The Story so far ….
The party is in
Earlgard, one of the northern city states above the border of
Asselin. The city states are independent and proud, noble and free,
and exert their dominance over the lands and forests proudly,
independent, knowing that the larger kingdom to the south watches
them with covetous eyes and waits for any opportunity to grab up the
fractured states piece-meal in little bits. The Orc war, against
their opponents to the west and north, have thus far been successful and have
stalled on the northern and western shore of the Imber river,
currently having fallen back to the foothills, forests and the mountains of their home to regroup for the winter.
Snow falls for
now and the armies are not moving as they huddle about their fires
and seek the warmth.
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The party sits in
Earlgard looking at their various possibilities.
- They have a treaty
dispute currently with the River Kinken having changed its course and
taken a slice out of the Gnome's holding and the city state of
Morrell wanting to hold on to it. The Gnomes seek mediation and have
turned to the Elven Lord Jamgretot Glimmergaun the Much Sung to
adjudicate. His lordship has deferred to the lord of earlgard as he
normally does in Human-related matters and turned the whole snarled
ball of string over to Baron Albertus Gudrun, the Baron of Earlgard
and the father of Hansbrecht Gudrun, who has been summoned to help
settle the situation.
- There is continued
meddling by the Society of the Shroud in the War with the Orcs, and
their adding of evil to the process. What are they doing? Have they
added? Troops? Have they brought demons through the gates? Are they
bringing Magicks to the mix? Who knows? Who cares? (Who Cares?!!!)
- What about the
voices that Hans has been here, softly in the night, when no one is
there, gently calling “Help … Me ...”? What do they mean? What
about the rumor that the duke in Rynurt, Cernunt, who is rumored to
have three of Der Rheinfolk, a giant otter-like folk, held hostage,
who Hans having grown up with has an affinity to? Or the visions of
the dark Orb Hans has been having?
- What about the
female dwarven Paladin Maetra Amatdotr who has a sall for guarding
the Torn Mountain fortress while attempts to raise a small force to
rescue a Dwarven princess from bondage?
- And what has
happened to Hans' sword master and the school where he spent long and
painful, scarred hours, learning his trade, absorbing the tricks of
his trade and the movements of his art, the techniques of his style?
Where has the older man gone and what is the condition of the school?
As can be seen,
there are many threads in the tapestry of the campaign carpet and as
it begins to unravel, it is up to the characters to pull up the warp
and weft and tighten the threads to make the complete weave necessary
for this story.
(Many Thanks to
Lone Wolf Development for their software Realm Works and helping me
to keep track of all the various People, Groups, Place, Things,
Events, and Others. For additional info:
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