It's been quite some time since the team left King's Town and still no sign of Ingrid's sister. Several close calls, the constant harassment by Illiandrus and this ongoing pursuit of Max's Mercenaries have led the group to this point, alone, in the woods southeast of Muckrake. The time for confrontation with Max and his troops is coming....
Journal
Just a little 'post holiday' recap
We really hope that you all had a great holiday and just want to remind everyone that we are once again back in business on Thursday night. Ingrid will be preparing a fine feast consisting of loaves of meat with flavored potatoes and corn that has been cooked in cream. As we celebrate the greatest day of the year. Elvis' birthday :-)
Just so we are all on the same page, a couple notes on where we left off our journey...
Duke Rohnar arrives with grave news. His other daughter, Aurri, has been kidnapped by Glamredhel in the Southern Shores city of Cree. The attack was swift and sudden and the Duke rode down the King's road to find his daughter and dispatch the kidnappers.
After attempting to save his daughter, Aurri, Duke Rohnar rode north to his original target, King's Town, where he expected to find his oldest daughter, Ameriguet, after she had been kidnapped and subsequently saved. All was not as expected, however, as Ameriguet was taken the night before the Duke arrived.
That next morning was something akin to complete chaos… The Duke approached and confronted the Mayor about what had happened the night before with members of (what everyone thought were) the city guard and how the attack on Ami had once again been carried out.
The Mayor and Captain Josef reveal that they thought the attackers were 'dirty' city guards and Josef had asked his brother, (the visiting mercenary captain Maximillian) to take his troops to the north gate. The Mayor would watch the Western gate with his personal guard. The Duke, realizing immediately what had happened, determined that the mercenary group was the actual kidnappers and rode his small army to the North gate, where he was met by Maximillian and a large scale battle ensued.
While confined to the Mayor's home (where the kidnapping had occurred) the group discussed the situation with Captain Josef and determined that they needed to try and go find Ami themselves. They headed out the West gate of King's Town and intercepted a dozen of the mercenaries along a small, rutty road in the middle of some corn fields to the north west of the City. The group confronted and defeated the mercenaries, slaughtering them all, with Captain Josef's help. The late arrival of Gareth, who was chasing more mercenaries (that had kidnapped some of the city's children) concluded the evening.
After the week's story had played out, I had offered a single-week XP bonus for anyone who was able to get me a couple things before this week's game:
An 'official' story for your character
An 'official' image to go up on the gallery of all the characters
Extra XP could be awarded to anyone interested in writing creative stories about, 'what could happen next' in this story line, regardless if I used it or not.
I look forward to seeing everyone Thursday!
Royal girl, interrupted
It was supposed to be a fabulous night for the inhabitants of King's Town, as the Great Autumn Festival, the yearly celebration of the work done by everyone in the city to feed the populace. The party, which starts on the day after the last of the summer crops is harvested, begins with the Mayor of King's Town making the yearly 'announcements' from the towers at the city's western gate. As part of the introduction, all members of the Royalty and visiting dignitaries are invited to the top of the tower to be present during the announcements. This year, Ameriguet Rohnar, the 2nd oldest daughter of Duke Svalinn presented herself as the representation of the Crown from Stardock. Ami, as she is known, is welcomed and offered a space atop the tower with the Mayor and several other dignitaries. A few moments after Ami entered the gate of the tower, confusion ensues, as Ami and her entourage are ambushed in the base of the tower and Ami's neck is slit.
During the chaos, the Duke's other sister, Ingridr, along with her friends and entourage are escorted into the front gates of the city, where they take refuge along one side of the cobblestone roads. One of Ingridr's friends called upon nature's weave to shelter her from the chaos among the trees while the guard reclaimed the City's order.
The night ended with the Mayor's personal guard protecting Ami's body while Ingridr and her counterparts attempt to make sense of it all. With Topgaliant Callidor and his priests sheltering in the army barracks, a brave priest of Quintauvial begins to chant over Ami while Ingridr sobs.
As the group tries to figure out what has happened, and the inhabitants of the city try to just gain re-entrance, many questions spring up:
Who would be so brazen as to murder the daughter of the King's uncle in such a public display of defiance?
How could they have gotten away with it right under the noses of the all of the city, literally in front of the Mayor's guard?
Tune in next Thursday and we will learn the answers to these and many other questions!
Getting off to a good start!
Tonight we begin the new campaign, and I for one are really looking forward to it! The time and effort by everyone to get ready for this has me really excited to see what we can put together. We'll spend some time putting the finishing touches on a couple characters and begin after dinner. If you'd like to make any last minute tweaks on a character, this is the last chance to get it done.
Please remember to bring a device you can access your character on and be ready to go!
Welcome to the beginning of a new adventure everyone!
Character Generation is tonight!
Been looking forward to this for a few weeks now, I'm glad we're finally at the big day. Things to expect for tonight:
Please make sure you bring your personal digital device (laptop/phone/tablet/whatev's) so I can hand off your character template to you after creation. We will be working through character generation, one at a time and then we'll spend the last part of the night in generic rules explanations and going over a view of the world/culture.
I look forward to seeing everyone tonight!