Previous Session
The players went to Redford on a diplomacy mission and took care of some problems of the city. One of the Hags was captured, and talked about a coven of about 20 members.
Activities
Back to Desmor Harker
The party, successfully taking care of the hags, return to Desmor, who thanks them with little he can (20 gold each). He shows remorse for asking them to deal with their problems, but says that some Maesters thought that since Arden was so easily invaded, we should invade them again. But the party taking care of their problems, they feel like that is no longer the case. He will introduce them to Seathan.
- Seathan is exhausted. He had to take care of Redford and the kingdom while Bathair was attacking Arden, and advising against it.
- Taxes are now very high to repay the army and mercenaries, and build defenses in Drunah against an attack.
Seathan wants the princess, or Auron if she refuses, to execute the criminal Jaddon Fay the next day on the public market. He wants them to do it to control rebellion, and show the people that Arden is here, and won’t attack.
He wants to negotiate a prisoner swap. Othiria took some men during the occupation of Arcastle, and some men got captured. They have roughly 20 men of Arden, that Bathair just left in Redford on his way back, and want to exchange them against the prisoners Arden has.
He says if this is done, it’s the first step before being able to negotiate further with the King in Drunah. He will prepare a treaty for the prisoner swap and come back to them.
Unhappy Citizens
The party can go up in bars and ask questions about the people, learning the following:
- The war has emptied the coffers, increasing the taxes everywhere
- Some cities have problems with mercenaries raiding because they were not paid after coming back to Othiria
- Some people want a system where the leader is elected by people, and definitively avoid war. Some others want the maesters to hold power, as they are closer to the people. But everyone is not happy with Bathair’s rule since his wife died.
- His wife died after a short illness, the best mages unable to do anything.
- People are scared of a retaliation from Arden and Rivandol.
A person, Melissana, who the players meet begging whilst entering the city, might recognise them or not, waits for them out of the tavern (however drunk they are, hopefully not too much, or they could reveal who they really are), will ask the players if they want to help the people of Redford. That they have imprisoned their leader, the half-elf Jaddon Fay.
- He was imprisoned for organising a rebellion.
- If the players want to help, they need to free him.
Melissana leads Lex and Hilde to an underground where she reveals her association to the rebellion. The party tells her when the execution is going to take place. Melissana thanks them, and says an action will be taken to save him from execution. One of the three men with Jaddon is Melissana’s brother. She says they can leave a letter here and they will read it.
If Matheos is contacted, he will ask tell the players that this might be a good idea, this might also be a trap. Rebellion is a serious crime and he will probably be killed in a short time, so they should try and get infos fast.
Jaddon Fay
The players can’t talk to him. They can try and break in the prison, but the Orcs will attack at that point, leaded by the White Raven.
If the players execute Jaddon, the Orcs will attack then, allowing him to run away (orcs could take him)
Whatever the situation, the orcs of Arden attacking here will make the people think that the party brought them with them to attack Redford, to help the rebellion. The players will be arrested, and that should end the session.
Next session
Wolf wants a deal or something from Bjorn to understand his powers better.
During the week in Arcastle, Sylken did some small jobs and bribes as Silver to get a network of info. Think how he could get info from his network.