FRIENDS, FOES & FOLLOWERS

GENERAL INFORMATION
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Apparent Age: Late Thirties
Culture: Feudal
Social Class: Unguilded
Height: 5’ 7”
Frame: Medium
Weight: 149 lbs
Appearance: Plain (at best)
Hair Colour: Brown, balding
Eye Colour: Hazel
Voice: Pleasant
Obvious Medical Traits: Scared ear, blind
wandering eye
Apparent Occupation: Peonian Acolyte
Apparent Wealth: Very poor
Weapons: None
Armour: None
Companions: None
Other obvious features: Thick accent

Special GM Comments:

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Author:
John S. Daniel II ________________________________________________

Artist: ________________________________________________
Richard Luschek
Art Sponsor: ________________________________________________

John S. Daniel II

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 ,,, CLERIC PEONI 05–G–02
BALIS OF JIML
Name: BALIS OF JIML Race/Sex: Human/Male
Peonian Acolyte
Occupation: Peonian Acolyte Born: 12 Kelen 681 (Feniri)
Growing up among the urban poor, Balis always kept
Str 16 Agl 13 Sml 13 Wil 16 Cml 06
to himself, never caused trouble, and started working as a Sta 12 Eye 09 Voi 13 Aur 09 End 15
day labourer as soon as he was old enough. He commit- Dex 10 Hrg 14 Int 09 Mor 07 Mov 13
ted his first murder when he was sixteen. He still dreams Medical/Psyche: Blind in right eye (it wanders), scars
of the look on the face of the young girl as he choked the Physical Skills: Climbing 65, Condition 90, Jumping 56, Riding 13,
Stealth 84, Throwing 60
life out of her.
Communication Skills: Awareness 84, Intrigue 66, Oratory 36,
Four years and four murders later, Balis started work- Rhetoric (Persuasion) 42, Singing 52
ing as a teamster hauling goods throughout the region. Languages: Hârnic 76
Scripts: None
This allowed him to spread his depredations around, but
Religion: Ritual: Peoni 20; Piety: 18
he still limited himself to one victim a year. Balis was al-
Combat Skills: Initiative 75, Dodge 65, Unarmed 82, Unarmed
ways very careful, selecting his victims well in advance, (Strangulation) 92, Club 83, Dagger 60
studying them and only moving in for the kill when the Craft Skills: Animalcraft (draft horses and mules) 56, Cookery 50,
time was right. The elderly, the poor and those who Lockcraft 43, Physician 26
would not be missed were his main victims. Armour / Weapons: Threadbare tunic, simple heavy cloth robes
held closed with a rope. Leather soled rope sandals.
Eight years ago, in the spring of 712, things changed Weapons Wt WQ AML DML HM B E P
dramatically. Balis was attacked by a group of bandits Club 3 9 98 88 • 4 • •
that beat him severely and left him for dead. When he Location Armour Layers AQ B E P F
was found he was taken to a Peonian abbey where they Skull • • • • • •
Face • • • • • •
nursed him back to health. The beating left him with a Neck • • • • • •
number of scars and blind in his right eye. Shoulder C +0 1 1 1 1
Upper Arm C +0 1 1 1 1
During his recovery he had an epiphany and when he Elbow C +0 1 1 1 1
left, he was wearing the robes of a Peonian Esolani (aco- Forearm C +0 1 1 1 1
Hand • • • • • •
lyte). Balis started wandering from village to village, living
Thorax C +0 1 1 1 1
off the charity and goodwill of others. In return he helps Abdomen C +0 1 1 1 1
with farm labour, chops wood, helps with livestock or Hip C +0 1 1 1 1
Groin C +0 1 1 1 1
whatever else needs to be done. Except for the winter Thigh C +0 1 1 1 1
months, he never stays in one place for more than a few Knee C +0 1 1 1 1
Calf C +0 1 1 1 1
days. If anyone asks, he tells them that he is living the life Foot • • • • • •
Peoni has chosen for him.
Invocations: None
In 718, he killed again for the first time since the at- Convocations: None
tack. Three more murders have occurred since. Balis be- Spells: None
lieves that Peoni has given him a mission to help those Psionics: None
that are most deserving. He looks for the most pious, Notes: None
poorest, lay member of a village and “sends them to the
Meadows of Valon”, the Peonian heaven. He places a
knot in his robe belt for every person he has sent to Peoni
GM NOTES
HOOKS
Investigators: A Peonian abbess has noticed a pat- _________________________________________________
tern of deaths within the parish and suspects some sort of
foul play. She asks the PCs to look into things. _________________________________________________
Man Hunt: There has been a murder in the village;
the PCs are asked to help find the killer. The victim, an
elderly farmer, was found strangled and clutching a piece _________________________________________________
of cloth.
Fighting Esolani: The PCs are at a village that _________________________________________________
comes under attack by bandits or worse. Balis shows
some surprising skills during the defence of the village. _________________________________________________
There is more to this Esolani than meets the eye.

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