Fananu Alfajr
WFRP4e
Work in progress!
ORC License
Slightly NSFW!
Artists of the Dawn is a group of acrobats, dancers and musicians travelling through Calika, entertaining people throughout the year. They travel through the country on camels and set up their tents outside of all cities and major villages for about a week.
Structure
The group of about twenty artists is led by Jussef, no one is ever contesting his decisions.
Public Agenda
The troupe is entertaining people in many ways:
- Acrobatics
- Dagger Throwing
- Dancing: Dancing with Torches, Belly Dancing, Sable Dance, Snake Dance
- Fortune Telling
- Juggling with balls, daggers, scimitars and burning torches
- Music
- Singing
- Spear Throwing
- Storytelling
- Wrestling
Assets
All the belongings of the group are mobile and can be packed onto camels. The equipment includes carpets, tents, baskets with clothing or groceries and all the props used for entertaining like instruments, ropes, scimitars, spears, bows, daggers and torches.
This is GM information
Apart from being artists and spies, the members of the Fananu Alfajr also acquire items when getting paid for (often in bits of information). They have set some rules for themselves: stealing only from rich people, never steal at a location the troupe is currently at.
Plot Hooks
Let's be friends - The troupe is collecting information about everything and they are pretty aware of Anuka building an army. They keep their knowledge a secret, except someone actually earned their trust...
Jussef here, Jussef there ... Jussef is just everywhere. The group of twenty is actually seven groups of twenty, all of them coordinating their routes to not overlap. Whichever of the groups you meet, Jussef is also present.
Nice! I'm a big fan of interesting travelling show type groups, and you've got the seeds of an excellent one here.