sorgul
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
sorgul [2007/01/04 10:12] – jims | sorgul [2007/01/15 22:23] – jims | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | [[World|Back to main World page]] | + | [[start|Back to start page]] |
==== Sorgul ==== | ==== Sorgul ==== | ||
- | [[Player Character]] in the [[Good Party]]. | + | [[Player Character]] in the [[Good Party]]. |
- | Instrumental in both the quest for the ten artifacts of Aurén | + | magic, devout to the point of confusion. |
- | Ilay and in the defeat of the Dark Mage. Now living in [[Edric man|Edric]]' | + | ten artifacts of [[Aurén Ilay]] and in the defeat of the [[Dark Mage]]. Now |
- | north of Rota. Has established a [[commune]] devoted to the study of the new | + | living in [[Edric man|Edric]]' |
- | magic. | + | [[commune]] devoted to the study of the new magic. |
- | [[World|Back to main World page]] | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ==== The Life and Death of Sorgul, Snake-Slayer ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sorgol was born November 8, 1049 in the small elvish community of | ||
+ | Shalarkallal on [[Lendore]] Island. | ||
+ | wood and stone, his father a half-elf and his mother a full elf. They had | ||
+ | been blessed with four sons and a daughter before Sorgol, the eldest being | ||
+ | nine and one-half years older, and gave birth to their second daughter four | ||
+ | years after Sorgol' | ||
+ | birth was a superstitious man named Rosklin who constantly sought council | ||
+ | with his resident fortune teller. | ||
+ | important to appease the baron than to divine the exact truth about the | ||
+ | future. | ||
+ | that a birth in this humble village would lead to the baron' | ||
+ | The baron did not take his prophecy very well and, after much deliberation, | ||
+ | decided to rid himself of the possible threat by capturing the child. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When the baron sent his soldiers to the cottage, they were met with | ||
+ | determined resistance, not from the parents, but from Sorgol' | ||
+ | brother, Saavlin. | ||
+ | stones while his parents escaped out the back. Though the rest of the family | ||
+ | fled with the object of the soldiers mission, that didn't stop the soldiers | ||
+ | from setting fire to the cottage and capturing the boy Saavlin. | ||
+ | was pursued further and eventually had to flee the island, leaving their | ||
+ | eldest son behind. | ||
+ | island. | ||
+ | miraculously found his way back to his family. Because of their flight, | ||
+ | though, the family was put under severe stress and the resulting damage to | ||
+ | their social class and financial status was always subconciously placed on | ||
+ | the baby Sorgol. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When Sorgol was only five years old, Saavlin returned to Shalarkallal as | ||
+ | part of an elvish custom of adulthood. Rosklin, | ||
+ | custom and so had guards waiting to capture Saavlin to use him as bait to | ||
+ | track down Sorgol. | ||
+ | [[Midore]] witnessed the abduction and tried his best to prevent the arrest, but | ||
+ | failed. | ||
+ | his cause and successfully staged a major break-out. | ||
+ | the baron and the boy were both killed. | ||
+ | by his family and was assumed to have been buried with other prisoners killed | ||
+ | then. Even though the baron was dead, the family was unable to return | ||
+ | because of their financial status on [[Midore]]. | ||
+ | afford the move back and also feared the reaction of the general populace (as | ||
+ | well as the potential for charges against them stemming from Saavlin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | As he grew, Sorgol found little in common with his family and spent much | ||
+ | of his free time by himself. | ||
+ | sister Caran, Sorgol returned to [[Lendore]] Island and met a kindly old | ||
+ | immigrant named Whitlin. Whitlin was a wandering priest originally from the | ||
+ | kingdom of Backbone and had taken up residence in the burned house in | ||
+ | Shalarkallal only a few weeks earlier. Caran & Sorgol spent only a few days | ||
+ | there, but once they arrived at Caran' | ||
+ | restless at the thought of returning to his family. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Since Sorgol had no desire to return to a family that didn't seem to | ||
+ | appreciate him, he returned to stay with Whitlin and learn what he could from | ||
+ | the man. It was Whitlin' | ||
+ | to [[Bast]]. | ||
+ | but as fate would have it, the message never got delivered. | ||
+ | months later his family heard from Caran, they assumed that Sorgol had been | ||
+ | killed on the return trip. It wasn't for several years until Caran returned | ||
+ | home on a visit that the truth was straightened out. Even then, the family | ||
+ | assumed the worst because Sorgol had not sent any further word on his | ||
+ | whereabouts. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Back with Whitlin, Sorgol showed a strong interest in the teachings of | ||
+ | [[Bast]]. | ||
+ | in Shalarkallal by earning money from odd jobs and the crafts that Whitlin | ||
+ | knew, chief among these was wood carving. | ||
+ | the ancient hieroglyphs of the original worshipers of the Egyptian gods and | ||
+ | taught him the basics of the language spoken in Backbone. Whitlin, though, | ||
+ | refused to teach much of this language, fearing that Sorgol would pick up too | ||
+ | much of his slang and improper grammar. | ||
+ | realize that Sorgol had learned all he could with him and the young man was | ||
+ | eager for more. Thus, at the age of twenty-one, Sorgol was told he had to | ||
+ | leave. He initially refused to leave the old man, but was later forced to | ||
+ | change his mind when one morning he found Whitlin had left, leaving many | ||
+ | possessions behind. | ||
+ | |||
+ | By this time, Caran had learned some minor magics and was working on | ||
+ | independent research. | ||
+ | sister suggested he try for an apprenticeship with her old master. | ||
+ | succeeded in this and soon earned special treatment from the master for two | ||
+ | reasons: 1) Sorgol showed an amazing adeptness to the principles of magic | ||
+ | (more so than his sister had) and 2) Sorgol earned the love of the master' | ||
+ | familiar: a beautiful grey cat named Gammage. | ||
+ | resented Sorgol' | ||
+ | Eventually, after Sorgol had been there only two years, this other apprentice | ||
+ | forced Sorgol from the school by framing him for the murder of the wizard' | ||
+ | familiar. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fearing his master' | ||
+ | first he thought to head back to his parents, but decided instead to return | ||
+ | to Shalarkallal. | ||
+ | passage for Backbone (hoping perhaps to find Whitlin there). | ||
+ | his old friend, but did join the ranks of the temple of [[Bast]] and began | ||
+ | learning her ways full time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For five years, Sorgol studied [[Bast]]' | ||
+ | the priests taught. | ||
+ | could learn no more at the temple and sent him on missionary work around the | ||
+ | kingdom. | ||
+ | the friendship of several. | ||
+ | in one of the many temples Sorgol travelled to. Sorgol, though, grew bored. | ||
+ | For the last two years of his missionary work he accomplished very little and | ||
+ | lost the respect of some of his colleagues (who thought he was losing his | ||
+ | faith). | ||
+ | requested a new assignment. | ||
+ | no other way for him to learn more, so he disobeyed the high priest and left | ||
+ | Backbone. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Back on the islands, Sorgol traveled to [[Midore]] to visit his family, | ||
+ | hoping the years would have mellowed their feelings. | ||
+ | brief and uncomfortable and he learned of his supposed death. | ||
+ | disappointed when they did not seem ecstatic to learn he lived. | ||
+ | found they felt he had turned his back on them. He returned to Spindrift and | ||
+ | tried to pick up on his magical training where he had left off. For several | ||
+ | months, Sorgol was despondant and accomplished little. Eventually though, he | ||
+ | overcame his depression by focusing his energies on his magical research. | ||
+ | During this time, he lived in poverty and made his living by doing just about | ||
+ | anything (as long as it didn't hurt anybody). | ||
+ | |||
+ | After five years, he took to travelling again and returned to Backbone | ||
+ | for a short time, where he visited with the temple and found the old | ||
+ | distrusts had faded over the years. | ||
+ | returning to [[Lendore]]. | ||
+ | village preaching [[Bast]]' | ||
+ | |||
+ | On July 21, 1090, Sorgol met a half-elven woman named [[Rana]] who was in | ||
+ | the area to explore an off-shore island called Telmore. In this, his first | ||
+ | true adventure, Sorgol saw death for the first time when his new friend Felix | ||
+ | died violently. He also, for the first time in his life, knew true evil in | ||
+ | another man, when an aquaintance of [[Rana]]' | ||
+ | kidnapped [[Rana]], along with her cousin, and left them strapped to a tree in | ||
+ | the wild. Sorgol got the aid of a local Ranger, nicknamed [[Seagoon]], | ||
+ | retrieve the women. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On September 2, 1090, Sorgol first gained recognition for his exploits | ||
+ | when he, along with [[Rana]] and [[Seagoon]], | ||
+ | cleric named Catharandamus, | ||
+ | this point in his life, there was no turning back for Sorgol. | ||
+ | that his life could best be spent by helping those in need. Shortly after | ||
+ | this, though, [[Seagoon]] set out to avenge his father' | ||
+ | In truth, Sorgol never knew until years later what had happened to his | ||
+ | friend, never-the-less, | ||
+ | always a cost. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On December 15, 1091, Sorgol met the great mage [[Edric_man|Edric]] for the first | ||
+ | time. [[Edric_man|Edric]]' | ||
+ | than Sorgol' | ||
+ | many of [[Edric_man|Edric]]' | ||
+ | lifestyle most definitely was. Early the following year, Sorgol was given a | ||
+ | gift from [[Bast]]: a golden ring which regenerated wounds even to the point of | ||
+ | restoring life. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In May of 1092, Sorgol found a magical tome which unlocked powers never | ||
+ | before used within his mind. This, combined with the fact that he had taken | ||
+ | the brunt of a psionic assault a few days earlier, led to a dramatic change | ||
+ | in Sorgol' | ||
+ | name. He adopted the new spelling of Sorgul, using the elvish suffix " | ||
+ | meaning sorcery. | ||
+ | concerned with his own safety. Where before, he would have followed [[Edric_man|Edric]]' | ||
+ | advice and taken a passive stance, now he was prone to more violence. | ||
+ | change of attitude, in the long run, saved his life more times than it | ||
+ | endangered him. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On June 16, 1093, Sorgul and his friends came into conflict for the | ||
+ | first time with a divine being. | ||
+ | Sorgul inadvertently mentally dominated the deity. | ||
+ | took over, but by the time Sorgul' | ||
+ | called on [[Aphrodite]] to protect them. [[Hades]] left peacefully then, but did not | ||
+ | forget. | ||
+ | fortune cards. [[Hades]]' | ||
+ | though. | ||
+ | with a great evil power. | ||
+ | a key role in the downfall of the third age. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The new Sorgul was a being of great evil, but was held in check ever so | ||
+ | slightly by his previous goodness. | ||
+ | his name as [[Hades]] had twisted his life, and called himself [[Solgar]]. | ||
+ | only a few months, [[Solgar]] had fulfilled [[Hades]]' | ||
+ | imprisonment the being known as the [[Dark Mage]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As the years passed, [[Solgar]] found he was less and less in control of his | ||
+ | power, and played only a very slight role after the release of the [[Dark Mage]]. | ||
+ | Late in the year 1100, [[Solgar]] inadvertently interfered in the [[Dark Mage]]' | ||
+ | plans to invade the eastern kingdom of [[Rota]]. | ||
+ | was imprisoned (as the [[Dark Mage]] had been for over a thousand years). | ||
+ | deliberate twist, though, the [[Dark Mage]] made sure that [[Solgar]] would be aware | ||
+ | of the passage of time, whereas his own imprisonment was outside time. This | ||
+ | was enough to trip the fragile mind of [[Solgar]] over the edge. Unfortunately, | ||
+ | the buried mind of Sorgul suffered as well. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was nearly four years of this sort of sensory deprivation before | ||
+ | [[Solgar]] was released by [[Edric_man|Edric]]. | ||
+ | actually made it to the moon known as the Dancer (a final request promised by | ||
+ | the [[Dark Mage]]). | ||
+ | brought back to the real world on May 29, 1104, he was disoriented and upset, | ||
+ | and therefore easier to subdue. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sorgul' | ||
+ | his release and forced the great Helm of Demarest onto his head. The effect | ||
+ | of the helm was to erase all evil from [[Solgar]]' | ||
+ | with a magical rod which resurrected on contact, caused the presense of [[Solgar]] | ||
+ | to be erased, leaving only the devastated and powerless psyche of the original | ||
+ | Sorgul. | ||
+ | into their " | ||
+ | |||
+ | On October 27, 1104, Sorgul' | ||
+ | again, when he got into psionic combat with the [[Dark Mage]]. The assault was as | ||
+ | swift as it was fatal (to both sides). When restored to to life, Sorgul had | ||
+ | lost his psionic powers, and thus experienced yet another change in his | ||
+ | personality. | ||
+ | |||
+ | His new life went along fine for several months, until on November 23, | ||
+ | 1104, Sorgul found an oddly-glowing crystal nearly 100 feet across while on | ||
+ | the ethereal plane. | ||
+ | upon himself to examine the crystal with magical aids to help him analyze its | ||
+ | true form. Unfortunately, | ||
+ | and was a physical embodiment of pure chaos, and thus had no true form. | ||
+ | Sorgul' | ||
+ | the overload. | ||
+ | psionic powers had been shuffled and, in an odd manner, reinstated. | ||
+ | could cast all manner of magical spells, but he had no control over what he | ||
+ | could cast. His power was, in a sense, open-ended, but was without conscious | ||
+ | control. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On February 3, 1105, while on an accidental trip to the Abyss, Sorgul | ||
+ | came face to face with a being who called himself a "Lord of Chaos." | ||
+ | entity recognized Sorgul as a being on a par with himself in chaos power. | ||
+ | Strangely enough, this being considered the Sorgul at home to be one of the | ||
+ | greatest threats to the spread of chaos that existed. | ||
+ | two were the same person, the lord of chaos sent Sorgul to defeat himself. | ||
+ | When his error was realized, the lord of chaos, in his anger, sent a horde of | ||
+ | Slaad to track down Sorgul. | ||
+ | the Slaad were repelled. Sorgul, though, realized that the "chaos force" he | ||
+ | held within him could be a detriment. | ||
+ | dispell the chaos from a his mind and restore the " | ||
+ | completion of his research, he had [[Rathwyn]] read a scroll he had created. | ||
+ | end result was a gradual restoration of Sorgul' | ||
+ | the present time, they are at a level greater than he has ever had and may yet | ||
+ | increase. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[start|Back to start page]] | ||
sorgul.txt · Last modified: 2017/05/27 18:56 by 127.0.0.1