Around 23-25 November: donna Rigarda’s people are able to identify and locate those who disrupted the latest arms shipment to the undead Brotherhood abroad because of the magical print of the weapons they retained for themselves. Shen Qingqiu and Eleven are apprehended and delivered to Rigarda, whose close relationship with don Bonaccorso enables her to carry out abuses of power without endangering herself or her status.
The storage site of the remaining weapons will also be raided (please let the relevant players of characters holding the weapons know!) unless explicit magical spells were put in advance to mask the presence of the arms (no post-dating this, please). Characters who attempt to stop the collection of the weapons would likely also be roughened up a bit, but not detained.
Shen Qingqiu and Eleven will have access to their pendants until they reach donna Rigarda’s estate, but the communication feature of these instruments will be deactivated after. The translation function remains active, allowing them to understand each other and others. Rigarda will candidly blame them for the disaster that recently befell Taravast, as the failure to deliver the weapons shipment brought the Huntress and the Beastmaster upon the citadel, killing hundreds and destroying districts. She will outright question whether they are working for any of the forces external to Taravast and conspiring to take down the city through massacre.
To appease the undead lieges, Rigarda plans a fresh shipment of weapons. She intends to send Eleven and Shen Qingqiu to the undead Brotherhood, to show Taravast’s ongoing commitment to its tribute arrangement with the undead. She regrets this recourse, but sees no other option. The delivery goes out in three days, during which Eleven and Shen Qingqiu are held under tight watch, fettered and imprisoned in the basement cells of Rigarda’s palace. They will have no access to magic or weapons, but can try to get crafty otherwise with initiating (or begging) an escape.
ANAKIN SKYWALKER
Taravast might be recovering from its recent devastations, but some among the lower classes find themselves less keen to forget that don Bonaccorso summoned his fat and happy noblemen to sanctuary in Artes Mundi during the attack — while providing far less support for servants and the poor. Shen Qingqiu’s reputation as a revolutionary speaking ardently against the rich and powerful has earned him some admirers among Rigarda’s attendants, who remember Anakin Skywalker was once sniffing ominously around the household during the mistress’ last failed interaction with undead envoys.
The servants cannot prove that he killed the undead — but the mere suspicion is enough to motivate them to get in touch with Anakin and inform him that another weapons shipment has been arranged, and that Shen Qingqiu and Eleven are imprisoned and slated for delivery to the dead, as part of Rigarda’s tribute.
The servants beg Anakin to save Shen Qingqiu, and, effectively, to come do what Sith-boy does best —
...kill things. And sell sand.
Let me know what you plan to do for this. Be very discreet about any attacks against Rigarda’s palace: remember she’s ultimately a high-ranking member of the Taravast gentry, and the party is not currently sufficiently powered up to survive going up against an entire city’s defences.
ANAKIN SKYWALKER, ELEVEN & SHEN QINGQIU
ELEVEN & SHEN QINGQIU
Around 23-25 November: donna Rigarda’s people are able to identify and locate those who disrupted the latest arms shipment to the undead Brotherhood abroad because of the magical print of the weapons they retained for themselves. Shen Qingqiu and Eleven are apprehended and delivered to Rigarda, whose close relationship with don Bonaccorso enables her to carry out abuses of power without endangering herself or her status.
The storage site of the remaining weapons will also be raided (please let the relevant players of characters holding the weapons know!) unless explicit magical spells were put in advance to mask the presence of the arms (no post-dating this, please). Characters who attempt to stop the collection of the weapons would likely also be roughened up a bit, but not detained.
Shen Qingqiu and Eleven will have access to their pendants until they reach donna Rigarda’s estate, but the communication feature of these instruments will be deactivated after. The translation function remains active, allowing them to understand each other and others. Rigarda will candidly blame them for the disaster that recently befell Taravast, as the failure to deliver the weapons shipment brought the Huntress and the Beastmaster upon the citadel, killing hundreds and destroying districts. She will outright question whether they are working for any of the forces external to Taravast and conspiring to take down the city through massacre.
To appease the undead lieges, Rigarda plans a fresh shipment of weapons. She intends to send Eleven and Shen Qingqiu to the undead Brotherhood, to show Taravast’s ongoing commitment to its tribute arrangement with the undead. She regrets this recourse, but sees no other option. The delivery goes out in three days, during which Eleven and Shen Qingqiu are held under tight watch, fettered and imprisoned in the basement cells of Rigarda’s palace. They will have no access to magic or weapons, but can try to get crafty otherwise with initiating (or begging) an escape.
ANAKIN SKYWALKER
Taravast might be recovering from its recent devastations, but some among the lower classes find themselves less keen to forget that don Bonaccorso summoned his fat and happy noblemen to sanctuary in Artes Mundi during the attack — while providing far less support for servants and the poor. Shen Qingqiu’s reputation as a revolutionary speaking ardently against the rich and powerful has earned him some admirers among Rigarda’s attendants, who remember Anakin Skywalker was once sniffing ominously around the household during the mistress’ last failed interaction with undead envoys.
The servants cannot prove that he killed the undead — but the mere suspicion is enough to motivate them to get in touch with Anakin and inform him that another weapons shipment has been arranged, and that Shen Qingqiu and Eleven are imprisoned and slated for delivery to the dead, as part of Rigarda’s tribute.
The servants beg Anakin to save Shen Qingqiu, and, effectively, to come do what Sith-boy does best —
...kill things. And sell sand.
Let me know what you plan to do for this. Be very discreet about any attacks against Rigarda’s palace: remember she’s ultimately a high-ranking member of the Taravast gentry, and the party is not currently sufficiently powered up to survive going up against an entire city’s defences.