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We had a moment of pure joy… when the Celestial Sorcerer Half-elf Queen of Narland, in defense of Tatzlford stood, glowing like an angel of Sarenrae herself, casting bless and haste on the archers firing on the barbarians charging the city, while the druid's lightning storm blasted the grounds around the intruders, and the Queen's brother, invisible, wearing the Helm of Erastil, became an unseen force shredding trolls as they reached the bridge, and the Consort Melianse, River Princess, raised the waters to drown the foes as they fled….
(Yes, Melianse is the Consort - she is the sister-in-law of the Queen, bride of the Prince her brother. They're enthusiastically working on an heir.)
There are LOTS of parallel stories and parallel themes throughout Kingmaker, some of which I've been pleased to incorporate (or just by fortuitous circumstance have wound up incorporating)…
- Lords of a land form a triangle - Hannis, Pavetta, and Quintessa; Noleski, Natala, and Elanna; to which in my campaign I add Narland's Serafina, Royce, and Melianse. My PCs' parallel with the Surtova family was played up a bit at the wedding and will return in the political shenanigans I intend to add throughout parts 4 and 5.
- A "disguised power behind the throne" - not just Nyrissa being a power behind the Stag Lord, Hargulka, and Irovetti, but also Tartuk behind Sootscale, the will-o-wisp behind Vesket, the spirit naga behind Sepoko, and even Irovetti and Gyronna behind Armag, who is behind Drelev. Definitely some good fodder for Beldame to mutter cryptic things about, on their next visit.
- The similarity between the romance of Melianse and Royce (in my campaign) and Nyrissa falling in love with Ranalc has not escaped me. As Nyrissa's influence becomes more and more felt throughout the Stolen Lands over the second half of the Adventure Path, we will see some strange behavior in Melianse, this fey who married into royalty, and who might start acting somewhat above her station…
Oh, and just on a wholly unrelated note: The Old Beldame is an old green woman who knows magic and lives in exile with a Scarecrow. I know who she is. In my campaign she's still defying gravity...