Editing Heywesh Tal: Friendly Game

[[Category:PBP]][[Category:Houses of the Blooded]][[Category:HotB Light into Darkness]]
This page describes some of [[Heywesh Tal]]'s plans & secrets, as well as some of my (Heywesh's player) plans & secrets.  This page exists because Into the Light is a friendly game.  I fully expect that players reading this will use the information to improve play.

==Heywesh's secret name==
S'Roveed, "I ruin families"

==Heywesh's views on the other PCs at start of play==
* The only PC that Heywesh knows is his cousin, Baron Tomasz Mwrr.  Heywesh respects his cousin's intellect, even if Tomasz occasionally becomes fixated on books to a fault, and Tomasz's entire marital situation gives Heywesh a headache trying to make sense of.  He intends on making Tomasz his Court Scholar, though the speed at which he does this is variable depending on how much sorcerous threat they find in the Black Isles.  He has swallowed his pride and admitted to himself that the ridiculous Serpent fighting method Tomasz knows has a degree of martial value, despite being unarmed and something Heywesh is incapable of doing.

* Heywesh has heard that Baron Drial Burghe has also agreed to this colonization effort.  As a descendant of Tatjan Adrente, Drial Burghe may have some insights into the Suaven that Heywesh may find beneficial.

* Heywesh has heard about Niassa Steele from Tomasz.  Or more accurately, he has heard of Niassa from Tomasz's family.  Heywesh is curious to finally meet this Ven.

* Heywesh knows little about Ryandual Yvarai beyond a scandal of some form.  Heywesh prefers the known to the unknown, and plans on pushing Ryandual into the former category as quickly as possible.

==Heywesh and his wife, Lura==
This could go a lot of different ways.  She could become his most staunch ally, carefully detailing every contract he has to sign.  It's not clear how Heywesh will react to Lura's inevitable romantic pursuits, but he knows they are coming.  He's also dreading her attempts to find him a woman to experience a romance (sans consummation of the affair, of course).

While he does not lust after his wife, he needs her.  He needs her to be by his side, and he needs her to be dependent on him.  What lengths he goes to ensure that may determine how much of a villain Heywesh can become.

==Plans for his Domain==
Wolves may demand territory, but they must also retain their territory.  There are too many unknowns for Heywesh to go on an active campaign of expansion.  Before he does that, he needs to:
#Cement his control over his new domain.  Build his personal guard and his roadmen, and build holdings that will allow for more productive and less troublesome regions.
#Find out more about the the fall of the previous Ven who attempted to colonize the Black Isles.  It makes no sense for a second wave of Ven to be so blind as to make the same mistakes as the first.
#Find out more about the other Blooded hired by the Marquis.  Who are allies, enemies, talented, foolish... he must know this.

The more he finds out about these three matters, the more he will explore and conquer.
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 S'Roveed, "I ruin families"
-==How is Heywesh Tragic?==
+==Heywesh's views on the other PCs at start of play==
-Heywesh is trapped between several dysfunctional relationships.
+* The only PC that Heywesh knows is his cousin, Baron Tomasz Mwrr.  Heywesh respects his cousin's intellect, even if Tomasz occasionally becomes fixated on books to a fault, and Tomasz's entire marital situation gives Heywesh a headache trying to make sense of.  He intends on making Tomasz his Court Scholar, though the speed at which he does this is variable depending on how much sorcerous threat they find in the Black Isles.  He has swallowed his pride and admitted to himself that the ridiculous Serpent fighting method Tomasz knows has a degree of martial value, despite being unarmed and something Heywesh is incapable of doing.
-On the one hand, there is his father.  Heywesh deeply desires his father's approval, but it does not appear likely that Mxura will ever head in that direction.
+* Heywesh has heard that Baron Drial Burghe has also agreed to this colonization effort.  As a descendant of Tatjan Adrente, Drial Burghe may have some insights into the Suaven that Heywesh may find beneficial.
-On the other, there is his wife.  Heywesh does not merely care for Lura.  If that was the case, things would be quite good: a platonic friendship qualifies as relatively functional for Ven marriages.  However, Heywesh has confused caring for Lura with controlling her.  She is his sweet and innocent possession worthy of protection and happiness (so long as he is the one making her happy).
+* Heywesh has heard about Niassa Steele from Tomasz.  Or more accurately, he has heard of Niassa from Tomasz's family.  Heywesh is curious to finally meet this Ven.
-As almost an escape from these, Heywesh is a rather idealistic senvu.  He has taken his school's philosophy as his personal ethic, and venerates the Suaven of Duels and everything he represents.  The problem here is that Ven law is simply not robust enough to be taken as an ideal in and of itself.
+* Heywesh knows little about Ryandual Yvarai beyond a scandal of some form.  Heywesh prefers the known to the unknown, and plans on pushing Ryandual into the former category as quickly as possible.
-We thus see Heywesh trapped not only by his loved ones, but by his ideals.  How he escapes from this, or if he even tries to, will be what makes him tragic.  For the Ven, there is no escape.
+==Heywesh and his wife, Lura==
+This could go a lot of different ways.  She could become his most staunch ally, carefully detailing every contract he has to sign.  It's not clear how Heywesh will react to Lura's inevitable romantic pursuits, but he knows they are coming.  He's also dreading her attempts to find him a woman to experience a romance (sans consummation of the affair, of course).
-==Notes on Other Characters==
+While he does not lust after his wife, he needs her.  He needs her to be by his side, and he needs her to be dependent on him.  What lengths he goes to ensure that may determine how much of a villain Heywesh can become.
-===OOC opinions on how the characters will interact===
-* [[Tomasz Mwrr]].  To say that Heywesh trusts Tomasz is going too far, but he's the least paranoid about his cousin.  He's a known quantity, and has a decent reputation.
-* [[Niassa Steele]].  Heywesh's initial opinion will be based on how she & Tomasz interact.
+==Plans for his Domain==
+Wolves may demand territory, but they must also retain their territory.  There are too many unknowns for Heywesh to go on an active campaign of expansion.  Before he does that, he needs to:
+#Cement his control over his new domain.  Build his personal guard and his roadmen, and build holdings that will allow for more productive and less troublesome regions.
+#Find out more about the the fall of the previous Ven who attempted to colonize the Black Isles.  It makes no sense for a second wave of Ven to be so blind as to make the same mistakes as the first.
+#Find out more about the other Blooded hired by the Marquis.  Who are allies, enemies, talented, foolish... he must know this.
-* [[Ryandual Yvarai]].  If, right now at the beginning of play, I had to bet which PC Heywesh would dislike the most, it would be Ryandual.  He seems the most opposite.
+The more he finds out about these three matters, the more he will explore and conquer.
-===Discovered Aspects===
-*[[Tomasz Mwrr]]'s Academy Educated
-==Specific Plans==
-===In Character===
-* Become as good of a swordsman as possible.
-* Get The Oath & the ability to use it.  Doing so will help him build his domain
-* Find out what happened to the first set of Ven colonists.
-** Figure out how to avoid it happening to Heywesh.
-===Out of Character===
-* Bring Mxura Tal into the game.
-** Done with a well-timed wisdom roll or style point.
-** Good story potential for both Heywesh and everyone.
-*** There's now ''another'' Marquis doing something on the Black Isles.
-* Eventually found a Temple to his patron Suaven.
-** This will occur to Heywesh if he is able to explore Senvu ethics rather than pleasing his wife or father.