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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6157991" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>What happened to Leon in downtime week seven.</strong></p><p></p><p>(With apologies to HP Lovecraft.)</p><p> </p><p>Rumours of strange goings on in the Bayou had been passing through Lilly's brothel for weeks. Leon had paid them little heed, partly because there were <em>always</em> rumours of strange goings on in the Bayou, and partly because the business with Black Star mining, and his induction into the Vekeshi Mystics laid greater claim to his attention.</p><p> </p><p>But in the ninth week of Winter, Inpsector Legrasse of the Pine Island police came to see Leon and request his help. The orginal inhabitants of the area, the Swampers (whose culture prexisted the westward expansion of the nation of Risur) were notoriously level-headed and unflinching. Yet even they had become unnerved by the nightly beat of tom-toms deep in the swamp, and the occasional, otherwordly screams that pierced the darkness. Of late, folks had begun disappearing. At least twelve had yet to be accounted for, and Legrasse and his colleagues had come to talk to the Danoran tiefling whose occult powers had become widely known and at least feared, if not respected.</p><p> </p><p>And so it was, when Korrigan called for a meeting on the third day of the week, Leon was already deep in the Bayou, in the company of some twenty officers, having become convinced that something really was amiss in the swamp. He sent his apologies, but having visited a number os Swamper encampments, he was concerned for the welfare of their relatives - wives, children and old folk, mostly, taken from their homes while their menfolk were out fishing or trapping. He would try and get this business over with quickly, but the twists and turns of certain parts of the deep bayou were unfamilair even to the aborginal swamp folk. They had a guide with them now, and he spoke of a deeper part to the swamp, an area around an ancient cave so fearful even the fey did not go near. It would take all of Leon's wiles to track down the hideous beat of the drums. </p><p> </p><p>Until quite recently, Leon had had a pact with the fey entity Avagdu that held sway over this portion of the bayou. A servant and avatar of the Voice of Rot, this obese, jealous toad-creature was reluctant to truck with Leon. But he was a warlock of the Unseen Court now, and has some right to command Avagdu's help. Guided by the whispers of Avagdu, fed to him by his spirit companion, Leon was able to bring his demoralised troop - weary from lack of sleep in the rain-drenched bayou - closer and closer to the drumbeat, until they were eventually able to see a strange ceremony taking place in the middle-distance.</p><p> </p><p>Around a stone obelisk, a subhuman rabble cavorted. In wicker cages the captured swampers huddled in fear: three of their number were already impaled on stakes around the obelisk, witht he top point of the stakes thrusting out of their open mouths. There was no need for an intsruction to attack. As a man, in response to the hideous scene before them, Inspector legrasse and his men advanced, discharging their pistols. Leon used his psychic powers to render some of the subhumans unconscious, and in a few minutes the fight was over.</p><p> </p><p>While Inspector Legrasse and his men freed the Swampers, Leon interrogated the surviving cultists, who were divided into roughly three groups: three or four who babbled inanely and made no sense whatsoever (or had some solipsistic motive such as the cursing of a rival or increased fertility); a handful of inbred Swampers who claimed the ritual was to protect them from the 'waters'; and a half-a-dozen sailors from disparate ships gathered under the Black Star banner. They were adherents to some strange faith cobbled together from superstition and half-baked lore, and had found their way to this place under the guidance of one of their number who now lay dead along with several more. They believed that partaking in the ritual would defend them against the Deep Ones. </p><p> </p><p>Leon wanted to take these men back to Flint, which sparked a debate with Legrasse, who was used to dispensing summary justice this far into the swamp. They reached a compromise: all of the other degenerates would be executed here and now for their crimes, while the six mercenary sailors would be taken back to Flint, once the rescued Swampers had been returned to their families. His men were not happy with this arrangement, but they were both graetful to and afraid of Leon in equal measure.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, Leon inspected the monolith - formed of a stone which could not have been quarried nearby and brought here by unknown means. On top, quite out of proportion with the size of the plinth it was sat upon, was a poorly carved representation of the jade idol that had once been in Leon's possession, this one in a softer, lighter stone. It had none of the evident puissance of the original, but when Leon touched it, for a moment he felt as if the terrain and foliage between him and the mysterious cave the Swampers had spoken of, ws stripped away, the distance truncated. The cave mouth yawned, beckoning him closer.</p><p> </p><p>It was an invitation Leon chose not to heed at this juncture. He took the idol with him back to Flint. There, Malthusius used his spirit medium abilities to inspect the object. He saw it being carved by large, scaled claws, and estimated that this must have been done quite recently. Both he and Leon sensed the same nauseating but oddly seductive ambience that had been associated with the original, and felt sure that it must have come into contact with the jade idol at some point...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6157991, member: 79141"] [b]What happened to Leon in downtime week seven.[/b] (With apologies to HP Lovecraft.) Rumours of strange goings on in the Bayou had been passing through Lilly's brothel for weeks. Leon had paid them little heed, partly because there were [I]always[/I] rumours of strange goings on in the Bayou, and partly because the business with Black Star mining, and his induction into the Vekeshi Mystics laid greater claim to his attention. But in the ninth week of Winter, Inpsector Legrasse of the Pine Island police came to see Leon and request his help. The orginal inhabitants of the area, the Swampers (whose culture prexisted the westward expansion of the nation of Risur) were notoriously level-headed and unflinching. Yet even they had become unnerved by the nightly beat of tom-toms deep in the swamp, and the occasional, otherwordly screams that pierced the darkness. Of late, folks had begun disappearing. At least twelve had yet to be accounted for, and Legrasse and his colleagues had come to talk to the Danoran tiefling whose occult powers had become widely known and at least feared, if not respected. And so it was, when Korrigan called for a meeting on the third day of the week, Leon was already deep in the Bayou, in the company of some twenty officers, having become convinced that something really was amiss in the swamp. He sent his apologies, but having visited a number os Swamper encampments, he was concerned for the welfare of their relatives - wives, children and old folk, mostly, taken from their homes while their menfolk were out fishing or trapping. He would try and get this business over with quickly, but the twists and turns of certain parts of the deep bayou were unfamilair even to the aborginal swamp folk. They had a guide with them now, and he spoke of a deeper part to the swamp, an area around an ancient cave so fearful even the fey did not go near. It would take all of Leon's wiles to track down the hideous beat of the drums. Until quite recently, Leon had had a pact with the fey entity Avagdu that held sway over this portion of the bayou. A servant and avatar of the Voice of Rot, this obese, jealous toad-creature was reluctant to truck with Leon. But he was a warlock of the Unseen Court now, and has some right to command Avagdu's help. Guided by the whispers of Avagdu, fed to him by his spirit companion, Leon was able to bring his demoralised troop - weary from lack of sleep in the rain-drenched bayou - closer and closer to the drumbeat, until they were eventually able to see a strange ceremony taking place in the middle-distance. Around a stone obelisk, a subhuman rabble cavorted. In wicker cages the captured swampers huddled in fear: three of their number were already impaled on stakes around the obelisk, witht he top point of the stakes thrusting out of their open mouths. There was no need for an intsruction to attack. As a man, in response to the hideous scene before them, Inspector legrasse and his men advanced, discharging their pistols. Leon used his psychic powers to render some of the subhumans unconscious, and in a few minutes the fight was over. While Inspector Legrasse and his men freed the Swampers, Leon interrogated the surviving cultists, who were divided into roughly three groups: three or four who babbled inanely and made no sense whatsoever (or had some solipsistic motive such as the cursing of a rival or increased fertility); a handful of inbred Swampers who claimed the ritual was to protect them from the 'waters'; and a half-a-dozen sailors from disparate ships gathered under the Black Star banner. They were adherents to some strange faith cobbled together from superstition and half-baked lore, and had found their way to this place under the guidance of one of their number who now lay dead along with several more. They believed that partaking in the ritual would defend them against the Deep Ones. Leon wanted to take these men back to Flint, which sparked a debate with Legrasse, who was used to dispensing summary justice this far into the swamp. They reached a compromise: all of the other degenerates would be executed here and now for their crimes, while the six mercenary sailors would be taken back to Flint, once the rescued Swampers had been returned to their families. His men were not happy with this arrangement, but they were both graetful to and afraid of Leon in equal measure. Finally, Leon inspected the monolith - formed of a stone which could not have been quarried nearby and brought here by unknown means. On top, quite out of proportion with the size of the plinth it was sat upon, was a poorly carved representation of the jade idol that had once been in Leon's possession, this one in a softer, lighter stone. It had none of the evident puissance of the original, but when Leon touched it, for a moment he felt as if the terrain and foliage between him and the mysterious cave the Swampers had spoken of, ws stripped away, the distance truncated. The cave mouth yawned, beckoning him closer. It was an invitation Leon chose not to heed at this juncture. He took the idol with him back to Flint. There, Malthusius used his spirit medium abilities to inspect the object. He saw it being carved by large, scaled claws, and estimated that this must have been done quite recently. Both he and Leon sensed the same nauseating but oddly seductive ambience that had been associated with the original, and felt sure that it must have come into contact with the jade idol at some point... [/QUOTE]
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