{"id":630,"date":"2019-01-31T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2019-02-07T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T14:13:17","slug":"of-family-and-spirits-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=630","title":{"rendered":"Of Family and Spirits (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A part of The Viking\u2019s Bride frieze<\/a> by Walter Crane, 1883 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks back we explored using the \u00c6ttir1<\/a><\/sup>See Of Trolls and Men<\/strong>, Middarmark<\/em>, page 91<\/span> in Torchbearer<\/em> games set in the Middarmark. In particular, we took a look at Ran Deepmind, \u00e6ttir of the Ageiring clan<\/a> led by Jarl Stigand.
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Ran, though much diminished by the near obliteration of the Ageirings in the Battle of S\u00f8lvfjord nine years ago2<\/a><\/sup>See Sudstrond<\/strong>, Middarmark<\/em>, page 22<\/span>, seeks to guide her descendents back to greatness. But the Ageirings have many enemies standing in the way of the young jarl\u2019s path back to power. Perhaps the most immediately dangerous are the Tualings, a clan of Gr\u00e6ling3<\/a><\/sup>See Gr\u00e6lings<\/strong>, Middarmark<\/em>, page 14<\/span> outlaws with a score to settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Tualings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fractious and temperamental Tualing clan have inhabited the uplands of Sudstrond for centuries, with a reputation as troublemakers. Tualing legend holds that long before the Bjornings blighted the shores of the Middarmark, when Gr\u00e6ling kings and queens ruled across the land, Tua the Unruly was outlawed and cast out of her clan to prevent a blood feud after she slew her husband\u2019s uncle. She and her closest kin made their way north to the lands west of the Gull Pass, where they established a steading, Tuasgard.
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Over the centuries, Tua\u2019s clan expanded to encompass four more steadings, making them one of the most influential local powers. The Ageirings say that many years ago, Stigand\u2019s ancestor, Val the Bold, purchased the Tualing steading of Bikkasgard to establish the fort of Valborg at the mouth of the Gull Pass. The Tualings, on the other hand, maintain they were cheated, forced to give up the steading at spearpoint by Jarl Val\u2019s huskarls. Whatever the truth, the Tualings have regarded the Ageirings with suspicion and hate for long years.
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Following the Battle of S\u00f8lvfjord, a handful of hot-headed Tualing youths killed Valborg\u2019s steward and occupied the fort, until Stigand\u2019s huskarls returned with the jarl some years later, slaying some and driving out the rest. Furious, the jarl declared the clan outlaw. The Tualings\u2019 neighbors, sensing an opportunity to seize valuable fields and pastures at the expense of their querulous Gr\u00e6ling cousins, burned the Tualing steading of Larasstad, slaying most of the people and claiming their lands. It is now a haunted place.
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The Tualings retreated to their remaining steadings and declared a blood feud against the Ageirings and their supporters, which they have waged ceaselessly and ruthlessly in the decade since.
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It should be noted that as Gr\u00e6lings, the Tualings all have Feuding nature. Having formally declared a blood feud against the Ageirings, they have become terrible foes, as any actions taken in furtherance of the feud falls within their nature.
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Tua is a canny spirit, but prone to eruptions of temper whenever she believes that she or her descendents have been slighted. She bestows her favor on descendents who are proud, devious and unstinting in support of their kin. She is determined to destroy the Ageirings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tua the Unruly, \u00c6ttir of the Tualings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Tualing Regalia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Tualing clan regalia includes Tua\u2019s beaten bronze brooches strung with glass beads, a set of pitted iron shears, Tua\u2019s loom, a fine steel battle axe, and an ancient ard plough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of the regalia is generally kept at Tua\u2019s shrine at Tuasgard, but the ard is brought to the other Tualing steadings of Finnaby and Abbranvad for the plough rites.
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Player characters can be born into the Tualings or join the clan through marriage. Any member of the Tualing clan may use a piece of regalia in a ritual (Ritualist, Ob 3) to connect with Tua. When so connected, Tua can speak through that character\u2019s mouth in furtherance of her belief or instinct. Likewise, she can provide help to characters that have performed the ritual, so long as they remain in contact with the regalia. She can only help within the context of her nature descriptors and if her belief or instinct apply.
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With her nature reduced to 4 due to the burning of Larasstad, Tua is somewhat weakened, but her clan retains three steadings and remains numerous. Like Tua, her descendents tend to be devious but tempestuous, prone to act impulsively and aggressively if angered. They are tight-knit and will stand against anyone and everyone in support of each other.
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Like Ran, Tua has an agenda. She wants Stigand slain, Ran\u2019s shrine burned and her regalia destroyed. She wants to reclaim Valborg for her clan. And then she wants to make the Gr\u00e6ling clans that burned Larasstad pay. But vengeance upon the Ageirings comes first.
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A few weeks back we explored using the \u00c6ttir in Torchbearer games set in the Middarmark. In particular, we took a look at Ran Deepmind, \u00e6ttir of the Ageiring clan led by Jarl Stigand. Ran, though much diminished by the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[44,48,45],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middarmark","category-monsters","tag-spirits","tag-tualings","tag-tualingsaga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}