Hi everyone! Glad to be here.
Maxim von Mekkhan at your service...
"My Lords and Ladies, I am Lord Felix Zumstein of House Zumstein. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
The handsome young noble performs a courtly bow.
House Zumstein coat-of-arms is a flaming phoenix behind a stark tower.
The family sigil is a Z, wrapped in flame. It is that sigil that Felix has on his signet ring.
House Zumstein is known for producing limestone from their quarries, with occasional veins of topaz and citrine. The farms are humble, producing wheat, rye, and pumpkins during harvest season.
Put House Zumstein anywhere on the country you need.
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Do you want us to make up our family crests? If so, I guess Nibs's sigil would have six tails knotted in the middle on a gray field with a golden crown just above the knot. His particular device would probably have the crown in black rather than gold. The Rat King is known for overseeing the underworld, such as it is, and mostly trades in secrets. It is said that agents of the Rat King can hear everything that is going on in the realm, and sell this valuable information to the highest bidder. They are not generally considered nobles in the same category as those in the human realm, and the Rat King is very sensitive about that. To prove that he is just as capable of fulfilling noble obligations, he has sent his sixth son Nibs to represent him on this little mission.
Hello everyone! Glad to be here with you all.
As for the family information, below is what I had already written down on my backstory, but will be happy to come up with more details on anything you feel is missing.
Sigil:The family's crest is a silvery crescent moon against a blue background. Their sigil is the same crescent moon with an intricate S over it.
What is known about the family: Her family is still relatively unknown, but has been on the rise after a string of successes in the recent decades, which has mostly been attributed to the cunning mind of her father, Friedrich von Silbermond, a sharp witted diplomat who has continuously managed to outsmart and outmanoever his rivals through his sharp mind, shrewd negotiation skills and a good deal of luck.
Secrets: Her family's recent success is in a great part because of her mother, an half-elven assassin her father hired to deal with his opposition, and who he eventually married.
Location: Don't have any particular place in mind, wherever you think makes the most sense.
And details on the Vosk family would be welcome. Elara would have at least tried to get the basic details on the family before coming to the meeting.
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Vosk is one of the oldest families. Long ago abandoning thier ancestral home for the capitol. They were the forefront of Magic. Having prolific Wizards, Summoners, Arcanists, Sorcerers and more until the Sundering Sundering and the seven saints. Now they are a family shrouded in mystery.
They fund mostly education, archaeology,and many other endeavors such as research. They are now shrouded in mystery and the occult and helped refine magic and more.
The Vosks seem to have become reclusive. Onky Emilia and her brother Karl are known of but Karl is a powerful Kineticist who works in the court as a part of the Kings guard
Emilia runs the Estate and many of the schools, projects ectera
Sigil: A tower inside a triangle.
The tower is symbolic of the family's seneschalship over the town of Passholdt. (Passholdt occupies a pass on what used to be the border between the Dutchy of Bergemann and the wilds of Bolvadut Nordur; now Passholdt is the southern border of the Marquet of Venterdeiger and is protected by the Great Wall.) The triangle for the Triumvirate faith.
The von Mekkhan family is not large, nor prominent. They have a reputation of stubborn loyalty to the Lord General and the empire.
Happy to be here. I'll work on the family background information later this evening.
House Covalestra Sigil: A rapier engulfed in flames on a black background.
House Covalestra is known as among the most martial of the noble houses of Propeta D'Oro, and is a reknowned source of both fine honed weapons, and trained guards and mercenaries.
Not really sure of location without a map, not sure if it’ll matter since she’s not in her home country anyway.
Secrets: While well known for producing experts in the art of warfare, there are small secretive groups of soldiers, trained in the blending of martial combat and weaponry (martial bards, magi…and the most closely guarded secret arcane gunslingers solely devoted to protecting house principals.)
I didn't realize gameplay had already started.
Just to make it clear, I (as a player) was in no way disappointed or wanted to complain about the proposed reward, and I deeply apologise if it came across that way (and I can definitely see how it might have seemed so), and you felt the need to change it on my account.
I have no intention of derailing the game by refusing, and there was plenty on the table that would be enough to motivate Elara to join (Access to the labs and libraries, and being close to a powerful house being the main ones).
Feel free to ignore Elara's thoughts - they're mostly there to let me (and everyone else) get a feel for the character. You can trust me that I'll do my part to keep the game on track.
If something truly isn't working out for the character (and I very much doubt that will happen), I'll let you know and we'll work it out.
Nibs's familiar has scent, so he might be able to track things if the trail is relatively fresh.
Ok, I am travelling from 25 Sept to Oct 2. I hope to be able to keep up with posting, but if not, feel free to bot me...
I'm going out of town for a long weekend, and my internet access will be spotty on just my phone. I should be back to full posting strength on Sunday evening.
Maxim waits patiently as Rayna readies herself. He thinks to himself "What services has Felix purchased, beyond just a guide? Or is this simply a case of a fool and his money are soon parted..."
Yeah. Yeah. Felix realized he screwed up and paid all the money up front. Now the bard is just hoping his 10gp doesn't ditch them at the worst moment!
Maxim waits patiently as Rayna readies herself. He thinks to himself "What services has Felix purchased, beyond just a guide? Or is this simply a case of a fool and his money are soon parted..."Yeah. Yeah. Felix realized he screwed up and paid all the money up front. Now the bard is just hoping his 10gp doesn't ditch them at the worst moment!
It's not the money up front, it's what are we hiring here? Silver standard makes that 100gp in normal pricing. What kind of city guide asks for 100 gp up front? What does she do to justify that kind of pricing? (And this place was recommended by the staff at The Gentleman Ghost, who are probably pretty reliable for that kind of thing.)
Ok, I am travelling from 5 Nov to 12 Nov. I hope to be able to keep up with posting, but if not, feel free to bot me...
Today is Felix's player's birthday! It was not happy.
No. Pie. Cinnamon roll-crusted apple pie. It was good, but the wife was not a fan.
Apparently, I can't get a post to stick in gameplay, so let's try it here...
1 ranks +3 trained +1 wis
and me here figuring we were about to get ambushed... I'll try to think of a question or two.
Well, let's see what she says. I hope I don't end up needing to threaten a nun in her own chapel to get some co-operation...
It's that time of year again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! I will be off on my Christmas trip home until the 3ed of Jan. Posting should continue, but may be spotty (so bot me if need be).