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Bladedancer 01-20-08, 01:16 PM	Hey guys, The following npc and his sister (who were pc's of myself and a friend of mine) are the bbeg guys in drow campaign I am currently running based out of Menzoberranzan. Now I was wondering what parts of this story should be tweaked. Khalan Del Armgo of House Barrison Del Armgo 2nd House of Menzoberranzan Classes: Fighter-Rogue-Kyorlin Velve- Divine seeker of Vhaerun(Kyorlin velve is a drow asassin type PRC from Tom Costa's vaunted Prestige in the realms) Levels: 5-1-10-2 Race: Drow Sex: Male Alignment: Neutral Evil Patron: Vhaerun Personality: Cold (except when it comes to his twin sister) Calculating plays every angle to his advantage Description:While he didn't inherit his father's bulk he did gain his height standing an undrowlike height of 6' with a lean body weighing in at 165 lbs. He keeps his ivory colored hair long and tied back in a braid that comes down towards the center of his back. His amber colored eyes are rarity among his people and they are usually the last thing a person sees before he stabs a blade into their belly. He moves with an uncanny grace even among drow. He dresses in simple clothing in dark colors to help him blend in to the shadows that are his profession. Background: Khalan is one of the many children sired by the prized stud Uthgental of House Barrison Del Armgo his mother was Thalis a daughter of Matron Mez'Barris. Thalis was an extremely average drow for a noble much to the the chagrin of her mother. So it was no great loss when Thalis died in child birth while delivering Khalan and his twin sister Mythn'ri. As two nobles for the price of one was deemed a paltry sacrifice (even if one was a male). Growing up it was quickly determined Khalan would not inherit his sire's bulk or psychotic personality. The boy was however quick, rather intelligent, and displayed supreme confidence. He was trained first as a warrior where he proved to be a competent but not outstanding warrior. After Uthgental was slain in the ill fated attack on Mithral Hall MezBarris took a young and handsome house mage as her next Patron. This male was soon seduced into joining a minor noble house and left House Barrison Del Armgo. Furious the Matron set her forces against these upstarts and smashed the house. During the battle is where Khalan showed his true calling. On the attack the young Khalan easily slipped through the house's defences and killed both the matron and the her lover as they were directing the defences. After this success he was sent Melee-Magethere to be trained as a Kyorlin Velve. He excelled in his training and graduated in near record time. Meanwhile his twin was beginning to develop strange powers (psionics) that the Matron had no idea how to perfect or control. So a Mindflayer ally of the House was brought in to train the young female in her powers. The mibdflayers training and her considerable talent shot her to a position in the House that belied her age. Upon his graduation from Melee-Magethere Khalan was quickly put to work as a House Assasin. He never failed in the tasks given to him by the Matron. He quickly rose the ranks of the males of the house. After elimnating a rising star among the priestesses of House Baerne he was granted the title of Vanorik Barra "Silent Shadow" After gaining his title he soon grew restless with his position and began to resent the domination of the house females. He saw himself as only a tool to his female kin and realized he would never rise any higher in the house no matter how skilled he became at his craft. Despite his feelings towards females he still felt a bond he could not explain to his twin. He relieved some of his boredom with his position by quietly eliminating any threat within or outside the house that threatened her rise to power. Mythn'ri always was deemed soft but they had no idea of the sins she had commited against the Spider Queen. The young Psioncist hated everything Lolth stood for and soon turned her worship to Elistraee. She used her powers to hide her blasphemous thoughts from the clerics of the House. Mez'barris began to see the power the youngster was beginning to manifest and the meteoric rise up the ranks of the House and she began to worry a bit. She remembered what the power that psionics could do with the hated fallen House Obladra. So she had the illithid that trained Myth'ri keep a subtle watch on her. Mere months after this the House had a High Ritual fail. Throughly shaken Mez Barris summoned a yolchol and asked what Del Armgo had done to offend Lolth. The demon answered "ask the illithid that serves your house!" Mez Barris quickly summoned the mindflayer to her throne room and posed the question to him. The illithid replied in her mind two words Mythn'ri and Ellistrae. With a scream of rage Mez Barris summoned her House Guard and the mindflayer to attend her as she hunted for heretic granddaughter. She found Mythn'ri falsely praying to Lolth in House chapel. Mythn'ri was quickly taken down by the illithid and House Guard and taken to the dungeons for torture and preparation to be sacrificed to Lolth. Word quickly spread throughout the house of Mythn'ri's fall. Upon hearing the dire news Khalan cursed his sister for her stupidity and his own for tying his fate to hers. He tried to leave her to her fate but a strange feeling overcame the assasin............. love. Without another thought he quickly decided he was going to free his sister no matter what the cost. He used his skills to spring her from her bonds killing a few House Guards in the process. With his talents with a blade and her psionics they quickly made their way from the House but not before combining their talents and killing the traitorous Mindflayer Upon hitting the streets of Menzoberranzan they hid out in the slums for a few weeks. Khalan then used his contacts to arrange a meeting with the leader of Bregan d Aerth Kimmuriel Obladra. Always looking for more talent Kimmuriel was intrigued with adding another psion to the group and a killer of Khalan's reputation and skill was a windfall as well Upon request they were given missions on the surface to more easily avoid House Barrison Del Armgo's wrath. Khalan was sent to Skullport where he was to act as a spy and freelance assasin with a front as a slaver from a minor drow city. While there he was put under the command of a priest of Vhaerun named Qualinthos Agroth who turned him to the worship of his deity. Myhtn'ri was sent to Vassa to help with guild's assimilation of the Citadel of Asassins. After the takeover of the surface group she vanished. Khalan was then recalled from Skullport and told to find his sister. If she had left Bregan D Aerth he was told either to bring her back into the fold or kill her. Months later he tracked her down in Cormanthor where she convinced him to leave Bregan D Aerth and join the surface group of adventurers she had befriended. As the only thing he really wanted was to be with his sister he reluctantlly agreed. Years later his sister has been turned to the worship of Vhaerun Thanks for the help
I_roll_ones 01-20-08, 06:28 PM	1) What setting is this? In many, males are nearly worthless, so it would be not trading two nobles for one, but one noble for another and some cannon fodder. Since the mother died in childbirth, it may be assumed that the two were weak, since they came from a weak mother. Maybe the house was under attack, or few children were born, making even these two valuable? 2) Why would a mage want to be a part of a lesser house when he is the patron of a higher ranked house? I also think that he might not have a choice in the matter, and since he is claimed, (And unless he is a part of another house) he is the woman's property. A bit of a bad move on his part, through smashing the house that took her toy away makes sense. Perhaps he had covert dealings with this house? 3) Mindflayers tend to eat drow. They might ally, but I doubt they would leave a female drow with the mindflayer, and the mindflayer might not wanna teach a drow to be resistant to his own attacks. If your DM is okay, maybe Lolth had a section of psionic priestesses, if you are okay tweaking the lore? 4) Khalan and his sister, being grandchildren of the matron, might not be nobles. I thought that only children of matrons were nobles, not the grandkids? 5) Why Vhaerun? And can she even be a worshipper of him as she is female? Maybe they turn to Mask/Shar instead?