Quinzel
Quinzel is
a jester who is rapidly making a name for herself in the city. She started her career
in the Comedy Dungeon, a club where
the less fortunate come to listen to jokes about the upper class. When she climbed
the stage, the innocent looking blonde immediately charmed the audience. To everyone's
surprise this little girl told the most coarse, rude, and vulgar jokes. Her
performances were an instant hit, and soon Madame Cherisse came knocking on Quinzel’s
door.
Now she
regularly performs at the Palais Cherisse, on the leading stage in the city. Quinzel
’s performances here are attended by the same high class men she makes jokes
about. On her first night, Madame Charisse tried to have Quinzel adjust her
repertoire, and eliminate some jokes about important customers. But Quinzel would
have none of it. She stepped onto the stage and began with a joke about Garrelt
Cristofoletto, who sat less than 10 yards away with a courtesan on his lap. The
whole room held his breath, but Cristofoletto took it all in good fun and began
to laugh. The ice was broken, and since then Quinzel can say and do whatever
she wants when she’s on stage. No matter how far she goes, she comes away with
anything.
This is
mainly because of how she looks. Quinzel is small in stature, unruly blond hair
and big blue eyes. Although she’s in her early twenties, she can look as if she’s
anywhere between 15 and 30 years, depending on how she wants herself to present.
With her hair loose and without her jester makeup, Quinzel is practically unrecognizable,
and she makes good use of this in executing her mistress’ plans.
See,
Quinzel is the Disciple of Padat, The Fall, the 8th Lord of Misrule.
This demonic entity will destroy the world of Seralin by collapsing it into the
gas giant Anderove. To do so, it must first reach the world and enter it.
Quinzel is
originally from another world. Padat has plucked her from another world called
Oerth to achieve the end of Seralin. Now, Quinzel is working to call her mistress
to this world.
She does so
by using the resources of The Temple. Disguised as a young nun named Trudi,
Quinzel has won the trust of Amariza, a priestess of Muizi, goddess of Memory.
Amariza is very upset about the advancing humanotheism and atheism in
Pretomournon and decided something had to be done. Thanks to Trudi she came
into possession of a ritual which will bring her goddess into the world. Of course,
the ritual Trudi/Quinzel has provided will not call Muizi, but Padat, The Fall.
It should
be clear by now that Quinzel is insane. Traveling between worlds and seeing
what lies behind Reality has made her certifiable nuts. At night she has horrible
nightmares, at daytime she has regular fits of crying. On days when she is not performing
sometimes she fills sketchbooks with drawings of the hideous monsters from her
dreams, and she plays haunting melodies on her flute that make listeners either
sad or terrified.
However,
there are few who ever see this side of Quinzel: for almost everyone she is the
cheerful, provocative, mischievous jester who tells rude jokes. Ibbo, himself the
Disciple of Arak-Kur-Mortahn, The Death Titan, 5th Lord of Misrule, knows who she
is and assists her sometimes - even though he would prefer his own master to destroy
the world. Madame Cherisse sees Quinzel’s depression and anxiety behind the
scenes of her performances, but she’s
unable to bond with the young woman. She has instructed a number of her spies to
keep an eye on Quinzel, but so far none of them has found out she’s the servant
of an Apocalypse Demon.
Quinzel: AL C; MV 12; AC 4 (manifesting leather armor +2, Dex); Human Female Jester 8; hp 29;
#AT 1; Dmg 1d6+1 (short sword +1) or
by weapon +2; S 9, D 14, C 12, I 15, W 13, Ch 15; M 10; items: wand of wonder; XP 1560.
Spells: Quinzel cast spells as a 4th level
Mage.
Manifesting armor: Quinzel usually goes about her business unarmored.
The armor instantly manifests automatically when she is attacked. If she wants
to, she can also summon the armor.
Location: At The Comedy Dungeon or the Palais Cherisse
performing, in the Cathedral of Clouds (as Trudi), or in her apartment in the
River District.
See also:
Amariza, Madame Cherisse, Garrelt Cristofoletto, Ibbo.
Sources: I use my own version, but there are many
good Jester classes on the web. Depending on which system you use, you can try
one of the following versions:
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Swords & Wizardry and OD&D compatible
games: http://swcompanion.wdfiles.com/local--files/resources/jester
(obviously, Quinzel isn’t immune to insanity).
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Labyrinth Lord and B/X compatible games: http://labyrinthinelore.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/8/4/6084555/jester.pdf
(obviously, Quinzel isn’t immune to insanity).
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For OSRIC and AD&D compatible games: http://www.dragonsfoot.org/files/pdf/FootprintsNo12.pdf
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