Lords of Gossamer and Shadow NPCs: Fambol the Kind

Fambol the Kind has a very youthful appearance
Image by Anna Shellkova, legalese at bottom of page

I have been about these stairs for a fair while now.  It annoys a lot of the locals that I don’t seem to age though.  I often forget their names though.  After all there have been hundreds of them come and go, but I remain.  It is not because I talk tough or walk with a big stick.  It is because I can see who is going to be the next big thing and I take action to stop it.  The gift of foresight is a wonderful thing to abuse.  If you have it and you don’t abuse it then you are an idiot in my book.

Of course there are others that were here before me.  Others that think they know more than the rest of us.  They are the ones that the sheep flock to as if they know the purpose of everything.  They don’t but they will never clarify that to the rest of them.  But the secret about them is that they are powerful and I need to be a little bit careful how I go about getting rid of them from my life.


There are others like me of course.  We keep a low profile and try to deal with things our way as silently as we can.  We follow the new sheep around for a while and let them see us every now and again just to see what they do.  The ones that surprise us, like you, we talk to to see which way your mind is heading.  Should this go well I can show you a few things. If not, well you will just have to wait and see.

One thing you should know is that we have resources.  Lots more resources that the others really understand we do.  Contacts on high as well as secret spaces that we gather and compare our notes on what is happening.  Some of the disappearances you hear about every now and again on the Grand Stair are not as mysterious as they would at first appear.  The reappearance of the Dwimmerlaik is a blessing for us, all those fools on high seem to think that the Dwimmerlaik is behind all of them.  See how simplistically they are.

Regardless of the side you pick, just follow one rule and you should be fine.  I like you kid, which is why I am talking to you personally.  Stay out of my way and you will be just fine.

What’s that? My name? Why am I known as Fambol the Kind?  My father called me that the night I last saw him.  Well, he actually called me the kind of kid he wished he had drowned at birth, but I shortened it so I could remember the good things about my father.


100 Point Version

Attributes
Psyche: Paragon
Strength: 17
Endurance: 11
Warfare: 15

Powers

Wrighting (30 Points)
Warden of the Grand Stair (10 Points)

Artifact 
Fambol’s Sabre (11 Points)
No one is quite sure where Fambol picked up his blade but it has an obsidian blade and a finely wrought basket handle.  When it is in hand Fambol is protected from all but the most vicious weapons.

  • Confers quality to user – invulnerable to conventional weapons (5 Points)
  • Invulneable to Conventional Weapons (4 Points)
  • Double Damage (2 Points)
Fambol’s Atlas (2 Points)
This old fashioned notebooks contains the icons that Fambol uses for his Wrighting power.
  • Set of Icons (2 Points)
Stuff
Good Stuff: +4


200 Point Version 

Attributes
Psyche: 5
Strength: 41
Endurance: 20
Warfare: 29
Powers
Master of the Grand Stair (35 Points)
Wrighting (30 Points)
Cantrips (5 Points)


  • Foul
  • Fracture
  • Glitch
  • Numb
  • Pain
Artifact 
Fambol’s Sabre (11 Points)
No one is quite sure where Fambol picked up his blade but it has an obsidian blade and a finely wrought basket handle.  When it is in hand Fambol is protected from all but the most vicious weapons.

  • Confers quality to user – invulnerable to conventional weapons (5 Points)
  • Invulneable to Conventional Weapons (4 Points)
  • Double Damage (2 Points)
Fambol’s Atlas (2 Points)
This old fashioned notebooks contains the icons that Fambol uses for his Wrighting power.
  • Set of Icons (2 Points)
Domain
Vespasia (5 Points)
This realm is an out of the way spot that Fambol found when questioning one of the Vala supporters.  He fully expected that it would quickly and easily located by Lady Vala’s supporters and was well surprised when it was not.

It is a busy planet full of modern cities and races.  It is cold and impersonal with people tending to keep to themselves as the Government runs a strong monitoring program.  Fambol has offered his services on the planet to help improve the monitoring capabilities for the government and keep the populace subjugated for the price of a bit of space and no meddling in his own affairs.


  • Personal Domain (1 Point)
  • Restricted Access (2 Points)
  • Control the Flow of Time (2 Points)


Allies
Tiano Agents (3 Points) Partisan Support 

The Tiano secret agency caught wind of Fambol’s activities and offered him a position in their ranks.  Fambol is suspicious of the organisation but happy that they seem to be working to undermine the works of Lady Vala for the time being.

Antournass (4 Points) Dwimmerlaik Ally 

Famborl saved Antournass’ life in a battle within the stair.  Fambol had been following a possible convert to his cause when a fight broke out, Dwimmerlaik swarming through a door onto a group of travellers. Fambol saw the possible recruit contact a supporter of his perceived enemies and not wanting to concede a complete loss he came out of hiding once the travelling group had killed most of the Dwimmerlaik.  Fambol checked the bodies and found one left alive.  He nursed the creature back to health and now feeds and receives information from his new ally Antournass on a regular basis.

Telina Vass (5 Points) Lady of the Gossamer Worlds
Telina is from a primitive planet where her powers as a witch drove her to further experiments which caused her to find the Grand Stair.  As she found world after world she used her charms and spells to corrupt one and all.  She met with Fambol who shared with her many of the secrets that he had learned and piqued her interest in the Eidolon.  As a thanks to Fambol, Telina keeps her ear to the ground for individuals that may be supportive of his ideas and informs him when she finds them.


Stuff
Good Stuff: +4

300 Point Version

Attributes
Psyche: 17
Strength: 43
Endurance: 31
Warfare: 48
Powers
Master of the Umbra (50 Points)
Master of the Grand Stair (35 Points)
Wrighting (30 Points)
Cantrips (5 Points)


  • Foul
  • Fracture
  • Glitch
  • Numb
  • Pain
Artifact 
Fambol’s Sabre (13 Points)
No one is quite sure where Fambol picked up his blade but it has an obsidian blade and a finely wrought basket handle.  When it is in hand Fambol is protected from all but the most vicious weapons.

  • Confers quality to user – invulnerable to conventional weapons (5 Points)
  • Invulneable to Conventional Weapons (4 Points)
  • Deadly Damage (4 Points)
Fambol’s Atlas (2 Points)
This old fashioned notebooks contains the icons that Fambol uses for his Wrighting power.
  • Set of Icons (2 Points)
Domain
Vespasia (5 Points)
This realm is an out of the way spot that Fambol found when questioning one of the Vala supporters.  He fully expected that it would quickly and easily located by Lady Vala’s supporters and was well surprised when it was not.

It is a busy planet full of modern cities and races.  It is cold and impersonal with people tending to keep to themselves as the Government runs a strong monitoring program.  Fambol has offered his services on the planet to help improve the monitoring capabilities for the government and keep the populace subjugated for the price of a bit of space and no meddling in his own affairs.
  • Personal Domain (1 Point)
  • Restricted Access (2 Points)
  • Control the Flow of Time (2 Points)
Allies
Tiano Agents (3 Points) Partisan Support 
The Tiano secret agency caught wind of Fambol’s activities and offered him a position in their ranks.  Fambol is suspicious of the organisation but happy that they seem to be working to undermine the works of Lady Vala for the time being.

Vincent Lethbridge (3 Points) Gossamer World Devotee
Vincent is one of Shatterlight‘s leading servants, the Lady Vala’s domain.  Fambol has grown bold and saw an opportunity to befriend Vincent which he took with glee.  Fambol spends a good deal of time cultivating this relationship when he is spying amongst the Shatterlight domain and Vincent is enamoured with Fambol’s attentions.


Antournass (4 Points) Dwimmerlaik Ally 
Famborl saved Antournass’ life in a battle within the stair.  Fambol had been following a possible convert to his cause when a fight broke out, Dwimmerlaik swarming through a door onto a group of travellers. Fambol saw the possible recruit contact a supporter of his perceived enemies and not wanting to concede a complete loss he came out of hiding once the travelling group had killed most of the Dwimmerlaik.  Fambol checked the bodies and found one left alive.  He nursed the creature back to health and now feeds and receives information from his new ally Antournass on a regular basis.

Telina Vass (5 Points) Lady of the Gossamer Worlds
Telina is from a primitive planet where her powers as a witch drove her to further experiments which caused her to find the Grand Stair.  As she found world after world she used her charms and spells to corrupt one and all.  She met with Fambol who shared with her many of the secrets that he had learned and piqued her interest in the Eidolon.  As a thanks to Fambol, Telina keeps her ear to the ground for individuals that may be supportive of his ideas and informs him when she finds them.

Stuff
Good Stuff: +6


Legalese: Some rights reserved. This work (the image above) by Anna Shellkova is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence

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