Kiero
2013-01-05, 10:29 AM
We're about to start a historical Mage: the Awakening game, set in the Province of New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_York) in 1750.
The PCs are thus:
Jacob - a mixed-race Iroquois tracker and warrior who is knowledgeable about spirits. Served as a scout in the last war where he got his first glimpse of Europeans up close and personal. A Proximus from an Adamantine Dynasty with a Thrysus heritage.
Andrea (Coruscant) - a French noblewoman and natural philosopher, who is a skilled duellist. She carries a parasol which conceals a sword. An Obrimos of the Silver Ladder.
Sophie (Caprice) - another French aristocrat (and childhood friend of Andrea), she's had a somewhat tortorous past involving two ex-husbands, the last of which she killed in self-defense. She met Jacob after fleeing the scene and was adopted into his family. She is suspected to be a spy. A Mastigos Guardian of the Veil.
Pastor John (Mason) - an American Quaker minister with utopian dreams of building the perfect society. A Moros member of the Silver Ladder.
Courtenay (Loquitor) - a former officer in the British army, he lost a lot of men in an ambush. Resigning his commission shortly after Awakening, he still has good relations with the British authorities. An Acanthus Adamantine Arrow.
We seem to have hit a bit of a block in establishing them. We're probably outside Albany, maybe on a farm owned by one of the PCs. Some vague ideas were things like a joint venture between the Arrows and Ladder, but nothing really certain. We're an outgrowth of the New York consilium, but we're also close to the Iroquois consilium. Other consilia mentioned are Philadelphia (the largest) and Boston (the oldest, in decline).
Jacob is something of a linking factor between a number of characters. He was involved in the former soldier's Awakening, and was there shortly after Sophie's (his mentor, Sooleawa, was Sophie's first tutor, before she was murdered). In his role as a liason for the Iroquois consilium, he's visited pastor John's community before. Andrea is a childhood friend of Sophie's. That's the mundane personal connections, it's moving it up to the cabal level that we seem to be blanking on.
Any ideas? A name, possible symbol, appropriate rites, purpose? Anything, really would be helpful.
The PCs are thus:
Jacob - a mixed-race Iroquois tracker and warrior who is knowledgeable about spirits. Served as a scout in the last war where he got his first glimpse of Europeans up close and personal. A Proximus from an Adamantine Dynasty with a Thrysus heritage.
Andrea (Coruscant) - a French noblewoman and natural philosopher, who is a skilled duellist. She carries a parasol which conceals a sword. An Obrimos of the Silver Ladder.
Sophie (Caprice) - another French aristocrat (and childhood friend of Andrea), she's had a somewhat tortorous past involving two ex-husbands, the last of which she killed in self-defense. She met Jacob after fleeing the scene and was adopted into his family. She is suspected to be a spy. A Mastigos Guardian of the Veil.
Pastor John (Mason) - an American Quaker minister with utopian dreams of building the perfect society. A Moros member of the Silver Ladder.
Courtenay (Loquitor) - a former officer in the British army, he lost a lot of men in an ambush. Resigning his commission shortly after Awakening, he still has good relations with the British authorities. An Acanthus Adamantine Arrow.
We seem to have hit a bit of a block in establishing them. We're probably outside Albany, maybe on a farm owned by one of the PCs. Some vague ideas were things like a joint venture between the Arrows and Ladder, but nothing really certain. We're an outgrowth of the New York consilium, but we're also close to the Iroquois consilium. Other consilia mentioned are Philadelphia (the largest) and Boston (the oldest, in decline).
Jacob is something of a linking factor between a number of characters. He was involved in the former soldier's Awakening, and was there shortly after Sophie's (his mentor, Sooleawa, was Sophie's first tutor, before she was murdered). In his role as a liason for the Iroquois consilium, he's visited pastor John's community before. Andrea is a childhood friend of Sophie's. That's the mundane personal connections, it's moving it up to the cabal level that we seem to be blanking on.
Any ideas? A name, possible symbol, appropriate rites, purpose? Anything, really would be helpful.