Floating Fortress Character Creation - MrMouton

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==Synopsis==
Character creation of Cedric Smith, a guardian & blacksmith of Aknara Village.
It is during the Vale War on the island of Ferrodia in the village of Aknara. Aknara was once the centre of the Ferrin Empire in Ages Past, but now is just a village on an island within an island. It was the site of the secret Floating Fortress of Ferris.
Cedric Smith is assigned to deal with an interloper looking for Ferris's secrets. Cedric Smith flirts with the stranger who ends up finding nothing in her investigation of the large hill on the island.
==Recap==
===The Legend===
: Once upon a time... a long long time ago this island was the site of the greatest fortress in all the world. The mighty floating fortress of the Ferrin Empire. Legend has it that the great Arc Mage himself built this Fortress and used it to define the breadth and reach of his control. When finally satisfied with the extent of his domain, Ferris parked his Fortress until the need for it arose once again.
: Your village of Aknara was established by decree of the great wizard to guard the entrance to this great Fortress, and has done so for three millennia. In that time much has happened and much has been lost. The secrets of the Fortress were handed down from Commander to Commander in an oral tradition designed to prevent the theft of the fortress's secrets and the misuse of the Fortress. Long after the great Mage vanished and his Empire crumbled, Aknara kept its secrets, guarded the mighty keep and ritually passed down this eternal responsibility through the generations.
: At the start of the last age, when the skies erupted and the seas invaded the lands, the last great Commander was swept out into the lake and never seen from again. The line of secrets was broken, and the land beyond the lake were sown with salts, famine, war, and strife. As it erupted across Ferrodia, Aknara was not spared this difficult time. Yet the responsibilities to the world were not forgotten. Centuries came and went, commanders turned into overseers, Kings became Mayors, valorant became wardens and arc mages became became armatores. The ruins of the fortress on Aknara stud the land and remind the peaceful villagers of a time long ago when this small island was the center of all power in the world.
: These days the roles and positions are still held in esteem but it has been a thousand years since any significant event has occurred. Wizards, Clerics and adventurer seekers still come to Aknara in hopes of unlocking secrets of the past. An attitude of "welcome but watch" has helped curtail these would be power seekers.
: When the Bannerless Army arrived at the start of what would become known as the Vale War, a cleric with an escort of ogres and giants arrived to conquer the island and retake the mighty fortress. After a day of looking around and finding nothing they left, never to be seen from again. There was much to do about the Vale War on the rest of Ferrodia but Aknara was left in peace. Whereas once the role of the defenders of Aknara was to protect the Floating Fortress of Ferris so that it would only be used by the great Arc Mage, now the role of the defenders is to make sure the secrets of the past stay buried by those who would bring harm to this world.
: You are one of the villagers on this island. You are not just a regular old villager, you are one of the Wardens. Your job is to work with the Overseer to keep an eye on the lands, keep an eye out for ancient relics, ancient stories, anything that might lead to information about the the long lost Floating Fortress of Ferris. Make sure no interlopers come and try to steal anything. You're sort of defenders but it's really just a part-time job now. It's more of like a ceremonial role.
===Cedric's First Solo Patrol===
Cedric Smith lives in the village of Aknara on the island of Ferrodia.
Cedric Smith has inherited his smithing position from his father and his warden position from his mother (she never held the position but her father Cornelius did until his 70th birthday). The warden position is ceremonial and doesn't pay so Cedric had to make his income smithing. He however holds his warden position as more important. Cedric follows Felumbra like his grandfather before him.
Cedric is sent on his first solo patrol after a few months of gaining the position by the Overseer. There is a visitor named Delilah to the island looking into the legend of the Floating Fortress. Cedric is assigned to patrol around to see if the visitor has hidden allies. 
On the patrol Cedric discovers she does have allies because of abandoned boat nearby. Cedric pushes the abandoned boat into the water to float away.
Cedirc then follows the tracks from the boat and finds a woman named Daphne. Daphne has injured her knee after falling off a nearby ridge. Daphne she is from Tides End and the apprentice to Delilah and here looking for the Floating Fortress. She wants to climb the "mountain" on the island (more a large hill). Cedric offers to help Daphne out.
As he treks with Daphne they talk about how she wishes to go to a Great Towers of Wizardry and take a test to be come a wizard.
The two climb up to the remains of a old stone watch tower. She casts but finds nothing unusual.
The two climb to the top of the mountain and see the whole island from there. They can see Delilah with the locals way off in the distance.
Cedric and Daphne talk with one another about their different lives. Cedric shares some poetry with Daphne. Daphne says if Cedric ever comes to Tides End, to find her in the Stone District of the city, at Ashtop House. Cedric tries to flirt but it isn't entirely successful.
The two head down the mountain and down to the village.
Cedric reports in to the Overseer everything that occured.
==Experience==
No experience given this episode.
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