Guide to the Immortals

mortals and immortals. For this same reason he has a
heated rivalry against Valerias, guilty of refusing more
than one of his advances and ridiculing him in front of
the other immortals. To avenge himself he sponsored
Kythria, a young immortal so similar to Valerias in many
ways and a former cleric of the goddess of love, whom the
goddess had repudiated out of jealousy. He is also in
competition with Harrow, a young immortal of the
Nightmare Dimension who hindered his plans too many
times and is now threatening his authority on the
Daendur elves. Harrow is also an ally of Loki in Hule,
and Eiryndul considers this the worst of his sins, since
Loki represents the negative face of Eiryndul: an
immortal that uses cleverness and deceit to bring
destruction.
Patron: Rathanos
Allies: Faunus, Korotiku, Zirchev, Kythria
Enemies: Loki, Harrow, Valerias
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Any; clerics must not be
Lawful
Favoured weapon: Short sword (allowed all Small
sized weapons and blowgun)
Clerics’ skills and powers: Find secret and hidden
doors (1-3 on d6); thieves' skill Find Traps as thief of
same level; one bonus general skill to choose between
Trapbuilding, Acting and Deceiving
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Energy, Chaos, Good, Trickery, Illusion
Favoured weapon: Short sword
Source: DotE, HW, WotI, SCS, OHP
ETERNAL GENERAL
(Fukyuu Daishou, Heng Shang)
Patron of War and Battle, Patron of Discipline
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 7 th (Temporal), LN,
Matter
Symbol: A charging black knight with a levelled lance
Portfolio: War, battle, discipline, loyalty, victory,
pragmatism, soldiers and mercenaries
Worshipped in: Alphatia, Bellissaria, Esterhold,
Ochalea, Patera (Myoshima), Skothar (Jen, Thonia)
Appearance: He is a fighter in translucent full plate
armour, with the visor raised revealing a semi-transparent
face marked by numerous scars, with his skin (or fur) dry
and lined, a bandage over the left eye and a spark of
unstoppable fury in the other. He usually appears in the
saddle of a heavy warhorse (or a war-tiger) of dirty black
fur, itself marked by battle, with a broadsword attached
to his saddle and a lance in hand.
History: During his mortal life, The Eternal General
practically lived on the battlefield starting when he lost
his parents because of the war. The circumstances
therefore made him more pragmatic and opportunistic
since his adolescence, driving him to join a company of
mercenaries for survival. From that moment the young
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Guthbrand (the mortal name of the General, a human of
the Kingdom of Thonia in northern Skothar) became an
expert in the arts of war, serving as a mercenary in the
armies of numerous nations in various parts of Mystara
during the VII century BC. With the passing of time he
also discovered that this was the life he enjoyed the most.
Attaining a certain fame and experience after years of
service to the Alphatian crown in the war of conquest of
Thyatis, Guthbrand swore fealty to a lawful church for
pure opportunism: having always faithfully served any
other master, but his status of paladin that was conferred
by his service to the church brought numerous
advantages and relatively few obligations. He also chose
to continue fighting to become Immortal, as this was
equally pragmatic, seeing that it was the only way of
defeating death, an apparently unbeatable adversary that
interfered with his lifestyle. Guthbrand was thus
reincarnated by his patron in other warriors belonging to
different races and cultures: first of all he was a
Nentsunian pirate, later an able Alphatian battle mage
and finally a Myoshiman rakasta cleric, cultures whose
codes of honour and discipline remarkably intrigued
Guthbrand, so much so that once he achieved
Immortality (in the VI century BC) he decided to also
sponsor the samurai nobles of the Empire of Myoshima
(where he is known as Fukyuu Daishou, the tradition in
Myoshiman of his Immortal name).
Personality: The Eternal General has only one
principle: always being in the middle of the action. He
has no interest in the motives that are behind any battle:
the important thing is taking part in battle and winning
it. For the General, the end always justifies the means,
and the only acceptable aim for a soldier is the defeat of
the enemy and triumph in battle. He isn’t brutal,
unmerciful, or cruel: he simply doesn’t give any
importance to the fate of those that are involved in battle,
since the important thing is that they had fought, despite
the victims. The Eternal General preaches to his followers
loyalty to his companions and obedience to commanders,
but only on the basis that order and discipline are two
winning weapons in a battle, and that their union was a
strength when dealing with fighting. The Eternal General
is the embodiment of the perfect soldier (or samurai) who
fights to the last, following the orders of their superiors,
without moral impediments or hesitation. His mythic
figure was worshipped in a special way in the kingdom of
Thonia (his homeland), Surshield and Randel (the most
militaristic states of the Alphatian Empire), as well as by
the rakasta of Myoshima and by the lupin shar-pei. He
doesn’t have any stable allies or enemies of long standing:
he is driven to compete for the positions of other
Immortal patrons of battle and war, in particular Vanya,
Thor, and Halav.
Patron: Unknown [presumed Maat]
Allies: None
Enemies: Rivalry with Vanya, Thor and Halav
Classic D&D Stats