Uisge Galore

Nexusl's Runequest2 game set on the Isle of Islay circa 5th Century AD.

• Recruitment
• Out Of Character Thread
• In Character Thread

Map

• islay

Resources

• Dal Riata [1]
• Dal Riata warfare[2]
• Translator[3]
• Cenél_nÓengusa[4]
• First names [5]
• Map of the island [6]

Player Characters

• Aodh mac Deaglán
• Aengus Biast Dubh played by Iskallor
• Finechta Dairslat played by Bandos
• Lulaich mac Loarn played by Mandacaru

Non-Player Characters of the Cenél Chonchride

• Clan Members
  • Chieftain Lughan Cadranta Lamh
  • Deirdhre, chief's daughter.
  • Feargal her husband is from Bruichladdich

• Friends of pc's
  • Dunmor an Dearg. An important man hereabouts, he owns 2 curraghs. Friend of Finechta .
  • Sionn mac Onchu. Aengus's nearest neighbour and fishing partner. His father Oncho (Mighty Dog) breeds wolf hounds.

• Rivals of pc's
  • Cruim a fisherman and rival of Finechta.
  • Donnchadh Mór (big Duncan), fisherman and no good thief from over the Hill. Rival of Aengus.
  • Oighrig is the widow of Bearach and sister of the chief. Rival of Aodh.

• Family members of pc's
  • Fergus mac Fearchair father of Aengus and the greatest distiller of whiskey that ever lived. Hoots mon.
  • Aisling O'Neill Irish wife of Aengus, Twin sons Niall and Cormac 17yrs old.

Other NPC's

• Cormac chief of the Cenél nÓengusa

Bunnahabhain

• Bannach, he's an old sparring partner from the Beltaine festival
  • His wife Menan and two daughters Bethan & Emer
• Amergin braddagh of Bunnahabhain

crew of the Storm Heron

• storm heron crew

Bradagh

The role of Bradagh within a clan is multi-faceted. He is the keeper of the clan's history, the lawspeaker and in times of war, the battle skald and piper. Although he is part of the clan he is apart from it also, deemed to be neutral in all respects even when passing judgement upon his own kin. The Bradagh will usually have 1 or 2 apprentices with him who are learning all the tasks involved.

The history of the clan is kept in the form of songs and poems. All of the existing history must be learnt by heart as an apprentice. The Bradagh is also responsible for committing new deeds and events to song and poem. Although others may also do this, if their poems are deemed worthy the Bradagh will learn that too.

As Lawspeaker the Bradagh is called upon to give judgement on trangressors of clan and tribal law. The chieftan will pass sentence but normally asks advice from the Bradagh. As Lawspeaker the Bradagh is answerable only to the gods and even the chieftan cannot go against his word. Another task is to travel to the 3 yearly Althing where all clan Bradaghs meet to discuss the law. It is a large event which all of the clans usually attend. Courts are held there for large disputes between clans, it is unusal for a Bradagh to be asked to make a judgement on his own clan but not impossible.

As Battle Skald the Bradagh pipes the clan warriors into battle and also recites epic poetry of bravery and daring performed by the warriors of the clan, this inspires his own warriors and demoralises the enemies. (If we are using magic this could be a spell of some kind) He will also write new poems about battles he is part of.

Gods

• Manannán mac Lir (Sea)
• Morrigan (War)
  • Badb, Macha and Nemain
• Lugh ( warfare,crafts, contracts,poetry and lightning) champion.
• Nuada (king of the gods, hunter, sea and healing)
• Dagda (God of the Sun and the Earth, protector of the tribe)
• Danu (Mother of the gods)
• Tuireann (Thunder)
• Ogma (Part of the Skill Trinity of lugh, Dagda and Ogma) god of speeches and oratory, champion of Lugh.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_Dé_Danann

Seems that all have some aspect of trickster