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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7349237" data-attributes="member: 20323">A trusted NPC or the Princess herself emphasizes the need to hide her somewhere safe, and may offer suggestions such as the country estate of a favored guard captain who lost his post during the coup in which the Princess' father lost power.As an aside, your demographics look odd...a city of *three million*? Wow, that's bigger than any D&D metropolis and several D&D nations.There is lingering support for the Princess in the city, but it's hidden and PCs need to be circumspect about seeking supporters out as Secret Police are on the lookout for "traitors" & may even pose as false rebels in a sting operation. One example would be Linden Armsbury, a humble provisioner for the city guard who secretly provides support to a cell of rebels operating in the city's underbelly; with Linden as an ally, the PCs could gain a way to replenish restricted items (depending on the current regime), send messages to the rebels or arrange a meeting, or report on the city guard's activities. If they manage to convince his "brainwashed" nephew to leave the city guard or otherwise get the youth to safety, Linden could even be convinced to poison the soup in the guard barracks.Murals in every temple or hall of high office should depict scenes of this mythic event. The Binding of the Dragon Father should have various interpretations and versions, depending on the faith/race/culture. In some, the one who bound him may be portrayed as a hero who gave meaning to the deaths of the hundreds of brave warriors who died in combat against the Dragon Father by making them "blessed guardians" of the Seal of the Void. Among others, however, the "hero" would be portrayed as a heretical necromancer sacrificing hundreds, and denying them peaceful afterlife, to defeat his rival the Dragon Father and steal the Dragon Father's power for his own. Really play up that this was so long ago, the absolute truth of what happened isn't recalled by any mortal beings.This allows you to seed possible alternative ways the Seal of the Void might be re-made without sacrificing hundreds of lives. For example, maybe those "blessed guardians" can be returned to their duty (re-forging the Seal) with something like a horn of Valhalla, or performing a quest for them in the spirit world, or a scene with the ghost army like that in The Return of the King.</blockquote>

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