{"id":880,"date":"2019-10-10T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:22:45","slug":"the-saxalings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"The Saxalings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg\">A<\/a>t<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg\">illa and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts (detail)<\/a>, between 1843 and 1847, Ferdinand-Victor-Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(xposted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/burningwheel\/the-bridge-of-the-damned\/posts\/2648859\">Bridge of the Damned update<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a past series of posts, we looked at two Middarmark clans, the Ageirings and the Tualings, along with their \u00e6ttir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=586\">Of Family and Spirits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=630\">Of Family and Spirits (Part II)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working on <em>The Bridge of the Damned<\/em> adventure and figured I would give the clans involved in that adventure a similar treatment. This week we&#8217;re taking a look at the Saxalings, whom we previously learned a little about in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=698\">Adventure Design: Robber&#8217;s Bridge (Part VIII)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=778\">Life in a Ruined Village<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Saxalings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saxalings are a Gott clan in the Gottmark. They owe\nfealty to Tancred the Fair, greve of the Southern March. During the conquest of\nthe Gottmark 20 years ago, Hincmar was chieftain of the Saxalings. He and his\nwarriors seized lands along the northern bank of the Vimur River that belonged\nto the Bjorning clan known as the Runungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those lands was Kviholl, the hall of Grima, chieftain\nof the Runungs. Grima and his household were caught unaware by the rapidity of\nthe Saxaling advance through their lands. Not only were Grima and many of his\nhuskarls slain when the Saxalings burned Kviholl, the Saxalings also captured\nthe shrine to Runa the Battle-wise, \u00e6ttir (ancestral spirit) of the\nRunungs. As a result, several pieces of the Runung clan regalia fell into\nSaxaling hands. Some were destroyed, but one, a buckle of finely beaten gold in\nthe shape of a falcon, caught Hincmar&#8217;s eye. He incorporated it into his own\nclan&#8217;s regalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Ishildis, daughter of Hincmar, is chieftain of the Saxalings. She rules from her hall at Skyholl, erected in the very spot where Kviholl once stood. Ishildis is guided by Saxa Horsekiller, \u00e6ttir of the Saxaling clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saxa Horsekiller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Nature 5*<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Might 5<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Binding and Cursing, Protecting, Prophesying<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Belief: <\/strong>Blood must be paid for any and all slights against me and mine.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Instinct: <\/strong>Protect my bloodline.<\/td><td><strong>Type: <\/strong>Spirit<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Rules: The \u00e6ttir is the embodiment of her bloodline and can speak to those who share her blood in dreams. She lives in the clan&#8217;s regalia\u2014a banner, piece of jewelry, weapon, article of clothing or relic of some sort\u2014and can communicate with the bearer directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hit Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Banish<\/strong><br><strong>5<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Convince<\/strong><br><strong>6<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Battle<\/strong><br><strong>9<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saxa Horsekiller Description<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Saxa is a warlike spirit, eager for conquest and increase in\nher descendants&#8217; power and prestige, while merciless against foes of her house.\nIn the Otherworld she generally appears astride a great white stallion, clad in\ngleaming mail and helmet with a lance in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has grown restless over the past two decades. The curse\nof the Vimur River has prevented her clan from expanding south and\n&#8220;friendly&#8221; clans box the Saxalings in to the north. She has begun\nagitating for her clan to feud with those neighbors in the hopes of seizing\ntheir lands. While enraged by the impudence of the raiders that stole her\nFalcon Buckle, part of her exults: If they could cross the cursed river to\nmount an attack, her people can do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to her deed-name, she was known in life to care\ndeeply for horses, lavishing her steeds with love and affection. She earned the\nname by riding one of her beloved horses to death to warn her family of a\nsurprise attack by a supposedly allied clan during one of the frequent brushfire\nwars that consume the old country of Gottland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(xposted with Bridge of the Damned update) Hello friends! In a past series of posts, we looked at two Middarmark clans, the Ageirings and the Tualings, along with their \u00e6ttir. Of Family and Spirits Of Family and Spirits (Part II) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=880\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":"90","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"168986","discourse_permalink":"https:\/\/forums.burningwheel.com\/t\/the-saxalings\/22717","wpdc_publishing_response":"success","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,31],"tags":[63,56],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-middarmark","tag-saxatoft","tag-the-bridge-of-the-damned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880"}],"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=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}