The Bureaucrat Descended from a King
Connects to: 23.19 and 29.14.01.
Humanoid races entering the gates of the City of Shuttered Windows are required to take a geas that enforces the limited duration of their stay. However, there are hardly a large number of high-level clerics hanging around the city with nothing better to do than geas kobolds all day. No, that task falls to Simon Maddlow, last scion of his house. Simon is descended from the Prince of the Maddlows, who was sent to the Shuttered City along with his wife and children “to see how they do things there” (the exact words of the geas). While the other Maddlow lines have mostly died out or at least lost their powers, the Shuttered City Maddlows managed to find a way of keeping their genetic stock pure despite their small breeding pool.
Today, Simon Maddlow sits in an office at the gates of the City, placing geasa on all the goblins and kobolds who pass by his desk.
Hooks:
- Did any of the other Maddlows survive their geased journeys and settle elsewhere in the world?
- How did the Shuttered City Maddlows hang on to their powers without becoming impossibly inbred?
- Does Simon Maddlow hold any dreams of reclaiming his ancestor’s throne? Would the other Witch Clans of the Barrier Range recognize his claim?