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[chubby2man]

Okay accepting all the following characters:

Glass: Girtek
Kilo: Lieras Hlaalu
Madman: Rilfar Tostigsson
Soldier: Krihrada Ychotchzan
Irony: Breaks-the-Chain
Sudorandom:Walks-in-shadow
Max Spin: Tiros

You can still submit character sheets to join a waitlist in case we expand player count or someone drops out.

Expect the intro situation (prisoners in the dungeons of Helgan, powers strangely awakened as a dragon attacks) to be posted in the next few days!

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Questions
While I work on the introduction, feel free to answer or ignore these questions as you like. Your answers can have significant effects on the world. (subject to gm approval, but I’m easy. )
 
Girtek: Do you know who created you, and how much control did they have over you? Do you desire to create others like yourself?
 
Lleiras Hlaalu: The Mages Guild was at the forefront of Theurgic research. What caused their fracture, and what side are you on?
 
Rilfar Tostigsson: What hold does Rilfar hail from and lay claim to? (Any except Whiterun, can make one up as well). Who aided your rival (can be a dragon, sorcerer, something else?)
 
Krihrada Ychotchzan: What do you know of the disappearance of your people? (You can decide the “truth” of their disappearance, or leave it a mystery to uncover. Up to you.) What do you miss most?
 
Breaks-the -Chains: What is the cause of your devotion to the Hist? How would other Argonians view your goals?
 
Walks-in-Shadow: With Sithis ascendent in the world, how has the Dark Brotherhood grown in power? What made you leave?
 
Tiros: Have you heard anything interesting?

[Glass]

Girtek has no idea who created them; the long years spent dormant have cut away at their old memories. At the very least, their creator was exceptionally well versed in both Dwemer engineering and conjuration magics.
Their creator(s?), at most, likely had the authority of a parent over Girtek, but no way to compel obedience beyond any separate mundane or spell-based methods.
Girtek feels no specific urge to create others like themselves, but would be glad of the opportunity to do so. The potential repercussions of doing so are unclear.

[Maximum Spin]

Tiros: Have you heard anything interesting?

My brother told me that some people here use special bows that take too long to load and need special arrows called bolts. They sound like idiots.

[IronyOwl]

Breaks-the -Chains: What is the cause of your devotion to the Hist?

Breaks-the-Chain hatched in a fortress-ruin from a higher era, in a bubble of stable reality maintained by the Hist after the gods and laws of the world were eaten by ascendant-yet-collapsing empires. His view of the world is fundamentally one of oases of power in a shifting desert of predation and decay, with one of the best ways to beat back the clawing darkness being to dredge up the secrets of those who attained such power before you.

The Hist, he believes, were the First Race, rightful Lords of Nirn and Progenitors of the Saxhleel. Their serene yet sublime nature allowed them to prosper uninterrupted through the long ages of lesser races rising and falling, and even in the current age of calamity they persist in ways others cannot. They are and always have been the ultimate civilization, too far above the petty concerns of others to even be recognized as such.

On top of that, the Hist love and nurture him and created his species explicitly to serve them, which is an exceedingly fortunate and prestigious position to have.

How would other Argonians view your goals?

Traditionalists would be horrified. Argonians are better than dead elves because the former know you don't need anything but a full belly and a mud burrow to be happy. The Hist don't want to rule the world, and they certainly don't want to be transplanted and altered to "better" serve whatever deranged purpose was learned from the halls of those who destroyed themselves in the throes of madness.

This root-brother has learned all the wrong lessons from digging around in tombs.


Moderates would be intrigued but wary. It's true that the Hist rely on the Saxhleel to handle most of the material world for them, but sometimes this root-brother sounds like he thinks he knows better than they do. Maybe once or twice, especially on short time scales, but if he really wants to serve the Hist he should probably listen when they speak. All this talk of eugenics and dead artifice also sounds distinctly bizarre, if not outright villainous or mad. On the other hand, it's true that the world is dangerously unstable and any assistance with that would be much appreciated- elite not-quite-Argonian warriors armed with crystal magecraft operating out of a smoothskin city ruled by Hist certainly doesn't sound like the worst outcome imaginable.

This root-brother is strange, probably dangerous, but he stands against the darkness as we all do.


Radicals would vary a lot, but probably tend towards full support of his attempts to produce advanced technology and holdings for the Argonians, mostly support his attempts to create or uplift servants and allies, and be mostly hostile to his intention to replace or breed Argonians into something else. Argonians need the tools and support to triumph over the dangers of the world, and might even benefit from being made better than what they are, but they must remain Argonian.

This root-brother has the right idea... provided he stays a root-brother, and doesn't try to become an elf.

[Sudurandom]

"How has the Dread father's ascendance effected the Brotherhood? It's grown of course, but I'm not sure that's an improvement. The Brotherhood used to be a small group of experts, now they're overrun with amateurs. Few of them put in the work to become true masters. And they've become more brazen, killing for fun and making hits in places no professional would consider. Which means more collateral damage. And the number of them who are killed or captured would embarrass the Brotherhood of old.

Why did I leave? The Shadowscales are part of the Brotherhood, but we're distinct. We mostly train ourselves. The senior scales who instructed me taught that we served the Argonian people. We were the hidden knife that when wielded could change the world, ending wars before they started and brining untouchable criminals to justice.
It wasn't true. I discovered my handler was sending me on jobs to enrich himself without thought for how it would hurt the people. When I looked it was the same for all of us. There was no noble purpose, we were tools our masters used solely for their own power.
So I left. I still take the occasional freelance job when I find a worthy cause. Not always bringing the Dread Fathers gift, sometimes it's theft. The skillsets are mostly the same."

[SOLDIER First]

What do you know of the disappearance of your people?

Spoiler: Nothing. (click to show/hide)

Krihrada was in her workshop, poring over schematics for an upgraded design of the delver amunculus. Word among the other Tonal Architects was that the Brass God, Numidium, was to be activated for the first time quite soon; within weeks, perhaps. The crowning achievement of her people - the ultimate weapon, the key to their retaking of Resdayn from the cursed Chimer and, if the words of Lord Kagrenac were to be believed, a source of the final goal that every creature seeks: eternal life, for each and every Dwemer. The honor of laying eyes upon it in the flesh was one far beyond her station, but Kagrenac's experiments had shown great promise since the beginning, and what news she heard of his progress from those who visited Red Mountain was uplifting indeed.

Faintly the beautiful singing of a master's Tonal Magic could be heard. It was a deep and resonating sound that felt as though it came from within Krihrada's very soul.

She made a note in the margins of the schematics, blinked, and then saw nothing.

Nothing was in front of her. Nothing was all around her. Churning, roiling nothing, that her eyes refused to focus on for more than seconds at a time.

Nothing with no beginning, no end, and no horizon. She stood upon nothing, but did not fall, instead floating there, suspended by nothing.

She could not move. She could not speak. She could hardly think. Nothing filled her mind and replaced everything else.

Nothing warped her sense of time until she could not discern the difference between minutes and hours.

How long nothing claimed her, how long she was trapped within nothing, she could not tell.

Perhaps it was mere hours. Perhaps it was countless aeons. Perhaps it was no time at all.

But eventually, nothing faded away, until she was back in her workshop. As her feet touched the ground Krihrada felt faint - she put her arm out to steady herself upon her worktable and instead met nothing but air. A twisted mass of ancient, rusted metal was scattered upon the floor where the table should have been.

How odd, she thought. Then she collapsed. As her consciousness faded away, she heard people shouting.

---------------------------------

When she awoke a week later, Krihrada found herself in a strange camp full of people she did not recognize. They informed her that they were a group of explorers, members of the Scholars of the Deep Folk, and they'd found her in a nearby ruin on an investigation. She asked what sort of investigation. They told her they traveled the lands searching ancient Dwemer ruins for artifacts and knowledge of their culture and history.

She asked them why.

Because they're all gone.

She asked them what year it was. They told her (201 of the "Fourth Era"). She asked them where she was. They told her (camped out in the western "Rift"). She asked them what happened to the Dwemer.

...Nobody knows what happened to them. They just disappeared. A very long time ago. Hundreds and hundreds of years.

The Scholars seemed to find her questions strange. They assumed she must have hit her head when she collapsed, or perhaps had some sort of illness (her skin was so oddly pale). She did not correct them. They allowed her to stay with them for as long as she liked, as they would not be returning to their academy for quite some time. She accepted their offer.

[The secret of the Disappearance of the Dwemer is... (highlight the rest of the line to reveal) A mystery. Krihrada's situation is unique; the same fate may have befallen the rest of the Dwemer or it may not have, but either way, she is the only one to return (so far).  Not knowing is more interesting, don't you think? ]

What do you miss most?

Spoiler: ...Everything. (click to show/hide)

Krihrada misses her people. Everything lost to the ages - their logical and straightforward way of thinking, their wit and affinity for wry humor, their songs and dances, their foods, their ingenuity and headstrong approach to technological advancement.  Every person that she knew. Every aspect of their culture that was wiped away, seemingly in the blink of an eye. Everything that was lost.

Everything that was stolen from the world.

Everything that was stolen from her.

[Kilojoule Proton]

The Mages Guild was at the forefront of Theurgic research. What caused their fracture, and what side are you on?

The years immediately preceding the Race for the Thrones were turbulent, and for many, the Nerevarine's success in expelling the Empire and its associates from Morrowind in the face of the Tribunal and the Sixth House brought an end to centuries of unchallenged imperial hegemony. Following the Oblivion Crisis, whispers of rebellion and liberation throughout the Empire grew into ever-escalating revolts exacerbated by the Empire's abandonment in their time of need. Through it all, damning rumors of Imperial involvement in the Oblivion Crisis spread like wildfire even if they disagreed on what exactly happened at White-Gold Tower to bring about those days of horror...and opportunity. Lleras' recollection remains largely limited to the once-proud halls of the Mages Guild, and during the Oblivion Crisis and the early stages of the Race for the Thrones, broadly speaking, four factions dominated discourse in Mages Guild halls from North Point to Leyawiin:

• The pro-Imperial theurgists saw promise in using Theurgy to reap the benefits of expanding the Empire early on. Whether loyal citizens of the Empire, Argonian abolitionists, New Selective fanatics, or exiles from Morrowind, they were united in their support for Imperial projects in other worlds. They were among the first to join the Race for the Thrones, and they are remembered as among the worst of the Mantled Gods in sheer excess for their ongoing pillaging of Oblivion and Aetherius.
• The anti-Imperial theurgists, on the other hand, saw an answer to the Septim Empire in the high magic of Theurgy. From traditionalist Dunmer to Nord separatists and from questers for Aldmeris to independence proponents from Valenwood and Elsweyr, they, too, joined the Race for the Thrones early and have since acquired a reputation for their violent infighting, mythic ruthlessness, and insufficient opposition to Dominion and Nerevarine forces in their wars against the pro-Imperial theurgists.
• Still others, perhaps worried about the risks of the untested school of Theurgy, advocated caution and pushed for a more controlled period of study with an eye toward applications in strengthening the barriers between Nirn and Oblivion. Highly unpopular among the conjurers and theurgists, the anti-theurgists suffered heavy losses during the Race for the Thrones and have, by and large, died out as a significant player in Guild politics.
• The fourth major faction was considerably smaller than the others, but what they lacked in numbers, they more than made up for in prestige and resources. Concentrated along the shores of the Iliac, the tower-seekers were carricatured as foolish mystics and old eccentrics, but they count members of the ancient Direnni clan among their number. Little is known of them but that they likely see a new avenue for unlocking the secrets of the Ur-Tower...

Other factions existed too, of course, and many were considerably less clearly defined than the major four, but most of the Guild leadership had aligned themselves with one of the four by this time. With Great House Hlaalu in steep decline following the expulsion of those perceived as Imperial enablers from Morrowind, Lleras was sympathetic to the pro-Imperial theurgists but had yet to be initiated in the deeper mysteries by the time the Race for the Thrones was raging in full force. It may have been a small mercy because he was spared from the worst of the fighting far beyond Nirn, where countless hopeful aspirants perished in the crossfire long before they could make their impact. Nevertheless, the loss of Guild leadership and the ongoing decay of institutional knowledge throughout Tamriel soon led to the rapid disintegration of any sort of organization above the guild hall. In High Rock, where local, squabbling kings still held sway over ever-shifting petty kingdoms, they absorbed the surviving mages into their courts and continued their intrigues more or less as they always had. In Skyrim, the Mages Guild was perhaps justifiably blamed for inciting the Oblivion Crisis and the Race for the Thrones and was banned, disbanded, and expelled in a rare moment of agreement among the feuding jarls. The situation in Cyrodiil was not much better, and the Race for the Thrones had left the Guild headless and bleeding members every which way as its Nirnbound membership lost what authority, funding, and prestige it had left to the Mantled and Mertled Gods even as the Dominion began pressing forward in earnest. Worse yet, the Psijic Order, long thought to be ambivalent at worst and possibly sympathetic to Galerion's legacy, had been incontrovertibly implicated in the rise of the Third Aldmeri Dominion.

It was this season of disarray Lleras successfully argued before the Leyawiin guild hall for a risky diplomatic mission to Skyrim, where magic was once again under heavy scrutiny. Framing it as an opportunity to foster a working relationship with the reportedly well-off College of Winterhold* with the end goal of rebuilding the Cyrodilic chapter of the Mages Guild and spreading it back to Skyrim, more than a few of his guildmates questioned the wisdom of doing so, preferring instead to lie low and work to rival and one day eclipse the reascended Ada. Realistically speaking, there wasn't too much to argue, of course; for one, there wasn't much the jarls could do that they hadn't already done to the Guild, and as Lleras had volunteered himself, even his opponents could be convinced that the outcome of this mission would be a win-win even factoring in the cost of financing his expedition.


* It's hardly the College's first disaster, after all. The incident that sent half of the City of Winterhold into the Sea of Ghosts was arguably worse, not that the College had anything to do with it.

[Madman198237]

The tattered remnants of Falkreath Hold, taken over by a family cousin thought long dead. Given the necromantic armies used in his campaign, his unusually long life, and reportedly pale complexion of his chief advisor, it seems he may have found himself some support amongst some surviving vampires, and might be one himself.

[Sudurandom]

Level two character sheet. New gifts: The Still Silence of Sleep, Welcoming the Dusk.

Spoiler: Walks-in-shadow level 2 (click to show/hide)

Name: Walks-in-shadow

Description: A large athletic Argonian with dark green scales. He typically wears dark close fitting clothes and a hooded cloak.

Goal: Use his skills to help his people and keep the peace, as he thought his training was for.

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:14/ +1/ 7 
Dexterity:16/ +2/ 5
Constitution:13/ +1/ 8
Wisdom:13/ +1/ 8
Intelligence:10/ +0/ 11
Charisma:16/ +2/ 5


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:14/-1+0=13
Evasion:14/-2+0=12
Spirit:14/-2+0=12

Hit Points: Current 14/Max 14

AC:3-2 dex=1
Armor: None
Savings Throws Penalty: None

Base Attack Bonus: 2
Weapons: Sword and dagger; Dex, +4 to hit, 1d10+2 damage.
Fray Die: 1d8

Resources
Effort: 3/3
Influence: 3/3
Dominion:  1
Wealth: 0
Exp: 3

Facts
Origin: An Argonian born under the sign of the Shadow
Past Career: Raised by the Dark Brotherhood as a shadowscale until he became disillusioned and left.
Relationship: Joined the Bards college to hide in plain sight.
Level 2: Quietly dispensed justice as a mysterious vigilante.
Words:
   Deception: Heroes with the Deception Word may raise either their Dexterity
or Charisma to 16, depending on whether they favor stealth or lies.
If either score is already 16 or higher, they may set it to 18 instead.

   Night: Heroes with the Word of Night can see perfectly in darkness. They
need not sleep, and their actions will never involuntarily cause the
awakening of any sleepers around them.

   Sea: Heroes with the Sea Word have an invincible defense against cold,
can breathe water, swim at twice their normal movement rate, and see
with perfect clarity underwater, regardless of available light. They may
grant these benefits to their companions, except for cold immunity

Gifts:
  Deception:
Perfect Masquerade. On Turn
Commit Effort. Instantly appear as any humanoid you have seen.
Only worthy foes or those with significant personal knowledge of the
individual have any chance to make a Spirit save against the deception
unless you do something egregiously out of character. You instinctively
mimic voice, clothing, mannerisms, and expected habits of behavior.

Shadow Play. Action
Commit Effort. You can create perfect illusions in sound, smell, and
seeming, though they are intangible to the touch. The illusion appears
anywhere within sight, can be up to 30 feet in diameter, and can be
made to move and seem lifelike without further attention so long
as Effort remains committed to them. Invisibility is not an illusion.

Veiled Step. On Turn
Commit Effort. Lesser foes have no chance to detect you so long as
you stay out of their immediate presence and don’t draw attention.
Worthy foes can try a Spirit save to resist when you are near

  Night:
Knives of Night. On Turn
Commit Effort. You are now able to harden darkness into a weapon
with a range of 200 feet. When used to attack, it does 1d10 damage
and is treated as a magical weapon. Foes reduced to zero hit points can
either be killed, put to sleep, or permanently blinded at your discretion.

The Still Silence of Sleep Action
Commit Effort for the scene and choose a point in sight. All lesser foes
within 50 feet of that point must make a Spirit save or fall asleep. You
may dictate a sleeping person’s dreams or nightmares if you can see
them, though worthy foes can save to resist. You can send and receive
messages with your fellow pantheon members and close associates
through dreams, if they permit it.

Welcoming the Dusk Action
Commit Effort. Create darkness around you in any configuration,
up to a 30 foot radius. You can see through it, and it can follow you.


  Sea:
Body of Water. Constant
Your flesh flows around dangers and encapsulates toxins. Your natural
armor class is 3 and you are immune to poisons. You can apply a poison by touch if you’ve previously swallowed or been struck by a dose,
thus ejecting the toxin. This AC isn't improved by shields or armor.     

Secrets of the Deep. On Turn
Commit Effort. You sense the exact position of all flowing liquids
within 200 feet, including the blood in living veins. By touching a
body of water and seeking a particular thing or type of object, you
become aware of every place where such a thing is sunken, floating
or wave-lapped within ten miles

[Madman198237]

Spoiler: Rilfar, Level 2 (click to show/hide)

Name: Rilfar Tostigsson

Description: Of average build for a Nord, he has long brown hair and a large beard, a face that is tough rather than handsome, and some scars visible on his face and arms from his imprisonment.

Goal: Reclaim his throne, protect his people, and maybe just maybe become King of a Skyrim that isn't literally disintegrating into the ether because of some other peoples' stupidity.

Attributes:
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:      19 / +4 / 2
Dexterity:     13 / +1 / 8
Constitution: 16 / +2 / 5
Wisdom:       15 / +1 / 6
Intelligence:  14 / +1 / 7
Charisma:     16 / +2 / 5


Saving Throws:
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness: 15 / -5 + 0 = 10
Evasion: 15 / -2 + 0 = 13
Spirit: 15 / -3 + 0 = 12

Hit Points: 15/15

AC: 2
Armor: Light (just because I want to be wearing armor for visual effect )

Weapons:
Two-Handed Axe (1d20 + 6 to hit, 1d10 + 4, modified to 1d12 + 4 and magical by Fists of Black Iron)

Fray Die: 1d8
Attack Bonus: +2

Resources:
Effort: 3/3
Influence: 3/3
Dominion: 1
Wealth: 0 (3 for group)

Facts:
Origin: A Nord born and raised in Skyrim, Rilfar was denied his inheritance by a rival who conquered his home province right after his mother, the previous Jarl, died. He was caught up in the attack and captured, and now spends his time in a dungeon in Helgen, plotting and planning.
Past Career: As a young noble in war-torn Skyrim, Rilfar spent much time learning, mostly about warfare and rule.
Relationship: He has cultivated friendly relations or at least understandings with many local nobles, a necessary step before becoming a Jarl in his own right.
Level 2: Having touched a shard of creation, Rilfar has become extremely interested in their power to shape the world.

Words and Gifts:
(8 points for Gifts, 1 free)
Command
Soldier's Faithful Heart (I)
The Lines of Rule (I)

Might
Fists of Black Iron (I)
Falling Meteor Strike (I)

Endurance
Body of Iron Will (I)
Undying (II)

Spoiler: Rilfar, Combat Reference (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:      19 / +4 / 2
Dexterity:     13 / +1 / 8
Constitution: 16 / +2 / 5
Wisdom:       15 / +1 / 6
Intelligence:  14 / +1 / 7
Charisma:     16 / +2 / 5

Hardiness: 10
Evasion: 13
Spirit: 12

Hit Points: 15/15
AC: 2
Effort: 3/3

Two-Handed Axe (1d20 + 6 to hit---1d12 + 4 magical)

Fray Die: 1d8
Attack Bonus: +2

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Breaks-the-Chain, Argonian Gift Bearer (click to show/hide)

Name: Breaks-the-Chain

Description: A tall and powerfully built Argonian with jet-black scales and an impressive brace of backwards-curving horns. His eyes are an intense violet, and crimson lines run across his eye ridges, shoulders, and limbs.

Goal: Forge a kingdom of superior beings, wielding ascended technology and materials, ruled by the glorious Hist.

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:14/ +1/ 7
Dexterity:13/ +1/ 8
Constitution:18/ +3/ 3
Wisdom:10/ +0/ 11
Intelligence:13/ +1/ 8
Charisma:16/ +2/ 5

Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:16/-3+0=13
Evasion:16/-1+4=19
Spirit:16/-2+4=18

Hit Points: 18/18

AC: 2
Armor: Cursewood Heavy Plate
Savings Throws Penalty: -4 Evasion/Spirit

Base Attack Bonus: +3
Weapons: 1d10+1 Corroded Iron Greatsword
Fray Die: 1d8

Resources
Effort: 3/3
Influence: 3/3
Dominion: 1
Wealth: 0 (3 shared)

Facts
Origin: Argonian hailing from Caethix-Under-Moon, an ambitious Xanmeer settlement in the Hist Realm of Silent Stone.
Past Career: Battlemage adventurer specializing in the ruins of once great empires.
Relationship: Fanatical and blasphemous devotion to the supremacy of the Hist.
Level 2: Sees no reason not to provide bounteous gifts to friends, allies, and servants who desire them.


Words:

Fertility: Perfect control over own reproduction. Invincible defense against wooden weapons or objects, vegetal monsters, and plant-based toxins.
Artifice: Can create any non-magical object a normal man could carry as an Action, using whatever materials are on hand. Crafting efforts for a day count as 100 man-days per level when estimates are required.
Passion: Blessed with grace and understanding of the heart.

Gifts:

[Greater Fertility Action] Unending Abundance: Commit Effort for the day. 10 mile radius becomes impossibly (and permanently!) fertile, crops growing in a matter of hours and feeding any number of people.
[Lesser Fertility Action] Birth Blessing: Control fertility and birth (or lack thereof), cure congenital defects.
[Lesser Fertility Action] Second Spring: Commit Effort for the day. Allies heal 1d6+your level HP, and feel refreshed as if well-rested and fed.

[Greater Artifice Constant] Perpetual Perfection: Created items are flawless and impervious to normal decay and wear. Crafted weapons and armor count as magic, can harm supernatural foes, and grant +1 to attack and damage rolls for mortal wielders.
[Lesser Artifice Action] Transmuter: Commit Effort for the scene to transmute one 10x10x10 cube per level into another substance. Must Commit Effort for the day to produce rare or precious materials; extremely rare or magical material cannot be created.

[Lesser Passion Action] Fashioning a Friend: Commit Effort for the scene to beguile a visible creature, inspiring it to feelings of friendship and cooperativeness towards you. It will not question these feelings, however irrational, and they will persist until you obviously betray it or do it blatant harm. Worthy foess save with Spirit.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Spoiler: Lleras Hlaalu (level 2) (click to show/hide)

Name: Lleras Hlaalu

Description: A finely robed Dunmer with distinctly Nibenese mannerisms, Lleras went to Skyrim to secure a collaboration with certain mages in the College of Winterhold but was arrested in Helgen. He stands accused of arson, necromancy, and loitering within tent but was freed in a random dragon attack.

Goal: Restore the Mages Guild, stamp out necromancy from Skyrim and Cyrodiil.

Attributes
Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check
Strength:13/ +1/ 8
Dexterity:16/ +2/ 5
Constitution:16/ +2/ 5
Wisdom:11 (16 from Time)/ +2/ 5
Intelligence:15/ +1/ 6
Charisma:12/ +0/ 9


Saving Throws
Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final
Hardiness:15/-2+0=12
Evasion:15/-2+0=12
Spirit:15/-2+0=12

Hit Points: 14/15

AC: 3
Armor: None (Robes)

Base attack bonus: +2
Weapons:
   (Fiery?) Staff (2h (Heavy-ish?), Str, +2 to hit): 1d10+1
   Knife (Light, Dex, +3 to hit): 1d6+2
   Fireball (1h ranged, Dex, +3 to hit, up to 50ft, magic weapon): 1d10
Fray Die: 1d8

Resources
   Effort: 3/3
   Influence: 3/3
   Dominion: 0
   Wealth: 0

Facts
   Origin: A son of merchants fleeing the violence in Morrowind, Lleras spent most of his youth in Cheydinhal where he helped tend their new store, a potion shop.
   Past Career: Seeking a more magically stimulating career, Lleras joined the Cyrodilic Mages Guild and bounced around between cities for some time before mostly settling in Leyawiin, whose specialty he found most appealing.
   Relationship: Lleras considers himself to still be a member of the now fragmented Cyrodiil Mages Guild and tries to maintain contact with his saner surviving colleagues throughout the province. Lacking funding and resources, he is pursuing closer relations with the College of Winterhold.
   The Shard Speaks: Proximity to a Shard of Creation has opened Lleras' mind to the deeper mysteries of the Throne. All that remains is for Lleras to be initiated properly...and not get killed by a jealous theurge in the process, of course.

Words:
   Fire
   Sorcery
   Time
   Apotheosis

Gifts:
   Adept of the Gate (1)
   Immediate Foresight (1)
   Master of the Furnace (1)
   Firestorm (1)
   Adept of the Way (2)

   Adept of the Throne (2)
   Receive the Incense of Faith (0)
   
Theurgic invocations:
   Invocations of the Gate:
      Barred Gates of Forbiddance
      Sunder the Lesser Spell
      The Tireless Iron Cavalcade
      The Trumpet of Far Utterance
   Invocations of the Way:
      Curse of the Blighted Strand
      Mirrored Wheel of the Seasons
      Sign of Avulsive Banishment
   Invocations of the Throne:
      Directed Convulsion of Law
      Summon the Black Iron Servitor

Spoiler: Various convenient information pasted from the book (click to show/hide)

Words:
   Fire: Heroes with the Fire Word have an invincible defense against flame and smoke. They may wield fire as a magical weapon with a range of up to 50 feet and a 1d10 damage die.
   Sorcery: Godbound affiliated with the Sorcery Word brush aside the incan-tations of lesser mages. As an Instant ability, the PC can CommitEffort for the scene to instantly negate any low magic spell beingcast in their presence or banish or destroy any low magic construct or summoned entity. This counter does not function against theurgy or arcane powers that are merely similar to low magic spells.
   Time: Heroes with the Time Word always know the exact time, and areimmune to any uses of this Word to affect them or scry on them.They may set their Wisdom to 16, or 18 if it’s already 16 or higher.

Constant Gifts:
   Adept of the Gate (constant): You have been initiated into the Gate, the humblest level of theurgy,albeit still one beyond all but the mightiest mortal wizards. You may choose four invocations of the Gate to master as part of this learning and may learn more as you find them.
   Adept of the Way (constant): You have been initiated into the Way, the second tier of theurgic mysteries. You must already be an adept of the Gate to master this. You master three invocations of the Way as part of this learning and may learn more as you find them.
   Immediate Foresight (constant): You cannot be surprised. Your natural armor class is 3, as you instinctively avoid foreseen blows. Armor and shields don't aid this AC.

Curse-Eater:
   Apprentice: Apprentice curse-eaters can detect the presence of magic, sense and identify curses and their effects, or dispel low magic effects on their own person.
   Adept: Adepts can dispel low magic on a target, receive a vision of the person who laid a curse on someone, or lay a curse on someone that can last as much as a year and inflict subtle but significant hindrance.
   Master: Those who have mastered the curse-eater's arts can dispel low magic on a building or structure and everyone in it, create a shield that negates the next hostile low magic spell, place a greater curse on someone that will probably get them killed within a month or debilitated indefinitely, or place a lesser curse on an entire group of people in your presence.
   Archmage: The rare curse-eater who lives long enough to become an archmage can create a shield that reflects the next hostile low magic spell back at the caster, place a greater curse on a lesser foe that will kill them in moments, place a lesser curse that will dilute as it travels down to their heirs for seven generations, or lift a curse from someone and send it back at its caster

EDIT: Added Apotheosis Word

[Glass]

Spoiler: A level 2 Girtek (click to show/hide)

Name: Girtek Stoneskin

Description: Humanoid golem made of materials drawn from the local environment, with a purple crystal in their forehead. They are wearing leather armor underneath an earth-tone cloak.

Goals: Repair the world

Attributes
 Strength:       10/ +0/ 11
 Dexterity:      14/ +1/ 7
 Constitution:  16/ +2/ 5
 Wisdom:        14/ +1/ 7
 Intelligence:   18/ +3/ 3
 Charisma:      12/ +0/ 9

Saving Throws
 Hardiness: 14/-2+0=12
 Evasion:    14/-3+0=11
 Spirit:       14/-1+0=13

Hit Points: 15/15
AC: 6
Fray: 1d8

Armor: Light Armor
Weapons: Crossbow (2-hand range, 300 yard range, +3 to-hit, 1d8+1 damage die)
(Also whatever I damn well please)

Resources
 Effort:        3/3
 Influence:   3/3
 Dominion:   3
 Wealth:       0
 Experience: 4

Facts
 Origin: Girtek was created via a strange ritual combining principles of both Dwemer engineering and the summoning of atronachs, essentially rendering Girtek a Nirn atronach, conceptually bound to the material world.
 Past Career: Girtek was a travelling hedge mage, providing an assortment of both mundane and magical services to random villages across Tamriel.
 Relationship: Girtek has on numerous occasions travelled with Khajiiti caravans, providing their services both to the caravan itself and the places they visited. Over time, they've built a solid rapport with the wandering folk from Elsweyr.
 Level 2: Girtek is surprisingly not only knowledgeable about the strategies and tactics of combat, but also proficient in their use. They are an adept combat commander, despite their lack of personal combat capability.

Words:
 Artifice
 Knowledge
 Beasts
 Endurance
 Apotheosis

Gifts:
 The Omniscient Scholar
 Ten Thousand Tools
 Lord of the Wild
 Receive the Incense of Faith

Spoiler: Word and Gift abilities, approximated because the document won't let me copy stuff correctly (click to show/hide)

Artifice: Can create any non-magical item a normal person could carry as a round’s action
Knowledge: 18 Int (from 16 at base)
Beasts: Can speak to animals; non-unnatural commands will be obeyed by unintelligent animals
Endurance: 16 Con, don’t eat, sleep, drink, or breath

The Omniscient Scholar – If any mortal (any of them) knows it (academically), so do I.
Ten Thousand Tools – Can do the Artifice thing as an on-turn action, and make at a rate equal to 1000 mortal craftsmen. Stuff can be permanent, or fade after a day if I want.
Lord of the Wild – Animals will do whatever I want, especially if they're non-sapient (sapient and magical ones get a Spirit save). They can also follow orders as if they're as smart as people!
Receive the Incense of Faith – You can start being worshipped! (It's unclear what specifically this does mechanically.)

Girtek level 2! I still need to figure out that Fact. A Fact is written (yes it is specifically so that I can command bears in combat) it just needs to get approved! and approved!

[SOLDIER First]

Spoiler: Krihrada has reached Level 2! (click to show/hide)

Base attack bonus increases by 1! [1 -> 2]

Maximum hit points increase by (4+1/2 Constitution modifier) = 4! [8 -> 12]

Maximum Effort and Influence increase by 1 each! [2 -> 3]

Saving throw scores all decrease by 1! [15 -> 14]

Krihrada expresses her fourth Fact: Burgeoning Godhood: Blessed with powers divine and unimaginable, Krihrada has taken her first steps as a Godbound, with several others like her in stride.

Krihrada masters several new Gifts!

Word of Artifice - Mark the Maker (Lesser Gift)
With an action’s careful inspection, Krihrada understands the purpose and operation of any crafted object, magical or mundane. She also gains a brief vision of each person who substantially helped in its creation and a short description of what they contributed to it.

Word of Artifice -  Spark of Life (Lesser Gift)
By committing Effort for the scene, Krihrada may assemble animunculi, using whatever materials are at hand and powering them with divine energy. A single powerful animunculus of hit dice no more than twice her level (equivalent to a greater undead) is called, or one Small Mob of 1 HD animunculi (equivalent to a mob of lesser undead) is created for every three levels she has, rounded up. The material used in their construction is irrelevant; animunculi crafted from mud will be just as powerful as those crafted from some divine steel. The animunculi are loyal, but fall apart into their component materials when she uses this gift again. Summoned entities or Mobs can be preserved indefinitely for 1 Dominion point each.

Word of Apotheosis - Receive the Incense of Faith (Innate Gift)
Krihrada becomes capable of receiving worship from mortal believers and can begin forming her own cult.

Spoiler: Krihrada Ychotchzan, Level 2 (click to show/hide)

Name: Krihrada Ychotchzan
Description: A bitter and jaded Dwemer with a regal, haughty demeanor. She wears a long, hooded garment traditional of Dwemer scholars and conceals her face with it when among mortals.

Goal: To unravel the mystery of the Disappearance of the Dwemer; to bring her people back to Nirn from wherever they may be now; and to create a new Dwemereth, better and more prosperous than ever before

Attributes
[Attribute: Score/+Modifier/Check]
Strength:9/ +0/ 12
Dexterity:14/ +1/ 7
Constitution:10/ +0/ 11
Wisdom:[16]/ +2/ 5
Intelligence:17/ +2/ 4
Charisma:15/ +1/ 6


Saving Throws
[Attribute: Base/-Modifier/+Armor Penalty=Final]
Hardiness:14/-0+0=14
Evasion:14/-2+0=12
Spirit:14/-2+0=12

Hit Points: 12/12

[AC: Base/-Modifier/-Bonus=Final]
AC: 7/-1-1=5
Armor: Dwemer Scholar's Robe (Light)
Savings Throws Penalty: +0

Base Attack Bonus: +2
Weapons: Dwemer Rapier (+3 to-hit, 1d6+1 [Dex] damage), Dwemer Buckler (-1 AC)
Fray Die: 1d8

Resources
Effort: 3/3
Influence: 3/3
Dominion: 0
Wealth: 0

Facts
Origin: Krihrada Ychotchzan is a young Dwemer, once lost to Mundus and time itself upon the first activation of Anumidium, now returned to Nirn through mechanism unknown.
Past Career: As a skilled craftswoman and scholar who managed to become a Tonal Architect, assisting research upon the Heart of Lorkhan somewhere before year 700 of the First Era.
Relationship: A member of The Scholars of the Deep Folk, a loose organization of archeologists and academics dedicated to gathering information on all aspects of the Dwemer and their culture. She hides her true nature from them, but even if she did not, who would believe her?
[Level 2] Burgeoning Godhood: Blessed with powers divine and unimaginable, Krihrada has taken her first steps as a Godbound, with several others like her in stride.

Words and Gifts (8/8 points)
Artifice
Command the Wheels (I)
Mark the Maker (I)
Spark of Life (I)
Ten Thousand Tools (I)

Knowledge
The Best Course (I)
The Best-Laid Plans (I)

Sorcery
Adept of the Gate (I)
Divine Wrath (I)

Apotheosis
Receive the Incense of Faith

Spoiler: Powers and Theurgic Incantations (click to show/hide)

Artifice
Word: Krihrada can create any non-magical object a normal person can carry as a round’s action, using whatever materials are to hand. While the ensuing creation may look odd, and any "foodstuffs" are inedible, it functions and lasts as well as a normal object of its type and usual substance. Her crafting efforts for a day count as 100 laborers per character level when an estimate is needed.

Gift Master of Animunculi: [Command the Wheels] By Committing Effort, Krihrada can seize control of any visible vehicle, mechanism, door, or other object with moving parts up to the size of a small ship using the power of Tonal Magic. If the item was created by her, there is no size limit on what can be controlled. While the Effort remains committed, the object will function exactly as if it were being manipulated, driven, or piloted by her. Each new directive requires an action, and worthy foes can save versus Spirit to negate the gift for items they’re using.

Gift Aetheric Echoes: [Mark the Maker] With an action’s careful inspection, Krihrada understands the purpose and operation of any crafted object, magical or mundane. She also gains a brief vision of each person who substantially helped in its creation and a short description of what they contributed to it.

Gift Children of Anumidium: [Spark of Life] By committing Effort for the scene, Krihrada may assemble animunculi, using whatever materials are at hand and powering them with divine energy. A single powerful animunculus of hit dice no more than twice her level (equivalent to a greater undead) is called, or one Small Mob of 1 HD animunculi (equivalent to a mob of lesser undead) is created for every three levels she has, rounded up. The material used in their construction is irrelevant; animunculi crafted from mud will be just as powerful as those crafted from some divine steel. The animunculi are loyal, but fall apart into their component materials when she uses this gift again. Summoned entities or Mobs can be preserved indefinitely for 1 Dominion point each.

Gift Divine Dwemer Ingenuity: [Ten Thousand Tools] Instead of requiring a full round to create a portable mundane object, Krihrada's skills with artifice and Tonal Architecture allow her to do so as an On Turn action, as part of whatever action she takes. This object may be a permanent creation or allowed to disappear afterward at her discretion. Additionally, Krihrada's daily labor on projects is worth 1,000 laborers per level instead of 100.

Knowledge
Word: Krihrada may set either her Intelligence or Wisdom attribute to 16. If the score is already 16 or higher, she may set it to 18 instead. [Wisdom set to 16]

Gift Scholarly Insight: [The Best Course] By Committing Effort for the scene, Krihrada calls upon her years of scholarly education and intelligence to gain one sentence of truthful information from the GM on the best way to accomplish her current desire or goal. New information cannot be gained with this gift until the existing information is acted upon or the goal is abandoned.

Gift The Best-Laid Plans: Krihrada may Commit Effort for the day and lay out a plan. The GM announces the most relevant complication or threat to the plan’s execution that she doesn't already know about. This insight can be drawn upon only once for any particular goal being pursued, with the GM deciding what constitutes a different goal.

Sorcery
Word: As an Instant ability, Krihrada can Commit Effort for the scene to instantly negate any low magic spell being cast in her presence or banish or destroy any low magic construct or summoned entity. This counter does not function against theurgy or arcane powers that are merely similar to low magic spells.

Gift Adept of the Gate: Krihrada has been initiated into the Gate, the humblest level of theurgy, albeit still one beyond all but the mightiest mortal wizards. She may choose four invocations of the Gate to master as part of this learning and may learn more as she finds them.

Gift Tonal Wrath: [Divine Wrath, Sorcery Word] By Committing Effort to the end of the scene, Krihrada smites a chosen foe within sight with the haunting music of Tonal Magic, inflicting a 1d8 damage die per character level upon her target. She is always immune to the wrath of her own bound Words, as are other entities that wield similar powers. As a Smite power, Divine Wrath cannot be used two rounds in a row.

Apotheosis
Gift Recieve the Incense of Faith: Krihrada becomes capable of receiving worship from mortal believers and can begin forming her own cult.

Incantations of the Gate
Barred Gates of Forbiddance: By means of an arcane connection, Krihrada may forbid a subject from entering a particular place. The banned location may be as small as a particular room or as large as a nation, but it must be a single recognizable entity. If the subject is within the area forbidden when the invocation is cast, they must immediately flee to the nearest viable border by the quickest possible route. If brought into it against their will, they can do nothing but flee at the first opportunity. Krihrada need not be present inside the area to be warded when casting the spell but must know its location and general dimensions. Lesser foes are unable to resist this spell, while worthy enemies may make a Spirit saving throw to resist the forbiddance. The forbiddance lasts until it is dispelled or Krihrada lifts the ban.

Open the Night Road: Many of the Night Roads between realms are hidden deep within the earth or concealed in remote locations far from the cities of men. Of these, some have been sealed shut by ancient sorcery or closed by the slow congealing of natural law. This invocation can be used to open a sealed Night Road entrance or give Krihrada a sense of the general direction and distance to the nearest one. If Krihrada is careful, she can open the Road only briefly, leaving it accessible for a few minutes before the existing seal scabs back over the entrance. Or, if she is feeling particularly reckless, she can tear the seal away entirely, leaving the road open for all to pass until fresh sorcery or natural law closes it once more.

Sunder the Lesser Spell: Krihrada tears away the delicate threads of theurgic sorcery around a target within sight. A single theurgy invocation of the Gate is instantly dispelled along with any number of low magic enchantments within thirty feet of the chosen target point. Breaking theurgic magic always involves a degree of feedback, however, and so Krihrada suffers a 1d10 damage die each time this
spell ends an invocation. This damage cannot be avoided or negated without spoiling the spell's effect.

The Trumpet of Far Utterance: This invocation requires an arcane connection to the desired target, albeit close friends or pantheon-mates may be contacted without the benefit of such a link. When cast, the invocation summons a gauzy image of the target and a five-foot radius echo of their surroundings. A similar phantasm of Krihrada appears in the target’s proximity. She and her target may speak to each other through these phantasms, and a single inanimate object no more than ten pounds in weight may be passed between the two. The tenuous link produces a 25% chance that the object will be lost in transit somewhere in the distance between the two, however, with a brief glimpse of its resting place provided. The link lasts until Krihrada drops it, to a limit of one hour. If the target doesn’t wish to accept the contact, worthy foes may roll a Spirit save to resist it. If the contact was unwelcome, the arcane connection crumbles after the spell is complete, whereas a voluntary communication leaves the connection intact and usable once more.

[chubby2man]

To help keep momentum going, we will try a 48 hour window after the turn posts to get actions in during combat/action portions of the game.

If you happen to miss that 48 hours you can still get your action in, just I won’t necessarily be waiting to post the turn. If you miss it, that would be no problem at all I will consider you to have held your action till the end of the turn and are able to act freely at the start of the next.

Let me know if you have any questions! And reminder that your post doesn’t need to be longer than a sentence or two if you are pressed for time (and copy/paste the character reference