Mahbaley Seiso
Character: Mahbaley Seiso
Level: 1 XP: 0 Character concept: Demi-goddess of royalty, exiled heir of a dead kingdom Goal: To cleanse Ancalia of monsters, reclaim her throne and restore her kingdom to its former glory
Gender: Female Age: 21 years Appearance: Mahbaley is a statuesque woman, of striking looks and obvious great strength. Her skin is dark brown, her hair black and worn in braids, pulled back to keep them from her face in battle. She wears clothes bearing the crest of the royal house of lost Ancalia (a golden crowned griffon on a white field), clearing claiming her status as heir to the throne. Since she has awakened as a demi-deity, her skin has had the strength of iron and she strides into battle unarmored, wielding a scimitar. Her expression is typically grave, making her look older than she is, but she may smile in moments of relaxation.
Attributes Strength: 16: +2 / 5+ Dexterity: 14: +1 / 7+ Constitution: 8 (Endurance Word): 16: +2 / 5+ Wisdom: 13: +1 / 8+ Intelligence: 13: +1 / 8+ Charisma: 10 (Command Word): 16: +2 / 5+ [[ Saving Throws]] Hardiness (Constitution): 13 Evasion (Dexterity): 14 Spirit (Charisma): 13
Combat Total HP: 10 Attack Bonus: • Bow: +2 • Scimitar: +3 Weapons: • Bow (2H Ranged + Dexterity): 1d8+2 • Scimitar (Steel Without End + Strength): 1d10+3 (magical) Armor: Body of Iron Will + Dexterity: 2 Fray Die: 1d8
Facts Languages: Kerez, Modern Ren, Patrian, Trade Cant • Heir to the Throne of the Lost Kingdom on Ancalia • Wandering Mercenary and Adventurer, Commander of the Red Lion Mercenary Company • Tutored by the Best Scholars of the Unitary Church
Resources Effort: 2 Influence: 2 Dominion: 0 Wealth: 0
Words & Gifts Gift Points: 6 Command • Charisma 16 • The hero may communicate with any intelligent creature, understanding them and being understood in turn. • The hero’s commands are always correctly understood, though obedience will depend on their eloquence or the use of their gifts. • Corona of Fury (1) (Smite Action): Commit Effort to end of Scene. You hurl a torrent of your Word’s energy at a group of foes, affecting all within a 30-foot radius of a target point within sight of you. Each victim takes a 1d8 die of damage for every two levels you have, rounded up. • The Invincible Iron General (2) (Constant): All NPC soldiers serving under you gain +1 hit die, a hit bonus equal to your level, and a Morale of 11. Your will is automatically known by all your lieutenants and you always know the location, condition, and general activities of all military units that accept your command. • The Lieutenant’s Wisdom (1) (Action): Commit Effort before giving an order to a person or group in your service. While the Effort remains committed, you can spend an action to borrow the senses of any single member of the group or to communicate telepathically with any or all of them, and they can contact you. Endurance • Constitution 16 • The hero need not eat, sleep, drink, or breathe. • Body of Iron Will (1) (Constant): Your natural armor class is 3. You are impervious to any natural environmental damage, such as that caused by extreme heat, cold, pressure, radiation, or vacuum. Sword • The hero treats all their weapon or unarmed attacks as magical, cannot be disarmed, and can summon any melee weapon they’ve ever used immediately to hand as an Instant action. • Steel Without End (1) (Constant): All your melee weapon attacks are treated as magic weapons doing a 1d10+1 damage die, including unarmed attacks.
Back Story Mahbaley belongs to Seiso, the royal house of Ancalia; she is, in fact, one of the children of Arad, the last king of Ancalia. Like all Arad’s children, she was given an extensive education in all matters related to things of state--military strategy, diplomacy, history and the like. (Since the position of High Negus was elective--upon the death of the Negus, Ancalia’s nobility elected a new one from among the dead monarch’s children--it was important that all potential heirs receive this training.) Her tutors were scholars of the Unitary Church, who sought to mold her into a just ruler and a devout Uniter. She was a thoughtful, quiet child, preferring study to training with arms or court social events, but dutifully undertaking all that was required as part of her training.
And then the Night Roads erupted across Ancalia. The kingdom rapidly slid into chaos. High Negus Arad, Mahbaley’s father, saw what was coming and sent her and his other younger children into exile, seeking to preserve the royal blood like, while her older siblings remained at home in a futile effort to turn back the tide. At the age of sixteen, Mahbaley was forced to become a wanderer. Given the widespread view that Ancalia had brought this curse on itself, no other noble house or government would give shelter to Mahbaley or any of her younger siblings who accompanied her into exile. She found herself forced to fall back on her martial training and work as a mercenary and wandering adventurer, taking jobs across Vissio and in the border squabbles between Patria and Dulimbai (fighting for both sides at various times). She learned about military strategy in a very practical way, as well as how to survive and move stealthily in the wilds. She tried to provide for her younger siblings and keep in touch with them, but events worked against that and she now only has a rough notion of where some of them are. Eventually, however, she found a something of a home for herself, becoming a member of the mercenary Company of the Red Lion. During this time, the quiet, studious child became hardened by battle and travel. She grew popular enough among the Red Lion to be elected one of their lieutenants. They did not care one way or another about her royal bloodline--they simply saw a competent, thoughtful soldier.
The Red Lions were involved in a dispute between nobles in Vissio, when they found themselves betrayed and not simply being defeated, but in danger of being wiped out to keep their silence. Their captain was slain and Mahbaley was seriously wounded--when she suddenly found new abilities and senses waking in her. She was able to tell where all her fellows were and even look through their eyes and communicate with them telepathically. A ringing command from her caused many of their foe to flee. Using these abilities, she was able to marshal the Red Lions to break through the ring of enemies surrounding them and defeat them. Mahbaley was elected the new captain of the Red Lions on the spot.
Mahbaley remains a strong believer in the Unitary Church, though her life as a wandering mercenary means she has been less than devout in her practice. She is one of those who believes her new gifts are from the One, to be used in restoring creation. Now that she has this power, she believes it is her duty to build a force which she can use to cleanse Ancalia of the monsters and Night Roads that plague it, claim the throne for herself and restore the kingdom to its former glory. To this end, she is gathering exiled Ancalians and anyone else willing to follow her around her, building on the nucleus of the Red Lions. She knows the time is not yet right to return to Ancalia, so for the time being she continues to work as a mercenary captain, though she tries to pick and choose her battles and use her abilities in a way that is dutiful to the power the One has given her.
