Post by stabs felcher on Sept 16, 2006 9:19:05 GMT -5
A Brief History of Everything
Just a summary of what the PCs know (but what the players might not remember).
We started on the 1st of Spring. It is now the 53th of Spring in the year 281 AE.
Mintarin Maezorl is really his own evil Uncle, Maltarin, a warlock in league with the vampires of Crescentium. Viscount Varuin Orner, the man who supposedly witnessed Minty kill Malty, was really a Brood Master in disguise: Vladimir of the Blood Legion. There is a remaining option that may expose the Viscount as a fake though: a letter written by him that was said to have been intercepted by the Zugav's Eye Thieves Guild shortly before he disappeared. You know the guild often holds on to such letters for extortion purposes.
The Necropolitans were trying to infiltrate Holmgard, but with the death of Tcherlag you put an end to their machinations for the time being. Tcherlag's girlfriend is coming to Holmgard on the first day of Summer (in 37 days)
Someone has been crafting sand-beasts and sending them all throughout the country. When killed, the beasts explode and turn the land around the site of their death barren. They seem to originate from the Kobold Desert. Walt Burnright's daughter went missing while investigating the sand-beasts.
Sir Walter Burnright is a friend of yours from an organization called the "Scarlet Nocturne Society", a group devoted to slaying vampires. They are led by Matthaeus Hemrir, a descendent of the King who stepped aside from the throne to start the society a hundred years ago.
A man named Garis Kei was, at one point, following you around, seeing if any of you were cut out for membership in Grey Ventures Incorporated, a group which happens to own the rights to all treks made into the westlands.
You helped Prince Willard (of the Veriquae empire) rescue his lover, Prince Haris (of the Taridan Empire). They have, by now, likely crossed the border into Taridan. Haris' sister, Princess Andeia, is still being held in the northern kingdom.
Ever since Geoffrey left Reis, his stomach has been hurting. Occassionally it can be seen bulging slightly. It has been feeling better the more he travels south.
You have met four distinctive types of vampire so far:
Those in Graven move with preternatural speed.
Those in Reis are sexily seductive (and apparently all female).
The "Twisted Mind" Vampires of Holmgard have mastered Telekinesis
The Demonic Vampires of the south-west possess incredible strength.
Walt Burnright mentioned a kind of vampire who would turn to mist when defeated, saying they were almost impossible to kill. You've never seen one and he's probably a liar.
A hunchbacked bard named Rualis mentioned 9 Holy Artifacts of the Ancients, items crafted in forges that transcend the positive and negative energy planes. He mentioned one specifically: the Rod of the Dead Song, which is said to be buried at the very bottom of a deep lake two miles west of Holmgard, and protected by an ancient evil.
There is a place called Rando's AMAZING COLLOSEUM midway between Holmgard and Graven. Apparently powerful magick items are on offer there as winnings.
A Highlander named Elcid Barrett once robbed you of every cent, but kindly left your weapons and armour in tact. You know the residence of at least one of his cronies, and he's often seen at the Beardless Dwarf Inn.
Spus has a map that's said to lead to an old robber's buried treasure. X marks the spot, just on the fringes of the fell glades.
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The blacksmith, Roz Bilkard, formerly of Cillis, has moved north to Lorcae after a demon slaughtered most of the town. He can forge magickal weaponry and armour.
Everatte Ormlyr, an Acolyte of Kelathyr, was kicked out of the Adventurer's Society after trying to skewer Maxim to avenge his slighter honour. He was last seen in a dumptser in a back alley.
I forgotten anything important that someone wants to add? Any other questions?
Added:
While tomb robbing, Spus and Tahlira found out something interesting about King Romark VIII and Queen Beatrice IV, who were the parents of the Five Broodmasters. While history declares that they committed suicide soon after their children were infected with Vampirism by Luther the Fallen, their skeletons show that they both met very violent deaths.
Just a summary of what the PCs know (but what the players might not remember).
We started on the 1st of Spring. It is now the 53th of Spring in the year 281 AE.
Mintarin Maezorl is really his own evil Uncle, Maltarin, a warlock in league with the vampires of Crescentium. Viscount Varuin Orner, the man who supposedly witnessed Minty kill Malty, was really a Brood Master in disguise: Vladimir of the Blood Legion. There is a remaining option that may expose the Viscount as a fake though: a letter written by him that was said to have been intercepted by the Zugav's Eye Thieves Guild shortly before he disappeared. You know the guild often holds on to such letters for extortion purposes.
The Necropolitans were trying to infiltrate Holmgard, but with the death of Tcherlag you put an end to their machinations for the time being. Tcherlag's girlfriend is coming to Holmgard on the first day of Summer (in 37 days)
Someone has been crafting sand-beasts and sending them all throughout the country. When killed, the beasts explode and turn the land around the site of their death barren. They seem to originate from the Kobold Desert. Walt Burnright's daughter went missing while investigating the sand-beasts.
Sir Walter Burnright is a friend of yours from an organization called the "Scarlet Nocturne Society", a group devoted to slaying vampires. They are led by Matthaeus Hemrir, a descendent of the King who stepped aside from the throne to start the society a hundred years ago.
A man named Garis Kei was, at one point, following you around, seeing if any of you were cut out for membership in Grey Ventures Incorporated, a group which happens to own the rights to all treks made into the westlands.
You helped Prince Willard (of the Veriquae empire) rescue his lover, Prince Haris (of the Taridan Empire). They have, by now, likely crossed the border into Taridan. Haris' sister, Princess Andeia, is still being held in the northern kingdom.
Ever since Geoffrey left Reis, his stomach has been hurting. Occassionally it can be seen bulging slightly. It has been feeling better the more he travels south.
You have met four distinctive types of vampire so far:
Those in Graven move with preternatural speed.
Those in Reis are sexily seductive (and apparently all female).
The "Twisted Mind" Vampires of Holmgard have mastered Telekinesis
The Demonic Vampires of the south-west possess incredible strength.
Walt Burnright mentioned a kind of vampire who would turn to mist when defeated, saying they were almost impossible to kill. You've never seen one and he's probably a liar.
A hunchbacked bard named Rualis mentioned 9 Holy Artifacts of the Ancients, items crafted in forges that transcend the positive and negative energy planes. He mentioned one specifically: the Rod of the Dead Song, which is said to be buried at the very bottom of a deep lake two miles west of Holmgard, and protected by an ancient evil.
There is a place called Rando's AMAZING COLLOSEUM midway between Holmgard and Graven. Apparently powerful magick items are on offer there as winnings.
A Highlander named Elcid Barrett once robbed you of every cent, but kindly left your weapons and armour in tact. You know the residence of at least one of his cronies, and he's often seen at the Beardless Dwarf Inn.
Spus has a map that's said to lead to an old robber's buried treasure. X marks the spot, just on the fringes of the fell glades.
img483.imageshack.us/img483/794/fellgladesii6.png
The blacksmith, Roz Bilkard, formerly of Cillis, has moved north to Lorcae after a demon slaughtered most of the town. He can forge magickal weaponry and armour.
Everatte Ormlyr, an Acolyte of Kelathyr, was kicked out of the Adventurer's Society after trying to skewer Maxim to avenge his slighter honour. He was last seen in a dumptser in a back alley.
I forgotten anything important that someone wants to add? Any other questions?
Added:
While tomb robbing, Spus and Tahlira found out something interesting about King Romark VIII and Queen Beatrice IV, who were the parents of the Five Broodmasters. While history declares that they committed suicide soon after their children were infected with Vampirism by Luther the Fallen, their skeletons show that they both met very violent deaths.