Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Einherjar candidate: Joshua A. Norton

Joshua A. Norton, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
(1819-1880).  He was a failed businessman and eccentric residing in 19th century San Francisco who, in 1859, announced that he was the Emperor of the United States (and later he gave himself the additional title of “Protector of Mexico”).  City residents and institutions humored him for 21 years until his death—newspapers would print his “proclamations” (such as his October 1859 decree dissolving the U.S. Congress and his 1869 decrees abolishing the Democratic and Republican parties.  He also decreed the construction of a suspension bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland (which eventually hapened).

Male, Insane, Honorable

Combat: (-3) (on one occasion, he single-handedly stopped an anti-Chinese riot)
Wit: +4
Moxie: (-4) (it may have been his business failures that pushed him over the edge in the first place)
Charisma: +10 (he was loved and revered by the citizens of San Franciso.  As many as 30,000 people attended his funeral.)

Special ability: No Einherjar may have a higher Charisma statistic than Norton: if any gamestate activity causes Norton’s Charisma statistic to be reduced then the Charisma statistics of other Einherjar shall, if necessary, also be reduced.

Special ability: After each Skirmish, the Valkyrie who owns Norton loses 1DICE10 Acorns regardless of the outcome of the Skirmish.

Comments

Hix:

28-11-2007 19:55:13 UTC

I was gonna do Emperor Norton next.

Hix:

28-11-2007 19:56:54 UTC

You got this in a minute before I Enacted the switch to weekly, so I guess you can do another one this week (right away, if you want).

spikebrennan:

28-11-2007 20:00:20 UTC

What would you have done differently?

Amnistar: he/him

28-11-2007 20:04:41 UTC

I read about him in Sandman!  I loved this guy.