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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7071463" data-attributes="member: 6816692">ah, thanks for the quick reply <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Mhm, that's kind of what I was thinking about. I'd do the whole council scene from adventure 8 to show them that they really need the torch and that their enemies would want to get it anyway. This plays well into their cards, as drawing the enemies out of Ycengled/Phorros would be their first aim. They'll have to live with the casualties in Seaquen though as this way *they* are the ones responsible for drawing the Ragesian attention to the city.  I didn't deviate that much. I kept the 36 Taranesti in Ycengled and added a small group of survivors (~10) in Gate Pass. My players know as well that they wouldn't make a full nation anytime soon. However, as both of my players are playing young elves, they tend to think on the long term and getting Ycengled back would be a symbolic act for those who survived and it would ensure that they'd have their peace and freedom. They hope that they can (after cleansing the Temple from the "ancient evil" they have been warned of) some day bring back life to Ycengled by using a seedling of the First Tree. And they thought that this political situation would be just the right time to get Ycengled from the Shahalesti (not that anyone wants to live there anyway...). How they'd want to repopulate the Taranesti race is a whole different story.  This is a rather delicate situation for me. They told Rhuarc that Shalosha is not really on her father's side and that she has agreed to aid them. Not that she'd want him dead, but... she kind of understands the necessity for a change of rulership if there shall ever be peace. One of my PCs really loves Shalosha (which was/is quite a tragic story as she doesn't love him back and he's constantly torn between Torrent and Shalosha), so trying to kill her - and his chances to succeed are quite high - would add a lot of drama (for good or bad). Rhuarc has also had a little bit of bonding with my Taranesti PC who is trying to show "his people" - including Rhuarc - that there is still hope and that those who have wronged them were and will be punished. I could easily see my Cuin and Rhuarc go on a happy hunt for Shaaladel together. However, Cuin is sure that Shahalesti needs a queen Shalosha soon or they'll never change their ways. Koren would be a good idea, but I fear that she'll end up dead as my PCs can be quite deadly once they have taken a quarry - especially if they really bring Rhuarc with them. The Namin siblings from Dassen could be allys of Shaaladel or Aurana. I guess I will be toying a bit with how to best get Shalosha to the temple after the war council (to which she will be invited... so she and my PCs would really be pissed if Shaaladel would send Telshanth instead) and start from there.</blockquote>

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