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− | =Massalia=
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− | ==Menesthios' family and household==
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− | ''Family'' | + | '''Menesthios''' - the Massilioi aristocrat who hired the PCs. Known to be a populist seeking to expand the franchise. |
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− | '''Menesthios''' - the Massalioi aristocrat who hired the PCs. Known to be a populist (and leader of that faction) seeking to expand the franchise. A generous man with many enemies. Nearly killed in the attack on his house.
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− | '''Dianan''' - Menesthios' partner, a Salluvioi woman and mother to four of his children. A capable fighter in her own right, wounded in the attack on the house.
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− | '''Xanthe''' - Menesthios' youngest daughter, survived the attack on the house unscathed thanks to her parents and older brother. | + | '''Northern Italia/Liguria''' |
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− | '''Demetreia''' - Menesthios' older half-Keltoi daughter, married to the son of a Salluvioi chief.
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− | '''Idomeneus''' - Menesthios' Greek son and named after his grandfather. After the deaths of Apollodoros and Lykon, now the sole heir. Hates his father.
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− | '''Melita''' - Menesthios' Greek daughter, married to a merchant in Emporion.
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− | ''Staff''
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− | '''Polykratis''' - steward responsible for external trade, ie that with the Mediterranean. Also runs the mining interests in Iberia
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− | '''Zoilos''' - steward responsible for trade into Gallia. Runs the horse-breeding estate and wheat-growing areas.
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− | ==Timoukoi==
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− | ''Presidents''
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− | '''Pelopidas''' - senior president, a dithering old fool who relies upon his wife to make decisions.
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− | '''Laodamas''' - a fair man open to reasoned argument, wearied by forever playing peacemaker between the factions.
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− | '''Cleonymos''' - a rival of Menesthios' in the council. Leader of the aristocratic faction and most junior of the three presidents.
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− | ''Aristocratic faction''
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− | '''Diodoros''' - Pan-Hellenist in his leanings, not attracted to women. Noted to be a moderate.
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− | '''Hieronymos''' - led the hippeis to investigate the fires at Menesthios' estate.
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− | '''Parmenides''' - a non-entity who got to where he is because of his ancestry; hopeless with money and being robbed by his steward. Hates Satyros.
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− | '''Satyros''' - a lecherous man who thinks no one knows he has a mistress. Hates Parmenides.
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− | ''Populist faction''
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− | '''Eurybates''' - a pan-Hellenist who was in command of the gate when the PCs visited Massalia for the first time. Not much of a warrior.
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− | '''Kritias''' - nicknamed Philokeltoi, a champion of the mixed blooded population and married to a Keltoi woman, Gwenddolau.
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− | '''Menelaos''' - newest timoukos, an ambitious man very much in love with his exceptionally talented wife, Evadne.
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− | '''Oenomaus''' - lost a ship in a spring storm, imperilling his finances. Secretly hates Menesthios.
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− | ==Councillors==
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− | ''Hippeis''
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− | ''Hoplites''
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− | '''Akestes''' - a prominent man and an exemplar amongst his class, leads a collection of several dozen councillors looking for gradual change. Enthusiastic about taking an active part in defense of the city.
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− | '''Glaukias''' - the richest of the hoplites and a detractor of personal involvement in the city's defense.
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− | ''Artisans''
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− | '''Isandros''' - master bronzesmith and armourer.
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− | '''Telekles''' - master shipwright
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− | ==Other Massalioi==
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− | '''Eukles''' - an underboss working for Bolon, captured by the PCs then released with a message for his boss.
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− | ==Foreigners==
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− | ''Greeks''
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− | '''Lysanias''' - a scribe working for Abdeshmun who is currently missing.
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− | '''Pleistos''' - a ''gymnastai'' (trainer) working at the gymnasium.
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− | ''Etruscans and Italiots''
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− | '''Hastia''' - a successful Etruscan merchant whose husband is an equally-successful pirate.
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− | ''Carthaginians and Phoenicians''
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− | '''Bodeshmun''' - a Phoenician banker who handles a lot of Carthaginian finance.
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− | '''Eshmunash''' - a major Carthaginian merchant
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− | '''Metallo''' - a Carthaginian merchant and the richest man in Massalia. Controls mining interests in Iberia and has his own trade fleet. A fat man who is often underestimated. Leader of his own faction in the Carthaginian senate who favour the status quo.
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− | '''Milkherem''' - a major Carthaginian merchant
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− | ''Celts, Celto-Ligurians and Ligurians''
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− | '''Lugobelinus''' - an exiled Celtic chief (Vocontii); old but still dangerous.
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− | '''Finnan''' - young Celtic warrior keen to join Rhyanidd's retinue.
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− | ''Iberians''
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− | '''Keynea''' - an Iberian noblewoman ousted from her lands by a pro-Carthaginian faction.
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− | ''Others''
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− | '''Bolon''' - a major player in the criminal underworld involved in the attack on Menesthios' house somehow.
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− | '''Haremsat''' - Egyptian master ironsmith and weaponsmith
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− | =Northern Italia/Liguria=
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| '''Lobharan''' - A Ligurian chief who reacted well to the PCs, granting safe passage through his lands. | | '''Lobharan''' - A Ligurian chief who reacted well to the PCs, granting safe passage through his lands. |
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− | '''Vidogern''' - an Oxubii chief who attacked the PCs at the instigation of Himilco's agents. When his warband was defeated, he was taken prisoner, then ransomed back to his people.
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− | =Carthaginians=
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− | '''Astegal''' - a negotiator sent to buy off the band in Antipolis. Either lacking in initiative or loyal to his master, Himilco.
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− | '''Abdelmiki''' - a Liby-Phoenician warrior accompanying Astegal in Antipolis. Bastard son of Himilco with dubious loyalty to his father. Captured on the coastal road between Antipolis and Olbia.
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− | '''Bomilkar Barca''' - leader of the Barcid faction in the Carthaginian senate and in favour of Sikelian expansion.
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− | '''Himilco Saunites''' - a Carthaginian senator who is a governor in southern Iberia. Tried to buy off the band not to intervene in Massalia. Leader of the Saunitid faction in the Carthaginian senate in favour of Iberian expansion.
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− | =The Shades of the Dead=
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− | '''Abdeshmun''' - a Carthaginian factor and intermediary in the employ of Metallo, the apparent middle-man who procured the Iberian mercenaries involved in the attack.
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− | '''Ambon''' - an Iberian mercenary captain, captured during the attack on Menesthios' house and killed after questioning.
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− | '''Apollodoros''' - Menesthios' half-Keltoi son and trusted envoy. Killed during an attack on Menesthios' country house shortly after the PCs arrival in Massalia.
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− | '''Endios''' - a Phrygian assassin and lieutenant of Bolon. Killed by the PCs after the attack on Menesthios' house.
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− | '''Lykon''' - Menesthios' younger half-Keltoi son. Murdered in his sleep when the house was attacked.
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