| Chapter 2: Psionicists of the Tyr Region |
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| Psionicists of the Tyr Region |
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Balic is home to an excellent psionic university known as the Cerebran. Andropinis, Dictator of Balic, believes that it is easier to keep track of the psionicists in his city if he sponsors a single training center. The people of Balic are proud of their university and view it as a great accomplishment for their city.
The Cerebran is located on the outskirts of the city, by the shores of the Silt Estuary. It is an impressive collection of majestic marble buildings surrounded by groves of olive trees. The masters of the university believe that the tending of the groves aids young students in developing patience.
Andropinis allows the university to administer itself, and no templars or soldiers are stationed on its grounds. This creates a seething hotbed of revolutionary ideas and conspiracies. Unfortunately, the dictator has thoroughly infiltrated the Cerebran with loyal spies who keep tabs on the most disloyal.
The Cerebran is led by an aging woman known as Iphignea, a powerful telepath referred to as the Speaker of the Cerebran. Iphignea is not pleased by Andropinis's rule, but she feels that the school will run better if the dictator is not angered, so she cultivates an appearance of loyalty.
The Cerebran currently enrolls more than 100 students, but many are young patricians with little interest in the Way.
Iphignea, Speaker of the Cerebran[]
- Human Female
- 16th Level
- Lawful Neutral
- Str 9 Int 16
- Dex 13 Wis 19
- Con 12 Cha 15
- Hot Points: 39 THAC0: 13
- Armor Class: 5 (ring of protection +4)
- #AT: 1
- Damage/Attack: by weapon
- Psionics Telepath Template (see page 52)
- PSPs: 239
Iphignea was raised in the noble family of Raxides and, like many of her peers, was sent to the Cerebran to learn psionics at a young age. There, she proved to be unusually gifted. As a young woman she journeyed widely across the Tyr region and had many adventures before returning to Balic. She rejoined the Cerebran and eventually became its Speaker.
Iphignea is a cold. calculating person who shows little emotion. She polices her campus to make sure that the dictator's templars will not have an excuse to do it for her. Iphignea is likely to turn in fugitives or troublemakers to preserve the university from the sorcerer-king's anger. However, she is no friend of Andropinis and will work to frustrate his goals if she believes that the university will not be endangered by her actions.