Lyus Sleyden

Lyus Sleyden's player Timothy Ivan Gillihan passed away on February 27th, 2013.
Sir Lyus Sleyden is an agent of the Citadel, involved in collecting and acting on intelligence. He directly works, formally for, more realistically with legate from the Imperial Chancellory Timien Griffonsmane. Unlike other Citadel - Chancellory relationships in the field, Lyus and Timien are tight friends and work well enough together that they'd fall on their asses if seperated.
Lyus Sleyden is a Dungeons & Dragons Player Character built by Tim Gillihan in the 2nd edition and converted to 3rd edition, played as a Thief/Rogue bolstered by Central Casting.
He has been converted to a Rogue/Gunslinger in Pathfinder rules.
Lyus has been dubbed by Princess Imperial Alexandria a Knight Bachelor in the Order of the Orichalcum Throne, the honorary knighthood of the Empire of Trynser .
== Early days ==
When Lyus was a baby he was delivered to the Mistresses of Charity Orphanage in Duranian. They did the best they could with him considering their limited budget. Ten years after Lyus arrived, the orphanaged managed to get support from the Sleyden family. One day when Lady Edissa Sleyden was visiting to plan an addition to the orphanage, she was accidentally shot in her ear by a weapon Lyus had cleverly constructed from playground toys.
He was immediately adopted, punished, and intensely schooled in engineering. Among the skills learned was drafting and architecture; finance; and the gunpowder arts. Despite his not being of their family or even the same species, Lyus was brought up with loving care. Though he often faced prejudice for being a half-elf, it never came from his own family.
When he was twenty, he was sent on his way as a journeyman Sleyden family engineer. His natural wanderlust kicked in and he found his way to Kasteban. There he met his long time companion Kristara Haleven and hooked up with erstwhile family rival Austin Mordh'Dhagai. After getting into some trouble there, Lyus and Kristara traveled down the Raystwar River to Trynser City.
During one party in Trynser City, they both got roaring drunk with a stranger named Chancelleur Onyx and woke up the next morning as Citadel agents. After more intensive training that they both throughly enjoyed, they were both assigned to Timien Griffonsmane's fact finding mission after he was already in Delternas.
== Campaign ==
Lyus lost no time finding the group a home in Delternas' premier hotel, the Chateau Cerenet, and throwing the largest parties possible with the budget, resulting in a spectacular disaster when Sardasteran terrorists attempted to kidnap Princess Imperial Vanessa. Soon afterwards, Timien got it into his head that he wanted to rescue one of the terrorists, Karen "Chastity" Markall, from the Delternas Metropolitian Prison and Lyus made it happen.
The group returned to Trynser City and Lyus quickly fell intensely in love with elven noblelady Alyssa Tsa'britze (Seabreeze) and had planned to marry her when she told him she was expecting. However he found out that she faked the pregnancy and the relationship quickly fell apart. However, this interlude kept him in Trynser City while Timien and the others went to Lydaelia. Soon afterwards, reuniting with the group, they returned to Lydaelia for some reason, encountered a Tsa'britze ship, and revenged themselves on it, and Alyssa, who was a passenger.
Lyus stuck close to the group thereafter, blowing up a portion of the Crypt of Ulthril after getting poisoned, and making "Zany Bullets" out of the lead capping the mana node in Paul Deterrin's tower. During the Fist of Anneal incident, he assumed the identity "Tibalt Lacourbeshay", taking Feyannyha's last name. Apparently, there was another person in Sollus named Tibalt Lacourbeshay who resented this and caused some trouble.
== Character ==
Lyus is cheerful yet scheming, not so easy to provoke as Timien, but more likely to go to bizarre lengths if his buttons are pushed or you get him going.
He can't help but feel cagey about getting into a serious relationship, especially after the mess with Alyssa. He joyfully shares the party with his social butterfly Kristara. In many ways, Kristara is his other half in his life. However, he can never be faithful to any one woman - Kristara is the same.
He also feels pangs of affection with fellow half-elf Feyannyha Lacourbeshay, Tatara Somart and Gina Atakares.
He is close personal friends with Timien, Barnaby Karmuliken, and Azgar Taagenhof. he is also friendly with Princess Imperial Vanessa and the Gipiton Girls.
The only people he feels personally unfriendly with are certain elements of the Mordh'Dhagai family who have made moves against the Sleydens, and certain people who have hurt friends of his.
==== Citadel's Shadow II Update ====
Lyus, by now knighted by Princess Alexandria into the Order of the Orichalcum Throne, has studied to become a lawyer in his familiar haunts in the Delctra's Cauldron Borough. Styling himself *Sir* Lyus Sleyden, Attorney at Law, he has an office in the Commerce Crossing Building, which he designed himself. Following the death of Vilburd "Packer" Gruskin, he assisted bereaved sister Hanna Gruskin in dealing with the estate and disposing of assets after encountering her (and the PC's) in the Witch on a Stick tavern.
It was rumored he was the father of Minigallith Atakares by Gina Atakares.
== Co-workers and Employees ==
* Gella Ilrin: paralegal
== WORKS ==
Original Trynser Campaign
Fist of Anneal subcampaign
Citadel's Shadow campaigns (as an NPC)
Category:Original Trynser Campaign
Category:Fist of Anneal subcampaign
Category:Player Characters
Category:Citadel's Shadow Update
Category:Delctra's Cauldron Borough Residents