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--- vincent [2007/01/06 23:12] – jims
+++ vincent [2017/05/27 18:57] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 the Baron's virgin daughter as a private nurse.  He gave a name and a lineage
 just distant enough that we didn't have time to verify it before it was too
-late.  He pumped up Vincent's mother with stories of "revealing their love, and
+late.  He pumped up [[Vincent]]'s mother with stories of "revealing their love, and
 engagement, in a grand public gesture."  Which left her very publicly humiliated
 when he took off with their best horse and family heirloom sword in the opposite
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 shiftless bastard son - now that's something else.
-Growing up, Vincent couldn't get a single break from his Grandfather the Baron.
+Growing up, [[Vincent]] couldn't get a single break from his Grandfather the Baron.
-Nothing was ever good enough for the curmudgeon.  Vincent didn't study hard
+Nothing was ever good enough for the curmudgeon.  [[Vincent]] didn't study hard
 enough.  He didn't show enough respect.  He wasn't strong enough.  He wasn't
-honest enough.  And when Vincent started turning to the local merchants and
+honest enough.  And when [[Vincent]] started turning to the local merchants and
 lesser commoners for companionship, even his friends weren't good enough to suit
 the Baron.
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 his noble birth to shield him from real consequences.  He may have been unwanted
 in the castle, but it was understood in the village that anyone spilling the
-blood of the Baron's kin would face the Baron's wrath most terribly. To Vincent,
+blood of the Baron's kin would face the Baron's wrath most terribly. To [[Vincent]],
 it only seemed fair that if he wasn't going to be given anything in this life
 that he see to his own needs.
-What was, to Vincent, the greatest insult the Baron ever visited upon him was
+What was, to [[Vincent]], the greatest insult the Baron ever visited upon him was
-actually the greatest honor.  The Baron tasked Vincent, on more than one
+actually the greatest honor.  The Baron tasked [[Vincent]], on more than one
 occasion, with negotiating with the barbarian tribes that always threatened the
 Barony's borders.  With a sack of "tribute" in one hand and a loaded crossbow in
-the other, the young Vincent waged peace with the steely nerve of a seasoned
+the other, the young [[Vincent]] waged peace with the steely nerve of a seasoned
 veteran.  The Baron understood that the boy's deceitful ways could be used to
 serve the Barony and redeem the lad's personal honor.  Entrusting him with such
 a crucial mission was a signal of respect, albeit a grudging one, from the
-Baron.  Vincent, however saw this duty as nothing more than his grandfather's
+Baron.  [[Vincent]], however saw this duty as nothing more than his grandfather's
 unsuccessful attempt to get rid of him once and for all through a series of
 thinly-disguised suicide missions.
-When the Baron began receiving hints that Vincent was plotting his murder, he
+When the Baron began receiving hints that [[Vincent]] was plotting his murder, he
 decided that it was best that he and the boy have a "cooling off period".  And
-so it was that Vincent was gifted with a stay at the resort.
+so it was that [[Vincent]] was gifted with a stay at the resort.
-In a year's time, when the Hippogriff is mature, Vincent plans to head home to
+In a year's time, when the Hippogriff is mature, [[Vincent]] plans to head home to
 pay his respects to his Mother.  On some level he still longs for affection and
 affirmation from his grandfather.  He is unlikely to receive it.
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 from a distant land, as he claimed, torn away from his one true love by the
 urgent needs of his family's honor?  A simple con man?  An *extraordinary* con
-man?  Have the treaties Vincent negotiated remained intact?  Is all peaceful
+man?  Have the treaties [[Vincent]] negotiated remained intact?  Is all peaceful
 with the neighboring baronies?
-I am personally very satisfied with Vincent's growth as a character and as a
+I am personally very satisfied with [[Vincent]]'s growth as a character and as a
 person.  In the end, he was willing to lay down his life for a friend (his
 horse) motivated only by personal loyalty, and in quiet, guileless defiance of
-Roget and Dhersion, the two men whose wills have dominated his world for these
+Roget and [[Dhersion]], the two men whose wills have dominated his world for these
 past six months.  Even while negotiating over the soul gem, he stood up for
 himself and made a very noble, not greedy, choice, in the hippogriff.  I'm
 naming him Silver, by the way.
-Unless destiny intervenes, Vincent will pursue the life of a wandering noble.
+Unless destiny intervenes, [[Vincent]] will pursue the life of a wandering noble.
 His charm, riding and training skills, fascinating stories, and unique mount
 will make him a much-sought-after house guest for years to come.  And if someone