Monday, October 17, 2005

Lugaid O’Reilly (1421)

Lugaid O’Reilly
Brother of Cormac O’Reilly
Local Priest (member of the Order of Red)

You are the youngest of Cormac’s brothers. Ever since birth you wanted to be a priest. God called you to the priesthood and you convinced your father to let you enter the seminary in Scotland. While there, you learned a lot, and your interest lay in witches. You found out the witches were growing in number and that the Irish (because of the pagan history) were the most susceptible to their influence. You vowed to eradicate witches from Ireland and eliminate their evil manipulations. The priests at the seminary thought your vow was a childish thought and that you would grow out of it, and only took you seriously. He invited you to join society within the church dedicated to wiping out those heretics by any means necessary and you accepted. You soon realized that this was not a society whose actions were condoned by the Holy See, but you didn’t care. The society showed you how to get the power you need to wipe the witches from your land and spread the word of God.

When you returned to your family you noticed that your brother had a wife, Úna. She was someone that you had never seen before and she had a rather strange accent, you think it’s French. Your sister, Generis, was still at home and unmarried, but your brother Niall said that he was taking care of that small problem. He also expressed concern about Úna.

Since you’ve returned and donned your priestly vestments, you’ve been able to recruit other men with similar beliefs into the society. The most recent and most talented recruit is Bryan Fitzgerald, the son of an English soldier who had retired to Dublin with his wife and two children. You are very pleased with his devotion to the church and to your group. Now you are ready to hunt.

A few weeks ago you were sent a letter paying you to create a magical plague to affect witches in Dublin. You called your group together and a spell was placed on the river entering North Dublin. You were very happy with the results until Bryan told you that his mother had died from the very plague you unleashed. He questioned his decision to join the Order. You talked him out of leaving the sect by convincing him to take it as a blessing. The plague only infected witches, so she died before she could commit any further sins. At about same time, a famine struck in Ireland Proper. Úna asked for you to pray to help the innocent, and you obliged. Now you are determined to save the God fearing people through the power you have developed. William le Waleys may have come up with the answer and will reveal it at a meeting in Dun Boyne, designed to coincide with the dance/joust taking place under the full moon. You would not be shocked if it involved acquiring a human sacrifice.

You have also heard rumors that there will be a delegation from Rome may be in the Dublin area. You really don’t expect the rumor to be true but just in case you have been preparing yourself for his visit.

Protect the society, find the witches, and cure the famine.

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1 Comments:

Blogger DJ Feng Shui said...

As a member of the Red Order we were on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice to cure the famine/drought. Turns out the only one I found was my niece! Well, before that I rounded up a posse to get some vampire blood, but we botched the attempt and my plans fell to the side. I had a fun scene where I used a power to make a vampire tell the truth. The two vamps I was with freaked out and made me forget about the conversation and then ran away! Fear the power of the Lord! I survived until the final scene, but was sent away in fear by some power and by the time I got back, it was all over.

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