#laelith

(from an article about various flying machines in Casus Belli Special Issue 2: Laelith, 1990)

Hilda is born in a wealthy family from one of the Laelithian Landers. She already had a talent for magic at a young age but her family, thinking she would be a great heiress, never thought of sending her to a magic school. Around her 17's she became a problem as she was stealing magic books to try to learn some forbidden spells, so the Grabstein family sent her to Laelith's Tolerated Academy of Magic. She then joined the Necromancy School, where she became the best of her class. After 3 years, she realized that the professors would stop teaching her any more necromancy as the school was frowned upon and feared, so she took the matter in her own hand, stole fresh corpses and old spellbooks. Today, she is still the best of her class but no one suspects that she is well above the expected level for a 4th year student.

I met a traveller from an antique land -- The 6-legged ookhabs are sturdy beasts of burden from the cliffs of Vorn, often found on the trade routes north of the city of Laelith. They are difficult to tame and will accept only one master. Their trainers can be heard humming an odd tune that somehow calms the creature's savage temperament. (Bernard Verlhac, aka Tignous, Casus Belli Special Issue 2: Laelith, 1990, collecting over 100 pages of material for the campaign setting introduced in Casus Belli magazine)

The schlougga was created by an evil cleric to battle rival priests from temples dedicated to good. It is said to be about the size of a horse, though it looms larger in this graffiti from the walls of the Temple of the Skull. Its cylindrical body is covered with filaments like a sea anemone. It bites with two toothy mouths and clubs with its long tail, while one head spits cursed unholy water and the other sings obscene songs that drown out the prayers of its foes. (Didier Guiserix, Casus Belli Special Issue 2: Laelith, 1990)

She is one of the founding members of the Grey Bull Company.

Erzebeth is born in the D'Hurlemont family and was raised in their ancestral castle. Known for their red hair and bloodlust, the D'Hurlemont family draw its glorious and fearsome reputation from bloody fights and desperate battle. As she was not the firstborn of her generation and wasn't the heiress, Erzebeth took the mantle of the wandering warrior like the rest of her brothers and sisters, seeking glory and recognition through battles. She now travels the land, looking for bloody wars or anything that could lead to a good fight.

The Royal Guard of Laelith is the God-King personnal guard. They are religious zealots recruited directly from the City Guard and the Army, and every single one of them is an experienced killer devoted to the God-King. They wear enchanted armors and wield magic weapons.

Lamba is born in the Port District of Laelith and grew up there. She started her career as a city guard very young, and became an investigator years later. She's not very pious, but her dedication to keeping the city safe got her to be recognized for what she is, an excellent investigator and a formidable swordwoman.