Session was great, only had one fight but it had plenty of great character moments for the party, and some good moments with NPC's as well, a lot of lore and information was given as well that we will go over now:
Party was paid by Godfrey as thanks for what they've done and to help save Bernard, Templars began arriving in droves as they marched down off the mountains and through Saxony to get to Servena, the quickest route to the Black Hand Forest. Along the way they noticed Fey watching them, a dryad told them that the Prince of Falling Leaves has stepped down and the Prince of Green Twigs is letting them off easy for some reason
They encoutned a Polanian family, stuck behind Saxony borders just like many other families in the Caliphate as well, these sheep herders recently had their daughter taken by some new Saxon soldiers as it seems that the military has increased ten-fold along the southern border of Saxony. This was revelead to be from some kind of deal that the Kaiser has with Michael... to fight against Astrasan together, this seems wildly out of character for both leaders but is what Manfred of the Blücher House claimed and gave Raime a letter to give to Michael
The daughter of the farmer that was taken was found kidnapped by the Saxons, the party obtained a warrent to challenge the kidnapper, Rudolf to single combat, in which Kaden beat him and won a great deal of gambling money for the party to share as the army of Saxons placed their bets. Also in this camp was Felix being court martialed for being a coward and refusing to stand and fight with Renald and the evil Templars killed the Saxon mercs.
Pauline survived it seems and wanted Felix executed for failing to uphold his duty as a common soldier, whats odd is that she didnt hire common soldiers, she hired mercs outside her own house and the normal saxony military in an attempt to obtain the relic for herself under the table, when that failed she escaped and kidnapped Maria Sklodowska of the The Sktodowska House house along the way, Maria has since been returned to Polania thanks to Manfred. Adamah failed to lie on Felix behalf, but was able to convince the court to spare him and just conscript him in the mobilization efforts up north instead, he left to go north.
The party briefly talked to some Templars from Saxony who had information about other countries, but didnt actually ask them anything and so dont know what that info is yet, to gain an inspiration for next session, draw a sad Templar and bring it to next session, again, doesnt have to be good, any attempts are accepted.
The party arrived in Servena, the massive city put Krakwa to shame and seems to be a fuse between Astrasani, Polanian, Saxon and Rommacoan cultures all rolled together, it has tons of amenities and things to buy, as well as people to talk to and things to see. The party agreed to go be guests at the Castran house despite the Jadwiga's best efforts and were greeted with the finest experience he could give them, there were several people here already such as:
Hanna, the Queen and wife of Michael Sobieski here to ensure any talks of succession are handled correctly
Abshaloth, your friendly neighborhood devil who is making some kind of deal with Castran
Hrista Botev of the Paelor house, here to convince Castran to support the war, apparently implying that the rabble of peasants marching into the Caliphate is part of their plan, and it seems that Vlad is leading them to victory, they have yet to face a real Astrasani military force. There is no sign of action coming from the Astrasan side and they continue to liberate or recruit the trapped Polanian peoples there, growing ever bigger with each farmstead or small town they pass through. They arent even killing anyone, prefering to take prisoners instead
Ghema Spilslaw of the Pilsudski house, here to protect Hanna and rambling on about her Black Hand conspiracy ideas
The Jadwiga house has their doors open to you all as well, its possible they have more interesting people to talk to inside
The party ended there, with the whole city opened to them, a lot of stuff to do, people to talk to, and the next session will likely feature a lot more of exploring and enjoying the city before they finally reach their goal and arrive in the forest to find Bernard
