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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6164934" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 83c - Bad News</strong></p><p></p><p>Of the three events that took place towards the end of week 9, perhaps the least dramatic was the revelation that - following a successful vote in the Council to grant the wealthy residents of the Ayres a representative of their own - Korrigan's ally Gu Goodson would not be standing unopposed after all: His own father-in-law, the humorless and hostile Elroy Stainer had thrown his hat into the ring, which could only be bad news for the campaign.</p><p></p><p>Much more troubling, was Uru's encounter with a fey emissary who appeared at the edge of his garden, setting off one of the spiderwire alarms that criss-crossed the well-shaft entrance. When Uru went to investigate, he found one of his own kin, a deep faen, sitting in a crevice about halfway up the well, waiting for him. The creature was not a black-skinned Yerasol islander, but a mainland cousin known locally as a gremlin. It acknowledged Uru and introduced itself as Ellik. The name rang a bell. Then it said, in an insistance voice, "Ekossigan, Ekossigan, Ekossigan calls. You are we. Us is you. You must come."</p><p></p><p>Without further ado, the gremlin turned to guide Uru away, and Uru began to follow, out of sheer curiosity. After a short while, though, he thought better of his decision and decided to send an animal messenger to Malthusius and let him know where he was going. He found he could not. Ellik rounded on him and said, "No, no. Unseen. Unseen!"</p><p></p><p>Uru decided he did not want to follow under such circumstances, but when Ellik set off again, his legs were compelled to follow. He realised at that moment that he was being called to service by a much higher ranking member of the Unseen Court. His <em>regalia of the creeping fey</em> compelled him to follow, and the only way he could resist would be to renounce his title as Lord Clatterspin. Though it pained him greatly, Uru at once plucked the regalia from his chest and threw it to the ground. Ellik turned and hissed at him, called him a traitor and then scampered off.</p><p></p><p>Later, Malthusius reminded Uru that Ellik was the creature who had guided Gale into the Bleak Gate and shown her the fires of industry that burned there. Matunaaga also remembered the name Ekossigan: When the unit had foiled a fey incursion from the Dreaming, its leader, the tragically deluded Flax had whispered as he fell in battle, "Ekossigan, forgive me. I have failed you..."</p><p></p><p>Disturbing though this whole incident was (and especially egregious from Uru's point of view) worse was to follow: On the day that the ritual to heal Khoomrung was due to take place, a courier came from the Rumschatologist meeting house saying that Harn, Azon and their security detail (comprising Thangir, Thered and Kvartiy) had set off to pick up several hundreds of platinum pieces from a vault in Central Flint, before proceeding to a clergy church in North Shore to purchase the ritual and the necessary reagents. Several hours had passed and they had not returned. </p><p></p><p>It took half a day to put the pieces together: A dead body showed up in Bosum Strand. It was Harn. He had been shot, dying with a pistol in his hand. His spirit told Malthusius that Azon and the security detail had taken the money from him. He had resisted, wounding Azon, and Thangir and Thered had both shot him dead. Needless to say, Hildegaard was beside herself. Malthusius went to the jail to tell Rumdoom, but the guards were surprised to see him. Rumdoom had been released from jail two days ago! A police officer had arrived from Stray River to inform him that his alleged victim was not in fact dead. His injuries were serious, but his death was a ruse and under the circumstances it had been decided to release Rumdoom. No attempt had been made to contact the RHC or anyone else, because it was assumed that Rumdoom would do that himself. The unit tried to contact Rumdoom by messenger wind, but he did not respond.</p><p></p><p>So Khoomrung was not healed, 10000gp in funds had gone missing, along with Azon, Thered, Thangir and Kvartiy Gorbatiy, Harn had been killed and Rumdoom had vanished as well.</p><p></p><p>Matters had taken a decided turn for the worse.</p><p></p><p>And then Leon showed up with even more bad news...</p><p></p><p><strong>DM's Note: </strong>Bit of foreshadowing for all three major threads of <em>Cauldron Born</em> this week: Stanfield's diversionary ploy aiming the unit squarely at Lorcan Kell; the appearance of Ellik, calling Uru to join up with Ekossigan (which, being a very curious player he almost did); and the Rumschatologist 'security detail' defecting to join Grundun Zubov. They'll show up as foes at the appropriate point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6164934, member: 79141"] [b]Session 83c - Bad News[/b] Of the three events that took place towards the end of week 9, perhaps the least dramatic was the revelation that - following a successful vote in the Council to grant the wealthy residents of the Ayres a representative of their own - Korrigan's ally Gu Goodson would not be standing unopposed after all: His own father-in-law, the humorless and hostile Elroy Stainer had thrown his hat into the ring, which could only be bad news for the campaign. Much more troubling, was Uru's encounter with a fey emissary who appeared at the edge of his garden, setting off one of the spiderwire alarms that criss-crossed the well-shaft entrance. When Uru went to investigate, he found one of his own kin, a deep faen, sitting in a crevice about halfway up the well, waiting for him. The creature was not a black-skinned Yerasol islander, but a mainland cousin known locally as a gremlin. It acknowledged Uru and introduced itself as Ellik. The name rang a bell. Then it said, in an insistance voice, "Ekossigan, Ekossigan, Ekossigan calls. You are we. Us is you. You must come." Without further ado, the gremlin turned to guide Uru away, and Uru began to follow, out of sheer curiosity. After a short while, though, he thought better of his decision and decided to send an animal messenger to Malthusius and let him know where he was going. He found he could not. Ellik rounded on him and said, "No, no. Unseen. Unseen!" Uru decided he did not want to follow under such circumstances, but when Ellik set off again, his legs were compelled to follow. He realised at that moment that he was being called to service by a much higher ranking member of the Unseen Court. His [I]regalia of the creeping fey[/I] compelled him to follow, and the only way he could resist would be to renounce his title as Lord Clatterspin. Though it pained him greatly, Uru at once plucked the regalia from his chest and threw it to the ground. Ellik turned and hissed at him, called him a traitor and then scampered off. Later, Malthusius reminded Uru that Ellik was the creature who had guided Gale into the Bleak Gate and shown her the fires of industry that burned there. Matunaaga also remembered the name Ekossigan: When the unit had foiled a fey incursion from the Dreaming, its leader, the tragically deluded Flax had whispered as he fell in battle, "Ekossigan, forgive me. I have failed you..." Disturbing though this whole incident was (and especially egregious from Uru's point of view) worse was to follow: On the day that the ritual to heal Khoomrung was due to take place, a courier came from the Rumschatologist meeting house saying that Harn, Azon and their security detail (comprising Thangir, Thered and Kvartiy) had set off to pick up several hundreds of platinum pieces from a vault in Central Flint, before proceeding to a clergy church in North Shore to purchase the ritual and the necessary reagents. Several hours had passed and they had not returned. It took half a day to put the pieces together: A dead body showed up in Bosum Strand. It was Harn. He had been shot, dying with a pistol in his hand. His spirit told Malthusius that Azon and the security detail had taken the money from him. He had resisted, wounding Azon, and Thangir and Thered had both shot him dead. Needless to say, Hildegaard was beside herself. Malthusius went to the jail to tell Rumdoom, but the guards were surprised to see him. Rumdoom had been released from jail two days ago! A police officer had arrived from Stray River to inform him that his alleged victim was not in fact dead. His injuries were serious, but his death was a ruse and under the circumstances it had been decided to release Rumdoom. No attempt had been made to contact the RHC or anyone else, because it was assumed that Rumdoom would do that himself. The unit tried to contact Rumdoom by messenger wind, but he did not respond. So Khoomrung was not healed, 10000gp in funds had gone missing, along with Azon, Thered, Thangir and Kvartiy Gorbatiy, Harn had been killed and Rumdoom had vanished as well. Matters had taken a decided turn for the worse. And then Leon showed up with even more bad news... [B]DM's Note: [/B]Bit of foreshadowing for all three major threads of [I]Cauldron Born[/I] this week: Stanfield's diversionary ploy aiming the unit squarely at Lorcan Kell; the appearance of Ellik, calling Uru to join up with Ekossigan (which, being a very curious player he almost did); and the Rumschatologist 'security detail' defecting to join Grundun Zubov. They'll show up as foes at the appropriate point. [/QUOTE]
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