WRH-History

History
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 * style="text-align: center;"|820-832
 * Born May 5, 820 to the parents of tenant farmers. Not much of interest happen during my early life, especially when you are the middle child of a large family. My older siblings tormented me constantly.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|832
 * At 12 years old I moved off the farm and into the town of Manchester. I made aware by Luther (the current apprentice at the time) that I was supposed to be the junior apprentice, which meant I got all the crap jobs (like cleaning up crap from the horses). He also told me that the Merchants daughter, Christa, was off limits. I ignored him on that aspect and courted Christa.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|834
 * It did not take long for Ludwig long to realize that I had a natural ability with business and soon surpassed Luther. I was on the fast track of becoming a journeyman before Luther. This made Luther even more angry then he usually was, especially when Christa started paying more attention to me as well. (This was the start of the -1 flaw, Enemy)
 * style="text-align: center;"|15
 * style="text-align: center;"|835
 * By the time that I turned 15 I had received my full rank as a journeyman. Luther, whose work was becoming sloppy, was still an apprentice. I also asked Ludwig at this time for his daughters hand in marriage. He gave me his permission and we soon wed. It was a quick ceremony as unknown to most people Christa was already pregnant. I also started to make some back door deals with many of the merchants and guilds in Manchester. I also started to befriend the local priest.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|836
 * Not much of interest happens this year with the exception of the birth of my son, Markus. I made some good deals with some of the local guilds and lords that brought in business for me as well as the guilds. Also sometime during this year Luther was made a journeyman, and as soon as he got his rank he left town.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|837
 * Most of the year was a great year, business nearly tripled due to some cleverly placed transactions. Luther was seen periodically in town, often drunk, and often complaining about me. However in late autumn Ludwig was found murdered outside of a local tavern. The local sheriff could not figure out who did it, but Wolf’s suspicion fell on Luther, has his rage was growing over the last year. It was around this time that Wolf found Keldar, who is very good as finding out information. Keldar did find out that indeed Luther had Ludwig killed. Instead of trying to pursue Luther, I redirected Keldar’s efforts into finding new business opportunities. With the pursuit of Luther as a secondary priority.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|838-839
 * With the help of Keldar’s information, I was able to take advantage of a great many opportunities and the wealth of the company as well as my own personal wealth.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|839
 * During the summer of this year there was much to celebrate. Christa became pregnant again and I purchased the estate outside of town. However during that winter tragedy struck. Christa became severely ill, and the child she was carrying was putting a lot of stress on her. By February both mother and child had died (pneumonia). Thankfully my wife had hired a local girl (Emma, age 14) as the Nanny for Markus and the new baby. I took the death of my wife extremely hard and buried by grief in my work. It was during this dark time that I started to use business methods that were not very nice. Some of my more profitable ventures were due to blackmail, extortion, and physical threats, although none of the methods were traced back to me.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|840
 * I have to thank Emma (now age 15) for pulling me out of my depression. She took pitty on me and cared for me and Marcus like she was the lady of the house, and in many ways she had become that. More out of companionship then love, I married her that fall. It was during that winter that she became pregnant with my daughter and had her in late summer.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|842
 * Some of my business ventures had some setbacks this year. These after some information gathering, were attributed to Luther. However this did not stop me from amassing a small fortune. In addition my second son, Wolfgang was born.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|842-845
 * During this time frame I traveled a lot, especially to France. Combined with my earlier success I have gone from (Resources O to Resources OOOO).
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 * style="text-align: center;"|845
 * It was on one of these business trips that I meet a stranger at a local tavern. He was very polite, and while dressed as a commoner, his demeanor came across as being someone of great power and or influence, so I listened to him. That was the last thing that I remember before waking up un the middle of a field tied town with the coming sun feeling rather uncomfortable. It was the passing of a random woodsman that freed me in time.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|846
 * It has been over a year since becoming a vampire. It has been a difficult transition while being only awake at night and balancing the needs of a family. That being said, the mental ability to control people’s minds has made business easy and has established me into the church and into the guilds. Although I can't remember any real detail about the last year, I do remember some aspects of vampire society. I will have to second guess why my sire erased my memory.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|846-852
 * The last eight years as a vampire have been very benefitual for my business. My personal wealth is now greater then many of the lords in the area (resources 5). My control of trade between Manchester and the outlying communities is nearly complete, and I have started on expanding the range of control.
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 * During this time frame I traveled a lot, especially to France. Combined with my earlier success I have gone from (Resources O to Resources OOOO).
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 * style="text-align: center;"|845
 * It was on one of these business trips that I meet a stranger at a local tavern. He was very polite, and while dressed as a commoner, his demeanor came across as being someone of great power and or influence, so I listened to him. That was the last thing that I remember before waking up un the middle of a field tied town with the coming sun feeling rather uncomfortable. It was the passing of a random woodsman that freed me in time.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|846
 * It has been over a year since becoming a vampire. It has been a difficult transition while being only awake at night and balancing the needs of a family. That being said, the mental ability to control people’s minds has made business easy and has established me into the church and into the guilds. Although I can't remember any real detail about the last year, I do remember some aspects of vampire society. I will have to second guess why my sire erased my memory.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|846-852
 * The last eight years as a vampire have been very benefitual for my business. My personal wealth is now greater then many of the lords in the area (resources 5). My control of trade between Manchester and the outlying communities is nearly complete, and I have started on expanding the range of control.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|846-852
 * The last eight years as a vampire have been very benefitual for my business. My personal wealth is now greater then many of the lords in the area (resources 5). My control of trade between Manchester and the outlying communities is nearly complete, and I have started on expanding the range of control.
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Session 1
May 4, 852 May 5, 852
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 * May 4th, 852. It appears that vampire society lives along side of human society. Sometimes the poor or powerless person you see on the street is really someone quite powerful in the courts of the vampires. To this end I have identified four other vampires that live within the area of Manchester. The first is Lord Oliphant, who is the overlord of the vampires within Manchester, the second is Millicent Foxworth (the local madam), the third is Reeve (the local undertaker), and the fourth being a newcomer Gabrielle (a spoiled rich child). It was this night in early summer that we were called together to meet at Lord Oliphant’s house (the first time we were altogether). In addition to those I knew, a new vampire by the name of Severn was introduced to us. Severn gave me a vibe that said that he was not to be trusted. Lord Oliphant had a problem that affected him and the prince of York (not the human prince, but the vampire one). It was told to us that treasure was stolen from a secret shipment and that we were to retrieve this cargo. The reward was a boon from the prince as well as Lord Oliphant. Lord Oliphant appears to have two young wards: Jaclyn (a singer), and Samantha.
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 * We traveled through the night, and our retainers took us through the day where we arrived at Duncaster. I went out looking for information and came upon a blacksmith that know of people that matched the description we got from Lord Oliphant. It was later found out the blacksmith was murdered.
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Session 2
June 10, 852
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Session 2

June 11, 852
 * It has been about a month since our last adventure. It appears taht Severn has disappeared and my information net has not been bale to locate him.
 * I have passed another birthday (May 5th) and I do not appear to be aging. This is ok for now, but this may become an issue in the future.
 * Business has been profitable in the last month, growing about 150%. the exchange rate is 20 shillings to the crown and 12 pennies to the shilling.
 *  Knight Terrors 
 * My eldest son is waking up with night terrors. Other children in town are also being affected. The local priest, Father Ducat, is holding a special mass to pray over the children to protect them from evil. The nightmare is of a shadow being with leather wings.
 *  Special Mass: 
 * Father Ducat performed the mass for the children and announced that he had sent for assistance and that an auxiliary Bishop was being sent. It was also noted that Ann Horwitz did not attend, even though she is extremely religious and has a son of the age that have been affected by the nightmares.
 *  Investigations: 
 * After the mass I instructed by information net to see if there was any new people that were acting strangely, report came back later that there was no one.
 * The vampire group went to Ann’s house to see why she did not attend. She told us that her son was swimming the other day and almost drown. We offered to have Father Ducat come over and perform the blessing in person. Ann had no reaction, but the Richard seemed very uncomfortable and woke up in the middle of the blessing. Richard’s version of the nightmare was different then everyone else’s. He said that an angle protected him from the night terrors.
 *  New Bishop: 
 * It appears that nearly all the kids within the town are suffering from night terrors. The local priest. Father Ducat, is holding a special mass to bless the children to ride them of their demons. In fact he has sent a message to the bishop of York to send for help. Word returned that Auxiliary Bishop Guglielimino will be arriving. Upon hearing this I quickly requested an audience with Lord Oliphant. Lord Oliphant and I meets and he told me that there was nothing to worry about from this bishop, he was in it for the money and power, not the faith. This lead me to have Richard meet with him to discuss opportunities and “donations” for business outside of Manchester. That meeting turned out to be very profitable.
 *  Swimming Spot: 
 * There is a local swimming spot near the river that kids are known to meet at.
 *  Gerald Myers: 
 * A child friend of Richards
 *  George Rawlings: 
 * This is the name of the well dressed man with the three men at arms. We was sent by the king of south Wales to take me and to find out what happen to his kings kin, Lord Aprice. I was able to confront him and convince him that he did not want to fight me. I also told him that if the king wanted to discuss things that we could meet on neutral ground in Liverpool. I also told him that the last time I saw Lord Aprice was at the court in York. It appears that they got my name from when they killed the blacksmith.
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Session 2 June 13, 852
 * During the day the Bishop arrived. Richard meet with him for lunch, and without having to resort to special abilities, made a deal with the bishop for business outside of Manchester. The bishop was going to hold a prayer session as now over ¾ of the towns children are being affected. In addition 4 strangers were seen coming into town (1 dressed nice, the others as men at arms).
 *  Exorcist 
 * At this time more of the children were being affected. We were fairly sure that Richard Horwitz was the cause, as all other children had once nightmare and his was different. We had sent for an exorcist from London, through the Aux. Bishop, in order to get rid of the suspected demon.
 *  George Rawlings: 
 * He and his party were convinced to leave by Gabrielle using her suck up power. He mentioned that people have been known to disappear if they fail the king of Wales.
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Session 2
 * My information net was watching Richard all day and night. The previous night he was seen to sneak out of his house and was followed to the house of Jeremy Woolridge and family. Richard’s trail was lost at this point.
 *  Demon Confrontation: 
 * We convinced the Bishop to try to help in getting the demon out of Richard. When the Bishop started to perform the ritual he became extremely scared. We also noticed that Richard’s mother was in a dazed state. The demon spoke to us in our head asking what type of undead we were. The demon was cocky and told us what he was doing. He was looking for children that are more then mortals. The demon also stated that he had a master and could not stop his mission. He also said that the demons were at war with each other. He also stated that he was nearly complete with his mission. He also stated that if we kill this body that he will just choose another.
 *  Zombies 
 * As the demon was leaving he must have summoned some walking dead. Reeve was seen to touch one of the zombies and I saw him wither away. Millicent was also seen to move extremely fast.
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Session 3

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 * style="text-align: center;"|June 14, 852
 * Master Arthur is missing and presumed dead - a victim of our sins according to some sources.
 * The exorcist is due in town in about two days.
 * Medicine Showman
 * Benard Crane
 * Travels around from town to town
 * Connections within the Welsh
 * Liverpool is next stop
 * Was not able to dominate him
 * His cures seem to work where others don't. Purchased samples of each for further analysis
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 * style="text-align: center;"|June 15, 852
 * Diner with Bishop and the local father. Diner went ok, and the father's speech was a little flat.
 * Information net has turned up that at the Dog and Pony Inn is the prince of Liverpool. His name is Jay.
 * We travel to Liverpool to the inn
 * See two men at arms
 * Connected around town
 * Women don't like them
 * Liverpool is about 1000 people at this time
 * Chester is about 1000 people at this time
 * Jay tends to concentrate on inns, brothels, and other sultry businesses.
 * The Meeting
 * The inn is empty except for a few people
 * 3 Men at arms, George Rawlings, and Jay
 * Guy is not a bartender
 * Jay wants to turn me over to George Rawlings
 * Luther is at the meeting, and he is a vampire
 * We have a massive disagreement and Guy turns into a werewolf, I dominated him to attack Jay, but Reeve ages him and he dies of heart failure. Those from Wales leave.
 * Jay offers to turn Luther in, but somehow he escapes
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 * style="text-align: center;"|June 23, 852
 * We return to Manchester on the night of 23rd.
 * The father is hosting a service at night.
 * Exorcist arrives
 * Antonio Lavader
 * My skin is escorting my family, and it appears that the exorcist is able to detect my presence in my host body. For safety I had my skin killed in an accident.
 * Houses are given a blessing and the exorcist leaves
 * Going to another diner hosted by Gabrielle
 * XP: +4
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 * Antonio Lavader
 * My skin is escorting my family, and it appears that the exorcist is able to detect my presence in my host body. For safety I had my skin killed in an accident.
 * Houses are given a blessing and the exorcist leaves
 * Going to another diner hosted by Gabrielle
 * XP: +4
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Session 4

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 * style="text-align: center;"|August 12, 852
 * Game starts on Friday Aug 12th, it is a nice 60 degrees.
 * There is a small breakout of plague
 * Only on a small scale
 * Only two people have been affected
 * George Weinstine
 * He is a new point of contact, a Jewish money lender.
 * George Pinkering
 * He is a royal weapon smith. He has a writ for selling weapons. He has a good head for selling weapons.
 * Sir Oliphant is missing
 * None of my spies have have any information
 * He disappeared when a group of Knights arrived
 * He was seen having a loud discussion with one of the knights
 * He left after the argument
 * Tax Collector (Sir Richard Petritch)
 * Someone acting as a tax collector is extorting money from my territory. the knights that were seen with Sir Oliphant were with the tax colelctor.
 * He asked the question on who is going to stop him, I told him that the area is under my protection and he is to stop.
 * Gabriel called him a pompus jerk
 * Meeting with Sir Petritch (Gabrielle Diner)
 * Black lines are showing in his aura
 * Noticed something in shadow - George Pickering. George was sent by king of york to help protect us.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|August 17, 852
 * Arrive at york
 * King is having a party to celebrate his young new wife
 * Jolite is name of the new wife
 * Old wife (Mary) passed away
 * Wedding is next week.
 * Meeting with the kings chancellor (vampire prince of York)
 * A Capadocian vampire is sitting next to him
 * He says that Liverpool and surrounding territory is open as others do not like Jay.
 * There is no blood hunt out for Jay, as his territory is independent
 * We learned that the king has his wife killed in order to marry the new girl.
 * We earned a boon from the chancellor for protecting the territory.
 * Earned a title of Baron with all lands that go with it. Promoted as overlord of Manchester since Lord Oliphant is missing.
 * Told that a witch hunter is in the area and that we have to be careful
 * We are staying for the wedding
 * XP: 4 + 1
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 * We earned a boon from the chancellor for protecting the territory.
 * Earned a title of Baron with all lands that go with it. Promoted as overlord of Manchester since Lord Oliphant is missing.
 * Told that a witch hunter is in the area and that we have to be careful
 * We are staying for the wedding
 * XP: 4 + 1
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Session 5
June 12, 927
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 * style="text-align: center;"|June 1, 927
 * There has been about 75 years between the last game session. We were awarded 14 maturation points. For me these were spent on getting Dominate 6, Obfuscate 3 and resources of 7. WRH had used this time to place a represenative from the company in every village, business, castle, and church as possible. His influence is highly known in Britton and is starting to be known in Europe.
 * Lord Oliphants wards have been married to WRH family, brining his lands and title into the family.
 * Prince of York has moved to London.
 * Meet with prince of Londong (Felker).
 * Felker told us that there is meeting of King and Under Kings (of which WRH's grandson was one of them).
 * The meeting is to be held at Emmont Bridge
 * We are asked to prevent Cirtrix from attending the meeting. Permement elimination is preferred. His brother in Scottland is not strong willed. We will also get a favor from the Mortal King.
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 * Plot Note: Plauge has been seen in the far east.
 * Meet up with Benard Crane, the snake oil salesmen that disappeared nearly 75 years ago.
 * Before I could talk with him Gabrelle made his mind all squishy by over user of her abilities. Until the effects wareoff he is complely worthless to talk to.
 * Acquired the travel plans for the king so he can have his accident.
 * July 2, 927 (Repond)
 * July 5, 927 (Richmond)
 * July 7, 927 (Benard Castle)
 * The plan is to ambush him before he gets to this caslte
 * July 10, 927 (A wooded area)
 * Backup plan is to have a squad of people attack him in the woods pretending to be bandits.
 * July 11, 927 (Penrith)
 * Travellers out of Richmond have been attacked and killed.
 * We arrive at Benard Castle disguised as a band of traveling merchants.
 * Woke up to the smell of fire. Information reports that the Earl/King will be passing by and not stopping.  We decide to go and attack their camp.
 * We come upon the camp. There is a tent that is ornate with two guards, a smaller tent, and a couple of ragged tents.  Gabbelle uses her passion power to enthrall everyone in site.  The guards are told to fight over her down to the last man.  We captured a nordic mage, 2 beautiful maindens.  The guard that was left standing was brainwashed to think that the others went mad and killed the king.  We sent him along ahead so that we would arrive after the news.
 *  PLOT NOTE:  I domintated both mages into helping me, the oath was carefully worded that their loyalities were with me and not the others.  As long as they gave no issues they were free to do what they wanted for the most part.  The only request that I have is that they go out and find other likes them to start a mystical college.
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 * style="text-align: center;"|June 14, 927
 *  PLOT NOTE:  Lord Felker has given me permission to establish financial control or at least influence within London.
 *  PLOT NOTE:  After "not" taking care of the issue with the king, Lord Felker owes us another favor.  This makes two favors that he owes us, one favor by the mortal king, and one favor owed by Lord Oliphant.
 * Some strange gypsy woman (Vadoma Herom) came up to me and said that I am the protector of this book. It is in writing that I do not understand.  While the two Toreadors were at some party, Reeve and I went to seen an expert.  We woke him up, I dominated him into translating the book for us, and then later erased any knowlege that we were there.
 * XP: 4 (ghouls and vamps)
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 * Some strange gypsy woman (Vadoma Herom) came up to me and said that I am the protector of this book. It is in writing that I do not understand.  While the two Toreadors were at some party, Reeve and I went to seen an expert.  We woke him up, I dominated him into translating the book for us, and then later erased any knowlege that we were there.
 * XP: 4 (ghouls and vamps)
 * }