Call to Arms

Written by Chrundle_the_Great

General Summary

While the Queen's Men and the Candle Colony have been suspiciously quiet, Kapital looks ahead to upcoming missions in the heavier Haze of the Inner City. The debtors encounter disturbing adversaries, strike deals with a reclusive mage, and receive troubling news from their new allies in House von Myr.

The Queen is growing desperate, and your keep is the easiest target.

— Brachus von Myr IX

Session Notes

• The group sets a course for Reed Manor to negotiate for aqua expurgo
  1. Zena agrees to make the potions if they can retrieve the recipe
• They stumble upon Margrave Manor, an unusually intact nobles' mansion
• Two brutalized Lanterns lay nearby, one of them painfully clinging to life
1. Eldemir puts the man, who is beyond saving, out of his misery
• A stately, luminescent lion with angelic wings calls to the group in Celestial
1. "I am the archon Klar. I have watched you heroes for quite some time. For showing mercy and purity of heart, please accept my blessing."
2. The doors of Margrave Manor swing open, as the image fades away
• Grimgar's spy bug scouts ahead and sees a weird creature ready to pounce
• When the group tries to leave, another throws a boulder through the wall
1. "AAAAAGH!!! Klar's plans wrong! Boog want to fight! Kill! Kill!"
• The A-Bombs, adventuring party of bloodthirsty, grafted monstrosities
• Nearly killing Boog, the group escape and evade swift Excess and Sair
• At Reed Manor, a frustrated Oscar actually agrees to talk business
1. "I may ask you to do things that put you at odds with the factions."
2. He is willing to sell aqua expurgo for missions or eldritch lilies
3. Also, he will compromise if the group takes issue with his requests
• Aqua expurgo must be administered to the heart and lasts up to seven hours
• Grimgar impresses Oscar with his knowledge of delerium ciphers
1. They makes loose plans to find and raid Krenko's Redgaard workshop
2. Also, the Pale Man has a tome of golem creation at Kleinburg Estate
• The Wounded Hearts request an urgent meeting at Von Drakken Estate
1. "The Queen and her forces plan to sack your estate within three days."
2. Recently, the Lanterns seized the Smithy and the Underdark breach site
3. She already mustered her own troops and hired Caspian mercenaries
• Livia is confident that she can delay the attack by, at minimum, three days
1. She recommends defeating the Queen's champion to secure a boon
2. Cedric excitedly volunteers to fight in the pits, alongside the group
• Brachus hires Mizzryn to forge mithral arms and armor for his men-at-arms
1. House von Myr are melting down old relics and heirlooms for resources
• Eldemir and Peter discuss their favor with Lucretia at Champion's Gate
1. She will control weather to delay the Caspian mercenaries' ships
2. Also, she will summon a powerful champion, to heal the wounded and escort the fallen to the afterlife, but not to actively fight
• Eldemir asks Lucretia to show him his forgotten past, during the Sacrament

Character(s) interacted with

Klar
Excess
Boog
Sair
Ceemal
Oscar Yoren
Brachus von Myr IX
Philip von Kressel
Lady Livia Astorio
Cedric Altammer
Lucretia Mathias

Report Date

15 Sep 2024

Primary Location

Reed Manor

Related Characters

• Eldemir Barling
• Grimgar Boomshot
• Peter von Drakken