This thread is a compilation of the character stories that have been told about the personalities found within Gladius and Sagaris.
This is just a small portion of the history of these two great cities. Please feel free to look over the previous incarnation of the Tales of Gladius here.
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Announcer 1: Welcome, everybody, to what looks likely to be the fight of the year. On one side, starting in the southwest corner, we have two experienced gladiators. Dentik Earthmolder has once again brought his elemental servants, while Mohmat Iptomor has ended a month-long hiatus to fight alongside him from atop his horse. On the other side, we have a mysterious trio of wizard brothers who have asked to fight in the arena as a team. Zarethi is beginning in the southeast, Theren in the northeast, and Coralin in the northwest. Announcer 2: Might not look it from the stands, but they’ve turned out the lights in there to make it more interesting. Announcer 1: Interesting is something it will surely be...And...the fight is on. Looks like everyone’s starting off with spells on their team...that should be a relief to those grabbing a last-minute snack. Zarethi just cast a light spell so he can see, and now his brother Theren is raising a magical armor. Coralin just turned invisible...interesting choice there, I wonder if he’s planning to use summons. Mohmat just asked his psicrystal to help him survive any wounds he takes by taking on some of the pain. Announcer 2 (interrupting): He’s probably going to give both of them a vitality boost next. It’s a tactic we’ve seen before...I don’t remember who invented it, though. Announcer 1: I think it was Longshot. Anyway, Dentik must have been daydreaming, but he snapped out of it in time to give everyone a quick blessing and tell his elementals something. Meanwhile, the others aren’t idling. Zarethi and Coralin are copying their brother’s protective spell, and now Theren is lighting up the area. Meanwhile, the elementals have gone underground. Mohmat is using a powerstone to feel light...not sure why, as there’s no light in the area. Dentik seems to be thinking...looks like at the last minute he decided to use his wand for better hits instead of casting a spell. And now he’s moving out, getting his morningstar on the way. That’s a nasty-looking weapon there. Announcer 2: I’ve always thought that instead of a whistle to start the fight they should just dump them on top of each other and see who’s quicker on their feet. It’d cut down on the boring first half-minute or so. Announcer 1: It would mean all the old gladiators who are used to having time to prepare themselves would have to retire, though, so they’re not likely to do that. Speaking of preparing oneself, looks like Dentik’s the only one who’s ready at this point. Zarethi’s just cast a spell to fake more vitality than he has, and Theren just turned into a troglodyte…sort of, anyway. Announcer 2: Another common tactic, they do it for the tough hide. Announcer 1: Indeed. And Coralin’s just cast fly, and started moving out...it’s slow going in the dark, though. Looks like Mohmat’s finally doing that vitality-improvement power you mentioned...and Dentik’s heading along...and he’s just jumped that stream. I didn’t know it was possible for a dwarf in full armor to do that. I suppose you learn something new every day. Anyway, looks like the other two wizards still aren’t ready. Zarethi and Theren just raised magical shields for more protection, and Zarethi’s taken out a scroll. Coralin’s moving along now...looks like Mohmat’s used a power to give him insight into incoming attacks. And Dentik is heading toward the center, and now Zarethi’s begun to cast from that scroll...looks like it’s a spectral hand. And now he’s heading out too. Meanwhile, Theren has just cast a fly spell. Coralin’s moving out, and he’s apparently decided to park himself above the pool of sludge. Mohmat is lighting a torch, and Dentik’s slogging through the water. Meanwhile, looks like Theren’s casting one last spell, to blur his position, and now everybody’s moving along. Looks like Theren’s drawing a wand on the way, too. Mohmat’s finding the going a bit slow, what with his horse having two feet in the water, but he’s heading along too. Announcer 1: And...first strike GOES TO ZARETHI, hitting Dentik with his spectral hand. Looks like a Touch of Idiocy spell. Brilliantly done. And Theren is zipping past Dentik to go hover by his brother. Dentik’s calling for his elementals now, and it seems that one of them heard and is telling the other. Off they go! Meanwhile, looks like Coralin’s decided to begin casting...it seems to be a long spell, probably is summoning. And Mohmat’s coming to help as fast as he can. Looks like Dentik’s casting a spell...and Zarethi is blinded. Looks like he’s going to keep on trying anyway. He’s using another spell, but he can’t really aim that hand too well without sight. Theren’s just cast a spell on him to improve his dexterity, and shifted a bit to the south. Looks like the elementals have arrived and popped their heads up, but then went right back down underground. And Coralin’s done summoning. It’s a...holy cow. Announcer 2: What, what’s the matter? Announcer 1: No, I mean he’s summoned a holy cow. Or more precisely, a holy bull. A celestial bovine. And looks like he’s summoning another. The bull’s trying to gore Dentik with those horns of his, but a dwarf in full armor is hard to hurt. And Mohmat just got and drank a potion. Probably something to help with that bull. And looks like Dentik is going after Zarethi...and a fumble! Lucky wizard there. Zarethi’s trying to counterattack, but he’s missed again. Theren’s moving a bit further south, and casting a spell to help Zarethi fly too. And now he’s drawn a scroll, I wonder what it is. And the elementals have popped up on the other side of Zarethi. And first blood goes to Rock-of-the-Fallen-Chasm. That must’ve hurt. Meanwhile looks like Coralin’s summoned his second cow, and is starting on yet another summon. That cow pretty much blocked off the path of the first one, so it’s going up to attack Mohmat...and gets turned aside. Must be that potion. Mohmat’s counterattack is a shard of crystal, accompanied by a sound kick to the head by Hoofer. That’s gotta hurt. And looks like Dentik’s ignoring the second cow and trying to hit Zarethi again. And he connects! That wizard isn’t looking to be in too good shape now. But he’s going on anyway. And another miss. And now Zarethi’s rising into the air to try to make it harder for the elementals to hit him...and Dentik just got in a good hit. That’s one wizard down. Theren’s casting from his scroll. This is tricky, because if he takes his eyes off the elementals he’ll get swarmed...he did it! A ray of fire just hit one of the elementals, and knocked it out. And now the elementals are trying to hit him, but they’re earth elementals and don’t attack air too well. And now Coralin’s summoned another creature, a devil this time. And he’s summoning again. More tries by the cows, and the devil’s pushed past the elemental to try to attack Dentik. Mohmat’s tossed his torch to a dry spot and gotten out his bow, and Hoofer’s still kicking. And Dentik’s moving up to attack Theren. Looks like that troglodyte spell did the trick, the weapon pushed past his armor but not his skin. Things are really going in earnest now. And, Theren’s casting again, looks like it’s a bunch of magic missiles. And the other elemental is down. Coralin’s summoned another devil of the same sort...
Announcer 2: I think that variety is called a lemure.
Announcer 1: Ok, Coralin’s summoned another lemure, and it looks like it’s headed for Dentik. And he’s summoning again. That cow’s having trouble getting at Dentik, looks like he’s heading to right behind the first one. And the other summons are going at it again, but still not accomplishing anything. And another pair of kicks from Hoofer plus a shot from Mohmat takes out the cow. And back to Dentik, who’s still swinging at Theren, but now it’s the armor spell that’s giving him trouble.. And Theren’s retaliating with more magic missiles, at Dentik this time. Coralin’s summoned a spider this time, and is casting yet again. Looks like his cow is moving up and attacking Mohmat, and still no luck by it or the lemures. Wait, did the spider just throw a web at Dentik? It did, and the dwarf is entangled. Looks like Mohmat is trying to focus more psionic power for that bow of his, but he doesn’t seem to be having much luck. Those kicks by Hoofer seemed on the weak side too. And Dentik is still going at it, and still no luck. And back to Theren, who’s casting even more magic missiles. Coralin’s summoned another spider, and just used a pearl of power. The summons are still going at it, looks like. And a hit from one of the Lemures, no wait, the armor did stop it after all. And the spiders are trying to hit Hoofer with a web, but no luck. Mohmat’s finally got that focus, and just shot the bison between the eyes. And Dentik is flexing his muscles...and that web just broke. He’s still taking missiles from Theren, though. Why change a winning strategy, I suppose. Coralin’s started another summoning. And the old summons are still trying, with a hit by each lemure. And another shot by Mohmat takes out that cow with another hit between the eyes. Looks like Dentik is using his wand again. Speaking of wands, it looks like Theren has run out of magic missile spells, so he’s using his wand to get magic missiles. He’s calling to let Coralin know that Dentik’s web broke. And Coralin’s summoned another spider to replace that web. And looks like he’s made a stinking cloud around where Mohmat is. That knocked out his invisibility, but Hoofer looks like he’s feeling ill. And the lemurs and spiders are still going at it, and Dentik and Hoofer are both entangled. Looks like Mohmat just shot the first spider and moved Hoofer out of that cloud, and Dentik’s trying to break out of that web. This is not looking good for the regulars. And another missile from Theren’s wand. And it looks like Coralin’s not satisfied with his pets’ webs, as he just summoned a big one, and Mohmat and Hoofer are well and truly caught. And there goes one of the Lemures; summoning spells tend not to last too long. The other one’s still attacking, though, and he’s hit. Mohmat’s shooting at Coralin now, but that web is just getting in the way too much. Hoofer’s too busy retching to even try to break out. Meanwhile, Dentik’s still trying to break out of his smaller web. Announcer 1: And Theren’s still going with those missiles, and it’s showing quite clearly on Dentik. Looks like Coralin is flying over toward Dentik, and he just shot him with a ray of enfeeblement. Things are really not looking good for Dentik and Mohmat. At least the second Lemure just disappeared. The spider near Mohmat seems unsure what to do, and the one near Dentik is just getting in his way. Looks like Mohmat is trying to kill the spider now that there’s too much web between him and Coralin, and Dentik’s decided to try to attack Coralin, but the poor dwarf can’t even manage that. Announcer 1: And another missile from Theren. And then an acid arrow from Coralin, and Dentik is DOWN. Hoofer’s stopped retching and is trying to get out of the web, with no luck. Mohmat’s having a bit of trouble regaining focus, but seems to have managed it. And Theren’s moving up, and Coralin just dismissed his web. One of the spiders just blinked out, but the other’s moved up and is trying to entangle Mohmat. Doesn’t seem to have worked, though. And Mohmat’s shooting at Coralin, and he’s in bad shape. Hoofer’s trying to break that web he’s still got on him, and he did it. And another magic missile from Theren, and Coralin’s using a scroll of acid arrow...and he hits. Last of the summons faded away, and Mohmat is shooting back at Coralin, and it’s a miss. And another magic missiles and a missed acid arrow from the wizards, and another arrow from Mohmat. And it hits Coralin, and he’s dead. Looks like the regulars might win this one after all. And now comes the part where they just go out at each other until one’s dead.
{a bit later}
Announcer 1: Wait, did that wizard just deflect Mohmat’s arrow?
Announcer 2: That he did. Bit unconventional, but I can see the point of a wizard learning that trick.
Announcer 1: Well, I suppose he’ll have to try melee then. And sure enough, he is. Looks like this fight is going to be interesting all the way through. And, another missile from Theren, and Mohmat swings with his gauntlet and misses. Hoofer’s going at it too, but he’s got next to no chance of a hit. Announcer 1: And another missile from Theren, and Mohmat hits with his gauntlet. Just a touch, but that gauntlet’s got acid on it. Theren’s survived, but not by much. And another missile from Theren, and now Mohmat is trying to grab Theren. Still a bit difficult though. {a bit later} Announcer 1: And Mohmat’s managed to grab Theren hard enough to knock him out. A win for Mohmat and Dentik!.
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Zander looked at the drow woman. "So you say you want this Sendra dead? And not regenerated?" "That's right. Sendra has been inconvenient for me, and and my opponent's death would please me greatly. Call it 500 gold pieces if you succeed by tonight." "That's a bit of a complication...I have an arena fight tonight, and my cover absolutely cannot be broken. Would it be possible to do it tomorrow?" "Absolutely not. I have plans riding on Sendra's immediate death. But I doubt your cover job will be a problem...I have bribed one of the arena organizers, so you will be pitted against her tonight..." The drow noticed that Zander was whittling some wood. "Pay attention", she snapped. "I was. You'll bribe the arena organizer so I'm pitted against Sendra. But I'm already under investigation, and they're paranoid after that Kalidor incident a bit over a year back...if my kill fails to regenerate, I'll have to leave town." "Very well, I will pay you ten thousand gold pieces if Sendra is killed and does not regenerate. Will that be sufficient to cover your...inconvenience?" "Make it twenty thousand and it'll be barely enough. This is quite a convenient place to live." "Very well, twenty thousand it will be. I look forward to the completion of your mission."
As always, Zander made plans for his foe. The most important concern is that Sendra doesn't escape. So I'll want to use Skate and Stomp to keep him close, and then just kill with my glaive. Use biofeedback and force screen for defense, and it should be pretty easy.
That night, Zander waited for the whistle, and began to prepare as planned what searching for his foe. Force screen and biofeedback, and keep a stone of Skate in hand in case it's needed, while searching for him.
Meanwhile, as soon as Sendra heard the whistle, she too began to prepare. She poisoned one blade, and then carefully poisoned the other...not an easy task with two blades to hold on to. Then shield of faith and force screen, and search for the mysterious Zander. Soon enough, she saw him, and headed toward him.
Zander was somewhat surprised when he saw a drow female move out toward him. All this time he'd thought Sendra to be a male. Well, it didn't really matter. He continued moving toward Sendra, prepared to drop his stone and wield his glaive properly as soon as he was in range. He was a bit concerned, therefore, when she suddenly charged toward him, closing the distance before he could adjust his grip and bring the glaive to bear. He laughed, though, as the drow stumbled and nicked herself with one blade. Dropping the stone, he shifted the glaive and began attacking...experienced drow weren't allowed into the lower leagues, so this must be a new one, meaning she'd fall easily. Then he'd negate the Nimbus, collect his pay, and find another city before they caught on.
Zander was therefore once again surprised when he felt Sendra slice him with one of the blades, and felt dizzy. As he collapsed, his last thought was "She's a drow. Of course she'd use poison."
Soon enough, Sendra killed the unconscious Zander, and went to collect her prize. As she got there, she had to hold on to a table to resist the lingering effects of the poison from when she'd stumbled, but she managed to stay conscious and went to collect her prize.
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