The Vampire – Guiscard the Wanderer
Memories
- 1.
- I am Ráðúlfr Ásketillsson born in Iceland in the year 915 by the calendar of the Christians; I am a journeyman skald in the court of King Eiríkr “Blóðøx” Haraldsson of Norway, chronicalling his raids and subsequent rule of Northumbria.
- 2.
- I visit a Monastery and leave Cait in their care and learn to calm my hunger; I am sad to see her go, but hopeful for the future.
- 3.
- When my father died his land was passed to me, his only son; it does not sit well with me that the land was earned through bloodshed.
- I fix a rift between my friends Vivienne and Sadrabald using my business acumen; I find the drama of mortals amusing, if a little frustrating.
- 4.
- Gunnvaldr first shows me to the library in Edinburgh and we spent the night engrossed in the histories of this land; I learn there is so much more to the people than their treasure.
- Gunnvaldr helps me research my new condition; though he seems convinced that I am now safe, I know something is still wrong.
- 5.
- An arrow pierces the Leanan Sídhe's breast when we meet in the woods. As she dies she begs me to profess my love for her, but I cannot, yet I also cannot reject her; something of her lives on in me now.
- I discover my need and my ability to feed on people by inspiring a healer to continue his work; I am conflicted by this.
- I run a brothel in Paris and make a lot of money and have access to many victims, but it is quickly reduced to ruin; I learn that I draw too much attention if I stay too long in one place
Diary
- 1.
- My father killed Caitriona's parents in a raid, but I stayed his hand and saved her life; I worry she resents me and does not see it as a kindness, but a humiliation.
- Caitrìona and I sit by the fire and I tell her about my latest poem; for a while I feel human again
Skills
- Poetry comes naturally to me
- I know many great secrets
- I am a capable navigator
- I am deft at business ✔
- I control the beast
- I can tap into peoples' driving desires ✔
Resources
- I have a small castle in Lothian (North Northumbria)
- I have access to a great Library in Edinburg
- My father's old sword
- A parchment on the nature of fairies
- I have a stake in a small fencing operation in Paris
Characters
Eiríkr “Blóðøx” Haraldsson
- He is my liege, but I fear him more than I respect him.
- He must have died a long time ago
- Dead
Gunnvaldr
- My mentor and friend, though he loves the King more than I think is prudent
- Dead
Caitrìona Ásketillsdóttir
- A thrall taken into the family after my father killed her parents in a raid
- Helps me learn to control my hunger
- Spends her final years at a Christian Abbey
- Dead
- Vivienne Labelle
- A prostitute and pickpocket who smuggles me out of the city of Paris
- She knows something of my nature, but I trust her
- Mortal
- Sadrabald
- A fence in Paris, he runs a sloppy business, but I help him out
- Mortal
- The Leanan Sídhe
- A strange and beautiful woman who promised me great stories if I gave my her my love, and my life.
- Immortal
Marks
- My reflection is of the Leanan Sídhe
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