Black Eagle
by Marc-Antoine GuidaultI've heard a story, an old Kelven
inhabitant told his child at the evening ...
They were talking about Ludvig von Hendricks, the Black Eagle
...
<< He did made many crimes in his time ...
- How does our king punish him, ask a young boy ?
- Stephan was not king then and did not punish him as Ludvig was
cruel and evil but also he was very clever and can't be accused of
anything.
- Let's tell us, pope, please ... say the dozen of young people seated
all around the old man ...
- Well, there's not a lot to say ... but let's see if your
intelligence is high enough to see behind the facts ...
o In fall 1001, the Black Eagle ask the dwarves of Rockhome for thousands weapons and armours ... the command will be ready for the following summer.
o During winter 1001, two galleys of war at the end of their building were stolen in a Thyatian port of Hattias. These were asked by Stephan ... his navy won't evolve until new galley will be built.
o In the same time, a horde of looters (goblin thieves) block the duke road between Penhaligon and Selenica.
o At the beginning of spring : the duke and the Black Eagle send troops to re-open the pass. No battle are fought but the road still stay closed : the looters manage surprisingly to avoid the ducal army.
o In the same time a great piracy emerge in the Halav gulf ... Nothings seems to be able to stop it.
o End of spring : a troop of mercenaries, "Vanya's Punch" , manage to make free passages threw the gulf : most of trading companies use them as escort. The other stop working.
o Beginning of summer : although the efforts of Karameikan and Darokin troops, the road is not sure enough to let caravans use it ; dwarves decided to travel threw Darokin to get Akoros. There, they'll use ships to reach the Black Eagle.
o A party of adventurers are sent by Korrigan to inquire about who are the pirates ...
o Summer : Engaged by the dwarf company, the "Vanya's Punch" escorts the boat, but the boat never arrive at Noircastel -hum Fort Doom ?-. Everybody think the boat was lost during a battle against the pirates. Dwarf company isn't paid ... and stop any relation with Black Eagle for two years.
o Korrigan and the adventurers party decide to set a trap to the pirates by creating a false transportation of weapons ... (with help of the dwarven company and many companies ruined by piracy). They won a naval battle and discover the nest of the pirates, who are in fact the mercenaries "Vanya's Punch". They don't find the loots ...
o Fall summer : the duke road re open as the looters seems to have disappeared ... Black Eagle is thanked by the Duke for having helped ... with gold mines near Threshold.
- So Kids ... These are the events
as we learn them ... 20 years later, what do you conclude ?
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