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The life and times of a noble in the renaissance who just so happens to be a member of one of the most lets say controversial families of the time, the Borgias.
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    August 17th​ 1476, in a small manor on the outskirts of Ravenna Romagna of the papal states a baby boy is born, crying with powerful lungs. His mother, shaky and drained from the ordeal, holds the babe close before the midwife takes the boy to his father. The older man, a cardinal of the holy church and a man of great power, holds the child and appraises it looking to see if he recognizes any of himself in its face or if he resembles his mistress's husband instead, and is pleased to find the child is his. "Do not cry hijo, for today marks the beginning of a grand life for you. From today and ever onwards, you are a Borgia."

    [] What shall be the boys name? (write in)

    1479, three years later and you and your older brothers Cesare and Juan are bored. You are stuck in some big room in Castel Sant'Angelo while your father argues with his boss about something, he wouldn't tell you what or why you needed to be here. You and your brothers can't even leave because your father put guards outside to keep you from leaving.

    "I demand to be let out!" your brother Cesare yells at the guards, "I know you can hear me, stop ignoring me!" "Calm down brother, those meatheads probably cant even understand you." Juan says, trying to calm down his little brother. "We aren't going to be let out till father comes back so lets try and find something fun to do." All you've been left with are these big dumb books your father wanted you to read, or at least have Juan read for you, but what do you actually want to do here?

    Choose two

    [] Juan doesn't want to read musty old books, he wants to fight! He grabs a few brooms and hands them out, saying whoever wins the fight is king of the castle! (martial)

    [] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)

    [] One of those books is about ruling over people and being a leader at least sounds cool, maybe the book will be too? (stewardship)

    [] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)

    [] Father is a holy man supposedly, maybe you should have Juan read the holy book? If nothing else the pictures in it are really pretty. (learning)



    Okay so this is probably a terrible decision on my part but I've decided to try my hand at running a quest, I've been a gm for a good few years and it can't be that much harder. This is, as you can probably tell, a ck2 style quest where you will be following and controlling a new son of the Borgia dynasty, spawn of generally bad dude Rodrigo Borgia the future Pope Alexander IIV. I'm not giving you the choice in gender because everything was super sexist back then so you'd have far less options and also because I've had very bad experiences when voters have had female protagonists. Char gen will progress every 3 years until you are 16 where it will then be either a year per update or six months per update.
     
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    • Valentino Borgia
    Stats:
    Diplomacy: 20
    Intrigue: 17
    Stewardship:15
    Martial:10
    Learning:18
    Prowess:11

    Traits:

    Handsome +3 diplomacy +10 to diplomacy against those attracted to you.

    Sixth Sense +2 to intrigue diplomacy and learning, may add 20 to one roll every update

    Fortune builder +5 stewardship +10 to rolls dealing with mercantile endeavors

    Dagger Expert:+10 prowess when using a dagger

    Humble: +3 learning

    Ambitious: +1 Everything

    Shrewd: +2 all but prowess

    Visions of an end, +3 learning, existential dread
     
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    • [] Sergio
    I feel like this is a Sergio. Mostly through formula 1...

    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)

    Gotta be sneaky.

    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)

    Gotta be good with words.

    Also hey pit, let's make mistakes together.

    Edit: Changing my name vote
    [X] Valentino
    Tobtorp threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: test for qm Total: 5
    5 5
     
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    [X] Domenico

    [X] One of those books is about ruling over people and being a leader at least sounds cool, maybe the book will be too? (stewardship)
    [X] Father is a holy man supposedly, maybe you should have Juan read the holy book? If nothing else the pictures in it are really pretty. (learning)

    Reading is fun.
     
    [X] One of those books is about ruling over people and being a leader at least sounds cool, maybe the book will be too? (stewardship)
    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)

    Let's see if we can sort this peninsula out lol
     
    [X] Valentino

    [X] Juan doesn't want to read musty old books, he wants to fight! He grabs a few brooms and hands them out, saying whoever wins the fight is king of the castle! (martial)

    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)
     
    [X] Valentino

    [X] Juan doesn't want to read musty old books, he wants to fight! He grabs a few brooms and hands them out, saying whoever wins the fight is king of the castle! (martial)

    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)

    Sucker for martial options
     
    [X] Tomme

    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)
    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)
     
    It warms my heart to see a historical based quest.

    [X] Federico
    [X] Juan doesn't want to read musty old books, he wants to fight! He grabs a few brooms and hands them out, saying whoever wins the fight is king of the castle! (martial)
    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)

    The Sword and Pen, the two pillars to advancing upwards in life and then maintaining any power.

    The rest of the skills are nice but in the long run don't pay the dividends these 2 do.
     
    [X] Alessandro
    [X] One of those books is about ruling over people and being a leader at least sounds cool, maybe the book will be too? (stewardship)

    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)
     
    [X] Domenico

    [X] One of those books is about ruling over people and being a leader at least sounds cool, maybe the book will be too? (stewardship)
    [X] Father is a holy man supposedly, maybe you should have Juan read the holy book? If nothing else the pictures in it are really pretty. (learning)
     
    [X] Federico

    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)
    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)
     
    [X] You're a charming kid, you know if you try hard enough you can convince those guards to let you all out (diplomacy)
    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)
     
    [X] Ezio

    [X] Juan doesn't want to read musty old books, he wants to fight! He grabs a few brooms and hands them out, saying whoever wins the fight is king of the castle! (martial)

    [X] Cesare wants out, and he wants your help. The two of you together can absolutely find a way out of here and those stupid guards will never know (intrigue)
     
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    • You and Cesare quickly devise a plan that will hopefully work one way or another. You are going to go over and try to convince the guards that you and your brothers need to leave and if they won't let you go then you need to distract them away from Cesare while he does something they will need to leave you unguarded for so you can all run. While Cesare moves to get into position you head over to the guards and whisper with faked fear in your voice "Mr. guardsmen? I think I saw a strange man through the window, he looked at us before climbing away and now I don't know where he went. Could we please leave, I don't feel safe here?"

    [Valentino Diplomacy: 12]

    The older guardsman turns to look towards the windows, a moment of concern on his face, before sighing and saying "And if this strange man were here this would be the safest place for you, two guards, reinforced windows and a heavy door." You see Cesare near the door, playing with one of the brooms Juan got and looking at you waiting for his opportunity. You also see Juan looking at the two of you, interested in what the two of you are doing but not wanting to get in trouble by getting involved. You need to distract these guards now or you're going to be stuck here for another few hours and that's going to feel like forever, so you put on your most scared and innocent face and say "Can you at least help me look for him, make sure he really is gone? Please?"

    [Valentino intrigue: 85]

    The older guardsman lets out another sigh before grabbing his partner, who doesn't look happy to be happy that he's having to find some three year olds boogeyman, and they head over to the window with you, Juan coming to help as well, and when you turn back to the door Cesare is gone. You manage to keep the guards distracted for about five minutes before you notice Cesare return with his broom missing and he gives you a thumbs up with a smile on his face. The guardsman, now fairly annoyed, says "see, no strange men climbing around, now go back to your reading or playing or whatever and leave us be." As the two return to their posts. You head over to Cesare and say "Well, did you do it?" "Just wait a bit, I'm certain it'll work.

    You wait and you wait and you wait, for what feels like forever before you hear someone running outside before ripping open the door. You see a guardsman standing there with some black spots on his armor and he almost yells at his fellow guards "There is a fire in the library, we need your help trying to put it out, get moving!" before he runs down the hall to find more guards to help. "Shit, you brats stay right here!" the younger guard says as the two rush off. You wait a few seconds before looking over at Cesare who just smiles, gives you two thumbs up, and says "It'd be really stupid to stay in a burning castle, we should get out of here." "Father is going to kill the both of you if he finds out this was you fault." Juan says, first out the door.

    +5 diplomacy and intrigue, all stats will gain a d7 at the end of char gen

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    1482

    Thankfully with your story about a strange man being around there's enough suspicion that he caused it that you and your brother stayed out of trouble for the arson, not so much the leaving the room you were supposed to stay in but like Cesare said, it'd be very stupid to stay.

    Things have changed a lot in the last three years. Now, thanks to what your father had been doing in that castle you almost burnt down, you and your brothers are now legally his children. Apparently, you weren't before so now your family's been able to be together more often, though you haven't been able to see your mother as much. That family's also grown, you now have a little sister named Lucrezia and a little brother named Gioffre. With all this new time with your larger family, who are you closest to?

    Choose two

    [] Rodrigo Borgia, your father. You don't get to spend as much time with him as you'd like, he's always away on some important work that he says is for the Borgia. What time you do spend with him he uses to teach you as much as he can, saying that a cunning mind is a Borgias Greatest tool.

    [] Juan Borgia, your oldest brother. He never did stop wanting to fight, pestering the guards to teach him what they knew of combat, and when not outside playing with toy swords he'd be sticking his nose into whatever stories he could find that had knights and kings in them.

    [] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [] Lucrezia Borgia, your little sister. While she's only been able to talk a very short time she always comes to you asking so many questions or for your help whenever she needs something. Despite how bossy and frustrating she can be you always stay patient with her

    [] Gioffre Borgia, your little brother. He's not even able to speak yet and its often more like babysitting but you still care for him. Whenever you aren't doing something else you'll often be found reading to him.
     
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    • [X] Gioffre Borgia, your little brother. He's not even able to speak yet and its often more like babysitting but you still care for him. Whenever you aren't doing something else you'll often be found reading to him.

    [X] Juan Borgia, your oldest brother. He never did stop wanting to fight, pestering the guards to teach him what they knew of combat, and when not outside playing with toy swords he'd be sticking his nose into whatever stories he could find that had knights and kings in them.

    [X] Assassins Creed
     
    [X] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [X] Lucrezia Borgia, your little sister. While she's only been able to talk a very short time she always comes to you asking so many questions or for your help whenever she needs something. Despite how bossy and frustrating she can be you always stay patient with her

    [X] Assassins Creed
     
    [X] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [X] Rodrigo Borgia, your father. You don't get to spend as much time with him as you'd like, he's always away on some important work that he says is for the Borgia. What time you do spend with him he uses to teach you as much as he can, saying that a cunning mind is a Borgias Greatest tool.

    [X] Historical
     
    [X] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [X] Lucrezia Borgia, your little sister. While she's only been able to talk a very short time she always comes to you asking so many questions or for your help whenever she needs something. Despite how bossy and frustrating she can be you always stay patient with her

    [X] Historical
     
    [X] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [X] Lucrezia Borgia, your little sister. While she's only been able to talk a very short time she always comes to you asking so many questions or for your help whenever she needs something. Despite how bossy and frustrating she can be you always stay patient with her

    [X] Assassins Creed
     
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    • Rodrigo Borgia,former Pope of the catholic church,former grandmaster of the templar order, former patriarch of the Borgias 6/10
    Your father and once one of the most powerful men in Rome, now deceased.

    Cesare Borgia, cardinal of the catholic church, Templar 7/10
    Your brother and closest friend. King consort of spain. leader of the crows( note they are actually a cannon thing i didnt make them up cesares just an edgy dork)
    Martial 19

    Diplomacy 5

    Stewardship 5

    Intrigue 19

    Learning 9

    Prowess 17

    Juan Borgia, captain general of the church, templar 4/10
    Your oldest brother. The Captain commander of the black company. Grandmaster of the roman rite. currently serving as a mercenary for the holy roman emperor.

    Lucrezia Borgia, Princess of the Borgias 3/10
    Your little sister. The spoiled princess of the family, and now spoiled duchess of Ferrara. theres some tension between the two of you.

    Gioffre Borgia, youngest of the Borgia 4/10
    Your little brother. Currently married to the daughter of a teutonic templar and not allowed to leave.

    your nephew, lucrezias bastard, you took the boy in at your brother in laws request. Despite the boys attempts it seems his mother and father in law want little to do with him, either for the controversy of his birth of his friendship with your sons
    10 martial
    14 stewardship
    17 diplomacy
    18 Intrigue
    15 learning
    15 prowess

    Ruxandra Draculesti Borgia 7/10
    Your wife and granddaughter to Vlad Tepes, you dont know much about her truely

    Martial 16

    Stewardship 10

    Diplomacy 16

    Intrigue 20

    Learning 12

    Prowess 10

    Beautiful, +3 intrigue, +10 on diplomacy rolls against people attracted to her

    Lupo borgia, your first son, 5/10, born 15th of december 1501
    A rather Brash young man, the assassins attacks have given him something of a compulsion towards fairness, unwilling to act as those who would try to attack child in his home.
    He's also grown a desire to be respected by men under his command, and tries to act in an honorable and admirable way, though this at times can backfire
    diligent:+2 diplomacy, +3 stewardship, +3 learning
    Skilled tactician: +6 martial
    Apprentice warrior: +5 prowess +2 martial
    Apprentice swordsman: +5 prowess when wielding a sword
    Whimsical: +2 martial, +2 diplomacy, +1 intrigue
    Just: +2 stewardship, +1 learning,+1 diplomacy, -3 intrigue
    Handsome:+3 diplomacy, +10 on diplo rolls against those attracted to lupo
    Privateer: +1 martial, +5 to naval rolls
    ???:???
    Martial 24
    Stewardship 12
    Diplomacy 15
    Intrigue 11
    Learning 11
    Prowess 17

    Apollonio, your second son, 5/10, born 18th of febuary 1507
    A young boy, the walking image of his mothers grandfather when he was young to hear her tell it.
    Trickster: +4 intrigue, +2 prowess, -1 diplomacy
    Martial 0
    stewardship 0
    diplomacy -1
    Intrigue 9
    learning 4
    prowess 2

    Valeria, your daughter, 5/10, born the 12th of march 1518
    your youngest child, resembles her mother when she was younger.

    Anacletos, A former gladiator slave of the ottoman empire. He escaped during the war in the east and fled westward, arriving eventually in Ravenna where Giovanni recruited him as a bodyguard

    Martial 14

    Stewardship 8

    Diplomacy 6

    Intrigue 17

    Learning 7

    Prowess 23

    Sophia Meloda, Your spymaster, templar of the Byzantine rite, 3/10
    A woman from constantinople and member of the byzantine rite, you've only just met the woman, seems smug, Currently not working for you
    Martial 8
    Diplomacy 13
    Stewardship 10
    Intrigue 20
    Learning 15
    Prowess 12

    Varga Corvinus, Bastard of john Corvinus, Bastard of Matthias Corvinus Hunyadi of hungary. Hired to serve as a general after the departure of your last one

    Martial 21

    Stewardship 14

    Diplomacy 14

    Intrigue 7

    Learning 9

    Prowess 17


    Django Argov, Romani Steward 3/10
    A local from the exiles, you barely knew the man before the odyssey, seems confidant
    Martial 8
    Diplomacy 12
    Stewardship 20
    Intrigue 14
    Learning 10
    Prowess 8

    The pariah Ilario Lombardi, he hides most of his body as it was horribly scarred in an incident involving the assassin machiavelli

    Martial: 13

    Diplomacy: 5

    Stewardship: 20

    Intrigue: 12

    Learning: 15

    Prowess: 12

    3/10
    Arnao de Valterra. Spymaster and one of cesares crows, the man speaks little of Spain or his time there, not wanting to give away information from home

    Martial 10

    Stewardship 10

    Diplomacy 16

    Intrigue 20

    Learning 14

    Prowess 18

    Guillaume, founder of the newly remade knights templar and former knight hospitaller

    Martial 20

    Stewardship 8

    Diplomacy 14

    Intrigue 8

    Learning 16

    Prowess 20

    vivaldo belotti, professor , militia leader, and defacto governor of Pisa, 3/10
    Martial 16
    Diplomacy 10
    Stewardship 10
    Intrigue 10
    Learning 22
    Prowess 12

    Georgios Kostas, Your bodyguard, Greek champion, 4/10
    A renowned champion and bodyguard, Lost part of his right arm while serving as a general
    One handed: -10 prowess
    Martial 14
    Diplomacy 8
    Stewardship 8
    Intrigue 4
    Learning 12
    Prowess 12

    Elena Farnese, your Engineer, defender of San Marino. 3/10
    A prodigy of engineering from San Marino
    Martial 14
    Diplomacy 7
    Stewardship 11
    Intrigue 5
    Learning 20
    Prowess 14

    Niccolo Machiavelli, Diplomat, philosopher, Assassin. 2/10
    A member of the assassins you have recruited as a diplomat
    Martial 12

    Stewardship 10

    Diplomacy 20

    Intrigue 16

    Learning 13

    Prowess 16

    See advisors entry

    See advisors entry

    Charles the third of savoy, unexpected lord and friend to your brother juan

    Duke of Sienna, master assassin, neighbor, 3/10
    Apparently he's the reason you are one of the few templars left in Italy, hopefully you won't find yourself one of his victims

    Uncle of ezio, lord of monterigionni, leader of a band of mercenaries, and assassin
    An older man, though he seems no weaker for it, hopefully he won't try to kill you

    See advisors entry

    Gaetan Ast, former swiss guard 1/10
    A former member of the swiss guard, and formerly one of your commanders before he deserted due to refusing to follow an order
    Martial 18
    Diplomacy 12
    Stewardship 8
    Intrigue 10
    Learning 9
    Prowess 15

    Ramiro de Canizares and now pope Honorius IV, the pope appointed by cesare after his capture of rome, hes far more humanitarian than one would expect from a spanish cardinal, having opposed the inquisition and its acts against both the heretics and heathens

    Ancelt Lemery now pope Gabriel, the avignon pope, he was elected only amongst a minority of the cardinalship, making his legitimacy questionable at best, but he has recieved a lot of support form prince francis, the man is near as warlike as julius was

    Barbarossa, redbeard, father Oruc, pirate lord of algiers and the barbery coast, and more.
    The lord of Algiers, who stole the land and title from its previous lord in 1516. Barbarossa, whos tormented the northern mediterranean coast for a decade. Father Oruc, who rescued the muslims, Morisco, and jews from the spanish inquisition and led them to northern africa.

    your nephew, cesares son, and prince of spain, born april 2 1504
     
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    • [X] Cesare Borgia, your other brother. Thankfully he's never tried to burn down another castle but he still hasn't stopped doing whatever it takes to get what he wants, and the two of you have been something of an unstoppable duo together

    [X] Rodrigo Borgia, your father. You don't get to spend as much time with him as you'd like, he's always away on some important work that he says is for the Borgia. What time you do spend with him he uses to teach you as much as he can, saying that a cunning mind is a Borgias Greatest tool.

    [X] Historical
     
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