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So, when last we left Liam and Ulda Bordis, they had gone off to dance the day away at the New Year's festivities in Mistgate.
We pick up about a week later, as they board a ship that will take them on the first leg of their journey to the Kingdom of Lionscliff. They sail away from Mistgate, traveling north and west along the coast of the Gilded Sea. They leave the Wild Coast behind them. The ship stops at a couple of places to swap out cargo and passengers, before arriving in the port city of Undershore.
Undershore is a largish city built mainly within a massive cave entrance. Its always dark in Undershore, except at the end of the day, when the setting sun's light illuminates the ramshackle buildings facing the sea.
Liam and Ulda Bordis changed ships in Undershore, but their new ship wouldn't leavef or a couple of days. They spent a little time poking about the city. Liam bought a book. The accomodation available was not good and they chose, upon the advice of others, to camp on the hillside overlooking the beach.
The first night, nothing happened. The second night, a trio of bums, armed with clubs, attacked their campsite. The fight ended with one of the attackes dead, and the other two fled, as sailors from the other camps rushed in to see what was going on. Everyone agreed it was probably best to sleep in one camp, and the rest of the evening passed without problems.
They boarded the second ship and continued on their journey. Ulda Bordis learned a bit about Liam's family. He has six siblings. With his brothers dead, only his sisters are left, and he only geta along with one of them. His mother is, according to Liam, an "awful person." She's where he gets his magical talents from; his mother was a ritualist, until an accident left her paralyzed below the waist, severely inhibiting her ability to channel her magics. (Interesting note: if you want to nuetralize a mage? Cut off their hands. Want to nuetralize a ritualist? Cut off their feet.)
They stop at Wildkeep, where the two blow off some steam, getting blitzed on hallucinogenic jelly, and catching a bawdy street show. They barely make it back to the ship in time.
Finally, they enter the Kingdoms. They stop, briefly, at Iron Bay, but don't linger, and continue on to their final destination: Blacksand.
Liam and Ulda Bordis debark and continue to the town where Liam's old tutor has retired. They travel on foot, overland, encountering no real troubles. They arrive at the town, and take rooms in the local inn. They learn that Liam's old tutor is now the headmaster of the town school, and everyone knows him. They are given directions to his home, after Liam convinces the innkeeper that he really does know him.
At the home, the old man lets them in. After Liam and Ulda Bordis step inside, they see a dead man lying in a hallway with a knife sticking out of his eye. They turn to the old man, who is holding the knife's twin.
"Don't mind the mess in the hall," he says.
Fade to black.
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This session was mostly travel, which isn't bad, in itself. I got to flesh out some of the big cities along the northeast section of the Gilded Sea: Raven's Dale, Nightgate, Undershore, Wildkeep, Iron Bay, Blacksand. And the section between those cities and the Iron Empire, is now known as the Northern Marches. Also, there is an underground sea, accessible via Undershore, called the Dark Sea. It is the only sea-access to the Iron Empire.
Oh. We also got a hint of how things are in the Iron Empire. I forgot to mention that, on the last leg of the trip, an Imperial citizen with goblin slaves boarded the ship. Some of the ship's goblin crew threw him overboard, to free the goblin slaves, but the slaves threw themselves off the ship after him, shocking everybody, yours truly included. The goblin crewmen were arrested in Blacksand, and will probably meet a grissly fate: getting torn apart by four horses outside the city.
Ulda Bordis said that was barbaric. Liam reminded her that in the Gallowswalk, folk had been left to die from exposure and hunger. So which punishment was worse?
Yeah.
I think I'm gearing up for the next session. Not sure what's going on with Liam's old teacher, whose name completely escapes me right now, but I'm trying not to plan shit in advance. What's the point of having a random Oracle if you don't fucking use it? Right? Right!
We pick up about a week later, as they board a ship that will take them on the first leg of their journey to the Kingdom of Lionscliff. They sail away from Mistgate, traveling north and west along the coast of the Gilded Sea. They leave the Wild Coast behind them. The ship stops at a couple of places to swap out cargo and passengers, before arriving in the port city of Undershore.
Undershore is a largish city built mainly within a massive cave entrance. Its always dark in Undershore, except at the end of the day, when the setting sun's light illuminates the ramshackle buildings facing the sea.
Liam and Ulda Bordis changed ships in Undershore, but their new ship wouldn't leavef or a couple of days. They spent a little time poking about the city. Liam bought a book. The accomodation available was not good and they chose, upon the advice of others, to camp on the hillside overlooking the beach.
The first night, nothing happened. The second night, a trio of bums, armed with clubs, attacked their campsite. The fight ended with one of the attackes dead, and the other two fled, as sailors from the other camps rushed in to see what was going on. Everyone agreed it was probably best to sleep in one camp, and the rest of the evening passed without problems.
They boarded the second ship and continued on their journey. Ulda Bordis learned a bit about Liam's family. He has six siblings. With his brothers dead, only his sisters are left, and he only geta along with one of them. His mother is, according to Liam, an "awful person." She's where he gets his magical talents from; his mother was a ritualist, until an accident left her paralyzed below the waist, severely inhibiting her ability to channel her magics. (Interesting note: if you want to nuetralize a mage? Cut off their hands. Want to nuetralize a ritualist? Cut off their feet.)
They stop at Wildkeep, where the two blow off some steam, getting blitzed on hallucinogenic jelly, and catching a bawdy street show. They barely make it back to the ship in time.
Finally, they enter the Kingdoms. They stop, briefly, at Iron Bay, but don't linger, and continue on to their final destination: Blacksand.
Liam and Ulda Bordis debark and continue to the town where Liam's old tutor has retired. They travel on foot, overland, encountering no real troubles. They arrive at the town, and take rooms in the local inn. They learn that Liam's old tutor is now the headmaster of the town school, and everyone knows him. They are given directions to his home, after Liam convinces the innkeeper that he really does know him.
At the home, the old man lets them in. After Liam and Ulda Bordis step inside, they see a dead man lying in a hallway with a knife sticking out of his eye. They turn to the old man, who is holding the knife's twin.
"Don't mind the mess in the hall," he says.
Fade to black.
* * * * *
This session was mostly travel, which isn't bad, in itself. I got to flesh out some of the big cities along the northeast section of the Gilded Sea: Raven's Dale, Nightgate, Undershore, Wildkeep, Iron Bay, Blacksand. And the section between those cities and the Iron Empire, is now known as the Northern Marches. Also, there is an underground sea, accessible via Undershore, called the Dark Sea. It is the only sea-access to the Iron Empire.
Oh. We also got a hint of how things are in the Iron Empire. I forgot to mention that, on the last leg of the trip, an Imperial citizen with goblin slaves boarded the ship. Some of the ship's goblin crew threw him overboard, to free the goblin slaves, but the slaves threw themselves off the ship after him, shocking everybody, yours truly included. The goblin crewmen were arrested in Blacksand, and will probably meet a grissly fate: getting torn apart by four horses outside the city.
Ulda Bordis said that was barbaric. Liam reminded her that in the Gallowswalk, folk had been left to die from exposure and hunger. So which punishment was worse?
Yeah.
I think I'm gearing up for the next session. Not sure what's going on with Liam's old teacher, whose name completely escapes me right now, but I'm trying not to plan shit in advance. What's the point of having a random Oracle if you don't fucking use it? Right? Right!
