Mran Gantorn - Revision history

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 {{Superhero warrior infobox
 |name=Mran Gantorn
-|name_caption=The Laid-Back One
+|name_caption=The Bird Killer
 |image=mran_gantorn.jpg
 |powers=[[speed barrier]]
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 However, these "voyages" were less about genuine exploration and more about partying and women. He did become a close acquaintance of several officials and local rich people in [[Estonoh]], but his reputation was superficial: he was liked as a guest who spends inordinate amounts of money. The conclusion of his trips usually coincided with the expiration of his funds.
-His speed barrier also tended to disrupt life in cities and so he usually spent his time outside, setting up a tent city and inviting people to his dinners that would typically last until the early hours of the morning.
+His speed barrier also tended to disrupt life in cities and so he usually spent his time outside, setting up a tent city and inviting people to his dinners that would typically last until the early hours of the morning. It is at this time that he became known as the Bird Killer, because birds would accidentally hit his barrier and some would be killed on impact. In fact, finding a row of bird corpses was one of the methods to locate the edge of Mran's barrier. In Nadd people independently came up with the same nickname, angering Mran considerably.
 == A trip to Nadd and the Long Siege ==
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 Mosk-Sopoh's was considerable, but as he couldn't really encircle Nadd due to the geography of the place, he simply stationed his troops under city walls.
-The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians then refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life. He died in 1901 [[FR]].
+The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians then refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life. He died in 1901 [[FR]].
 Based on the documents in Gantolia and on some of Porteek's writings, Mran quickly spent his money and, not being able to leave and replenish his supplies, lost his guards and friends, who left Nadd in late 1857 [[FR]]. This finally allowed the naddians to detain him and confine him to a house that was guarded day and night. In 1887 he was moved to a fortified building near the southern wall, so as to push the toorians farther from the city, but was then moved back deeper into the city just three years later, in 1890.

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 Mran then decided he is going to be an explorer. He made several trips to the north, once visiting [[Yammoe]] and visiting many cities in [[Asdoh]]. He was normally accompanied by a group of about 50 guards, three cooks, his personal physician, some of his wealthy friends and several artists who were supposed to document his voyages in prose, song and painting.
-However, these "voyages" were less about genuine exploration and more about partying and women. He did become a close acquaintance of several officials and local rich people in [[Estonoh]], but his reputation was superficial: he was liked as a guest who spends an inordinate amounts of money. The conclusion of his trips usually coincided with the expiration of his funds.
+However, these "voyages" were less about genuine exploration and more about partying and women. He did become a close acquaintance of several officials and local rich people in [[Estonoh]], but his reputation was superficial: he was liked as a guest who spends inordinate amounts of money. The conclusion of his trips usually coincided with the expiration of his funds.
 == A trip to Nadd and the Long Siege ==
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 The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians then refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life. He died in 1901 [[FR]].
 == Personality ==
 [[Porteek]] quotes a diary of an oora from Nadd:
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 But when his family's messenger came for him and couldn't get him out - that's when his face, maybe for the first time in his life, began to show genuine concern. He sent a letter to his father with the messenger, asking for help and also for money, as he was largely out of funds. Weeks went by, but there was no response. I remember that day when I came to visit him in his chambers, which were getting simpler by the day, as his purse was getting thinner. And that day I saw it in his eyes, in his shoulders, I heard it in his voice. It was a man who finally realized - he is finished. He is now no more than a prisoner in a foreign land.
 </i></blockquote>

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 Mosk-Sopoh's was considerable, but as he couldn't really encircle Nadd due to the geography of the place, he simply stationed his troops under city walls.
-The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians, thus, refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life.
+The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians then refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life. He died in 1901 [[FR]].
 == Personality ==

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 However, these "voyages" were less about genuine exploration and more about partying and women. He did become a close acquaintance of several officials and local rich people in [[Estonoh]], but his reputation was superficial: he was liked as a guest who spends an inordinate amounts of money. The conclusion of his trips usually coincided with the expiration of his funds.
-== A trip to Nadd ==
+== A trip to Nadd and the Long Siege ==
 Eventually, Mran decided to undertake a more ambitious trip, this time to the famous [[Laeooy Coast]]. His journey began in 1855 [[FR]] and he reached [[the Kingdom of Nadd]] in he beginning of April of 1856. His arrival was a notable event, since visitors from Gantolia were rare.
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 Mosk-Sopoh's was considerable, but as he couldn't really encircle Nadd due to the geography of the place, he simply stationed his troops under city walls.
-The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely. Naddians, thus, refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life.
+The naddians quickly understood that Mran's barrier is what's keeping them safe and asked him to stay for a bit longer. Mosk-Sopoh coldly refused to stop the siege. While he moved some of his troops away, enough of them were left under city walls indefinitely, which resulted in the famous [[the Long Siege|Long Siege]]. Naddians, thus, refused to let Mran leave and held him captive for the rest of his life.
 == Personality ==

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 == A trip to Nadd ==
-Eventually, Mran decided to undertake a more ambitious trip, this time to the famous [[Laeooy Coast]]. His journey began in 1855 [[FR]] and he reached [[the Kingdom of Nadd]] in he beginning of April of 1856.
+Eventually, Mran decided to undertake a more ambitious trip, this time to the famous [[Laeooy Coast]]. His journey began in 1855 [[FR]] and he reached [[the Kingdom of Nadd]] in he beginning of April of 1856. His arrival was a notable event, since visitors from Gantolia were rare.
-As he was staying in Nadd, [[Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh|Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh's]] army attacked the western walls of the city. Mran's speed barrier prevented the attack, but Mosk-Sopoh commenced with the siege.
+As he was staying in Nadd, [[Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh|Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh's]] army attacked the western walls of the city. Mran's speed barrier prevented the attack, stopping projectiles in mid air. Realizing that this might be due to a superhero warrior within the city, Mosk-Sopoh commenced with the siege.
-The bad news for Mran was that Mosk-Sopoh couldn't really encircle Nadd and simply stationed many of his troops under city walls, which meant that the siege could last for a long time.
+Mosk-Sopoh's was considerable, but as he couldn't really encircle Nadd due to the geography of the place, he simply stationed his troops under city walls.
 == Personality ==

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 '''Mran Gantorn''' was a [[Gantolia|Gantolian]] [[superhero warrior]] and socialite who in 1856 [[FR]] visited [[the Kingdom of Nadd]] and unwittingly saved it from the invasion of [[Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh]]. As a result, Gantorn was first asked to prolong his stay, and later kept as a captive in Nadd as the only way to preserve the sovereignty of the kingdom.
 == Early life ==
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 Mran was born into a wealthy Gantorn family. His father, [[Bontorn Gantorn]], owned several houses in [[Barmijanj]], the largest city in Gantolia at the time.
-Mran's abilities were discovered when he was a teenager. It is possible that they developed only by then, and as he continued to mature, the radius of the speed barrier grew.
+Mran's abilities were discovered when he was a teenager. As normal in these cases, the radius of the speed barrier grew with Mran's age. His older brother was [[Linnit Gantorn]], who became an influential politician in the same city. Mran served as his bodyguard until the age of 22 when the edges of the speed barrier moved too far away to be useful to protect a small group.
-His older brother was [[Linnit Gantorn]], who became an influential politician in the same city. Mran served as his bodyguard until the age of 22, when the edges of the speed barrier moved too far away to be useful to protect only several people.
+== A trip to Nadd ==
-== Abilities ==
+Eventually, Mran decided to undertake a more ambitious trip, this time to the famous [[Laeooy Coast]]. His journey began in 1855 [[FR]] and he reached [[the Kingdom of Nadd]] in he beginning of April of 1856.
-''See: [[Speed barrier]]''
+As he was staying in Nadd, [[Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh|Mosk-Sopoh Dolysoh's]] army attacked the western walls of the city. Mran's speed barrier prevented the attack, but Mosk-Sopoh commenced with the siege.
-Mran developed what is known as a [[speed barrier]], a superhero warrior ability that a number of other Gantolian superhero warriors also had. It involved having a barrier around the superhero warrior that prevented fast traveling objects from penetrating it. One had to move very slowly in order to be able to move through it. The barrier would expand with the age of its bearer, eventually spanning many kilometers.
+The bad news for Mran was that Mosk-Sopoh couldn't really encircle Nadd and simply stationed many of his troops under city walls, which meant that the siege could last for a long time.
 == Personality ==

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	Mran developed what is known as a [[speed barrier]], a superhero warrior ability that a number of other Gantolian superhero warriors also had. It involved having a barrier around the superhero warrior that prevented fast traveling objects from penetrating it. One had to move very slowly in order to be able to move through it. The barrier would expand with the age of its bearer, eventually spanning many kilometers.		Mran developed what is known as a [[speed barrier]], a superhero warrior ability that a number of other Gantolian superhero warriors also had. It involved having a barrier around the superhero warrior that prevented fast traveling objects from penetrating it. One had to move very slowly in order to be able to move through it. The barrier would expand with the age of its bearer, eventually spanning many kilometers.
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		+	== Personality ==
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		+	[[Porteek]] quotes a diary of an oora from Nadd:
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		+	<blockquote><i>
		+	Cool, relaxed, with an air of superiority about him, our guest exhibited the kind of curiosity typical of wealthy powerful people: palaces and gold and statues hardly entertained him, but if he sighted a rat or an unusual flower, he would get excited like a child.
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		+	His demeanor was changing gradually. It seemed that he was unused to adversity and the realization of what was unfolding took time to register with him. When he was told he couldn't leave, he complied, but didn't seem to take the situation seriously. I even remember a smirk on his face: it was all a game to him.
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		+	But when his family's messenger came for him and couldn't get him out - that's when his face, maybe for the first time in his life, began to show genuine concern. He sent a letter to his father with the messenger, asking for help and also for money, as he was largely out of funds. Weeks went by, but there was no response. I remember that day when I came to visit him in his chambers, which were getting simpler by the day, as his purse was getting thinner. And that day I saw it in his eyes, in his shoulders, I heard it in his voice. It was a man who finally realized - he is finished. He is now no more than a prisoner in a foreign land.
		+	</i></blockquote>

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	== Abilities ==		== Abilities ==

−	Mran developed what is known as a [[speed barrier]], a superhero warrior ability that a number of other Gantolian superhero warriors also had. The ~~speed~~ barrier ~~got diluted by~~ the ~~second revolution~~.	+	''See: [[Speed barrier]]''
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		+	Mran developed what is known as a [[speed barrier]], a superhero warrior ability that a number of other Gantolian superhero warriors also had. It involved having a barrier around the superhero warrior that prevented fast traveling objects from penetrating it. One had to move very slowly in order to be able to move through it. The barrier would expand with the age of its bearer, eventually spanning many kilometers.