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I have vague feelin' you've already got a collection of wunderwaffen ;V

You decide to sponsor the mining venture, and the prospector promises success before leaving.

The Treasurer sobs somewhere in the corner of the audience hall.


The terrible beast remains in the north-east, gobbling down a rare traveler or causing a hamlet to quickly relocate from its path.

It seems that the recent instability of the country has led to some old, pagan cults reemerging. With the royalty's vigilance slipping and the church's grip weakening, the people of the coast have returned to the mermaid worship. Food and money is being cast into the waters and people rub themselves with sea salt in ritual baptisms. All wish for the mermaids to take care of them and to bring them prosperity.

Some of your particularily religious noblemen feel enraged by this, and call for the pagan worshippers to be buried alive in dirt, per Father's law for dealing with pagans.

A) I don't think that worship of mermaids will do us any harm. Once our situation gets better, people will glorify Father and Mother again.
B) You know, considering all the recent misfortune, maybe I should offer some sacrifice to the mermaids as well?
C) They will be purged! Bury them alive and their families stripped of possessions!
D) Time to deliver a strongly-worded proclamation to the coast-dwellers.

@cronos:

No biooooooooo

@Elfy:

Looks ok.

@Murdocy:

I gaze upon thine field of backstory, and find it devoid of frut

@Soly:

Looks ok.

You decide to wait for now, as there's not much you can counter this beast with.

The elderly prospector-slash-miner enters shortly afterwards.

"Greetings, King Lycwl! I am Raimon, and I've come to you to ask for funds for the digging up of the malachite veins that I've found in the hills of my hometown. The soil is easy to dig into and the rocks bear lovely specimens of the ore, and with just some money from the Treasury I could see the gemstones flow onto the market and the state's coffers within a year!"

A) "Do describe the rocks, I love me some rocks."
B) "Sorry, we have no money."
C) "This is what we need - investments into economy! You shall have the money."

You tell the Spymaster to send his agents and ensure that Velason does not walk on his leg anymore.

6

The news of Velason's sudden death reach your ears faster than Spymaster can deliver his report. His agent, posing as a healer, has snuck into the camp, and administered poison amongst medicines of usurper's healers. Velason was dead before the morning sun managed to rise!

5, 1to2

This was the signal that the loyal peoples living in the west waited for. They quickly retook keeps and city councils from the disloyal scum, arresting, killing, or forcing Velason's men into exile. Rebel armies disbanded and their soldiers fled into the woods and mountains, much like supporting noblemen suddenly disappeared from their estates, along with their families and riches, never to be seen within Kastorian borders again.

The people of the Kingdom, however, took the news with little joy. Mayhaps they were too tired to celebrate, maybe it was something else, but the general, underlying unrest and dissastifaction with your rule remains.

At least, you're done with one catastrophe and prepare for the next, whenever it strikes.

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Congratulations! Lycwl has survived an usurpation rebellion!

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Shortly after the celebratory feast is done, the guards inform you that two people want to meet with you for an audience.

One is a prospector and an old miner, claiming to have found malachite in the northern hills, while the other is an exhausted rider, saying that a terrible beast has appeared in the far east of the kingdom, having crawled out of the Grey Plains.

A) I've got to hear that monster report first, obviously!
B) Let's hear out the miner before my mood sours further.

You ask for bad news first.

"My liege, the five-thousand strong contingent of Xane-Peonians entered the Kingdom's borders from the west, and met with forces of the pretender; a bloody melee ensued and our allies' force was destroyed!"

"...and good news?"

"Reports have it that during the melee, Velason was greviously wounded by arrow fire. He is bedridden and his supporters apparently went as far as to deliver large sacrifices upon Father's and Mother's altars to safeguard his life. No one's sure if he will recover."

A) "Well, send your agents to ensure that he won't!"
B) "See? All we need to do is wait now. I'm going back to sleep."
C) "Order the marshal to send our Army to destroy him and his men!"
D) "Get me my saddle and my sword! I will cut his heart off personally!!"

IC Thread is here!

This game will be using Handbook 2.2!

Lore: Nations
Lore: Religions

HOUSERULES:
1. All characters start as First Classes with additional +5% to their Growths already added.
2. Lockpick action does not require Lockpicks.

The Player Characters will be rebel retainers/best buddies/soldiers of Cedric von Sachsen, son of Queen Sophia, the whole group trying to overthrow the current Consort and restore the monarchy and free the poor Queen from her gilded cage.
Starting at Prologue:
1. Eloise van der Boore, Fighter (GiglameshDespair) (dropped out)
2. Jorne Karsson, Knight (Melioa) (dropped out)
3. Marion Casier, Troubadour (Wolfhunter107)
4. Sylvianne Bismarck, Mage (KingMurdoc)
5. Orietta Fiorina de Angeborta, Bow Knight (ElfCollaborator)
6. Lucas Dreyfus, Shaman (Solymr)
7. Markus Bridger, Bard (cronos5010)
8. Marietta Lancaster, Fencer (RedMageCole)
Starting at Chapter 1, a scouting party led by Johannes van Dyck:
9. Margrethe de Ruyter, Pegasus Rider (Gaterhyme)
10. Joram Jolyon, Thief (BladeMasterModel42)
11. Chaunce Bellamy, Wyvern Rider (Spiderpig2398) (dropped out)
From Chapter 2, bandit-turned-rebel, Volk Svagen

Party Gold: 1900