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Fortune & Glory: The Poison Apple

Vanity found a poison apple growing on a twisted tree in an underground grove tended by a mad druid. Now what does she do with it?

Plot points/Scenes

  • Part One, Dec. 9, 2022.
  • Arrive in Stonegate, get oriented, make a bank appointment, find lodgings, check at the University.
  • Part Two, Dec. 16, 2022.
  • Themes

    Opposite But Equal Truths
  • If the most beautiful people can do the ugliest things, is the opposite also true?
  • That which heals can also harm, and vice-versa.
  • There is no great love lost between Humanity and Elvenkind as species. The name "Demimondaine" has come into vogue for people of mixed heritage to avoid causing unintended offense.
  • Structure

    Rising Action

  • TheFirst Bank of Stonegate is very interested in the arcanite, and has sped things up to a ludicrous degree... a speedy appointment is set for two weeks hence to discuss liquidation of the assets.
  • The University is interested in the Apple. Professor Bjorn Medvjed has shown his hand here literally and figuratively, thanks to Vanity's overwhelming fey presence.
  • Components

    Hooks

  • The Bank has sponsored lodging to keep an eye on the arcanite.
  • The University wants that apple. However benign bear-handed Professor Bjorn Medvjed seems, he's shown his hand both literally and figuratively (calling the Archivist to attend).
  • Grin still has to visit the West Mountain Trading Company, to collect on the reward for the missing Hucrele kids.
  • Relations

    Protagonists

    All of the main characters appear in this episode.

    Backdrops

    Locations

    1. Northeast Rail Platform, Stonegate - Arrive in the city. Orient and inform.
    2. First Bank of Stonegate - Show arcanite. Make appointment to open accounts.
    3. The Stonegate Arms Hotel - secure accommodations provided courtesy of the bank.
    4. Office of Bjorn Medvjed, College of Life Sciences, Department of Xenobotany, University of Stonegate - Basic info on the origin of Gulthias Apples including the factoid that four of them have made their way through the Stonegate Goblin Market in the last four years.

    Threats

  • The constant scrutiny of the 'secure' accommodations provided by the bank. While they are undboubtedly safe, they are neither free nor private.
  • The possibility of vendetta, should Tarv's bloodline be found questionable. (remote)
  • The University Archivist, a sinister and shadowy figure capable of reading minds and planting information psychically. (present)
  • The Goblin Market. Despite its promise, it's not a safe place to be.
  • Encounters

    1. A disgruntled yeddim expresses its displeasure at being stuck in a traffic jam.
    2. A goblin (Graknak) sells hand-drawn maps that expand into three dimensions when a runic button is pressed.
    3. A half-orc cabbie tries to teach Grin how to blow bubbles, with catastrophic results for his teeth and whiskers.
    4. The First Bank of Stonegate's front doors are tended by a sentry globe, which negotiates the inspection of the alleged Arcanite and sets up an appointment to open a trading account.
    5. Professor Bjorn Medvjed. While certainly urbane and obviously smitten with Vanity, his ursine left hand and summoning of the sinister Archivist show that there's more to him than is apparent at first glance.
    Plot type
    Subplot: Poison Apple
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