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| " Suddenly Hector stopped, his eye caught by the golden glint
of light of the setting sun. A recent rock fall had revealed something
metallic. Something Golden! Hector started to climb. Greedily
reaching up to grasp at the object and in that moment Fell. Cursing.
Bashing his head on a rock and knocking himself unconscious. He came to, in the dark, being slowly dragged along the sands by his feet. Above him the stars stared down with cold remorseless eyes, to his right the dim light of the Sickle Moon rose over the Eastern Desert mountains but revealed little of the shadowy figure pulling him along. He found he was still clutching the metal object in the palm of his hand. It felt like a pendant or brooch. The dragging stopped and his legs were released, a putrid smell made his nose wrinkle. The shadowy figure of his rescuer (?) approached and Hector's eyes gaped in terror as a rotting bandaged hand reached towards him. He struggled up, his feet scrabbling in the loose desert sand as his scream echoed out over the barren land..." |
of Hector Cartier
Significator: III - The Empress (Max 3 Essence)
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Generation Notes :
Using to fill in this NPC's Pattern, the generation sequence was over
remarkably quickly, barely drawing 10 cards before filling the
Pattern; obtaining no Royalty or other Major Arcana. But then
that was "in the cards" with an expendable NPC whose prime role
is the corpus delicti. The Destiny Deck knows...
Hector's Significator: III - The Empress. Strictly this would mean that he was a Three Force Reliever! However a Soldier was required so this obviously represents the three additional potential Forces that Hector could have added to his Mundane Five. Additionally it also relates to his three Corporeal Forces now bound permanently to the Corporeal Realm via his Canopic containers. Simultaneously it has to represent the Soul Link/3 to Isis. The necessary McGuffin for the Scenario although even She would have preferred to be represented by Temperance XIV, Strength XI or personified as Sirius the brightest of Stars XVII.
In Nomine: Hector Cartier
| Forces | |||||
| Corporeal | 3 | Strength | 7 | Agility | 5 |
| Ethereal | 1 | Intelligence | 2 | Precision | 2 |
| Celestial | 1(4)* | Will | 2 | Perception | 2 |
"I shall not be afraid in my body, for words and magic shall overcome this evil for me. I shall see the Lord of Light, I shall live there. Make way for me! Let me see Nun and Amun! They dare not speak for fear of the One whose Name is hidden in my body. I know Him! I am equipped to pass through his Door!" (Coffin Text)
ector was a twenty year old seminary student equally committed to 'Saint'
Jung and Archeology. Possessing the Gimel for 3 additional Forces he should have been watched over and
developed to fulfill his potential as a Soldier for Litheroy.
If he could have been 'turned' he would have been a magnificent
prize for some Infernal Servitor. As it was, Isis had links long
before any other Celestial Talent Scout spotted the Potential.
His Aunt, a 'High' Priestess of Isis during her Haight Ashbury
daze, uttered the above incantations (and more!) just after he
had been born. She obtained more than she bargained for, initiating
a Soul Link from the Hector to Isis. The latter accepting the
Discord as a matter of course.
Something about Gift Gimels.
Calling in some favours and accepting a Geas/1 from a Bright Lilim go-between; Isis was able to determine both Hector's Fate and Destiny. They would both take place together!
This was going to be interesting as there were precedents...
Perhaps the Gimels of Justice could be swayed in favour of the Ethereals for a change. She decided to intervene. And make plans...
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Hector was really pissed off - he'd hung around for ages and no-one
had turned up. There he was, floating some ten feet above the
body with no sign of the welcoming White Light or the Dark Shadow
creatures ready to drag him screaming into the receding blackness.
He had seen "Ghost"...
But there didn't seem to be any Here and After for him! Just more of the same old Here and Now. Just because he had been greedy? Just for one instant?? But hang on, that would mean Hell and this wasn't Hell mind you Limbo was a possibility? No! He was still on the Corporeal. Why? Now think Hector. You died by the hands of some foul ghoulish creature! Perhaps there was a mix up! Some sort of Cosmic SNAFU ? But hang on wasn't that Horace...