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Thane Delissandro Katzon
Thane Delissandro Katzon, called Deli, is 19 years old, a rich pastrami pink, of both Meat Land and Ceresian parentage RW E1·00:18:04. He carries a spear of sharp bacon steel and a cured, salted shield RW E1·00:18:04. Chieftess Cleva Katzon is his mother RW E1·00:19:38. He says it is their first time in Fructera RW E1·00:27:15.
At the Comida reception Deli greets his grandfather and the senators he knew in Pangranos, and tells Ariana that the violence that made him leave the Meat Lands has been quelled somewhat RW E1·01:03:59 RW E1·01:42:45. He tells Karna that people know about a romance he should not be involved in RW E1·02:35:09. In episode 2 he gives Colin the title Skald and proposes his mother Cleva as Protector or Defender RW E2·00:13:09 RW E2·00:10:46. In episode 3 he kicks in the carriage door and attacks the Queen RW E3·01:18:11. He tells the wounded Queen "Destiny has been designed." RW E3·01:21:31. In the cavern he touches a glowing root RW E3·02:07:53.
In episode 4 he is war torn, lost his right eye and wears a mustard eye patch RW E4·01:47:01. He goes alone to Carn and tells Basha "Because I believe it is you who will unite us." and "My Chieftess is not the one." RW E4·01:10:20 RW E4·01:10:52. He tells Karna that he seeks to kill the visiting Princess Sapphria, believing it will give Basha the juice he needs to rally the tribes RW E4·01:14:21 RW E4·01:14:26. He refuses to kill her before she reaches Carn, saying the world needs to know RW E4·01:16:38. Matt then narrates that she arrives in Carn, is left waiting for a week, and the life leaves her body, after which Basha rises in fury and the clans are united RW E4·01:16:45. In episode 5 he names his spear Detriter and strikes the glass-bodied agent so that Chutney rolls out RW E5·00:02:55 RW E5·02:23:07. He plays the prisoner for the entrance RW E5·02:36:30.
In episode 6 he confronts Senator Gemelli, whom Matt calls his previous almost lover RW E6·00:50:51. He tells her "You lied to me" and that he betrayed his mother for her RW E6·00:23:34 RW E6·00:24:21. He throws Detriter at her RW E6·00:25:40. He pushes the Elder into the blades and keeps fighting the Avatar after Karna dies RW E6·01:17:28 RW E6·01:35:05. He touches the mycelium and agrees to keep its secret RW E6·01:51:12 RW E6·01:53:52. In the epilogue he slips away, leaves the Land of the Great Cow and goes north to be an Outlander RW E6·02:10:34. Karna's letter says that if he calls, she will come RW E6·02:17:43.
Character sheet — The Ravening War
The Ravening War sheet of Thane Delissandro Katzon (played by Lou Wilson). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Skills
- Perception: +0 RW E3·00:05:28 RW E3·00:05:41—
- Persuasion: +7 RW E6·01:56:20 RW E6·01:57:06—
- Stealth: +2 RW E5·00:59:03—
Features
- Shield Master — Character feature on his card, with Champion. RW E1·01:51:28
- Spear of bacon steel — Lou describes him as 19 years old, a rich pastrami pink, of both Meat Land and Ceresian parentage, with his spear of sharp bacon steel. RW E1·00:18:04
- Mother Cleva Katzon — Matt narrates that across from him sits his mother, Chieftess Cleva Katzon (card: battle-sage of the Beef Clans, First Rib of the Great Cow). Deli says that his mother, with his guidance, has made great strides, and that the tumult and violence that made him leave the Meat Lands, which ended the life of his other mother, has been quelled somewhat. RW E1·00:19:38 RW E1·00:19:57 RW E1·01:42:45
- Second Wind — Uses Second Wind: 'I'm gonna Second Wind.' It heals 14. RW E3·01:45:17 RW E3·01:45:21
- Action Surge — Attacks Queen Pamela Rocks twice, then Action Surge for more attacks (22, and 10 plus three Bardic for 13). RW E3·01:19:18 RW E3·01:20:38 RW E3·01:20:49
- Poisoned by the mold creature — Constitution save of 14, then 19 with Bardic Inspiration; takes seven poison damage and is not poisoned. RW E3·01:59:09 RW E3·01:59:25
- Shield shove — Bonus action shove attack with his shield: 23 against the guard's 16, throwing him out of the carriage. RW E3·01:19:58 RW E3·01:20:06 RW E3·01:20:09
- Princess Sapphria in Carn — Deli: 'Yes, as you know the Princess Sapphria is here. ... I seek to kill her.' He believes it will give Basha the juice to rally the tribes against Ceresia; he and Karna decide to let her arrive ('The world needs to know.'). Matt narrates that the Speaker of the Hen leaves her waiting a week, 'The perfect time. And it doesn't take much. A small tug. The life leaves her body.' She is discovered four hours later in a place of their choosing, where it would have the most impact; Basha rises in fury, challenges the Speaker of the Hen to the death and takes the warlord title. RW E4·01:14:13 RW E4·01:14:21 RW E4·01:14:26 RW E4·01:16:38 RW E4·01:16:45
- Lost his right eye — Lou: Deli is war torn, taller and bulkier with many scars, has lost his right eye and wears a mustard eye patch. RW E4·01:47:01
- Mobile — Character feature on his card, with Battle Master and Polearm Master. RW E4·01:47:10
- Polearm Master — Character feature on his card. RW E4·01:47:10
- Barbarian Rage — 'Bonus action, Rage.' RW E5·00:32:49
- Trip Attack — Makes an attack a Trip Attack with one of his Battle Maneuvers: DC 17 Strength save, 11 damage. RW E5·00:34:10 RW E5·00:34:15 RW E5·00:34:23
- Pushing Attack — Action Surge and a Pushing Attack on the carrot to move it off Amangeaux; the damage is '12 plus seven equals 19'. RW E5·01:33:13 RW E5·01:33:59 RW E5·01:34:13
- Polearm Master bonus attacks — Asks to use his Polearm Master feat for an opportunity attack; Matt says that is usually a reaction to a held action; he attacks with the back half of Detriter as a bonus action. RW E5·00:25:58 RW E5·00:26:05 RW E5·00:34:23
- Betrayed his mother — Deli to Gemelli: 'I lied to my kin, betrayed my mother for you!' RW E6·00:24:21
- Pushing Attack on the Elder — Uses a second maneuver in the turn, a Pushing Attack with the back half of the blade (DC 17 Strength save, which Matt rolls as 12 plus 3, a 15), to push the Elder into the disposal; later: 'I used my last maneuver to push, so we're out of those.' RW E6·01:17:12 RW E6·01:17:21 RW E6·01:17:28 RW E6·01:17:46 RW E6·01:35:34
- Goading attack — Goading Attack on the Avatar (DC 17 Wisdom save, which it rolls as 15, 16 damage); then he grapples the Elder (contested Athletics 14 against 11) and runs it toward the blades. RW E6·01:14:55 RW E6·01:15:04 RW E6·01:15:16 RW E6·01:15:44 RW E6·01:15:52
- Adamantine armor — Lou: 'As given to me by my station, I have adamantine armor and ... am immune' to critical hits; the Avatar's natural 20 deals 40 piercing damage, halved to 20 while he Rages. RW E6·01:36:35 RW E6·01:36:40 RW E6·01:37:03 RW E6·01:37:07
- Poison and collapse — Fails Constitution saves and takes 13, nine, 12 and seven poison damage; falls into the rot pit on a Dexterity save of eight; drops his spear; takes nine bludgeoning from the rocks after a Strength check of 22 against DC 20 (out of Rage); collapses face down and is stabilized by Amangeaux. RW E6·02:00:41 RW E6·02:01:38 RW E6·02:01:52 RW E6·02:04:31 RW E6·02:04:45 RW E6·02:05:35 RW E6·02:07:21
- Epilogue — Lou: Deli and maybe Colin spend some time together, but he never resolves his willingness and excitement at being a pawn in the games of others, and fears that returning to Carn would put him in that space again; after a time he slips away, follows his mother's footsteps, leaves the Land of the Great Cow and goes north to be an Outlander, watching the Bulb rise every morning over the red steeps of the Meat Lands until the end of his days. RW E6·02:10:34
Items
- Cured salted shield — A cured, salted shield, carried with his bacon-steel spear. RW E1·00:18:04
- Shield abandoned — Lost: he has abandoned his shield and fights with his spear. RW E4·01:47:01
- Mustard eye patch — Worn over the lost right eye. RW E4·01:47:01
- Spear Detriter — Lou: 'the name of my spear is Detriter.' RW E5·00:02:55
- Detriter thrown and dropped — Lou throws Detriter, his 'magical named weapon', at the Gemelli for 10 damage, and in the escape drops the spear. RW E6·00:24:49 RW E6·00:25:40 RW E6·02:04:45
- Adamantine armor — Armor given to him by his station: 'I have adamantine armor'. RW E6·01:36:40
By episode
RW E1: The Seeds of Conflict
- "19 years old", a "rich pastrami pink", "of both Meat Land and Ceresian parentage"; carries "his spear of sharp bacon steel" and a cured, salted shield — 00:18:04
- Wants the journey over: "We're but a day. A day and a half, no more." — 00:20:49
- First time in Fructera: "This is our first time in Fructera." — 00:27:15
- At the reception greets his grandfather and the senators he knew in Pangranos — 01:03:59; "I miss my time in Pangranos." — 01:40:33
- Says his mother is the voice of the beef clan but he is "one might say the architect" — 01:44:00
- Tells Ariana that the violence that made him leave the Meat Lands "ended the life of my mother, my other mother, has been quelled somewhat" — 01:42:45
- Receives a package with a scroll and a garment whose perfume "has accompanied every letter that Ariana has sent you" — 01:52:01
- Reveals his secret to Karna: "They know about a romance that I'm involved with that I shouldn't be." — 02:35:09
- Stat card: Fighter level 5, AC 20, Champion, Shield Master; STR 18, DEX 14, INT 9, CON 14, WIS 11, CHA 16 — 01:51:28
RW E2: Bloody Harvest
- Lou says Deli left Comida taking Karna's "I don't, you don't matter yet" as meaning he is special and chosen — 00:08:48
- His public message in Carn: "One unified Meat Lands ready to take on all aggressors." — 00:09:29
- Matt: "These words ring true to many of the people across the many clans" — 00:09:57; there is "a bit of a challenged tension with Veyn, your brother" and a "growing cold standoffishness with other equally ambitious Thanes" — 00:09:57, 00:10:17
- He proposes his mother as leader: "I'm saying that Cleva Katzon should be Protector or Defender" — 00:10:46
- Gives Colin the title Skald, as a gift "of Chieftess Katzon's clan" — 00:13:09
- Reads the Fellowship's scroll with the page tilted away from Colin — 00:49:45; tells Colin to find a ship — 00:50:40
- Lou says Deli would have told Colin that "I was romantically entangled with someone who I shouldn't be, and that that's what, I found it. That was what my assurance was." — 00:51:47
- Talks with Sirley Haig, calls himself and Colin "called" to "a meeting with potential allies" — 01:06:46
- Cooks a "strange Meat Lander stew" at the safehouse — 01:59:04; says he has killed "A couple of times" — 01:59:43
- Sent missives to Fructeran nobles who recognised the Meat Lands' hold on the Dairy Islands, including Tomaté, and got no reply — 02:03:01, 02:03:27, 02:03:34
- On Tomaté: "The big, purple hat." — 02:02:41
RW E3: Yonder Where the Fruit Do Be Lyin'
- Natural 20 Perception (total 20) on the landscape; Matt: "You are a man of combat and strategy by life, by trade, by family and bloodline." — 00:05:28, 00:05:41, 00:05:46
- Plan: "I mean, what if we did a thing where we blocked the road?" — 00:04:37; "Colin, you're on the hill." — 00:06:32; "I really wanna do something with the hill." — 00:13:19
- On Meat Land fighting after Matt's explanation of Ceresian tactics: "if we get them in a one-on-one situation, they don't touch us" — 00:10:04
- Leaps the cherries, shoves a sentry into the river with "Cured"; contested Athletics 23 against 13 — 00:56:14, 00:56:50, 00:57:10
- Kicks in the carriage door (13) and attacks the Queen: 14 and 24, 16 damage, Action Surge for 22 and 13 (Bardic), another 16 — 01:18:11, 01:19:25, 01:20:38, 01:20:52, 01:20:56
- To the wounded Queen: "Destiny has been designed." — 01:21:31
- Resists Pompous Mockery with a 15 — 01:23:15; defends with the bacon shield — 01:24:46
- Second Wind (14); "We need to finish our work." — 01:45:21, 01:45:51; kills the last royal guard: "For what Queen do you stand for now?" — 01:46:36
- Chases and kills the mold creature with two natural 20s, 24 damage, takes poison 7 after a save of 19 — 01:58:14, 01:58:31, 01:59:12, 01:59:25
- In the cavern touches a glowing root: "The heart of the world welcoming me. I did not like it." — 02:07:53
RW E4: The Light and the Shadow
- Wants no restraint: "They are the architects. We are their implements." — 00:51:17; "There can be no holding back, Colin." — 00:51:56; "I'm better without you." — 00:53:27
- Goes alone to Carn and decides: "he is the one who has done the work that needs to be done to unite the Meat Lands" — 01:06:27. Meets Basha: "Because I believe it is you who will unite us." — 01:10:20; "My Chieftess is not the one." — 01:10:52
- Plans the death of Princess Sapphria with Karna: "I seek to kill her." / "The world needs to know." — 01:14:21, 01:16:38
- Lou: Deli is "war torn", lost his right eye, wears a mustard eye patch, abandoned his shield, fights with his spear — 01:47:01
- Waits outside Basha's war tent: "Of course. I've waited long for this day." — 01:58:50
- Tells Tarthur: "The court at present is Warlord Basha Myaso." — 01:59:30
- Insight 13 against Amangeaux's 17; "hard to read" — 02:04:45, 02:04:46
- Perception 16 on the hole — 02:17:25; "When I touched that thing it was something else." — 02:17:56; "Somebody bring the Radish's clothes." — 02:20:30; "I think they are trying to protect us from something that we should not have." — 02:28:02
RW E5: The Seventh Kingdom
- Names his spear: "Also, the name of my spear is Detriter." — 00:02:55; "Bonus action, Rage." — 00:32:49
- Insight 7 on the Saprophian guards — no aggression seen; readies a 10-foot reach attack — 00:13:09, 00:13:45
- Spear hits (dirty 20) for 17; later kills a Saprophian with 19 damage through the mask; fells the corn agent with a Trip Attack — 00:21:10, 00:33:21, 00:34:15
- Natural 20 Perception on the side tunnel; descends alone; 8 + Bardic = 11 — 00:48:47, 00:55:19
- Stealth at disadvantage, "One's a nat 20, the other one's a four for a six" — 00:59:03
- Tells Colin: "She's my new skald." — 00:57:42; "It was a fight. It was right after we crossed the border." — 00:57:29
- Leaps across the pit (Athletics 17), kills a Saprophian warrior — 01:17:35, 01:18:07–01:19:05
- Pulls Karna from the mold ("Skald, up.") and attacks the carrot with Action Surge — 01:33:08, 01:33:13
- Opportunity attack on the carrot (29) — 01:43:00; "Skald, well done." — 01:40:23
- Goes down the tunnel "slowly, but not stealthily": "I'm a big meat man." — 00:49:37, 00:54:08
- Strikes the glass-bodied agent twice (28 and 27, both hit; glass cracks and the container falls, Chutney rolls out) — 02:23:07–02:23:28; "Talk to her or that happens to you." — 02:24:07
- Plays the prisoner: "You'll never get away with this." — 02:36:30
RW E6: The Heart of the World
- Kneels beside Amangeaux and tries to block Raphaniel: "I do my best to my body to kind of block in my kneeling." — 00:09:07, 00:09:27. Initiative 12 — 00:14:21
- Confronts Gemelli: "You lied to me. You told me, "If I united the Meat Lands that you would be there, that you would come!"" — 00:23:34; she answers: "I did not lie. It was Basha that united them." — 00:23:49. Deli: "I lied to my kin, betrayed my mother for you!" — 00:24:21
- Goes into a Rage; throws Detriter (17 against AC 16) for 10 damage; the spear catches her in the hip — 00:25:12, 00:25:20, 00:25:40, 00:25:56
- Round 2: Perception natural 20 on the Elder and the mycelium people; retrieves the spear; three attacks on the Avatar (29, 30, 27); Strength save 14, 16 with Rage advantage, pulled only 15 feet — 00:50:16, 00:51:31–00:51:55, 00:53:14, 00:53:24
- Round 3: "Leave her!" — goading attack (21, 16 damage, DC 17 Wisdom save failed with a 15), grapple (14 against the Elder's 11), bonus attack 26, pushing attack (DC 17 Strength save, 15) puts the Elder into the blades — 01:14:54, 01:15:02, 01:15:16, 01:15:44, 01:17:04, 01:17:28
- After Karna dies: "there's no past, and there is no future. There's only the this moment." — 01:35:05. Hits the Avatar 13, 13 and 10 — 01:35:34–01:36:01
- Immune to critical hits through adamantine armor and Raging: the Avatar's natural 20 is "40 points of piercing damage", halved to 20 — 01:36:35, 01:37:03, 01:37:07
- Touches the mycelium a second time ("for the second time, touch the glowing line"); the mycelium asks whether they can keep a secret; Deli says yes — 01:51:12, 01:53:52. Group Persuasion: "I rolled a natural one... For a eight." — 01:57:06
- Flight: Strength check 27; tackles Saprophian citizens (Athletics 16 against 12); poison damage (13, 9, 12 and others); Dexterity save eight into the rot pit; Strength check 22 against DC 20 breaks the rocks; nine bludgeoning; collapses face down, foaming, and is stabilized — 01:58:08, 01:59:29, 02:00:43, 02:01:38, 02:05:35, 02:05:38, 02:06:42, 02:07:21
- Epilogue: never resolves "his willingness and excitement at being a pawn in the games of others" and fears returning to Carn would put him there again; one day slips away, follows his mother's footsteps, leaves the Land of the Great Cow and goes north to be an Outlander, watching the Bulb rise every morning — 02:10:34
- Karna's letter, read by Aabria: "the only secret I have left is that I love you, and I'm not brave enough to say it to your face. But if you call, I will come, always." — 02:17:43