Cecil Ul’muré - Revision history

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The Lich: /* Allies */

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‎Allies

The Lich: /* Travel from Dantareth Town, Return to Ft. Amerstice, and the Death of Cecil by the Spell of the Witch */

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‎Travel from Dantareth Town, Return to Ft. Amerstice, and the Death of Cecil by the Spell of the Witch

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Brasidas: /* Quests */

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The Lich: /* Adventures */

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	::''"My master tells you, for he was once a friend fo the Crying God, and my master must reward in kind he who brought salvation to his friend."''		::''"My master tells you, for he was once a friend fo the Crying God, and my master must reward in kind he who brought salvation to his friend."''

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	The circumstances of his brother's death seem to have been quite mysterious and it is likely that some sort of betrayal or political intrigue was involved. Cecil plans to investigate what happened to his brother and meet out justice where appropriate.		The circumstances of his brother's death seem to have been quite mysterious and it is likely that some sort of betrayal or political intrigue was involved. Cecil plans to investigate what happened to his brother and meet out justice where appropriate.
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	===Allies===		===Allies===

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	'''Torin''': A young boy whose disease is healed by Cecil during his sermon before the Church of St. Astivus the Elf Slayer (29 Still Heat, 888).		'''Torin''': A young boy whose disease is healed by Cecil during his sermon before the Church of St. Astivus the Elf Slayer (29 Still Heat, 888).
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		+	'''Volest''': The archiepiscopal vicar apostolic of Dantareth, Volest, is a priest and choir-monk of the Order of St. Barst's currently in the captivity of Lord Kandar Trogus at Castle Nathalion at the northern end of Lake Antheris near Fields of Thalion (this lord and these locations are otherwise unknown to Cecil). Late in the evening of the 18th-19th of the Festivals of Dance (September) 888, the Archbishop of Dantareth Lumnis ''quested'' Cecil to free Volest from Lord Kandar's castle, as he requires him in the fight against the "Black Baron" Anthony Bors and his pagan followers in Mirsaki. In this ''quest'' Cecil is formally commanded to recover Volest "at any cost" from his captors, for although the completion of this quest and the vicar's successful return to Archbishop Lumnis will permit Cecil to pursue his next ''quest'': that justice be done upon the pagan priestess who corrupted and murdered him. Cecil met the vicar briefly only once in Mirsaki. Quiet, tall and intimidating, Volest is possessed of a fierce will, and although not a bishop, his strength of will clearly intimidated/inspired Bishop Roger Kiesmar, Bishop of the North. From what Cecil understands, Volest was sent by Lumnis to mysterious and unknown communities north of St. Bartholomew's, where Volest was appealing for aid to the cause to remove the pagans from Mirsaki. How and why the priest was apprehended is unknown to Cecil.

	===Enemies===		===Enemies===

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 (29 Still Heat, 888): Upon completion of his words to the people before the Church of St. Astivus and his remarks to Kevin Lithit and Arling Grelomo, Cecil returned to his business of procuring equipment for campaign and adventure, and amongst his purchases acquired two mares for both Galina and Elony.  His heart and mind burdened with the loss of the heart of Ebeaster Etherclaw, the faerie dragon that had sacrificed himself in the affairs at the swamp, Cecil turned his will to the recovery of the dragon's priceless heart of otherworldly faerie-steel, and counseled Galina to return the small fortune in gold and silver she had procured from Lord Lithit in return for the heart.  Galina proved hesitant, reminding Cecil that the heart-stone was the refugees' guarantor for their protection and survival in the outskirts of Dantareth Town, and that the treasure was intended to purchase food and shelter for the survivors in the swamp.  She also held the treasure as a token of a victory of sorts over the guile of Lord Lithit, and furthermore declared her belief that Lithit possessed an accurate appraisal for the true value of the faerie-steel heart, and might not part with it for most any price.  Nonetheless, despite her hesitancy, the remonstrations of Cecil eventually persuaded her to return a substantial portion of the treasure Lithit had awarded her as initial collateral for the return of the dragon's heart-stone.
+The return of a substantial amount of gold to Lord Lithit (all 500 g.p. of it) necessitated a return to the docks, and the help and support of Georgian, the leader of the survivors of the swamp and the barge sunk by the river trolls.  Making such arrangements, and encountering the flirtations of Elony, upon his leaving the barge, Cecil hazarded upon the familiar face of Sebastian, a royal soldier of Encyclonian decent who had once translated for him during Cecil's early days at Ft. Amerstice.  Sebastian was however out of uniform, and appeared alarmed.  After an investigation, Cecil was soon to discover another un-uniformed soldier, who recognized him and called for Cecil's arrest.  After a short parley, Cecil was shot at by a third soldier wielding a crossbow.  A small melee soon erupted, which saw Cecil pierced by a bolt, and one soldier stabbed by his sword.  The crossbowman was shot in the head by Durisdon, the regular sergeant of the town guard.  The soldier Cecil stabbed was taken away to be questioned, although he wounds were so severe it was clear he might not live.  Having not participated in the fight, Cecil deigned to let the frightened Sebastian escape.
 ===Other Past Events and Notes on Points of Interest===

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 In Short:  Cecil was born into a knightly clan of yeoman origins, rising to equestrian ranks in the 8th century.  The family was heavily associated with the [[Order of the Beleaguered Shield]].
-At Length:  The House of Ul’muré has its origins in a village of the same name in a central southern portion of Dwarden known as the Kald.  Ul’muré was so named after a Thousiersian knight banneret, who had defeated the local Dwarden king, and ruled the surrounding land in his own right.  Upon the third generation of the Thousiersian rulership, the now Baron Ul’muré rode forth in support of the newly crowned Thousiersian King of Dwarden.  With him came Karnen, the earliest known progenitor of Cecil's actual family.  A simple man-at-arms, Karnen actually survived the disastrous campaign that had been meant to destroy Thagdion the Mad, the lich priest-king of Dwarden.  A relative of the old baron of Ul’muré took over the land, and Karnen served him as a trusted lieutenant.  Karnen's sons served yet another baron of Ul’muré, and rode with him against the undead.  One such son, named Samor, was rewarded with a serjeantry from the baron, a hereditary position.  Samor's son Nolen was honored by following the young inheritor of the Ul’muré estate, Baron Thalance Ul’muré, into the Order of the Beleaguered Shield.  Entering as a serjeant of the Order under Thalance, Nolen won great fame for himself.  At the end of his long life, Nolen had become Grand Serjeant of the Seal, effectively the highest position of serjeantry within the Order, with two of his sons having achieved paladinship, and thus entry into the Order as knights.  Nolen's life also saw the destruction of his home village by the undead, and the extinction of the baronial title of Ul’muré.  Nolen's second son Cerveaux achieved the rank of Knight Grand Commander and unlike his elder brother Anthiers, also had a family.  Nolen died in a large defensive against an army of Thagdion, a senior member of the command staff of the Grand Master of the Order himself.
+At Length:  The House of Ul’muré has its origins in a village of the same name in a central southern portion of [[Dwarden]] known as the Kald.  Ul’muré was so named after a Thousiersian knight banneret, who had defeated the local Dwarden king, and ruled the surrounding land in his own right.  Upon the third generation of the Thousiersian rulership, the now Baron Ul’muré rode forth in support of the newly crowned Thousiersian King of Dwarden.  With him came Karnen, the earliest known progenitor of Cecil's actual family.  A simple man-at-arms, Karnen actually survived the disastrous campaign that had been meant to destroy Thagdion the Mad, the lich priest-king of Dwarden.  A relative of the old baron of Ul’muré took over the land, and Karnen served him as a trusted lieutenant.  Karnen's sons served yet another baron of Ul’muré, and rode with him against the undead.  One such son, named Samor, was rewarded with a serjeantry from the baron, a hereditary position.  Samor's son Nolen was honored by following the young inheritor of the Ul’muré estate, Baron Thalance Ul’muré, into the Order of the Beleaguered Shield.  Entering as a serjeant of the Order under Thalance, Nolen won great fame for himself.  At the end of his long life, Nolen had become Grand Serjeant of the Seal, effectively the highest position of serjeantry within the Order, with two of his sons having achieved paladinship, and thus entry into the Order as knights.  Nolen's life also saw the destruction of his home village by the undead, and the extinction of the baronial title of Ul’muré.  Nolen's second son Cerveaux achieved the rank of Knight Grand Commander and unlike his elder brother Anthiers, also had a family.  Nolen died in a large defensive against an army of Thagdion, a senior member of the command staff of the Grand Master of the Order himself.
 Cerveaux had campaigned with the Order for many years to retake much of the central littoral from Thagdion, where he destroyed many monsters, including a red dragon and three brother death knights.  With their treasures, he settled pirates from the sea near Nardohn, and built Castle Carmandaan , the seat of his own Commandery, which he named after a young fallen knight from his early adventures.  Cerveaux even ingratiated himself with the nearby and austere baronial house of Merándan, who were powerful Thousiersian lords who held the western marches and the border to Thagdion's kingdom.  During a particularly dangerous undead incursion against the barony of Merándan, Knight Grand Commander Sir Cerveaux Ul’muré, as Marshal of the Grand Priory of the Kald, defeated the undead army.  It was Cerveaux's crowning military accomplishment.  Because of this, Cerveaux's eldest son Tharot, unable to join the Order as a paladin, was instead made Grand Serjeant of the Fisc and Senschal of the House for the barons of Merándan at a very early age.  Cerveaux was also made a knight banneret by a congress of local knights and the baron of Merándan.

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	After the death of his father and then his grandfather at the hands of the lich Langaria, Cecil, still but a boy, escaped with the cleric Nehmen and his elder brother Dine to Castle Merándan for a time, and then after this he was sent by his great uncle Tharot, patriarch of the family, to the Priory of the Venerable Altrefoille under Lord Prior Belareau. His mother accompanied him, having already become a nun. There Cecil continued to train so as to become a Knight of the Beleaguered Shield. He trained in particular with Father Nehmen, the Grand Serjeant Gorrifero of Tannetia, and his brother Dine. After Cecil's brother Dine traveled out of Dwarden and to Pompiers on mission (a plan conceived of by their mother), Cecil coveted adventure as well. Not wishing her dearest and youngest child to find a mean death at the hands of the undead like so many other men of House Ul’muré, lady Meridian sent Cecil to complete his education in the safety of the Princedom of Corrid, where he was further educated by the priests under Bishop Arther Manthen. Although Lady Meridian had hoped her son would pursue another path, Cecil was anointed a paladin by Bishop Manthen just before he went in pursuit of his by then long lost brother.		After the death of his father and then his grandfather at the hands of the lich Langaria, Cecil, still but a boy, escaped with the cleric Nehmen and his elder brother Dine to Castle Merándan for a time, and then after this he was sent by his great uncle Tharot, patriarch of the family, to the Priory of the Venerable Altrefoille under Lord Prior Belareau. His mother accompanied him, having already become a nun. There Cecil continued to train so as to become a Knight of the Beleaguered Shield. He trained in particular with Father Nehmen, the Grand Serjeant Gorrifero of Tannetia, and his brother Dine. After Cecil's brother Dine traveled out of Dwarden and to Pompiers on mission (a plan conceived of by their mother), Cecil coveted adventure as well. Not wishing her dearest and youngest child to find a mean death at the hands of the undead like so many other men of House Ul’muré, lady Meridian sent Cecil to complete his education in the safety of the Princedom of Corrid, where he was further educated by the priests under Bishop Arther Manthen. Although Lady Meridian had hoped her son would pursue another path, Cecil was anointed a paladin by Bishop Manthen just before he went in pursuit of his by then long lost brother.

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−	~~[[File:BLACK-MOUNTAIN-shop.jpg\|thumb\|right\|800px\|Southern Dwarden, known as the Kald, near the Barony of Merándan, the place of Cecil's birth.]]~~
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−	Dwarden is a rocky and rough land near the ocean, and has always been a challenging place in which to live. At the dawn of Mandadorianism, this proud people worshiped Vandadon, the Capserian god of pride and power, but whose reverence and influence had been waning for some time. Dwarden was converted by the Holy Legate Yathamian the Sea Elf, who was incredibly successful. The many petty kings of Dwarden, who knew only war with one another, submitted to the great Sea Elf. Yathamian, to this day, remains the Patron Saint of Dwarden. They later became great knights under the first emperors of Mandadoria.
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−	Towards the decline of Mandadoria, one of the priest-kings, a powerful monarch-bishop named Thagdion, returned from wars in Hollapse, near the Phalein Mountains. He had become so powerful that he achieved dominance over many of the other kings, destroying many of them and their royal lines, creating a power vacuum which he quickly filled. The kings that managed to resist were mostly the sea-kings of the south and some of the east mountain kings. By the fall of Mandadoria, this priest-king, who was by then incredibly old, had made himself a living saint, who was crowned by kings and metropolitan on Mount Kernej, the eventual seat of his power, and proclaimed the King of Dwarden. The insane devotion of his followers was such that upon his demand for them to worship the dark icons of a pagan god, they did so blindly. Thagdion however underestimated the resolve of the kings and knights outside his fold. A great war was thus begun, a war which has lasted for over three centuries.
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−	Early in the war, the kings proved again and again too fractious to lead the war of the resistance. At length, Dwarden's knights, themselves exhausted from fighting both Thagdion and themselves, and facing the complete collapse of their defenses and their nation, unified men of their status and profession into a coherent body with a definite purpose and goal. It was a last-ditch attempt. Thus was born the Order of the Knights of the Beleaguered Shield.
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−	~~Thagdion the Mad still rules from the Kernej, now a war cleric lich of awesome power who worships the god Yalesti, whom he brought back from his campaigns in the Phalein Mountains.~~
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−	In the 700s there was an attempt by Pompiers and Thousiers to help the order cleanse Dwarden of the undead. This sudden and massive import of military support into Dwarden gave the Thousiersian leaders great confidence and ambition, and after guaranteeing their continued support, the kings of Dwarden agreed to crowning a Thousiersian noble the King of Dwarden, for such was their desperation. Despite all this, the Thousiersian king of Dwarden was outmaneuvered by Thangion, and the entire army was destroyed. For decades Thousiersians continued to support their royal claim in Dwarden, prompting eventually three crusades, but each was less supported than the last. By the 9th century, the last Thousiersian claim to the throne of Dwarden had fallen to a disinterested noble line in the Thousiersian homelands, and the Order of the Beleaguered Shield once again assumed true leadership of Dwarden. One of the lasting impacts of the Thousiersian adventure in Dwarden was the change in language and outside blood, especially amongst the nobility and knightly classes. Another major change was the waning of royal titles in Dwarden. The Thousiersian kings of Dwarden were displeased at the number of petty-kings throughout the country, which in turn brought about an attempt to label these petty-kings as the nobility instead of royalty. One attempt was even made to force the kings to resign the royal title and replace it with titles of peerage. The Thousiersians found their real solution in granting the baronial title to those whom they favored, as well as the creation of powerful Thousiersian knights as barons of Dwarden. The title became fashionable and more coveted than that of king. The petty-kings still remain in Dwarden, but their numbers are quite diminished, and there are a number of cases in which barons are more powerful than neighboring kings.
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−	~~[[File:Black mountain.jpg\|thumb\|right\|700px\|Mount Kernej, the seat of Thagdion's power. Eastern Dwarden.]]~~
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−	~~'''The Lich Langaria'''~~
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−	A former wizard of the Priory of St. Dalangion, Langaria was persecuted as a “white” necromancer whose experiments were extreme. Accused by various fanatics, it was the paladin Alamandon Ul’muré who was the advocate who prosecuted the case for the priory. Langaria was convicted, but before he might be disfigured to stop his wizardly career, he escaped through a transmigration of souls, causing the condemning of the wrong man. Alamandon prosecuted a nearby priory, and expelled the actual Langaria who had assumed the priorship. Alamandon received a command knighthood from the Order for this, a major honor. After many decades, a mysterious sorcerer appeared near the priory of Belareau the Magician, bringing undead evils to the land. Several crusaders and heroes failed to destroy this evil. At last, Cecil’s father, Knight Commander Cevrandeaux Ul’muré, shortly after Cecil was conceived, discovered that after many decades Langaria had achieved wizardly lichdom, and had every intention of destroying the house of Ul’muré. In a significant adventure, Cevrandeaux and his large company were destroyed, and soon after the entire priory fell to the undead. Langaria himself, now a lieutenant of Thagdion the Mad, 11 years afterwards, turned his attentions to Sir Alamandon and his eldest son at their ancestral Castle Ul’muré.

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 '''Rescue Bishop Keismar'''
-Bishop Keismar, on request from Cecil, traveled to Fort Amerstice to secure the assistance of his former Encyclonian archer company in rooting out the great evil that was mustering in the swamps of Ranriel. He was, however, captured and imprisoned by the magistrate, who had previously been nearly killed by the Paladin. Seeing that Keismar was a friend and ally to the hated paladin, the magistrate ordered his execution, perhaps in an attempt to draw Cecil back to his sphere of influence. Upon Cecil's return to Amerstice, he discovered that the Bishop had been remanded to the 'care' of the Church in Abertia. Needless to say, a crime of this magnitude cannot go unpunished before the eyes of Mandador.
+Bishop Keismar, on request from Cecil, traveled to Fort Amerstice to secure the assistance of his former Encyclonian archer company in rooting out the great evil that was mustering in the swamps of Ranriel. He was, however, captured and imprisoned by the magistrate, who had previously been nearly killed by the paladin. Seeing that Keismar was a friend and ally to the hated paladin, the magistrate ordered his execution, perhaps in an attempt to draw Cecil back to his sphere of influence. Upon Cecil's return to Amerstice, he discovered that the Bishop had been remanded to the 'care' of the Church in Abertia. Needless to say, a crime of this magnitude cannot go unpunished before the eyes of Mandador.
 '''Destroy the fertility cult in Mirsaki'''

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	===Quests===		===Quests===
		+	'''Return the heart of Ebiaster Eberclaw to the faerie people of Ranriel forest'''
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		+	The dragon gave his life to turn the tide of the battle outside Lorlac's realm, as Cecil's allies fought bravely to keep the demigod distracted and buy Cecil time within his dream realm. Upon his death the massive chunk of metal that was his heart remained and was taken by Galina, who sailed to Dantareth Town. Upon arriving, she used the stone to barter for goods and services as well as a large amount of gold and silver pieces from Lord Lithit. The King and Queen of the faeries asked Cecil to bring the heart back, as it is sacred to them and a token of their lost friend. Cecil agreed and is now tasked with raising enough money to buy the heart back from Lithit, as it was traded for fairly by a business agreement, and could not be taken without payment.
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		+	'''Rescue Bishop Keismar'''
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		+	Bishop Keismar, on orders from Cecil, traveled to Fort Amerstice to secure the assistance of his former Encyclonian archer company in rooting out the great evil that was mustering in the swamps of Ranriel. He was, however, captured and imprisoned by the magistrate, who had previously been nearly killed by the Paladin. Seeing that Keismar was a friend and ally to the hated paladin, the magistrate ordered his execution, perhaps in an attempt to draw Cecil back to his sphere of influence. Upon Cecil's return to Amerstice, he discovered that the Bishop had been remanded to the 'care' of the Church in Abertia. Needless to say, a crime of this magnitude cannot go unpunished before the eyes of Mandador.
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		+	'''Destroy the fertility cult in Mirsaki'''
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		+	Apostates and heretics have taken root in the provincial capital of Mirsaki, the former seat of Cecil's fallen brother Dine. These fanatics openly call for the people to abandon the banner of Mandador and used the powers of their heathen religion to blight the crops and lands throughout Dantareth. It is rumored that their leader is a vampire of sorts and they likely consort with all manner of vile creatures. Cecil has vowed to throw down this blasphemous collection of filth and restore the True Faith throughout the region.
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		+	'''Find and apprehend Horalio the gnome'''
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		+	Although the ancient dark gnome had assisted Cecil in the swamps of Ranriel after a fashion, he is also one of the most evil and cunning individuals the paladin has ever met. Brooding and calculating, Cecil believes that the sacrifical ritual that was to take place in the swamps was at least partly engineered by Horalio, though the extent of his involvement is not known. Cecil has tasked the servant of the forest to try and locate the gnome before he escapes Ranriel and makes his way out into the world at large, where he will be free to continue his plotting and wreak even more mayhem.
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		+	'''Destroy the heretical branch of the Church of Mandador and throw down any and all false fains'''
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		+	It became clear to Cecil, upon arriving at the interior of Pompiers, that all was not right within the Church of Mandador. Many a follower, priest, holy soldier and scholar have apparently sided with a dark force that masquerades as Mandadorianism, but is in fact something quite sinister. This was crystallized when Cecil sought refuge within a church along the river on his way to Mirsaki. This holy place felt terribly wrong to Cecil and he was attacked by those who wore the regalia and symbols of Manadador, but were in fact servants of evil. Even the holy water was not holy in this place, and Cecil's own blessed liquids caused their skin to smoke and burn. This was a highly disturbing event in the mind of the young paladin and he has vowed to discover the root of this most Unholy Blasphemy, destroying any who would hide behind the aegis of the Trefoil to work their evil plot.
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		+	'''Atonement for succumbing to cult magic'''
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		+	During his most recent return to Fort Amerstice, in which he sought to bring Magistrate LaGrande to justice and free his friend Roger Keismar, Cecil encountered a beautiful woman speaking to a shady man in the local tavern. After using his power to detect evil intent and discovering the woman to be actively engaged in evil plotting, the paladin confronted the pair. He was ultimately charmed by some sort of witch magic and was lured to her bedroom with Galina in order to have sex with the both of them, as she too was brought under the strange woman's sway. Although his chaste nature was able to prevent him from participating in the actual act of intercourse, he nonetheless participated in other debaucheries in the dank, sweaty room. Thanks to the intervention of his friends, her spell was broken as she was rebuffed and she rode off to Mirsaki. Coming to and seeing that his honor had been greatly compromised, Cecil rode after the woman and her strange companion, only to be struck down instantly by some great heathen spell. Upon his revival by Lumnis, Cecil, in his great shame, has taken a vow of silence in atonement for his failure and refuses to speak until certain conditions known only to him have been fulfilled.
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		+	'''Discover what happened to Dine'''
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		+	The circumstances of his brother's death seem to have been quite mysterious and it is likely that some sort of betrayal or political intrigue was involved. Cecil plans to investigate what happened to his brother and meet out justice where appropriate.

	===Allies===		===Allies===

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	::-Cecil's grand address and sermon at the steps of the old Church of St. Astivus the Elf-Slayer, addressing many of the townspeople. Cecil carefully inveighs against Kevin Lithit and the rogues, and calls for aide to the Encyclonian and Quadrainian refugees living outside the town walls.		::-Cecil's grand address and sermon at the steps of the old Church of St. Astivus the Elf-Slayer, addressing many of the townspeople. Cecil carefully inveighs against Kevin Lithit and the rogues, and calls for aide to the Encyclonian and Quadrainian refugees living outside the town walls.
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		+	===Travel from Dantareth Town, Return to Ft. Amerstice, and the Death of Cecil by the Spell of the Witch===
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		+	(29 Still Heat, 888): Upon completion of his words to the people before the Church of St. Astivus and his remarks to Kevin Lithit and Arling Grelomo, Cecil returned to his business of procuring equipment for campaign and adventure, and amongst his purchases acquired two mares for both Galina and Elony. His heart and mind burdened with the loss of the heart of Ebeaster Etherclaw, the faerie dragon that had sacrificed himself in the affairs at the swamp, Cecil turned his will to the recovery of the dragon's priceless heart of otherworldly faerie-steel, and counseled Galina to return the small fortune in gold and silver she had procured from Lord Lithit in return for the heart. Galina proved hesitant, reminding Cecil that the heart-stone was the refugees' guarantor for their protection and survival in the outskirts of Dantareth Town, and that the treasure was intended to purchase food and shelter for the survivors in the swamp. She also held the treasure as a token of a victory of sorts over the guile of Lord Lithit, and furthermore declared her belief that Lithit possessed an accurate appraisal for the true value of the faerie-steel heart, and might not part with it for most any price. Nonetheless, despite her hesitancy, the remonstrations of Cecil eventually persuaded her to return a substantial portion of the treasure Lithit had awarded her as initial collateral for the return of the dragon's heart-stone.
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	===Other Past Events and Notes on Points of Interest===		===Other Past Events and Notes on Points of Interest===