THE DECK OF MANY
Featuring Leocoril, the main character of the WEBTOON Way of the Living Weapon.This is a (hopefully) coherent collection of the most basic information on all past and current party members, relevant NPCs, and basic setting information to help people have a bit more context for curious minds!If you have any other questions relating the information given (or not given) in this Carrd, give me a follow on my Insta! I do occasional Q&A's and would love to answer any questions.Note - buttons labeled WIP will lead to unfinished pages, or nothing at all.- DM Perie
CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
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THE PARTY: THE DECK OF MANY
The Deck of Many has gone through quite a few changes within out two (nearly 3!) years of playing.The first to meet were Larkspur, Wisteria, and Leo, who met by complete chance on the road to the Bright Capital. Their encounter was incredibly tense, but found itself settled with the agreement that they would all travel together to the city.Upon reaching the Bright Capital, the trio (plus some other strange folks that tagged along, not worth the mention!) met Hingus, Wingus and Bingus. After they saved the city from the attack of small, plush critters that became feral, they were gifted a house by the city, thus a homebase was established.Unfortunately, their beloved home, The Shadeberry Estate, had some devastating skeletons in their closet. Beneath their home, the previous owners of the estate, cultist fanatics of a Betrayer Archfiend, worked away to unleash their god from the Hells. Dekkan Ironspine, a cleric from the High Church of Eona, was sent to deal with the matter, and became attached to the party, promptly moving in shortly after meeting, and helping the group officially establish themselves in the adventuring world as the Deck of Many.After reuniting with their father, Hingus, Wingus and Bingus decided to take their leave. In their stead, Calypso appeared, who took to the group fast despite most of the others' worries and suspicions of the new blood.Then, after a daring rescue mission to the Hells to retrieve one of their very own, Dekkan decided it best to depart to discover a way to free himself and the others from an unwise contract they made with the Archfiend Amoroth. After his departure is when Asphalt, the granddaughter of the estate's previous owners (aforementioned cultists) appeared seemingly out of thin air, claiming the home as her own and mighty confused to find the property given away by the crown. She and the party came to a truce, however, all deciding to live together despite bad blood.
THE CASTELET FAMILY
The Castelet's are the ruling family of the Bright Capital, a grand, magical city located on the Glowing Sands Coast. They have a long and storied past, one filled with tragedy, betrayal, war and, for the past eighty years, peace.The nobles have been particularly present in the campaign, given their connection to a character's backstory (Leo via Lorién) and the party's particular closeness to one of the character's (Kal).
RECURRING CHARACTERS
A grouping of all important characters that don't fall into the other two categories. These characters mentioned are honorary party members, backstory relevant, or have become narratively important to the point where they need to be mentioned for clarity's sake.
IDURA
OOPSIE! This page is a WIP. Until all the info is compiled, take a gander at this coool map made by sinaheh :D
OCCUPATION: King of the Bright Capital
SPECIES: High Elf
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good
PRONOUNS: He/Him
AGE: 50
HEIGHT: 5'11" / 180cm
The Castelet family’s history is a long and twisted one, and oftentimes bloody. Each past king and queen has their hands stained in red. Keryth, however, is probably the first in centuries to live in an era of peace.Keryth Castelet, the third in line to the throne, had long accepted he would never reign as king. Unfortunately, fate had other plans. At the age of 19, an unfortunate oversight of the kingdom’s defenses caused a lap in their arcane wards when their last line of protection, Archmage Rynn Wheatfellow, fell suddenly ill. With the lapse in proper protection, the palace was attacked by the agents of Dark Halo, a nefarious group of assassins hellbent on ending the royal bloodline. His grandmother, parents, and older siblings were cut down in the matter of one night, leaving Keryth the only survivor of his bloodline.Soon after, he was crowned king.Adjusting to the responsibilities thrusted upon him was difficult, but with Atlan Chesk, his grandmother’s advisor at his side, he eased into his position, but not happily. Feeling overwhelmed and stifled by his life and responsibilities, the young king snuck out of his castle to experience the Light's Solace festival. There, he met Cora.Cora and her young son Lorièn were sources of joy in his life that he once believed extinguished. Lorién could be a handful, but Keryth didn’t mind, and loved becoming the young boy’s father. The surprising and sudden addition of his and Cora’s son Kalceran, however, threw their lives for a loop, but the change wasn’t negative - at least, not to Cora and Keryth. They were beyond overjoyed to have their new addition in their lives. Their oldest was… less so.Lorién began to act out more frequently, and his erratic and cruel behavior came to a head on the day of Kalceran’s 7th birthday when Lorién made an attempt on his little brother’s life - and, for a second, succeeded, and would have succeeded entirely if Sebastian Valle of the High Temple had not been present.Keryth, the bleeding heart he was, couldn’t bare the thought of sending Lorién to rot away in the dungeons despite what he had done (like his mother had personally wished), so instead sent him away to the Abbey of Eona, hoping that they would be able to help him in ways they were never able to.