Ashe C2 Episode 40 - At a Crossroads in Rollus
Previously on Liters of Tomorrow….
Returning from the DarkFae realm you found yourselves in the Dagger Cat Pass just south of The town of Rollus. Cold tired and wounded from your last battle you wandered into town and saw a bulletin board. A featured broadsheet was a wanted poster for Wes the ranger. He was accused of several vile crimes including murder.
Having decided that this was a problem better solved after cold drinks and warm beds, the team looked up to see two large inviting inns on either side of the town. In comedic fashion the team immediately split into two and went to separate inns. Wes and Truffle went to the Blue Brazier while the rest of the team sprinted towards the raucous Ankheg Tavern and the sounds of revelry and clinking glasses.
Wes, now painfully aware of his appearance, attempted to disguise himself and ask the innkeeper what the news was. Two individuals matching the description of Archos and Trick Redfern had been hung in cages north of the town as punishment for thieving. Wes rallied the team for a rescue mission and was met with groans and grumbles about leaving their ales behind. He eventually prevailed and the team ran off to find that indeed Archos and Trick were in big trouble.
Several large frost salamanders were hoping for an easy meal and were on the verge of consuming the Tiefling and the Halfling. You all engaged in battle and as you were close to defeating the threat a white dragon claiming to have raised these salamanders demanded that you allow them to feed. After some parlay the dragon refused any negotiations and the battle resumed.
Despite several combatants rolling death saves at one point or another, two events turned the tide. Mausim’s strange wind abilities grounded the dragon at the right time and set up a powerful arrow shot from Wes that pierced the dragon’s breath weapon organ. With the dragon mortally wounded Finn, Crashe, and Truffle were able to pound it into pieces.
You all walked back into Rollus with white dragon parts and trophies on your backs. The party at the inn was just getting started….
Plot points/Scenes
Scrying - It's possible that someone will have to make a wisdom saving throw. They are being watched by someone. Have Mausim once more roll a wisdom saving throw. If he succeeds he may be able to tell that someone is scrying on him via spell.
Other people in Rollus; friend and foe -
The Merchant Caravan - [DM Note: A large group of carriages made up of four separate merchants delivering their wares to Helletowne and Lamborginus. This is the group Archos and Trick were traveling with, they are in Rollus for a night to feed the horses and make use of the Inn for the night. ]
Merchants and guards:
Mitchell's character is a private dectective who was hired by Detective Palonto Houch (Female dwarven fighter) and her partner Corix (A green elf male monk). They are on the trail of the Serial Killer now termed the Stoneport Slasher. They have heard rumors that the culprit was spotted in Helletowne.
Red Wulves Fighters Guild -
Balia Poinsetta, A green elven woman with a dark past. Her new partner is a Tabaxi man with white tiger like features. He is called Fire on the Rock. Reminder that Balia had sold information to Lord Vedemire when he was Ionn Castaliogne. She needed the money to pay off a debt she owed. She was being blackmailed by a wizard affiliated with the Assembly. A man named Rober Devereaux who witnessed her killing a man. He threatened to turn her in.
Her new partner is from the Kingdom of Thunder in the morning springing from seven storm clouds. It is in Western Ventenheim.
Folks from Rollus
Other people in Rollus; friend and foe -
The Merchant Caravan - [DM Note: A large group of carriages made up of four separate merchants delivering their wares to Helletowne and Lamborginus. This is the group Archos and Trick were traveling with, they are in Rollus for a night to feed the horses and make use of the Inn for the night. ]
Merchants and guards:
- Remoscale Flavius - Proprietor of Flavius Jewelry
- Hesothos Moult - A human man who collects pottery and other ceramics
- Madame Veruta Scalk - She deals in high end fabrics out of the Forest Realms
- Ilvid Paginus - A dealer in rare books and parchment
- Guard 01, a fighter named Corporal Klinger
- Guard 02, a barbarian half orc named Brancha Gulf
- Guard 03, a fighter female half elf named Feather Tworn
- Atullah San -Male Fire Genasi fighter
- Cisco Kwellian - Human man, fighter
- Mad Maddeline - A human woman, fighter, who looks like a young susan sarandon
- Flower on Rock - A black and orange tabaxi man who is a rogue
- Ristellius - a goblin sorceror
- Mitchell's Character, an investigator from Stoneport. He is looking for the Stoneport Slasher.
Mitchell's character is a private dectective who was hired by Detective Palonto Houch (Female dwarven fighter) and her partner Corix (A green elf male monk). They are on the trail of the Serial Killer now termed the Stoneport Slasher. They have heard rumors that the culprit was spotted in Helletowne.
Red Wulves Fighters Guild -
Balia Poinsetta, A green elven woman with a dark past. Her new partner is a Tabaxi man with white tiger like features. He is called Fire on the Rock. Reminder that Balia had sold information to Lord Vedemire when he was Ionn Castaliogne. She needed the money to pay off a debt she owed. She was being blackmailed by a wizard affiliated with the Assembly. A man named Rober Devereaux who witnessed her killing a man. He threatened to turn her in.
Her new partner is from the Kingdom of Thunder in the morning springing from seven storm clouds. It is in Western Ventenheim.
Folks from Rollus
- Potion master Herchibald Brass, a Gnome man with one eye. He never deals fairly and will try to sell bad potions.
- Local Guardsman - Moochie Vealchop. A heavy set human man with tan skin and a receding hairline.
- Local Guardsman - Nano Dia a female Goliath. She is easily angered.
- Apprentice Blacksmith - Semo Rochester, a Human boy around 16. He tells tales of his master the minotaur.
Themes
Where to go Next...
As the players decide where to go next we will attack them with San Cisco. The adventuring team has been hired to bring in Wes and his companions due to the murderous actions of the Tannelmimic.
Grantebridge Strahan -
Grantebridge has been scrying on the team and will set up a trap for them. He is using a river crossing as his battle field and has set up archers and cavalry to hem them in. He is quite aware of the array of abilities. He has also brought along quite a bit of Hell hornet poison to use as well.
Also that Charmayne Daedalus has a new team of heavies that she has employed to capture Mausim. She wants to present him as a prize for Electra.
As the players decide where to go next we will attack them with San Cisco. The adventuring team has been hired to bring in Wes and his companions due to the murderous actions of the Tannelmimic.
Grantebridge Strahan -
Grantebridge has been scrying on the team and will set up a trap for them. He is using a river crossing as his battle field and has set up archers and cavalry to hem them in. He is quite aware of the array of abilities. He has also brought along quite a bit of Hell hornet poison to use as well.
Also that Charmayne Daedalus has a new team of heavies that she has employed to capture Mausim. She wants to present him as a prize for Electra.
Structure
Exposition
After saving Archos and Trick you all fell upon the carcass of the White dragon like jackals. Finn, Truffle and Wes took the lions share of the vivisection but all of you took trophies off of the majestic beast. With the dragon's skull, still wet with blood, now strapped to Truffle's shell you all marched back into town. As Finn, Mausim and Crashe wander back into Ankheg's Tavern the well marinated crowd goes wild. The rest of you hear cheers and celebrations and drinks being passed around.
What are the rest of you doing? Wes and Truffle have rooms at the Blue Brazier under false names. You watch as Trick Redfern quickly slinks off after Mausim and runs into the Ankheg to get some free ale and some food.
In the Common room of the Blue Brazier wide stairs leads up to an area filled with tables and chairs, some of the guests sit around a huge stone table in the middle. Some of you recognize these people as the famous adventuring team San Cisco. Some of you met these figures in the town of Vela'Rus several months ago.
As you pass by you see that this 20 foot stone table has a strange scene moving about on it. Hundreds of ghostly figures move about between tiny trees and transparent foothills as they begin to slaughter each other with ancient weapons. You don’t recognize the uniforms or even the armor but the tiny ghosts move in battle formations across the fields and attack each other. A human man clinks a glass with a Fire Genasi and says "I’ve got 20 gold on red team, you in?” The other man says “It’s a bet! But that yellow team is going to mop the floor with them, look at that trebuchet!” The first man just replies “It’ll break halfway through, it’s rickety.”
Each day over an hour or so there is a new battle and they never repeat. The bartender tells anyone who asks that no one knows if they are ghosts of ancient times or if these are bizarre simulations for some wizard or vizier of a bygone era. The table and this portion of the inn have been here for a millennia.
The Current owner is Gherzon Meistavale he is a Drow who left the underdark over a century ago. Through a series of mishaps, adventures, and a few heroic moments he wound up the inheritor of the Blue Brazier. The current Bartender is a Firbolg man with addiction issues known as Bishlap the weary.
What are the rest of you doing? Wes and Truffle have rooms at the Blue Brazier under false names. You watch as Trick Redfern quickly slinks off after Mausim and runs into the Ankheg to get some free ale and some food.
In the Common room of the Blue Brazier wide stairs leads up to an area filled with tables and chairs, some of the guests sit around a huge stone table in the middle. Some of you recognize these people as the famous adventuring team San Cisco. Some of you met these figures in the town of Vela'Rus several months ago.
As you pass by you see that this 20 foot stone table has a strange scene moving about on it. Hundreds of ghostly figures move about between tiny trees and transparent foothills as they begin to slaughter each other with ancient weapons. You don’t recognize the uniforms or even the armor but the tiny ghosts move in battle formations across the fields and attack each other. A human man clinks a glass with a Fire Genasi and says "I’ve got 20 gold on red team, you in?” The other man says “It’s a bet! But that yellow team is going to mop the floor with them, look at that trebuchet!” The first man just replies “It’ll break halfway through, it’s rickety.”
Each day over an hour or so there is a new battle and they never repeat. The bartender tells anyone who asks that no one knows if they are ghosts of ancient times or if these are bizarre simulations for some wizard or vizier of a bygone era. The table and this portion of the inn have been here for a millennia.
The Current owner is Gherzon Meistavale he is a Drow who left the underdark over a century ago. Through a series of mishaps, adventures, and a few heroic moments he wound up the inheritor of the Blue Brazier. The current Bartender is a Firbolg man with addiction issues known as Bishlap the weary.
Conflict
Nuth Welker and Eva (TBD)
You both sit in the common room of the Blue Brazier, observing everything going on around you. You rode in this morning with the strange group of adventurer's known as San Cisco. It wasn't difficult to learn about the enigmatic group, they were all to eager to regale you with all manor of stories. Most of these involved them heroically saving the lowly townsfolk of riverside or taking on a dangerous purple worm and heroically severing it's head. They seem to be competent warriors and have a good comraderie, but they all give off a bit of a narcissistic vibe.
You both sit in the common room of the Blue Brazier, observing everything going on around you. You rode in this morning with the strange group of adventurer's known as San Cisco. It wasn't difficult to learn about the enigmatic group, they were all to eager to regale you with all manor of stories. Most of these involved them heroically saving the lowly townsfolk of riverside or taking on a dangerous purple worm and heroically severing it's head. They seem to be competent warriors and have a good comraderie, but they all give off a bit of a narcissistic vibe.
The man known as Wes, a Ranger of the Ashen Forest
Known murderer and larcenous thief.
Accused of seven brutal slashings in the City of Stoneport.
Accused of the murder of Baron Harken Quail of Allachi. Hung by the neck at the city square.
Accused of brutally slaying the lower minister of Hellenox, Reccip Nuxhall and his wife. Run through with a broadsword.
Accused of theft of several thousand gold worth of jewels and equipment from the city of Stoneport.
Accused of Grand Larceny in the city of Helletowne, including several trained horses.
Known murderer and larcenous thief.
Accused of seven brutal slashings in the City of Stoneport.
Accused of the murder of Baron Harken Quail of Allachi. Hung by the neck at the city square.
Accused of brutally slaying the lower minister of Hellenox, Reccip Nuxhall and his wife. Run through with a broadsword.
Accused of theft of several thousand gold worth of jewels and equipment from the city of Stoneport.
Accused of Grand Larceny in the city of Helletowne, including several trained horses.
Current Date : The Year SF3, 3028 the month of Ventel (June)
Completion Date
07/6/23
07/6/23
Plot type
Main Story
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