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Kroashent: Dark Universe (Kath + Gwae)

Added 2021-04-05 18:44:02 +0000 UTC

A follow-up/companion to last year's "Dark Gwae" piece featuring an alternate fate for Kathalia in the same vein. I'm reposting Gwae as well.

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Kathalia of the Hunt

Kathalia Bisclavret was born the bastard Seconddaughter of Melion Bisclavret, the "Wolf of Frehel", the Baron of Ar Mor Emrodez, a remote coastal fiefdom in Northern Breizh. A series of twists in her life brought her from being a noblewoman to a prisoner to a paladin of the Urzh Kroashent, the Knights of the Crossroads, tasked with defending the innocent against the chaotic forces of Faerie. A final betrayal tore the life she had built away in one night as her order fell to the greed and suspicion of a wicked king and his corrupt allies. Now a fugitive, Kathalia made a deal with the powerful Lord Hellequin, the Master of the Wild Hunt, buying herself time at a terrible price. In the dark forests and across the windswept moors of Breizh, Kathalia became a Ki-Hemolc'h, a Hound of the Hunt, the personal killers of the Horned Lord, merciless in her bloodshed as she emerges from the mists, the dark arkane of the Faewylde at her beck and call...

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The Ice Merchant

Deep in the frozen wastes lies a blackstone castle in the midst of a perpetual winterrule, The icy winds bite into the bones of those who brave the storm, seeking an audience with the witch who resides in the darkness. The Ice Merchant can offer whatever one's heart desires, but her prices are steep and her terms merciless. With the powers of a winter's storm at her command, few are foolish enough to cross this sidhe lord. Caveat Emptor...