Murdock mac Leod

Murdock mac Leod

Murdock in front of his house in Glasgow.

Birth	1 January 1700
Ability	Fās Nefāstum
Spouse	Anna McLeod
Children	Tim McLeod
Known for	Betraying C.H.E.S.

Murdock mac Leod, born at the dawn of the 18th century, is a C.H.E.S. founder member. He is the father of Tim McLeod and the grandfather of Marilyn McLeod.

Formerly a C.H.E.S. Grand Master, a dispute over who should lead the organisation ended with a duel between him and Nuck Chorris, which Murdock lost. Later, Murdock would found the Leafeaters as an organisation of Sterility users whose sole purpose was to bring about the downfall of C.H.E.S..

As a result of his betrayal, his entire branch of the McLeod clan was struck from the history books.

Personality

Murdock is a rather narcisisstic person, and his tendencies only got worse after he lost to Nuck in the Battle for the Leaf. A good example of this is the Leafeater coat of arms, which is modelled after that of C.H.E.S., except with black substituted with a dark red which signifies Murdock’s red hair.

Ability

Fās Nefāstum (‘Profane Dictate’)

Effect	Allows Murdock to cause something to happen simply by stating it should happen.
Power	10/10
Rarity	Only one user
Destructive Power	11/10

Murdock’s ability, Fās Nefāstum, which he translates as ‘Profane Dictate’, allows him to affect the physical word using his speech alone. For example, if Murdock points at or even just thinks about a house and says ‘crumble’, then that house will crumble.

This power has limitations in that affecting someone or something with e.g. high sterility requires a proportional amount of sterility. For example, Murdock can’t simply command a proficient sterility user to ‘die’, but he can toss them around or inflict grievous injuries by uttering so much as a single word.

Consequently, a being with equal or greater sterility than him, such as Nuck, would be able to resist his ability.