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Lieutenant Orlando Cristofori

Stats

Body Hits 4 (3 on right arm)
Armour 2
Fatigue 11
Parries 1
Dodges 6
Damage Single with melee weapons, triples/quads with thrown
Psyche 7
Psychic Damage Singles
Remaining Luck 2

XP

Total XP: 352
XP Left:

Levels

Thief 5
Wind Mage 5
Merchant 3
Glass Sorcerer 2

Hexa

Income: 125Hx
Hexa Cash: 474 Hexa

Skills

General Skills Rank XP Total
Tough 2 12
Wealth 4 16
Vitality 3 12
Clout: Low Guard 1 4
Quick 5 30
Luck 3 (1 burned) 12
Strong-Willed 2 8
Thief Skills Rank XP Total
Blather 5 20
Light Fingers 5 20
Disengage 2 8
Night job 1 4
Ordained (Rattle Prince) [1] 1 6
Ordained (Dream) 1 6
Throwing Weapons 1 4
Thrown mastery 5 20
Urban Tracker 1 4
Urban Stealth 5 20
Sneaking (Rural) 1 4
OBS 3 12
Wind Mage Skills Rank XP Total
Wind Magic 5 50
Aracane lore: Wind 1 4
Merchant Skills Rank XP Total
Scandalmonger 1 6
Trader 2 8
Armour Repair 1 4
Wind Priest Skills Rank XP Total
Rites 5 20
Leadership 5 20
Lore: Tall tales (free with night job), music 2 2
Glass Sorcerer Skills Rank XP Total
Glass Magic 2 20
XP Total 344

[1] Divine blood, so ordination runs off thief.

Specials

High Priest of the Rattle Prince, Divine Blood (Rattle Prince), Named Treacherous (Note: on most games will be using an anti-name potion so check with me first), Cries Tears as Fire, Hero of Blaquinox (additional 5Hx income per adventure), one of four high ranking Lieutenants of the Low Guard, Uncomfortably Energetic (once per adventure may convert all parries to dodges and gain one disengage, may also be forced to do so at GM discretion), Married in the name of the Light to Sir Ulrych von Rauschpfeife, Blessing of the Rose Princess of the West (several white and one black rose in his hair), Snake bite on his neck, hatred of the Prince of Storms, hatred of the Prince of Trade Winds, hatred of the Rattle Prince, Blessing of the Light (once per adventure may call purification without needing to be able to raise the light), Blood Vengence (may loose his voice at random moments, may be negated with an anti-blood potion), Northern Defence League, Blessing of the Dream Power Dishonour- Two telaporting dodges in psychic combat (1/2 used), Curse of Dishonour- The next time he fights an honourable duel will be under the effect of shadowcats, Appears in the dreamscape to have a knife protruding from his back, when sleeping or in dream constantly haranged by the dream power Dishonour, Blessing of the Rose Princess of the East (+1 fatigue) red roses in his hair), evil hand (see items), Blessing of the Dream Power Dishonour: May appear clad in armour in dream and call one teleporting per adventure in psychic combat (whilst Dishonour maintains his godhood), Blessing of the City- once per adventure whilst in the White City may spill his blood to call on its aid, one half the godhood of the Frost Prince

Equipment

- Adds +1 Dodge when in The Western Forest and NOT aided by a Ranger with Survival: Woodland or other relevant Survival Skills. - Also, when inside The Great Western Forest, with 1 Hour's spare time (To sit down and read it), can gain the benefits of Herbalism for the rest of the Linear.

Orlando's right hand is a magic item with a particular knack for circumventing god's hard to kill conditions (given the right circumstances). It has a circulatory system made of glass and flesh crafted from dream. It appears as a normal fleshy hand specked with flecks of blood but to the touch the flesh is insubstantial and the veins hard. It is possibly the most attuned to treachery object in the world. The hand was forged by being frozen in the Frost Prince's breath, then having the veins vitrified and the flesh destroyed, the flesh was then replaced by dream flesh using glass magic, finally the item was fixed by being used to backstab the Rattle Prince. Bound all his levels of magic in to it to overcome Dishonour's hard to kill condition. Part of the Godhood of the Frost Prince is now stored inside it waiting to activate if he gains the other portion.

Notable Deeds

Background

In Character Background Information

Orlando was the youngest of nine children (all sons) born to Annabella Cristofori, the wife of Gerard Cristofori. Like most useless youngest sons he was packed off to military school as soon as he was old enough. Orlando was a terrible student, more interested in men, wine and song, than actually learning anything of use. He was in spite of this quite popular with some of his fellow students. His mother, Annabella, adored him but there was very little love lost between him and his father. This situation was helped very little by the occassional rumours that Orlando was not Gerard's son at all. Orlando's relationship with his brothers was for the most part equally appalling, with the exception of Henry, an accountant and priest of the Prince of Trade Winds, who was the closest to him in age.

It was no surprise to anyone when Orlando got himself expelled from school and sent home. Nor was it any surprise that he had managed to spend all of the money that his father had gave him on frivolities. Although his father wished to cast him out for this, his mother's pleas were enough to spare him. Several months later, however, his mother passed away from a sudden illness and Orlando was cast out from the family. Fortunately his skill as a musician earned him a few gigs at the homes of some minor nobility and he managed to work his way out of poverty. Depending on who you talk to the Shining Order became interested in him or he took an interest in the Shining Order. Whatever he case someone took a fancy to the idea of hiring him as an embedded bard to follow their young acolyte Ulrych von Rauschpfeife and to generally promote the Order's image.

Orlando seemingly is a reformed character. Having invested in a small bakery and various other merchantile ventures, he is known as an upstanding, if only thus far moderately successful, businessman. He is happily married under the eyes of the Light to Sir Ulrych. Orlando is a competent Wind Sorcerer and in polite company claims to be a servant of an obscure wind power of music, the Prince of Sighs. In less polite company he claims to serve the Hushed Princess.

Out of Character Background Information

Annabella Cristofori was married off at a young age in an affair that had been arranged by her family. She never really loved her husband and so when a travelling salesman came by the White City she was quick to fall for his charms. She hid the truth of Orlando's parentage from her husband and quietly doted upon the boy as her favorite son but she suspected her husband knew the truth. Orlando was badly mistreated by Gerard because of this and moreover he now suspects that he poisoned his mother in order to allow himself to remarry. Orlando would like nothing more than to gain vengence for this. Orlando's true father to date has shown no obvious interest in him.

Whilst he was living on the streets of the White City he was mentored in the ways of the Rattle Prince by an elderly man by the name of Escorias (who he later killed, well that's what he would have wanted). Escorias also taught him purse cutting techniques, which got him in to trouble when he tried to steal the wallet of the wrong person. Wn he was offered the choice of joining the ranks of the Low Guard or loosing his hands he made the predictable decision. The Low Guard helped him set himself up as a spy on the Shining Order by ensuring he got assigned to one of their new acolytes.

Family

Although Orlando in a very odd way does care about Sir Ulrych, he has many other lovers (and quite possibly illegitimate children) about the city. He has made inways with the Port of Glass embassy through Avity, his friend with benefits.