Numa Pompilius is a druid of the forest region in Vala, heir of the dynasty of forest kings and high priest of the Caves of Chaos, who died in ritual combat, was resurrected and became a vampire. A saying sums him up: he “has had more than one life and fewer than two deaths”.
| Type | Character |
| World | Vala |
| Roles | Druid; heir of the forest kings; high priest of the Caves of Chaos |
| Condition | Resurrected; vampire |
| Spanish entry | Numa Pompilio |
Description
Three roles coexist in him: druid of the forest region; heir of the dynasty of forest kings, which shows in his face as he walks and “looks at everyone with contempt”; and high priest of the Caves of Chaos, where he leads the ritual of the third bell. He also passed the trials of the towers of the Castle.
He arrives “in the same clothes he always had, but perhaps more torn”, the same garments aging on him through death, resurrection and vampirism. He still wears “those tangled, swirling dreadlocks”. The company’s Gothic armor is worn by “everyone but the druid”.
History
Fifteen or twenty years ago people already had contact with him, and he was “someone you admired”. He died in ritual combat, was resurrected, and was later turned into a vampire. Long ago he gave an arrow with magical and ritual properties to someone who still keeps it (“I have had that arrow a long time”). Within the company he appeared as “the new druid Numa Pompilius”: new to the newcomers, old to the world. When he appears he is recognized.
Conflicting accounts
- He is called a druid, confirmed by his region, his company and the armor he does not wear; he himself declares “I am a cleric”. Both may be held at once, reflect a change after the resurrection, or be an unrecorded correction.
Open questions
- The order of his death, resurrection and vampirization, and whether the cult made him a vampire.
- What the arrow does, how many there are, and whether it is spent on use.
- What the ritual of the third bell is.
- Where the Caves of Chaos lie relative to his dynasty’s forest and the Castle.
- Why he does not wear the armor: prohibition, size or material.
- Whether the druid of the same name in another entry (Numa Pompilius) is the same man, a relative, or a namesake.