About GaladhonCulture: High Elf of Rivendell
Character:
Common Skills
Favored skills in italics. BODY...................HEART....................WITS...............SKILL GROUP Awe: 3*...................... Inspire: 0 ............... Persuade: 0............... PERSONALITY......XXO
Weapon Skills
-Rewards-: Books and Maps of Forbidden Lore, Spear of the Last Alliance
Gear
Endurance: 30 Starting Endurance: 30 Fatigue from Encumbrance: 21 Fatigue from Travel: 2 Total Fatigue: 23
Wisdom: 3 Valor: 3
Standing with Woodland Hall: 1 Fellowship: 0 Advancement: 0 Treasure: 0 Standing: 0 Courage: 0 Against the Unseen: High Elves can perceive creatures that dwell in the wraith- world, be they spirits or ghosts, even when they are normally invisible to the eyes of the living (including Unclad and Invisible Ringwraiths). Additionally, High Elves are considered to succeed automatically at any Fear test forced upon them by an undead creature. Beauty of the Stars: Raise your maximum Hope score by 2 points. Additionally, you receive a bonus Success die to use during the introduction step of any Encounter. Finally, for every Gandalf result on the Feat die you get during the interaction step pick one of the following bonuses:
Books and Maps of Forbidden Lore: Elrond has entrusted you with the access to many precious texts and ancient maps compiled by Elvish scribes and long-dead scholars of the Dúnedain concerning the Shadow and its effects on the land. Thanks to this forbidden knowledge, you have learned to recognize the presence of the Shadow in an area. You automatically recognize the threat of the Shadow when you are about to enter a Blighted place. When this happens, you may make a Lore roll: on a success, you identify the source of the blight, allowing you and you companions to lower the TN of any Corruption test by one level (TN -2). Additionally, if you traversed at least a Blighted area during the last Adventuring phase and you succeeded in the associated Lore roll, you may spend a Fellowship phase compiling your experiences as your undertaking, to gain 1 Experience point. Bulwark of Ecthelion: A shield sparkling with crystals, inlaid with ithildin, spelling out "A Elbereth Githoniel" in Quenya. The Bulwark of Ecthelion- The Bulwark is of Ancient Cunning Make, reducing it's Encumbrance by 3, or an amount equal to your Valour rating, whichever is higher. It has two more Qualities, both enchanted;
It confers a Blessing to Awe. This shield's qualities may be activated as per the rules. If you wish to have visited your folk's treasury to trade in some rewards to activate more qualities, just let me know and mark it on your character sheet. Elbereth Gilthoniel!: If you or one of your companions are Wounded or Miserable, you can invoke the name of Elbereth and spend 1 or more Hope points to add an equal number of Success dice to a coming roll. Additionally, each Elven hero (or Elf-friend ) in your company gains 1 bonus Success die on their next die roll too. Elf-Lord: To the eyes of Mortals you are as a lord amongst princes. Fair of features and noble of heart, yet terrible to behold when angered. You have seen the glory of Eregion, and the golden armies of your forefathers, but now all that once was great is faded and all tha you once ruled naught but ruins. Elven-Lore: The memory of three ages of the world, Elven-lore preserves recollections of deeds and places lost to the Old lore of other races. You are also versed in the Ancient Tongue of the Elves beyond the Sea. Enemy of Sauron: All creatures of any kind recognise you as an enemy of Sauron. His servants fear you, and will avoid confronting you, unless confident in their superiority. When facing the proof of the presence of the Enemy, you cannot refrain yourself and must take action. Fair: You are considered beautiful by most people, even by those not belonging to your folk. High Elf of Rivendell:
Lordly: Your dignified bearing arouses feelings of reverence and respect in onlookers. Prosperous: Almost all families belonging to a Prosperous culture can afford to live in separate, private houses. Important individuals wear fine clothing and often have one or more servants in their service at home. Characters coming from a Prosperous culture can usually pay for their share of any out of pocket expense encountered along their journey, and might even pay for another companion, if need be. This includes, for example, paying for comfortable accommodation, spending some time drinking in company at an inn, and hiring beasts of burden (such as ponies). Rhymes of Lore: Rhymes of Lore are brief compositions in verse created by many cultures to remember significant facts from ancient history. Your knowledge of them can supplement a test of Lore, but is used especially in conjunction with any Custom skill (Courtesy, Song or Riddle). Scholars may credit much of their knowledge to rhymes. Scholar: For you, knowledge makes the wild world a less threatening place to live in. Strangers become friends if addressed properly, yellowed maps in lost books replace a fear of the unknown with curiosity and wonder of places you have yet to explore, songs composed in ages past strengthen the weariest of hearts. A love of learning guides your every step, and illuminates the way for you and those who listen to your advice. Spear of the Last Alliance: When you roll a great or extraordinary roll using a Spear of the Last Alliance, you may spend 1 point of Hope to make a second Attack roll against a different opponent. Advancement Record:
This character was built with 18 “previous experience points”. They were spent on: Awe 3 (3 pts.), Insight 3 (6 pts.), Lore 5 (9 pts.) The character also had 34 Advancement Points to start with. They were spent on:
The character has since earned 6 AP and spent none of them. Saved: 14 pts. The character also had 26 Experience Points to start with. They were spent on:
XP Earned: 3 (total saved: 7) Background:
Galadhon was born in Forlindon in 2063, the same year that the Watchful Peace began in Mirkwood and is now 883 years old. His father, Oronthir, an elf-lord of the House of Finarfin, was a survivor of the Last Alliance, having fought under Gil-Galad. Galadhon married Elemmiriel, a Noldorin beauty from the Grey Havens in 2380 and the two lived in peace and contemplation of the sea. They had one child, an elf-maid named Lindis, born in 2495. In 2509, when Galadhon was visiting Imladris with his family, he allowed his sixteen-year-old daughter to accompany Elrond's wife Celebrían over the Misty Mountains to Lorien. Goblins attacked the elven party in the high pass of Cardhras. Lindis was captured with Celebrían and taken into slavery within the endless tunnels below the mountains. Just as Elladan and Elrohir searched for their mother Celebrían, so Galadhon sought tirelessly for his daughter, but it was not to be. When Celebrían returned to Imladris broken in spirit, she told how Lindis and all her retinue were cruelly slain by the goblins. Grief-stricken, Elemmiriel was unable to find further joy in Middle-Earth and sailed away to Aman with Celebrían in the following year. Devastated by the loss of his wife and daughter, Galadhon could no longer abide beside the sea in Lindon and moved to Imladris at the invitation of Elrond. There, he learned to find solace in scholarly lore. Over the next five centuries, he became one of the chiefest lore-masters in the Last Homely House, specializing in the Forbidden Lore of the Enemy and also battling with goblins and the creatures of the Trollshaws at whiles. Now, though, Elrond has requested that Galadhon take on a new duty. He is to accompany the dúnadan Ayluin into the wild lands of Rhovanion, offering the ranger counsel and insight at need. |
