Black Pelvis

Legend

“As one of the Bards he was somewhat entertaining, but in The Torch he became as nasty as the Romasai plague.”

“By the time the fire went out, he was the one holding the torch, and the kings were all dead.”

~Skjald Yell'a'beard

 

Description

Standing with a lean, wiry build, Pelvi carries the striking heritage of the Findograa and Ortagui peoples. His physical presence is defined by a deceptive agility and an intensity that radiates through his Violet Aura. He often wears the flamboyant, layered silks of a travelling bard, though his garments are usually stained by the dust of the road or the residue of combat herbs.

His most disarming feature is his presence; he commands any room he enters, not through brute force, but through a terrifyingly sharp charisma. When he speaks, his voice carries the rhythmic cadence of a performer, masking a mind of cold, calculating intuition.

Pelvi is a man forged by resentment, a “mentalist” who weaponised mockery as a survival tactic. He understands the cracks in social structures, and he delights in prying them open, often using his insights to manipulate situations to his advantage. While he lacks empathy, he compensates with a genius-level understanding of human behaviour. He does not seek to rule; he seeks to destabilise. To Pelvi, the world is a stage of “entertaining fools”, and his role is to ensure the play ends in fire.

Pelvi does not fight fair. Utilising mentalism’s magic paths, he bypasses physical armour to strike at the mind, soul, and aura. He is known to induce panic, hallucinations, or crushing despair in his enemies before they can even draw their steel. And as a seasoned user of Combat Herbs, Pelvi maintains a constitution and strength that defy his slender frame. These substances allow him to push his body beyond natural limits during the vanguard of war.

As the 7th of The Torch, Pelvi is a strategic ghost, a master of unrest. Specialising in “Shadow Circles”—identifying local grievances and magnifying them into full-scale riots or assassinations.

“He began as a jester at the edge of the fire, mocking the kings for their heavy crowns.”

~Skjald Sigurd

 

History

Fourth Age

It’s said Black Pelvis’s father was an Ortagui soldier who raped the mother of Black Elvis Findograa when attacking their village. Being thus conscious, childhood was not easy. So, his anger towards those failing to protect the village was immense, and he grew a habit of publicly mocking the village and country leaders.

As time passed, he became a sharp, but entertaining, tongue of protest. At some point, he went from an entertaining fool to regular annoyance for the leadership. So they decided to teach him a lesson and had him assaulted. That only encouraged him further, and an assassination attempt followed, which sadly killed his mother and grandparents. So he became even more harsh-tongued and spiralled himself into bad standing with all leadership. Eventually he had to leave the village and began travelling all Kustu, then through Gaslug, and down into West Fjella.

As he heard rumours about a coming High King and The Realm, he left for Midgard and began circling the shadows of those in favour of the realm. Slowly, he began jesting publically about them, and he eventually became so popular that he became a bard. But he also caught the eye of The Torch, an old organisation working to create unrest, as during troubled times, the most wealth is to be gained. So, at some point around 1229 or so, he joined their ranks and quickly climbed upwards.

Being a seasoned user of Combat Herbs, he disliked the plans Black Oak had for banning these. So he participated in the assassination plan of Black Oak with people from Deadly Assasins, but it failed miserably.

~Skjald Sigurd

 

After the failed attempt, he stayed out of public view for a long time. But it’s said he operated from his newfound base in Oglan. In the uprising against the 1st Alliance in 1248–1250, he was one of the vanguards that tried to beat the realmsters in a direct war. Somehow he managed to flee the scene and was expected dead. But, as with many of those utilising Magic Paths, he merely fled back to Oglan.

~Skjald Sejrik

 

Going into hiding was never hard for members of The Torch, as they gave their supporters throughout The Isles shelter. He stayed hidden until 1253, where he was involved in the death of King Krove Antu II, the installing of So-Ein Begir, and removing Zyr 'O' Loth from his position. In 1255, Black Pelvis suddenly disappeared again and was not seen until the Great Invasion, when he suddenly appeared in Zapri, leading an attack on Ye Olde Zephyrs. He was seen several times during the years of war, but since the Cleansing Crusade started there have been no reports of him at all.

~Skjald El Mary

 

Organisation

He is amongst the top ten of The Torch.

“He didn’t just fight the High King’s dream; he made the people laugh while he did it.”

~Skjald El Mary

 

Special

Able to use mentalism magic paths.

“It takes a pure heart not to be swayed by his tongue.”

~Skjald Valgrif