I'm . . . trying to figure out how I managed to miscommunicate that badly.
The monastic knight and the priest are the same person, my MMC. My FMC's profession is irrelevant to this part of the story, and only the MMC is staying to protect the temple. (The best explanation I can come up with for our world about the temples is that it is like a Knight Templar protecting a Greek Orthodox church--- it is a decidedly different take on what is essentially the same faith, and the Templar's original purpose was to protect pilgrims in Palestine, as is my MMC's order.)
Without going into ridiculous plot detail, the party is on what is essentially a investigative mission to the seat of one of the conflicting sects. The FMC agrees to continue without him on the condition that he will catch up after the temple is out of the line of fire. While I have several ways of building up a state of mind for her to let it go, what I lack is a trigger for her to realize why he feels he needs to stay and protect a group people sorely unprepared for a battle.
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Date: 2008-10-28 07:33 pm (UTC)The monastic knight and the priest are the same person, my MMC. My FMC's profession is irrelevant to this part of the story, and only the MMC is staying to protect the temple. (The best explanation I can come up with for our world about the temples is that it is like a Knight Templar protecting a Greek Orthodox church--- it is a decidedly different take on what is essentially the same faith, and the Templar's original purpose was to protect pilgrims in Palestine, as is my MMC's order.)
Without going into ridiculous plot detail, the party is on what is essentially a investigative mission to the seat of one of the conflicting sects. The FMC agrees to continue without him on the condition that he will catch up after the temple is out of the line of fire. While I have several ways of building up a state of mind for her to let it go, what I lack is a trigger for her to realize why he feels he needs to stay and protect a group people sorely unprepared for a battle.