Xanicotl

Class	Progression
Cartographer	58

Move	Fight	Shoot	Armour	Will	Health	Current    Health	RP
6	+1/0	+0	11	+5	13	13	30

Heroic Abilities	Skills
Parry	Navigation	+10
	Leadership	+5
Spells	Ancient Lore	+3

Items

Staff

Light Armour

Magic Compass (reroll Will or Navigation)

"Time is but an illusion.  Lunch-time, doubly so."

Now in his early fifties, the snail, going by the name of Arisien, has held the post of royal cartographer for a little less than a decade. While s/he is not considered by most to be the greatest mapmaker in the country, nor the greatest surveyor, s/he possesses a high proficiency in both skills, and combines them with a calm, easy-going manner that makes him a good leader and administrator.

Arisien carries the badge of his office, a compass made of mother-of-pearl and gold.  This is actually an enchanted item. Once per mission, Arisien may reroll any failed Will Roll or Navigation Roll.

None of the above tells anything like the whole story.  Her real name is Xanicotl, and s/he (for like all snails, Xanicotl is a hermaphrodite) is centuries old.  A great traveller, her wealth of academic learning is backed up with a host of practical skills.

What matter is speed, if you live unbound to the flow of time ? With everything s/he needs on his/her back, this snail has criss-crossed the continent, patiently mapping out the world and pushing back the boundaries of Terra Incognita.  The royal libraries of many a kingdom are full of Xanicotl's meticulously drawn maps, and scribes tirelessly copy them to spread his/her knowledge to neighbouring lands.

They are no ordinary maps either, for they are animated.  This is imperceptible to the eye, only to generations, for the maps change as they show the workings of the slow ebb of time : tides, wind, volcanic activity.  How Xanicotl could predict this is a mystery, but his/her work has always been perfectly accurate : until the coming of the Jungle Deep.

Indeed, a reputed Lorenthian scholar, now lost to us, used to state his belief that one of Xanicotl's maps actually showed the very source of the Jungle Deep.  One day, perhaps, a Ranger company will try to venture there, over many thousands of leagues.

No-one knows how long Xanicotl has lived, and the question has no meaning to her/him.  The coming of the Jungle Deep does seem, however, to have upset something in the flow of time.  Those who knew the snail before s/he took on the guise of Arisien, suggest that s/he is more "manifest" in the real world since the great evil began to unfold.

Like all snail-folk, Xanicotl fabricates a mucus that can serve as lubricant or as glue, or anything in between, depending on its precise content.  The renowned snail fakir, Tototl, uses it to crawl across a line of swords sharp enough to cut silk !

 

[Level 5] : starting level

Mission 7 : Across the Wastes

Received a permanent injury "Crushed Arm" during the mission