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House Sunpurse has a lot of active plots that we have the option to purse right now. Frankly, the current characters cannot tackle them all.

As always, House Sunpurse is big on politics and conflict. There is a lot of room for both political and PvP characters (or anything in between). A few of us would like to form a ringrunning crew in order "scout for the Count's Drill".

Immediate Plots:
-  Count Senuspur's Drill: This metaplot manifests in a lot of ways, and I hesitate to spoiler them all here.
- Tree Plantation Project: Technically a plot within the Count's Drill metaplot, this involves planting and harvesting trees in order to gather resources for the Count's Drill. The King's Cowls actively oppose this project, and we might or might not see opposition from druids in the future.
- Religious Wars: In an unusual and dramatic move after excommunication a religious feud with Glitt and Sunpurse teaming up (Who'd've thunk it?!), feuding between the Bishop of Promise and Bishop of the Lady has come to light. There is also an "outsider extremist movement" (that's how Sunpurse views it, I'd say) to revamp Nephezar. There has already been one IG assassination attempt, which resulted in a hanging. This is sort of a four way conflict between Sunpurse, Glitt, Velstra, and the King's Cowls right now.



P.S.: Keep in mind typical Sunpurse Alignments (good alignment's a bit hard to justify right now).  Message "@House Sunpurse" (no quotes) on Discord with any questions!



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Angramon was designed as a man of strong conviction, conviction that the ways of the Lord and Lady were just, that the law of the Bannerhouse was just, and that fighting evil was just. To Angramon, chaos and disorder, disdain for the "True Faith", was evil. His faith was tested every day, but in the end . . . he lived his faith by dying in the battle against Oscar the dragon.


He had what he believed were visions from the Lord and the Lady, one such vision leading him to House Nephezar after Nephezarim soldiers rescued him during the Battle of the Steadings. His visions were, to him, the guidance of order. He even tried to become the Bishop of the Promise, but he never lived long enough to actually become investured.

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Yes, Angramon was a self-flaggelant!


A lowly petitioner of the Holy Bannerhouse


Watching the Dame lead a conversion


A minor pilgrimage of faith, with Leopold Sobol



Joining House Nephezar, then a thanksgiving prayer




Enos and Angramon


Punishing a necromancer


Mourning a brother


Converting Gabriella of Velstra


Heading outwards



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Lord Adaias Nephezar




The Last March of the Nephezarim

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Miscellaneous...






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Thank you to Ziya, Wyrmlance, Doof, GoD1X, Sindil, MandyMank, Gordan, Voss, ElegantNoble, and many others who helped make this Nephezarim Thaumaturge experience pretty cool!

Thank you to DMs Ironside, Hound, YMD, and Abala for always keeping the pressure on and running some cool events/character development!

This isn't so much a bug, just that things haven't caught up with current events yet.

[Word spreads of a disruption in the Spinning Groat. It seems that Ruul Velstra has sent out his personal golem, 'the Yellow Lion,' to be tested by courageous gladiators...]

https://discordapp.com/channels/422865590814769163/422870148286906369/783360891797110824

Since Ruul fled House Velstra and all, it seems odd that he'd send out the Yellow Lion.


When Ruul moved out:
https://discordapp.com/channels/422865590814769163/422870148286906369/775793950593646602
https://discordapp.com/channels/422865590814769163/422870148286906369/775813426995396609



Perhaps someone else in Velstra, some other wizard NPC, now controls the golem?

Modares was a fun character. I started him with the idea of joining House Orza and no real plan. Shortly after his creation, he became Niven Vindascas' apprentice. Then, a week later, she got killed. A few days later, his ears got snipped by Elves; he forever showed ears that were a mangled, cut-in-half mess. So, with no mistress, Modares decided to see what he could as a mage in House Orza.


He was recruited for a scheme by fellow Orzan, Redmond Whistler (mentioned with player's permission), to raise Blacksmile (yes, that Blacksmile), presumably to have the power to fight the Nothing. (Modare's wasn't a wise man, so the idea that the Lich wouldn't necessarily be grateful never occurred to him.) It turned out a fellow Conspirator ratted him out, so Modares tried to hunt down the Blackjacks who stated his name and punish them for slander. Unfortunately for him, it failed hardcore. (It didn't help that he was level 6 at the time, haha!)
What pushed Modares over the edge was really Nephezar's change of laws. He was antireligious to his core, and Nephezar's changes galled him. Despite the way he died, Modares loathed the Nothing and believed (right or wrong) that everything he did was for the sake of House Orza. He was even killed by House Orza itself, in what - to him - was the ultimate way to die: being killed by a brother-in-arms, pulled into an embrace/half-hug with the sword slipping in in the same motion. Then, his former Orzan brother slowly lowering him to the ground. (Italics summarizing the scene with permission of the other player.)



Modares believed he was the smartest person in any given room, and was quite arrogant. He even gave himself the pretentious title of "Viper of Orza" (and then other folks started calling him that). He believed wizardy was the highest calling, and that reason and mankind's intelligence should guide the world. He didn't like subhumans (due to the elves cutting his ears). In the end, his arrogance got him killed!

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Just a talk with a fellow mage... in the catacombs. Not suspicious at all!


Yes, Modares was party to the murder of Saibhon Dumein, in an effort to remove suspicion from House Orza... for something Modares definitely took part in!
(No, the other Orzan isn't Redmond; I won't say who it is, due to spoilers. Probably no one will ever find out, short of the player spoiling it themselves.)
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DM Shout
-- Word spreads among the gossips and wagging-tongues of the Peerage that there has been a Development at the newly-minted Bannerhouse; Orzan men captured by Nepehezar Retainers, with some tepid involvement by the Blackjacks. Even now, it is said, some great inquisition is underway. --
DM Shout
-- Many begin to assemble across the moat to witness the impending implementation of Justice. Outside the gates of the Peerage, a pole with tinder and fuel is slowly prepared... --
DM Shout
-- Sounds of battle from outside the Peerage Ward --
DM Shout
-- Chaos before the Peerage Ward, as the pyre is attacked by a figure cloaked in spellwork. In the midst of it, Orzan retainers take the man to be burned back to the Castle, where it is promptly sealed up tight. --
DM Shout
-- A figure emerges from House Orza, the guards are on careful watch. Golden eyes regard the scene from the heights of the Nephezar Refuge, as a Retainer carries a body over his shoulder. --

Modares was almost burnt to death on the Pyre.




But then, a fellow Orzan was ordered to kill him, and his body was delivered to House Nephezar.


His soul, however...


Modares' soul wasn't so lucky!
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A pretty satisfying end for a character that, when I started, had no real direction beyond "Join House Orza".  :D



I'll add some more screenshots later.

So, this character was a pretty cool ride, I'll admit. I enjoyed it. I really like House Nephezar (might revisit Nephezar at a much later date), and I really enjoyed politicking around the Peerage Ward. I got to do a lot of cool things, and that was pretty nice, seeing as I am fairly new to EFU. Much love to fellow players and to the DMs.


In the end, "ye olde Doorkeeper gank" got him, but even that fed into something cool (conflict with the Elven Warband).


I don't have a screenshots, but here's some of the notable things he did (none on his own, obviously; but still) :

• In the Third Battle of Ticker Square, broke the amulet to unleash the Myrmecoleons as part of the Nephezarim ritual. This also included collection of conjuration items before the ritual. -- https://discordapp.com/channels/422865590814769163/422870148286906369/729482502665666581
• Participated in burning the Torcs' grain stores in Ticker Square. -- https://discordapp.com/channels/422865590814769163/422870148286906369/726179948636930180
• Part of the House Nephezar retainers who brought down a Sibilant sorcerer.
• Was an advisor, and then briefly the Nephezarim representative, on the Council of Peers.
• Was quite vocal and active in politicking for House Nephezar, as a Thaumatugre.
• Conflict with the Elven warband.

He had his finger in several other pies, but didn't get to complete those before his death. Not bad, considering I played him for exactly a month*, huh?

*Seriously, he was created on June 20th and died on July 20th!