"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
Summaries from Nathan's interactive storytelling sessions (otherwise known as DnD)
"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
The group prepare the Coalition for war, but they realize that William II has made a lot of sacrafices to win this war. Franz turns his whole army to rotted, and Dachta leaves the coalition to defend the recipe to his fire. The two kings face off: Murdock and William. There are three battles. First, Qatz and Dr. Redford of the learning attack Dachtas workshop. Second, the Trinity army faces the Coalition army, Isin of the learning vs. William, Franz, and John of Ketra. Third, Arcuturus, Rhythian, Rocky, and the Apprentices attack Lockwatch University. But it is a trap. All three battles are hard fought. In the end the final killteam member activates Dachtas fire over Etaria, and is executed by William II. William departs with the recipe and Blue, to become the Penitant King. Olivia is crowned Queen by Mordred. A new age dawns. The true story begins.
This time…. THEY ARE ALL PENDRAGONS!
Okay, this summary will be a bit meta. Here we go. The first hour and a half of the session was myself (the DM) meeting with each player for long periods of time, talking about opportunities. This finale is incredibly open-ended. You each have a lot of power to effect the story, but each player in this huge strategy game (William II, Franz, Murdock, etc.) also has a lot of power. It is really possible to change a lot in these last two sessions. We could have one long massive field battle, taking up two chapters. This could end in a final duel, or in a battle of assassins. There are endless plays and advantages to be seen, ignored, or gained. I will not go into what each player discovered on their private sessions. I won’t even go into what they shared publicly. Here are the true events. 1) A deal was reached with Franz and the Purifiers. The Coalition gave 7% of the Etarian colonies, 1000 Bonus Bucks, half a suit of the Quartz Plotzlichen Armor, and 25,000,000 Talents (another 25,000,000 after the war is over). As the deal was reached assassins attempted to kill Franz and William II. 2) Rocky and Mordred went to Gaiel, to follow the hint of one of the prisoners in the Old Castle Dungeon. Rocky used the path of the Illuminated to hide Mordred as he snuck past a huge bear-like god, known as Azzur. Mordred found a secret study and began to study the powerful art of Ancient Magic. 3) The Apprentices and King William II contacted the leader of the Rotted (also known as the Phoenix). He revealed himself to be Dachta, who was slain by his own weapon of mass destruction. He remembers nothing, but the other Rotting told him about what little they knew of his past. He knows that he made a deal with the Griffins. In exchange for destroying a piece of information they did not like, he had his Learning/Fusing workshop moved to the Griffin’s home. The Griffins reside on the first and second moons of Astra. 4) The group learned more about the history of the Griffins. They used to hunt species on Astra to near extinction, then keep the remnants of that species in a special zoo. At a certain point, they decided to hunt the Kanave. It went poorly. The Kanave forced the Griffins to make Astra a natural wildlife preservation and abolished the grand hunts. They did this by killing lots of Griffins. Since Griffins regard humans as worthless and are fearsome combatants. John of Ketra comes along. Dachta calls his old friend Tretsadore who is friendly to humans as much as a Griffin can be. Tretsadore was also Isabella’s babysitter. They go to the court of Algorus III (the griffin king) and Caedian nearly gets himself killed by sassing the winged lord of the Sovereigns. John saves his life and Godfried takes over negotiations. They get access to Dachta’s workshop and the King is still interested in negotiating as Godfired offered to allow them to help by opening up a Grand Hunt on the Learning and their allies. War and death loom closer Etarian Infantry Purifier Soldiers Etarian Pegasi Knights Phoenix Tristan, Lord of the Rotting Hills Of the Learning Captain Keiber and Colonel Connery meet with Commandant Hadfield in Purification Citty
THE COALITION
-Etaria -The Kanave Tribes NO SIDE OFFICALLY CHOSEN -The Rebel Church (remnants of the Church) -The Fractured Watch (remnants of the Watch) -The Purifiers -Jetzya (ward that the Watch was at war with) -Army of the Phoenix (the Rotted) -Kata Moor -Xaalta -Retria (mercenary monks, from early optional episode) -Others…… THE TRINITY -The Learning -Jura (the Justicars) -The Cult of Joy (majority of the Church, led by Grand Cardinal Edo) The group go with Rhythian to Purification City. They are dressed as Purifiers and need to assassinate one of the four Commandants: Hadfield. They do a favor for Colonel Connery, and kill a few of his rivals. In doing this, Clarissa (masquerading as Captain Keiber) wins the loyalty of a little boy named Franz and his gang of killers. The group goes to a bathhouse where they meet Danny and fend off some assassins. He is planning to kill all high ranking Purifiers at the upcoming feast. Clarissa convinces Colonel Connery to help her betray Hadfield. Then Franz betrays Clarissa and Conner, killing Connery and becoming the Commandant. Franz makes a deal with Clarissa to help him kill the High Priest and become the new leader. They agree to be allies. At the feast Grand Cardinal Edo, his bodyguard Vellin, and a group of Justicars are there. Edo talks about how he is the only Cardinal left of the Church. The Church has split into two factions: The Cult of Joy and the Rebel Church. Franz has a assembled a huge children’s choir at the feast. Then Murdock of the Learning arrives. The groups there form the Trinity, an alliance of the Cult, the Justicars, and the Learning. Franz begins the coup and kills all of the Purifiers, becoming the High Priest. He pretends to still be in the alliance. The Trinity representatives leave, and Murdock indicates that he knew that the apprentices were in the rafters, ready to attack. War is on the horizon.
Arcturus worries over the group and bodes them farewell. He is going to scout the city and also try to find masters to train the group. The apprentices meet with Zero and negotiate a new performance with Goliath and Clarissa. Then Ketra panics as the learning are the Notch gate of Etaria. It is quickly obvious that the attack is fake, designed to give the King false confidence in his defenses. As the “attack” is repelled, Daniel assassinated the King of Etaria and gets away. The group speaks with Prince William II, who is now the king of Etaria. He revels to them the secrets his father kept. They find a God hidden in the palace, who says that her job is to answer the kings questions. Then he points them towards the Old Dungeon. This dungeon has been operation for millions of years, and hold old criminals. William knows that his father was holding a messenger from the Rotted Hills. They release the messenger, a man named Rhythian Hellstrand. He tells them that he knows about Dachta, and they need to travel to the Ritted Hills. Adventure awaits.
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of the Charred Sam of the Remembering (ignore the owl) of the Ashen of the Learning of the Mindful
(yes Jackson, you have to shave your head at some point) The group plans their next steps in the Etarian palace in Ketra. They decide to meet with the Kanave tribe living near Ketra. They meet the leader of the tribe, John of Ketra. He is one of the first Kanave, and he is very interested in humans. He tried to emulate them to make them feel more comfortable. He agrees to fight at their side and gather as many Kanave as they can. The group trains with William and Arcturus. They also meet Seth of the Thundering (EMUS) who was the Etarian diplomat to Xalta. They send him on a secret diplomatic mission. The group arrives in the in-between place, where Nkechi is building his dream village. He offers to make it their home base. They name it Loften, the greatest name of all time. Then the Apprentices, and William explore an abandoned village. A serial killer has taken control of the population and challenges William to “a game.” Finally, the team battles a group of Wilder Wolves and a young prepubescent god (literally two weeks old). They display some incredible Wombo Combos.
After the play all of the apprentices go out to dinner and Clarrissa sets up a sponsorship deal with John General’s General Store. The group then talks to various Hunters who have jobs for them. They meet a strange Hamster named Zeuz. He is a Hunter of the Keeping who was slain but came back as a ghost, possessing the body of a hamster. The group meets Merlin, Madame Rhonda’s Apprentics of the Binding, and also Mordred’s brother. They decide to help Arcturus get some files in the abandoned Bell Tower Ward. They could get him kicked out of the Church so they have to go alone. Inside the archives they are chased by the pursuer and there is also some other monster, collecting bodies. They get to the document but Daniel is there with three dead henchmen who were working for Edo. He has changed a lot in the past months and he used his charisma to convince Edo to work with him. But when he heard that the hunters were going to betray him he shot them in the back. There is a tense standoff between the group and Daniel, but both are reasonable and Daniel keeps the document. He saves their life and gets away on reasonably good terms with the team. The group notices that the city is silent and the Third Moon of Astra fills the entire sky. Arcturus runs up to them, his spear covered in blood. The city is under attack by an Old God. It is releasing an infamous kill team of the learning path called Unit 137. This unit of 8 hunters was designed to destroy the entire city but were stopped after I liberating 10%. But now they are back. The group runs from one of the killers while Arcturus tries to defend him. It is looking poor for Clarrissa, Isabella, Arcturus, and Mordred when Big Pete saves them. He does it at great cost though, because of the Learning attack Big Pete is slain. After everyone escapes Arcturus tells them about the path of the Binding and they decided to destroy the Killteam and get revenge for Big Pete. They travel to Etaria and meet their friend William, who is actually the Prince. After an unsuccessful audience with the King, they make plans with the Prince. The war against the Learning has begun.
Flame of the Wind was a clever and avant guarde take on Fiction and Fantasy. I highly anticipate more work from Zero and Ms. Constantine, and I recommend everyone catch the show if they can. It will be touring around Astra. 5/5
-Ye Olde Yelp Flame of the Wind was honestly hard to watch. The character “Kvothe” (played by Clarissa Constantine) was too powerful and did nothing to earn his specialness. Also all of the sex scenes were cringey and “Denna” (played by Clarissa Constatine) sucked. She is obviously super abusive. Could not recommend this less. Only view if you have consumed poison and you need to vomit it out. -1/5 -Rob Blaire. Editor-In-Chief of The Cleverest Gentleman The group lands in a Quarantine Zone. The port of the Retrian Ward has been infested with the Pale Pox. Arcturus must part with them to get Nkechi to the Cathedral Ward. The group has to escape on their own. Colonel Kernel “Criminal” Major Jr. (Ernest’s former slave master) meets up with the group along with his man servant Manfred. The group meets with Bowguy to get some help and he introduces them to Ravenna “Wild Card” Alexandrovitch, an ex special operations hunter. She is a friend to Arcturus and helps the group move through the Refuse River that runs deep below the city. After a few close calls with the gigantic Trash Hogs, some infected, and various bizzare creatures, the team meets with Arcturus in the tunnels. After a dangerous face off between an infected Trash Hog, the Apprentices, Kernel, Ravenna, Rocky, and Arcturus surface im the Market Ward.
The group heads to a place called Brandeburry Inn to meet Nkechi. Nkechi is the son of a very wanted man named Dachta. Because of his knowledge of Dachta, Nkechi is hunted by many national and international entities. While the team are waiting the inn is attacked by assassins looking for Nkechi. The group escapes with William (an Etarian military man), Flynn (a musician), and Nkechi himself. They also help a gentle giant named Big Pete escape. Pursued by Damned they escape through the Haze. They arrive at a small town by the Golden Sea (an ocean made of sand). Their wounds are tended to by some local nurses and after a short Toast Seance, they take a sand ship to cross the sea. The ship is destroyed by a Titan during the voyage but the apprentices escape through the Haze. They appear in the ocean on the coast of the City.
Bandit Receives 5,000 BONUS BUCKS for basically nothing (colorized) Blue the Wyvern (Sela’s very rascally Second Self)
- Father Grimm A. Arcturus of the Jubilant walked along a dry forested path carrying a huge pack
- he has been sent by the Church of Joy and the Council of Cardinals to collect a group of new hunters - an old friend of his has been given a list of hunters and some information about them - Arcturus first meets Isabella Haven, saving her from extreme burn damage ^ Tal Village ^ - they travel through the Haze to meet Sela Rufus who is traveling away from her home town to see the world - Arcturus learns that Sela’s Second Self is actually a living wyvern called Blue (after the distinctive color of his scales) - they go on to the Beggars Ward and try to catch Mordred, a street urchin, using a clever plan in which Isabella and Sela try to convince him that they are his lesbian moms - Isabella tries to grab him but she fails - Arcturus has to chase him down and catch him, even as Mordred tries to kick him in the groin and gouge his eyes out - Arcturus finally manages to calm him down but he is still very impetuous - next they meet Clarrissa (an alcoholic doctor) and Caedian (an inventor and single dad with a daughter) and add then to the team - afterwards the group travels to the brewers ward where they meet a ripped 12 year old named Crow Bier who joins them - after that they meet Ernest in the Merchants Ward, he is a Wilderfolk builder who is already aquainted with Arcturus and they are very happy to see each other - finally they head to the library ward to pick up Tomoko, an artist turned Hunter - there Clarissa almost lights the library on fire but is stopped by Duncan the librarian - they go to a mountaintop to train how to fight - after a few days arcturus shares some Alliteration Alcohols with the group and shows Mordred and Tomoko the beautiful sight of the Currents - then the whole group travels to a small valley village called Tal - Arcturus has some business outside the valley but he encourages them to explore the area and stay safe - they go to a bar called the Hoedown - Arcturus is flirting with the local women - the Apprentices are keeping an eye on group of young ruffians in the bar - their leader is very handsome and has a girl on his arm - the leader also has a huge kid watching his back - suddenly a young kid with black hair and a sword rushes in attacking the smug looking leader - the kid (Rocky) attacks Danny with a sword but Danny shoots him with a hand crossbow - arcturus rushes to the scene and smacks Daniel, going to heal Rocky - after Rocky is much better Arcturus leaves the group for his business - they chat with Rocky and get to know him - Danny, Butch, and his thugs have been terrorizing the town, even breaking a farmers legs - Danny is the mayor’s son and apparently has connections to a gang of bandits headed by Suroshi - he is extremely charismatic and makes everyone like him somehow - he stole Nancy, a girl who Rocky was in love with - Rocky decided to stop the town menace - Ernest shares a message he found in the Haze, talking about a Church of Joy Monastery that is in danger, and the group agrees to go and help once they leave Tal - they meet Rockys grandma who is setting up a Kachi store called Your Highness - she tells them a few stories including a very interesting one where a traveler turned to stone right in front of her eyes when she was young - the Apprentices go visit the local crypt and have a disturbing experience with some toast - Mordred finds 5000 BONUS BUCKS!!! - he does not understand the gravity of the situation - they get out of the crypt and start heading back to town so that they can make it to the Hoedown Hoedown, a local high school dance - on their way back they are attacked by Danny, Butch, and 8 cronies - Arcturus arrives but reminds them to fight creatively instead of helping, and directs an orchestra to go along with them - then the group murders Butch, a 13 year old boy - oh jeez - they shoot Danny in both legs but he gets away - Arcturus is surprised but understanding. Butch was a huge child about to tear them apart. And Danny had been threatening to beat the Apprentices to death - Arcturus has to leave but they go get ready for the Hoedown - Danny arrives at the dance but he seems really smug - the group slowly realizes that Danny has bandits surrounding the Hoedown - Clarissa goes to try and talk with him but is instantly charmed by him - he takes her outside and Mordred sneaks out too - the group is trying to find ways put but there isnt one - Mordred is caught by the bandit leader: Prophet - in exchange for his life Mordred offers up his 5k BONUS BUCKS - for that Prophet renounces his debt to Danny and gives his crossbow to Mordred - at this very moment the bandits (led by Prophet) engage with Danny’s father’s soldiers and Arcturus arrives to spirit the group away - Danny is injured and the Apprentices escape into the haze with rocky - when they leave the Haze Rocky is a hunter - Adventure is on the horizon - they are near the Monastery |
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