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-==== Sorgul ====
+====== Sorgul (aka "Sorgol", aka "Solgar") ======
-[[Player Character]] in the [[Good Party]].  Male half-elf.
+==== Overview ====
-Instrumental in both the quest for the ten artifacts of Aurén
-Ilay and in the defeat of the Dark Mage.  Now living in [[Edric man|Edric]]'s castle to the
-north of Rota.  Has established a [[commune]] devoted to the study of the new
-magic.
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+[[Player Character]] in the [[Good Party]].  Half-elven priest to [[Bast]]. Adept at
+magic, devout to the point of confusion. Instrumental in both the quest for the
+ten artifacts of [[Aurén Ilay]] and in the defeat of the [[Dark Mage]].  Now
+living in [[Edric]]'s castle to the north of [[Rota]], where he has established a
+[[commune]] devoted to the study of the new magic.
+For more information, see [[Good Party]] and [[Solgar]].
+==== History ====
+**"The Life and Death of Sorgul, Snake-Slayer"**
+Sorgol was born November 8, 1049 in the small elvish community of Shalarkallal
+on [[Lendore]] Island.  His parents were craftsmen who worked with 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's
+birth. The baron of Frontier at the time of Sorgol's birth was a superstitious
+man named Rosklin who constantly sought council with his resident fortune
+teller.  This wizard had learned that it was more important to appease the baron
+than to divine the exact truth about the future.  Thus, it was with questionable
+accuracy when this wizard divined that a birth in this humble village would lead
+to the baron's downfall. 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's eldest brother, Saavlin. The
+nine-year old boy taunted the soldiers and threw 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.  The family was pursued further and eventually
+had to flee the island, leaving their eldest son behind.  They eventually found
+security and built a home on [[Midore]] island.  Within a month, the boy Saavlin
+escaped from the baron and 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, though, knew of the elvish custom and
+so had guards waiting to capture Saavlin to use him as bait to track down
+Sorgol.  A friend of the family who had escorted Saavlin from [[Midore]]
+witnessed the abduction and tried his best to prevent the arrest, but failed.
+Once in the baron's dungeon, Saavlin rallied the other prisoners to his cause
+and successfully staged a major break-out.  In the resulting riot, the baron and
+the boy were both killed.  Saavlin's body was never recovered 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]].  Quite simply, they could not 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's riot).
+As he grew, Sorgol found little in common with his family and spent much of his
+free time by himself.  At the age of fifteen, escorted by his older 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's destination: [[Spindrift]], Sorgol grew 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's influence that inspired Sorgol to become a cleric to [[Bast]].
+Caran was to have sent a message home telling of Sorgol's decision, but as fate
+would have it, the message never got delivered.  When several 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]].
+Though the hermit did not live in luxury, the two made a decent life in
+Shalarkallal by earning money from odd jobs and the crafts that Whitlin knew,
+chief among these was wood carving.  Whitlin also showed Sorgol some of 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.  After a few years, Whitlin began to 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.  Sorgol lived with her for a few months until his sister suggested he
+try for an apprenticeship with her old master.  He 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
+) Sorgol earned the love of the master's familiar: a beautiful grey cat named
+[[Gammage]].  Another apprentice, though, resented Sorgol's treatment and soon grew
+to hate the young half-elf. 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's familiar.
+Fearing his master's power, Sorgol fled from [[Lendore]] altogether.  At first
+he thought to head back to his parents, but decided instead to return to
+Shalarkallal.  Finding that Whitlin had never returned, Sorgol took passage for
+Backbone (hoping perhaps to find Whitlin there).  He did not find 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]]'s ways and learned the magics that the
+priests taught.  At that time, the high priest recognized that Sorgol could
+learn no more at the temple and sent him on missionary work around the kingdom.
+During the next seven years, Sorgol met many new people and gained the
+friendship of several.  One of which was the father of [[Rathwyn]], a priest 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).
+Eventually, he travelled to the high priest in Backbone and requested a new
+assignment.  The priest refused, but Sorgol knew that there was 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.  His stay with them was brief and
+uncomfortable and he learned of his supposed death.  He was disappointed when
+they did not seem ecstatic to learn he lived.  In fact, he 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.  He stayed there only a few weeks before returning to
+[[Lendore]].  With renewed faith, he began walking from village to village
+preaching [[Bast]]'s ways until he stumbled into [[Midland]] and met [[Felix]].
+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]]'s, known only as [["Brother
+William"]], kidnapped [[Rana]], along with [[eril|her cousin]], and left them
+strapped to a tree in the wild. Sorgol got the aid of a local Ranger, nicknamed
+[[Seagoon]], to retrieve the women.
+On September 2, 1090, Sorgol first gained recognition for his exploits when he,
+along with [[Rana]] and [[Seagoon]], rescued a mountain village from an evil
+cleric named [[Catharandamus]], who had tried to summon a great evil power.  At
+this point in his life, there was no turning back for Sorgol.  He was sure that
+his life could best be spent by helping those in need.  Shortly after this,
+though, [[Seagoon]] set out to avenge his father's death and was killed. In
+truth, Sorgol never knew until years later what had happened to his friend,
+never-the-less, he began to realize that to help others, there was always a
+cost.
+On December 15, 1091, Sorgol met the great mage [[Edric]] for the first time.
+[[Edric]]'s life story is one filled with tragedy and death, even more so than
+Sorgol's, yet [[Edric]] had an outlook on life that was enviable.  While many of
+[[Edric]]'s beliefs were not directly influential to Sorgol, his 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's
+personality.  This further caused a minor change in Sorgol's name.  He adopted
+the new spelling of Sorgul, using the elvish suffix "gul", meaning sorcery. With
+his new-found power, Sorgul became less and less concerned with his own safety.
+Where before, he would have followed [[Edric]]'s advice and taken a passive
+stance, now he was prone to more violence.  This 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.  The now-epic conflict with [[Hades]] began when Sorgul
+inadvertently mentally dominated the deity.  The god's ego quickly took over,
+but by the time Sorgul's control faded, [[Edric]]'s wife, [[Tacey]], had called
+on [[Aphrodite]] to protect them.  [[Hades]] left peacefully then, but did not
+forget.  On July 21, [[Hades]] led Sorgul to a trap by way of a magical deck of
+fortune cards.  [[Hades]]' revenge would not be satisfied by Sorgul's death,
+though.  Instead, [[Hades]] used the power of his magic throne to imbue Sorgul
+with a great evil power.  [[Hades]] then released Sorgul back on the world to
+play 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.  In defiance of his past, Sorgul twisted his name as
+[[Hades]] had twisted his life, and called himself [[Solgar]].  Within only a
+few months, [[Solgar]] had fulfilled [[Hades]]' plans and released from
+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]]'s plans to invade the eastern kingdom of [[Rota]].  As a fitting
+punishment, [[Solgar]] was imprisoned (as the [[Dark Mage]] had been for over a
+thousand years).  In a 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]].  During this time, [[Solgar]] "dreamed" that he had
+actually made it to the moon known as the Dancer (a final request promised by
+the [[Dark Mage]]).  In this fantasy-world, [[Solgar]] was the absoulte ruler.
+When brought back to the real world on May 29, 1104, he was disoriented and
+upset, and therefore easier to subdue.
+Sorgul's only apprentice in his original life: [[Rathwyn]], had arranged for his
+release and forced the great Helm of Demarest onto his head.  The effect of the
+helm was to erase all evil from [[Solgar]]'s mind.  This item, combined 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.  It was the handiwork of [[Bast]] herself which set the scrambled
+remains into their "proper" order.
+On October 27, 1104, Sorgul's psionic powers were put to a severe test 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.  With his intense curiosity in full gear, Sorgul took it upon
+himself to examine the crystal with magical aids to help him analyze its true
+form. Unfortunately, the crystal was a fragment brought from Limbo, and was a
+physical embodiment of pure chaos, and thus had no true form. Sorgul's mind, so
+recently cured from his previous ordeals, couldn't handle the overload.  When
+fully cured one week later, Sorgul found that his damaged psionic powers had
+been shuffled and, in an odd manner, reinstated.  Now, he 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"]].  This 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.  Not realizing that the 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.  With the aid of the illusionist [[Timrik Longrun]], the Slaad were
+repelled. Sorgul, though, realized that the "chaos force" he held within him
+could be a detriment.  Thus, he researched a magical spell to dispell the chaos
+from a his mind and restore the "natural order".  After completion of his
+research, he had [[Rathwyn]] read a scroll he had created.  The end result was a
+gradual restoration of Sorgul's original psionic powers.  At the present time,
+they are at a level greater than he has ever had and may yet increase.
+==== Solo Calendar (1105-1106) ====
+//**1105**//
+  * Jan 8 -- The Final Battle
+  * Jan 9 -- Collect blood from portal
+  * Jan 13 -- [[Rathwyn]] leaves [[Resh]].  Sorgul stays
+  * Jan 22 -- Majority of the ships have left [[Resh]].  Sorgul leaves.
+  * Jan 23 -- In Lurevard ([[immenri|Northern Continent]]).  Looks through window/portals.  The seventh window (CG) has no fortress (portal has apparantely moved).  Seals negative plane portal with Wall of Stone.
+  * Jan 24 -- Destroys Solgar's skeletons at mountain.  Rededicates it to [[Edric]].
+  * Jan 25 -- Meets Super-Orc at slaughterhouse.  Teleports home.
+  * Jan 26 -- Flies to [[rota_city|Rota]].  Buys swords for Super-Orc.  Flies up the coast north.
+  * Jan 27 -- Flies to [[immenri|Northern Continent]].  Waits overnight.  Casts avoidance on one of the swords.
+  * Jan 28 -- Back to slaughterhouse.  Takes some essences with him: Centipede, Rodent, Bird, Lycanthrope:Fox, and Grugach Elf. Teleports home.
+  * Jan 29 -- Thinks about [[Tillinghast]].  Prays to [[Bast]].
+  * Jan 30 -- Looks for [[Tamara]], the succubus.  Contacts [[Timrik]], the illusionist.
+  * Jan 31 -- [[Timrik]] comes out to the castle.
+  * Feb 1 -- Summoning [[Tamara]] fails.
+  * Feb 2 -- Tries again.  Dragged to the Abyss.
+  * Feb 3 -- Meets [[Lord of Chaos]].  Returns to Prime Material.  Slaad chase him back and are repulsed.
+  * Feb 5 -- Hears call from the vial of Grugach essence.
+  * Feb 6 -- //ESPs// vial and feels empathic touch.
+  * Feb 7 to Mar 4 -- Library hunting
+  * Mar 4 -- Full Moon - Vists with [[Ozzie]].
+  * Mar 5 -- Begins researching //Dispel Chaos//.
+  * May 2 -- Done with spell and scroll.
+  * May 3 -- Gets [[Rathwyn]] to cast it on him.
+  * June 1 -- Full Moon: [[Good Party]] travels to the Nine Hells to rescue [[Tillinghast]] and four others.
+  * June 5 -- Sorgul begins researching //"Sorgul's Compelling Transformation"// and realizes the complexities such a spell entails.
+  * June 7 -- Sorgul abandons the spell and succumbs to boredom.
+  * June 15 -- Commisions for the construction of a monument to [[Gammage]] to be placed in the catnip patch.
+//**1106**//
+  * Feb 22 -- On the full moon ([[Bast]]'s holy day), Sorgul begins his quest for companionship.
+  * Mar 3 -- Meets domestic cat in the wilderness.
+  * Mar 8 -- Arrives in [[Farflen]].
+  * Mar 23 -- Leaves [[Farflen]].
+  * Mar 28 -- Arrives in [[rota_city|Rota]].
+  * May 17 -- [[Nakam Alkat]] is defeated once and for all! (hopefully)
+  * May 20 -- [[Pelham]] calls for an emergency meeting of the [[council|Council of Wizards]].  All are invited, including the [[good party]], et al.
+  * May 24 -- The council convenes and [[Pelham]] unveils his new creation:  the re-shaped body and mind of the evil wizard [[Sardul]] in the form of "Sardula"
+  * May 25 -- Sorgul is returned home and starts his quest over again.
+  * June 8 -- In [[Farflen]].
+  * June 13 -- In [[rota_city|Rota]].
+  * June 15 -- Leaves for [[Lendore]] Island.
+  * June 21 -- Arrives in [[Restenford]] (still the important city on [[Lendore]] considering [[Spindrift]] has only recently been re-established as the capital).
+  * June 22 -- Arrives in the village of [[Midland]] (near [[Telmore]] Island).
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