Editing Kingdoms: The Web of Harmonies (section)

=The Shadow Actors of the Court=
==QUEEN: Ellyria, the Crystal Spider==

Ellyria's home was a very different place. Back in the ''Panoplies of Light'' there was no music, nor even any sound. As an entity of floating energy, Ellyria moved through the clouds of light in silence, unaware that sound could even exist.

She was then told that she was to be dispatched to be a Queen in a distant kingdom, and that she would need to be contained in a solid form to do so. Her elders crafted her a body out of crystal, eight legged and strangely graceful. She shuddered at the thought of being trapped inside such a thing, but knew that she must do so.

Since arriving at the ''Web of Harmonies'' she has found it both strange and alluring. Strange, because of the aspects of solidity, of flesh and blood and of the visceral causing her to feel revulsion. Alluring, because of the beauty of the harmonies themselves, and the way that the interacting sounds move through her new body, and make her feel happy and complete in a way that she never even new existed. Though still an alien in an alien land, she has grown to love the Web of Harmonies, and is beginning to know it as ''home''. Also, while both her King and her new subjects find her silent movement and shining form unnatural and odd, they too are growing to accept her as ''Queen'', as instinct and fate play their part to entrench her in their psyches.

Ellyria still retains some of her old nature - she is able to manipulate light (what little of it there is in this realm, compared to her home) and can craft illusory images or beams of burning power. She is often surprised when others refer to this as sorcery - it is a natural ability for her people.

* '''Suggested Boons:''' None;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' None;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' Sorcery Style (Control Light);
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==KNIGHT: Simeon, the Advocate==

Though no larger than a man's hand, Simeon knows that potency in war is less about size, and more about the tactical application of force. He realises, for example, that almost all of the arachnid biomass of the Web of Harmonies is comprised of spiders even smaller than himself. Singly they may be weak, but combined and coordinated they are mighty. Simeon takes it as a point of pride that he is an advocate for the nameless multitudes. Though the masses may not have as great intellects or physical strength, he realises that they are the true power of the Kingdom...

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Grand Strategist;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Inferior Warcraft;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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==BISHOP: Treyt, the Choirmaster==
The Web of Harmonies develops organically and naturally, through the movements and activities of every spider. For Treyt, this is only a fraction of their potential. Treyt has realised that if he can "tune" the web of harmonies, he can achieve great things. With the right noises in the right places, he can change the nature of the kingdom. This understanding of sound and large scale linguistics also makes Treyt and intuitive manipulator and propagandist - he sees that the principles of his work can be reinterpreted and reapplied to shape the enemy Kingdom as well...

* '''Suggested Boons:''' None;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' None;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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==ROOK: Entarun, the Architect==

Entarun is another small spider, no larger than a house dog, but he makes up for his lack of strength with his cunning. Under Entarun's supervision, pit-traps, web-snares and other defences have been scattered across the jungle realm. With properly coordinated troops under his command Entarun is expert at drawning enemy forces into these traps, making him an exceptionally effective defender of the kingdom.

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Castellan;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Guileless;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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