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| - | {{Pc | + | #REDIRECT [[Malic Citrate]] |
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| - | |player=Pete Ferris | + | |
| - | |affiliation1=PC Party | + | |
| - | |affiliation2=Flamebullion Clan | + | |
| - | |affiliation3=Church of the Unknown, Faceless God | + | |
| - | }} | + | |
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| - | == Description == | + | |
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| - | == Background == | + | |
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| - | Rymlli Flamebullion | + | |
| - | Deep Dwarf Cleric of an Unknown, Faceless God | + | |
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| - | Rymlli, a deep dwarf of the [[Flamebullion Clan]], peeked out | + | |
| - | from the crevice through the tiniest of slits between his fingers. | + | |
| - | The light was blinding and harsh. If all of the forges of the | + | |
| - | [[Flamebullion Clan]] were made to fire at once (a feat not | + | |
| - | performed for many hundreds of years), their combined | + | |
| - | intensity would be nothing compared to this all consuming | + | |
| - | power. Rymlli rotated his head trying to locate the roof of this | + | |
| - | new cavern. Much to his surprise there was none. High in the | + | |
| - | sky burning brighter than any object Rymlli had ever seen was | + | |
| - | what could only be [[Moradin]]’s Sky Forge. | + | |
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| - | Rymlli had never left the Underdark before. It had taken | + | |
| - | him over thirty sleep cycles to reach the surface since his flight | + | |
| - | from the [[Flamebullion Clan]] hall. The first nine sleep cycles had | + | |
| - | simply been a blind flight—an attempt to get as far away from | + | |
| - | the hall as fast as possible. It was only a matter of time before | + | |
| - | the council of old men would cease their debate over what | + | |
| - | exactly had happened during his spellcasting examination. | + | |
| - | Honor-retrievers would soon be dispatched to bring him back. | + | |
| - | Rymlli only knew of one person who had ever evaded the | + | |
| - | honor-retrievers. His great uncle [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda]] had also departed | + | |
| - | when he was Rymlli’s age. Rymlli was pretty sure that [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda]] | + | |
| - | had successfully escaped. Of the five honor-seekers sent after | + | |
| - | [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda]], only one returned alive—and the survivor had not | + | |
| - | spoken of the foray to anyone outside of the council | + | |
| - | chambers. | + | |
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| - | Rymlli rubbed his eyes and turned away from the light that | + | |
| - | spewed forth from [[Moradin]]’s Sky Forge. As his eyes regained | + | |
| - | their darkvision he saw the bodies of the two “half an orc” that | + | |
| - | he had slain during the previous sleep cycle. Rymlli knew all | + | |
| - | about Gruumsh, the one-eyed god of cruelty, from his religious | + | |
| - | teachings. Gruumsh was an orc and while the creatures that | + | |
| - | he had slain fought like orcs, they did not possess the stark | + | |
| - | green skin, scars, or the stench of years of filth that Rymlli had | + | |
| - | been told that all orcs possessed. These two creatures smelled | + | |
| - | more of fear, sweat, and travel than of filth. Rymlli felt that the | + | |
| - | term “half an orc” fit them well. | + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | During his confrontation with the two “half an orc”, | + | |
| - | [[Moradin]]’s Sky Forge had not been lit. Instead, [[Moradin]]’s tears | + | |
| - | had rained down and it was just as dark outside as it was inside | + | |
| - | the crevice that Rymlli now occupied. The two “half an orc” | + | |
| - | had huddled just inside the crevice too afraid to stay in the | + | |
| - | rain, but also too afraid to head any deeper into the cavern. | + | |
| - | As he remembered the fierce battle, Rymlli reached out and | + | |
| - | gently ran his fingers along an arcane symbol that someone | + | |
| - | had etched into the cave wall long ago and knew why the | + | |
| - | “half an orc” had not ventured any deeper. | + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | For the final twenty-one sleep cycles (after the original | + | |
| - | blind flight of nine), Rymlli had in fact been following the | + | |
| - | arcane symbols etched into the walls during his ascent. | + | |
| - | Amongst many of the great Dwarven clans—hill, mountain, and | + | |
| - | deep dwarf alike—wizardry was verboten so it was very unusual | + | |
| - | to find such items clearly marking a path upwards to the | + | |
| - | surface from the Underdark. When Rymlli first saw them, he | + | |
| - | hypothesized that they were [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda's]] and he felt full of power | + | |
| - | whenever he was near them. | + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | Rymlli double-checked that both of [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda's]] scrolls were | + | |
| - | still intact in their case in his backpack. It was these accursed | + | |
| - | items that had caused him to flee in the first place. Rymlli had | + | |
| - | been given [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda's]] old forge and tools when he come of age | + | |
| - | to strike the white hot Flamebullion for himself. Tucked away | + | |
| - | inside a secret compartment below [[Mekda Flamebullion|Mekda's]] anvil were the | + | |
| - | scrolls. Rymlli made it a point to steal away and study the | + | |
| - | scrolls whenever possible. He learned many things from these | + | |
| - | scrolls, but chief among them, he learned words that would | + | |
| - | make his healing spells more powerful. The words had | + | |
| - | accidentally sprang from his lips during his final spellcasting | + | |
| - | examination before he received the blessing of his clan and | + | |
| - | became an ordained Cleric of [[Moradin]]—blessed protectors of | + | |
| - | the [[Flamebullion Clan]]. Once the words were said they could | + | |
| - | not be unsaid and Rymlli had been forced to flee. The penalty | + | |
| - | for wizardry amongst the [[Flamebullion Clan|Flamebullion]] was death. | + | |
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| - | It was just after the third sleep cycle of his blind flight from | + | |
| - | the clan hall that Rymlli first realized that he had fallen out of | + | |
| - | [[Moradin]]’s favor. No longer were his prayers answered nor were | + | |
| - | divine magics granted. Distraught Rymlli had fretted endlessly | + | |
| - | over his now useless holy symbol. He had passed it from hand | + | |
| - | to hand, turned it over, spun it, shook it, but no matter the | + | |
| - | action, his spells did not return. It was not long before the holy | + | |
| - | symbol itself had been worn perfectly smooth from Rymlli’s | + | |
| - | rough hands. No likeness of [[Moradin]] remained. | + | |
| - | Rymlli’s spellcasting ability returned when he first | + | |
| - | discovered one of the arcane etchings. His now faceless holy | + | |
| - | symbol had felt hot in his hand when he first gazed upon the | + | |
| - | deep scratches in the cave wall. With his newly energized holy | + | |
| - | symbol in hand, Rymlli ceased his prayers to [[Moradin]], and | + | |
| - | began his worship anew to this faceless god that had taken | + | |
| - | pity on him. | + | |
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| - | Rymlli kicked the body of one of the “half an orc” and | + | |
| - | began rummaging through its pockets looking for anything of | + | |
| - | use. He located a few gold pieces for his troubles. He stashed | + | |
| - | the gold away in his own pocket and turned back towards the | + | |
| - | opening of the crevice. He knew that his new life on the | + | |
| - | surface would not be an easy one. Rymlli once again placed | + | |
| - | his hands over his eyes and opened the tiniest off slits between | + | |
| - | his fingers. With his eyes protected, he exited the darkness and | + | |
| - | strode boldly into the world bathed in the light of [[Moradin]]’s Sky | + | |
| - | Forge. | + | |
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| - | == Character Sheet ([http://chroniclesofmezra.org/characters/view.php?id=10 print]) == | + | |
| - | <csheet>10</csheet> | + | |