Chapter one postmortum
I rolled doubles, so I stayed on the page I was on and red the second prompt: I am visited by someone I have wronged in a dream, and I receive a mark. This bled (pun intended) into the previous prompt beautifully.
My character sheet now looks like this:
Dramatis Personae
Nathaniel Morrison: Our protagonist.
Lord Elliot Rutherford, Duke of Fousburry: Friend and patron.
Sarah Rutherford: Sister of LORD RUTHERFORD, possible romantic interest of NATHANIEL MORRISON.
John Dee: Queen Elizabeth’s cartographer, spymaster, and magician. Professional rival to NATHANIEL.
Tzciti – A vampire, posing as a daemon.
Resources
Magical Altar – Can be packed up into a chest.
My Tower – Home. A tower at Castle Fousburry.
Libro Mortui sunt Nomina – A Grimiore.
Skills
Occult Knowledge
Charisma [x]
Court Knowledge
Mark
A shadowy aura – Must be concealed beneath robes.
A Red Right Hand – Hidden in his coat. Or in a glove.
Memories
1. A. I am Nathaniel Morrison, advisor to Lord Rutherford; I advise him in matters of court, astrologie, and cartomancie. I also have been engaging in rites of High Magick to discover the most high and holy secrets of eternal life and mystical power; while there are many rumors regarding my esoteric practices, only Lord Rutherford knows the full truth. B. To hide my secret, I was forced to kill Lord Rutherford; this act has shaken my faith in who I am. C. Lord Rutherford has visited me in a dream; he has cursed me with the Mark of a Red Right Hand.
2. A. As a teen, I was trained in Courtly Matters; is was during this time that I met the young Lord Rutherford. We became fast friends, and as we grew, he allowed me to stay at Castle Fousburry, giving me a tower overlooking the sea.
3. A. During my training in Courty Matters, I was also a member of The Order of the Shrouded Lady, where I gained Occult Knowledge; a fellow member of the order, John Dee, discovered my interest in what he determined was black magick and had me expelled. While we are enemies, I know that if he were to betray my secrets, he would also risk exposing the Order. I may have…borrowed the Order’s copy of Libro Mortui sunt Nomina so that I may continue my studies.
4. A. When I moved to Castle Fousburry, I immediately fell in love with Lord Rutherford’s sister, Sarah, and she, likewise, was taken by my charisma; she can never know of my occult work, lest she be scared off.
5.A. While attempting to summon the daemon Tzciti from the Libro Mortui to my altar, a gentleman appeared at my window; I invited him in, knowing that only a daemon such as Tzciti would scale the tower walls. He asked me if I sought eternal life, and I replied in the affirmative; I immediately regretted this! Tzciti became the very shadows, lifted me of the floor, and drained me of my life! When I awoke, I was left with a thirst for blood, and a cursed, shadowy aura that I must conceal within my cloak so that others may not know me for what I am, and what that monster made me-a VAMPIRE!
Check back next week for the next installment of my Thousand Year Old Vampire playthrough!