Heimdalsgate
From Loranon
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| Heimdalsgate | |
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| Player | Pete Ferris |
| Affiliations | PC Party |
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Description
Background
Pelor's light has always shone brightly on Heimdalsgate's family tree. Shunning a family name his Sun-blessed family prefers to earn a title via service to the Church of Pelor. Although Sun-blessed himself, the white-haired and blue-eyed Heimdalsgate never showed an interest in joining the church. Instead, he spent most of his adult life attempting to earn the title of "Pelor's Gift to Women" while between the legs of half the women of Northern Kandor.
When Heimdalsgate's parents, Eluardian the Bountiful and Coquette the Healer, perished during a mission for the church, they left behind a substantial inheritance of 900 gold pieces should their son ever choose to abandon his beaver hunt. As a requirement to come into the money, Heimdalsgate would need to graduate from the church of Pelor's Myaamia University in his hometown of Shoreside where he was born 35 years ago. After imagining the opportunities and women that such wealth would bring him, Heimdalsgate quickly enrolled.
The graduation test consists of demonstrating fluency in the Celestial language, casting a divine spell, and channeling positive energy. It is usually only attempted after four years of study. To a truly devoted student with Heimdalsgate's pedigree the task should have been easy but Heimdalsgate was anything but a devoted student. He quickly made an enemy of Sun Father Cato whose responsibility it was to ensure that Myaamia's students weren't slipping off campus for a night in the taverns or bringing back local girls to the dormitories. In only a year and a half, Heimdalsgate had exhausted all academic probation and "Fresh Start" options and was facing expulsion. Using all of his grace and powers of diplomacy, Heimdalsgate was able to convince a panel of Sun Fathers to allow him to take the graduation exam in what would become remembered as his “Let’s Make a Deal” speech. Heimdalsgate was given 24 hours to pass the exam.
Heimdalsgate did not fear the divine spell component of the exam due to his Sun blessing. Even as a small child, he had been able to cast the spell of light with ease. Lacking the intelligence to decipher the Celestial language and the focus to channel positive energy he knew that he was proper fucked without divine intervention. And so he prayed.
And Pelor listened.
And Pelor blessed Heimdalsgate with the powers that he desired.
When morning came, Heimdalsgate discovered that his vision beyond 30 feet had been completely obscured but with so much distraction removed, he could now generate the focus necessary to channel positive energy. Similarly, when the stress of the graduation test began Heimdalsgate discovered that he could no longer speak or understand the Common language but that he could instead only speak and understand Celestial. When the test concluded, Heimdalsgate’s grasp of the Common language returned but his vision did not. Heimdalsgate had passed and earned his inheritance.
Upon graduation, it was customary for the Sun Fathers of the university to bestow a title upon the alum and offer them a place in the church structure as befit their particular capabilities and nature. Inquiries were made regarding Heimdalsgate’s rapid mastery of the Celestial language. Heimdalsgate revealed the truth regarding his prayer and the subsequent blessing of Pelor. Sun Father Cato decried that it was not a blessing but a curse and offered the title of “Heimdalsgate the Cursed”. The Sun Fathers argued for hours amongst themselves regarding the proper title and position for Heimdalsgate within the church. When they had finally paused to look up Heimdalsgate was gone.
Rejecting the rigid structure of the church but not his patron deity, Heimdalsgate now puts Pelor’s gifts to work within an adventuring party. He hopes to one day earn a title that he is proud to wear.
Statblock (full sheet)
Heimdalsgate
humanoid
Init +2; Senses Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 23, touch 12, flat-footed 22
hp 113 (11 HD)
Fort +17, Ref +15, Will +16
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee
Ranged
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 11,
Dex 15,
Con 18,
Int 14,
Wis 8,
Cha 28
Base Atk +12; CMB +12; CMD 20
Feats
Skills Diplomacy +24, Heal +13, Knowledge (History) +16, Knowledge (Planes) +16, Knowledge (Religion) +16, Linguistics +4, Sense Motive +6, Spellcraft +16
Languages Celestial, Common, Dwarven
