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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 81548" data-attributes="member: 83">InterludeZen and the Art of Plot-SpinningGaahhh!  Left my notes and disk at work...so I thought I would do a quick update on what is happening with and around the party.  I will shoot for a real update by Monday<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />!Our intrepid band of adventurers have left the familiarity of their northern home for the port city of Oar, but arrive to find it a swirling den of intrigue (with themselves right in the middle)!Current plot elements include:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The "Reds" vs. the "Greens" vs. the "Stunties": Three main political factions currently vie for supremecy in the town - the "Reds" (free traders), the "Greens" (tariffs and taxes) and the "Stunties" (powerful halfling trading houses).  The party, by virtue of their relationship with Drusilla, the surviving Cassuvius daughter (and heir to his vast fortune), is nominally allied with the "Reds", whose main players thus far are Lady Andrimia and the dashing Captain Rook.  Captain Rook is also a candidate in the upcoming Merchant's Council elections. Most of the conflict in town is between the "Reds" and the "Greens" and neither side seems anxious to take on the halfling trading houses.  Some of the party members, especially Brother Lew, are reluctant to become too deeply tied to the "Reds" (whom Lew sees as little better than lawless smugglers), but the "Greens" are headed by Antoinine Sestius, grandfather of Acrius Sestius (who the PCs stand accussed of murdering) and father of Domita Sestius (Drusilla's evil stepmother). There are also strong rumors that the elder Sestius is deeply involved with Oar's underground element, the Shadowblades. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Church: - Brother Lew has become aware of potential rift forming in the Church of Light.  Abbot Patroclian, who represents the more active Berylian arm of the Church, has asked the young cleric to join him in restoring the Church to its rightful place in the lands and stamp out evil.  Lew's younger brother Marcus (also a priest) has already joined the cause.  Lew, anxious to be reconciled with his brother and dismayed at the lack of faith shown by many ordinary folk, is strongly considering the Abbot's request. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Drusilla: The beautiful daughter of Calian Cassuvius is somewhat of an enigma.  Left unable to speak from her terrible wound throat wound, she has shown interest in several party members including Quintus, Sextus and Rowan.  Sextus is consumed with guilt over failing to stop the deaths of her two sisters and is very uncomfortable around her!  Quintus and Rowan have a friendly rivalry going for her attentions, complicated by Rowan's pledge (in Quintus' mind, at least) to Quintus' sister Maxima. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Research on the Cult of Ashai: What the party has discovered in the Cathedral libraries has been sketchy, but cryptic and unsettling.  It is clear that something very bad is going on in the abandoned western mines near Glynden!</li> </ul>Next: Interlude - Unfinished Business~ Old One</blockquote>

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