A friend in need ...

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: A Friend in need ...
GM: Chris
Season: Autumn 816 wk
Night: Tuesday - at Chez Ellis
Level: Low-Med

Party

• Everan - Human, Necromancer, Elderly - played by Dean
• Cassandra - Human(f), Celestial Shadow - played by Michelle
• Zardoz Graves - Halfling Celestial Shadow - played by Martin
• Jerome - Human, Necromancer - played by Andrew
• Heddi - Giant(f), Rune, Warrior - played by Julia
• Rahne of Blackshore - Human(f), E&E, Warrior - played by Stephen

Employer

Klara la Forgette

Mission

Cassandra had received a dream message from her friend from her time at the Southhaven_Academy_for_Girls who has asked for her help at an upcoming family gathering of the La Forgette family at their familial estate.

Pay

TBA

Scribe Notes

Day 30

We meet in a guild meeting room 30 days into the season. Cassandra is looking for people to go to a party , which has bad omens.

We have an appointment at 'la Grenoille' Manor (its something Uncle Sebastian remembers from his youth) at 6pm , heading to Arns ferry an old lady gives us directions to the manor. There is a portal due to open at 6pm

Stepping through the portal we arrive in a room with an uncovered mirror, with runes . There is a mad (long term creeping senility) uncle in the room playing chess with a revanant. Introductions are made he is Sebastian and one of his uncles is an Amir. He tells us he is 58, he is a long lived sentient. He takes clarity pills that Klara knwos about and has given him to stay 'sane'.

Day 1 - Harvest

Dawns stormy but the food is good. Sebastian has two female servants Alicia and Vermelda who help him with day to day tasks. Today we expect to travel with a caravan however the weather may have other plans and the weather causes the caravan to be delayed. We pass the day spending money at the bazaar

Day 2 - Harvest

The day downs with better weather and 8am sees us all at the Sukhoty Caravanserai and starting the journey to Castle Montfychet. We start to get to know our fellow travellers. There are Six carriages, the first three have family. Cassandra rides in the first carriage with Briana. Good time is made and we arrive at an Inn/town of Alauran's Rest 30 miles out of Sukhoty. We are heading to Petrya. Briana let's it slip that the Habsburgs fortunes have dipped.

EARTHQUAKE we are frightened. Turns out the are happening once a month. Centred on the mountains to the north. I see screaming spirits and an oily sheen spreading from the ground. After the shaking stops it takes two Ales and two divining to read the magic. There is a very old cap stone holding death below. Jerome checks for undead. 12 zombies and skeleton's plus lots of extra little bits of undead straight down.

Grandad had a wasting disease and stepped down three years ago. Novarina got very sick and had to be bled, she nearly died it turned out she was pregnant.

The Urgen family was here 160 odd years ago, they were wiped out undead were involved.

Day 3 - Harvest

Cassandra has midnight drunken guests.

Next morning we set out early and arrive at Petra late afternoon. Petra is set into caves at the base if an escarpment. Searching deep in the the caves we find some Giant Spiders and discover greater undead much further back. Chatting to the cave spirits, they tell us that there are new spirits around lead by vampires.

Day 4 - Harvest

We travel 10 miles up the winding road built on the side of the cliff, until we reach Tykal. Tykal is built on one large piece of stone.

Day 5 - Harvest

A foggy day , spent in Casmir which has coffee and glass

Day 6 - Harvest

Travellers to Dhome

Day 7 - Harvest

Today we save a family from Strix. There is a rune spirit there. There is a great Sharman (Swani) living in a cave on top of Mount Grice. He seeks to preserve the balance . Mages from across the sea have been using lots of magic

We offer to take a message to their cousin Charles in the next town Albari and then return to the caravan. In thanks for our help they gift us two necklaces and a jar of honey. A couple of hours later we arrive in town. Under cover of yet more shopping we visit Charles the Cobbler, deliver the news and suggest they arrange wagons to collect the dead cattle before they spoil.

Day 8

Closer to the mountainous regions, fog, sulphurous fog. Reach Mercham in the afternoon, a town known for good quality slate. Everan talks to an ancestor spirit (Sinoa) who talks of the Empire of the Dead being disturbed, gates of hell opened, many more spirits walking the land - some which should never have been freed. Great Shaman is working to fix things (including creating a big storm), other ancestor spirits trying to agitate their descendents into fixing things.

Day 9 - 9th of Harvest

Snow fall overnight. Get to castle, given quarters in the southern wing of castle. Lunch, guided tour, baths.

Clara gets back from looking at wool with the ladies in the late afternoon and pops in to visit and brief us. Our employment is to protect her and her family for another two weeks, we sort out some details of what level on intra-family violence is outside of our employment and arrange a meeting with the house-guard captain. Payment: 30,000sp, a treasure map (Dwarven tomb in mountains), and access to the library.

Day 10

Plans to visit Great Shaman, Dwarven Tomb.

Research and Reference

Locations

• Sukhoty
• Alauran's_Rest
• Petrya

La Forgette Family

Some of the La Forgette family left the Western Kingdom with the La-Rayfiles family around 500 wk when Vampires were a big problem.

La Forgette

• 'Uncle' Sebastian - senility controlled by drugs. Long lived sentient but appears to have/had the life span or a normal human. Has Rune mirror used to open portal from Arn's Ferry and a good library.
• Fawlk - Sebastian's ghostly manservant.
• Alicia - a brunette slave of Sebastian's
• Vermelda - a red headed slave of Sebastian's

La Forgette (Met as fellow travellers travelling by Caravan to Castle Montfychet)

• Elise de Soisson (f) (b735, d) - widowed wife of Olivier la Forgette (b732, d797) ‘ex Baron of Sardrock until 800wk’. Married 752wk
  • Louis la Forgette (b753, d) ‘ex Baron of Sardrock, 800wk - 814wk’ = M-771 = Fleur de la Roche (f) (b755, d)
    • Valere la Forgette (b772, d) ‘Baron of Sardrock 814wk +’. Remained behind in Sardrock
    • Talon la Forgette (a) (b773, d) 6'.5"
      • Briana la Forgette (f) (b792, d) 6'.3" daughter of maidservant
    • Isabelle la Forgette (f) (b775, d) = M-795 = Lyall Alagaad (b776, d)
      • Novarina Alagaad (f) (b796, d)
  • Goslin la Forgette (b754, d808) DEAD
  • Robert la Forgette (b755, d) = M-775 = Nycole de Contades (f) (b757, d)
    • Urson la Forgette (b775, d) = M-795 = Briana de Guesclin (b777, d)
      • Hostilian la Forgette (b796, d)
    • Audra la Forgette (f) (b780, d796) DEAD

• • • Nouean la Forgette (f) (b775, d) = M-797= Herman von Habsburg (b773, d)
      • Louis von Habsburg (b797, d)
      • Corrin von Habsburg (f) (b798, d)
      • Aleksei von Habsburg (b799, d)
      • Sophie von Habsburg (f) (b800, d)

Suitors

Tomas de Seymour of Norwmarch, Lord of Koneglitten

• Servant – Bensurdato of Tuscana

Robert Dudleux of Southern Barrety, Lord of Barretskyne

• Servant – Manuel de Barcelon of Mordeaux

Roberto Devereux of Baltheim, Baronet of Montyrethurn,

• Sergei from Ruska, a bodyguard
• Servant – Hans Trotha of Aquiila

Philipe de Sparne of Jurgenmark, Baronet of Drendfeld

• Ramirez Sanchez of Destiny, a bodyguard
• Servant – Igor Falkenstein of Jurgenmark

Erich Alagaad of Fesenheim, Baronet of Augenstatt

• Serge from Kinloch in Eltrandor, a bodyguard
• Servant – Kato Lee

Charles Horschwitz of Graunzeger, Lord of Blaumberg

• Servant – Luca de Brasi of Destiny

Adolphus von Holstyn of Innsluber, Baronet of Templehausen. He has two ‘staff’ from Kinlu as his family have recently established a concern with them.

• Servant – Asaji Ventrisi of Kinlu
• Dian Wei of Kinlu. A Ronin guard.

Religion

Three main religions: Karmic and reincarnation, Ancestor Worship, Spirits and Shamans.

Most priests are bald and wear bright robes, orange, saffron.

Temples vary. Statuary, animals given offerings to influence next incarnation.

The temple spirits report

• people are misusing magic, it has weakened the barriers between worlds. Things have got out of hell
• spirits are in pain further into the mountains
• maybe we should talk to the spirits in the mountains. Although they are more likely to lash out.

Caravan

• Abdul El Rachim - Caravan master. Caravansary Market at north end of town. About 30 miles per day, 4 days to castle.

Loot

(and expenses)

Herbs Glaive Spear Book Honey Necronomicon Battle Axe Monkey

Item	Qty	Effects	Ev	Cs	Za	Je	He	Ra
Purchased
Black Myrrh	4	3,800sp / 5 days	-
Healing Potions	10	Heal 10 dmg
Restoratives	10	Rk 8 -10+20
Herbs		Gypsum for Amulets +5 vs E&E and Wicca. Henbane - Distilling essences, love potions. Hellebore - cures madness Rue - FT tea and Impotence. Myrrh
Rune Bones 50sp		to be carved for casting runes. Incl Satyr knuckles.					1
Books 85sp		include Giantish book w/ DTJ variant					1
Pair of Battle Axes 100sp	1	Rk 8 smithing, silvered, can be joined together.					1
Giant Glaive 200sp	1	Rk 6 smithing, silvered...					1
Giant Spear 52sp	1	Rk 6 smithing, silvered.					1
Shadow Bee Honey 50sp	3					1
Necro Book (read)		Life Prolonging, Wraithcloak, Life Drain.	1			1
Rune Book (read)		Rune Portals
Loot...
...		...

Buffs & Mil Sci

Lucky Numbers

Rahne	Everan	Cassandra	Zardoz	Jerome	Heddi
42	22	83	67	15	27

Long Term (assumed always on)

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Ev	Cs	Za	Je	He	Ra
Greater Ench. (R)	19	+20% to 3 of Res, Mag, Com, S&S.	5 days		RMS	RMS	RMS	RMS	RMS
Ench Armour (R)	12	+26% Def +1 AP 2 DR vs Phantasm/Nightmare.	6 1/2 hrs				✓
Dark Vision (Je)	6	cast at night	12 ½ hr (enh)	✓			✓		✓
spell (pc)	0
Self Only
Mind Shield	6		13 hrs						6

Short Term

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Ev	Cs	Za	Je	He	Ra
Ench Weapon (Rahne)	10	+11% SC +5 Dmg	15 mins
Smite (He)	?

Watch Order

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Heddi		Everan				Jerome				Heddi
Cassie				Zardoz				Rahne

Marching Order

Skirmish Formations (Front)

Default Heddi Rahne Everan Cassandra Jerome Zardoz

Double File Heddi Rahne Everan Cassandra Jerome Zardoz

Single File Rahne Heddi Cassandra Everan Jerome Zardoz

Calendar

Autumn: Fruit (4)
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	Lugnasad		1	Guild Meeting	2		3		4		5		6
	7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	14		15		16		17		18		19		20
	21		22		23		24		25		26		27
	28		29		30	Arn's Ferry, Sebastian.	1	Shopping	2	Caravan..	3		4
Autumn: Harvest (5)
	5		6		7		8		9		10		11
	12		13		14		15	Equinox	16		17		18
	19	Harvest Moon	20		21		22		23		24		25
	26		27		28		29		30		1		2
Autumn: Vintage (6)
	3		4		5		6		7		8		9
	10		11		12		13		14		15		16
	17	Blood Moon	18		19		20		21		22		23
	24		25		26		27		28		29		30	Beerfest

Messages

Klara's message to Cassandra

Ah Cassandra, You’re looking well and I hope you don’t mind me communicating with you like this but I may need some help and I don’t know what do to. I’d heard that you had gone onto much more exciting things than marriage etc and that you’re an adventuress.

It sounds so exciting and we girls are so proud and jealous of you to have made a life of adventure and excitement. You must attend the reunions we have and tell us all about things. Anyway as I was saying, I have a bad feeling about the upcoming annual family gathering being held at Castle Montfychet on account of I asked a fortune teller to tell me the future around the family gathering (they’re generally the dullest thing next to needlepoint with blunt needles) and she said “Death would visit the castle with light and darkness doing battle before the blood flows down the walls”. I asked her what she meant and she had no recollection of saying anything (but she still took my money) to me.

Now you know I’m not all that squeamish or easily frightened so I decided to try another and I got this “The protector comes once more and death shall stalk the land seeking to subjugate that which stands between the light and darkness”.

Now I thought this didn’t sound good but hardly conclusive so I tried another and got this reading from him “The land of heat and stone shall be covered with winters blanket and the wolves shall gather at the doors while the sheep and bears die within until the hidden light emerges to drive everything away”.

I was a bit dismayed that all of these were similarly veined and heading down a dark path so I tried once more and got “The clear path to greatness shall emerge and bodies pile up like stairs to enable the rise until none shall dare question and the final door shall be breached to enable the dreams of the ancients to come to pass”.

Now this can’t all be a coincidence and I tried once more and got “The dark of the moon will reveal its sides and the voices of the past shall rise once more to drive away the light and day to reveal the lessons unlearned from the past ever return to haunt those who run can run no more”.

It was at this point that I told my Grandfather Matiss. He told me to seek peace and listen to my heart. I remembered you and your wicked new life and thought you could finally come visit me as you said you would and spend some of the season with me to help assuage my fears.

Now I hear that you often have friends with you when you adventure so if you want they could be your guards and travelling companions if you like but not an adventuring party which may be taken badly by various people who may attend the family gathering. Perhaps they could be servants or your beau. Just like the old days when we had to infiltrate various locations around south-haven and pretend to be allsorts to people. Do you remember that time we had to infiltrate that bordello ;-) Such wicked fun!!! Feel free to bring a hunky single men as your personal ‘guard’ and perhaps one for me like the old days – hehe!

Oh I’m sure we can find some way to compensate you and your companions but I don’t know the rates you charge (well not the rates you charge these days hehe) so perhaps we’ll talk about it when you get here.