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  1. Races

Gargoyle

Playable Race
Fae
Half Breeds

Summary 

A Gargoyle is a type of Halfling.  In particular, the Gargoyles of Tullach Port are descendants of a troll named Keja, who have inherited her Stonefolk heart and her promise to protect the town. They might pass for human normally (that's up to you), but they turn to stone when exposed to sunlight.  

Full Story

Trolls

Trolls aren't just big ugly oafs, though they are one of the largest types of faeries.  The term 'troll' is offensive to them, and they prefer to be called the Stonefolk. Click here for more information!

Once upon a time, there was an old man, and he was the captain of the town guard. While exploring a cave looking for his lost dog, he found not who he was looking for, but a little girl made of stone.  Nearby there were similar, but larger statues, crumpled and destroyed from a cave-in.  The man returned to his village, disappointed that he couldn't find his dog.  He happened to mention to someone what he'd seen, and managed to learn that what he'd actually discovered was a family of trolls.  

Feeling sorry for the little girl, the man returned to the cave after sunset to find her weeping feverishly in the corner, comforted by -- what do you know -- the lost dog. 

His friends and neighbors thought he was crazy for bringing a troll into the town, but there was a hole in his heart left over from the passing of his wife, so he took her in and raised her. 

Little Keja grew up big and strong and smart and became a valuable asset to the little community she was raised in.   The captain of the guard believed in her and took her into his ranks.  Though she was a head taller than him, she idolized him, and did her best to keep her adoptive community safe. 

Then one day, while she was resting peacefully as a hunk of stone, there was a horrible flood. Fearing that Keja would drown if she woke up and couldn't find her way out of the mostly underground chamber she called home, the captain of the guard sent in a rescue party to drag her out. 

Keja awoke pinned under the part of the wall of the building, which had collapsed from the force of the wind, waist-high in water, and tangled in the ropes that had been used to drag her.  She managed to pull herself out and get to safety with minimal injuries, but soon found out that her adoptive father had been killed when the building had collapsed as they were trying to pull her out. 

Grateful for the heroism of those that had helped her, and grieving for the loss of her adoptive father, Keja made a promise, in the honest tongue of her people, no less, to honor him and his sacrifice by protecting the town until every pebble of her stone heart crumbled to dust.  And that she did.  She even fell in love with a human man and raised a son.  Well, if you've ever been a parent, then you know that children are what happens when you take a sliver of your heart and let it walk around outside of your body.  Apparently, as far as Keja's promise was concerned, this was literal, for her promise was passed to her son, and then it was passed to his daughter, and so on.  Each generation since then has had one or two of such halflings that inherit Keja's gifts and her obligation, and those halflings have come to be known as Gargoyles. 

Playing a Gargoyle

  • This template costs 13 points. 
  • Since this is a family thing, if there is more than one player who wants to play a Gargoyle, then you're siblings or cousins. 
  • Don't forget to click "Add race abilities!" 

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