Jade Obelisk Background Tables
Source: Stealth and Stone (out of print)
Broken in spirit and soul, the Jade Obelisk seek to undo the works of worship that dot the land in order to appease their malevolent deity, the Speaker in the Stone, and slow their gradual petrification.
Upon donning the mask and taking the oaths of servitude that come with the trappings of the cult, each member of the Jade Obelisk has a name by which they are known and a title that relates to the method of destruction employed on the first religious icon they defiled. They treasure every moment of these initiations, putting every ow1ce of power they can muster into the blows they rain upon sacred structures and their defenders alike.
Jade Obelisk Names
| D10 | First Name | D10 | Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korebaal | 1 | the Breaker |
| 2 | Ashanaba | 2 | the Destroyer |
| 3 | Hasturan | 3 | the Ruiner |
| 4 | Ibnaal | 4 | the Defiler |
| 5 | Kaboran | 5 | the Demolisher |
| 6 | Qanalas | 6 | the Crusher |
| 7 | Xomen | 7 | the Cleaver |
| 8 | Nazzipar | 8 | the Shatterer |
| 9 | Shorunap | 9 | the Despoiler |
| 10 | Hutran | 10 | the Smasher |
Jade Obelisk Origins
| D6 | Origin |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stonecursed Ones: These warriors are almost entirely consumed by the petrifying curse that plagues the Jade Obelisk, and their every motion is a creaking agony. |
| 2 | Descendants of Mephrobaal: These warriors trace their lineage to the great Mason-King that led the Jade Obelisk into damnation. |
| 3 | Idolarc Sculptors: It is the duty of these warriors to erect monuments fashioned in the image of an ldolarc, in the hope that these statues might come to life. |
| 4 | Stone-shapers: These warriors are experts in sculpting weapons and armour from the petrified flesh of their slain foes. |
| 5 | Jade Exiles: These warriors have been cast out from the Jade Obelisk and must earn their place again with a worthy offering to the Speaker in the Stone. |
| 6 | Embittered: These warriors despise the Speaker in the Stone and their current predicament, but their petrifying curse robs them of the chance to rebel. |
Jade Obelisk Leader Background
| D6 | Background |
|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Nephrite: The leader has consumed powdered jade with every meal for years, and their skin has taken something of its hue. |
| 2 | Sculptor of Foes: Toe leader relishes carving the flesh of the enemy into more pleasing, linear shapes, the better to honour Mephrobaal. |
| 3 | Cadence of the Chisel: The ritual dagger of this leader strikes with the methodical rhythm of the sculptor's finest tools, over and again. |
| 4 | Maskless: This leader forsakes the mask of jade. Her expression fixed, she has become one with the stone, just as the stone is one with her. |
| 5 | Daughter of Jade: This leader claims to have hatched from a giant egg of pure nephrite, and given the gleam in her eye, few care to dispute it. |
| 6 | Iconoclairvoyant: The leader can unnerringly find her way to the statues of gods, the better to destroy them. |