#Type: Noble

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Vileblood Heiress

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Morrowind: Athyn Sarethi, Councilor of House Redoran

[dailyadventureprompts]

So, from a worldbuilding perspective, wizards have schools, right? It's an easy 1:1 to go from the idea of people who gets their magic from study to the cultural touchstone of academia, and that helps us figure out what institutions and cultural norms are like in our setting.

Correspondingly, clerics have temples, place where their connection to the divine was fostered among a community of fatihful who share their devotion if not their magical gifts. If you were in a d&d world and needed someone with cleric skills, you'd head toward a temple.

But what do Sorcerers have? They're usually presented as one off oddballs or magical oddities but if power exists it's a logical consequence of worldbuilding that there's going to be institutions dedicated to preserving and refining that power.

I'm going to argue that Sorcerers have dynasties, an extended family who share the collective potential for inheriting the magical gift of their powerful ancestor(s). Dynasties would likely be closely tied to the reigning power structure, extended privileges and patronage the same way that noble families are in exchange for their marital support. If you were a ruler in a d&d world, having Battlecasters on hand to shore up your powerbase is just as important as having cavalry and footmen, so you want to make sure the people who are capable of passing down their magical gift are having kids so that their heirs can support your heirs.

This puts a sorcerous dynasty in an interesting position depending on how people in your world think that magic is inherited. Is the gift recessive? Do you breed for it or follow your heart? Are you having too few children or too many? How does that factor into material inheritance? What do you do with all the children who don't show signs of being able to do magic? What if the gift skips a generation or two one of THEIR children show signs of sorcery? Can you let them marry into other families knowing you might be giving away some of your power? Could you use that as a political bargaining chip? How do you handle bastards? What's your stance on monogomy? How do you handle fertility issues? Is the magic waning over time or is it just diluted or are none of your heirs just not living up to your potential? Is there some unadvised ritual or alchemy or dark pact you can make to restore greatness to your line or awaken dormant potential? Does intermarriage with other magical practitioners of different disciplines strengthen or weaken the chance of inheritance? Is there a way to bend politics in your favour to ensure you get this infusion of new blood? Is that baseborn adventurer with the sorcerous gifts a threat to your power or a potential spouse for your firstborn?

All these are brilliant adventureseeds that I don't think I've seen explored all that often. There's only a specific type of player and a specific type of adventure that are concerned with court politics/brigerton style affairs of the nobility, but making those nobles into spell-slinging-sorcerers make them FAR more relevant characters for the background of an adventure.

[thysia]

Matron Mother Lolth Sworn Drow - Yorsy Hernandez

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Lovestruck Beast // Heart's Desire

His mind chose solitude, but his heart disagreed.

Artist: Kev Walker TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[haematinon]

Created for my upcoming book Ergo Cosmos!

"Drowned in superstition and ignorance, the sacred emblems of the Kronoempire reached the Holy Moon, mysterious talismans to those mercenaries who imported them as trophies or religious relics. None could fathom that these simple drawings were responsible for the invention of Time."

[wearemercs]

Byzantine reenactment by Evan Schultheis

[sickficsaturn]

Royal sickie my beloved~

-all politeness might go out the window within the privacy of the bedchambers. OR polite habits die hard and at the most in opportune times.

-Stubbornness and denial, must maintain that pristine persona! I’m much too powerful to allow a cold to humble me.

-they’re obligated to attend fancy events whilst not on their a-game.

-pushing hard to keep up with their royal duties (paperwork, meetings, etc.) -even their usual routine has become quite the hassle!

-the hesitation in the maid’s eyes as she delivers the usual morning tea, only to see that oh, master is very unwell…

-Imagine being woken up by a butler, who says, “Master Y/N, please wake up…. Master (your partner here) is starting to worry…!” The world is one feverish blur before you.

-Did you get your butler sick? Couldn’t keep that cold to yourself, huh? Now who’ll tend to your every need?

-suitors looking on in disgust as they’re falling apart to a miserable cold.

-of course, accessories like handkerchiefs and makeup powders to cover one’s rouge nose and cheeks. Overly ornate items that even if they’re trying to be subtle, they surely catch the eye anyways.

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Gobtober 30: Noble

Ohohoho~! Who do you think helps funds all those neat projects around the village? Nobody's quite certain how she's amassed her fortune, but at least she's spending it as fast as she can make it!

[thesilicontribesman]

Kilmartin Medieval Grave Slabs, Kilmartin Glen, Argyll, Scotland

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Morrowind: Bolvyn Venim of House Redoran

Archmaster of Great House Redoran, Lord of Ald Ruhn etc. etc.

[thysia]

Daenerys in Qarth - Richard Hescox

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Madame Marie-Louise-Thérèse-Victoire de France (Princess Victoire of France), n.d. Museum of the History of France Palace of Versailles

Daughter of King Louis XV and the popular Queen Marie Leszczyńska.

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Timothar, Baron of Bats

Artist: Jason A. Engle TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[eldrikdgt]

Drew triptych of our late guinea pig as nobles.