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--- characters:ravendukassen [2023/08/02 13:17] – [Raven duKassen] johnb
+++ characters:ravendukassen [2023/12/25 10:59] (current) – [The Family] johnb
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 ====== Raven duKassen ======
+===== Introduction =====
 As I join the game, the party are in Sandpoint, an area where  I played and DMed a few years ago. And home to one of my favourite characters of all time, Sir Gagak deKassen.  Gagak is a half-orc Barbarian - with a level of Bard that represents his entry to the 'civilized' world and a level of Chevalier  (A knightly class) which represents him becoming part of the gentry. His adventuring group invested some of their in a business, The Kassen Kompany, which helped establish all of them in society, and now provides Gagak's wives with a regular income.   Their home is at Skids Landing, a small (almost wilderness) settlement on the very edges of Sandpoint's hinterlands.
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 ++Note|[Skids was a small settlement from a game I played in, and was introduced as part of The Kassen Kompany's first acquisition, a set of river barges (actually Keel Boats) plying a very minor trade route.  Later, the area became the base for a series of adventures that I DMed and developed into a collection of small, interlinked, settlements - with a Military School, a Pharasmin Monastery, a Dwarven Mine, Quarry, Timber Office and more.  However, at the start there was just a mine and the timber office, although I have replaced the mine with the quarry  - it keeps the same flavour, but reduces its potential impact on the game.  The whole of the Kassen Kompany holdings, a small fleet of merchant vessels, has been sidelined.]++
-[[Raven-philosophy| How Raven sees life]]
+===== Personality =====
+[[Raven-philosophy| How Raven sees life]] - This turned out to be a bit longer than I expected -  hence its own page!
+===== In Game Projects =====
+[[legendarium:poems:the_ballad_of_thistle_s_top|The Ballad of Thistle's Top]] - the story of our expedition to Thistletop - as told by Raven the Bard.
+[[Thistletop Development]] - we are turning the Goblin Warren into a base and museum
 ===== Skids Landing =====
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 Gagak has three wives.  Three very different wives, and he wasn't overly concerned about how they got on together, so long as each of them got on with him,  it led to an 'interesting' household.
-  * **Gagak deKassen** is a Barbarian-10/Bard-1/Chavalier-1 and Head of the Family.  He loves to spend his time outdoors, hunting, shooting, fishing, trekking etc …  All of his children get dragged along at some point.  Gagak plays the drums as well, and has collected a number of Orc tribal chants, and written material of the same ilk.  He has passed that onto raven, and encourages all of his children to study widely and into any area that interests them and insist that all of them are offered a good education, to give them a decent start in life.  That said, he hasn't been around much over the last ten years as he has been busy with his other responsibilities.  (which might explain while the youngest child is 13 years old)
+  * **Gagak deKassen** is a Barbarian-10/Bard-1/Chavalier-1 and Head of the Family.  He loves to spend his time outdoors, hunting, shooting, fishing, trekking etc …  All of his children get dragged along at some point.  Gagak plays the drums as well, and has collected a number of Orc tribal chants, and written material of the same ilk.  He has passed that onto Raven, and encourages all of his children to study widely, and into any area that interests them, and makes sure they are all offered a good education, to give them a decent start in life.  That said, he hasn't been around much over the last ten years as he has been busy with his other responsibilities.  (which might explain while the youngest child is 13 years old)
   * **Adriana** is the 'Senior' wife.  It was an arranged marriage, that suited both Gagak and Adriana's family.  Adriana's family are relatives of an Aristocratic family who own a legal practice in Magnimar.   However, that was enough to give Gagak some ‘respectability’  and to resolve an embarrassing problem for Adriana.  An arranged marriage was always going to be her lot in life, this wasn't what she was hoping for, but was resigned to it and  faced it staunchly.  However, now she feels that she has done her duty, and  Adriana has rarely been home to Skids since her youngest child (Orion) started school in Magnimar.  (Expert with Lesser noble trait).
   * **Anya** (second wife) comes from a rural family, and knows her way around a country home.  She knows how to speak to the rural servants, she has always done most of the household management and child care -  for all the children.  (Commoner-4)
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   * **Fabien**: M, Human (20) Adopted Brother (Adriana).  Fabien was the reason that Adriana was married off to Gagak.  Adoption and (eventual) inheritance for her children – ‘establishment’ for Gagak.  Fabien was sent to a finishing school in Magnimar, and now has a job as ‘assistant’ to a merchant venturer on one of Kassen Kompany’s ships.  (Aristocrat)
-  * **Breya**: F, Half-Orc (19) Half Sister (Adriana).   Breya also went to finishing school in Magnimar, where she learned the skills required of an aristocratic wife (including dress and makeup tricks to minimise her Orcishness)  As the main heir, she is expected to inherit a large proportion (60%) of Gagak’s estates, which should help her find a partner.  Currently, she is looking for a husband in Magnimar.  (Probably Expert with the ‘Lesser Noble’ trait)
+  * **Breya**: F, Half-Orc (19) Half Sister (Adriana).   Breya also went to finishing school in Magnimar, where she learned the skills required of an aristocratic wife (including dress and makeup tricks to minimise her Orcishness)  As the main heir, she is expected to inherit a large proportion of Gagak’s estates, which should help her find a partner.  Currently, she is looking for a husband in Magnimar.  (Probably Expert with the ‘Lesser Noble’ trait)
   * **Raven**: M, Half-Orc (19) ( Anya). Started a finishing school but decided he didn’t like it -  it was too claustrophobic for him.  He has been hanging out in Sandpoint for the last couple of years.
-  * **Drusila**: F, Half-Orc (17) Half Sister (Delilah).  Drusila is the apple of her father’s eye and more time  hunting and fishing that all the other children put together.  She refused the opportunity to go to finishing school to study at home in Skids Landing.  She works with the Kennel master, spends time at the Kassen Kompany Animal Training Centre and regularly visits Kat the Herbalist.  (Ranger-1).
+  * **Drusila**: F, Half-Orc (17) Half Sister (Delilah).  Drusila is the apple of her father’s eye, and more time hunting and fishing than all the other children put together.  She refused the opportunity to go to finishing school to study at home in Skids Landing.  She works with the kennel master, spends time at the Kassen Kompany Animal Training Centre and regularly visits Kat the Herbalist.  (Ranger-1).
-  * **Orion**: M, Half-Orc (16) Half Brother (Adriana).  Orion is, perhaps, fortunate in that his orc heritage isn’t obvious (Almost Human trait).  He is currently at Finishing School, and will eventually inherit a significant portion (30%) of Gagak’s estates.  (Aristocrat)
+  * **Orion**: M, Half-Orc (16) Half Brother (Adriana).  Orion is, perhaps, fortunate in that his orc heritage isn’t obvious (Almost Human trait).  He is currently at Finishing School, and will eventually inherit a significant portion of Gagak’s estates.  (Aristocrat)
   * **Gale**: Short for Nightingale, F, Half-Orc (15) Sister (Anya) Gale like her father, has a fierce temper, although she doesn't lose it very often.  She tends to stay indoors through ther middle of the day, and only go outside late or early, when the light is not so harsh.  During the day, she keeps to herself and tends to stay in a darkened room, playing weird mental games with herself. While all the family go out of their way to protect her, they are a bit worried for her.  (she will be an Orc Blood sorcerer)
   * **Lark**: F, Half-Orc (13) Sister (Anya) Like Orion, Lark looks very human (Almost Human trait), She is still at home deciding on her future direction.  She is musically talented and has a broad range of interests  - but she probably isn’t quite suitable for a PC class, possibly an Expert or Adept.
-**Inheritance rules**: as per Adrianna's Marriage contract terms.   Breya 60%, Orion 30%, 10% split between the rest as minor bequests.
+**Inheritance rules**: as per Adrianna's Marriage contract terms.   The bulk of Gagak's wealth will be left to Adrianna's children, while the rest is split between the rest as lesser bequests.
-Fabien, Breya and Orion tend to think they are better than the other children, and can be quite condescending.  Breya often says that she will sell the Compound as soon as she inherits it, because she wants to live in the City, where she she belongs.
+Fabien, Breya and Orion tend to think they are better than the other children, and can be quite condescending.  Breya often says that she will sell the Compound as soon as she inherits it, because she wants to live in the City, where she thinks that she belongs.