Raid! On The Temple of Elemental Evil

Lo! There do I see my father
Lo! There do I see my mother
Lo! There do I see my brothers and my sisters
Lo! There do I see the line of my people
Stretching back to the beginning
They do call to me
They bid me take my place among them
In the land of Valhalla
Where the dead may live forever
And we mourn not the passing
But praise the glorious death

Sjá! Þar sé ek faðir minn
Sjá! Þar sé ek móðir mína
Sjá! Þar sé ek bræður mína ok systur
Sjá! Þar sé ek ætt mín,
Teigjandi aftur til upphafs
Þeir kalla til mín
Þeir bjóða mér að taka mitt sæti með þeim
Í Valhöll
þar sem hinir dauðu mega lifa ævinlega
Ok vér syrgjum eigi fráfallið
Heldur lofuðum dýrðlega dauðann

Viking prayer, 9th century


Guide des Personnages Principales et Pronunciation

Name(pronunciation): Species (Race; Town/Country) class. PC (Player character)/NPC (non-player character).

Kevan (KEV-an; 'Kev'): Human (Flan/Oeridian; Nyrondi) fighter. PC. A soldier and guard turned independent contractor.

Marus (MAR-us; 'Mar'): Human (Flan/Oeridian; Nyrondi) fighter. PC. A soldier, guard, and old friend of Kev.

Dyon (DIE-on): Human (Oeridian/Baklunish; Bissel) fighter. Western mercenary, NPC. Figured he was a meatshield, so… 'Dyon'. Anyway. Another interesting fact about him: Neutral Evil. An unexpected and interesting alignment rolling trend developed with the NPCs. Life is weird, yeah?

Patrick (PAT-rick; like the sponge; 'Pat'): Human (Flan/Oeridian; Furyondy) fighter, spec with the short bow. Original group archer. NPC. Neutral Evil…

Askyrja ('As-KEYR-ya'; 'Aska'): Human (Suel) ranger/archer. PC. A wicked shot and kind of our heroine as I write this thing up. The story has to have some kind of narrative perspective; I picked the pretty ranger/archer. Sue me.

Gisele (GIS-ele; 'Gis'): Human (Rhennee; Keoland) magic-user. PC. Meant to be kind of a snooty type; ended up a bit more earthy. People change.

Joachim Godesmannus (Go-des-MAN-nus; 'Godes'): Human (Oeridian; Wild Coast) PC magic-user. For some reason, dude picked a German name, so there's some free culture for you.

Brother Hoster (HOS-ter): Human (Oeridian; Verbobonc) cleric with the Church of Askaroneous. PC. Good Wisdom… everything else a bit tanked. Rolling support platform. Ah well.

Euphemius: Halfling (Hairfoot; Wild Coast) thief. NPC. Got the name off a random generator. Neutral evil… okay.

Dolops (DOL-ops): Dwarf (Hill; Highfolk) assassin. NPC. Alignment: guess! Go on! Got his name on the same generator, actually.


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