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<blockquote data-quote="Orichalcum" data-source="post: 1039420" data-attributes="member: 3722"><p><strong>Third Session: Light Thickens Second Post: The Iceni</strong></p><p></p><p>The party, once updated as a group, decided to head for the Iceni first rather than the Brigantes, on the grounds that they were far more</p><p>likely to revolt. Cornelia sent Cato, her owl, to inform her father of</p><p>the danger, thankfully meaning that I didn't need to deal with the competition like usual. On reaching the Iceni, they made their case to Queen</p><p>Brythaena of the Iceni, who understood their arguments about peace but mentioned the plentiful reasons for hatred and distrust of the Romans. (The Iceni revolted 30 years ago after Roman tax collectors flogged and raped Queen Boadicea and her daughters; the Romans punished them with a fierce crackdown which killed or enslaved much of the adult Iceni population.) Brythaena also</p><p>questioned Wena's loyalties - were they to her tribe, the Iceni, or to her Roman friends, and Wena tried to explain that she felt both interests could be served at the same time.</p><p></p><p> At this point, Aeduana and her escort arrived and made their case for rebellion. Many glares were exchanged between the two groups. Brythaena</p><p>announced that she would render her decision at dawn. Aeduana retreated to sleep outside the town among the trees; the party took Brythaena up on her offer of hospitality in the village.</p><p> Around midnight, a headlong figure came darting towards the PCs,</p><p>pursued by Iceni guardsmen. Only a few seconds before the PCs would have attacked him, they recognized him as Kynton the charioteer, Llyr's cousin. He announced to them, in tones of great solemnity and dread, that Aeduana was south of the Wall. Cornelia responded dryly, "We know."</p><p>KYNTON: Oh. Well, she visited my Uncle Gyrnax, you know, the King of the</p><p>Brigantes, and demanded the traditional right of peaceful travel and</p><p>speech of the Druids, and he reluctantly gave it to her, and she said we should rebel and sack Eburacum, and then Llyr shot her with his ballista,</p><p>or tried to..."</p><p>MARCUS: Llyr what?</p><p>KYNTON: Tried to shoot her with his ballista. But it bounced off her skin</p><p>somehow, like she was an oak. Really neat, actually. But this didn't</p><p>exactly make Uncle any happier.</p><p>METELLUS: Of _course_ Llyr tried to shoot her. <sigh></p><p>KYNTON: Anyways, Gyrnax said we were happy with the Romans and that she should just go away, and she did, which seemed to solve that problem,</p><p>except that, well, later that night some folks kinda kidnapped Llyr and me</p><p>and our cousin Arnath and Aeduana said she was going to sacrifice us</p><p>unless the Brigantes agreed to join her, I think, but then Llyr managed to</p><p>untie my bonds and told me to ride and get help. So I went to Eburacum but</p><p>there's practically nobody there, so they told me to find you here. So</p><p>here I am. And hey, I brought Llyr's ballista along, because I thought it</p><p>might be useful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orichalcum, post: 1039420, member: 3722"] [b]Third Session: Light Thickens Second Post: The Iceni[/b] The party, once updated as a group, decided to head for the Iceni first rather than the Brigantes, on the grounds that they were far more likely to revolt. Cornelia sent Cato, her owl, to inform her father of the danger, thankfully meaning that I didn't need to deal with the competition like usual. On reaching the Iceni, they made their case to Queen Brythaena of the Iceni, who understood their arguments about peace but mentioned the plentiful reasons for hatred and distrust of the Romans. (The Iceni revolted 30 years ago after Roman tax collectors flogged and raped Queen Boadicea and her daughters; the Romans punished them with a fierce crackdown which killed or enslaved much of the adult Iceni population.) Brythaena also questioned Wena's loyalties - were they to her tribe, the Iceni, or to her Roman friends, and Wena tried to explain that she felt both interests could be served at the same time. At this point, Aeduana and her escort arrived and made their case for rebellion. Many glares were exchanged between the two groups. Brythaena announced that she would render her decision at dawn. Aeduana retreated to sleep outside the town among the trees; the party took Brythaena up on her offer of hospitality in the village. Around midnight, a headlong figure came darting towards the PCs, pursued by Iceni guardsmen. Only a few seconds before the PCs would have attacked him, they recognized him as Kynton the charioteer, Llyr's cousin. He announced to them, in tones of great solemnity and dread, that Aeduana was south of the Wall. Cornelia responded dryly, "We know." KYNTON: Oh. Well, she visited my Uncle Gyrnax, you know, the King of the Brigantes, and demanded the traditional right of peaceful travel and speech of the Druids, and he reluctantly gave it to her, and she said we should rebel and sack Eburacum, and then Llyr shot her with his ballista, or tried to..." MARCUS: Llyr what? KYNTON: Tried to shoot her with his ballista. But it bounced off her skin somehow, like she was an oak. Really neat, actually. But this didn't exactly make Uncle any happier. METELLUS: Of _course_ Llyr tried to shoot her. <sigh> KYNTON: Anyways, Gyrnax said we were happy with the Romans and that she should just go away, and she did, which seemed to solve that problem, except that, well, later that night some folks kinda kidnapped Llyr and me and our cousin Arnath and Aeduana said she was going to sacrifice us unless the Brigantes agreed to join her, I think, but then Llyr managed to untie my bonds and told me to ride and get help. So I went to Eburacum but there's practically nobody there, so they told me to find you here. So here I am. And hey, I brought Llyr's ballista along, because I thought it might be useful. [/QUOTE]
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