| This room appears to be a fighter’s
practice
room, with weapons hung on the wall, a quintain and practice dummies of straw. There is a tall, slender, muscular olv in padded leather armor and <large> shield working out on the quintain. He is making lightning quick blows and then ducking under the swinging arm as it comes around. |
This olv is
another experiment of Markessa’s.
He used to be ugly and weak, but she <Comeliness
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designed him to be her personal bodyguard
and lover. He still bears scars from the
operation
on the back of his neck. He was supposed
to be brainwashed to fall in love with
Markessa, but instead he has fallen in
love
with her double. The bodyguard is the only
one besides Icar
who can distinguish
between the double and Markessa. If the
party is harming the double he will attack
in
fury, but if she tells him they are helping
her
to escape, there is a 50% chance that the
bodyguard will help the party. The elf
fights
as a Myrmidon
and if he has advance
warning of the party’s arrival,
he will don
his plate mail
armor and <large> shield
and will be
AC 0.
On the wall of this room are a rack of 6
throwing knives,
2 <small> wooden shields,
2
polearms with
wooden heads,
<hook fauchard, halberd>
and a goose
down mattress for exercise sessions with
Markessa.
The quintain is a revolving crosspiece
on a post. On one end of the crosspiece
is fastened a <medium> shield and a
sandbag is
attached to the other end. Striking the
shield
will cause the sandbag to swing around.
Markessa’s
bodyguard: AC 5 or 0; MV 9” or 6":
hp 21; #AT 2; D 7-14 <d8+6> by long
sword ; +2 to hit;
S 18.51, I 10, W 9, D 16, Con 12,
Cha 17 Com 14
THACO 10
XP 693
>>32.