Laz of Urik - Revision history

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The Lich: /* Current Activities */

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‎Current Activities

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The Lich: /* Laz Explores the Depths of the Obsidian Mines */

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‎Laz Explores the Depths of the Obsidian Mines

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‎Position in Xal'gren's Army

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	'''''Laz of Urik''', 2nd level/2nd level male neutral good mul fire cleric/psychokineticist''		'''''Laz of Urik''', 2nd level/2nd level male neutral good mul fire cleric/psychokineticist''

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	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company leader. As a healer, he serves his company leader, a human ex-slave gladiator and military officer of Free Tyr named Marcus Lycenius. Marcus fought under Rikus in Free Year 1, in the war against Urik, and is one of the few survivors of that doomed campaign. In Free Year 10, he also marched with the Tyrian Legion following Rikus, Neeva and Sadira of Tyr in their campaign to reach Samarah, and during the campaign witnessed the death of Abalach-Re, Sorcerer-Queen of Raam. He was gravely injured in the battle with Raam, and so returned to Tyr early, thus surviving that campaign as well. Marcus is a good but stern leader. A man well into his forties, Marcus is a fair man and an experienced and famous soldier. When Laz murdered the other mul by throwing him into the fire, Marcus did not harshly punish Laz, and instead restricts him to sleep and make his night fire at the far edge of any camp they make.		Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company leader. As a healer, he serves his company leader, a human ex-slave gladiator and military officer of Free Tyr named Marcus Lycenius. Marcus fought under Rikus in Free Year 1, in the war against Urik, and is one of the few survivors of that doomed campaign. In Free Year 10, he also marched with the Tyrian Legion following Rikus, Neeva and Sadira of Tyr in their campaign to reach Samarah, and during the campaign witnessed the death of Abalach-Re, Sorcerer-Queen of Raam. He was gravely injured in the battle with Raam, and so returned to Tyr early, thus surviving that campaign as well. Marcus is a good but stern leader. A man well into his forties, Marcus is a fair man and an experienced and famous soldier. When Laz murdered the other mul by throwing him into the fire, Marcus did not harshly punish Laz, and instead restricts him to sleep and make his night fire at the far edge of any camp they make.
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		+	====Xal'gren's Army====
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		+	Xal'gren's army is an amalgum of ex-slaves, freedom fighters, and even mercenaries and soldiers with whom Xal'gren has one arrangement or another. Xal'gren also has several powerful allies, including the ascendant premier merchant dynasty of Balic, House Wavir, as well as many within the various city Veiled Alliances.
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		+	'''Xal'gren'''
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		+	'''Companions'''
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		+	:''Charxes'', older female freedom fighter, chief lieutenant general of Xal'gren
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		+	:''Phaaf Glien'', traitor templar of Nibenay, trained gladiator and powerful clairsentient, lover of Xal'gren, Navarch of Balic, lieutenant general of Xal'gren
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		+	:''Vykant'', traitor high templar of Nibenay, quartermaster general of Xal'gren's army
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		+	:''Zhor of the Hi'pachi'', a very powerful half-elf preserver and psionicist
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		+	'''Commanders'''
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		+	:''Qui' Valdis'', the great chief of the Shesh, and general of their army
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		+	::''Yald Yav'', the mighty pagan sun priest amongst the Sheshans
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		+	:''Isenetrix'', a mighty warrior from the extreme north, with army of desert hardened warrior freedom fighters
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		+	Others...
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		+	'''Company Leaders'''
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 ====The Fate of Xal'gren====
-[[File:Longhair Warrior with Sword.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Xal'gren, so called as an approximation of his original thri-kreen name, is quite possibly the greatest gladiator of the Seven Cities.  Now free, he leads a great army of escaped slaves and freedom fighters who seeks nothing less than the complete emancipation of all slaves throughout the Tablelands and the overthrow of the three remaining sorcerer-monarchs of Athas.  Possessed of incredible strength, wisdom and force of intellect, he now calls upon the aid of the wind spirits of his youth, which he now commands with great power.  On the 20th of Hexameron, Free Year 19, Xal'gren and his army took the City-State of Balic, which he now rules as the temporary Dictator.  Wielding a precious pure steel sword and his weapon the winds themselves, Xal'gren remains the greatest champion for freedom on Athas.]]
+[[File:Longhair Warrior with Sword.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Xal'gren, so called as an approximation of his original thri-kreen name, is quite possibly the greatest gladiator of the Seven Cities.  Now free, he leads a great army of escaped slaves and freedom fighters and seeks nothing less than the complete emancipation of all slaves throughout the Tablelands and the overthrow of the remaining sorcerer-monarchs of Athas.  Possessed of incredible strength, wisdom and force of intellect, he now calls upon the aid of the wind spirits of his youth, which he commands with great power.  On the 20th of Hexameron, Free Year 19, Xal'gren and his army took the City-State of Balic, which he now rules as the temporary Dictator.  Wielding a precious pure steel sword and his weapon the wind itself, Xal'gren remains the greatest champion for freedom on Athas.]]
 Although Laz did not see it, he would soon hear of that fate of Xal'gren the Free.  The gladiator was abused and thrown into the Pit of Black Death, where he was to be put to death before the eyes of the vengeful king by the most powerful and vicious monsters of the desert that the King's reavers could possibly find.  Over the course of months, the great gladiator survived combat after combat, and at last in an open desert arena near the Lake of Golden Dreams, he slew a fire drake, perhaps the most powerful creature of the desert besides the Dragon himself.  Now immensely popular within the city, Hamanu allowed there to be a final gladiatorial combat in the Pit of Black Death against a great champion.  King Hamanu arranged for the Champion of Raam, the half-giant Badwah, to come to Urik to put an end to Xal'gren.  The two great gladiators fought a horrendous battle, to a draw, and so upon the screaming demands of the fanatical spectators, Xal'gren was allowed to live and be sold to the great city-state of Raam.

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 ====Laz Explores the Depths of the Obsidian Mines====
-[[File:Mines 1.jpg|thumb|left|400px|The obsidian mines of Urik, outside of the client-village of Makla in the shadow of the Smoking Crown Mountain, is the most important source for quality obsidian on Athas.  The obsidian there is especially hard, and is mined using precious iron tools, the metal of which comes from the city-state of Tyr, which possesses the only iron mine on Athas.  On a metal-poor world, obsidian serves as a common tool used for weapons, construction and many other things.  Unfortunately, due to its fragility, obsidian must be constantly replaced, and thus more must always be mined.  Slaves are used to extract the obsidian from the earth.  Most cannot endure the extreme heat of the black obsidian pits nor the lacerations afflicted upon them by the dark glass itself, and die not long after having been sent there.  The sentence of slavery at the obsidian mines is generally considered a sentence worse than death, but it is one King Hamanu prefers above all.]]
+[[File:Mines 1.jpg|thumb|left|400px|'''A Urikite depiction of slaves laboring in the obsidian mine, their work illuminated by an oil lamp.''' The obsidian mines of Urik, outside of the client-village of Makla in the shadow of the Smoking Crown Mountain, is the most important source for quality obsidian on Athas.  The obsidian there is especially hard, and is mined using precious iron tools, the metal of which comes from the city-state of Tyr, which possesses the only iron mine on Athas.  On a metal-poor world, obsidian serves as a common tool used for weapons, construction and many other things.  Unfortunately, due to its fragility, obsidian must be constantly replaced, and thus more must always be mined.  Slaves are used to extract the obsidian from the earth.  Most cannot endure the extreme heat of the black obsidian pits nor the lacerations afflicted upon them by the dark glass itself, and die not long after having been sent there.  The sentence of slavery at the obsidian mines is generally considered a sentence worse than death, but it is one King Hamanu prefers above all.]]
 Another year passed, and Laz was passed up again for selection.  A fiery despair had set in already, but at one point there was an impromptu attempted escape by many of the mul youths.  They were stopped by the templars not far from the mines, and crucified so as to be exposed to death by the blazing glare of the obsidian.  Laz watched as many of his old companions--some of the very strongest among them--die slow and transfixed at the edge of the pits.

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	====Position in Xal'gren's Army====		====Position in Xal'gren's Army====

−	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company leader. As a healer, he serves his company leader, a human ex-slave gladiator and military officer of Free Tyr named Marcus Lycenius. Marcus fought under Rikus in Free Year 1, in the war against Urik, and is one of the few survivors of that doomed campaign. In Free Year 10, he also marched with the Tyrian Legion following Rikus, Neeva and Sadira of Tyr in their campaign to reach Samarah, and during the campaign witnessed the death of Abalach-Re, Sorcerer-Queen of Raam. He was gravely injured in the battle with Raam, and so returned to Tyr early, thus surviving that campaign as well. Marcus is a good but stern leader. A man well into his forties, Marcus is a fair man and an experienced and famous soldier. When Laz murdered the other mul by throwing him into the fire, Marcus did not ~~punish~~ harshly punish Laz, and instead restricts him to sleep and make his night fire at the far edge of any camp they make.	+	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company leader. As a healer, he serves his company leader, a human ex-slave gladiator and military officer of Free Tyr named Marcus Lycenius. Marcus fought under Rikus in Free Year 1, in the war against Urik, and is one of the few survivors of that doomed campaign. In Free Year 10, he also marched with the Tyrian Legion following Rikus, Neeva and Sadira of Tyr in their campaign to reach Samarah, and during the campaign witnessed the death of Abalach-Re, Sorcerer-Queen of Raam. He was gravely injured in the battle with Raam, and so returned to Tyr early, thus surviving that campaign as well. Marcus is a good but stern leader. A man well into his forties, Marcus is a fair man and an experienced and famous soldier. When Laz murdered the other mul by throwing him into the fire, Marcus did not harshly punish Laz, and instead restricts him to sleep and make his night fire at the far edge of any camp they make.

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 Voljimus sneered.  ''"I will not, and even if I could, why would I risk offending a kindred spirit of magma.  This fire guards the darkness beneath the volcanic glass which surrounds my holy mountains of fire.  This flame is a near cousin of the spirits to which I pray.  Why should I insult it?  And why would the spirits of magma help me to insult it?"''
-Voljimus saw that Laz had no intention of offering a sacrifice, and therefore said before the afrighted ex-slaves:  ''"This cleric of fire refuses the sacrifice which is due to his masters, and so then he himself must become the sacrifice."''
+Voljimus saw that Laz had no intention of offering a sacrifice, and therefore said before the afrighted ex-slaves:  ''"This cleric of fire refuses the sacrifice which is due to his masters, and so therefore he himself must become the sacrifice."''
-With that, Voljimus ordered two of his guards, both escaped slave muls from Urik, just like Laz, to seize the fire cleric, and throw him into the fires.  Laz instinctively called upon the spirits of fire to defeat his foes, but no spells were answered.  Laz was subdued, and was dragged before the waiting pillar of fire, while Voljimus sang prayers of sacrifice behind him in answer to the pillar of flame.
+With that, Voljimus ordered two of his guards, both muls and escaped slaves from Urik, just like Laz, to seize the fire cleric, and throw him into the fires.  Laz instinctively called upon the spirits of fire to defeat his foes, but no spells were answered.  Laz was subdued, and was dragged before the waiting pillar of fire, while Voljimus sang prayers of sacrifice behind him in answer to the pillar of flame.
-Just before he was to be thrown in, Laz called upon the Way, and exploded a volcanic stone nearby the fire, which stunned one of his captors.  Laz thus had to deal with the remaining mul.  They wrestled for a minute or so, grappling each other on the ground, but Laz called upon the Way of the Unseen once more, and with a telekinetic blast, threw his opponent up from off of him.  With a vicious strike, Laz then knocked his assailant into the fire.  The mul screamed as the pillar of fire took him, not letting him crawl out of the flames, but rather drawing him back into the center of it.  The pillar pressed his held down into the fire until the skull exploded with a pop.
+Just before he was to be thrown in, Laz called upon the Way, and exploded a volcanic stone nearby the fire, which stunned one of his captors.  Laz thus had only to deal with the remaining mul.  They wrestled for a minute or so, grappling each other on the ground, but Laz called upon the Way of the Unseen once more, and with a telekinetic blast, threw his opponent up from off of him.  With a vicious strike, Laz then knocked his assailant into the fire.  The mul screamed as the pillar of fire took him, not letting him crawl out of the flames, but rather drawing him back into the center of it.  The pillar pressed his head down into the fire until his skull exploded with a pop.
 The pillar of fire receded into the flames, and Laz was left alone, although now hated by many of the Shesh.

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−	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company ~~commander~~. As a healer, he serves his company ~~commander~~, a human ex-~~soldier~~ of Tyr named ~~Varus~~.	+	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company leader. As a healer, he serves his company leader, a human ex-slave gladiator and military officer of Free Tyr named Marcus Lycenius. Marcus fought under Rikus in Free Year 1, in the war against Urik, and is one of the few survivors of that doomed campaign. In Free Year 10, he also marched with the Tyrian Legion following Rikus, Neeva and Sadira of Tyr in their campaign to reach Samarah, and during the campaign witnessed the death of Abalach-Re, Sorcerer-Queen of Raam. He was gravely injured in the battle with Raam, and so returned to Tyr early, thus surviving that campaign as well. Marcus is a good but stern leader. A man well into his forties, Marcus is a fair man and an experienced and famous soldier. When Laz murdered the other mul by throwing him into the fire, Marcus did not punish harshly punish Laz, and instead restricts him to sleep and make his night fire at the far edge of any camp they make.

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−	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company commander. As a healer, he serves his company commander, a human named...	+	Laz of Urik is an official magical healer in Xal'gren's core army of personal followers. Xal'gren enforces only the loosest of military order and organization amongst his followers, for his only real units are companies, each led by a company commander. As a healer, he serves his company commander, a human ex-soldier of Tyr named Varus.