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Human Thrall of Lord Arturo
You are a highly educated scholar and devotee of the Hindu God Ganesh. You are here to retrieve a holy relic, the Shiva Lingam of Haidakhan and return it to its temple home.
Plot Point: Object of Great Arcane Power
Out of everyone here, you hold the most accurate information about the nature and powers of the Shiva Lingam of Haidakhan. Shiva Lingams are smooth oval stones found only in the Gangi river in India. They are the earthly representation of the God Shiva's generative organ. This Shiva Lingam in particular is special because it has been used in Shivan worship in the temple of Haidakhan for over a thousand years. It's primary power is the restoration of vitality, but only one who is properly prepared with the sacred purification rituals can benefit from its blessing. [see Purification & Blessing Rituals] It was stolen from its temple during the time of British rule. Since its loss it has surfaced many times and now, finally, one of the temple's agents is in position to retrieve it. That's your job. Also, before the relic can be fully restored, it must be cleansed. To cleanse the relic everyone who has handled it must be cleansed using a special ritual. [see Purification Ritual]
Personality Detail: The Rumormonger
You often perform tasks such as this one. You are an adept investigator and, you guiltily admit, a bit of an adventurer. Your standard operating procedure when entering a new scenario is to set yourself up as a collector and distributor of information. Rumor, gossip and all those little personal details often give insight into the complex schemes of the elite.
Fellow Devotee of Ganesh: Melody
In your investigations you've discovered that the sacred object is in the hands of a vampire. You know from past experience that vampire circles are extremely difficult to infiltrate and that they don't treat strange humans poking about, uh, kindly. Luckily for you one of the local followers of Ganesh's cult is newly embraced into one of the local vampire houses. You insinuated yourself into her company and impressed her with your arcane knowledge (vamps love that kind of stuff). She was so impressed that she used her vampiric charms to muddle your mind and gave you as a gift to her master. (This happened a few weeks ago.)
Your "Master": Lord Arturo Vladimir Maximillian Rex
Although you have had congress with vampires in the past, you have never before been enthralled to one. Lord Arturo's mental abilities are quite strong and his powers far surpass your own. You are compelled to obey his orders and remain by his side, and you are restrained from acting against his welfare or speaking of house matters to outsiders. Although this is an embarassing predicament, it does not look like it is going to interfere with your primary mission and it has given you access to vampire society.
Obscure Plot Point: The Vampire Vikram
The are legends in India of the vampire named Vikram. [see Hindu Mythology]
People You Know:
- Lord Arturo Vladimir Maximillian Rex - vampire, your master
- Valentina - vampire, Lord Arturo's eldest childe
- Alexei - vampire, Lord Arturo's childe
- Melody - vampire, Lord Arturo's childe
- Reynard - vampire, Lord Arturo's youngest childe
- Mother - ghoul, Lord Arturo's ghoul
- Hunter - human, Lord Arturo's hired henchman
Your Props:
- Purification of the body ritual text
- Purification of the soul ritual text
- Blessing of Shiva ritual text
- Ritual overview
- Notebook
- Indian mythology handout
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