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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6311276" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 117a - The Search for Malthusius</strong></p><p></p><p>Some weeks ago I wrote "more about which next week..." in reference to the fleet that was building in Shale, in preparation for a potential war with Danor. Then I forgot about it. Well, here's the gist:</p><p></p><p>Having returned from the village in the hills where Malthusius' reincarnation was murdered, the unit A was contacted by Korrigan who wanted to know what was happening. They told him, and he told them that he was on his way to Shale to meet with the King, and petition him to allow Korrigan to replace Roland Stanfield as Governor of Flint (or at the very least hold elections in which Korrigan might oppose the incumbent governor). He told them to cool their heels in Shale for a day or two, and in the meantime hook up with Sly Marbo who was in Shale with the coalescing fleet.</p><p></p><p>Marbo was operating to root out any untrustworthy elements who might be seeking to forward Duchess Ethelyn of Shale's agenda, or maintain Risur's close alliance with the fey at the expense of King Aodhan's drive for modernization. He wasn't enjoying the role. When Korrigan's next message arrived, Sly was only too eager to help out. The sending informed the unit of <em>two</em> diva incarnations in recent days in feasible radius from Shale. Neither was in the direction of the Congregation of Adelbrand, the clergy sect that the unit had investigated. One was on an island close to the Yerasol Archepelago where Risur maintained a small naval base and a trading town; the other in the middle of the 'breadbasket of Risur' - the fertile farmlands to the west of Slate.</p><p></p><p>"Find the the blue guy, boys," said Korrigan. "We never leave a man behind."</p><p></p><p>The unit was torn. They felt they had a strong lead in knowing that - at some point in the future - Malthusius would reincarnate as a member of the Congregation. This gave them a head-start on whoever was tracking down his immediate incarnations. (How long would they go on for? Perhaps just until rediscovering his memories and personality had become unfeasible.) With two incarnations and the Congregation as distinct possibilities, the unit needed to split three ways, but Matunaaga was unhappy at the idea of sending anyone off alone. So they recruited Sly Marbo who commissioned an RHC boat to take him to the island (a boat skippered by none other than the obnoxious half-orc Happy Harry who, some time ago, had declined the unit's offer of membership on the basis that they ran with a tiefling).</p><p></p><p>Rumdoom and Uru headed into the fertile plains, taking the wondrous carriage figurine. Matunaaga and Conquo sailed on the <em>Roscommon</em> to the far east of Flint and then headed into the interior and the Anthras Mts on foot. Matunaaga did not know how friendly the Congregation would be and considered they might be hostile towards a 10-foot tall fey golem. He left Conquo to follow and outstripped him by several days. The approach to the monastery was vertiginous. The monks were distrustful at first but, despite his charmless exterior, Matunaaga was eventually able to win them over by demonstrating a kinship with their ascetic tradition. By the time Conquo arrived (causing some consternation among the Congregation) Matunaaga was ready to leave, with a promise from the abbot to inform him if word of any deva incarnation at a Congregation monastery was to reach them. (It was unlikely, he explained, as there were no women allowed, but he had contacted the half-dozen far flung retreats they maintained around Llanjyr and explained the urgency of the situation.)</p><p></p><p>Sly Marbo and Happy Harry arrived on the island and found that the deva who had incarnated there was not connected to Malthusius.</p><p></p><p>Uru and Rumdoom arrived at a ranch where a large funeral was in process. The neighbouring ranchers were overwhelmed with sorrow and anger: A deva child had been born to the daughter of a wealthy farmer, an occasion interpreted by the local druid as auspicious. Only a day later a man arrived from Slate - a man in a stove-pipe hat, accompanied by a sparkling female sprite. He tried to persuade (and eventually intimidate) the family to hand the child over. They refused and the man went away.</p><p></p><p>That night near neighbours heard sounds of gunfire, and came to the ranch to find that everyone had been killed: the family of seven, their five ranch hands and the deva baby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6311276, member: 79141"] [b]Session 117a - The Search for Malthusius[/b] Some weeks ago I wrote "more about which next week..." in reference to the fleet that was building in Shale, in preparation for a potential war with Danor. Then I forgot about it. Well, here's the gist: Having returned from the village in the hills where Malthusius' reincarnation was murdered, the unit A was contacted by Korrigan who wanted to know what was happening. They told him, and he told them that he was on his way to Shale to meet with the King, and petition him to allow Korrigan to replace Roland Stanfield as Governor of Flint (or at the very least hold elections in which Korrigan might oppose the incumbent governor). He told them to cool their heels in Shale for a day or two, and in the meantime hook up with Sly Marbo who was in Shale with the coalescing fleet. Marbo was operating to root out any untrustworthy elements who might be seeking to forward Duchess Ethelyn of Shale's agenda, or maintain Risur's close alliance with the fey at the expense of King Aodhan's drive for modernization. He wasn't enjoying the role. When Korrigan's next message arrived, Sly was only too eager to help out. The sending informed the unit of [I]two[/I] diva incarnations in recent days in feasible radius from Shale. Neither was in the direction of the Congregation of Adelbrand, the clergy sect that the unit had investigated. One was on an island close to the Yerasol Archepelago where Risur maintained a small naval base and a trading town; the other in the middle of the 'breadbasket of Risur' - the fertile farmlands to the west of Slate. "Find the the blue guy, boys," said Korrigan. "We never leave a man behind." The unit was torn. They felt they had a strong lead in knowing that - at some point in the future - Malthusius would reincarnate as a member of the Congregation. This gave them a head-start on whoever was tracking down his immediate incarnations. (How long would they go on for? Perhaps just until rediscovering his memories and personality had become unfeasible.) With two incarnations and the Congregation as distinct possibilities, the unit needed to split three ways, but Matunaaga was unhappy at the idea of sending anyone off alone. So they recruited Sly Marbo who commissioned an RHC boat to take him to the island (a boat skippered by none other than the obnoxious half-orc Happy Harry who, some time ago, had declined the unit's offer of membership on the basis that they ran with a tiefling). Rumdoom and Uru headed into the fertile plains, taking the wondrous carriage figurine. Matunaaga and Conquo sailed on the [I]Roscommon[/I] to the far east of Flint and then headed into the interior and the Anthras Mts on foot. Matunaaga did not know how friendly the Congregation would be and considered they might be hostile towards a 10-foot tall fey golem. He left Conquo to follow and outstripped him by several days. The approach to the monastery was vertiginous. The monks were distrustful at first but, despite his charmless exterior, Matunaaga was eventually able to win them over by demonstrating a kinship with their ascetic tradition. By the time Conquo arrived (causing some consternation among the Congregation) Matunaaga was ready to leave, with a promise from the abbot to inform him if word of any deva incarnation at a Congregation monastery was to reach them. (It was unlikely, he explained, as there were no women allowed, but he had contacted the half-dozen far flung retreats they maintained around Llanjyr and explained the urgency of the situation.) Sly Marbo and Happy Harry arrived on the island and found that the deva who had incarnated there was not connected to Malthusius. Uru and Rumdoom arrived at a ranch where a large funeral was in process. The neighbouring ranchers were overwhelmed with sorrow and anger: A deva child had been born to the daughter of a wealthy farmer, an occasion interpreted by the local druid as auspicious. Only a day later a man arrived from Slate - a man in a stove-pipe hat, accompanied by a sparkling female sprite. He tried to persuade (and eventually intimidate) the family to hand the child over. They refused and the man went away. That night near neighbours heard sounds of gunfire, and came to the ranch to find that everyone had been killed: the family of seven, their five ranch hands and the deva baby. [/QUOTE]
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