With a soft hiss you turn to your father.
"Icarus, please do go pick up a stray or something later, but you are not going out to play with an imprisoned Maiden quite yet. The Matron has assigned me some rather important family business, and I must begin to attend to it. I have to go out again. Therefore when Nathan comes over for his magic lesson, I expect you teach him."The Patron swears under his breath and shoots you an evil glance but doesn't say a word out loud. Icarus has been mooching off you for years, and you have no idea how he will react when he finds out that you have been chosen to leave the family and help start a new one. Perhaps you should keep him in the dark for as long as possible.
With that you call for your guards to bring around the Bus and prepare to leave.
Your VW Bus used to belong to one of those human hippies who have come to plauge the city as late. It was acquired from it's original owner when the man was kidnaped and parted out for spell components, and has since been modified for use by Nagakind. You coil up in the backseat and rub Rodrick's head with the tip of your tail.
"Take me to the compound please. I need to talk with Steven."The Eunuch nods and the van sputters to life, and eventually you arrive back at the large mansion from which you have just departed.
You enter the lounge, where several dozen Maidens, Eunuchs, and various youngsters hang around and send your Guard Detail upstairs to announce your presence to Steven. The house guards will protect you here, so there is no need to cling too tightly to Axel and Rodrick.
Steven Claim has a rather inflated sense of self importance, and you know as well as anybody else that he will likely keep you waiting for a bit just to show that he can. Although you figure that he will likely initialy offer you only the flawed maidens that he would like to rid himself of, you figure there is no harm in using your wait time to scout the Maidens in the room.
There are five mature Maidens around, and you know three of them by name.
Sue Nels is Icarus's sister and thus your aunt, but you are not particularly close to her. Although like many Maidens she spends much of her time looking after the young, you hear that back in the day she used to like to join your father on his hunts. Three Eunuchs are currently giving her a sponge-bath.
Mellow Smith is infamous for having gone native and having fallen in with the hippie movement. She loves to give lectures about free-love, the evils of the traditional Naga family, werebeing rights, protecting the environment, and whatever other cause may have taken her fancy on a particular day. Willow is currently teaching several children how to play the guitar.
Desiree Lammar is a younger maiden who just came of age a few months ago. She is said to have some raw magical talent and was scheduled to begin attending college under you to learn Transformations in a few months. She has a reputation for being skittish and cowardly, but you have never personally witnessed this. She is currently working with one of the Maidens who's name you cannot recall to brand an enthralled human with the Tattoos he needs to serve as a proper sacrifice.
Desirees partner in crime wears is splotched with motor oil. She must either work for the business or help maintain the main residence's impressive fleet of cars.
The last Maiden, who's name you cannot quite recall is missing her right arm. You suspect that she more than any other would benefit the most from the chance to have her body reforged by a god. She is currently nursing a baby Manspawn while rocking a coiled child to sleep with her tail.
You are not entirely sure how much time you have before Steven will give you the time of day, but you figure you have ways to kill it. Chatting up one of the Maidens to learn more about her could work to your benifit. You find children to be amusing as well, they are always so awestruck by the presence of a Serpent. You also know that most of the house Eunuchs are not nearly as stuck up as their leader Steven, and most are more than willing to share all sorts of juicy gossip...
Personal Status:Name: Sarah Ynot
Gender: Null
Species: Blue Naga
Gendercaste: Serpent
Health: Good
Titles:
Sage of the Graois Family Magical College
Expedition Leader of the Graois Family Pilgrimage
Abilities:
College Sage: You own an impressive magical library, mostly focusing on Medical Magic, Transformation Magic, Mechanical/Technological Magic, and Ice Magic. As long as you have access to your library you may research spells of those schools, or any spell with a difficult roll.
Divine Purpose: You take a bonus to rolls when trying to persuade or otherwise interact with when your goal is to advance the cause of your pilgrimage.
Serpent Protection: You are greatly protected from miscasts, suffering only from the failure of the most mighty spells.
Memorized Spells:
(Spells marked with a * are perfected, and do not have a failure chance)
Autopathy* (Telepathic manipulation of Mechanical objects)
Disassemble Vehicle*
Mend Naga's Wounds*
Puff of Frost*
Defrost*
Rodent Form*
Mend Wounds
Transfer Debuff
Nurturing Touch
Planar Serpent Form
Human Form
Extend Form
Vehicle Transformation
Bolt of Ice
Spawn Frost Being
You have Direct Control Over Blue Factions
Purple Factions are part of your family, but not controlled by you
Green Factions are allied with your family
Black Factions are neutral
Red Factions are hostile
Graois Family Pilgrimage
This faction must prepare for and embark upon a great journey to allow for a Maiden to commune with a god and becom a Matron, starting a new family.
Expedition Leader: Sarah Ynot (You)
No other members. A Maiden must be added to this faction before the Pilgrimage can Begin
Graois Family College of Magic
This faction is responsible training family members in the arcane arts, as well as dealing expanding their own knowledge through research and experimentation.
Sage: Sarah Ynot (You)
Sage: Icarus Ynot (This Patron is your biological father. After performing the impressive feat of siring a serpent, Icarus has more or less gone into retirement. Nowadays the lazy bum hangs around to eat your food and leech your glory, but he is still good for catching human test subjects and running other minor errands)
Security: Axel Hugh (One of two meathead Eunuch Twins sworn to protect your life. Dumb but seems to be good in social situations with other Nagas)
Security: Rodrick Hugh (One of two meathead Eunuch Twins sworn to protect your life. Smarter than his brother and a decent mechanic)
Student of Medical Magic: Ssslzman (A young patron about to hit maturity. He is studding medical magic to keep the females he captures alive. Lives in the main compound.)
Student of Transformation Magic: Carmen June (A female Manspawn who keeps busy studying under you, working for the family business, and attending class at nearby UCLA where she lives in the dorms)
Student of Mechanical/Technological Magic: Kara Dread (An eccentric Maiden who has forsaken the family faith to join a dragon worshiping cult. Attempting to take her on the pilgrimage would be rather controversial. She lives and works at San Francisco Junk and Scrap)
Student of Ice Magic: Nathan Lamb (A male Manspawn who wants nothing more than to get involved in mortal politics to further advance the Matron's agenda. Nathan lives with his human wife and children)
Graois Family Main Residence
This is a large estate out in the suburbs where the majority of the family lives. Most of the maidens you would consider bringing on your pilgrimage are under the protection of this faction. The Matron lives here, but rarely exercises any authority.
House Leader: Steven Claim (A trustworthy Eunuch charged with protecting the Matron and running the day to day affairs of the family)
House Maiden: Sue Nels (A Maiden with some prior experience in hunting and raiding tactics)
House Maiden: Mellow Smith (A Maiden who is skilled with the guitar. She claims to be a hippie, and talks of all sorts of crazy causes, but is more than happy living the sheltered and regimented life of a Naga Maiden)
House Maiden: Desiree Lammar (A young Maiden with magical talent and a supposed Yellow Streak)
San Francisco Junk and Scrap
A strange group of Naga outcasts and apostates that although loyal to the Matron dislike the current family leadership. They operate their own family business, a junk yard, where many of them sleep at night.
Cult Leader: Tito Gennovese (A male manspawn apostate who runs the San Francisco Junk and Scrap Busniess, as well as multi-racial cult that worships a nearby fire dragon)
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Bay Area Auto
The main family business. Money from this successful if not rather seedy mechanic chain funds the continued existance of the family.
Cult Leader: Fargossso (A patron who runs the business, as well as the families hunting and military operations, with an iron fist and little patience for insubordination.)
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Posiden Family
A rival family of grey naga who live across the bay in Oakland. They worship a classic Greek sea god. They are more numerous than your family, but somewhat less wealthy and prestigious when compared to most other California Naga Clans
Matron: The Amazon (Unlike your families' more traditional Matron, the leader of the Posiden Family loves lead military actions against other Naga.)
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Other factions to be revealed later!
-Find and select one or more Maidens to serve as Matron Canidates
-Find somebody to replace you as head of the Family Magic College
-Build and equip a proper party to accompany you on the pilgrimage
-Find or create a portal that leads to another realm
-Depart on the pilgrimage
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