Silver Moon
Adventurer
This Story Hour is a new module continuing the campaign started in the “Revenge, Renewal and the Promise of a New Year” Story Hour, which can be found at the following link:
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=99053
The story starts on Thursday, March 9th 1882, in the American southwest of an alternative earth, a historically based world that is also populated with D&D races, magic, spells and deities.
Primary Cast of Characters
Chester Martin - “The Ex-Soldier”, male human fighter/ranger (SteveJung)
Ginnie Flaherty - “The Kid”, female human rogue/wizard (Kriskrafts)
Jake Cook – “The Gambler”, male human rogue/fighter (Baradtgnome)
Katherine Kale - “The Lady”, female human expert/wizard (Orchid Blossom)
Ruby West - “The Singer”, female human bard/rogue (Queenie)
Secondary Cast of Characters
Nanuet – “The Indian”, male high elf ranger/cleric (Dire Wolf)
Sonoma – “The Senorita”, female wood elf druid/bard (Kriskrafts)
Prologue One: "Morgan Earp", Friday, January 27th, 1882:
Morgan Earp sat on the train, traveling northwest and away from to the town of Tombstone, Arizona. He had settled there with his four brothers, the oldest brother Virgil becoming the town’s Marshall. Brothers James and Wyatt co-owned the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, which James managed and bartended at. That was where the trouble had started nearly four months ago.
There had been six of them playing poker in the early hours of October 3rd, 1881. The others at the table had been his brother James, the quick-tempered bartender Buckskin Frank Leslie, the gunslinger Johnny Ringo, a town lay about named Colby Tucker and a newcomer from Massachusetts by the name of Thomas Kale, who sat there with an annoying grin plastered on his face. At one point Kale stupidly insulted Ringo, but James calmed Johnny down.
At two in the morning James handed Morgan the keys and headed off to bed. By then Morgan had lost all of his money to Kale. Tucker left then too, telling Kale he’d see him back at the boarding house. Kale continued to play with Ringo and Leslie while Morgan sat at the bar emptying a bottle of whiskey. Morgan thought he saw Kale cheating but decided to keep that observation to himself. The game ran for another half-hour with Kale as the big winner for the night. Each man departed and Morgan locked up the saloon behind him. He then hurried after Kale, stopping him in the back alleyway. Grabbing Kale from behind and said, “You owe me my $ 120 dollars back. I saw you cheating.”
Kale denied it and accused Morgan of being drunk. Morgan answered, “You’re the one who’s drunk. What do you think Leslie or Ringo will do if I tell them you were cheating?” Kale made some comment about how he doesn’t cheat and wouldn’t stoop to being blackmailed. He then turned his back on Earp and began to walk away. Kale was right about one thing, Morgan was drunk, and as a result he was not thinking straight. He was immediately overwhelmed with anger at this cheating upstart Yankee and before he even realized what he was doing he had drawn his knife and plunged it into Kale’s back.
Kale fell to the ground and died on the spot. Morgan just stood there in shock for an unknown period of time. He then heard someone approaching. He turned and fled, rounding the corner and then hearing Colby Tucker’s voice exclaim “Tom!” Morgan went to the home of his brother Virgil and told him what happened. James Earp arrived shortly thereafter, looking for the Marshall. Virgil told Morgan, “You stay here I’ll take care of it.” Virgil was good to his word. Thomas Kale was taken to the undertaker who was a friend of the Earps' and Morgan’s knife was quietly disposed of.
Kale had been sickly when he first arrived in town and only recently had he telegrammed Boston for his wife to join him. Virgil convinced Tucker that it would be easier on her to think that Tom died of a relapse of his illness, that story also told to the local newspapers. When Katherine Kale got off the train Tucker broke the news to her of her husband’s death. A funeral service was held at the town’s Boot Hill.
Morgan expected Mrs. Kale would board a train back to Boston, but she instead moved into her husband’s boarding house. Whenever Morgan saw Mrs. Kale his guilty conscience would tug at him. By mid-December he couldn’t take it anymore, so when his brother Wyatt was offered at job as Marshall in the nearby mining town of Promise City Morgan decided to accompany him as Deputy Marshall.
Two weeks after that Mrs. Kale arrived in Promise City, getting a job as the pianist at a local saloon. A week later fate put her and Morgan together on a stagecoach that was attacked by outlaws known as the Cowboy Gang. Morgan was mortally wounded and would have perished if not for Katherine Kale’s valiant efforts to save him. This caused his already guilty conscience to really bother him so when Morgan was given an opportunity to return to Tombstone he took it.
A week later Mrs. Kale made a return trip to Tombstone. She claimed to have come to purchase a stone for her husband’s grave but her real reason was to follow up on rumors concerning her husband’s death. She spoke to both Johnny Ringo and Colby Tucker and Tucker then went into hiding. Whatever she may have discovered was just hearsay but Tucker was another matter altogether. He might have seen Morgan fleeing from the crime scene or recognized the knife in Kale’s body. She may have convinced Tucker to talk to a judge, which could bring harm not only Morgan but the reputations of the entire Earp clan.
Mrs. Kale headed back to Promise City but said that she planned to return when her husband’s tombstone was ready. Virgil had the newspapers circulate a story accusing Tucker of being a member of the Cowboy Gang and wanted for participation in a recent stagecoach robbery. That kept him in hiding and would also discredit any testimony he might give in the future. Virgil said that if necessary they would accuse Tucker of Kale’s murder and make the charges stick.
Morgan’s conscience now badgered him even more. Virgil and James were concerned about their brother’s mental state and convinced him to head back to California for an extended visit with their mother. As the train pulled away from the station Morgan said to no one in particular, “I’ll be back, maybe in another month or two. This has to end.”
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=99053
The story starts on Thursday, March 9th 1882, in the American southwest of an alternative earth, a historically based world that is also populated with D&D races, magic, spells and deities.
Primary Cast of Characters
Chester Martin - “The Ex-Soldier”, male human fighter/ranger (SteveJung)
Ginnie Flaherty - “The Kid”, female human rogue/wizard (Kriskrafts)
Jake Cook – “The Gambler”, male human rogue/fighter (Baradtgnome)
Katherine Kale - “The Lady”, female human expert/wizard (Orchid Blossom)
Ruby West - “The Singer”, female human bard/rogue (Queenie)
Secondary Cast of Characters
Nanuet – “The Indian”, male high elf ranger/cleric (Dire Wolf)
Sonoma – “The Senorita”, female wood elf druid/bard (Kriskrafts)
Prologue One: "Morgan Earp", Friday, January 27th, 1882:
Morgan Earp sat on the train, traveling northwest and away from to the town of Tombstone, Arizona. He had settled there with his four brothers, the oldest brother Virgil becoming the town’s Marshall. Brothers James and Wyatt co-owned the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, which James managed and bartended at. That was where the trouble had started nearly four months ago.
There had been six of them playing poker in the early hours of October 3rd, 1881. The others at the table had been his brother James, the quick-tempered bartender Buckskin Frank Leslie, the gunslinger Johnny Ringo, a town lay about named Colby Tucker and a newcomer from Massachusetts by the name of Thomas Kale, who sat there with an annoying grin plastered on his face. At one point Kale stupidly insulted Ringo, but James calmed Johnny down.
At two in the morning James handed Morgan the keys and headed off to bed. By then Morgan had lost all of his money to Kale. Tucker left then too, telling Kale he’d see him back at the boarding house. Kale continued to play with Ringo and Leslie while Morgan sat at the bar emptying a bottle of whiskey. Morgan thought he saw Kale cheating but decided to keep that observation to himself. The game ran for another half-hour with Kale as the big winner for the night. Each man departed and Morgan locked up the saloon behind him. He then hurried after Kale, stopping him in the back alleyway. Grabbing Kale from behind and said, “You owe me my $ 120 dollars back. I saw you cheating.”
Kale denied it and accused Morgan of being drunk. Morgan answered, “You’re the one who’s drunk. What do you think Leslie or Ringo will do if I tell them you were cheating?” Kale made some comment about how he doesn’t cheat and wouldn’t stoop to being blackmailed. He then turned his back on Earp and began to walk away. Kale was right about one thing, Morgan was drunk, and as a result he was not thinking straight. He was immediately overwhelmed with anger at this cheating upstart Yankee and before he even realized what he was doing he had drawn his knife and plunged it into Kale’s back.
Kale fell to the ground and died on the spot. Morgan just stood there in shock for an unknown period of time. He then heard someone approaching. He turned and fled, rounding the corner and then hearing Colby Tucker’s voice exclaim “Tom!” Morgan went to the home of his brother Virgil and told him what happened. James Earp arrived shortly thereafter, looking for the Marshall. Virgil told Morgan, “You stay here I’ll take care of it.” Virgil was good to his word. Thomas Kale was taken to the undertaker who was a friend of the Earps' and Morgan’s knife was quietly disposed of.
Kale had been sickly when he first arrived in town and only recently had he telegrammed Boston for his wife to join him. Virgil convinced Tucker that it would be easier on her to think that Tom died of a relapse of his illness, that story also told to the local newspapers. When Katherine Kale got off the train Tucker broke the news to her of her husband’s death. A funeral service was held at the town’s Boot Hill.
Morgan expected Mrs. Kale would board a train back to Boston, but she instead moved into her husband’s boarding house. Whenever Morgan saw Mrs. Kale his guilty conscience would tug at him. By mid-December he couldn’t take it anymore, so when his brother Wyatt was offered at job as Marshall in the nearby mining town of Promise City Morgan decided to accompany him as Deputy Marshall.
Two weeks after that Mrs. Kale arrived in Promise City, getting a job as the pianist at a local saloon. A week later fate put her and Morgan together on a stagecoach that was attacked by outlaws known as the Cowboy Gang. Morgan was mortally wounded and would have perished if not for Katherine Kale’s valiant efforts to save him. This caused his already guilty conscience to really bother him so when Morgan was given an opportunity to return to Tombstone he took it.
A week later Mrs. Kale made a return trip to Tombstone. She claimed to have come to purchase a stone for her husband’s grave but her real reason was to follow up on rumors concerning her husband’s death. She spoke to both Johnny Ringo and Colby Tucker and Tucker then went into hiding. Whatever she may have discovered was just hearsay but Tucker was another matter altogether. He might have seen Morgan fleeing from the crime scene or recognized the knife in Kale’s body. She may have convinced Tucker to talk to a judge, which could bring harm not only Morgan but the reputations of the entire Earp clan.
Mrs. Kale headed back to Promise City but said that she planned to return when her husband’s tombstone was ready. Virgil had the newspapers circulate a story accusing Tucker of being a member of the Cowboy Gang and wanted for participation in a recent stagecoach robbery. That kept him in hiding and would also discredit any testimony he might give in the future. Virgil said that if necessary they would accuse Tucker of Kale’s murder and make the charges stick.
Morgan’s conscience now badgered him even more. Virgil and James were concerned about their brother’s mental state and convinced him to head back to California for an extended visit with their mother. As the train pulled away from the station Morgan said to no one in particular, “I’ll be back, maybe in another month or two. This has to end.”
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