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Characters of the Original Storyboard of Ataniel
Below is a list of all the characters that appeared on the original storyboard.
They're arranged in the following categories:
PC ("Player Character"):
- Claimed by one person, who has final say on how that character is used.
SPC ("Semi-Player Character"):
- The weirdies, those with special conditions for using them.
NPC ("Non-Player Character"):
- Also known as "story bait", belong to no one, everyone may use them.

PCs:
- Alderon
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Jeff pioneered this character, a young, brash, and easily
distracted cousin of Shalini's, but Laura's got some plans
for him now, so please don't use him for a while. If he
ever joins a plot, I may downgrade him to SPC.
- Alphred
- Author/Player: Jeff Hersh
- Conditions for Use: The simple, bumbling, and mighty Lord of the
Jungle has died and become a Great Spirit of Salagia, so don't use him
for anything more than telling people to trust the Force or some such.
- Amatsu Mikaboshi
- Author/Player: Jonah Cohen
- Conditions for Use: Amatsu is a member of the Order of Redemption, a group of
Shikintu adventurers headed by Praxis. He was sent to help the Rat Pack,
ultimately with the goal of helping them squash Chu-I-Po
and the Black Serpent Clan. He will loyally help the group,
offering to assist with any task (he's rather multi-talented)
no matter how dangerous. He will accept orders from Khyrisse or Cori
unflinchingly.
Leave most major actions/dialogue to me, certainly until you
get to see more of Amatsu's feel. For now, some guidelines:
he's mainly a thief, but has skills as a fighter, mage and is a wild
talent psionic, too. He is very reserved and polite. He has either the
sex drive of a stone, or the self control of a stone (or both?)
and isn't very good looking anyway. He seems to be intent on
atoning for the past (oughta fit in well here!) and was once known
as "The Rainmaker" (Not, thankfully, cause he was a lawyer!)
Stay tuned.
- Asinus Paris
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Jack's crass, crusty uncle, brother of
Lora Paris and the late Robinson Paris, is a donkey with the heart of a
lawyer. Tips for portrayal: Unswervingly loyal to his family, very crude
to women, smokes cigars, hopelessly in love with Khyrisse, tells lots of
stories about his ludicrous-sounding exploits that are, improbably
enough, true. "Yeah, then there was the time I had sex with the demon
queen Ailonwy. That was right after I'd cheated Mephisto out of a soul
and become an honorary pit fiend..."
- Derek the (No Longer) Deranged
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for minor conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep him in
character. Tips for Portrayal: Khyrisse got her emotional nature, her intelligence, and her (occasional) charm from
this man... but the downside of her personality (as well as her practicality and energy) she clearly got elsewhere.
Derek has no temper to speak of, is uninterested in violence (if willing to commit it when necessary), and isn't
paranoid in the least. He DOES have atrocious taste in color and a prankish bent, though.
- Ebreth Tor
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Ebreth Tor is the large, lithe, well-spoken black pirate who was once the
master slaver of the Montas Archipelago. People are again welcome to move
him or use him for dialogue. Tips for Portrayal: Ebreth is still
struggling to salvage his personality from his extremely disorienting
recent life; he is by nature an outgoing, rather charming man, but he's a
lot more tentative these days, and slower to smile. He has lost his
hang-up about fighting or accessing his guildmaster days, but he is prone
to periodic panic attacks over which he has little control, a situation
that embarrasses him profoundly. Feel free to either have him suffer one
or not under any kind of stress, exactly as needed for your dramatic
purposes. Ebreth is very athletic and is capable of
extraordinary feats of agility, particularly when acting instinctively.
His voice sounds a lot like Lando Calrissian's. He is very dark-skinned,
his head is shaven, and his eyes are incongruously blue.
- "Ember"
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: This lovely young time-traveler was, tragically,
slain by the newly instantiated Luthien the Dead (she would presumably have
been destroyed when the alternate timeline in which she existed was
eliminated anyway). As her existence is in no way assured in Ataniel's
true future, please avoid referring to her there.
- Eric Tremontagne
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre/Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: Though this haughty
politician's politician has turned in a few cameos, he is quite proscribed,
so leave him alone unless you have permission from Doug. Laura, of course,
can write all the Eric dialogue she wants to, though. It says so in the
Compact.
- Flicker
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Y'all know Flicker. Feel free to move him, speak for him,
imperil him, or whatever. Just don't blow him up. Tim is right in
the middle of a good book. Tips for portrayal: Flicker is a quiet,
competent sort, and he doesn't miss much, though he often stores things
away for later. His facial expressions are fairly subtle, and he rarely
loses his temper or panics. It's a lot easier to forget he's there than
any of his predecessors. Flicker is a Riklandic elf, five and a half
feet tall, compact, and agile, blond and fair-skinned; it has come into
play exactly once, in the Trade Council Building, but he is also a thief.
Flicker's eyes are strangely and perfectly reflective. He does not sleep,
does not require food or water, is immune to alcohol, most drugs, and many
mental manipulations, and has some other idiosyncrasies related to his
nature, so if you're not familiar with the Sunfighter, please leave actions
affecting him open-ended or consult Laura (or Doug, if she's not
available).
- Garal Tinderhook
- Author/Player: Eric Gasior
- Conditions for Use: Garal is your not quite ordinary halfling who
just happens to be able to travel to other planes.
I'm not sure what he can do yet, but he can't cast magic,
he can barely fight, and he has terrible luck with women.
Move him around, be careful when speaking for him,
but don't make any decisions for him. His outlook is remarkably uncynical for someone who has lost
almost everyone he has ever cared about.
- Hronmir Silent-Voice
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Doug's character for "Skeins of
Fate". Dialogue is okay, and he's magically bound to
follow any actions Norn orders him to do (so feel free to do
so). Other than that, leave him to Doug.
- Jack Paris
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Doug's first real Ataniel
character, he's much more than he seems. He's kind of a Charlie
Brown, kind of a math geek, and kind of... something else.
Dialogue is fine, but leave his actions to Doug.
- Khyrisse Starshadow
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for conversation and actions, if care is
taken to keep her in character-- but writing a post from her POV is strictly forbidden until a) further notice,
or b) you get permission from Kris. Tips for Portrayal: the paranoid, passionate, occasionally
mischievous, Eric-hating semi-psychotic we all know and some of us love, with a few new twists--
she's trying hard to control her temper/nerves of late (and failing miserably), she is hopelessly
involved in a relationship with Ebreth (although what kind remains to be seen), and she seems
to be a bit obsessed over Trade and her former goddesshood. Right now, she's taking a break from
being in charge of a bunch of maladjusted, hormone-driven adventurers known as the Rat Pack
(leaving Jack holding the bag, poor man). She'd really rather have been a milkmaid.
(Warning: If she gets involved in combat, be aware that Khyrisse is layered with protective
magics of many sorts. Things may go off if she's damaged, other things may completely prevent
damage. It's rumored that she can't be killed perma-dead, which is probably true and it's none of your
business how. *grin* She also keeps a mind blank spell up at all times, so she can't be scried
or influenced by any means, and keep your psionic little meathooks off!)
(NOTE: Khyrisse seems completely unable to use the word "hell" or any of its derivatives anymore;
excepting the rare use of it as a proper noun in serious conversation, and even that she avoids. At
best, she's going to get out "Go to--" and stall. *shrug* The weird ways in which we scar...)
- Kit Branagh
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: The Greatest Thief on Ataniel is secretly--all right,
it was a terrible secret. We all knew about this almost as soon as she was
introduced. She's a girl. She has other secrets, but since they're
actually secrets, only Doug knows what they are yet. Tips For Portrayal:
Kit is curious, brave, and wary. She actually does seem to be a pretty
good thief. She is currently in possession of the Stone of Command, so
mortals have to obey any direct command from her. She likes the word
"booger" a lot.
- Kitty
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Kitty doesn't actually belong on this storyboard. Her one
appearance was really a bit of homage on my part to the
storyboard she (and I) were a part of in high school. She
won't be back. It looks like Luthien has enough bimbos to
keep him company at the moment anyway.
- Knighthawke
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Though this incredibly hubristic hero has
featured in some of Doug's posts, he is still proscribed, so don't use him
without permission from Doug.
- Marty Hu
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Marty Hu, scarediest paladin on Ataniel, thinks
everyone is out to get him. He thinks birds will get their feet tangled
in his hair. He thinks magical healing gives you cancer. He thinks
Ebreth is a Zen master, and he thinks his pet rock is an egg. He also
thinks Signet the Significant is way cool. In other words, he rivals
Kerouac in intelligence. But he's got a good heart.
- Otter
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Otter is a hard-bodied, laconic sailor with a single brown braid and a
calm, nonplussed attitude. She is very difficult to get a strong
emotional response out of; she speaks minimally, and prefers to let her
actions do the talking most of the time. Otter is a bit too practical
to be fearless per se, but she doesn't panic, and she doesn't shy
away from violence, and she doesn't react with dismay to pain. She is
not paranoid--she just doesn't trust most people much. The
difference is that Otter isn't anxious enough or introspective enough to
spend any time being suspicious. Otter is also, unlike apparently every
other woman who's ever interacted with the Rat Pack, quite plain.
- Praxis
- Author/Player: Jonah Cohen
- Conditions for Use: You all know Praxis. He does
all kinds of psionic stuff. He has two sentient, occasionally
bickering psi items. He is very busy (as will be seen in my
hopefully posted soon story, "The Older We Get.") He
is however, mindlinked to most NMDH characters, and
can teleport, so feel free to use him for brief appearances
(in the flesh or no.) Bear in mind that the type of stuff the
Rat Pack was involved in will doubtlessly give him a
splitting headache just thinking about it.
- the Rat
- Author/Player: Jeff Hersh
- Conditions for Use: My first new Ataniel PC in a while and it is a rodent. There are many strange
things going on with this rodent, most of them I do not have a clue about.
- Schneider
- Author/Player: Jonah Cohen
- Conditions for Use: Schneider continues his quest for a wee bit of mass murder
committed while under the influence of Bane. (See plotline: Counting to 56.)
For practical purposes, consider Schneid a dual-class thief/bard.
He never laughs anymore (as of this writing) and seldom
smiles, and while his sense of humor (and, mercifully, his
wardrobe) are way toned down, he occasionally offers up a
glib or sardonic zinger. His face, BTW, is now normal (thanks,
Luthien!) but he still sometimes wears the mask.
Schneider believes he hears the members of the Sewer Tour
talking to him. He's way obsessive about helping people,
especially if he can save somebody's life, and seems to have a
bit of a fear of psionics. White roses still mysteriously appear in Ataniel, sometimes.
Consult me before any major usage.
- Shannon
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre/Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Though this fiery
spy-turned-potato-farmer has turned in a few cameos, she is quite
proscribed, so leave her alone. ("Ach, and ye'd damn well BETTER be
leavin' me alone too, or is it thinkin' you are I need Doug to kick your
dumpy arse?")
- Shilree Mark B
- Author/Player: Jeff Hersh
- Conditions for Use: This is Shilree from Luthien the Dead's time line. She is a lot like the Shilree
we all know and love except for a few things. She is a lot harder, a lot more mysterious about her past and,
oh yes, she is nuts.
- Silverlace
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for minor conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep her in
character-- but writing a post from her POV is strictly forbidden until a) further notice, or b) you get permission
from Kris. Tips for Portrayal: is always flirtacious, but always high-class; is gorgeous no matter what she does;
is apparently some kind of bard, and uses bardic magics; has a habit of knowing things she ought not to, apparently
by intuition. Please note that she is a courtesan, and not a whore. She WILL sleep with evil or otherwise scummy
people, but only if she thinks it's absolutely necessary; and she has many talents and interests that do not
(necessarily) involve sex. WARNING: Has major secret, is not what she appears to be. Do not touch on her
background, the circumstances of her "death", or why she's in the Dead College, except for the following-- she
knew most of the rich or powerful men in Northern Ataniel before her "death", which is why the Dead College
picked her up; and while she seems to have some responsibilities there, the Dead College does not quite trust her,
nor is she quite loyal to them. Final say goes to Kris.
- Warp
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: This original Mithril Dagger Hero is proscribed
on Ataniel. If you'd like to mess with him, head on over to the
Enigma
Storyboard!
SPCs:
- Berryn
- Author/Player: Evan Haag
- Conditions for Use: Berryn is Luthien's new apprentice, a young priest of
Arawn. He is currently the thrall of the mad Valkyrie Norna, though he
should be released from his servitude to her upon her death (which she has
foreseen). You can use Berryn in conversation, and you are more than
welcome to add to his collection of surreal dreams and daydreams. Just
think 'Dali'. Evan has plans for him, though, so don't try to do anything
with his background.
- Caimen Paris
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: This uncle of Jack's is pretty much the
de facto head of the Paris house at this point. He seems to be in every
way equal to that formidable task. He does not, however, control his
temper nearly as well as his wife.
- the Collector
- Author/Player: Jeff Hersh
- Conditions for Use: This undead horror is proscribed. Why? Because he's
DEAD DEAD DEAD! Ha ha haha!
- Ian Jardin
- Author/Player: Jonah Cohen
- Conditions for Use: Ian Jardin (Inez' brother, bro-in-law to Praxis) was an
adventurer who had the misfortune to actually touch the Schism Tine about 7 years ago.
This split him into 2 people.
The evil Ian joined the army of The One True Bloodscar, was
captured by Sway and executed in Sturtevant. I think he was
one of the damned revived at the Dead College.
Good Ian (closer to the orginal version) became the vigilante
Silverblade, protector of Tobrinel, a role he still maintains today.
Though he guards the people from all evil, he is especially
concerned with battling vampires.
Recently, during Omeria's takeover of Tobrinel, he was captured
by Bloodscar and turned into a vampire by Beliath.
Even this failed to turn him evil-- all his evil was already
sucked out by the Schism Tine (this IS the same artifact
used by Trill + co; the Madness failed to affect Silverblade--
this guy is really flarkin Good!) He escaped and cut off
Beliath's arm, and has vowed to kill the villain, whom he only
knows as the vampire BlackBlade.
He remains quite well known and popular in Tobrinel, in both
identities. His sometime allies in Quatro assist him in
maintaining Ian Jardin's identity as a normal human. He hates
being undead and is looking for a way to reverse this
curse. He has all the normal powers/weaknesses of a vampire
save that he cannot be turned. He is also a superb, swashbuckling
fighter. His silvery katana is a potent magical weapon-- amongst
other things, it prevents undead from regenerating the damage
it causes (so Beliath will probably be looking for a prosthetic...
maybe he should ask Dr. Swank...)
Silverblade's open for use, but bear in mind that he seldom
leaves Tobrinel, Doug controls the Omeria shenanigens going on
there, and if things get really hairy, Ian's family might come to
his aid (so check w. Jonah on that.)
- Ian Jardin (the Evil)
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: Ian Jardin (Inez' brother, brother-in-law to Praxis) was an
adventurer who had the misfortune to actually touch the Schism Tine about 7 years ago.
This split him into 2 people.
The evil Ian joined the army of the One True Bloodscar, was
captured by Sway and slated for execution in Sturtevant.
Needless to say, somebody goofed.
As of now, he is a member of the Dead College, an ally of Beliath's,
and seems to know something about Silverlace's past. He's busy
in the Dead College plotline, for the moment at least. Check with
Kris or Doug before using him, please!
- Lora Paris
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Jack's aunt, apparently something of a
mother-figure to him in his youth, is a warm woman, an impeccable
hostess, and an extremely practical individual. Think "gracious".
- Mephisto
- Author/Player: Laura Redish
- Conditions for Use: Lilith's second-in-command in Hell,
Mephisto was unceremoniously booted out after losing Lucifer's Stone of
Command to Kit, whom he is currently accompanying in the form of a cat
named Fidget, hoping to convince her to return the artifact to him.
Mephisto is as evil as the next archdevil, but he is stupefyingly
unmelodramatic. In his diabolic form, he always wore sandals. He says
things like "No can do, senorita", never "I know what I must do" or "Soon,
all shall be mine!" He also kinda likes Kit, so though he'll miss with
her mind, he probably isn't going to do anything horrible and traumatic
to her. Other than that, go ahead and use him at will.
- Non-Crucified Heroes
- Author/Player: Douglass Barre
- Conditions for Use: Though this unlikely group of heroes,
joined together by their improbable and improbably anonymous rescue at the
hands of Signet the Significant, has begun to figure into the Storyboard,
they are still proscribed, so leave them alone unless you've talked to Doug.
- Norn
- Author/Player: Laura Redish and Doug Barre
- Conditions for Use: Norna of the Skeins, the Fallen
Valkyrie, is on a quest to
restore the Valkyrie, who will apparently be deposed three
days from the beginning of the storyboard and destroyed at
some indeterminate point further on, a fate she believes
not to be a true future. She believes Flicker will play a
part in averting said future. Norna can read the skeins of
fate, but due to alternate futures and chaos theory, she
can only read them forwards. She can find people's true
deaths and seems willing to divulge that information to
achieve her goal. Hronmir and Flicker are currently her
prisoners. Norna is trying to find a past event that will
lead to the future she hopes to avert so that she can learn
what to do to avert it. The future she wants to eliminate
has something to do with Luthien the Lich Lord. Norna is
violent, ominous, and very deeply committed. She is also
a basically honorable woman. She is sworn not to attack
Khyrisse or Luthien. She also thinks her own true death will be in
about three weeks. Anything I've missed, Doug?
You can use her, but Doug and I have final say. I suggest
not trying to mentally contact her.
- Octavian
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen/Evan Haag
- Conditions for Use: May be used for conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep him in
character. Tips for portrayal: calm, non-lethal if not exactly pacifistic, semi-altruistic, political; has a keen interest
in and knowledge of current affairs, particularly but not restricted to Rimbor's. Do any weird things you like
within these boundaries (a good guideline to go by is Batman, Evan informs me), but DO NOT reveal his identity,
either in confirmation or denial, nor why he's such a buttinski, anyway. We ain't tellin yet.
Okay, well, he's not a robot, an illithid, a doppelganger, Endicott, the King of the Kings, the Collector, or Spiffy
Garbonzo... and he's not trying to conquer the world or muck about with rats and Lich Lords. *grin*
- Skitch
- Author/Player: Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep him in
character. Tips for portrayal: fairly unflappable, protective of Khyrisse, graffiti artist extraordinaire, trusts
about five people on the entire face of Ataniel, and DON'T MUSS THE CLOTHES! Currently there's speculation
going on that Skitch is Khyrisse's actual genetic son. We ain't saying (yet), and none of you lot get to. *grin*
Final say goes to Kris, as Skitch has a few secrets.
- Valende
- Author/Player: Evan Haag/Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep her in
character. Tips for portrayal: flirtacious but very formal; is devoted to Jack, but is also trying to remain celibate;
is very serious about anything to do with religion or the undead; kicks some serious ass in combat and don't you
forget it. Final say goes to Evan, but Kris may be consulted if Evan is not available.
- Vastarin
- Author/Player: Evan Haag/Kristin L.K. Andersen
- Conditions for Use: May be used for conversation and actions, if care is taken to keep him in
character. Tips for portrayal: flirtacious and often formal; is trying to remain celibate (and will probably not
succeed in doing so for very long!); is passionately fond of anything to do with flying, sex, and archery;
and no, he's not going anywhere, he's staying right here and guarding the arrogant talricce... *sigh* Or
he would have if Kit hadn't decided to run away. Final say goes to Evan, but Kris may be consulted if Evan is not available.
NPCs:
- Ailonwy
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: One of Brionwy's daughters, Ailonwy is a demon dominatrix
with attitude. She's got hip boots with five-inch heel spikes. She's got a
copper bra. She's got a palace full of mortal sex slaves, twelve and a
half planes of the Abyss, a bullwhip made of nightmare leather, and one
damn fine rear end. She knows how to use all these things. She is not,
however, even half as crafty as her mother was.
- "Barry Spivot"
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Is this really Barry Spivot? What the heck is he up to? Last any of us
knew, he was the embittered but geeky widower of Patty Spivot (the poor unfortunate lab techie Palmer pushed
down the stairs). Now he's running around Rimbor City putting glyphs on doorways and backstabbing arch-mages.
- Beliath
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Beliath *was* the head of the Dead College, but nothing just
ever seems to go his way... Beliath is butt-powerful and can destroy
people and tear their identities from them for his personal use in a
matter of seconds. He just also has the crappiest luck of any
archvillain on Ataniel. Currently he has control over the vampires of
Tobrinel, although one of his arms got lost somewhere along the way.
- Chu-I Po
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Chu-I Po is a penagglion, an Oriental vampire demon with no
body, just a head and a dangling spinal cord. He is in charge of the Black Serpent clan, and has recently destroyed
the Silver Crane clan with his army of ronin and tengu. His motives are unknown.
- Endicott
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Endicott is free game
for anyone wanting to use him in the Dead College plotline. He's
pretending to be Iellan Tach, and he's still nonviolent,
committed to the truth, and homosexual. Sorry, Silverlace.
- Fred
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: This demon horse has achieved his wish to be a pit
fiend and is currently serving under the demon lord Ansakir (brother of the
unlamented Draize) with his girl friend Janice. Fred still thinks fondly
of the Rat Pack for helping him take vengeance on the King of Kiiiiiiiings.
- Greymalkin
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Beliath's second in command, Greymalkin has ascended from his lowly
position as part of the Lianth Thieves Guild to a position of great yet-to-be-revealed power as a lieutenant in the
Dead College. He's cultured, educated, and serves his own agenda. How many of you remembered him from
year one?
- Harry Novoa
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Everybody hates Harry Novoa. He's a Rimbor City cop, which means
that all criminals hate him. He's an honest cop, which means that all cops hate him. He's internal affairs, which
means that he hates himself. He's short, acne-scarred, has slick black hair and wears an oily longcoat. He's
patriarchal, patronizing and thinks he's always right. Still, there's nobody you'd rather want watching your back in
Rimbor City.
- "Ixhriy"
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Ixhriy is the former familiar of Eric, Khyrisse's ex-husband. He's a
2 foot tall, red-scaled, predominantly reptilian little critter with large bat-like wings and a prehensile tail. He has
claws on both hands and feet, but is scarily dextrous and quick and rarely damages anything he doesn't intend to.
His tail ends in a stinger, which can deliver an extremely deadly toxin. His eyes are pale blue with a slitted pupil,
and glow in the dark.
As far as portraying him goes, Ixhriy speaks Dalen with atrocious grammar, always in the third person, and makes
up a name for everyone rather than using their real one. He can teleport at will, is intimately aware of any magical
energies in his vicinity, and can see through illusions of all kinds. A long time ago, Ixhriy was the victim of a cursed
wild magic item created by Derek the Deranged, and has been madly in love/lust with Khyrisse ever since.
- Janice
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: This drugged-out teenage assassin is currently living in the
Abyss with her pit fiend boy friend, Fred.
- Luthien the Dead
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: This fourth of the Lich Lords returned through time, in
disembodied form, to lie in wait for a Luthien to possess. After the
Skeiners obligingly provided him with Nice Luthien from the Happy Ataniel,
he lured that poor soul away from Annwych via the necromantic sigil on his
hand and instantiated into him. He is currently gathering power, though,
unbeknownst to him, an artifact acquired by the immortal thief Kitreyla
has been planted on his undead person, and lies in wait. Luthien the Dead
always says horribly melodramatic things to everyone. They must teach you
that in lich school.
- Lilith
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Lilith is the Intendant of Hell during Lord Monas Lucifer's
absence. She is, like, lawful evil to the max. Lilith wants her twelve missing souls back but is not
willing to expend any serious resources on them, having
other problems of her own. Other than this, do with her as you will.
- Kerouac
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: Everyone's least fave berserker's back, but is a wee bit different
than you may remember him. He still likes violence, likes sex, likes
drinking (in that order) and still dislikes impolite people. However, in
his Ataniel, he never became a she, never killed Sunny, and indeed, likes
all of the Significants. (They probably bickered as much as our group, but
Kerouac was too oblivious to notice, or has forgotten those parts.)
Moreover, he's dumber than hair. He's not just a dim bulb, he's a
burned-out bulb that's been trampled by a herd of stampeding zebras. The
chair you're sitting in is smarter. Currently, Kerouac is part of the
Ask Dr. Swank advice show.
- Pieret
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: This treacherous Luciferian priest of many identities
is currently in Hell, so he's pretty much off-limits.
- Ralchar
- Information/Tips for Portrayal: This cheerful, optimistic lawyer/thief/sailor/jack-of-all-trades
from the Happy Ataniel thinks Shilree is cute and believes that things
will turn out for the best. In other words, I fear he's not long for the
world. Use him at will.

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