Raghnall Mac Ìomhair

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Mental characteristics

Personal history

He is of a Norse Gaelic ancestry. Born in the Viking age. Taught to venerate the gods. He presents a shaman like bearing and visage. He was apprenticed to a great shaman, where he learned the occult spells he now practices. Having particular affinity for the rune shapes, inscribing, ritual preparations, and battle preparations. When he transitioned to a journeyman he set out with raiding parties. Where he often made battle preparations including calling on the gods for aide, painting the warriors, and upon request administering the berserkers. His first death occurred when a raiding party fell into a trap. He later awoke in a ritual chamber used by his master. While he has not seen or heard from his master since, he learned of the Immortals, and is acquainted with their mythos. He chooses to spend his time in his homeland seeking the gods (and rituals). He believes that Odin returned him to midgard for a reason. He has spent his centuries journeying through viking lands learning of the gods. As Christianity slowly took over he ventured further and further in search of rituals, rites, and knowledge in order to preserve it through the change. In the 11th century he returned to his homeland, where he built a home in what we know as the Scottish isles. He conducts a small agrarian fief, with a port. They also produce ships. His descendants rule this land. But he has a secret grotto he calls home, and shrines to the gods across the land. Hearing rumors and whispers of a great danger approaching, he sealed his grotto and went in search of the Dio-Fatizum.

Education

Apprenticeship to a Shaman

Employment

Currently employed as a court 'priest' to one of the minor houses of the Isles. Under the lordship of the Lord of the Isles.

Social

Family Ties

Raghnall is actually the founding father of the house that he servers. This is a tightly controlled secret, that only the head of the house is aware of.

Religious Views

He is a Viking venerating the old ways and the old gods.

Wealth & Financial state

Wealth Score: 9 Owns a Small Estate in the Kingdom of the Isles. This Estate produces ships, and is a place for business.

Viking shaman

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Alignment

Chaotic Purposeful

Age

Appears mid 30's

Date of Birth

~915 BCE

Children

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Brown-Blonde

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Tanned

Height

6ft 2in

Weight

186 pounds

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Strange Occurrences in Eyam
1665

Lady Edda has asked me to investigate some strange magical occurrences in or around the city of Eyam. There is an inquisitor in the town as well.

Downtime III

I have begun treating Nilus, it is slow going, but I am enjoying our time together. Our journey has lead us to the north end of the African continent. There is a monastery here that houses some very intriguing monks. These monks have developed a technique of Tattooing that allows the inks to stay with an immortal. These Tattoos are more then decorative. They bring out hidden potential within the recipient. I will learn this technique. Maybe I can combine this technique with my magik learnings. Nilus has recovered mostly. The claws have reverted to normal, and the worst of the nightmares have passed. I am not sure if the nightmares he still has are the result of the Corruption, or many years on the battlefield. Not every casualty of war takes on physical wounds. I have learned this Blood Artist skill, I still have much to learn, but I am reasonably proficient. I have also received Tattoos. One to improve my Vigor, and one to increase my Durability. Nilus received one to increase his speed. I hope to study these tattoos to see if I can find a shared understanding with my magical learnings.

The Sea Beckons, Conclusion

Captain Juan de Cartagena turned out to be possessed by a prodigious anger. He led his crew to ruin, killing a number of the crew himself. We eventually had to put him down, or no one was going to make it home. Out of this I obtained a dagger with a magical property of luck. If I kiss it before testing a skill I am more likely to succeed. It seems to bend luck in my favor. During this voyage I met up with, Soren, Nilus, and Tousine. Soren and Tousine were working as members of the crew. Nilus was hired by Juan to assassinate Magellan. He started to do so, and Soren finished the job. We found some treasure, but not the horde of gold Juan expected. Also during the journey I discover that Nilus had become afflicted. He is having severe nightmares, and has grown claws. After examining him, and careful contemplation I believe he has been afflicted by Corruption. Likely brought on by being healed by me. I will do what I can to make this right. I will travel with Nilus until he is healed.

The Sea Beckons

I have met up with a Spanish captain, Juan de Cartagena. He has been hired by the Spanish government to sail to the new world. They seek to map the seas. This information may be useful to me. Captain Cartagena may also be persuaded to sail for me in the future. We shall see what skills he has to offer. Juan has confided in me that is has come into possession of a map, supposedly leading to a treasure hidden in the "New World". After my recent setbacks I am in desperate need of capital. Any gains from this venture are sorely needed.

The Witch's Tale

After experiencing the long night in Burgundy, my new Friends and I were invited to Lady Eta's estate in France. There, she explained that there was another whose plans opposed her own. This other was a witch named Lady Thitan. Lady Thitan had once been banished, to the Other side. Now she seems to be working some plague, or sickness to kill many across France. Lady Eta tasked us with putting a stop to Thitan's plans. We traveled north to a small town where Thitan was rumored to be. There we heard stories of a Scotsman. So we journeyed into the forest to find this Scotsman. When we did, he revealed to us that he had been hired by Thitan as a galloglas. to protect her. Nilus then fought him in a dual and lost. Unwilling to accept defeat Nilus kept fighting. Forcing the Galloglas to kill him. We secured Nilus's possessions, to be returned to him. While we were attending to the burial of Nilus's body Soren wanted to rush Galloglas as a group and defeat him. To aid in this I started casting a protection spell. Seeing my actions Galloglas charged us before I could cast my spell. Soren and Tousine deftly defeated Galloglas. Progressing further we discovered an entrance to a cave. Outside the cave the nearby trees were covered in crows. Soren scouted the area. When he returned he seemed confused, talking about some lady in white. While we were discussing his experience we noticed that the sun had begun to set. Some how more time had passed than we expected. Soren then began to charge towards the cave. Following his movements I then noticed that one of his swords was planted in the ground outside of the cave. Soren recovered his sword, then went into the cave. returning a few minutes later, with a warning. Ignoring the warning the whole group matched into the cave, to confront the Witch. We decided that we would attempt to reason with her. If we could not come to some accord only then would we resort to violence. When we entered the cave we found dead things. Small creatures at first, then a man. After finding the remains of a man we noticed some rhythmic moaning. Lifting our torches and looking into a pit we saw a group of naked women huddled and moaning as if in pain. As one the women turned to look at us, and spoke with one voice. In this manner our negotiations with Tritan began. We learned that she planned to sacrifice the lives of the nearby town in order to complete her ritual. This ritual was intended to protect Avalon forever. She was unwilling to change or alter her plans. Eventually negotiations devolved. I then devised a plan to extract the women one at a time and break whatever enchantment was in place. Then deal with the remaining Thitan directly. As I was explaining this plan Rashidi reported a cauldron with a strange brew. I proceeded to analyze the brew. I was in someway magical. So I dispelled the magic about it. Thitan began to up her antics. Encorcelling tousine and Soren in order to lure them into the pit with her. Most of the party stayed as far away from the pit as they could. We then lowered me into the pit to extract a woman. I did detect magic about her. I was also able to dispel that magic. When I went to get another woman I was caught by Thitan's charms. I briefly slipped into a dream. I dreamed of home. I remembered how great home was, and how great it was when King Arthur was around. I came to some time later, held in Thitan's embrace. Reinhert was there standing over her. Coming to my sense more fully I assisted Sir Reinhert in subduing Thitan. At first the party want to kill her then and there. I encouraged them to seek another path. Saying if we removed her then she could not complete the ritual. We did not need to kill her to do this. So we bound her, gagged her, and covered her eyes with cloth. I then dispelled all magics about her. We carried Thitan and one of the women back towards the town with us. Soren continued on to the town with the woman we saved to return her home. We rested in an abandoned vineyard. We spent a few days ther regaining our strength. After several days the party became restless and decided that the Witch needed to be dealt with. They wished to return Thitan to the town to be burned. I told them I wanted no part in it. The entire experience left me tired, frustrated, and exhausted. Caught between Thitan, who only wanted to protect her home, and my word to Lady Eta. Though Thitan was killing hundreds of people in the hopes of protecting her home, it was hard not to understand her view point. When eventually the group voted to kill her, I felt powerless. I dont like feeling powerless. I will take Lady Eta's offer and boons. I will leverage these earning to build up my power base. In a couple of generations I will amass the power I need to not feel powerless again.

Meeting with Lady Eta

The Lady Eta told us of an immortal named Thiton who is working against Lady Eta's objectives. She would like this Thiton dealt with. Thiton seems to the one behind some outbreaks of disease accross Europe. The rat man, miwah, that we dealt with in Burgandy was working for Thiton. Thiton was exiled to the island of Apples. Chors, is where we suspect to find Thiton. Chors is currently going through some witch hunts. Lady has a rubbing/drawing that has a pentagrah in the shape of a woman's body with nine ravens around it. There is a strange language forming three lines of text.

Session 1 - Burgundy

Along the road I met an interesting character. His name, as far as he gave it, is Kris Dirk. He is a blacksmith, of some renown, who hails from Egypt. He is searching for a knight named Cair Wailen, or some such. As we were heading in the same direction we traveled together into Burgundy. Upon our arrival in Burgundy we set out to find an inn. Where we could learn more about local goings on. There was a heavily armored fellow in the common room of the inn boasting loudly. Making wild claims of immortality, and cannot be killed. A short while later another individual caught my notice. I man appearing to be in his middle years, was asking after a scribe by the name of <name>. This man and the boastful one started talking and after a minute the name Fortizum was brought up. At that point I went and introduced myself. The boastful man's name is Reynald, and the other is named Nilus. Both are members of the Dio Fortizum. I later learned that Reynald and another of us named Soren were sent to Burgundy by a patron by the name of Mistress Etta. Their goal was to stop another man from progressing his plans, as it was interring with their Mistress. As we were getting acquainted Soren returned and reported finding information regarding their query. Unfortunately the trail lead us into the foul underbelly of the town, the sewers. In the sewers we encountered a bald sickly looking man, who was infact the man Reynald and Soren were looking for. After a breif exchange of words we charged him. Using some magic this man was able to enchant the local rodents, and have them do his bidding. Nilus, Soren, Reynold and I changed the man, his Rats biting at out legs. Nilus took several wounds. Soren slew the man with a single blow. I found several drawings of magic symbols on his corpse, along with a book I could not read. Kris was able to read the book, and reported that it contains information on the 4 humors of the body. Further investigation of the corpse revealed that a flute the man was using was magical. We then returned to the inn to recover and attend to our wounds. The next morning heavens remained dark.

Raghnall's Vision

in my dream I saw the serpent eating its own tail, and growing from the cetner of this snake, yggrasil grows out and out and out, it reaches the size of a world, and I saw a raven fly from one of its branches to a large land mass and lands on a fluer de lis. After it lands it pecks the fluer de lis and an apple grows out of it, falls to the ground and rots. I believe that this vision is sent from Odin. Who is guiding me. The Fluer-Dis-Lis is clearly the Kingdom of France. There is something meaningful to be found in France.

Raghnall Mac Ìomhair