<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13478545#msg13478545">Quote from: Ixy on 01-09-2017, 05:09:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hey InDarkestKnight-- Here's a connection idea, if you're interested:<br/><br/>I don't think that Mournecutter would have been caught dead at a gladiatorial match willingly, but if it's not pushing the bounds of probability too much, maybe she saw him at a match when she was on a mission for Callistria's zealots in her youth.  They would have been undercover doing all manner of things she wouldn't personally approve of.  So she would have found it particularly interesting if she recognized him a few years later, a free man now, in a tavern where she was performing, settling a raucous crowd that was threatening to overrun a theatrical performance with a full-out, armed-to-the-teeth, blood-spilling bar-room melee between a passel of prideful-- and well-armed-- dwarves and a freebooting company of mercenaries a couple ales past well-behaved.  <br/><br/>As part of the theater entourage, she would have lost out on money, sure-- but there was the distinct threat that the actors would have been caught in the midst of it, losing out on more than theater sets if axes and arrows started flying unheeded.  What say Victor had a historical connection to a mercenary officer, told him a joke in goblin-- which raised the hackles of the dwarves despite defusing the mercs-- and then made a silvertongued speech to the dwarves about some grand piece of war-valor he'd heard of their company, scrubbing a bit of shine back onto their honor.  A free keg of ale from the tavern keeper then quieted the tongues, and with a little skillful improvisation from the actors, the whole mood of the place changed to a revel, and Victor drank for free... and the tavern made up more profit than that sacrificed keg's worth in tips.<br/><br/>Mournecutter, afterwards, may have approached him in appreciation for his selflessness at defusing the situation.  Thoughts on that?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13484178#msg13484178">Quote from: Ixy on 03-09-2017, 07:13:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Mourne saw Victor fight when she was in her earlier life.  They didn't get to meet, but she would remember him.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'd honestly be okay with either. Depends more on whether you'd want to roleplay out an established dynamic or if you'd prefer more chance to roleplay feeling each other out and getting to know one another past first impressions. If it's the former, though, she's definitely not a<del>Charisma score</del>face he'd forget.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13478553#msg13478553">Quote from: Snake on 01-09-2017, 05:12:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well Syra would definately have tried ot steal from him at some point. Just a quick wallet snatch, then he'd find it nearby...empty.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Heh, well, as long as it doesn't affect his starting gold, I don't mind one way or another. He'd probably let her off with a friendly warning if he caught her, though that's unlikely, given her Sleight of Hand bonus. Still, if you're up for it, I wouldn't mind doing a roll-off on the off-chance Victor's Perception roll beats her Sleight of Hand. Up to you.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13480300#msg13480300">Quote from: Snake on 02-09-2017, 00:52:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">and likely won a few bets she threw out in bouts involving Victor<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Maybe even money she lifted off of him!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13478839#msg13478839">Quote from: euanthe on 01-09-2017, 08:12:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In terms of Victor, it's perfectly plausible that Goruka would've been set up as an Arena Fighter, or Arena Healer, after her stint in the army. She'd have been in it for the Glory (of Gorum) and the Destruction (in Gorum's name) that will have gotten her kicked out at some point. Still, they could've fought and been friends together. She can have shown him something about swordsmanship and he can have shown her something about 'swordsmanship'. If we want them to be an established adventuring group, she might remember him as a skilled fighter with a sense of true justice, someone she might easily have called upon if the situation called for an extra blade or a dose of charm.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sure! Some pit fighting, at least, would make sense, either for glory or coin on her part, and if she ran into any trouble with the law, maybe her 'prison sentence' involved some arena matches, during which she and Victor buddied up?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13479069#msg13479069">Quote from: Elven Sex Goddess on 01-09-2017, 13:00:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Taking the view that gladiatorial fighting is the NFL of fantasy  Or simply put those who fight are though bound by indentured servitude and have no choice most cases, as rockstars.   That it draws the common folk to go and root for favorites.   That mob mentality that pulls along people regardless of moral compass.   The excitement that it generates.   Of course everyone has their favorites.   When her father would head into the city with the crops of that year.  She and her father would go to see the games.   That decadent desire to be fulfilled with what is that hidden wickedness that lies in everyone.   Of course she had a favorite on one of these indentured slaves of the arena, Enthralling Victor.   She would visit to get a glimpse of the man.   Even if fortunate engage in talking with him.   A groupie in regards to such a hunk of a man.   Thus when they run into each other in the town.  He will remember her as the one that had been enthalled with him.  An of course she would remember her infatuation over him. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sure! How old are you thinking she was at the time? If it's more tween/early teen, Victor definitely would have been the gentleman and kept everything innocent at the time. If she was older, though... well, maybe her dad stepped in before things got too steamy?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274198.msg13484638#msg13484638">Quote from: Endwell on 03-09-2017, 11:02:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Enthralling Victor:</strong></span> Drellos wouldn't have much interest in arena fighting. He'd probably dislike the practice in truth as most fighters aren't there of their own free will. Though he would most certainly have to indulge when hearing an unarmed human man would be facing a small pack of armed goblins. He most certainly disliked goblins more than arena fighting. He placed a bet, more of a hope, on the human. Having won a small sum if he got the chance to meet Victor in person he would have offered him the winnings, minus the price of the bet of course, accepted or declined one way or another. Drellos firmly dislikes any form of forced servitude and would have stated so if this option were taken and he were asked.<br/>Alternatively: They very much could have been traveling companions at some point following Victor's freedom. At which point I imagine they could share stories of their time adventuring together wherein we could generally make up conversation about battles and embellish as the two characters see fit. These such stories we could communicate on discord or through PM prior to interacting them in the game.<br/><br/>Additionally: I assume either he took up the name Enthralling Victor or his actual name is Victor (By chance?) which would also have been brought up at some point but he would have let it go if he hadn't gotten an answer.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He was born 'Victor'. Enthralling Victor was more a 'stage name' from his time as an arena fighter. Sorta like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson or 'Stone Cold Steve Austin'.<br/><br/>Honestly, Victor probably fought alongside goblins in the arena, too, not just against them – in no small part because very few others could actually corral goblins. But, hey, maybe on the day Drellos happened to be in town, it was Victor vs goblins. Just sort of the reality of the arena that you don't get much of a choice in who it is you find yourself fighting.<br/><br/>I'm not particularly attached to that element, though, so if it would cause some serious internal friction in the party, I can either jettison the fact that Victor fought alongside goblins in the arena at some points, or just never have him mention it.