I've posted all of the philosophy for this PC in the library, which was originally written about a year ago, long before the Darkmen existed. When I learned of the sect, it felt perfect for this character, and I didn't know how much time I would have to play it. Thus, Kasia became something of a priority for me. Her background, for those interested:
[hide=Background]Background: A child of the Silver Marches, Kasia lost her parents at an early age when a rampaging horde of orcs overran her homestead. The orcs overlooked her in the chaos, but the solitary monk of the Long Death who trailed in their wake did not. Kasia was abducted from the ruins of her home and spirited away to the hidden haven of the monastic order, where she was to be condemned to a slow, agonizing death for research purposes. Her story would have ended there if it was not for a certain stubbornness of spirit, a resilience in the face of death that made her captors reconsider. Perhaps she would serve the Long Death better from outside a cell, rather than inside. Ironically enough, it would be truthful to say that Kasia Azzar died that night, and was reborn in the Abbot of the High Crypt, indoctrinated in the ways of the Long Death. She sought the 'perfect death' with her brethren, believing wholeheartedly that in finding it, she would find enlightenment.
When she was capable of defending herself, Kasia was allowed to leave the Crypt for the wider world on 'pilgrimage.' She walked battlefields old and new, studying the slaughter with a clinical eye. As she had once been claimed, so she too claimed others, falling upon traveling merchants and solitary caravans to study the varying states of death. It was during these travels that she made a Revelation: the perfect death could not be achieved with wanton murder. There was more required...[/hide]
From her philosophy, an Ascetic code was simple enough to create. Leave no trace, open no accounts, and spread the word of the existence of a perfect death. It was a PC that sought to be forgettable, to pursue a personal quest but have zero ego involved, and one whose philosophy would naturally put her at odds with everyone around her. She never said her name aloud, though she was known by her share of nicknames. She sought to create no debts, whether it be material or immaterial. She challenged many on what they held as important to them, and why, always seeking to take it away and see what was left in them. Loss begets loss.
Normally I'd go nuts with pictures but I'm not quite feeling it this time. Thanks to everyone who endured my many questions, philosophical probing and banter. It turns out that an Ascetic makes it very easy to find that monastic mindset because mechanically- there's nothing they need. Nothing has value. Everything is temporary- whoops, there I go again.
[hide=Background]Background: A child of the Silver Marches, Kasia lost her parents at an early age when a rampaging horde of orcs overran her homestead. The orcs overlooked her in the chaos, but the solitary monk of the Long Death who trailed in their wake did not. Kasia was abducted from the ruins of her home and spirited away to the hidden haven of the monastic order, where she was to be condemned to a slow, agonizing death for research purposes. Her story would have ended there if it was not for a certain stubbornness of spirit, a resilience in the face of death that made her captors reconsider. Perhaps she would serve the Long Death better from outside a cell, rather than inside. Ironically enough, it would be truthful to say that Kasia Azzar died that night, and was reborn in the Abbot of the High Crypt, indoctrinated in the ways of the Long Death. She sought the 'perfect death' with her brethren, believing wholeheartedly that in finding it, she would find enlightenment.
When she was capable of defending herself, Kasia was allowed to leave the Crypt for the wider world on 'pilgrimage.' She walked battlefields old and new, studying the slaughter with a clinical eye. As she had once been claimed, so she too claimed others, falling upon traveling merchants and solitary caravans to study the varying states of death. It was during these travels that she made a Revelation: the perfect death could not be achieved with wanton murder. There was more required...[/hide]
From her philosophy, an Ascetic code was simple enough to create. Leave no trace, open no accounts, and spread the word of the existence of a perfect death. It was a PC that sought to be forgettable, to pursue a personal quest but have zero ego involved, and one whose philosophy would naturally put her at odds with everyone around her. She never said her name aloud, though she was known by her share of nicknames. She sought to create no debts, whether it be material or immaterial. She challenged many on what they held as important to them, and why, always seeking to take it away and see what was left in them. Loss begets loss.
Normally I'd go nuts with pictures but I'm not quite feeling it this time. Thanks to everyone who endured my many questions, philosophical probing and banter. It turns out that an Ascetic makes it very easy to find that monastic mindset because mechanically- there's nothing they need. Nothing has value. Everything is temporary- whoops, there I go again.
