Ran Eltorchul

Ran Eltorchul

Race: Human, Class: Wizard (TYPE) 2nd Background: Noble, Alignment: Neutral Patron Deity: Mystra Factions: House Eltorchul 0

Ability Scores

Strength 14 (+2), Dexterity 9 (-1), Constitution 15 (+2); Intelligence 16 (+3), Wisdom 13 (+1), Charisma 11 (+0)

Proficiencies

Bonus: x Saving Throws: Intelligence & Wisdom Skills: Arcana, History, Persuasion, Religion Tools: Talis Playing Card Set Languages: Common, Gnomish, Undercommon Armor: None Weapons: WEAPON PROF

Traits

TRAITS

Feats

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Combat

Attacks: • Quarterstaff: +x, xdx+x, TRAITS Armor Class: AC, Initiative: +INIT, Speed: 30 ft Hit Points: XXX, Hit Dice: 2d6

Social

Personality Traits: I prefer to spent time with people who are fun over people who are acceptable. • I will support those I care about even if there are better, more-qualified options. Ideals: Ambition: Working your way up the ladder is the most noble occupation - whatever your current stage. Bonds: Twilight Vaeteru: Our world deserves to be out of the shadow. Flaws: Vengeful: If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields.

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Traits

Racial Traits

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Class Traits

• Spellcasting: Spell Save DC: x • Spell Attack Bonus: x
• Spellbook: x/100 pages
  • Cantrips: dancing lights, minor illusion, ray of frost
  • First Level: color spray, detect magic, disguise self, feather fall, mage armor, magic missile, shield, witch bolt

Specialty Traits

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Background Traits

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Feats

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Resources

• Coins: x cp • x sp • x ep • x gp • x pp • Other coins: x
• Gems: x

Magic Items

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Equipment

Carried Equipment

• In Hand: x
• Worn: x
• Belt: x
• Backpack: x

Stored Equipment

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Lifestyle

• xxx: (x gp/day). x

Origin

Everyone in Waterdeep knows Lord Ildigan Eltorchul and his concort, Rambiya. What very few are

aware of is that around the Eltorchul villa and during the Divine Pageantry Rambiya answers to the

name Modis former scion of House Ilzimmer before his bonding to Ildigan. While saececraft alone let

Modis move from his magical classroom to the glittering parties of the nobility of Waterdeep with

none the wiser, it was only magic that could provide his most important contribution as concert –

heirs.

Modis secluded herself for six months, and Divine Pageantry she performed the most holy act of that

day – she brought six new nobles into the world. While Rambiya Eltorchul might be from Vaeteru,

Modis Ilzimmer was not, and Concort Xantha Ilzimmer was not about to let a connection with one of

the better Waterdhavian noble families go to waste. Xantha began hosting a ball after the Temple of

Beauty’s Grand Court, ostensibly in honor of Sune, marking the only time on the social calendar

where the nobility, the priesthood of Sune, and the Saece mingle openly. More directly she has

made sure that she (and her gifts) were represented at every major milestone in the children’s lives

and has encouraged her hildren to look on the Eltorchul brood as favourite cousins. Even Shirrye is

said to have more time for the sextuplets then most.

Ran Eltorchul was acknowledges as the fifth child and youngest son of the group. A rambunctious

but sensitive child, Ran had Modis’s favourite (though he would never admit it) combination of

Ildigan’s eyes and his smile. Ran was always close to his Da (though always Mother in public), and

wanted to grow up to be just like him. While he could not attend any noble events in his early teens

he would often go to Vaeteru with his ‘mother’ and grew familiar with the grand dames of Caeteru

and the soft-traders alike. As soon as he turned 17 with his siblings and had his Coming Out ball (the

event of the season. Never before had a noble family present six scions at once.), Ran conjoled

Modis into taking him on as an apprentice both as a wizard and in saececraft. He was a diligent

student of magic, but he took the most joy in his lessons in saececraft. He was so proud when he was

able to accompany Rambiya to the Temple of Beauty to walk in his first Processional of Manifest

000000Beauty.

It was a disaster.

While people say there are as many types of saece as there are grains of sand on the sea, that does

not mean that everyone has a path to becoming Queen of Vaeteru. Ran was too excited to hear the

whispers at first, but it didn’t stay that way for long. His haw was to square. His shoulders and chest

to broad. He was too tall. He would never reach the pinnacle of feminine beauty needed to please

Sune. He would always look like a man in a dress – no matter how expensive the frock or how skilful

the makeup was applied. He was crushed.

The next morning Ran gave his Ta a hug and informed him that saececraft wasn’t what he expected

and wasn’t for him. He donated his frocks and wigs to some soft-traders he knew and that afternoon

joined the Pankratium Triumphant. If his shoulders were too broad he would make them broader. If

his thighs were too thick he would make hem thicker. As a wizard he had no real hope of winning

against the paladins and fighters who spend hours a day practicing, but he took up wrestling at the

gymnasium, and broke his nose sever times in the process. He allowed it to without magic so it

would stay crooked. He would be as far away from the perfect saece as he could. But that doesn’t

mean he left Vaeteru. Far from it.

Not only does Ran’s desires run to jacks over janes, but he doesn’t even blame Vaeteru or even the

saece for his disappointment and humiliation. He blames The Temple of Beauty. So he studies his

magic, and he exercises his body, and he plans. Oh yes, he has plans.

The temples of Waterdeep are always jockeying for prominence, and Ran is determined to make

sure the Temple of Beauty falls to the bottom of the heap. Money and information are the lifeblood

of Waterdeep, and his first stage uses that knowledge. During his early years in Vaeteru, Ran learned

that the soft traders have never managed to organize into a guild. Ran wants to convince the

Eltorchul and the Ilzimmer families to act as patrons of a new Solidarity of Festhalls. By gaining the

gratitude of the soft traders his family will gain coin and rumors whispered over the pillows of

Waterdeep, and the soft traders have always made up a large amount of Vaeteru’s people thus

assuring his place within the community.

For his second phase, he must turn to the House of Wonder. House Eltorchul as always had strong

ties to their neighbor the House of Wonder, and members of Ran’s generation all have been invited

to call Meleghost Starseer himself Uncle. To bring one temple low Ran must raise another high. The

House of Beauty is the only Waterdeep temple that maintains hierodule. Ran must convince his

Uncle Meleghost to allow at least two at the House of Wonder as well as a cleric dedicated to

helping the newly formed Solidarity of Festhalls do to their arcanators and arcanatrixes. The

hierodule could even take on members of the Solidarity as apprentices with their fees provided by the guild. But there in another reason the House of Wonder is perfect for Ran’s plan. While being dedicated to Mystra, the House of Wonder hosts the Shrine to Azuth as well.

Being a curious child, Ran often wandered across the alley to the House of Wonder and as such became quite conversant with the calendar at the temple. Late in Mirtul, The Shrine to Azuth hosts a small, and completely overlooked and under-attended, Festival of Potions, Unguents, and Elixirs. The House of Wonder has always resented that they did not have more influence of the Watchful Order of Magists & Protectors so Ran wants to had his Uncle three other guilds instead: His Solidarity, The Cosmetics and Perfumers’ Guild*, and the Guild of Apothecaries and Physicians. By enticing these three guilds to patronize the competition the profile and revenue of the House of Wonder will raise immensely.

And finally, this is how Ran will bring the Temple of Beauty low. The Temple of Beauty has no major event on the Waterdeep season and needs the revenue of the saece attendance and the hierodule to maintain its current level. If the Festival of Potions, Unguents, and Elixirs can become an event of makeup and illusion artistry the Temple of Beauty will be in trouble. After that Ran can leave it to his Uncle Meleghost. With three guilds under his influence, Ran has no doubt that his Uncle will make his temple rise to the top. Too wide shoulders they said? Well fuck them – see who listens now.

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