English/Portuguese 17th Century Musketeer's Armor"
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AEthelwulf de Gualann
AEthelwulf is the name of the container for multiple souls, all coming from the land of Faerun. Among the souls are Morbeus the Bladesinging, Soul-linked Warder of Bar en Anar, the Phoenix; Trinateus the BeastRider Fighter/Mage; Ormund the Bard; Dexter DeathBow; Kaled the Drunken Master; and most importantly Don Cristobal the Captian of the Guard. However the posibility for more that have not yet made their Presence known is quite high.
Along with having multiple seperate entities living in the same body, AEthelwulf also has all of their skills, and detriments. He speaks many languages, but prefers High Elven, since most of him is Elven. He is unfortunatly, Clumsy, Lazy, Afraid of Heights and Water, and a Coward (but only when the Bard is in control).
The languages AEthelwulf speaks are as follows: Elven, High Elven, Common, Gnoll, Goblin, Hafling, Hobgoblin, Orc, Dwarven, Gnomish, Celestial, Undercommon and Infernal. AEthelwulf has a deep respect for the God-King of the Elves (Corelleon Laratheon), and has a personal hatred for Lloth, Goddess-Queen of the Drow, having fought her avatar one-on-one, and won...barely.
For a concise equipment load and AD&D 2nd Ed stats, click here.
Personnae Descriptions
Master Morbeus MageKiller, Captian of the Guard; Bonded Warder of Bar en Anar, the Phoenix
Morbeus, who is the Companion of the Linmegil and an Awiefarathalon Turmegilindeon (Jaguar Grand-Master of the Singing Sword), is the Bonded Warder of a Spellfire Weave-master known to humans only as Phoenix and to Elves as Bar en Anar. Wearing Elven Chainmail from the Lost Age of Nethriel (+4) and bearing the "Singing Sword"(+5) (a longsword forged by Moradin, the Dwarven Smith-god), Morbeus is not an elf to be trifled with. Fighting with the Bladesinging Style, he hums martial tunes all the time, and occasionally will break out into song as he fights or trains. He wears a tabard bearing the arms of the Elven Queen's Champion, towit: "Sable, a chevron argent to chief a coronet or, to base a Trefoil Argent".
The main personna of AEthelwulf's existence, Morbeus wears a leather circlet to denote his status as Royal Consort and also has the ritual tatoos of the Jaguar School on his arms, a knotwork jaguar on each arm extending from wrists to shoulders. All of AEthelwulf's personae bear these symbols and if asked about them, Morbeus will surface.
Dexter Deathbow, Brigadier General of the Archers
Dexter is the Brigadier General of the Elven Queen's Archer Corps and is also a Champion of Melekai (the Half-Elven Goddess of Rangers). Dexter bears a Quiver of Elhona which contains a Bow of Speed, and 111 arrows (48 sheaf, 48 flight, and 15 signal). This bow (a gift from Melekai) has the unique power to send shafts from it's string to their full range nearly instantaneously. This combined with the powers of the Quiver (unlimited arrows) makes Dexter a terror on the battlefield. Assisting him in battle with other archer corps or even other archers, Dexter wears Gloves of Missile Ensnarement, allowing him to be able to catch a full fourth of all arrows that come near him, and send them back to their owner with lightning speed. Dexter is a master of Archery in general, but is also an accomplished Horse Archer and almost cannot miss on horseback.
Trinateus, BeastRider
Trinateus, a student of the Symbul (one of the Seven Sisters), is one of the few BeastRiders of the Realms. Having found and befriended a White Stag at a young age, he has forged an empathic link with this fine beast. A Fighter/Mage by profession, he is proficient in longspear and in bareback riding. While he is not a combat mage really, he is useful in the back-lines, healing the wounded and protecting the innocent. An unfortunate accident with a Necromancer has left this personna a bit worse for the wear, and is usually not present.
The equipment that Trinateus contributes to AEthelwulf are the following: Boots of the North which allow the wearer to be immune to cold attacks and walk about in arctic conditions without any extra clothing; a Ring of X-Ray Vision which allows him to look through wooden structures and moderate metal ones, but not stone walls; and a Cloak of the Bat, which allows the wearer to shape-shift into the form of a giant bat at will and have all the capabilities thereof.
Ormund the Bard
Ormund is an up-and-coming young bard from Waterdeep who is out to see the world and record it's stories. Having served with the Misfits during a civil distrubance requiring the draft of able-bodied citizens, he gained a modicum of courage, but is still a Coward. Ormund contributes a minimal amount of equipment to AEthelwulf's loadout, simply a Robe of Hiding (+2) which allows the wearer to disapear completly (on both the mindscape and physical world), but only when the wearer is conciously trying to hide. Since none of the other personnae are as cowardly as Ormund, none of them wear it, despite it's impressive looks. He also provides the Endlibrite-banded Quarterstaff (+3) (a crossover from Terry Goodkind, I believe).
Don Cristobal
Don Cristobal is from a early Renissance time-period and is the former Captian of the Goliard Guard, bearing this insignia on a tabard, towit: "Azure, a sword bendwise sinister argent between two goblets Or"; commonly referred to as the "Sword and Cups". When occupied by Cristobal, AEthelwulf discards his previous loadout and instead bears with him an impressively worked Breechloading Wheelock Rifled Musket, and a matching Horseman's Pistol. To keep up with the finer martial arts, he also carries a Swept-Hilt Rapier (+3) with a matching Main-Gauche parrying dagger (+3).
In keeping with the armor of the time, AEthelwulf also wears a finely worked set of Silenced Half-Plate (+4). While baffled by Cristobal's equipment, AEthelwulf's other personnae are still around to come out.
Kaled of the Ancient Order
Kaled is a Drunken Master of the Ancient Order, and is out and about searching for either a good time, or another Drunken Master, with whom he will spend the evening carousing and in general wiping the floor in any bar-brawl that manages to break out. Kaled, in keeping with the tenents of the Ancient Order, and his skill with his bare hands, carries very little in the manner of items. When he starts off the day controlling AEthelwulf, he leaves behind all of the equipment avaliable to him and wanders as an ascetic.
Instead of any of the other's regal-looking gear and preponderance of magical items, he wears only peasant's clothing, a commonly-found Heveards's Handy Haversack containing everything needed for daily life (bedroll, food, water, and (of course) his own stash of high-quality liquor), and carries just a Quarterstaff, usually the one he found in a Phaerim's lair, a Quarterstaff of Ki Focus (+2). He also wears a simple woven-rope Monk's Belt (grants him abidexterity & two-weapon fighting style with unarmed/ki attacks).
Disturbed by Kaled's lack of equipment, AEthelwulf's other personnae are still avaliable to manefest themselves, but are not pleased that they have been summoned.
Game Information
For the Gamers out there, the levels of the known personae are as follows:
Webbed by Ulster, bitch at him.... On second thought, don't bitch at him, it's not cool, nor polite.
