Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 6 Dec 2006 to 8 Dec 2006 (#2006-186) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 09/12/2006, 19:00 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is 1 message totalling 160 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Caravan Campaign over ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:17:56 +0200 From: Ville V Lahde Subject: Caravan Campaign over Phew, out two-year long caravan campaign if finally over, or at least =20 in the dockyard for a while. Here's some final notes to the story (the =20 rest can be found in the Vaults). --------------------------- 35) Aftermath of the battle The PCs met the shadowelf shaman agent in the midst of the battle of =20 Alfheim City. Due to the actions of the PCs the battle was won. The =20 city was badly damaged, but it survived. Now they had the chance to =20 talk with the enigmatic shadowelf unnoticed. The shadowelf Mirador told them about the rift in the shadowelf =20 society and gave them some information about Xatapechli and Telemon. =20 The shaman offered to help them in defeating the conspiracy. The PCs =20 decided that they would go to Desnae and try to find out about the =20 Chossum infiltrators. The PCs also had time to save Arnulf of Umbarth, earning his gratitude =20 once again. The Army, led by Gilfronden, arrived finally and started to search the =20 city for remaining enemies. One of the PCs decided to tell Taragin =20 Oakbranch about Mirador: a big mistake. Taragin isn't a traitor, but =20 he of course decided that the king must know about this - and told =20 everything to Gilfronden! So the shadowelf conspirators are fully up =20 to date with the PCs' actions. Oh dear. The PCs rest a couple of days and get their well earned rewards. And =20 this of course gives the conspirators time to react :) 36) Abduction in Desnae The PCs arrived in Desnae and learned that just a couple of days ago =20 two important elven merchants had been murdered. Also, the guards had =20 found a group of dead humans in a warehouse. They were the local Corun =20 house merchants who had disappeared a week or so ago. (When Ramet Manwer, one of the Corun conspirators, escaped the PCs in =20 the Broken Lands, he sought shelter with Carlisan. As the Corun House =20 conspiracy was sure to fall, all the merchants in Desnae - part of the =20 conspiracy - went into hiding. Now Carlisan is eliminating weak links =20 and killed his elven and human accomplices.) And so the PCs are surprised to find Ramet Manwer also dead. Stellara, a Chossum PC, meets her family after nearly a year of =20 separation. The family is of course suprised that she came back so =20 soon. The PC group meets he family at lunch and they discuss the =20 recent events. They'll try to get to meet Lymwyll in the morning. During the night Stellara's mother knocks on her door and asks her =20 daughter to come to the woods with her to learn about the "facts of =20 life". This is of course not Stellara's mother, this is Carlisan in =20 magical disquise. Carlisan captures Stellara and tells her that "we =20 have your mother. The only way to get her back is that you kill that =20 Shaman and make it public. Then stop interfering with us. You are too =20 late - we are everywhere." 37) The Plot Thickens - the King is Dead The PCs are at a loss when Stellara is found. What are they to do? =20 They don't want to kill Mirador, but they'd like to save Stellara's =20 mother. But they have no way to find her, and snooping around in =20 Desnae would surely endanger her. (This is Carlisan's true intent: to =20 confuse the PCs and throw them off track. the shadowelves can't afford =20 to attack the PCs. It could fail, and they need all their special =20 troops in the coming final offensive.) But suddenly one of the PCs realises that nobody is supposed to know =20 about the shaman! To her horror Stellara realises that she told =20 Taragin about Mirador, and thus she caused her mother's abduction. The PCs rush to Alfheim to talk with Mirador and Taragin.For the first =20 time their suspicions fall on Gilfronden, as Taragin knows that he is =20 the only one who he told about the shaman. They also learn that =20 Gilfronden has sent the army to the north to repen an imminent =20 shadowelf attack. Soon news also come from Elleromyr: shadowelf agents =20 attacked King Doriath and killed him! What are they to do? Stellara's mother is still in danger, but so is =20 Alfheim! They negotiate with Mirador. Finally they realise that they =20 have an important piece of evidence that can condemn Xatapechli's =20 cabal. They have a Soul Gem that was used as currency in the smuggling =20 operations (in the Egg of Phoenix episode in Ostland)! It has been =20 twisted by Janiver Corwan, the leader of Corun conspirators in their =20 caravan. Mirador is shocked that Xatapechli would sink so low as to =20 befoul a Soul Gem by giving it to outsiders. But first they have to stop the war. Mirador agrees to stage her death =20 so that the PCs can send false information about "the shamn's death" =20 to Desnae via Taragin. Now they hope that they can act without =20 endangering Stellara's mother. The PCs make an educated quess that the Shadowelves intend to attack =20 Sump and the Weir. The garrison has been weakened when Gilfronden =20 summoned the army that was sent north, and the Weirguard Fort would be =20 a key strategic point. Taragin allows them the use of a Lighboat and =20 they are sent to investigate. 38) Battle of the Weir Indeed, the PCs find out that the Weirguard has been left only with =20 skeleton defence. They bring in some expert troops with the Lightboat =20 just in time: the Shadolwelves attack. The PCs are instrumental in stopping the attack. The Shaldowelves use =20 monsters and elite fighters but don't get to control the walls and the =20 towers, so their regulars have to retreat. 39) Final Surprises Brightsword arrives in the Weirguard fort with reinforcements. But a =20 message comes from the north: the whole army has been decimated by =20 shadwoelf ambush and a strange fiery abomination (the Flaem summoning =20 device again). Alfheim City is still vulnerable, so the PCs decide to go to Alfheim =20 city and then to Darokin to seek aid from their home country. They =20 learn that Stellara's family is safe, as an envoy of Lynwyll has =20 brought them to Taragin. Luckily one of the PCs realises what this =20 might mean (they suspected all along that all's not well in Chossum), =20 and they rush to the Guardian's halls. It was down to seconds: they =20 manage to stop Carlisan in time. He was just about to slit Taragin's =20 throat. Carlisan is killed, and Alfheim still has one experienced =20 leader. The PCs negotiate with Mirador: they decide to travel to the Shadowelf =20 Lands and take the damning evidence to Porphyriel. But first they'll =20 have to help prevent Shadowelf victory. They rush towards Darokin. But on the road to Favaro they meet a large Darokinian force which is =20 led by "The Cook", now openly dressed in DDC uniform. The new Corun =20 leaders and (due to Arnulf's influence) Umbarth had been helplul in =20 convincing the Darokinian leadership that Alfheim needs help. So now Alfheim seems to be saved for a while at least. A strong =20 Shadowelf army, now openly led by Gilfronden, is entrenched in Ainsun. =20 Alfheim can defend the City, but they don't have enough troops to =20 attack. Also, orc attacks from Orclands (instigated by SE agents of =20 course) are tying up troops. Perhaps the PCs have enough time to go to =20 the City of Stars and present their case to Porphyriel. Perhaps they =20 can stop Xatapechli's cabal. Perhaps. ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 6 Dec 2006 to 8 Dec 2006 (#2006-186) **************************************************************