Friday, December 02, 2005

Fiachu McDermot (1421)

Fiachu McDermot
Member of Clan O’Toole

You are Fiachu McDermot the elder of Clan O’Toole. Too bad elder doesn’t mean leader. It just means you’re the oldest warrior in the clan O’Toole. The leader of the clan is Donnchad O’Toole.

Donnchad is your brother’s son. You have hated him since he was 8 years old when he cost you leadership of the clan by telling his dad about a plot you where undertaking to steal a few goat from a neighbor. Since then, you succeeded in getting rid of your brother, but unfortunately Donnchad had grow-up by then, and assumed leadership. Needless to say you’re quite bitter. It is even worse because the clan name is O’Toole, not McDermot.

You might have your chance to gain control in the next few days. There is a jousting tournament being held by Cormac O’Reilly. At the tournament, there will be a lot of chances for deceit and discovering who can help you take power. If you could insure that the clan could secure food to survive the famine, you think you might have a good chance of taking over as clan leader. Framing Donnchad to take the fall for the famine might be a good idea too.

Also going to the tournament from Clan O’Toole are Fergus O’Sullivan, Bressal O’Toole, and Áine O’Toole. Fergus is just nuts. You usually just keep out of his way. Bressal is Donnchad’s best friend and right hand man. It might prove useful to discredit him or cause him to lose the joust. Lastly, Áine is a just an eccentric girl that needs to be married off for the benefit of the clan or namely you.

Alternatively, if you could secure a marriage for yourself into one of the other major clans, you might be able to improve your lot in life. Having Bressal suffer an unfortunate demise after winning the joust could result in your fat ass having to marry the sweet virgin Generis O’Reilly out of duty! Oh, that would be grand. If you could marry Áine off to Niall, then you would cement the ties between the “McDermots” and the O’Reillys.

Whatever you do, you cannot be found out. Donnchad and Bressal already suspect you and keep a close eye on your activities. Maybe a distraction with the English or with Cormac would be the ticket. Having the talks mysteriously delayed between the English Lord and Cormac O’Reilly through Donnchad’s actions would serve to give you time and discredit your “leader”.

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