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"

==How is Heywesh Tragic?==
If you look at Heywesh's aspects, you see the three central relationships that define him.  His attention is divided between a father he wants approval from (and will likely never get), and a wife he does not desire.  On the father side of the equation, it's a matter of choosing when to reject the bravado his father wants and when to try to act in accordance with it.  On the wife side, it's a matter of caring for her but without seeing her as an equal at all.  Both are dysfunctional, and both put demands on him that should conflict eventually.

Then there's the third: he's a Senvu Swordsman.  Not just that, but he worships a defender of the Law.  He has taken his sword school's philosophy as his personal ethic, one based on loyalty and obligation.  This is his escape.  He is hoping to escape the previous two relationship's dysfunctions by becoming a saintly swordmaster.  This should be the icing on the cake when it comes to putting his motivations into motion.

At any rate, these are my thoughts before play starts.

==Notes on Other Characters==
===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.

* [[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.

===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.
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 ==How is Heywesh Tragic?==
-Heywesh is trapped between several dysfunctional relationships.
+If you look at Heywesh's aspects, you see the three central relationships that define him.  His attention is divided between a father he wants approval from (and will likely never get), and a wife he does not desire.  On the father side of the equation, it's a matter of choosing when to reject the bravado his father wants and when to try to act in accordance with it.  On the wife side, it's a matter of caring for her but without seeing her as an equal at all.  Both are dysfunctional, and both put demands on him that should conflict eventually.
-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.
+Then there's the third: he's a Senvu Swordsman.  Not just that, but he worships a defender of the Law.  He has taken his sword school's philosophy as his personal ethic, one based on loyalty and obligation.  This is his escape.  He is hoping to escape the previous two relationship's dysfunctions by becoming a saintly swordmaster.  This should be the icing on the cake when it comes to putting his motivations into motion.
-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).
+At any rate, these are my thoughts before play starts.
-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.
-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.
 ==Notes on Other Characters==