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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 1437975" data-attributes="member: 96">First of all, if your character's name starts with a 'D' and ends with either an 'i'Fier' or a 'ru' - that is to say, if you're one of my Freeport players - go somewhere else.Second, if you're a reader of the Freeport Story Hour, and you don't want spoilers - go hang out with those two.To avoid spoiler tagging an entire post, I'm just going to leave a lot of space here.Right.As readers of my Story Hour know, one of the characters has inherited a barony from his late (unlamented, diabolist) uncle, and has been doing a credible job administering it, especially after the years of neglect and poor management it suffered under the previous baron.Howver, being Baron Threehills means politics, and the people he's involved with are some of the craftiest and most ruthless around.Recently, he's been tasked with making sure a certain set of negotiations succeeds - even though his liege lord is in charge (and is a blithering idiot), and his liege's father has deliberately set everything up for the negotiations to fail (while still covering himself from the fallout).Right now, he's returned to the court of Count Fourstone, his liege's father, believing that the Cult of the Yellow Sign is influencing matters - he wants to investigate and turn up evidence so he can report to both the Duke and the Freeport Captain's Council.  Naturally, the Count doesn't want him doing any such thing.I'm considering having the Count summon him to court, congratulate him on doing such a good job with his barony and for being such a good friend to his son - and then saddling him with another domain.  I'm looking for a way to make this a very barbed gift - basically the Count is combining a bribe (economic and political power) with a way to get this guy out of his hair (by giving him somethign with crises that need to be dealt with immediately).So, with all of that leadup, any ideas?Anyone whose ideas I use will be given a cameo in the Story Hour (people who have already been driven insane or given a messy death are ineligible).</blockquote>

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