Pontifex - fanfic

[sarendt]

I was thinking of doing one of these fanfic things, my wife does alot of slash, so I could ask her for help, but I certainly wouldn't be anything slash like!

On that, I was thinking of doing something from Pontifex.  Specificly the tale of creating his 'force of nature' reputation on the continent.  I remember a little of it from the New World Campaign, ep 9 I think, when Cody was talking to him on the beach.  Is there any other times this story is mentioned that anyone can think of?  Im only on ep. 11, so if its after that I just haven't gotten to it yet.

Thanks,
-Scott

[Setherick]

Scott -

You'll have to talk to Ross and see if he has notes.

-Scott

[sarendt]

Scott -

You'll have to talk to Ross and see if he has notes.

-Scott

LOL, Ross sent me here :*) 

-Scott

[clockworkjoe]

I have Pontifex's entire backstory written down but I don't know what parts I've revealed and what's still secret.

[robotkarateman]

If only there were some kind of recording of what you've already revealed.

[sarendt]

I have Pontifex's entire backstory written down but I don't know what parts I've revealed and what's still secret.

Ah ok, that works then.  If I send you a preview of a story, could you check it for correctness?

-Scott

[Tadanori Oyama]

If only there were some kind of recording of what you've already revealed.

That's witch talk, boy!

[clockworkjoe]

or some fanboys who have already listened to everything released so far could just post what they know about Pontifex

[nbneil]

Ross what type of place do you think this is? A place where multiple people can communicate what they think or know for other people to see? That's nonsense.

[Dawnsteel]

What I Know About Pontifex
By:  A Fanboy

• Pontifex doesn't fight.  He wins.
• Pontifex is a lich.
• He has been a lich for a very, very long time.
• Pontifex is treated like a demigod or force of nature by indigenous humanoid populations, specifically a group of gnolls.  When Pontifex orders them to do something, they do it, no questions.
• Cody's character, an Eladrin named Locke, accepted Pontifex as his patron near the end of the heroic tier.
• Pontifex had Locke retrieve a book from the Church of Pelor.  This book described liches, and presumably contained information about  Pontifex.  This suggests Pontifex has origins in the Old World.
• Pontifex trusts no one.  He has set at least one spy in Locke's mage guild, and likely more than one.

[sarendt]

Brief conversation between Locke and Pontifex:  Ep 10, approximately 37 min mark:

*This is just my summary of the conversation not the exact words spoken, but as I am listening to it concurrently it should be the 'meaning' behind what their saying.  Let me know if anyone thinks I missed something or interpreted it wrong.  Thx :*)


Pontifex:  "I realize why your group had such a problem with me, with taking my furniture earlier... you see I have been use to working with all the natives, they view me as a force of nature.  You don't argue with a rain storm and you certainly don't steal from the sun.  Which is why I never bothered to put more security on it, because I forgot that you wouldn't know about me, but do you know why they view me like a force of nature?"

Locke:  "Umm... Why is that?"

Pontifex:  "Well... Once upon a time there was a tribe that displeased me.  They were worshiping Orcus, umm, do you know Orcus?"

Locke:  "no."

Pontifex:  "He is a very powerful demon lord, claims to be the lord of the undead.  They paid homage to me because I am undead and blah blah blahh, but I technically pay homage Vecna, the god of secrets, who is also a litch and a god.  I am not very faithful, its more of a quid pro quo, but any way, I was disgusted by them, they were causing all kinds of problems in the near by environment and distracting me from my studies, so I with a few allies went there and killed every adult in their tribe and then I gave all their children away to enemies of their tribe.  To replace the ones they had sacrificed to Orcus.  So a few thousand dead in a night, so since then the tribes have been remarkably good about staying clear of me...  "

Locke:  "...  good..."

Pontifex:  "So tell me how good is the Raven Queen... are you satisfied with her as a goddess?"

Locke:  “Umm… Defiantly!”

Pontifex:  “I just have to ask, out of respect to Vecna, who wants always more cults and faithful, but honestly I can’t stand zealots of any type, even of my own faith because they are just so boorish. 

Locke:  “I believe that the Raven Queen teaches us that from one life into the next there is not such thing as death, really,” Pontifex laughs softly, “its just death is a passage into something else… and so I find that comforting”

Pontifex:  “Yes, and if you don’t like going into the next stage you can always find a way to aaah, override it.” 

Locke:  “Yeah.”

Pontifex:  “Well, yes, let me know, use your familiar ‘Patario’ to send me any messages.  Make sure to recruit the scribe as we will need him.”

I choose this section of conversation because it deals directly with the section of time I am interested in writing to, namely the culling of the tribe that disgusted Pontifex.  If anyone has any more information about that point in time let me know here please.

Cheers,

-Scott

[clockworkjoe]

I will reveal that Pontfiex is being a bit dishonest about his relationship with Vecna. In truth, Pontifex made a deal with the god. In exchange for certain information, Vecna agreed to leave Pontifex and the new world alone.

Of course if another lich shows up in the new world, Vecna would be free to establish a new foothold in the New World.

[Kroack]

cough *foreshadowing* cough

[malyss]

Pontifex reminds me of Chuck Norris, but he uses magic and intimidating innuendo instead of roundhouse kicks and piercing glares.

[sarendt]

Well after some thought I won't be doing this fanfic...

-Scott