Frost

Frost was born with the name, Zikaas, during the rise of Medrika within Dark Elf society. Frost’s family had a difficult life under Croshan‘s leadership so they happily supported Medrika in her quest for the queenship. Medrika gave them a good government position in the territories beneath Jeutontic after she gained the throne.

Zikaas’s fortune changed when Queen Anajakaze assumed the regency of Xoria. Anajakaze ordered the vampiric corpse of Havoc to take over Jeutontic. He vampirized many people within the city. The viscous vampire used his spawn to raid the Underdark, destroying many of the previously aggressive communities that lived beneath. Slaves were taken on these raids, one of them being Zikaas. She never saw her parents again and her assumption was they were slain in the same raid that captured her.

Zikaas’s masters forced her to work in a merchant’s aerial stables. Zikaas proved quite capable of taking care of the aerials, riding them, and administering the stable in general. Her exemplary work earned her special privileges until she was hardly a slave at all. As her expertise grew the Jeutontic duchess purchased her to run the city stables. Zikaas continued to excel as her responsibilities multiplied. Her human masters became accustomed to her and gave Zikaas a nickname, Frost, due to the color of her hair.

Frost’s life changed once again when a new royal came to the throne of Xoria. King Jevaninada II needed a cavalry leader he could trust to be loyal to him and not to his mother. An elevated slave was perfect. Jevaninada freed Frost and gave her the position she’d earned through her sweat, Cavalry General of Xoria. Frost took the job after seeing the power of dragovinians. She saw a path to true freedom and power by becoming a dragovinian. She bided her time and served the king until he granted Frost her wish. Unfortunately, the gift came with drawbacks. Frost finally had the strength to do anything she wished, but she was beholden to King Jevaninada’s commands. There was no freedom, only a complete slavery like Frost had never known before.

Frost served King Jevaninada as a loyal servant. She obeyed his orders and extended Xorian power eastward. Every second she longed for a way to escape, but the only path out was Jevaninada’s death which she couldn’t orchestrate due to his absolute control over her. Frost led the Xorian aerial cavalry during the Second Alliance War. She fought at the Battle of Phoenix along with the other generals of Xoria. Unfortunately she perished during the fighting due to the efforts of Kig, Amalius, and Shez. Frost’s soul was destroyed without ever knowing vengeance on King Jevaninada and the other Xorians who had wronged her.

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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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