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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3887432" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>The question was asked: what WERE the Meepites up to during the campaign. Oddly enough I thought that most of this was revealed in recent adventures in the Shackled City game (to the players, at least), but here's the details:</p><p></p><p></p><p>1) <strong>Scorch, the Guildmaster.</strong> Of the heroes of our last story hour, Scorch was the most invested in the SCAP campaign, albeit indirectly. He dispatched the Lady Celeste to investigate the Cagewrights, which led her to Lord Vhalantru. Vhalantru had her imprisoned in a picture, rendering her unscryable and still living. When Celeste disappeared and failed to check in, Scorch dispatched another agent, Ramir, to investigate her disappearance. Ramir walked right into Vhalantru's clutches and was simply slain outright when he got in over his head. Scorch himself is quite busy running the Grey Guild from his demi-plane, the Siege Majere.</p><p></p><p>2) <strong>Valanthe the Sleepless</strong> Between maintaining the Hand, the non-magic arm of the Grey Guild (whose specific imperative is to keep the guild <em>itself</em> in check and single-handedly containing the threat of the Horned Society to the North, Valanthe had little time to visit Cauldron in recent months, though she managed a single visit to the city to confer with one of the guild's agents, Vortimax Weir. She saved the party from one ambush, though the party was unaware of it, as a favor to Weir.</p><p></p><p>3) <strong>Dravot the demi-god/king</strong> Saint Dravot's followers have been encountered several times, though more often in passing than directly. Pelor has a weak presence in Cauldron, so his followers are rare to encounter. Whether or not the Caliph of Ekbir is the same Dravot know to have gone adventuring years ago is unknown. What is known is that his paladin brother-in-law, head of the Tower of the Moon, one of two of St. Dravot's elite undead-fighting orders, had a son also of that order who disappeared during a mission southwards named Bellsin.</p><p></p><p>4) <strong>Aethramyr</strong> The leader of the Tested People (the testing having passed years back) has ascended to his new position of the Great Dreamer. He leads his people and teaches the skill of Lucid Dreaming to any of a noble nature. In the last few years, he has dispatched some of his people to train potential candidates of the Dreaming and to defend against any incursions into the Dreaming by evil forces, as well as monitor the status of the Far Realms. One of those acolytes approached and trained Maris to defend herself, as she had the Dream-haunted trait and was having prophetic dreams sent to her by Adimarchus.</p><p></p><p>5) <strong>Bolo</strong> As the Great Druid of the North, Bolo had no interaction with the Shackled Ciy. Spending most of his time keeping peace in the wildlands from the Nomad territories all the way to the Land of Black Ice, Bolo never had call to come as far South as the Cauldron region. Bolo is one of the few humans who is allowed to sit in on meetings of the Scaled Council.</p><p></p><p>6) <strong>Kayleigh, the Celenian</strong> The guardian of the people of Celene has sat in the same small meditation vale for the last 5 years, studying with her master to eventually assume the full mantle of her title and continuing her transformation into a Leshay. She has been joined by the sword-prince, who has dedicated himself to the same cause.</p><p></p><p>Also, The Lucky Monkey was taken over by Blue Tyger Legion towards the last few sessions, in cooperation with the Church of Fharlangan. When the players arrived at the Monkey as a hideout after the assassins attacked, they found little constructs had been working on the monkey for days, repairing and expanding it. They also found a strange powered stone that protected the inn and them, and discovered that the new innkeeper was a member of the Striders of Fharlangan named 'Ember'. Ember, older readers may recall, was Scorch's sister. The devices were constructed by her and her mistresss, the Owl. Ember would have turned out to be a femme fatale of sorts, and likely would have become attached to some of the male characters.</p><p></p><p>There were other connections, but they're not coming to mind, just now. Need Coffee. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 3887432, member: 151"] The question was asked: what WERE the Meepites up to during the campaign. Oddly enough I thought that most of this was revealed in recent adventures in the Shackled City game (to the players, at least), but here's the details: 1) [b]Scorch, the Guildmaster.[/b] Of the heroes of our last story hour, Scorch was the most invested in the SCAP campaign, albeit indirectly. He dispatched the Lady Celeste to investigate the Cagewrights, which led her to Lord Vhalantru. Vhalantru had her imprisoned in a picture, rendering her unscryable and still living. When Celeste disappeared and failed to check in, Scorch dispatched another agent, Ramir, to investigate her disappearance. Ramir walked right into Vhalantru's clutches and was simply slain outright when he got in over his head. Scorch himself is quite busy running the Grey Guild from his demi-plane, the Siege Majere. 2) [b]Valanthe the Sleepless[/b] Between maintaining the Hand, the non-magic arm of the Grey Guild (whose specific imperative is to keep the guild [i]itself[/i] in check and single-handedly containing the threat of the Horned Society to the North, Valanthe had little time to visit Cauldron in recent months, though she managed a single visit to the city to confer with one of the guild's agents, Vortimax Weir. She saved the party from one ambush, though the party was unaware of it, as a favor to Weir. 3) [b]Dravot the demi-god/king[/b] Saint Dravot's followers have been encountered several times, though more often in passing than directly. Pelor has a weak presence in Cauldron, so his followers are rare to encounter. Whether or not the Caliph of Ekbir is the same Dravot know to have gone adventuring years ago is unknown. What is known is that his paladin brother-in-law, head of the Tower of the Moon, one of two of St. Dravot's elite undead-fighting orders, had a son also of that order who disappeared during a mission southwards named Bellsin. 4) [b]Aethramyr[/b] The leader of the Tested People (the testing having passed years back) has ascended to his new position of the Great Dreamer. He leads his people and teaches the skill of Lucid Dreaming to any of a noble nature. In the last few years, he has dispatched some of his people to train potential candidates of the Dreaming and to defend against any incursions into the Dreaming by evil forces, as well as monitor the status of the Far Realms. One of those acolytes approached and trained Maris to defend herself, as she had the Dream-haunted trait and was having prophetic dreams sent to her by Adimarchus. 5) [b]Bolo[/b] As the Great Druid of the North, Bolo had no interaction with the Shackled Ciy. Spending most of his time keeping peace in the wildlands from the Nomad territories all the way to the Land of Black Ice, Bolo never had call to come as far South as the Cauldron region. Bolo is one of the few humans who is allowed to sit in on meetings of the Scaled Council. 6) [b]Kayleigh, the Celenian[/b] The guardian of the people of Celene has sat in the same small meditation vale for the last 5 years, studying with her master to eventually assume the full mantle of her title and continuing her transformation into a Leshay. She has been joined by the sword-prince, who has dedicated himself to the same cause. Also, The Lucky Monkey was taken over by Blue Tyger Legion towards the last few sessions, in cooperation with the Church of Fharlangan. When the players arrived at the Monkey as a hideout after the assassins attacked, they found little constructs had been working on the monkey for days, repairing and expanding it. They also found a strange powered stone that protected the inn and them, and discovered that the new innkeeper was a member of the Striders of Fharlangan named 'Ember'. Ember, older readers may recall, was Scorch's sister. The devices were constructed by her and her mistresss, the Owl. Ember would have turned out to be a femme fatale of sorts, and likely would have become attached to some of the male characters. There were other connections, but they're not coming to mind, just now. Need Coffee. :) [/QUOTE]
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