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-====== Armand Cargan-Graves the <del>Rightful</del> Revolution ======
+====== Armand Cargan-Graves, The Revolution (DEAD) ======
 ===== Background/Bio =====
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 However, the cracks are beginning to show in his home life. Having finally realised - and hopefully amended - the existential drama that has been bothering his son for months, Armand is all too aware of his failings as a parent. Meanwhile, his growing intimacy with Alexander Everett presents... complications. What's more, he has determined that he cannot ascend in good faith until he has become something both he and the city can be proud of - which, in short, entails doing the impossible: changing his purview.
+**As of Clash of Kings**: After metaphysically rebranding himself as Monarch of Acryn for the sole purpose of slaying Jocelyn, the Cargan cousin that would be Queen - only to reject the very concept of monarchy itself by using a last-ditch miracle, fight the Leader in single combat, and engage in a decidedly experimental Primal ritual with Ragnar Thane - Armand Cargan-Graves the Rightful is now Armand Cargan-Graves... The Revolution.
+If his previous purview was far too conservative for comfort, he gets the nagging feeling that this one might be too progressive. Particularly given the anarchist cult he appears to have accidentally acquired. However, with his now-lover Alexander Everett confirmed as his soon-to-be High Priest, he has far fewer qualms about his ascent to godhood. If before he feared becoming fixed and unchanging, then this is an identity he can work with - revolution, of course, being more or less antithetical to stasis.
+... Plus, it gives him the excuse to write more reform Bills.
+Of course, it isn't all sunshine, roses and social sedition. His family has suffered heavy losses: chiefly, their Head of House, Viciona - whose Council seat has been filled, rather disastrously (to Armand's mind), by his royalist cousin Alastair. And although Walter Cargan is close to assuming his rightful place as Duke, it seems the Cargans themselves are suffering from a nasty, nigh-undetectable divine curse...
+And that doesn't even begin to cover what his husband will make of this.
+**As of Unfinished Business**: Not that Armand is complaining, but... all of his friends keep dying. He knew this would happen; at this point in his adventuring career, it was inevitable. But, try as he might to remember the exact moral circumstances of his death, he hasn't been able to stop himself from mourning Hugh March. And now, he's responsible for sending one of the first people to ever really believe in him to dragon-prison hell. Meanwhile, Alexander is facing his own grief over the apparent death of Tabitha Terrec - and, on the whole, things are spectacularly horrible.
+Nonetheless, he did manage to take on the Thunderer in single combat and //win//. That happened.
+**As of Oblitus Mundi**: Lynndis is dead. Armand is alive, but frantic. With the revelation that Young Gods really do hasten the world's descent into stasis, his plans for the city and his career lie in tatters - and he dreads telling Alex of what he must do. Killing the Pivot of the World had disastrous consequences for all - however, he is determined to let the city know that it mustn't turn its back on its remaining gods.
+He will serve the new Warrior. He will restore the realm of the gods. He will find the middle route the stars told him existed, and fix this world without necessitating the slaughter of thousands. And then, against all his wishes, he will ascend.
+Just as soon as he works out a plan.
+**As of All in the Blood**: Triskellion has been fixed, but at devastating cost - and Armand now finds himself having unwittingly had a hand in losing what he strove to uphold, in addition to having lost the ability to feel love (or, well, guilt) towards his son, to boot. With Lucian dead, Hugh once again missing, the Council's treasury vastly depleted, and no longer even Alexander to depend on, he has lost all faith in his ability to affect change for the better.
+Time, then, for something more drastic.
+**As of a guest appearance in the debrief of That As-Of-Yet Unnamed Cole Larp**: ... And now, Acryn is under martial law. Funny how quickly disaster follows on disaster. After acquainting himself with (read: yelling at, appalled) a revolutionary named Thorn, Armand has been convinced (or rather, convinced himself) to finally start living up to his purview in a literal sense. Nothing could be further from what he wants. However, by now, circumstances demand it.
+Meanwhile, he is grappling with the fact that his feelings for his secretary, Clem, have taken a turn towards the fatherly - not that this wasn't already accurate before. Naturally, this means he is going to abandon her horribly in about three weeks.
+**As of the fluff freeform pre-Godsmoot**: ... Let's not get into that debacle. Suffice it to say that he would gladly //murder// Hugh, if he wasn't convinced that Hugh would come back again in a couple of weeks, somehow twice as obnoxious as before.
+Admittedly, there's probably some unfinished business there.
+Meanwhile, to Armand's delight, Clem - the only person he trusts to compassionately usher in a new world - has agreed to be his High Priest, when the time comes.
+There's just the minor matter of //making// it.
+**As of Godsmoot**: A plan, solidifed. Allies, acquired. Would-be allies alienated. Husbands, reunited; a breakup speech badly received. And, as always, Armand succeeds in inadvertently humiliating himself in front of the Traitor. Par for the course at these meetings.
+Nonetheless, if there is one conclusion he is coming to, it is that the world needs The Revolution more than it needs Armand Cargan-Graves. He will not disappoint.
+**As of the Warrior's going away party**: Everything is ending, and Armand feels as though his heart will break - but the Warrior is resolute. He will be with her until the end.
+**As of Last Stand**: ... In more ways than one.
+Overwhelming Tuireann's hatred for humanity with love was always going to take more than one sacrifice. At the end of the day, nothing could be better, or more fitting - and neither Armand, nor The Revolution could conceive of a greater honour than to die at the Warrior's side.
+Besides, his legacy remains. Acryn is aflame with revolutionary fervour; Armand's last manifesto, urging the populace to revolt, has secured him a place in history - and, martial law notwithstanding, it seems certain that the people will rise...
 **Doppelgangers dealt with:**\\
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 Knowledgeable (bought after Faith Healing)
-+ 15\\
+**Background #7**:
+Medium Shield Use (bought before Unfinished Business)
++ 18\\
 Level: 5\\
-XP: 48/50 (as of His Greatest Work)
+XP: 57/57 (as of Oblitus Mundi)\\
+(Refunded XP: 3)
 __**Additional Trees Access**__
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 Lone Defender Before the Tempest (as of Dissonance)
+True Face of the Warrior (As of Oblitus Mundi)
   * You are one of the 30 members of Acryn's council. This can either be an elected or appointed position, depending on how you got it. This gives you considerable influence with the city's elite, and comes with some additional tangible benefits:
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   * Is a member of Acryn's Council.
   * Is particularly hated by Tuireann, as of Faith Healing.
-  * For 1 encounter per adventure you gain the following effects: You look like a young women with fiery red hair. Gain 3x 10 Second Agility. 5xSHATTER. +1 damage on all blows. THROUGH on all blows where you are not using another call. (As of One Knife)
+  * <del>For 1 encounter per adventure you gain the following effects: You look like a young women with fiery red hair. Gain 3x 10 Second Agility. 5xSHATTER. +1 damage on all blows. THROUGH on all blows where you are not using another call. (As of One Knife)</del> <del>(Still technically useable, but inadvisable since embarking on the path to godhood)</del> (now passed on to Senta)
   * <del>Is currently under the effect of a particularly potent truth curse (which will be cured at the end of the next adventure he plays)</del>
   * Is particularly disliked by the Rampant
   * Has one use of Divine Inspiration from the Builder
+  * <del>Is Damned by the Leader, as of Clash of Kings</del> Just kinda regularly disliked by the Leader now
+  * Is particularly hated by Corlo Graves, as of Clash of Kings
+  * Probably not especially disliked by the Traitor any more, though??
 __**Skills**__
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   * Attention Grabbing
   * Heavy Armour Use (6 hits)
+  * Medium Shield Use
 **Level 2**
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   * Church Backing
   * Tough 3
+  * Heavy Armour Training (3 hits)
 **Level 4**
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 **Level 1**
-  * Weak Point, 10 sec (BACKSTAB +1 REND) (once p/e)
+<del>  * Weak Point, 10 sec (BACKSTAB +1 REND) (once p/e)</del>
 **Level 2**
-  * Playing Dead, 15 sec (once p/e)
+<del>  * Playing Dead, 15 sec (once p/e)</del>
 __**Traitor Skills**__
-  * Traitor's Cloak (once p/a)
+<del>  * Traitor's Cloak (once p/a)</del>
 __**Noble Background**__
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   * Noble Wealth 1
   * Noble Wealth 2
+  * Noble Wealth 3
+  * Noble Wealth 4
+  * Noble Wealth 5
 **Level 2**
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   * Shoulder Barge (once per encounter, ARCED STRIKEDOWN when facing more than one opponent)
+__**True Face of the Warrior**__
-Income: 54R + 38R (Noble Wealth 2 + Large Church)
+  * Particularly Favoured (use Divine Favour miracles an additional time per encounter)
+  * Power of a Name (20secs chanting when calling Warrior's name before Gaze of the Gods)
+  * Passion (roleplaying training, etc)
-Total current wealth: 83R (as of latest adventure)
+Income: 135R + 38R (Noble Wealth 5 + Large Church)
+Total current wealth: 0R (as of Last Stand)
 **Items**
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   * 1 standard suit of light armour
   * <del>1 superior sword (borrowed from Warrior Church)</del> (lost during the fight against Tuireann)
-  * 1 superior buckler (borrowed from Warrior Church)
   * 1 mastercrafted suit of heavy armour (borrowed from Warrior Church) (6 extra hits)
-  * As of Matters of Trade: his own still-beating heart, held in a strongbox that he carries tied to his belt at all times. Whilst this is in his possession, he gains one use per adventure of Gaze of the Traitor.
+  * 1 superior shield (borrowed from Warrior Church)
-  * 2 x Armour Oil
+  * 1 x Armour Balm
-  * 2 x Death Ward
+  * <del>As of Matters of Trade: his own still-beating heart, held in a strongbox that he carries tied to his belt at all times. Whilst this is in his possession, he gains one use per adventure of Gaze of the Traitor.</del> UPDATE: currently possessed by the Traitor.
   * A letter from Booker, giving him contact details for a couple of associates within the Civil Service.
   * The Blade of Cloudless Night (mastercrafted; one encounter per adventure, this can be used to transfer body hits - either using hits against an enemy to heal myself, or using it to transfer hits from myself to someone else)
   * A scribing book given to him by his husband, the Arcane Arbiter - can be used to contact one another
-**Divine Favour extended to:**
+**<del>Divine Favour</del>Soul Pact extended to:**
   * Paradai
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   * Alexander Everett
   * Hugh Marsh
+  * Marissa Finch (NPC)
+  * Lucian Graves
+  * Clem
+  * Thorn
+  * Rodrigo
+  * Toli
 **Resources**
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   * issue his definitive political manifesto
   * publish a co-authored Bill of Rights that was subsequently presented to the Council
-  * publish impassioned political tracts urging his fellow nobles to donate to the latest disaster relief fund)
+  * publish impassioned political tracts urging his fellow nobles to donate to the latest disaster relief fund
+  * publish an updated political manifesto as The Revolution
+  * publish an account of his efforts to prevent a fire-spirit-controlled volcano from destroying the city
+  * publish an account of the events of Oblitus Mundi, whilst urging people not to turn their backs on the gods
+  * Lastly - to publish an explicitly revolutionary manifesto, calling for the creation of a democratic assembly, and urging the people of Acryn to stand up in open revolt: signed, Armand Cargan the Revolution)
   * Large Church
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   * Proposals for how to alleviate pressure on the Watch, but to nonetheless tackle organised crime throughout the city
   * Musings on the nature of 'organic society' - i.e. the body politic: if one part of the city's 'body' fails, then the entire entity suffers
+**Armand's new manifesto, published in the wake of Clash of Kings, contains an updated summary of his political opinions, including more or less the stuff from the Bill of Rights.**
+**Armand's third and final, posthumously published manifesto is as seditious as it is uncharacteristically concise. It calls for the creation of a democratically elected assembly, and openly urges the people of Acryn to revolt against martial law.**
 **Addictions**
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+{{tag>"emmab" "armand cargan" pc retired}}

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