After committing crimes that the Priests of the Temple Indivisible will take a man’s tongue out for speaking of, the father of Giles Chosard barely escaped the City of Shuttered Windows with his life for lands far to the south. There the man, who had once been a wealthy Elector, filled his young son’s ears with tales of his lost home, the greatest and most beautiful city on the face of the world: the high towers ringed with walkways that seem to stretch to touch the bright balloons that sail through the sky, the ladies clad in bright feathers, the great beasts howling their death cries within the Wedding Band (30.15) and all the rest.
When he came of age, Giles Chosard took passage to the Shrouded Lands, but found the gates of Shuttered barred to him. Since then he has wandered the Westmarches seeking enough glory and wealth to blot out the misdeeds of his father and allow him to set foot in the glorious City.
He has pried out the gems of an idol in the Green Ziggurat (06.10) and gave them freely to a lady of the city (03.08.01) among several other adventures. Giles has quick hands and a quicker tongue, but he is not nearly as good of a swordsman as he believes himself to be and much of his success has come from more luck than skill. To citizens of the City, Giles Chosard cuts a somewhat ridiculous figure, his clothing and manner slavishly follows the fashions in the City during his father’s day and in all ways he tries to act how be believes a gentleman of the City should act, taking such things far more seriously than any of the actual inhabitants of the city do.
Connections:
- Giles has stashed treasure and equipment under a rock in 09.06
- Giles’ father was probably exiled by hot air balloon (14.23).
- The rubies of the Traitors’ Pit, the Black Ziggurat (18.26) and the Green Ziggurat (06.10) all seem to be identical.
- Giles has won some agility-boosting dancer’s bloom (15.18).
Hooks:
- What crime did Giles’ father commit?
- Just what kind of things does Giles do because that’s what he thinks is the proper way for a gentleman of Shuttered to act?
- What adventures has Giles gone on?