Cyril Brightmorn

Tonight I go back to working on my party of five for Openlegend RPG. Utilising the character creation flow that I started with Ci’ara Stormbringer, Vimbol Forgeblow and then Glendor Woodtusk and Wenton Humblewood. Tonight I bring to you Cyril Brightmorn, a cleric of the Lightbrigner and powerful healer and defender of the group. While not as durable as Glendor or as powerful as his other companions Cyril excels at healing and seeking direction from higher powers.

So let’s grab a coffee herbal tea, sit back with Cyril Brightmorn – the Morning Herald.

Cyril Brightmorn

Cyril Brightmorn – Created in Nightcafe.

Background

Born into the streets of a large city he grew up poor, a tale as old as time really, and he spent the first dozen years or so of his life in a street gang. It was not an easy life and the darkness of the allies, warehouses and the building where he and the other street urchins were sent to work always terrified him and this fear of the dark caused him to get into more trouble than good.

On one such job, to ambush a group of travellers in an alleyway his fear of the dark melted away when a stranger, one of the travellers, walked down the narrow path bathed in light. The sight was so stunning, so beautiful that his fear melted away. When he came too he was at the steps of a church to the Lightbringer with a mote of radiant light hovering above his head and a cleric, dressed in a tunic over his armour held out a hand for him to take.

Several decades later and he serves the church as a herald of the light. So taken was he by the word of the church and the blessings of the Lightbringer that he always wished to follow the light, spreading its word and aiding those he could with its healing and purging intensity. On his missions he obtained the title the Morning Herald, the one that brings the light as none were as successful of purging the darkness in peoples hearts nor as caring and compassionate as he.

Joining Wenton, Ci’ara, Vimbol and Glenda he travels with them as where they go, darkness awaits and he can bring the light that ensures success.


Abilities

While not as complex as his companions Cyrils focus on healing, restoration and ensuring that they are supported where ever possible and for what ever task is at hand makes him the centre of the battle formation. Enemies that are foolish enough to come close to him will be struck down with the power of the light and rendered immobile or blind after an encounter with its purging radiance.

Banes

  • Immobile
  • Blindes
  • Forced Move

Boons

  • Aura
  • Heal
  • Restoration
  • Genesis
  • Light…(duh)

Feats:

Exceedingly good at healing and ensuring that himself, those in need and his party (more often than not) are healthy and ready to help in the Light-bringers cause. This coupled with his connection to his deity has given him an extra-ordinary edge when knowing when an encounter is to go south so he can prepare the relevant prayer or invoke the right divine power to protect his allies or be best prepared to assist where possible.

  • Extraordinary Healing
  • Hospitaler
  • Lightning Reflexes I

Perks and Flaws:

Chosen by the Lightbringer Cyril has a unnatural connection to his deity to hand out the blessings that the morning brings. This manifests in a supernatural ability to withstand attacks that would fell a normal man as well as to gain insight in what the plans that are laid bare will be successful or lead him down the right path.

Perks:

  • Divine Agent
  • Divine Insight

However not wanting to return to his life on the streets, and putting that behind him he still has not gotten over his fear of the dark, and what lies within and he tenant to being honest at all times has gotten him into trouble more often than not.

Flaws:

  • Phobia (darkness)
  • Honest

Attributes:

A devout spellcaster by trade Cyril is also mighty and tough to crack. A perceptive and divinely intuitive man he provides a support role while still being able to wield weapons if it comes down to it.

  • Perception 1
  • Will 1
  • Presence 1
  • Fortitude 2
  • Learning 2
  • Might 3
  • Prescience 4
  • Creation 5

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Cyril Brightmorn

Thanks for dropping by tonight. Cyril Brightmorn is the fifth in this party which concludes the group of five for an Open Legends experiment that I am looking at. Again I used my process to really hone in on what I want to achieve when creating a character and it continues to work well.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for another end-of-week Zine and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

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