Draco

Draco Achaikos was a valuable halfling sorcerer and fighter in the Rebellion against Xoria. He joined the Rebellion after dragovinian dogs killed one of his brothers by draining him of his blood. Draco’s magical talents had only been developing then, but he refined them as well as his skill with wielding two blades in battle. He performed well in many small engagements that the Rebels sent him on.

Draco was assigned to Korjak’s team of dragovinians restored to their mortal forms. Draco helped them discover the sharks’ piece of the Druid’s Prophecy. Unfortunately, tragedy struck while journeying to the condors’ nests. Along the way the group took a side trip to claim an ogre’s treasure. Draco perished fighting the ogres. His compatriots built a pyre and burned him before continuing on towards the condors.

Devanane

Devanane was a high level Enforcer for the dragovinian regime. He hunted rebels and dissidents within the Xorian Empire and brought them to justice or tortured them for more information. Devanane was a true believer in Dragoviniysm. He studied dragons and emulated their breath weapons with his magical fighting style. A childhood friend of Darudanano’s as well, Devanane bullied Tagenadi from a young age. This animosity continued into adulthood. Devanane’s detestable work as an Enforcer led to his death at the hands of the Alliance Exiles.

Devanane’s parents were close friends of Tagenadi’s. Unfortunately, they died during the Amazon revolt of 418BCE. Devanane was adopted by Tagenadi’s parents and brought into their household as a brother. He was already good friends with Darudanano, but became a harsh bully towards Daru’s brother and sister, Tagenadi and Danaranena.

When Devanane and Darudanano came of age they joined the Xorian military. Devanane absolutely reveled in his ability to rape and pillage the women and homes of those the Xorian army defeated. After a few years, Tagenadi joined their army unit. With the success of their deployments, soon Daru and Devanane were slated to be dragovinianized. They came home changed, excessively cruel to their mortal family members. Tagenadi realized his error and arranged for his parents and sister to be taken out of the country. Unfortunately, the plan failed. Tagu and his family were captured. Daru and Deva smirked at Tagu’s weakness as he was taken off to his sentencing.

Devanane and Darudanano had caught the eye of King Jevaninada II. He promoted them to be a lead Enforcer and his personal bodyguard respectively. Devanane used his Enforcer position to torture Tagenadi. He told Stanton to bewitch Tagenadi into killing his own parents. The people who had taken Devanane in when he had nothing were slain on his orders by their own son. Devanane laughed and went off to enjoy his life of rebel hunting and killing while Tagenadi was cast aside into a forgotten work camp.

Devanane maintained his position as a lead Enforcer for Jevaninada. He and Stanton organized the torture of Amalius that molded him into a spy on the Alliance Council. He personally punished Amalius by trapping his soul when the double agent refused to cooperate. Devanane joined the other high-ranking Xorians that defended the Rock of Prometheus when it was discovered by the Alliance.

After Amalius released Invernix and Sartoria from the Red Orb of Dragonkind, Devanane was sent to recruit them for the Dragoviniysm pantheon. Amalgami discovered this and told the Exiles of Devanane’s plans. Amalgami feared that the red dragons joining Xoria would be too much power on one side of the conflict. The Exiles ambushed Devanane. Amalius dominated him and Torin killed him.

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86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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