====== Blood Royale ======
//<sub>Chapter 5 – [[start#completed chapters|return to list]]</sub>//

[[Rise of the Serpent#Queen Gemegishkirihallat|Queen Gemegishkirihallat]] is at the top of the owe list.

===== Queen Gemegishkirihallat =====
{{morning_star_by_jeffsimpsonkh-d565gxo.jpg?200  }}The monarch of a conquered kingdom, using the powers of the Serpent to conquer the world.

<WRAP column 20%>
|cov|6|
|dir|10|
|mys|4|
|oth|12|
|lov|6|
|vio|8|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Pass judgement upon her daughter.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Exorcise the naked blade from the demon it hosts.
</WRAP>

Commanding presence: Directly. Potent.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

===== Oracle ======
Her Highness's player chooses – under duress – the Oracle of God Kings of War, and draws – against rule and tradition – a random card, and then the rest draw another three:

<WRAP round tip>Queen of Diamonds: An executioner, a strangler, in service to a ruthless king.
</WRAP>

  * Executioner: [[:seeds:start#דמויות ראשיות|Ishtar]]

==== Ashtipani ====

Murderous daughter, talented strangler and beloved fiance of the heir to Dannite throne.

<WRAP column 20%>
|cov|4|
|dir|10|
|mys|4|
|oth|10|
|lov|6|
|vio|8|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants the naked blade for herself.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Take Bar-Neey's powers so he will not be able to stop Timkach.
</WRAP>

Hit where it hurts: directly, consequential for myself, potent.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

  * Ruthless king: metbeteremet / dannite emperor

==== Mahn Hohw ====

The go getter heir to the Dannite throne, the one credited with conquering Ras Meitash and its current governor.

<WRAP column 20%>
|act|8,4|
|man|12,8|
|pro|6,4|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Publicly humilate Queen Gemegishkirihallat and general Doram and then see them both hanged.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Use Timkach to fuck up the Ras Meitashian uprise.
</WRAP>

The Demon's Sword: action, consequential for love, potent.

The sword screams and lights up as he waves it around.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>


  * Someone who wants to take revenge for an execution
  * Someone on death row
  * The noble about to be executed
  * The executioner's dumped fiance

<WRAP round tip>3 of Hearts: An unspeakable demon of atrocity and rage, bound in chains for a thousand years, aware suddenly of a minute loosening of his bonds.
</WRAP>

  * The demon: Ug's father

==== Timkach ====

An old one, with a name that would drive you insane if you could pronounce it.

<WRAP column 20%>
|act|12,8|
|man|6,4|
|pro|10,6|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants to sire a child of Gemegishkirihallat's womb.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Make Bar-Neey suffer horribly and forever.
</WRAP>

Ancient one: action, consequential for myself, far-reaching.

Reality looks at him and yelps.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

  * The wizard that bound him

==== Bar-Neey ====

An old man, tired of the world, but still with some unfinished business.

<WRAP column 20%>
|cov|10|
|dir|4|
|mys|4|
|oth|12|
|lov|8|
|vio|4|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
To destroy ​the demon using the royal blood of a woman, drained with the naked blade.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
To make sweet love to lady Tagrizli, who hates his guts.
</WRAP>

Elemental wizard: covertly, far reaching, potent.

Power of thought moves all four elements.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

  * The guardian, a scion of the wizard
  * The mage that loosened his bounds

==== Djimmi ====

The well intentioned, intelligent, but sadly confused son of the lighthouse guy. Magician autodidact. Smart but stupid.

<WRAP column 20%>
|act|12,8|
|man|10,6|
|pro|6,4|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Want to silence Bar-Neey, who knows he freed Timkach.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants to kill general Doram, his father.
</WRAP>

Magic: action, far-reaching, potent.

Altering reality, one cubic meter at a time.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

  * Member of the cult that worships the demon - cthulhu cultists

<WRAP round tip>4 of Diamonds: The arrival of a hundred fearsome warships on an unprepared, prosperous, peaceful coast.
</WRAP>

  * General leading the invasion

==== Doram Sing Say ====

Heavily decorated general, brought back from early retirement to serve his queen.

<WRAP column 20%>
|cov|6|
|dir|10|
|mys|4|
|oth|12|
|lov|8|
|vio|6|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants to steal Ashtipani from Mahn Hohw.
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Demands that lady Tagrizli joins a nunnery. Willingly or otherwise.
</WRAP>

Forewarned is forearmed: love, far reaching, broad, others.

Plans ahead, like freakin' batman.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

  * Mayor of the coastal city
  * The lighthouse guy's son
  * The secret passenger with a secret agenda
  * A sea monster / failed guardian
  * Madam of traveling whorehouse (on a boat, the love boat)

==== Lady Tagrizli ====

An extremely sexy and composed woman, who seems to get you at first glance.

<WRAP column 20%>
|act|4,0|
|man|10,6|
|pro|12,8|
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants general Doram to aknowledge their son (which was raised by the lighthouse guy?).
</WRAP>
<WRAP round todo column 30%>
Wants Bar-Neey to take the blame for all his many fuckups.
</WRAP>

Seductress: maneuvering, doubly potent.

Reality looks at her and gets a hard on.

<WRAP clear></WRAP>

<WRAP round tip>5 of Clubs: A soldier’s plain shortsword, gradually developing a taste for the blood of women.
</WRAP>

  * The soldier
  * The first victim
  * the next victim: Warner / Gamegish
  * The demon that is the sword

===== Setting ======

Caspit־Timnath, where the Dannites first landed and set up base.

===== Scenes ======

Soon, baby!