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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 7086007" data-attributes="member: 12388"><p><strong>The Company of the Angry Chamber Pot</strong></p><p></p><p>To this day, whatever power animated a communal brass chamber pot that sat at one end of a long hallway running the length of the upper floor of the Black Banner Inn—before the chamber pot went careening through the air, bashing into heads and ricocheting off of knees before it landed upside down on the noble head of a Cormyrean who’d recently escaped from the prison castle of Irlingstar, in Cormyr—remains unknown to the members of the Company of the Angry Chamber Pot. </p><p></p><p>Said members of the Angry Chamber Pot did not hesitate in the presence of good fortune, and so they followed the chamber pot’s route, kicking at the faces of the fallen and delivering punches to the guts of those who’d dared stand back up. The nobleman, doubly furious for being soaked to the bone with the commingled waters of his hired guards—all of whom lay unconscious on the floor or doubled over in pain—failed to remove the chamber pot from his head before the leader of the Company rapped his mace hard against the ‘pot’s brass side, rendering the wayward noble unconscious.</p><p></p><p>Some say the members of the Angry Chamber Pot used magic to animate the heavy brass chamber pot—itself something that can no longer be found at the Black Banner Inn, nor anywhere in Daerlun where the Inn stands—but the Company counted no wizards or sorcerers among its ranks when they apprehended Lathlance.</p><p></p><p>In truth, they hadn’t taken to calling themselves The Company of the Angry Chamber Pot just yet; at the time they were hireswords short on paycoins who’d traveled to Daerlun on the promise of employment that was never kept, for the nobleman judged his count of blades sufficient and refused to hire more protectors. Were it not for the fact that one of the hireswords recognized the nobleman and knew of the bounty on his head, the noble may well have escaped. </p><p></p><p>The nobleman was made to wear the chamber pot atop his head “for his protection” during the brief trip home, but also to conceal his identity; the reward offered by the Crown for the noble’s safe return was substantial, and the hireswords were not about to lose their quarry to bounty hunters or anyone else. </p><p></p><p>And so it was that Lathlance “Lackluster” Vorlsummer was apprehended and brought back to Azoun’s Hold in Cormyr, there to be “reembraced” by the Crown of Cormyr and eventually reinstalled at his prison cell within Irlingstar, where he is destined to remain for a length of time now double that of his previous sentence.</p><p></p><p>For their part the hireswords chose to embrace a life of adventure, and with their reward purchased an adventuring charter and a name--one that’s known equally well on either side of the Thunder Peaks.</p><p></p><p>********</p><p></p><p>Today the Company of the Angry Chamber Pot ranges up and down Cormyr’s eastern border, frequently dipping into Sembia and north into Semberholme and the Dales. They’ve traveled to Westgate twice, and have no intentions of returning unless the expected reward is significant. </p><p></p><p>The Chamber Pot have been given leave by the Crown of Cormyr to return noble escapees directly to Castle Irlingstar, and to hunt male and female nobles that are wanted by the Crown. War Wizards and Crownsworn spies tasked with covertly watching the members of the Chamber Pot have observed them to refuse all bribes offered, as they are frequent targets for such by nobles eager to see their sons and daughters quietly returned home in lieu of a stay in prison. </p><p></p><p>The Chamber Pot spend more time within the bounds of civilization than they do in ruins or forgotten mines infested with monsters (of which there are countless dotting the landscape that makes up the Thunder Peaks), though they will travel nearly anywhere in pursuit of their prey. </p><p></p><p>Their reputation has spread sufficiently that the sight of a dented brass chamber pot before a door or in front of a hiding place is usually enough to spook their prey into turning themselves over without a fight.</p><p></p><p>The Chamber Pot do not limit themselves to wayward nobles, however, but also hunt rogue wizards, charterless adventurers, and anyone else Cormyr deems a threat to its interests. They turn over captured prey within the confines of Castle Crag and Castle Nacacia in the north, Azoun’s Hold in the east, and on occasion to High Horn in the west.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy E Grenemyer, post: 7086007, member: 12388"] [B]The Company of the Angry Chamber Pot[/B] To this day, whatever power animated a communal brass chamber pot that sat at one end of a long hallway running the length of the upper floor of the Black Banner Inn—before the chamber pot went careening through the air, bashing into heads and ricocheting off of knees before it landed upside down on the noble head of a Cormyrean who’d recently escaped from the prison castle of Irlingstar, in Cormyr—remains unknown to the members of the Company of the Angry Chamber Pot. Said members of the Angry Chamber Pot did not hesitate in the presence of good fortune, and so they followed the chamber pot’s route, kicking at the faces of the fallen and delivering punches to the guts of those who’d dared stand back up. The nobleman, doubly furious for being soaked to the bone with the commingled waters of his hired guards—all of whom lay unconscious on the floor or doubled over in pain—failed to remove the chamber pot from his head before the leader of the Company rapped his mace hard against the ‘pot’s brass side, rendering the wayward noble unconscious. Some say the members of the Angry Chamber Pot used magic to animate the heavy brass chamber pot—itself something that can no longer be found at the Black Banner Inn, nor anywhere in Daerlun where the Inn stands—but the Company counted no wizards or sorcerers among its ranks when they apprehended Lathlance. In truth, they hadn’t taken to calling themselves The Company of the Angry Chamber Pot just yet; at the time they were hireswords short on paycoins who’d traveled to Daerlun on the promise of employment that was never kept, for the nobleman judged his count of blades sufficient and refused to hire more protectors. Were it not for the fact that one of the hireswords recognized the nobleman and knew of the bounty on his head, the noble may well have escaped. The nobleman was made to wear the chamber pot atop his head “for his protection” during the brief trip home, but also to conceal his identity; the reward offered by the Crown for the noble’s safe return was substantial, and the hireswords were not about to lose their quarry to bounty hunters or anyone else. And so it was that Lathlance “Lackluster” Vorlsummer was apprehended and brought back to Azoun’s Hold in Cormyr, there to be “reembraced” by the Crown of Cormyr and eventually reinstalled at his prison cell within Irlingstar, where he is destined to remain for a length of time now double that of his previous sentence. For their part the hireswords chose to embrace a life of adventure, and with their reward purchased an adventuring charter and a name--one that’s known equally well on either side of the Thunder Peaks. ******** Today the Company of the Angry Chamber Pot ranges up and down Cormyr’s eastern border, frequently dipping into Sembia and north into Semberholme and the Dales. They’ve traveled to Westgate twice, and have no intentions of returning unless the expected reward is significant. The Chamber Pot have been given leave by the Crown of Cormyr to return noble escapees directly to Castle Irlingstar, and to hunt male and female nobles that are wanted by the Crown. War Wizards and Crownsworn spies tasked with covertly watching the members of the Chamber Pot have observed them to refuse all bribes offered, as they are frequent targets for such by nobles eager to see their sons and daughters quietly returned home in lieu of a stay in prison. The Chamber Pot spend more time within the bounds of civilization than they do in ruins or forgotten mines infested with monsters (of which there are countless dotting the landscape that makes up the Thunder Peaks), though they will travel nearly anywhere in pursuit of their prey. Their reputation has spread sufficiently that the sight of a dented brass chamber pot before a door or in front of a hiding place is usually enough to spook their prey into turning themselves over without a fight. The Chamber Pot do not limit themselves to wayward nobles, however, but also hunt rogue wizards, charterless adventurers, and anyone else Cormyr deems a threat to its interests. They turn over captured prey within the confines of Castle Crag and Castle Nacacia in the north, Azoun’s Hold in the east, and on occasion to High Horn in the west. [/QUOTE]
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