Editing Kingdoms: Throne of the Elder Dragon (section)

=The Shadow Actors of the Court=
==QUEEN: Jade Lotus, the Flamebearer==

''Most Kings would have been grateful for a queen like Jade Lotus.''

She has the perfect skin and slight proportions typical of the royalty of her oriental homeland, and her pyromancy is a potent weapon of war. She is beautiful, young, cunning, magically gifted and ambitious... all excellent qualities that make her an excellent match.

Of course, Aerus is not like ''most kings''. He has adopted an agenda that Jade Lotus sees as ridiculous and self-destructive, and she has little desire to see him succeed. She doesn't want to nobly step aside for an everlasting King, she wants to rule by herself, as a Queen by her husbands side!

The only hope she sees is to let the ''Game of Succession'' run its course, and to make sure that her King is dominant at that time. Once the twelve years are up, the opportunity to pursue foolishness will have gone, and she hopes that her husband will settle into a more traditional role for a Monarch of Arcadia. 

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Puissance; War-magus;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Loveless Match; Disloyal Motivation; 
* '''Suggested Traits:''' Sorcery Style: Pyromancy;
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==KNIGHT: Sehund, Militia Captain==

Sehund was raised from the ranks of the peasant militia for his admirable success in the field of battle. It was only later that the King discovered Sehund's vicious streak, and his penchant for collecting grisly trophies from between the legs of fallen enemies. Aerus was quite ready to lock Sehund up for "war crimes", but the Queen insisted on naming Sehund as her Knight, and for the sake of Kingdom unity, Aerus agreed.

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Merciless;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Inferior Warcraft;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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==BISHOP: Torv, the Abductor==

Torv was a thug and criminal, the sort of person that the King wished he hadn't dreamt into being. Torv was languishing in the cells when the ''King'' realised that his grand plan would need someone like him, and offered him release in exchange for service.

Torv, of course, isn't feeling too cooperative so has entrenched himself firmly in the Queen's camp, and is working to her agenda, not the King's.

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Master Kidnapper;
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Coward;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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==ROOK: Streck, the Prison Governor==

Streck is an unpleasant man who has run the kingdom's prisons for as long as he can remember. Aerus sees it as unfortunate but necessary that his domain has such large prisons, and even more unfortunate and necessary that Streck is the man to run them.

* '''Suggested Boons:''' Gaoler; 
* '''Suggested Drawbacks:''' Untrained in War;
* '''Suggested Traits:''' None;
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