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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6046519" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 53</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Teal"><strong>Session 53</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Teal"></span></p><p><span style="color: Teal"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">At a loss as to how to proceed, the unit was relieved when their supposed guide, Dantes the satyr, showed up.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">He had become separated from them when their fey roads ritual failed, as the casting was rushed (harried by death butterflies).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Dantes was accompanied by a hengeyokai hare named Sly Marbo. Marbo had come out to find them, and turned out to be both a Vekeshi Mystic contact and a member of the RHC, here in the Dreaming on a spy mission for both groups. (The unit would only learn that he was an RHC man later, but strangely, it would always seem as if he told them straight away...)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Sly was concerned about the delays in their mission and couldn't understand why Leon hadn't sought out a previous mystic contact in the Birch Queen's fair. He was even more concerned when Leon said that he didn't know about this supposed contact, or who he was.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">The Vekeshi's problem was that the River King had recently become far too hostile towards Risur.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Sly reported that the King was ailing - rumour had it that he had been poisoned by the pollution of the Stray River.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">If the River King continued to support Lord Flax's proposed incursion into Riverbend, it would break all manner of ancient treaties between the Unseen Court and Risur.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">The group brought Sly up to date on their adventures so far.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Sly told them that the nixies they had encountered were sisters of the River King (which greatly worried Matunaaga, who had killed one of them).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">He also said that Lord Peppick was a wanted criminal known as 'the butterfly bandit' whose capture would earn the group kudos at court.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">So the unit retraced their steps and once again came face-to-face with Peppick and the deranged treant Ashbark.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">This time they were victorious, felling Ashbark and capturing Lord Peppick.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">They used the treant as a raft, floating down river to the splendid, white palace of the River King.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">There, though their victory over Peppick gained them entry to the outer court, Grumphollow the talking frog would not allow them beyond.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">While Korrigan and Leon set about negotiations, Uru took matters into his own hands.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">He stole across the river, climbed up the sheer walls of the palace, tiptoed past the guards and arrived at the inner court, where he frightened the lesser nobles and servants into admitting his 'retinue'.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Together they went before the River King, Ulorian, who was slumped on his throne, drowning in his own heavy robes.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">A beautiful woman stood as adviser to the king, and was hostile to the party from the start.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Other courtiers spoke for and against the group.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Korrigan learned that his wife had made a bargain with the River King: for Korrigan's safe return from Yerasol IV, she had promised their first born son. The king and his adviser were both angry that she now sought to cheat them with her briar barrier.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Little else was achieved before the King tired of the conversation and ordered the group to withdraw.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Teal">Shortly afterwards, armed guards came and arrested Korrigan and Uru.</span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6046519, member: 79141"] [b]Session 53[/b] [COLOR=Teal][B]Session 53[/B] [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=Teal]At a loss as to how to proceed, the unit was relieved when their supposed guide, Dantes the satyr, showed up.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]He had become separated from them when their fey roads ritual failed, as the casting was rushed (harried by death butterflies).[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Dantes was accompanied by a hengeyokai hare named Sly Marbo. Marbo had come out to find them, and turned out to be both a Vekeshi Mystic contact and a member of the RHC, here in the Dreaming on a spy mission for both groups. (The unit would only learn that he was an RHC man later, but strangely, it would always seem as if he told them straight away...)[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Sly was concerned about the delays in their mission and couldn't understand why Leon hadn't sought out a previous mystic contact in the Birch Queen's fair. He was even more concerned when Leon said that he didn't know about this supposed contact, or who he was.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]The Vekeshi's problem was that the River King had recently become far too hostile towards Risur.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Sly reported that the King was ailing - rumour had it that he had been poisoned by the pollution of the Stray River.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]If the River King continued to support Lord Flax's proposed incursion into Riverbend, it would break all manner of ancient treaties between the Unseen Court and Risur.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]The group brought Sly up to date on their adventures so far.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Sly told them that the nixies they had encountered were sisters of the River King (which greatly worried Matunaaga, who had killed one of them).[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]He also said that Lord Peppick was a wanted criminal known as 'the butterfly bandit' whose capture would earn the group kudos at court.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]So the unit retraced their steps and once again came face-to-face with Peppick and the deranged treant Ashbark.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]This time they were victorious, felling Ashbark and capturing Lord Peppick.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]They used the treant as a raft, floating down river to the splendid, white palace of the River King.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]There, though their victory over Peppick gained them entry to the outer court, Grumphollow the talking frog would not allow them beyond.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]While Korrigan and Leon set about negotiations, Uru took matters into his own hands.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]He stole across the river, climbed up the sheer walls of the palace, tiptoed past the guards and arrived at the inner court, where he frightened the lesser nobles and servants into admitting his 'retinue'.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Together they went before the River King, Ulorian, who was slumped on his throne, drowning in his own heavy robes.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]A beautiful woman stood as adviser to the king, and was hostile to the party from the start.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Other courtiers spoke for and against the group.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Korrigan learned that his wife had made a bargain with the River King: for Korrigan's safe return from Yerasol IV, she had promised their first born son. The king and his adviser were both angry that she now sought to cheat them with her briar barrier.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Little else was achieved before the King tired of the conversation and ordered the group to withdraw.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Teal]Shortly afterwards, armed guards came and arrested Korrigan and Uru.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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