Kreet of a victory due to the dwindling number of troops Aleric has). And if the players wish to become students of Aleric, they must be willing to do ANYTHING he asks in return. The mood is one of hardened determination. The trenches are done and the war won't end until either Aleric or Kreet is no more. Players who enter the Realm should think of cities under siege, with rapid movements of soldiers from one area to another, constant battle, and bewildering amounts of chaos as one goes closer to the Wyrm Halls. However, many areas (even in the Wyrm Halls) seem calm and subdued, only adding to the confusion of the inevitable conflict. Stories: There are many ways to get PCs to the Goblin Kingdom. Perhaps they manage to stumble across one of the hidden nodes, or the child of a friend is kidnapped and they investigate only to find a string of thefts which lead to capture by a group of goblins and knights, maybe Aleric sends a few knights to try to recruit the mages. Also, since there is no natural or magickal sunlight in the realm (just "regular" magickally created lights), Kindred could easily take part in the events within the realm (imagine what would happen if a pack of Sabbat decided to set up home). And due to the odd coincidence of portals randomly appearing on Gaia, any sort of creature may stumble into the realm. ________________________________________________________________________________ NPCS ------- THE FORCES OF ALERIC ------------------------------- Goblins --------- Nature: Varies, usually Sycophant Demeanor: Varies, usually Bravo STR 2 CHA 1 PER 2 DEX 2 MAN 2 INT 1 STA 2 APP 1 WIT 2 Talents, Etc.- Alertness 3, Awareness 3, Brawl 2, Dodge 3, Melee 2, Stealth 3 Willpower 3 Arcane 1 Sword (Dif-6, Dam-4) Health Levels- same as human Flaws: Cowardly (slight), Loyal to the Goblin King (Total), Short Goblin "Gifts" (roll die twice) 1) Claws (+1 STR dam, aggravated, dif-6) 2) Armor (+1 soak dice) 3) Wings (flight speed equal to 10 yds/turn; can't hover) 4) +3 DEX 5) Heightened Senses (+2 PER) 6) Can make 2 actions per turn without splitting dice pool 7) Fireballs (dam 1/success on willpower roll (dif-6)) 8) Enter Leave Umbra (willpower roll (dif-6)) 9) +2 Arcane 10) Bow (20 arrows, dif-8, dam-3, Archery 2) Lesser Goblins are rude, smelly, obnoxious, loud, cowardly, bitchy, little creatures. If it wasn't for the fact that they are fanatically loyal to their king, they would have pulled out of the war as soon as it had started. Lesser Goblins are formed at the end of a complex ritual where the Goblin Heart takes the pattern of a child, alters it and splits it into ten separate life forms (a feat even Aleric doesn't understand). The goblins are completely unique, with the intellectual development of a ten year, and the behavior to match. However, lesser goblins are also "born" with combat training, and various "gifts," given by the Heart. Goblin Knights (a.k.a. Knights) ----------------- Nature: Almost always Fanatic devotion to Goblin King Demeanor: Bravo STR 4 CHA 4 PER 4 DEX 4 MAN 5 INT 3 STA 3 APP 4 WIT 3 Talents, Etc.- Alertness 4, Awareness 4, Brawl 3, Dodge 3, Melee 5, Stealth 2 Willpower 5 Arcane 2 Sword (Dif-7, Dam-6 (Aggravated)) Health Levels- same as human Flaws: Loyal to the Goblin King (Total) Goblin Knight Abilities (roll die three times) 1) Goblin Fire (dam 2 (aggravated)/success on willpower roll (Dif-6)) 2) +3 Arcane 3) Can take three actions per turn without splitting dice pool 4) Armor (+3 soak dice, -1 to DEX) 5) Enter/Leave Umbra at will (no roll needed) 6) Able to Teleport self (as Cor. 3 effect, on a willpower roll (dif-6)) 7) Summon Goblins (1 per temporary willpower spent (5 max)) 8) Regeneration (not from aggravated wounds or iron) 9) Countermagic (2 dice) 10) Move up to 200 lbs telekinetically (on a willpower roll, dif-7) Goblin Knights are formed in the same manner as Lesser Goblins, with one major difference. For every child used, only one knight can be formed. Whereas the (lesser) goblins are wretched little creature, the knights are tall, beautiful, noble beings. Goblin Knights are also "born" with more powerful gifts, and a more finely tuned military mindset. But despite their differences, lesser goblins and the goblin knight share no feelings of animosity towards each other. Aleric, The Goblin King, and Defender of the Goblin Heart (Order of Hermes/Marauder) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Essence: Dynamic Nature: Autist Demeanor: Manipulator STR 2 CHA 3 PER 4 DEX 4 MAN 4 INT 4 STA 2 APP 3 WIT 4 Talents, Etc: Alertness 3, Athletics 2, Awareness 3, Brawl 2, Cosmology 3, Dodge 3, Enigmas 1, Etiquette 3, Expression 3, Faerie Lore 3, Intuition 3, Intimidation 3, Meditation 2, Melee 4, Occult 5, Stealth 3, Throwing 2, Wyrm Lore 3 Willpower 9 Arete 8 Backgrounds: Arcane 3, Avatar 5, Dream 3 Spheres: Correspondence 4 (Goblin Heart), Entropy 5, Forces 4, Life 5, Mind 5, Matter 1, Prime 3, Spirit 3, Time 1 Quintessence (usually 5) Paradox 0 (due to Goblin Heart) Background: Aleric Giovinci was the son of a poor shopkeeper in the city of Milan. Always known as an extremely lucky boy, Aleric was also seen as being very odd and unpredictable. He gambled with rich merchants and began to make a very large amount of money before they decided to use him as an example to those who cheated at their games; the merchants assumed that Aleric had to be cheating to win as much as he did. Aleric was soon at the mercy of a trio of thugs, hired to beat him to near death, in a hidden alley. As the thugs got excited in their work, they didn't notice the woman who walked into the alley behind them. She said nothing, just pointed an amulet at the men and stood back as a bolt of lightning shoot out of the necklace and incinerated one of the thugs. The other two ran fleeing past the woman, as she went over to the badly hurt young boy. As Aleric looked up at her face, he saw she had lightning storms for eyes, and then he fell into unconsciousness. Franchesca De'Medici had found her new pupil. Aleric was a student of Franchesca De'Medici during the 15th century. It was during an experiment to create a portal to an area in the Deep Umbra that Paradox thrust Aleric and his mentor into the High Umbra, and prohibited him from returning to Gaia. Since he has become Goblin King, his soul and Avatar have become linked to the mysterious Artefact, a fact which keeps him strongly bound to his kingdom. The rest is history. Image: Standing about six foot, four inches, Aleric is tall, and very attractive. He keeps a mane of hair that gradually changes from red to blonde to white and then reverses the cycle (a permanent Paradox flaw). Aleric always dresses in rich, ornate robes and clothing dating from the Renaissance to the Dark Ages, and he always seems to have a very serious, some would say melancholic, look to his face. Role-playing Tips: The Goblin Heart, the Realm, and its goblins are all counting on you. If you fail, not only will you be no more, but they will all be forced to serve the Wyrm. And since you are linked to the Heart, you can't even leave the Realm once the battle ends. Of course, you wouldn't ever want to leave anyway, this is your place. This war has forced you to steal children from their families. You tried to only take those who were better off with you (the ill, the abused, etc.), but you need more forces and that option is now lost to you. Should you win this war, you intend to learn everything you can about the Heart, the Realm, and the strange connection they have with the fey. THE FORCES OF KREET -------------------------------------- Braltharka --------------- STR 7 CHA 0 PER 2 DEX 3 MAN 0 INT 1 STA 5 APP 0 WIT 1 Talents, Etc.- Alertness 3, Athletics 2, Awareness 5, Brawl 4, Dodge 1, Intimidation 9, Stealth 1 Willpower 9 Arete 4 Sphere Effects: Sense Weakness (Entropy 1), Never Hit (Entropy 2), Heal Self (Life 3), Destroy (Entropy 4) Claws/Fangs (Dif-6, Dam-7, Aggravated); Punch/Kick (Dif-6, Dam-9) Health Levels: OK (x4), -1 (x4), -2 (x2), Incapacitated, Destroyed Paradox 2 Merits: Silent, Daredevil Flaws: Mute, Monstrous Giant, mute demons, Braltharka are vile creatures created from child abusers, exploiters and molesters; the Braltharka is the physical embodiment of the emotions involved in these acts of sadism and cruelty. Braltharka appear as nine-foot tall hybrids between ants and bears, dressed in business suits of various designs. While considered mute, the Braltharka can make noises; they can create a variety of hate -filled screams that many a child has heard. The Braltharka are capable of sensing the weaknesses within their foes, are able to reduce Entropy so as to be harder to hit, heal themselves, and create blasts of pure Entropic energy. Children of the Effigy ------------------------ STR 4 CHA 0 PER 4 DEX 3 MAN 1 INT 2 STA 3 APP 0 WIT 4 Talents, Etc.- Alertness 3, Awareness 3, Brawl 3, Dodge 2, Intimidation 6, Melee 3 Willpower 5 Arete 2 Sphere Effects: Sense Weakness (Entropy 1), Create Blade (Matter 2, Prime 1) "Claws" (Dif-6, Dam-5, Aggravated); "Blades" (Dif- 7, Dam-7) Health Levels: OK (x3), -2 (x2), Destroyed Paradox 3 Merits: None Flaws: Monstrous, Mute The Children of the Effigy (also called Effigies), are Wyrm spirits created from the feelings of self-disgust and pain from abused children. Strangely, the Effigies carry these feelings of pain and self-hatred, and use the feelings to lash out against their enemies. The Children of the Effigy look like wooden marionettes of a bizarre nature; their bodies are mutilated and covered with razors, nails, and other such weapons, all of which are tainted with poisons of the Wyrm (these weapons are collectively referred to as "claws"). The Effigies have the abilities to sense weakness in their opponents, and create any sort of bladed, melee weapon they can imagine. Kreet, Theurge of the Black Spiral Dancers ----------------------------------------------------- Nature: Bravo Demeanor: Fanatic Breed: Homid Auspice: Theurge Tribe: Black Spiral Dancer STA 3 CHA 2 PER 3 DEX 4 APP 4 INT 3 STA 3 MAN 4 WIT 5 (note: all attributes are for Homid form) Talents, Etc.: Alertness 4, Athletic 4, Brawl 5, Dodge 5, Enigmas 3, Intimidation 4, Leadership 4, Melee 5, Occult 5, Primal-Urge 4, Rituals 5, Stealth 4, Subterfuge 3, Willpower: 9 Rage: 8 Gnosis: 9 Backgrounds: Fetishes 5 (Wyrm Fang Dagger, Bane Lantern), Past Life 5 Rank: 5 Gifts: Persuassion, Staredown, Disquiet, Reshape Object, Spirit Ward, Sense Wyrm, Spirit Speech, Blood Omen, Command Spirit, Name the Spirit, Sight From Beyond, Exorcism, Pulse of the Invisible, Grasp the Beyond, Spirit Drain, The Malleable Spirit, Bane Protector, Shroud, Howl of the Banshee, Ears of the Bat, Wyrm Hide, Patagia, Foaming Fury, Crawling Poison, Doppleganger, Balefire Background: Kreet was conceived from the raping of a man by a female Black Spiral Dancer named B'trk'a, and was born in the Goblin Kingdom when the large pack B'trk'a was in entered the realm. Kreet grew up with the pack, learning from her pack members numerous rites and gifts. She fought against the hordes of goblins to claim the realm for her pack and for the pack's totem, the Green Dragon. But in the end, all of her pack brothers and sisters (and even her own Metis children) fell before the onslaught of Aleric's forces. In despair, Kreet retreated into the farthest reaches of the realm, vowing to find a way to claim revenge. It was there that she found a portal linked to a Black Spiral Hive on Gaia. She traveled to Hive, and (raining of a large portion of its energy) used it to make the portal a permanent fixed pathway. From here she summons the Braltharka and Effigies to Gaia, and from there leads them into the Goblin Kingdom. Image: A beautiful woman, Kreet stands just at six feet tall. Her athletic body is covered in an array of scars that add rather than detract from her beauty, and her head is crowned by a fiery red mass of hair. Kreet doesn't believe in wearing clothes, and ravishes in her beauty. In Crinos form Kreet is a hideous monster, with leathery bat wings, pointed ears, blackish-red fur, and stands slightly over nine-feet in height. Of course, Kreet finds herself even more beautiful in this form. Role-playing Notes: You know that Aleric is a fool, and a coward. You will take his head, and then with the realm in your command, you will take Gaia. With your beauty and warrior skill, you will prove yourself worthy to be concubine to none other than the Wyrm itself. No other is as worthy as you. OTHERS ----------- Intruders ----------- STR 3 CHA 2 PER 3 DEX 4 MAN 2 INT 2 STA 3 APP 2 WIT 3 Talents, Etc: Alertness 2, Athletics 2, Awareness 3, Brawl 3, Cosmology 5, Dodge 3, Meditation 3, Melee 3, Occult 5 Willpower 7 Arete 4 Spheres: Correspondence 3, Life 3, Spirit 3, Time 3 Arcane 3 Dream 3 Health Levels: same as human Background: The Intruders are a very rare group of creatures from the Deep Umbra. They posses the gift of true magick, but in a unique form. Intruders use spheres, but make all magick (coincidental and vulgar) rolls using Arete, and while they can not use quintessence to power to aid their magick, they do not accumulate paradox or attract Paradox spirits. Currently, seven Intruders (also known as Nomads) have joined forces with Aleric to help him protect the Goblin Heart from falling into the hands of the Wyrm. Aleric has seldom spoken with them, as they prefer to hide from both camps, but he has determined that they are allied somewhat closely with the Marauders. "Infectors" --------------- STR 5 CHA 0 PER 5 DEX 7 MAN 1 INT 2 STA 5 APP 0 WIT 3 Talents, Etc: Alertness 5, Athletics 5, Brawl 3, Dodge 3, Firearms 3, Stealth 2, Throwing 2 Willpower: 5 Paradox: 4 Armor: 3 Counter-Magick: 2 dice Claws (Dif-6, Dam 7) Paradox Transmitters (Dif-8, Dam-, ammo-10, Range -130 yards, Rate of Fire-triple/single) Health Levels: OK (x5); -1 (x3); -5; Destroyed Background: Infectors are the latest experiment of Iteration X (with the aid of a now-deceased Son of Ether). While more machine than human, the Infectors are encased in human looking bodies with highly enhanced reflexes and speed, and boosted strength and endurance. But the truly remarkable feature of the Infectors is their paradox transmission beam systems (for every two successes the cyborg scores on a Dexterity+Firearms roll, the target takes a point of paradox). The beam systems are linked to the cyborg's power plants, and are useless once removed. Iteration X would love to be able to duplicate the transmitters, but can not. The original designs were created by a renegade Son of Ether, who also destroyed them once he realized that Iteration X was going to terminate him. All attempts to recreate the designs have failed. Iteration X must be satisfied with the three it has sent to the Goblin Kingdom, on their data collecting mission. However, Iteration X has kept two Infectors on Gaia, one for research, and another for use in the progrom.