Character Info

Starting Location: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana – Thibodaux
Create characters that are human.
This is a rather poor area (avg. income $26K/y).
If you create a character that originates from this area you may not have more than 2 dots in resources.
Nobody can be a member of the local government
No characters can be associated with or members of law enforcement.
(a free contact with the sheriffs department is automatic and free – more later).

The Party Hook:
Three weeks ago [8/6/07], a mysterious statue appeared in front of the Jean Lafitte Center, Thibodaux, LA. The statue depicted a civil war era soldier. He is holding a rifle and peers auspiciously into the distance. The statue is cast in bronze and set atop a marble base. A gold plaque on the base reads

“Will carry the weary
and spur the woeful.
Triumph shall be found
top the souls of the tyrannical.
That is where the
sons of the South
must venture.”

Nobody in town saw who or how it was delivered, but it is a nice statue so the town has decided to simply keep it. Your character has seen this statue before. For many months now (if not years) you have dreamt of a soldier, walking in trepidation. He carries a rifle and is adorned in the uniform of a confederate rebel. The dream generally take the form of watching the soldier move through a dark wooded area, but occasionally you are the soldier and the palpable fear of death was terrifying. The air itself is wet and haunting. You distinctly remember a black oppressive force stealing your breath.

Awaking in a cold sweat, these images haunt you. The dreams may have become a serious problem; they were becoming more frequent and more intense. The interruption to your sleep and the anxiety they inflicted was beginning to affect your sanity. That is until they abruptly ended [8/27/07]. Only recently did the relatively insignificant news article come to your attention; that of a strange and anonymous gift appearing in Thibodaux - a statue of the soldier in your dreams.