Darius the Red
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Hi, I have a hard one for ya! Wait, that didn't come out right.....I have a challenging request for ya! Yeah, that's probably a better way to put it...
So one of the things I do with my studies of mythology, history, etc, is build stories for roleplaying games with friends. I'm looking for a few characters that will help me round out the story. I have a cast of several figures, some mythological, some pseudo-historical, each from a different culture, and so I'm trying to avoid using two characters from the same mythology. I'll list what I have, and then I'll say what I need. I thank you for humoring my long-windedness.
Hercules of Greek myth
Gilgamesh, King of Uruch of Sumerian/Akkadian Legends
Morgaine LeFay, Sorceress of Arthurian literature
Syuing Fang, one of the first recorded female practitioners of Chinese alchemy and medicine
Sinbad the Sailor from 1001 Arabian Nights
Luciferis the Fallen Angel from Christian scripture
Odin of Norse mythology (specifically in his aspect as Grimnir, the wandering Sage)
To join this cast of characters (and hopefully without drawing from the same culture twice) I need two more.
Firstly I need an example of a virtuous or heroic individual who fell victim to lustful desire (their own or the seduction of another) and after screwing up royally because of it, swore never to indulge in pleasures of the flesh again and devoted their life to honor/virtue/something equally noble.
Secondly I need a mythological or legendary object that embodies divine order or rule of law. It has to be a doozie, something that was a big deal.
Anyway, here are your challenges. Any takers?
So one of the things I do with my studies of mythology, history, etc, is build stories for roleplaying games with friends. I'm looking for a few characters that will help me round out the story. I have a cast of several figures, some mythological, some pseudo-historical, each from a different culture, and so I'm trying to avoid using two characters from the same mythology. I'll list what I have, and then I'll say what I need. I thank you for humoring my long-windedness.
Hercules of Greek myth
Gilgamesh, King of Uruch of Sumerian/Akkadian Legends
Morgaine LeFay, Sorceress of Arthurian literature
Syuing Fang, one of the first recorded female practitioners of Chinese alchemy and medicine
Sinbad the Sailor from 1001 Arabian Nights
Luciferis the Fallen Angel from Christian scripture
Odin of Norse mythology (specifically in his aspect as Grimnir, the wandering Sage)
To join this cast of characters (and hopefully without drawing from the same culture twice) I need two more.
Firstly I need an example of a virtuous or heroic individual who fell victim to lustful desire (their own or the seduction of another) and after screwing up royally because of it, swore never to indulge in pleasures of the flesh again and devoted their life to honor/virtue/something equally noble.
Secondly I need a mythological or legendary object that embodies divine order or rule of law. It has to be a doozie, something that was a big deal.
Anyway, here are your challenges. Any takers?
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