To Travel, To Study and to Watch (Nega-Quest)
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- California,USA
To Travel, To Study and to Watch
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(Lawrence of Arabia POV)
Dear Ned.
I've come to the conclusion that going east again will be the death of me. With the Sorcerer Mozenrath and others like him that way, I'll take my chances out west. Tunisia and the lands of Libya are drought with Peril and danger, but I think I have the means to keep them at bay until I get to somewhere more secure, not only will I sell my trinkets but also find a way to study the Jackal's headpiece in a more Scientific manner.
Now I don't believe in the supernatural fully, but I do want to know if its power is in any way shape or form a danger to us all and the responsible thing to do is...study the power of a pagen god.
I'm either going to die horribly, or discover a terrible secret or two.
Either way I'm being responsible about it all and not going to mess with it until absolutely necessary.
Thank God I have this Sand Sailer...otherwise it would be a long walk in the sun to deal with.
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You sat in the Moonlight of the Tunisian Sky, and looked at the Jackal Headpiece gently, looking at the responsibility of the God Anubis had thrust upon him.
It was a Headpiece, and you knew it was on top of a crown, either a Priest or a Pharaoh, to be a symbol of the Anubis's patronage on earth. But what was its power?
What made it so special? To be buried in the Tomb of Kha?
You held it in the Moonlight, holding it so its carved eyes. "What do you do? What do they see in you?"
As you held it, you took a deep breath and let the Universe in.
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(??? POV)
Who were we? We are all a Lost Generation? The Unspoken who have been forgotten by time and memory.
Each of us is the story of Life, of Death of Joy and Sorrow.
Of Dignity and Despair, of Light and Dark…
Life and Death are but a Mirror.
And a Mirror not only reflects something back, but it reveals what is behind the mask we wear to deceive ourselves and to deceive others.
You have seen the edge of Death and Life…
So now you will see.
SEE as the Masters of the Temple of Anubis did in the days of Yore!
SEE!!!
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(T.E Lawrence POV)
You shook your head as you spaced back into reality.
"Uhh, don't stare at something too long...it will make you space out." You said to yourself as you put the Jackal Headpiece away from the moonlight to just look at it.
"Mirror...Mirror." You said remembering the thought in your head.
What is it a Mirror for?
A Mirror for the Soul.
And then it flooded into you as something relevant to that very thought came riding into you like a horse and buggy.
"Proverbs 27:19: As in water, face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man." You said calmly.
"You see the hearts of man, you see the works of their soul and their heart...so that is why you are the power of Anubis...you guide and see Man's very being so you can bring them before the Judge Osirus. But you have another purpose don't you?"
You finally looked into the Eyes of Anubis and smiled a small smile.
"You reflect their lives back at them like a Mirror, so they may see all that they are and what they truly look like." You said.
The Headpiece was silent but the silent awe you felt its power as you observed, hypothesized it and finally experimented.
"Show me." You said as the Headpiece glowed and engulfed you in a Light that could be seen for miles as you saw the man you were.
The Man you would become...what you would lose, what you would gain, and what would be lost along the way.
It was enlightening, it was terrifying...it was Sobering…
But in the end you knew who you really were…
Thomas Edward Lawrence saw his soul in the light and it smiled sadly as it embraced you as a brother.
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It was the Sunrise as the storm clouds gathered...as the energy in the air changed.
You caught the attention of something powerful and dangerous. But somehow it was far away and angry.
Well, better take cover and prey to God and Anubis for this one.
At least it can't get worse.
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(Mozenrath POV)
You knew deep down it was him, that scoundrel of a man of a bastard that keeps getting in the way of things.
You knew deep down you missed something from the Vally, in your haste to safeguard your prizes of learned men.
And now you were paying for it.
NOW YOU WOULD SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END!!
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA HAS CHEATED YOU FOR THE LAST TIME!!
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You looked at the sandstorm and knew what was coming, the Sorceror Mozenrath, had come for you.
The Wind was blowing hard, if you catch it you'll be a step ahead of him once again, and he can't keep the chase forever.
You relied upon the sail and felt the storm and sped ahead to the west.
When the wind subsided, you knew he had retreated...but once again you had outplayed the Sorceror.
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It was at the end of the wasteland that you found something utterly peculiar.
Random Event Roll: d100 => 98
Hmm...A Wolf Statue...you can't read what's on it, but it looks important and valuable.
If nothing else it will look valuable to a collector of rare and exotic goods in Carthage or in the Barbary Coast.
Looks to be oriental from the Indian subcontinent most likely...but what the hell was it doing all the way out here?
A question for another time perhaps. It's been an exhausting couple of days.
Let's hope nothing else happens.
Reward: You now know what the Jackal Headpiece does Trait updated.
Artifact "Jackal Headpiece": A decorative symbol of Anubis, It allows for the User to have the Sight of the Death God, Anubis and see the dead and the weight of their souls, as well as reflect their true selves back to them so they may ponder their lives ( When successfully used Half of the Occult Stat is added to Intrigue rolls or Diplomacy Rolls)
With your Experimentations and study with The Artifact Lawrence gains +3 to his Occult Stat.
With his study of the Artifact, he gains +1 to his Learning stat as he figured out the Composition, mechanics and function of the Artifact as well as its intended use.
Gain Wolf Statue trinket: A Stone Carving of a Wolf from the Indian Subcontinent, quite valuable to the right collector.
AN: Alright another fantastic adventure of Lawrence of Arabia...and his misadventure to get as far as hell away from Mozenrath continues.
Like really, they keep running into each other. Lets hope he doesn't get any more unwanted attention after that.
Also @TempestK did some editing for it to make sense.
Directions East, West South, North: D4 => 1!
(Go West Young Lawrence, lets not go to Damascus, Tis a Silly Place)
Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West to Tunisia
Rolled: D100 + 9 => 91
(Firm Progress Made)
Occult Check: Study the Artifacts supposed Power:
DC:75/80/90
Rolled: D100 + 10 => 96 (Critical Success)
(Bask in the Glory of Otherworldly POWER)
Learning Check: Study The Artifact again.
DC:???
Rolled: D100 + 20 => 120 NAT 100!! CRITICAL!! Explosive Reroll!!: D100 => 95 =215 (VERY Critical Success)
(Oh...so that's what it does? And oh god it did that...oh my.)
Lawrence Intrigue Check: HIDE YOU FOOL!!
DC:85/90/100
Rolled: d100 + 7 => 89
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Threats:Nefir Hazenuf, Mozenrath, Ursula or Morgana
Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West
Rolled: d100 + 9 => 16
Delay: d4 => 2
(Mozenrath Gives Chase!)
Lawrence Martial Check: RUN AWAY!!
DC:70/80/90
Rolled: d100 + 11 => 103
(Lawrence gives the Slip!)
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Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West
Rolled: D100 + 9 => 93
Random Event Roll: d100 => 98
(Go West Young Lawrence, lets not go to Damascus, Tis a Silly Place)
Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West to Tunisia
Rolled: D100 + 9 => 91
(Firm Progress Made)
Occult Check: Study the Artifacts supposed Power:
DC:75/80/90
Rolled: D100 + 10 => 96 (Critical Success)
(Bask in the Glory of Otherworldly POWER)
Learning Check: Study The Artifact again.
DC:???
Rolled: D100 + 20 => 120 NAT 100!! CRITICAL!! Explosive Reroll!!: D100 => 95 =215 (VERY Critical Success)
(Oh...so that's what it does? And oh god it did that...oh my.)
Lawrence Intrigue Check: HIDE YOU FOOL!!
DC:85/90/100
Rolled: d100 + 7 => 89
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Threats:Nefir Hazenuf, Mozenrath, Ursula or Morgana
Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West
Rolled: d100 + 9 => 16
Delay: d4 => 2
(Mozenrath Gives Chase!)
Lawrence Martial Check: RUN AWAY!!
DC:70/80/90
Rolled: d100 + 11 => 103
(Lawrence gives the Slip!)
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Stewardship Check (DC:50/75/100) Travel West
Rolled: D100 + 9 => 93
Random Event Roll: d100 => 98
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(Lawrence of Arabia POV)
Dear Ned.
I've come to the conclusion that going east again will be the death of me. With the Sorcerer Mozenrath and others like him that way, I'll take my chances out west. Tunisia and the lands of Libya are drought with Peril and danger, but I think I have the means to keep them at bay until I get to somewhere more secure, not only will I sell my trinkets but also find a way to study the Jackal's headpiece in a more Scientific manner.
Now I don't believe in the supernatural fully, but I do want to know if its power is in any way shape or form a danger to us all and the responsible thing to do is...study the power of a pagen god.
I'm either going to die horribly, or discover a terrible secret or two.
Either way I'm being responsible about it all and not going to mess with it until absolutely necessary.
Thank God I have this Sand Sailer...otherwise it would be a long walk in the sun to deal with.
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You sat in the Moonlight of the Tunisian Sky, and looked at the Jackal Headpiece gently, looking at the responsibility of the God Anubis had thrust upon him.
It was a Headpiece, and you knew it was on top of a crown, either a Priest or a Pharaoh, to be a symbol of the Anubis's patronage on earth. But what was its power?
What made it so special? To be buried in the Tomb of Kha?
You held it in the Moonlight, holding it so its carved eyes. "What do you do? What do they see in you?"
As you held it, you took a deep breath and let the Universe in.
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(??? POV)
Who were we? We are all a Lost Generation? The Unspoken who have been forgotten by time and memory.
Each of us is the story of Life, of Death of Joy and Sorrow.
Of Dignity and Despair, of Light and Dark…
Life and Death are but a Mirror.
And a Mirror not only reflects something back, but it reveals what is behind the mask we wear to deceive ourselves and to deceive others.
You have seen the edge of Death and Life…
So now you will see.
SEE as the Masters of the Temple of Anubis did in the days of Yore!
SEE!!!
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(T.E Lawrence POV)
You shook your head as you spaced back into reality.
"Uhh, don't stare at something too long...it will make you space out." You said to yourself as you put the Jackal Headpiece away from the moonlight to just look at it.
"Mirror...Mirror." You said remembering the thought in your head.
What is it a Mirror for?
A Mirror for the Soul.
And then it flooded into you as something relevant to that very thought came riding into you like a horse and buggy.
"Proverbs 27:19: As in water, face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man." You said calmly.
"You see the hearts of man, you see the works of their soul and their heart...so that is why you are the power of Anubis...you guide and see Man's very being so you can bring them before the Judge Osirus. But you have another purpose don't you?"
You finally looked into the Eyes of Anubis and smiled a small smile.
"You reflect their lives back at them like a Mirror, so they may see all that they are and what they truly look like." You said.
The Headpiece was silent but the silent awe you felt its power as you observed, hypothesized it and finally experimented.
"Show me." You said as the Headpiece glowed and engulfed you in a Light that could be seen for miles as you saw the man you were.
The Man you would become...what you would lose, what you would gain, and what would be lost along the way.
It was enlightening, it was terrifying...it was Sobering…
But in the end you knew who you really were…
Thomas Edward Lawrence saw his soul in the light and it smiled sadly as it embraced you as a brother.
---------------------------------------------
It was the Sunrise as the storm clouds gathered...as the energy in the air changed.
You caught the attention of something powerful and dangerous. But somehow it was far away and angry.
Well, better take cover and prey to God and Anubis for this one.
At least it can't get worse.
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(Mozenrath POV)
You knew deep down it was him, that scoundrel of a man of a bastard that keeps getting in the way of things.
You knew deep down you missed something from the Vally, in your haste to safeguard your prizes of learned men.
And now you were paying for it.
NOW YOU WOULD SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END!!
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA HAS CHEATED YOU FOR THE LAST TIME!!
---------------------------------
You looked at the sandstorm and knew what was coming, the Sorceror Mozenrath, had come for you.
The Wind was blowing hard, if you catch it you'll be a step ahead of him once again, and he can't keep the chase forever.
You relied upon the sail and felt the storm and sped ahead to the west.
When the wind subsided, you knew he had retreated...but once again you had outplayed the Sorceror.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
It was at the end of the wasteland that you found something utterly peculiar.
Random Event Roll: d100 => 98
Hmm...A Wolf Statue...you can't read what's on it, but it looks important and valuable.
If nothing else it will look valuable to a collector of rare and exotic goods in Carthage or in the Barbary Coast.
Looks to be oriental from the Indian subcontinent most likely...but what the hell was it doing all the way out here?
A question for another time perhaps. It's been an exhausting couple of days.
Let's hope nothing else happens.
Reward: You now know what the Jackal Headpiece does Trait updated.
Artifact "Jackal Headpiece": A decorative symbol of Anubis, It allows for the User to have the Sight of the Death God, Anubis and see the dead and the weight of their souls, as well as reflect their true selves back to them so they may ponder their lives ( When successfully used Half of the Occult Stat is added to Intrigue rolls or Diplomacy Rolls)
With your Experimentations and study with The Artifact Lawrence gains +3 to his Occult Stat.
With his study of the Artifact, he gains +1 to his Learning stat as he figured out the Composition, mechanics and function of the Artifact as well as its intended use.
Gain Wolf Statue trinket: A Stone Carving of a Wolf from the Indian Subcontinent, quite valuable to the right collector.
Updated Lawrence Stats:
Martial:11(While he's not a soldier by trade or even expected to be one, he did receive a basic course at Jesus College's Officer Training Corps witch both encouraged his natural leadership aptitude. Between that and his extensive physical fitness he can fight well even if the world doesn't expect him to be one, recent events have pushed him to use it in practical combat.)
Stewardship: 9 (Lawrence has only trained his finance skills to take care of himself and maybe one other person, that is it, though he is good at proper logistics in theory.)
Diplomacy:15 (Lawrence is not a trained diplomat, but between his great personal charisma, and language skills he can easily shoe in for one in a pinch.)
Intrigue: 7 (Ned is an Archiologyst, a man of words and dignity, he's not a lier by nature.)
Learning:22 (A University of Oxford Educated Archiologyst and Linguist with a passion for learning new things, he's got the ambition of a Scholar hero, and with recent events and the study of artifacts, he has only grown more practical in his methods of study.)
Occult:13(A man of learning hears many unusual things about a culture and its traditions, but while he may not fully believe in any of it, he does take a certain comfort in it all the same. Recent events have caused him to accept the strange and unusual for fact. Something that gives him great Joy and Terror, especially now that he's USED Magic first hand.)
Traits:
"Castle Crusader": T.E. Lawrence has finished his Thesis on twelfth-century military fortification, comparing different styles of Military architecture, as well as internal structure, weaknesses, and overall military use. ( When on adventures, Lawrence gains a +10 to learning rolls related to Military Fortifications and their uses, When deployed against a castle or Fortress, He has a +15 to his rolls against them.)
Artifact: "Jackal Headpiece": A decorative symbol of Anubis, It allows for the User to have the Sight of the Death God,Anubis and see the dead and the weight of their souls, as well as reflect their true selves back to them so they may ponder their lives ( When successfully used Half of the Occult Stat is added to Intrigue rolls or Diplomacy Rolls)
"Always on the Outside"- Lawrence was born out of Wedlock in the Victorian-era United Kingdom, and therefore would never expect to be treated the same as other people by his society, as such he has a great deal of Empathy for other people who are also on the outside of society. (+5 to all diplomatic rolls with people of poor circumstances, -5 to all diplomatic rolls with people of higher standing without personal engagement and a friendship)
"Advanced Polyglot"- Ned can Speak at least Eight Languages fluently (French, German, Latin, Greek, Arabic, Turkish and Syriac and English) and learns them just as easily. ( Barring rare occasions, he suffers no communication maluses with other people, and gains +10 Learning when studying a new language.)
"World Traveler" - Ned has seen much of the world and learned how to survive in a multitude of places. He suffers no maluses when traveling across varied terrain and is less prone to cultural misunderstandings than most.
Martial:11(While he's not a soldier by trade or even expected to be one, he did receive a basic course at Jesus College's Officer Training Corps witch both encouraged his natural leadership aptitude. Between that and his extensive physical fitness he can fight well even if the world doesn't expect him to be one, recent events have pushed him to use it in practical combat.)
Stewardship: 9 (Lawrence has only trained his finance skills to take care of himself and maybe one other person, that is it, though he is good at proper logistics in theory.)
Diplomacy:15 (Lawrence is not a trained diplomat, but between his great personal charisma, and language skills he can easily shoe in for one in a pinch.)
Intrigue: 7 (Ned is an Archiologyst, a man of words and dignity, he's not a lier by nature.)
Learning:22 (A University of Oxford Educated Archiologyst and Linguist with a passion for learning new things, he's got the ambition of a Scholar hero, and with recent events and the study of artifacts, he has only grown more practical in his methods of study.)
Occult:13(A man of learning hears many unusual things about a culture and its traditions, but while he may not fully believe in any of it, he does take a certain comfort in it all the same. Recent events have caused him to accept the strange and unusual for fact. Something that gives him great Joy and Terror, especially now that he's USED Magic first hand.)
Traits:
"Castle Crusader": T.E. Lawrence has finished his Thesis on twelfth-century military fortification, comparing different styles of Military architecture, as well as internal structure, weaknesses, and overall military use. ( When on adventures, Lawrence gains a +10 to learning rolls related to Military Fortifications and their uses, When deployed against a castle or Fortress, He has a +15 to his rolls against them.)
Artifact: "Jackal Headpiece": A decorative symbol of Anubis, It allows for the User to have the Sight of the Death God,Anubis and see the dead and the weight of their souls, as well as reflect their true selves back to them so they may ponder their lives ( When successfully used Half of the Occult Stat is added to Intrigue rolls or Diplomacy Rolls)
"Always on the Outside"- Lawrence was born out of Wedlock in the Victorian-era United Kingdom, and therefore would never expect to be treated the same as other people by his society, as such he has a great deal of Empathy for other people who are also on the outside of society. (+5 to all diplomatic rolls with people of poor circumstances, -5 to all diplomatic rolls with people of higher standing without personal engagement and a friendship)
"Advanced Polyglot"- Ned can Speak at least Eight Languages fluently (French, German, Latin, Greek, Arabic, Turkish and Syriac and English) and learns them just as easily. ( Barring rare occasions, he suffers no communication maluses with other people, and gains +10 Learning when studying a new language.)
"World Traveler" - Ned has seen much of the world and learned how to survive in a multitude of places. He suffers no maluses when traveling across varied terrain and is less prone to cultural misunderstandings than most.
AN: Alright another fantastic adventure of Lawrence of Arabia...and his misadventure to get as far as hell away from Mozenrath continues.
Like really, they keep running into each other. Lets hope he doesn't get any more unwanted attention after that.
Also @TempestK did some editing for it to make sense.
