Seven For Thebes

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Summary

Adventure: The Seven For Thebes
GM: Michael Parkinson
Season: Autumn 807 WK

Party

• Christopher E&E Human Male Leader
• Lady Kathleen E&E Human Female
• Caprice Illusionist Human Female
• Tom Air Human Male Mil Sci
• Douglas Mind Human Male
• Tyro Dark Celestial Human Male
• Aqualina Water Human Female Scribe

Time on adventure

Duration: 70 days (01 Fruit '800 - 10 Vintage?)

Employer

Prince Ed from Tower Hill

Mission

To find out who is raiding the port towns in the Ellenic States

Plane

Alusia

Places Visited

Port of Freetown in the Islands of Adventure

The Ellenic States

Thought

Crisis

Tower Hill

Place of Goats

Argos (The Bright City)

The Oracle at Dolphin

Major NPCs encountered

Ezra Goodfellow - a hobbit from Tower Hill (arrived at the Guild with Prince Ed)

Lord Pharos - a vampire

Sir Ernest Drake - black dragon in Freetown

Don Fanthaceco. Destinian airmage

Father Pio - Michaeline priest

Pedro & Palo - two Destinians

Lord Afaro - Destinian ‘tourist’

Elpenor (Man’s Help) - guard captain at Thought

Prince ManyCattle - current ruler at Tower Hill

Princess SurroundedByCattle - the prince’s wife

Bodyguard - Ellenic guard at Tower Hill

Cedric Swellfoot - a hobbit in Tower Hill and Ezra’s brother in law

Don Juan di Quattro - second officer on Destinian main ship

Swiftwing - Ellenic airmage

Prince All-Eyes - Prince of Argos

Scribe Notes - Summary

1st Fruit

Met our employer, Ezra Goodfellow, and his companion, Prince Ed from Thebes (Tower Hill), a city in Cowland which is one of the Ellenic States. The coastal states have been plagued by a band of pirates that have been looting and carrying people off as slaves. Ed wanted to deal with the problem, especially since Cowland had been accused as being the cause as they hadn’t been raided yet. The fact that Cowland didn’t have a coastline seemed to be irrelevant. We sailed off in Ed’s boat that evening.

7th Fruit.

Near the Five Sisters and encountered bad weather. Had to shelter in a bay near a village where we were attacked by a vampire, Lord Pharos, and his followers, including a wiccan. Finally we were allowed to leave.

11th Fruit

Reached Freetown, a port in the Islands of Adventure. Invited to the celebrations of the local Lord, Sir Ernest Drake, a black dragon. Received more astrology readings. Late that night, were smuggled on board the merchant ship Dawn Treader.

12th Fruit

Sailed off with Ed’s boat in tow.

21st Fruit

Arrived in the city of Thought in the Ellenic States. Met with visiting Destinians, Don Fantaceco, Palo, Pedro, and a Michaeline priest, Father Pio. Looked around the city and saw another Destinian, Lord Afrio, who was touring the Ellenic States. That evening Christopher was attacked by Father Pio. After the fight, Pio was killed, Pedro captured while Fantaceco and the others fled. Tried to leave town but had to turn back.

22nd Fruit

Questioned Pedro. ‘Pirates’ are freedom fighters. Captives are being sold as slaves to raise money for a counter-revolution in Destiny. They are being led by Destinian Royalists, the Cult of the Martyrs for King Carlos. Fantaceco is a spy. The captive and body were turned over to the local authorities and we started sailing to Crisis.

23rd Fruit

Reached Crisis. Some of the party visited the Oracle at Dolphins but gained no useful information.

24th Fruit

Left Crisis for Tower Hill and port town of Slip. Stayed at Tower Hill palace. Met interesting elf called Bodyguard who was very perceptive.

25th Fruit

Slip raided early morning. Unfortunately they got away. From witnesses, we concluded we could be dealing with invisible windwalking assassins. Three ships with cloaking devices were involved. All the raiders were wearing black and spoke with demonic sounding voices. Later on, spoke to a local hobbit, Cedric. Arranged for skin changes. Went to the Place of Goats to wait for Destinians to raid it.

22nd Harvest

Destinians finally show up. Use skin changes to turn into mice and sneak aboard ship in the grain sacks. Found the room with the cloaking device in it and nibbled our way in. It’s a huge crystalline sphere on a metal dais surrounded by a cold iron cylindrical cage. Entire floor warded with ‘Wrath of God’.

23rd Harvest

Watched as Destinian bypassed the ward with the phrase ‘Long live Carlos the Glorious’

24th Harvest

Broke into the cloaking device room and got access to the sphere.

25th Harvest

Early morning, before dawn, the ships were approaching a target port. Ed removed sphere and teleported away with it. Some of the party crossed over to the other ship and destroyed the device there and captured the second officer. Much confusion resulted as we made our escape and landed on the coast at dawn.

Destinians had started to attack town but were fought off. Discovered two Destinian ships scuttled and partially destroyed on the beach. The third and larger ship got away. Claimed ship and fittings in exchange for weaponry. Flew to Tower Hill to find Ed. Interrogated captive, Don Juan di Quattro. They had been going after healthy citizens, avoiding mages and pacted people. The people had been captured as slaves and were being sold to the Lunar Empire. The Cult of Carlos the Martyr was ruled by someone calling himself the ArchBishop who was originally from the Far East. The Government in Exile was also set up in the Lunar empire at a place called Imbrium. He didn't know how many cloaking devices there were but believed their manufacture was under the control of Il Barone, or the ArchBishop. An army was also being assembled, but he did not know if that was in Imbrium or one of the Islands of Adventure.

26th Harvest

Took Don Juan to Thought and reported to local authorities, then claimed ship and sailed home with captured cloaking device.