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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 6167090" data-attributes="member: 21938"><p>Several weeks pass following the events in the Hospice of the Blessed Maiden. Mamusia Lela and Brindom manage to effect a cure from the notes of the Urgathoans - seemingly certain families of Varisians expressed a natural immunity to the disease, which Davaulus was working to overcome. </p><p></p><p>The streets are quiet and empty. Large losses from the plague and a general weariness to disaster have cowed the citizens, so the patrols of Grey Maidens have little to do to keep the peace. And then, one night, they burn the bridges.</p><p></p><p>All connections between Old Korvosa and the rest of the city are cut off. Only the stone Montlare Bridge remains, and here the Grey Maidens construct a stone barricade and maintain a heavy guard day and night. The official reason is to quarantine the last pockets of blood veil.</p><p></p><p>Whatever the reasons, the effect is to plunge Old Korvosa into anarchy. The Arkona family remain locked away inside their palace. With no law enforcement the various factions of Old Korvosa's underworld erupt into internecine violence. Boule of the Cerulean Bortherhood is rumoured assassinated. The Sczarni burn Eel's End to the waterline but Davargo Bavarsi is nowhere to be found. Then the Sczarni begin turning up dead. Meanwhile gangs of thugs roam the docklands, looting and burning what they can. The reputation of the inhabitants of the MerCauthon Orphanage keeps anyone away, but many neighbours are not so lucky.</p><p></p><p>After a couple of weeks, things begin to settle, but not get better. A figure known as the Emperor of Old Korvosa rises to the top, like scum, and his thugs are better armed and more organised than the thugs of the other contenders. Order is maintained, but it is still the rule of might by the Emperor's heavies rather than the rule of law. News of what is happening in the rest of the city is hard to come by. The Undercity of Old Korvosa is largely seperate from that of the mainland, and it seems that even here the Grey Maiden's have closed off any connections. Old Korvosa stands alone and forgotten.</p><p></p><p>Until a pseudodragon alights on a high window ledge of the Orphanage. In its slender jaws it bears a long red hat. Old Jeremiah lets the creature in excitedly, and calls everyone together. As the creature coils on the table, like a contented cat, a tiny boy, a halfling child, climbs out of the hat.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF8C00">"Tada!"</span> says D'jhan. <span style="color: #FF8C00">"It's me! Miss me?"</span> He opens the mouth of the hat and calls inside. <span style="color: #FF8C00">"You can come out now."</span> Climbing out of the hat comes Marshal Kroft, blinking in surprise.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">"I need your help,"</span> she says. <span style="color: #FF0000">"Korvosa needs your help."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr Simon, post: 6167090, member: 21938"] Several weeks pass following the events in the Hospice of the Blessed Maiden. Mamusia Lela and Brindom manage to effect a cure from the notes of the Urgathoans - seemingly certain families of Varisians expressed a natural immunity to the disease, which Davaulus was working to overcome. The streets are quiet and empty. Large losses from the plague and a general weariness to disaster have cowed the citizens, so the patrols of Grey Maidens have little to do to keep the peace. And then, one night, they burn the bridges. All connections between Old Korvosa and the rest of the city are cut off. Only the stone Montlare Bridge remains, and here the Grey Maidens construct a stone barricade and maintain a heavy guard day and night. The official reason is to quarantine the last pockets of blood veil. Whatever the reasons, the effect is to plunge Old Korvosa into anarchy. The Arkona family remain locked away inside their palace. With no law enforcement the various factions of Old Korvosa's underworld erupt into internecine violence. Boule of the Cerulean Bortherhood is rumoured assassinated. The Sczarni burn Eel's End to the waterline but Davargo Bavarsi is nowhere to be found. Then the Sczarni begin turning up dead. Meanwhile gangs of thugs roam the docklands, looting and burning what they can. The reputation of the inhabitants of the MerCauthon Orphanage keeps anyone away, but many neighbours are not so lucky. After a couple of weeks, things begin to settle, but not get better. A figure known as the Emperor of Old Korvosa rises to the top, like scum, and his thugs are better armed and more organised than the thugs of the other contenders. Order is maintained, but it is still the rule of might by the Emperor's heavies rather than the rule of law. News of what is happening in the rest of the city is hard to come by. The Undercity of Old Korvosa is largely seperate from that of the mainland, and it seems that even here the Grey Maiden's have closed off any connections. Old Korvosa stands alone and forgotten. Until a pseudodragon alights on a high window ledge of the Orphanage. In its slender jaws it bears a long red hat. Old Jeremiah lets the creature in excitedly, and calls everyone together. As the creature coils on the table, like a contented cat, a tiny boy, a halfling child, climbs out of the hat. [COLOR="#FF8C00"]"Tada!"[/COLOR] says D'jhan. [COLOR="#FF8C00"]"It's me! Miss me?"[/COLOR] He opens the mouth of the hat and calls inside. [COLOR="#FF8C00"]"You can come out now."[/COLOR] Climbing out of the hat comes Marshal Kroft, blinking in surprise. [COLOR="#FF0000"]"I need your help,"[/COLOR] she says. [COLOR="#FF0000"]"Korvosa needs your help."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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