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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6011625" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 46</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Session 46</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As the dust settled following the attack on RHC HQ, the official story (and at least half the truth) was that an alien entity had been released from an ancient ruin and had only been prevented from destroying Central Flint by the actions of a unit of brave RHC officers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan was approached for the lowdown by Johan Grimm, but repeated the official line, making no mention of Lady Saxby's corruption.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At a press conference, Stover Delft was promoted to Head of the RHC in Flint. He praised his officers, paid tribute to his late predecessor and made a secret arrangement to meet the unit aboard <em>the Rusty Groghorn </em>in three days' time.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru revealed to the others that the death of Krauss had charged the golem heart he carried. Malthusius and Leon were able to identify it as the strange, magical lifeforce that Krauss had been able to bestow on all items he touched. Not his 'spirit', but his energy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seeking to finish outstanding business Uru left the heart with Leon and headed south by train to Agate to retrieve milk spider eggs for his contact Searkil Shortankard. (His player was absent...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The unit tried to locate the golem, but found it had not been taken to RHC HQ, nor to the Battalion. With the help of Vice-admiral Phillip Roscoe (another contact), they learned that it had not even been signed off the ship they placed it on. There was no record of it at all.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon set about trying to find out more, and also to discover why the Vekeshi had wanted Rock Rackus dead. Another meeting on a boat was arranged...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The unit went to Krauss' warehouse to find out if he had any next of kin. They uncovered a strange unidentifiable contraption beneath a tarpaulin, and documentation that said he had an ex-wife and a young daughter in Bole. They also discovered the full extent of his obsession with Matunaaga...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Malthusius spoke with Stover Delft ahead of the others, and then set off for Slate, seeking the parents of Xambria Meredith.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan met with Delft. He urged his superior to disband Carlao's unit. He was particularly scathing about Serena whose attempts to best Matunaaga had obviously been personally motivated. Carlao had also demonstrated a woeful lack of judgement. Only Dima - who had switched sides and helped to bring Saxby down - was singled out for praise.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Delft revealed his plan. Though the pretense of the official line would not fool the Obscurati, they could at least pretend to be looking in the wrong direction. The objective over the next few months was to appear busy, while secretly planning to join the Avery Coast train on the date appointed by Caius Bergeron.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Horse-trading followed. Korrigan was keen to advance and gain influence and power so that he could best protect his nation. To that end, Korrigan would be promoted to Chief Inspector for appearance's sake (while Dima would actually do the job - the donkeywork and the paperwork - behind the scenes). Leon would head the unit (with Malthusius as an official member for the purpose of the secret mission; though he would remain independent officially). Wheels within wheels...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan returned home to dwell on these developments only to find his house and garden overun with enormous briars. His wife, Elizabeth, was nowhere to be found.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He summoned his druidic contact (and one-time mentor of Elizabeth), the dishevelled old hippy Bernard of Glenwade, who determined that Elizabeth was <em>inside</em> the briars. Together they exhausted themselves trying to cut a path through the razor-sharp thorns.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bernard identified the briars as some sort of fey barrier. He departed to find out more.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Defeated, Korrigan fell asleep, only to be awoken by the sound of breaking glass. A preturnatural darkness enveloped his home. Small, angular figures could be made out in the gloom. They attacked.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outnumbered, Korrigan found himself reinforced by Bernard, Matunaaga and Leon:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Malthusius, free of the smog of Flint, had had a very specific Skyseer vision and - unable to contact Korrigan for some reason - had sent insistent warnings to the others that danger would befall their leader.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They began to fight off the deep fey that infested Korrigan's house, only to find that a far more dangerous foe was also present, and having thrown itself in vain at the briar barrier, it now searched for victims on which to vent its frustration:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This foul, froglike behemoth was a banderhobb - shadow fey and creature of myth, said to abduct children and the weak. It was a foe beyond the power of any of them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">But the briars were sharp, and Leon was able to trick the creature into cutting itself upon them again and again, in the close confines of the house.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unaccustomed to such wounds, the banderhobb withdrew, leaving Korrigan to wonder what it had wanted with his wife...</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6011625, member: 79141"] [b]Session 46[/b] [B]Session 46 [/B] [LIST] [*]As the dust settled following the attack on RHC HQ, the official story (and at least half the truth) was that an alien entity had been released from an ancient ruin and had only been prevented from destroying Central Flint by the actions of a unit of brave RHC officers. [*]Korrigan was approached for the lowdown by Johan Grimm, but repeated the official line, making no mention of Lady Saxby's corruption. [*]At a press conference, Stover Delft was promoted to Head of the RHC in Flint. He praised his officers, paid tribute to his late predecessor and made a secret arrangement to meet the unit aboard [I]the Rusty Groghorn [/I]in three days' time. [*]Uru revealed to the others that the death of Krauss had charged the golem heart he carried. Malthusius and Leon were able to identify it as the strange, magical lifeforce that Krauss had been able to bestow on all items he touched. Not his 'spirit', but his energy. [*]Seeking to finish outstanding business Uru left the heart with Leon and headed south by train to Agate to retrieve milk spider eggs for his contact Searkil Shortankard. (His player was absent...) [*]The unit tried to locate the golem, but found it had not been taken to RHC HQ, nor to the Battalion. With the help of Vice-admiral Phillip Roscoe (another contact), they learned that it had not even been signed off the ship they placed it on. There was no record of it at all. [*]Leon set about trying to find out more, and also to discover why the Vekeshi had wanted Rock Rackus dead. Another meeting on a boat was arranged... [*]The unit went to Krauss' warehouse to find out if he had any next of kin. They uncovered a strange unidentifiable contraption beneath a tarpaulin, and documentation that said he had an ex-wife and a young daughter in Bole. They also discovered the full extent of his obsession with Matunaaga... [*]Malthusius spoke with Stover Delft ahead of the others, and then set off for Slate, seeking the parents of Xambria Meredith. [*]Korrigan met with Delft. He urged his superior to disband Carlao's unit. He was particularly scathing about Serena whose attempts to best Matunaaga had obviously been personally motivated. Carlao had also demonstrated a woeful lack of judgement. Only Dima - who had switched sides and helped to bring Saxby down - was singled out for praise. [*]Delft revealed his plan. Though the pretense of the official line would not fool the Obscurati, they could at least pretend to be looking in the wrong direction. The objective over the next few months was to appear busy, while secretly planning to join the Avery Coast train on the date appointed by Caius Bergeron. [*]Horse-trading followed. Korrigan was keen to advance and gain influence and power so that he could best protect his nation. To that end, Korrigan would be promoted to Chief Inspector for appearance's sake (while Dima would actually do the job - the donkeywork and the paperwork - behind the scenes). Leon would head the unit (with Malthusius as an official member for the purpose of the secret mission; though he would remain independent officially). Wheels within wheels... [*]Korrigan returned home to dwell on these developments only to find his house and garden overun with enormous briars. His wife, Elizabeth, was nowhere to be found. [*]He summoned his druidic contact (and one-time mentor of Elizabeth), the dishevelled old hippy Bernard of Glenwade, who determined that Elizabeth was [I]inside[/I] the briars. Together they exhausted themselves trying to cut a path through the razor-sharp thorns. [*]Bernard identified the briars as some sort of fey barrier. He departed to find out more. [*]Defeated, Korrigan fell asleep, only to be awoken by the sound of breaking glass. A preturnatural darkness enveloped his home. Small, angular figures could be made out in the gloom. They attacked. [*]Outnumbered, Korrigan found himself reinforced by Bernard, Matunaaga and Leon: [*]Malthusius, free of the smog of Flint, had had a very specific Skyseer vision and - unable to contact Korrigan for some reason - had sent insistent warnings to the others that danger would befall their leader. [*]They began to fight off the deep fey that infested Korrigan's house, only to find that a far more dangerous foe was also present, and having thrown itself in vain at the briar barrier, it now searched for victims on which to vent its frustration: [*]This foul, froglike behemoth was a banderhobb - shadow fey and creature of myth, said to abduct children and the weak. It was a foe beyond the power of any of them. [*]But the briars were sharp, and Leon was able to trick the creature into cutting itself upon them again and again, in the close confines of the house. [*]Unaccustomed to such wounds, the banderhobb withdrew, leaving Korrigan to wonder what it had wanted with his wife... [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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