Mara Tirane's long lost husband, come back to life for a weekend -lee



Cormac Llewellyn Tirane





born Belassar Kitheria 560  died Rotaria 589 (age 29)

   married Mara (Myrtle) Nicosia Vila (Tirane) 586

   (met in Army 584 when he was assigned to her command)

   (Rank Lieutenant)



Cormac is the youngest son of a respected but poor noble family in

Kitheria.  He had no hopes of inheriting either the family land or title

and therefore chose to earn his own name and noble rank by entering the

army of Evendarr to prove his worth. Cormac was raised in the truest

tradition of the Code of Chivalry and is "lawful good" (unless Lee changes

his mind and we decide to get rid of Cormac by executing them for

necromancy).



Cormac is not without ambition, however, and Mara and Cormac were married

out of a belief that each had the connections and talents that the other

needed. Mara needed his noble connections and Cormac needed her political

connections, and also recognized that Mara had the ruthlessness that he

lacked.  They did indeed fall in love after they were married and were

completely devoted to each other.



People to talk to :

  First, avoid anyone you know until you decide its a good idea.

  You would be recognized by :

     Camilla, who was VERY good friends with both of us during the marriage

     Sir Thyren (Steve Babbin, Jesse's boyfriend) who doesn't know you're

         playing this role, so you'll have to tell him who you are if you

         talk to him. (Just an acquantance)





This is what you know about Mara:





How you died:

   The morning of your death, Mara and Cormac both received written messages

that implied that each of us was having an affair with the other's best

friend. THe message was delivered by someone we each has reason to trust

(though they were probably paid off) and contained enough faked detailed

information to seem true. We both more or less believed it.  (Mara was

accused of an affair with WIlliam; Cormac was accused of an affair with

Camilla; each was told that the other was planning on leaving the marriage.)



Later that

day, we were ordered to move out to evacuate a small town on the Red River

in Rotaria. It was being threatened by major flooding.  On the way there

we also received warning that a band of orcs was heading to attack the town

to take advantage of the confusion.  We had to decide whether to hold off the

orcs or send our men to help with the evacuation.  Mara decided to send a

small group off under her best commander, Cormac, to harry and delay the

orcs while the remainder of the company went to evacuate the town.  It was

a difficult choice and to this day she cannot be sure that it was not

influenced by her anger and sense of betrayal. The number of orcs was larger

than expected and the entire company was killed. Two people, Cormac and

his boyhood friend William ap Rhys took their final deaths. At the same time,

Cormac's battle tactics were probably also influenced by his anger at both

William and mara, and he took chances he shouldn't have taken.



Note: Both Mara and Cormac hate orcs now. The idea of an orc noble would

repulse Cormac.



You will first be gathering information.  You want to find out what kind

of person this new Duke is, and if this is a marriage of love. You believe,

becuase you're that kind of noble guy, that if you find that bryan is going

to be a good leader and truly loves Mara, that you will find the strength

to turn around and walk out of town without revealing yourself. (NOT) (You

will introduce yourself as Sir Llewellyn, which isn't REALLY a lie, is it?)





Where it goes from here depends on what you find out and what you want to

do.  I expect that you will find certain sentiment against Bryan.



Other things you know about Mara:

    Mara was not born in a rich family, as she has implied. Her family was

    very poor and she left them behind. She has had NOTHING to do with her

    family in over 25 years. Mara was married to Edward Vila, a wealthy

    merchant in Volta. She has two children, a son named Ethelred, and

    a daughter named Josephine. You know that she was "involved" with

    Joseph while he was still an army commander and she served in his unit.

    You also know that Joseph was a pretty lousy commander and Mara was

    continually working to support him and also paid a lot of his gambling

    debts.  You have asked her outright in the past if Josephine is

    Joseph's daughter and she refused to answer. She said : "THere are only

    two men in the world who have the right to ask that question. One of

    them already asked and the other one doesn't seem to care". Mara was

    married to Edward at the time that both children were born. She was

    divorced from him after 5 years of marriage. THe boy is 16 and the

    girl is 14.

    It is possible that someone will ask you if Mara ever owned slaves.

    She has told you that she did not - they couldn't afford them. She

    was jealous of the girls who had personal slaves, though, and that

    was one of the things that made her leave home to seek her fortune.