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Please send me:
1. What I know about my father. The kind of person he is, what he believes in, what I know about him before Uhit showed up, and then point out any changes in his character I may notice when we talk, if we talk.

2. For a Prince growing up in all this, what direction would I have been led in? I'm rebelling but not sure what I'm rebelling against. I'm a skeptic as you said, but a completely ignorant one.

3. Kon, Kit and even Stormy had some experiences with these gods and goddesses, and even vampires, and have a direction they've set for their characters. I started out as a wayward Bard seeking fortune and adventure, but you wrote me up as this Prince of a realm I have no clue about. I left all that behind thinking it was to be my secret path, but it seemed the letter was your way to put me back on that path, so I followed it to where we are now and decided to play the Prince again. But now the path is leading either way and the party is going one way, but I'm going the other. If we split, so be it but I don't think that's what you had in mind.

4. If you're assuming I've read some history about Maztica, I haven't had time. Sorry, should I?

You can make up the details as you like but here are my thoughts. You and daddy are at odds. He wants to isolate and protect. You want to embrace and expand. I am giving you tough choices. They overlap some. They will divulge. I do hope you find a balance and stay with party, even if it is to keep an eye on them lol. They are going down the same paths but with different motivations. I feed those motivations that I saw in their back stories. I just wanted to give you something more to do than play music. I love the wandering bard but to overcome the bad image you got, I’m having to pull a few stops. Your role is as important as the others. You are the physical plane conflict that contrasts the divine play going on in background. Uhti’s revolution is somewhere in between. I need a Legolas who wants to adventure and bow and joke but who is also an heir to power. The conflict makes the story good rather than tripe and trope.

Guenavar is a Faerunian beauty who as a convert to Zaltec of Nexal, came to daddy as a mission to win him to worshipping Zaltec as well as Qotal. He would have nine of any of her. You however were enamored. She is now the High Priest of Zaltec in Nexal, or what is left. She is repeating your discussions of having a Green Folk rule the north from the throne of Nexal. With the armies in disarray and the refugees gone for Tukan, this is the ideal time to make a move and annex Nexal and protect the tree in the process.

Daddy is stern and commanding. Don’t let him intimidate you. He loves in his own way. His nobles protect him to protect themselves. Daddy himself is selfless. While Uhti enjoys a place of power here, daddy still rules. You have told me that. I accept it and will play the part. He does command a large army. He does have magic items at his disposal. You have already benefited from this treasure trove when you escaped. He also has griffins and dragons. He has divination wizards. He is a force to be reckoned with and not easily swayed. The Tabaxi are pests but nothing more. He has always expressed fear of both the mind flayers and the god hunters who hunt them. The green folk are peaceful and perform more pluma magic than any other magic, even yahca wood magic. It is a rich society well connected to nature. Idealistic and ideal. Something to protect at all costs. But the world is growing smaller with Faerun trying to conquer and the vampires being more open about their attacks and power plays. Azul is declaring war on them. You know all this from your spy network and your constant contact with agents of the king. You have not used your information as you should. Neither has Teth. You could find out a lot more by using your abilities and background. You have always searched for adventure and foreign information, whether political or oral traditions. You are your daddy’s spy, but there is so much more to you. Daddy holds you back. But no t for long.

None of this is in the Maztica canon. I have taken a fragment of myth and built a whole campaign around it. The game makers have left this world blank so I am making it my own. I do use the 5e conversion histories to build adventures but the over arching story is all ours.

Hahaha!

I do have experience with that, on more than one occasion and can tell you about both. Let me ask first, do you know her age, even roughly? There is a reason I ask.

late twenties, why? you have pigeon holes for behavior based on generation?

Yes, and for good reason. I'll respond later. I can't do this and follow the game. Plus I'm doing some work on the side that I brought home or I'd still be at the office.

When I was just over 30, I met a woman online who was just over 20. We chatted a lot, and got to the point were we exchanged phone numbers. Stupid thing to do now, but back then it wasn’t uncommon to give out a number. Of course, that was the days of long distance charges, so we racked a massive phone bill for each of us. We talked every day and night for about 3 months. We exchanged many pictures (trusting the person in the pic was the person who we were talking with) and claimed to have fallen in love. I was lonely, and my life had taken a big change (this was near the time I was questioning a lot that would lead to me leaving the ministries I’d been a part of, and one I started (but we’ve already discussed my primary reason for that).
She had had one boyfriend in her life. She was pretty to me, but was not going to turn a lot of heads from guys who only looked for beauty. As long as we were talking on the phone, or sharing chats and pics online, we were each other’s everything. We both longed for love. We both felt the need to have someone love us, need us, want us. We who were unwanted, found someone to want us.
She was going to university, so I flew to her, met her at the airport with her cousin, and we were both happy to learn we looked like our pictures. We embraced, and I went to hold her hand, but it was awkward. You’ve met someone online and then met them in person, so you know once they are flesh and blood in your "real life" it’s different. Still, the more we talked and shared, that voice we had come used to brough is familiarity again, and we were good.
The thing is, I think she hadn’t anticipated what it would be like introducing her family and friends to her much older boyfriend. She felt awkward by that. It was one thing to have a private love affair, but this was very private. She also wasn’t ready for questions about why me, and what were my motivations. Her family was worried I had swayed her, or was just out for sex.
So I insisted upon meeting her parents. Which, for my part and her parents part went well. They talked to me long enough to come to the realization I am a good person and had good intentions, which was/is true. She on the other hand, wasn’t mature enough to handle me being so responsible about it. Now there is a big difference in early 20’s and late 20’s. So your experience would probably be different, but be warned, the May/December part can sound romantic, but in real life can be unexpected. Its one of those things 29/56 sounds like a distinguished boyfriend. 46/76 sounds like visit Papaw at the home.
She’s starting out in life. Finishing school, living with her parents, helping with the aging mom. You are very smart, interesting, very engaging, and have the time to be very attentive. You fill that need in her life now. Fill it and enjoy it. Just guard your heart. Her long term plans/dreams/desires for the next 40 years may be different than yours. But you know all that.
No, and older lady, who is lonely, that’s a different story. If they can find someone to live out their remaining years with, that’s much less of a heartbreak waiting to happen, and perhaps, beautiful.
I had something good with Vivian, who was a year older than me, but when people have kids, the kids come first (as it should be). Relationships, especially budding, long-distance relationships like we had were secondary. No one wants to be second in the heart of their mate, even when they think they are cool with it.
Still, enjoy what you have. Embrace the distraction. You are both adults, you can make you own path. But you are my dear friend, and when your heart breaks, mine does a bit, too. Be smart.