Andrew Janssen wrote: > ibrahim wrote: >>Juha Vesanto wrote: >> >>>East Torphan [-5]: King Opozoya Villard marries Chesliana, daughter of >>>the Duke of Parflax. While en route to the Royal Winter Palace in >>>northern Burcancy, the troupe of the King is attacked by a strong party >>>of Ice Demons (or goblins, possibly from Tanimbar) led by a Shadowspawn. >>>The King -- apparently the main target -- is rescued by heroic action on >>>the part of the Royal Guard, but receives a vicious blow on the head, >>>and falls into a coma for three months. His newly wed wife is >>>slaughtered along with most of the entourage. >>> >>>The attack doesn't stop there. Immediately after the attack, the whole >>>country is torn by sudden acts of terror: assassinations, poisoned >>>wells, and fires. >> >>That suggests the work of humans, who would be far easier to insert (or >>recruit) in East Torphan than goblins. Perhaps the Hand of Garr is far >>more organised than previously though? >> >>BTW, what is a Shadowspawn? > > It's another name for demon-possessed humans, I think. I used Demonspawn as the colloquial name for a subject of the demon-bonding process. To some perceptions it appears as if a demon "spawned" inside the subject, thus the name. I imagine that Shadowspawn is the same, only from a different language. Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/Exq_Main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
