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Clarissa Belroe
Joe Mandala 1999
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Gondorian commoner.
Assassin
Pelargir, Maethelburg, Bereg Thumalos.
The Blind Sneak; Wife of Thuidimer Isenmund; mother of Feando Isenmundson (of Thuidimer).

Stat
RM Stats
MERP Stats
Clarissa Belroe met her husband-to-be while he and his
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96
companions Feando, Aldern, and Aradan were hunting down an St
amulet for a secretive group known as the Blood Ring. The Qu
92
companions had been paid handsomely for the return of the Em
80
amulet, which had been sold by a southern merchant in Pelargir.
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59
Coincidentally, Clarissa's family (middle-class merchants dealing In
in antiquities) had bought the amulet at a lot auction, and stored it Pr
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95
in the basement of their townhouse in preparation for sale. When Ag
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90
the companions came knocking, Clarissa's father told them that if
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100
they wanted to buy anything, they would have to come to the Co
shop the next day when the amulet would be added to their items Me
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for sale. Aradan (a student of antiquity and a bit of a lore hound) Re
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89
begged to see Amaral Belroe's store of old things, and the
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companions were permitted, after much convincing, to take a SD
look at what Belroe had in storage. They, of course, quickly Ap
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80
located the amulet, and Aradan began to decipher the strange
markings on it. Unfortunately, the strange markings were a hold
spell put on a fairly powerful malicious spirit which had been trapped inside centuries earlier by
Numenorians in the south, and when Aradan read them out loud (for he knew somewhat of ancient
Numenorian script), the spirit was released. Clarissa, then a young and tender 16, had been watching these
exciting strangers while they studied her father's store of items, was instantly possessed by this spirit, and
began chanting in a strange, sonorous voice. The companions became extremely alarmed, and surrounded
her. Clarissa's father came running down the stairs and hurried to take his daughter away from the danger, but
as soon as he touched her he fell to the ground in a swoon (from which he would never awake). The
spirit/Clarissa then turned her attention to the companions, who were preparing for the worst. Feando,
however, knowing something about spirits, managed to exorcise the evil presence from Clarissa, blinding her
in the process (he was not a particularly accomplished exorcist), and trapping the spirit back in the amulet
with much weaker bonds. Clarissa's mother promptly had a nervous breakdown, and Feando decided to take
Clarissa under his wing to keep her out of the notorious orphanages (she had no other immediate family). The
amulet, though, was soon lost again to strange dark thieves, and the group fled Gondor, fearing their
erstwhile employers. On the journey north to Maethelburg, Thuidimer and Clarissa became close, and were
married by Feando in a small village in Calenardhon. Feando began teaching Clarissa how to sense the world
around her without her sight. After much adventure, and a long excursion east to Rhun, the companions
arrived in Maethelburg and there met Aldern, then Taurthalion and embarked on their long road to Cardolan.

Shortly after the founding of Bereg Thumalos, Clarissa became with child by Thuidimer, and thence stayed at
the fortress during the disastrous foray into Rhudaur. Thuidimer was killed in the Battle of Herubar Gular, as
was her surrogate father, Feando. Being near term, Clarissa quickly began to have the baby, and bore her late
husband a son, whom she named Feando Isenmundson in honor of her teacher/father and her husband. With
the rest of the Crimson Shield in dejection and isolation, Clarissa concentrates now wholly on her son, and
forsakes the world around her.
Skill

(Rank) Bonus

Dagger

77

Thrown Dagger
Short Bow

64
55

Ambush
Body Development

(7)42
83

Disarm Traps

33

Pick Locks
Stalk/Hide

33
77

Ride horse
MA Strikes (rank 1)

71
42

MA Strikes (rank 2)

36

Silent Kill

31

Use/remove poison
Spacial Location Awareness

32
81

Mnemonics

31

Important dates:
Born T.A. 1608
Blinded TA 1624
Captive in Gundabad T.A. 1627-1628
Slaying of Thorkung T.A. 1633
Founding of Bereg Thumalos T.A. 1640
Death of Thuidimer and Feando, and birth of son T.A. 1644.
Clarissa's Principal Items:
Cloak of Darkness
deepens shadow around wearer, conferring +25 S/H where shadows are present
Poison Dagger
+10 arborang dagger containing a runnel that will hold poison potently for twice its normal
lifespan
Hood of Hearing
black hood that heightens range and sensitivity of hearing by 2x
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