Invitation

As harsh winter’s icy temperment makes way for the warmth of spring, its time to wake sleeping muscles and move cold stiffened bones. You are invited to Baroness Lura Burghe’s for feasting, drinking, and caber tossing.

Current Fashions

• None!

Guests of Lura Burghe

• Count Bunbury Tal, the Rajan
• Cavala Tammel
• Salvana Valar
• Rahna Drew, the Blooded Storm
• Knight Sitthydeth, on behalf of Countess Maylay
• Knight Godfren and his Personal Guard hunting the forest

Season Actions

• Rahna Drew has used three Season Actions and Resources to find three rank one Artifacts.
• Cavala is using one Season Action to train herself as an Athlete.
• Bunbury uses one of Rahna’s Resources to find her a rank one Artifact as her Contact.
• Rahna explorers lands for Bunbury as his Contact.
• Bunbury hires Roadmen for Lura as her Contact.
• Lura explores lands for Bunbury as his Contact.
• Bunbury and Cavala become mutual Contacts.
• Lura explores lands for Salvana as her Contact.
• Salvana picks flowers for the werewolf problem.
• Bunbury and Sitthydeth become mutual Contacts.

Truths

• Godfren and his Personal Guard have come to the highlands forest to hunt and to raise a village. Bodys of the villagers have been found hung from the trees of the forest.
• Rahna Drew has consumed ten roses from The Garden of Manna Renay.
• Bunbury and Sitthydeth dueled on a floating log in an Insult Duel. Sitthydeth finally won with the following insult, "Are you a half- Ork crossed with a pig? Oh yeah, there are some things pigs won’t do."
• Count Kether knows Rahna Drew snuck in and out of The Garden of Manna Renay.
• Baroness Lura has a one of the Yrbinti Dice of the Sorcerer Kings.
• Bunbury Tal has a one of the Yrbinti Dice of the Sorcerer Kings.
• The winning cabre of the Highlands Spring Festival each year becomes a Relic of Manna Renay at the end of the festival.
• There is a book in Lura’s library about Sorcerer King ruins.
• Salvana came to steal something from the hostess.
• Sitthydeth has a warrant for Godfren’s arrest signed by Countess Maylay. She wants him alive, if possible, but wants his Personal Guard dead.
• Shaina has been told by Tyan Bran that she needs to share her secrets concerning Rahna/May with someone, Ketehr being the ideal choice due to lands and proximity to the Senate.
• The Serpent Ork can ride with The Storm of Shan’ri.
• The orkish infection causes Rahna Drew to be more susceptible to orkish attacks.
• Bunbury‘s librarian disappeared while sorting through his portion of Sithic’s library.
• Emina Thali has a one of the Yrbinti Dice of the Sorcerer Kings.

Invitation

A herald appears on your lands. The symbol on the herald’s tabbard is a stylized image of a red cloud with three forks of lightning slashing down at a small ven castle underneath it. With a quick clearing of the throat, the herald begins to speak,

Brave ven, tortured souls, all who have been weighed down beneath the oppressive heel of life within Shan’ri, listen well to these words. The time of winter has arrived, and with it has come that well honored ven tradition of discarding what no longer serves it’s purpose! You are now invited to celebrate this worthy day by bringing your unworthy items to the castle of Anguish’s Repose. Those who bring objects of power (the herald looks confused, murmuring, ‘relics espec-no, that was crossed out… artifacts. Oh, my, I believe… ummm, no, this must be the right line,’) Ignore that vile usurper! Come to the castle, bearers of artifacts will get hospitality. Bearers of relics will be stabbed!

Rolling up the parchment they had been reading from, the herald bows low to whomever receives the missive, then departs.

Current Fashions

• None!

Guests of Rahna Drew

• Count Bunbury Tal, The Rajan
• Knight Godfren Adrente, Roadwarden
• Sithydeth, Knightly Bard
• Baroness Salvana Valar
• Shaina Silja, the Shamed
• Baroness Lura Burghe

Season Actions

• May Q’n has stolen a resource from Rahna Drew to find a rank one relic to eat.
• Rahna Drew harvests 5 resources.
• Rahna Drew finds 3 rank one artifacts to eat.
• Bunbury Tal reaps two season’s worth of resources to pay upkeep, with one resource remaining.
• Bunbury Tal explores for a rank one artifact with the previously mentioned remaining resource, which he uses as a gift for this althua.
• Godfren spends a season action to hire a Spy Network.
• Rahna Drew pays her upkeep.
• Godfren hires a Secret Army.
• Bunbury Tal and Lura Burghe become mutual Contacts.
• Knight Sithydeth hires a Spy Network.
• Salvana Valar and Lura Burghe become mutual Contacts.

Truths

• Salvana met Caliban Ru. He recruited her into the Good and Dear Friends. She also knows of his glorious return.
• Godfren is hunting in the Forest of the Red Wolf. Rahna Drew hears from villagers that bodies are splayed open hanging from trees and their flesh appears to be eaten upon.
• Godfren and his pack are hunting and giving into their Rage, causing rank nine Corruption.
• Salvana gave Rahna a key to a dungeon.
• There is a well known series of Everblooming Roses of Mana Renay which are artifacts, one each of different shades of color. Rahna Drew knows the location of the garden. So does Shaina Silja.
• Rahna has renamed her castle to the Nexus of Despair.
• Rahna has had Shaina Silja create a Tivalti board with Sithic’s antlers and visage.
• Somewhere in the world is a ghost city of the Wolf with a hidden shine to Dagul Sheeda, the Olivanna.
• The Garden of Mana Renay is adjoining the lands of Lura Burghe. It is on lands that have been under constant contest since Manna Renay ascended to be a Grand Suaven, and Count Kether is one of those contesting the lands.
• The color lilac means flirtation without intention.

Invitation

Gather your tents, untether your ildirim, and load your palanquin. It’s time to party under the stars and go a-hunting! Each day we’ll unleash your inner Bear to best utilize the tactics of your inner Wolf. Each night, in the grand tent we’ll feast upon the best Shan’ri has to offer the senses of your inner Fox. Day and night, you’ll want to do your inner Falcon proud: this will not be an althua for the faint of heart!

Current Fashions

• Rank 1 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Bunbury Tal

• Shaina Silja
• Rahna Drew, the Blooded Storm
• Godfren Adrente

Season Actions

• Godfren becomes Academy Educated.
• Godfren hires Roadmen.
• Godfren hires Personal Guards.
• Godfren hires a Herald.
• Rahna has researched four ranks of artifacts.
• Godfren read through the research notes he found which explore how much Corruption a Wolf can take upon themselves.
• Bunbury Tal reaped Resources.

Truths

• Rahna killed a sorcerer of the Senate lurking on Bunbury’s lands and presented him with the skull.
• The Corrupted Wolves are members of a sorcerous cabal armed with a total of 15 rank five bloodswords. Some of the bloodswords are cursed swords Dagul gave out to students of his dueling school. Some of the Corrupted Wolves were spies sent to keep an eye on Bunbury.
• Godfren Adrente got separated from the rest of the althua’s hunting party and gave into his Corruption a second time.
• The previously mentioned sorcerer which Rahna Drew has killed was a Q’Val of Falvren Dyr and his rank five bloodsword was a relic. May Q’n consumed it as Rahna Drew.
• When Godfren Adrente raged he sent 3 cabal members packing towards Rahna Drew’s location.
• Godfren Adrente killed 3 more cabal members and he took their total of 3 bloodswords.
• Bunbury has specific hunting grounds with traditional (i.e. normal) game.
• The Personal Guard at camp held off a Corrupted Wolf attack and protected the camp Staff.
• Godfren Adrente helped Bunbury’s Roadmen fend off an attack on a village and gained 3 more bloodswords.
• Bunbury Tal‘s Roadmen secretly capture two “Corrupted” Wolves without Rahna’s, May‘s, nor Godfren’s awareness. They take them back to Bunbury’s castle rather than camp in order to experiment on them. Bunbury and his vassals are unaware of the fact that one is not yet fully Corrupted.
• The cabal is dedicated to the Shards, and carried a Shard among them.
• While Godfren Adrente was separated and succumbed to his Rage he ate those whom he killed, and one was a Shard which he subsequently swallowed.
• All Corrupted Wolves who succumbed to the Rage consume their victims and cannibalize them.
• One of the ones Godfren consumed was an Uncorrupted one. The Uncorrupted Wolf “food” had research notes on push a Wolf’s Corruption to the edge and beyond to complete the Corruption.
• Wolves past ten Corruption gain Ork Traits.
• Godfren got separated again in the forest.
• The blacksmith village is secretly under the control of the cabal, and is where they are making the bloodswords.
• Rahna Drew slew 5 Corrupted Wolves, ate 3 bloodswords, and grabbed one of the Shards after scaring the Wolves with red lightning.
• 3 of the 8 bloodswords Godfren has are from Dagul’s Spy Network.
• Bunbury’s Roadmen come back with disturbing reports of victims strung up in the trees after their flesh has been eaten.
• Shaina knows everything going on and cannot say anything. While she dozes she has terrible nightmares — so terrible, in fact, that she is striving not to sleep. Which only makes it worse.
• Bunbury’s Roadmen come back with reports of spectral/ghostly Wolves in the forest, and one report of one of them coming out of one of the bodies hung in the trees.
• Godfren Adrente sends 7 of the 8 rank five bloodswords to Maylay Yvarai along with his rank one bloodsword. He kept the remaining rank five bloodsword for himself.
• Bunbury Tal sent a Spy Network after himself, Shaina, Rahna, Godfren, and six after the cabal — one for each direction.

Invitation

Our local Good and Dear Friend, Salvana Valar, has invited all noble Ven to participate in an Althua that will go down in memory as the event that no one had a clue as to what was really going on! Will you be able to figure out the Serpent’s plan? Come join us at the Althua of Mystery!

Current Fashions

• Rank 2 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Salvana Valar

• Bunbury Tal
• Rahna Drew
• Godfren Adrente
• Cavala Tammel

Season Actions

• Rahna Drew uses The Red Wolf’s Relic to found a Shrine to The Red Wolf
• Bunbury Tal becomes Salvana Valar’s Contact.
• Salvana Valar becomes Bunbury Tal’s Contact.
• Rahna explores new lands for Bunbury as his Contact.
• Bunbury discovers a rank one Artifact for Rahna as her Contact.

Truths

• Salvana is already building Shrines in preparation for solace.
• Rahna Drew is actually a Tulpa at this Althua.
• Cavala is a neighbor of Salvana.
• Salvana has some of Bunbury’s blood.
• Salvana has some of Rahna’s blood.
• Serpent Philosophers are able to smell the difference between Blooded and Unblooded blood.
• Some Serpent suaven, but not Tyan Bran, have a Blessing that lets the devotee determine from which House unlabeled blood comes.
• Bunbury Tal knows the location of The Serpent Vale. The Serpent Vale is where the Serpent Olivana enters the world to Blood its people. It is also a place where some of the Serpents go to enter solace.
• Salvana has some of Godfren’s blood.
• May Q’n has read the book detailing the history of the sacred Serpent’s line.
• Bunbury has read the part which pertains to Avatars and Banes in the portion of Sithic’s library which is in his control.
• Salvana has some of Cavala’s blood.
• The dagger is a Natural Orichalcum fang of The Serpent that actively seeks blood.
• The riddles:
  • coiling, writhing
    over hills and dales
    glistening fangs
    tip the scales
  • starts as nothing
    then gives thanks
    next to patron
    rises in ranks
  • blue when under
    black at night
    red when over
    gives us might
  • clear as sky
    giver of life
    dry earth
    causes strife
  • curved edge
    straight line
    stabby stabby
    food time
  • glass vial
    blank label
    a hidden niche
    or on a table
• The answers:
  • Serpent
  • ven
  • blood
  • tears
  • dagger
  • poison
• Several generations back Salvana is connected to the sacred Serpent line.
• Salvana’s castle is at the entrance to The Serpent Vale. Bunbury is very familiar with the land.

Invitation

You have a choice to come by sea or land to Wolf Island for a Ven New Year’s Eve Party to celebrate the coming of the new spring and the birth of a new child to the ruling family. Maylay has given birth and is hosting this affair! The local Vassels are in attendance to see the new heir of the Wolf Isles. The Road Wardens have killed the Wild Pig Ork haunting the Wolf Isles and is now being cooked by the cooks!

A “spring party” is an excuse for nobles to gather and plot and trade and scheme. Fall in love. So many young men and women in one place, all eager for Romance. So young. So easy to manipulate. So easy to fool into life-long contracts binding them forever. Of course, at this particular party, the noble in question is of marrying age and her consort was recently killed on an ork hunt or was he taken into solace early? She’s available. Ripe for the picking. What the ven don’t know is she’s playing a game with her two friends: who can collect the most promises from desperate old men willing to do anything to win the favor of a beautiful young girl…Winning a Lover If you can’t think of a way to make this complicated, you need to get out more often. Romance is a messy and mean business. You’ve got rivals and parents and brothers and sisters and arranged marriages. Maintaining a Romance is even worse. The ven have laws for such indiscretions and they are not kind. Sure, society accepts Romance, but the law does not. So, we’ve got lots of sneaking around. Lots of innuendo. Lots of other people trying to discover your secret so they can use it against you. Blackmail is such an ugly word…

A married woman or man approaches one of the ven, looking to begin a Romance. She also provides a new ally. An important ally. A powerful ally. And remember the consequences of breaking her heart.

Current Fashions

• Rank 3 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Countessa Maylay Yvarai

• Rahna Drew
• Bunbury Tal
• Lura Burghe

Season Actions

• Rahna Drew uses seven season actions to find seven ranks of Artifacts.
• Bunbury Tal explored ruins for a rank one Artifact on behalf of his Contact, Rahna Drew, because she intends to destroy them.

Truths

• Rahna Drew has gained access to Sithic Jasnine’s library.
• Rahna Drew and May will only recognize each other as living Artifacts when they make physical contact.
• The perfume has a narcotic effect and the scent carries.
• May knows The Twins Ritual and ensured that Maylay would fulfill the Contract of bearing two heirs for Dagul. However, only one baby is presented at a time so no on knows of the existence of the other baby.
• The Temple of the Wolf includes both the Artifacts of Q’Val of The Wolf and natural orichalcum bones of The Wolf.
• Dagul Sheeda is a direct descendant of The Red Wolf.
• Both babies have silver eyes.
• The Wolf Isles proudly display Relics of The Wolf, The Red Wolf, and Talia. Relics of the other Houses’ Suaven are held in secret locations around the islands’ sea caves.
• Maylay’s Fox-blooded Twin child has sorcerous orichalcum bones because of the Ritual May used.
• The first born son is a Wolf named Haroon, “My father rejoices.”
• The second born son is a Fox named Lonor, “I am the rival.”
• There is a relic of The Ghost Wolf in the forest and ghost wolves haunt and hunt the forest. The ghost wolves kill no one of the House nor members of The Wolf Isles,
• May Q’n has merged with Rahna Drew.
• The twins have an addiction to The Silken Veil.
• Bunbury and Rahna both see spirit wolves around the althua,
• May Q’n can dowse for Sorcerer King artifacts.
• May Q’n can silence the whispers heard by ven.
• May Q’n replaces the ranks of Relic in an object with equivalent ranks in Corruption.
• May Q’n cannot absorb Relics of Shan’ri nor the Olivana.
• Haroon can summon the The Silver Wolf.
• Haroon has natural orichalcum bones.

Invitation

There is talk of Khanurdante, the Great Elk of Shanri. A magnificent creature, pure white, antlers that shine like stars. King of all creatures, the ven give it powers beyond those of mortals and orks. It is some kind of source of terrible power. Many have quested to see it. All have come back changed ven, unable to speak of the experience. Visibly changed.

Elk are sacred to all Houses, not just those who wear the heraldry. No ven hunt them, although spotting an elk on a hunt is said to bring good fortune. Killing an elk brings…something else.

Current Fashions

• Rank 1 Fashion to wear a Cursed Sword.
• Rank 1 Fashion to wear Rooster Hair.
• Rank 1 Fashion to have Facial Tattoos.
• Rank 4 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Count Mother Fucking Kether

• Sazaas Eshu, the Countess Kether
• Duke Bunbury Tal, Rajan
• Shaina Silja
• Baron Dagul Sheeda

Season Actions

• Sazaas Eshu conquered forty provinces for her husband.
• Bunbury Tal spends a season action to inform the Rajan about the truth of “Talten Steele”.
• Bunbury Tal spends a season action to inform the Cult of Jonan Drax about the truth of “Talten Steele”.
• Bunbury Tal spends a season action to inform the Cult of Tyan Bran about the truth of “Talten Steele”.
• Sithic Jasnine explores for Bunbury Tal as his Contact.
• Sithic Jasnine spends thirty-three season actions and fifty-two Resources to lay in contingency plans for not returning from The Spirit Realm.
• Bunbury Tal moves a portion of the library of his Contact, Sithic Jasnine, while renovations are underway.
• Bunbury Tal explores for his his Contact, Dagul Sheeda.
• Baron Dagul explores for his his Contact, Bunbury.
• Sithic Jasnine builds Shipyards for his Contact, Dagul Sheeda.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda fosters the heir of his Contact, Count Kether, on The Wolf Isles.

Truths

• May and Maylay are in a battle of wills with each other over control of the body. It began the day after the wedding.
• Bunbury ripples along with Sithic and Dagul when he touches the wall. The Wolf uses this connection to enlist Bunbury as its weapon in the trial of Prowess.
• Sithic takes a cursed sword from Dagul to confront Bunbury. The cursed Elk sword makes the wielder’s plans succeed.
• Dagul’s feral side can be tagged occasionally.
• Dagul knows how to call his “pack” — wolves from his line of banes.
• We have reached the 60th generation of Wolf avatars.
• The first generation of Wolf and Elk avatars battled the Sorcerer Kings together.
• Sithic wins the duel against Bunbury. Before the duel ends, Bunbury breaks a bit of natural orichalcum antler off Sithic during the duel in order to pick it up without Sithic’s notice. It was this choice that left the opening for Sithic to get the winning strike.
• Dagul Sheeda has become the Olivana of The Wolf. He automatically passes all Prowess tests!
• Dagul Sheeda sends an Avatar known as The Silver Wolf to protect Maylay and their unborn son. The Silver Wolf becomes any unborn son’s Bane. Dagul’s son becomes The Silver Wolf.
• Dagul Sheeda banks 9 Truths to later use on his unborn son.
• The Serpent is in the original garden, Shan’ri’s Garden.
• The roses of Shan’ri’s Garden are infused with The Storm.
• There is a still pool in the center of Shan’ri’s Garden where the Olivana come to drink.
• If read correctly, Shan’ri’s Garden acts as a map of all Shan’ri.
• There are healing pockets of blight corresponding to the locations of Portals.
• There are items from the Portals strewn about Shan’ri’s Garden.
• A mountain fronts Shan’ri’s Garden‘s pond, and the roots extend down to Shan’ri.
• A rolling wave of flame flows throughout Shan’ri’s Garden, refreshing the plants in an ouroboras with The Serpent.
• The Serpent knows how to navigate the mountain of Shan’ri’s Garden‘s roots to Shan’ri. The Elk learned of it. Both work to keep it secret from the other Olivana. The Spider learned by overhearing it from the other two.
• Corrupted Elk’s Cunning becomes Ambition.
• The rolling flame of Shan’ri’s Garden keeps The Spider at bay.
• Sithic completes his Corruption.
• Dia stabs “Talten Steele” in the back with her Ikhalu Dagger. This reveals Talten as Jaymen Steele.
• The members of Bunbury’s line can call upon a spirit wolf from the Olivana at will.
• Each of Sithic & Dia’s children has one of the Yrbinti Dice of the Sorcerer Kings.
• Dia Ballan was ripped into shreds by the spectres over which she once held sway.
• The former Count Kether retakes the county after Sithic’s disappearance.
• Shaina has the Favor of the Olivana.
• All of the items which were intended to be Relics of Sithic Jasnine are now Relics of Shan’ri.
• Shaina is unknowingly in possession of a Relic of Shan’ri.
• Each of Dia’s shards are becoming centers of Ikhalu Daggers.

Invitation

Come join the Serpents in their fun…

Current Fashions

• Rank 2 Fashion to wear a Cursed Sword.
• Rank 2 Fashion to wear Rooster Hair.
• Rank 2 Fashion to have Facial Tattoos.
• Rank 5 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Baroness Salvana Valar

• Count Kether
• Sazaas Eshu, the Countess Kether
• Baroness Rahna Drew
• Rajan Duke Bunbury Tal, the Rajan
• Baroness Wyell Reinhold
• Baroness Alayna Thorne

Season Actions

• Sithic Jasnine harvests 49 resources.
• Sithic Jasnine becomes a Contact of Salvana Valar.
• Salvana Valar becomes a Contact of Sithic Jasnine.
• Bunbury Tal builds a Shrine for Sithic Jasnine as his Contact.
• Sithic Jasnine Explores for Bunbury Tal as his Contact.

Truths

• Before the game of Who Killed My Duke? commenced, several wagers were made:
  • The main pool for the winner was seeded with 1 season action from Rahna, five resources from Sithic, and three resources from Bunbury.
  • Bunbury and Szazz bet one resource each that Salvana wins.
  • Bunbury and Sithic bet one season action each that Rahna will get caught cheating.
• Rahna Drew has found and consumed a rank 5 and a rank 4 artifact.
• Salvana Valar had to temporarily get rid of Bunbury Tal; as a Rajan she didn’t want him to witness an action she was planning as a Good and Dear Friend.
• Rahna Drew has criminally viewed a card from Sithic’s hand.
• Salvana Valar has criminally viewed one of the winning cards.
• The fruit wine is a 4 year old Vanavel Vineyard.
• One of Salvana‘s veth saw Sithic straighten Rahna’s glass after he secretly glanced at a card.
• Using a room as a single space for movement is allowed in Who Killed My Duke?.
• Salvana’s veth attempt to embarrass her for embarrassing them in front of her guests.
• Salvana’s castle contains an artifact that is listed in the artifact library of Castle Eirilac.
• Alayna Thorne gave Shan’ri a Favor to obtain a ten charge artifact which can answer Yes or No questions for her alone. After the tenth charge is used, the artifact disappears and scatters into ten pieces around Shanri. It can only work again when all ten pieces are assembled together.

Invitation

Runners from the Rajan deliver missives to each of your houses bearing the seal of the Q’val of Jonan Drax, Tavir Thali. The missive inside reads thusly,

Fellow ven, the suaven of law bids me to reveal to you all the truth behind His laws, that you may better understand His will. Join us at the stronghold of the Rajan where the laws will be amended and revealed so that all ven may benefit from the wisdom which Jonan Drax has asked me to deliver. There will be light fare as per the usual tradition of the Rajan, and any who attend are asked to observe the edict of ‘the laws binds all’ and know that the murder of any veth will be considered as if you had slain your brother or sister without permission. None of us are above the laws of Jonan Drax.

Current Fashions

• Rank 3 Fashion to wear a Cursed Sword.
• Rank 3 Fashion to wear Rooster Hair.
• Rank 3 Fashion to have Facial Tattoos.
• Rank 6 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.

Guests of Q’Val Tavir Thali

• Count Kether
• Sazaas Eshu, the Countess Kether
• Rajan Count Bunbury Tal
• Baron Dagul Sheeda

Season Actions

• Tavir Thali spent 20 season actions to explore new territory and establish a secret base for the Rajan, spending 2 season actions for bribes, et cetera to obscure its location and get it marked off limits.
• Sithic Jasnine hires Sailors for Dagul Sheeda as his contact.
• Dagul Sheeda hires Roadmen for Sithic Jasnine as his contact.
• Dagul Sheeda hires Personal Guard for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires Sailors for Dagul Sheeda as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires Staff for Sithic Jasnine as his contact.
• Sithic Jasnine contributes 3 resources to Dagul Sheeda for the construction of his fleet.
• Tavir Thali uses his contact season action to hire Dagul Sheeda some more Sailors.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda spends 5 season actions to hire 5 more groups of Sailors vassals to man 5 more ships so all 8 ships are now manned.
• A member of the Rajan witnessed Dia Ballan killing Tavir.
• Bunbury Tal and Sithic Jasnine each spend a season action to create a contract of service for a year and a day.

Truths

• Baron Dagul Sheeda‘s soul is in his wolf beast’s aspect.
• Conjuring magics cannot be used by the Blooded.
• Some orks believe in souls.
• Dia Ballan has turned Five members of Count Kether’s court to Followers of Ikhalu.
• Sailor vassals exist.
• Dagul Sheeda‘s grandmother knows the location of Ikhalu’s tomb.
• The “mysterious” poison is slow acting, itchy, and made from a dead ork. The only cure is a specific type of ork sword from a certain ork tribe.
• The portal madness disappeared with the portals.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda built a fleet of 8 ships using season actions plus resources. The 8 ships have been manned by sailor vassals.
• The knight Bajinoth Ballan was a savage Wasp.
• A duke is blackmailing Bunbury Tal in order to interfere with his affair.
• The Rajan has infiltrated the guard of The Wolf Isles.
• As a favor to Tavir Thali, Sithic Jasnine must enforce this new interpretation of the first law—that the law applies to all equally—as an example to the rest of the ven. Tavir Thali requires the same favor of Baron Dagul Sheeda that he asked of Sithic Jasnine.
• The witch will be showing up at [[Athula of a Ven New Year, is romance in the air? | The Spring of Love Althua]].
• Bunbury Tal and Tavir Thali become mutual Friends with their contact actions.
• Tavir Thali has bequeathed 23 season actions to the Rajan for the purposes of researching non-blood magic (i.e. ork magic, conjuring, et cetera) with which to enforce the law (revealing truth magic, protection magic, et cetera). They may also be used for other purposes towards strengthening the Rajan‘s ability to enforce their laws.
  Tavir Thali’s death curse on Dia Ballan: You will never again trust your spectres.

Invitation

Baron Dagul Sheeda is getting married and sends invites to all ven everywhere through his Hearld to come and celebrate with him and his people! More to come!

A wedding should be a time of happiness and celebration, as two families come together in a union of love. That is, of course, unless the two families in question are noble houses of Ven, then, who knows what will happen especially sense the Baron got slapped for dropping a powerful secret to his new potential bride, one for which she was not ready. For what will happen to this couple come to the wedding feast and find out.

Guests of Dagul Sheeda

• Count Kether
• Salvana Valar
• Tavir Thali

Season Actions

• Tavir Thali gained the Devoted aspect.
• Sithic Jasnine hires a Spy Network for his Contact Dagul Sheeda.
• Salvana Valar becomes mutual Contacts with Sithic Jasnine and Dagul Sheeda.
• Dagul Sheeda hires castle Staff for his Contact Sithic Jasnine.
• Dagul Sheeda uses 21 Season Actions and 4 Resources to build a fleet. (Trading in more season actions for more resources.)

Truths

• When the Sorcerer King Yrbinti Dice are used for Virtues, they confer a Rank 6 Virtue.
• Count Kether’s alchemist is preparing the Solace Potion — that takes the imbiber into solace early — for someone.
• Count Kether is forging his own orders to delay the vote on the Rajan in the Senate.
• Salvana Valar is being investigated for practicing sorcery.
• Salvana Valar is a Good and Dear Friend.
• Salvana Valar belongs to That Count.
• Salvana Valar knows that there is a sorcerous assassin at the wedding planning to take out one of Dagul‘s or Sithic’s people.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda is a member of the Rajan on the condition that Tavir has the full support of his Personal Guard for the actions of the Rajan.
• The Knights of The Wolf Isles are asking Salvana Valar to dance with them.
• The murdered knight, Bajinoth Ballan, was a member of Count Kether’s court.
• Bajinoth Ballan’s ambition is a noted threat by Sithic Jasnine.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan knows that his ambition is a noted threat by Sithic Jasnine.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan is a Bear.
• Count Kether has a Bear Herald who is female by the name of Goldie Lux.
• The Bear baron of Bajinoth Ballan doesn’t know that the Elks are unblooded.
• Bajinoth Ballan was a lover of Calla Valar.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan has Strength 5.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan unknowingly chooses a Rank 7 cursed sword for the duel against Tavir Thali.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan has the Duelist aspect.
• The baron of Bajinoth Ballan is named Godfren.
• Maylay is a pillow book writer.
• Baron Godfren has friends in Dagul’s dueling school.
• Baron Godfren & Rajan Tavir’s duel:
  • The baron makes a large, oversized lunge.
  • The rajan steps aside, and the baron’s sword gets pinned instead.
  • The rajan demands proof of the baron that he is not lying. The baron will lie and be wounded.
  • The rajan offers an open palm and throat, but the cursed sword has the baron’s hands stuck.
  • The rajan kicks the baron’s knee knocking him off balance.
  • The baron makes a successful attempt to disarm the rajan.
  • The rajan pulls out his other sword. He parries with that sword, shattering the baron’s cursed sword.
  • The baron picks up the rajan’s relic sword.
  • Both duelists take a moment to catch their breaths, the rajan wants to keep discussion to the truth.
  • The two talk, ending is a quiet stare.
  • The baron asks to quit the duel, and offers a partial truth to do so. That’s not good enough for the rajan.
  • The baron throws the relic sword at the rajan’s torso in frustration. He sidesteps and is only grazed for one Wound.
  • The rajan uses the flat of his blade to knock the knight out, realizing that the baron will never provide the truth.
• Salvana tipped the Rajan off about the identity of the sorcerous assassin.
• The Good and Dear Friends turned down the sorcerous assassin’s membership request.
• The Sheriff catches the sorcerous assassin using sorcery to release the tension of the Four Winds torture device is order to relieve their own suffering.
• The apothecary of Sithic Jasnine is keeping the sorcerous assassin — now a confessed cultist — alive while being tortured by Baron Dagul Sheeda’s Sheriff.
• Tavir insisted on killing the assassin for their murder rather than permitting Dagul’s Sheriff to continue to torture him.
• Baron Godfren has the Brawler and Gossip aspects.
• Baron Godfren has Beauty 2, Cunning 3, Courage 3, and Wisdom 2.
• There is a Rank 3 Fashion to wear a Cursed Sword.
• There is a Rank 3 Fashion to wear Rooster Hair.
• There is a Rank 3 Fashion to have Facial Tattoos.
• There is a Rank 6 Fashion to wear a Wooden Sword.
• Tavir has declared that torture will not be accepted on the behalf of the Rajan.

Invitation

Written below are the fateful words that were received by the guests to the most fateful event known in the annals of ven history only as, “The Artifacts of Autumn Althua.” Delivered unto the ven nobility by lowly veth couriers, these words were inked onto vellum and sealed with the characteristic storm-bringer wolf motif of the then baroness Rahna Drew.

Fellow noble ven. Because I’ve been given my own lands for surviving the great Storm, You are invited to join me in an althua celebrating my journey. Bring with you artifacts with stories to tell, and listen to tales of the Dungeons I explored during my travels! Hospitality will be granted to all who bring artifacts as a gift for The Red Wolf. If you cannot bring an artifact, tales of artifacts including where they may be found may be accepted instead, by my decision. Food will be served, a recipe of the ancient ven. The meat of the wild birds once common to the region of the first Houses and the vegetables of the old farmlands. Come, join, and share tales of artifacts

What follows, then, is the tale of the what transpired during this ill-fated event.

Guests of Rahna Drew

• Dagul Sheeda
• Shaina Silja
• Tavir Thali
• Alayna Thorne
• Shara Eshu

Truths

• Baron Dugal Shedda gave Rahna Drew one of the Cursed Swords from the library of the Suaven of Doom, within Castle Eirilac, it was Identified as the cursed blood sword of the Red Wolf.
• The Blood Sword of the Red Wolf; (Powers it uses The Sorcerer’s Curse, to curse the wielder’s opponent. It does so based on the number of wounds it does up to it’s rank 5 rating. The curse states, “You shall not perform sorcery.”
• The Blood Sword of the Red Wolf curses it’s wielder, preventing them from using sorcery or from negating any sorcery that would affect them.
• The Blood Sword of the Red Wolf was a rank 4 Cursed Blood Sword, and was upgraded to a Rank 5 Cursed Blood Sword.
• Tvar Thali knows that Shaina Silja disappeared and lost her memory at The Althua of Overdue Education.
• One of the Rajan knows where Shaina Silja vanished to during that althua, but is not willing to share nor divulge the information, this person is a member of the serpent House of Jalan, and has connections to the spider,
• The Rajan are planning to muestigale Shara Eshu
• Shara Eshu is shipping unmarked freight boxes to Dagul Sheeda’s Wolf Islands for his wedding!
• Tavir Thali and Alayna Thorne met each other while they were in the Ork Lands During the time he was exiled. She granted him hospitality and food.
• Cat’s and small Ork’s are enamored/fond of Alayna Thorne and can often be found nearby.
• Dagul Sheeda’s Grandmother is now a lingering spectre and is living in the temple where her bones now lay.
• Shaina Silja is starting her penance with Jonan Drax as she broke the law.
• Rahna Drew knows the location of an artifact that is between her lands and the Wolf Islands. She may go there on her way to Dagul Sheeda’s althua.
• Shaina Silja is creating works of art to be turned to relics that will replace the artifacts she used in the ritual.
• Suaven will eventually emerge from solace as Sorcerer Kings

Season Actions

• Dagul Sheeda and Alayna Thorne Spent season actions to become contacts.
• Dagul Sheeda and Shara Eshu Spent season actions to become contacts.
• Contact Action Dagul Sheeda will train more Rajan for Tavir Thali.
• Contact Action Tavir Thali will continue to explore new land for Dagul Sheeda

Invitation

The servant responsible for delivering the news to you this evening arrives bearing a fine rolled up vellum, embossed with an unfamiliar seal that bears the characteristic trappings of those who bear the rank of Duke. Unrolling the vellum, you see the following words inscribed.

Welcome Fellow Honored Ven, You all are most welcome at the Castle Eirilac for a dinner and instruction. I look forward to seeing you all.

While being uncharacteristically short, the missive does include directions… to a castle in a region that has been unoccupied for longer than most ven can recount. There are also rumours that those who have ventured to this region did not return… which may explain the odd post script, If you wish to arrive in a fair state, follow these directions to the letter.

Guests of Telrúnya Mwrr

• Count Kether
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• Szaas Eshu
• Shaina Silja
• Dagul Sheeda
• Rahna Drew

Truths

• The Senate has voted to allow Shanri Magic to be practiced openly.
• Veth are starting to refuse to do their jobs, even attacking their lords in some cases.
• Szaas found a ritual to pull Nobody out of the dream realm. It takes a relic of Shanri and Nobody’s body.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda decided to investigate the library of military tactics and noticed a statue that looked like Telrúnya’s veth holding a summoning bell in one hand. The one who rings the summoning bell is cursed by the bell to become one of the servants when they die. Shadow veth can reform.
• An orc relic of Shanri would work in place of a ven relic of Shanri because some orcs worship Shanri.
• There are twenty-eight permanent portals that will not go away.
• Szaas found a cursed orcish relic to Shanri. It is a green rock. The relic leaves an orcish tattoo on Szaas’s face. The tattoo marks her as the property of a powerful ork tribe.
• There is a Serpent suaven known as The Record Keeper. His true name is written in his relic scroll.
• Shaina owes The Record Keeper all of her memories up to this point, including the Kama Sutra Temple and her purpose in regards to Shanri. She also owes him the future memory of her success.
• Mahl was devoted to Shanri until she passed into solace.
• Shaina Silja entered the Sacred Realm in order to gather information. With that information she went forth to gather a relic of The Record Keeper in exchange for her memories. She returned to the althua with no recollection of anything minus her sense of self, her purpose, and the names and appearances of people (but not her relationship to them).
• Rahna Drew’s land is on the coastal region near The Wolf Isles.
  Rahna Drew forged a connection with the artifact library in order to access its secrets from anywhere.
• The suaven who possessed Nobody is mentioned in the library of artifacts! He founded the Serpent Archive. He knows the name of each ven trapped in one of the yrbinti dice. He was the first Inquisitor.
• There is a book in one of the libraries on the original banes of the olivanna.
• Ikhalu was an Elk before entering solice.

Season Actions

• Shaina Silja went into the Garden at the Temple of Talia to steal a rose of Talia.
• While visiting Sithic Jasnine’s winter retreat, Shaina Silja stole The Bloody Quill.
• While Tavir was overseeing the transport and relocation of relics and artifacts of Jonan Drax to the new temple, Shaina procured the pen Drax used to write The Laws and broke off a root from The Tree of Law.
• Shaina bribed a temple guard to look the other way at the Temple of Talten Steele.
• Shaina distracted another temple guard at the Temple of Talten Steele to snatch a fragment of The Shattered Throne.
• Shaina Silja offered a number of resources to the Temple of Manna Renay. In so doing, she was able to roam he grounds, and snuck about until she could take her hearthstone.
• Dagul Sheeda spent a season to reap five resources.
• Dagul Sheeda spent a season and a resource to pack and move the shadow ven statues to Castle Wolf.
• Shaina meditates in order to contact The Record Keeper to find the way to his resting place.
• Dagul Sheeda spent a season to liberate all of the books of military and dueling knowledge from the libraries.
• Sithic Jasnine explored for Dagul Sheeda as a contact.
• Dagul Sheeda hired roadmen for Sithic Jasnine as a contact.
• Dagul Sheeda trained the roadmen he hired for Sithic Jasnine at his academy.
• Sithic Jasnine spent five season actions infiltrating the Senate records.
• Sithic Jasnine spent ten season actions conquering a new province.
• While in the Sacred Realm, Shaina discovered the location of relics/artifacts of the olivana, the sorcerer kings, and Telrúnya Mwrr. She was able to get them — one of which was a replacement for the sorcerer king yrbinti dice (as though they are too difficult to obtain).
• Szaas looted the dark magic library.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda took all of the swords from the libraries at Castle Eirilac.
• Shaina was able to steal a chunk of orichalcum ore used to create Falvren Dyr’s sword.
• Shaina used Jonan Drax‘s pen and Sithic Jasnine’s quill to write a poem on The Record Keeper’s parchment in a sorcerous ritual to bind all of the stolen artifacts/relics together in order to appease Shanri and to eventually destroy the remaining sorcerer kings.

Invitation

The Rajan make their way from region to region, delivering to the seneschal of each house a parchment upon which the following words have been written, Fellow ven, senators, and followers of the laws that bind us all. Be it known that your presence is requested at the seat of the Rajan for a discussion of the will of Jonan Drax and the direction revealed to his Q’val while on the path of reflection. Bring your keen minds and uphold yourselves with honor as we come together to address the concerns of our time.

Guests of Q’val Tavir Thali

• Count Kether
• Countess Szaas Eshu
• Count Bunbury Tal
• Shaina Silja
• Baron Dagul Sheeda
• Rahna Drew

Truths

• The Vashna wear the black & gold while the Rajan wear the black and silver.
• “The Count” is exceptional at deception and a renown pillowbook writer. She is a Serpent, but not a Good and Dear Friend. She is female, a Duelist, Criminal, Gossip, and has Wisdom 4, Beauty 4, and Prowess 3.
• The Good and Dear Friends exist.
• “The Count” is named Calla Valar. She is a dueling student of the Savage Serpentine Style. She is under consideration for the Rajan, with the mission of swaying Bunbury Tal to their cause.
• The Elk Savage Beast is cunning enough to sense the use of sorcery.
• Dagul Sheeda’s Beast attacked Maylay while he was asleep. He visited the court of Sithic Jasnine to see if she survived.
• Maylay is one of Sithic’s counts. She was the one Baron Sheeda was courting. She is a Fox and had Beauty until she was attacked.
• “The Count” has a spy network and The Eye.
• Maylay belongs to the Yvarai family. She is an identical twin to May Q’n. She had a nightmare when May died.
• Tavir Thali, as head of the Rajan, has declared that by word from Jonan Drax, The Laws of Jonan Drax will be enforced by the Hands of Jonan Drax without interference from the Senate. I.e. the Rajan will operate independently of the Senate specifically to enforce the Laws of Jonan Drax.
• Maylay has a savage bane.
• Monty is the heir of the savage beast of the Serpent.
• “The Count” has a season action and five resources.
• Maylay has a Beauty weakness and her former rank in Beauty is her current rank in Wisdom.
• The unveiled savage beasts are banes.
• There is a Wasp savage beast bane for each Wasp family.
• “The Count” has Lady of the Fan and is a member of the Rajan.
• Bunbury Tal is a member of the Rajan.
• Banes may be awakended and take over the ven.

Season Actions

• Bunbury Tal signs Calla Valar as his Master Gossip.
• Sithic Jasnine spends five season actions to control the flow of information into and out of the Senate.
• Sithic Jasnine spends twenty season actions to influence senators.
• Baron Dagul trains three of Bunbury’s spy network at his dueling school.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda‘s dueling school will train two of Sithic Jasnine’s barons.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda will train on Rajan member for Tavir Thali.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda spends five season actions to explore a new island.
• Sithic Jasnine explores lands for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Sithic Jasnine explores lands for Dagul Sheeda as his contact.
• Tavir Thali explores lands for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires a gossip for the Rajan as Tavir Thali’s contact.
• Dagul Sheeda explores lands for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal explores Dagul Sheeda’s new island as his contact.
• Shaina Silja explores lands for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires a gossip for Sithic Jasnine as his contact.
• Shaina and Sithic gather resources for each other as mutual contacts.
• Bunbury Tal harvests resources for one season action.
• Bunbury Tal harvests resources for Shaina Silja as her contact.
• Tavir will explore a new island for Baron Dagul Sheeda within the Wolf Isles as his contact.
• Dagul Sheeda will hire personal guard for Tavir Thali as his contact.
• Szaas Eshu becomes a contact of Bunbury Tal.
• Bunbury Tal becomes a contact of Szaas Eshu.
• Sithic Jasnine hires an artisan for Tavir Thali as his contact.
• Tavir Thali hires more roadmen for Sithic Jasnine as his contact.

Invitation

You are cordially invited to the winter manor of Marquis Kether for an Althua celebrating the end of the year…

As you read the elegant invitation from Sithic Jasnine, you look over at another letter from a fellow senator:

There has always been a Count Kether. Count, mind you. This new Marquis of Kether is troublesome, and a growing concern among several senators.

The Law Binds All is Drax’s first law for a reason, and though we are all bound by the laws set down by Jonan Drax and later the Senate, not all laws bind us equally. In fact, a century ago the Senate realized the potential abuse of power the holder of Kether Province could wield. So they bound the Lord of Kether to a rank no higher than Count, a limit on his power, authority, and reach.

Sithic Jasnine is flaunting this ancient ruling, challenging the Senate by holding the title and rank of Marquis.

Perhaps it is time to reign in this summer upstart, and revoke his Marquis title in accordance with our passed legislation.

Guests of the Marquis Sithic Jasnine

• Szaas Eshu
• Shaina Silja
• Bunbury Tal
• Dagul Sheeda
• Tavir Thali

Truths

• Baron Dagul Sheeda opened a dueling school to train new students. He trained his Sheriff, Herald, and two of Sithic Jasnine’s Wolf barons. This will give everyone so trained the Duelist aspect.
• Isdil (a relicsword of Jonan Drax in the possession of Tavir) rank one wounds people who lie in its/its wielder’s presence without being drawn. It slaps as if with the flat of the blade without being drawn those who lie while technically telling the truth in its/its wielder’s presence.
• Isdil can be invoked to draw Jonan Drax’s attention (and thus potentially his wrath).
• The Storm is hovering over the Senate.
• Baron Sheeda established a shrine to the Beast and upgraded it to a temple by interring within it his grandmother’s remains as the required relic.
• Shaina recognizes that Sithic is preparing to become a suaven due to the unnamed temple and would-be relics (like the bloody quill).
• A member of Sithic’s staff is a corrupted servant of Mahl.
• Only orks who were once ven hold Mahl as their mother.
• Servants of Talia have pearl necklaces that can be like an aphrodisiac based upon intent.
• Shaina is as a bouquet of roses when it comes to those who come to her: she changes to fit their “desires.”
• There are shrines and temples scattered throughout the ork lands dedicated to Jonan Drax.
• Szaas received a special necklace from Shaina to seduce Sithic. Now Sithic and Szaas are expecting an heir.
• Sithic Jasnine’s title has been reduced to Count.
• Everyone on record who voted to take away Kether‘s title of Marquis will get a visit from Baron Dagul’s Beast.
• The Beast will make a personal visit to inspire the former Count Kether as to her savage nature.

Season Actions

• Dagul Sheeda spent two season actions to reap ten resources.
• Dagul Sheeda spent twelve resources on creating a dueling school.
• Bunbury Tal hires more staff for Sithic Jasnine as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal becomes a contact of Shaina Silja.
• Shaina Silja becomes a contact of Bunbury Tal.
• Tavir hires a Herald for the Rajan as Bunbury Tal’s contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires a Spy Network for the Cult of Jonan Drax as Tavir’s contact.
• Sithic Jasnine explores for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• Dagul Sheeda explores for Bunbury Tal as his contact.
• season actions unclear, will attempt for clarity at next session
  • Contact season action to get road warden.
  • Scout reports to my road warden.
• Bunbury Tal uses a season action to build a shrine to Jonan Drax on his lands.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda builds a shrine to Jonan Drax for the Rajan.
• Sithic hires Roadmen for the Rajan.
• Shaina hires Roadmen for Sithic.
• Shaina helps Tavir write some campaign propaganda materials.
• Szaas Eshu spends a season action to hire a Maid who is an acolyte of Ikhalu.
• Sithic hires and trains a Militia for Baron Dagul as his contact.
• Bunbury Tal hires a Mayor for Baron Dagul as his contact.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda hires an Apothecary for Count Kether as his contact.

Invitation

The Storm has been harrying you for days, cutting off every path to shelter. Finally, in lands you do not recognize you spot shelter up ahead. Shelter which you might be able to reach before The Storm cuts you off yet again. You make a mad dash and hope the occupants will provide hospitality. Your vassals and ilderim need rest. Rest and refreshment. YOU need rest and refreshment. You will not be denied shelter again, you decide, as you push your entourage to its very limits to reach the stone walls up ahead!

Guests of the Q’Val Emina Thali

• Marquis Sithic Jasnine
• Baron Tzao Sinjin
• Baron Dagul Sheeda
• Count Nobody
• Rajan Tavir Thali

Truths

• Each guest had their own trial in attempting to reach the shelter of Ashalim Avendi’s puzzle temple:
  • As Sithic Jasnine‘s entourage started to slow down from fatigue, The Storm began to gain ground. If he didn’t do something fast, The Storm would finally catch up to him. He gave an inspirational speech which rallied their morale and let him reach his destination in time. He gained the temporary Orator aspect. If he had brought the Orator aspect, it would have temporarily counted as four style when invoked.
  • As Tzao Sinjin got close enough he saw the moat and that the bridge was nowhere in sight. It’s not that it had been pulled up; it was not there at all. He decided that he would get inside despite such an obstacle. He gained the temporary Athlete aspect. If he had brought the Athlete aspect, it would have temporarily counted as four style when invoked.
  • As Dagul Sheeda got close enough he noticed that there was little defensible ground here. He would not want to be holed up here against a physical enemy. He gained the temporary Chance-Taker aspect. If he had brought the Chance-Taker aspect, it would have temporarily counted as four style when invoked.
  • As Nobody got close enough, he spotted that one of the trees on the grounds was actually a cunningly disguised statue. He veered toward it and spent a few moments of study before he found the hidden lever which triggered a ramp that descended under the earth. He gained the temporary Puzzle Solver aspect. If he had brought the Puzzle Solver aspect, it would have temporarily counted as four style when invoked.
  • As Tavir Thali got close enough, a murder of spectres came swooping down from one of the outlying towers. He didn’t let them deter him from the promise of respite from The Storm. He gained the temporary Strange Intuition aspect. If he had brought the Strange Intuition aspect, it would have temporarily counted as four style when invoked.
• Emina Thali is a current owner of at least one yrbinti die.
• Ork candies grant +1 Strength temporarily if you really eat them.
• Sithic Jasnine takes two dodecahedron from the temple vault.
• There is a savage avatar for each olivana.
• The Serpent, the Elk, the Falcon, the Fox, and the Bear earls each have a bane. Sithic Jasnine is the bane of the Elk.
• Nobody originally planned to open a portal here.
• Sithic Jasnine promises Nobody a temple to Shanri in the Senate and a new province.
• Tzao is the bane of the Falcon.
• Baron Dagul Sheeda is enamored of the opposite sex.
• A sword of stone and a veth of Kether were tossed into the portal; two stone veth of Ashalim Avendi with stone swords came out.
• Dagul Sheeda‘s abomination avatar of the wolf gained invisibility when Dagul Sheeda’s inside the beast.
• Dagul Sheeda can tell what ork traits an ork had possessed after he eats the ork.
• By jumping through the portal, Dagul Sheeda becomes separated from the abominated avatar of the wolf; though he maintains control over it. When not in control of the beast, Dagul Sheeda receives nightmares of what the beast does.
• Emina Thali captures the tears of the wolf avatar in a chalice. Should he obtain tears from the other olivana avatars, the chalice will become The Chalice of the Tears of the Olivana.
• The wolf avatar and Dagul Sheeda are linked.
• Twelve relics of Ashalim Avendi were stolen.
• One of Nobody’s spectres is watching and guarding Tavir Thali. (He is aware of it.)
• Nobody opens a portal. The portal:
  • Splits imperfectly whatever is thrown inside.
  • Once Ashalim Avendi’s puzzle temple is consumed, two others are spit out by two other portals.
  • All future portals will split avatars apart.
  • All of the tears of avatars can be used to reassemble the beast and the ven into the avatar.
  • Roses grow around the portal and weep tears of joy. Giving one of the roses adds +5 to a Romance.
  • One of the puzzle temple duplicates came out at the other permanent portal near the Senate.
  • Imperfections are split out by the portal.
  • The portal is the Imperfect Portal of the Twin Portals.
  • The Perfect Portal of the Twin Portals is in Nowhere.
• The former Count Kether is the avatar of the bear. Sithic Jasnine has tamed the bear.
• Natural orichalcum only exists on the savage beasts. It nullifies ven-made orichalcum.
• Those not of the lineage of the particular savage beast cannot kill them without getting the Wrath of Shanri.
• Sithic Jasnine brought all ten of the original yrbinti dice of the sorcerer kings together again, causing them to activate:
  • All dice: Using the power of the dice increases the owner’s Corruption.
  • Wisdom die: Use to determine the House of an individual.
  • All dice: Are activated by the owner’s blood.
  • All dice: All dice must be powered to use any one of them.
  • All dice: The owner chooses what each of the dice rolls.
  • Falcon die: Doesn’t want to stick with the others.
  • All dice: If the dice are used in a selfless reason, they split up again all over the face of Shanri.
  • Elk die: Lets the owner see through chameleon’s camouflage and invisibility.
  • All dice: Each die has a personality based on the sorcerer king that made it.
  • All dice: Communicate telepathically with the owner and each other.
  • All dice: Can invoke the Virtue of any die.
  • All dice: The maximum corruption for a ven is six, but it is ten if in possession of this dice set.

Season Actions

• Baron Dagul Sheeda and Sithic Jasnine became mutual contacts.
• Tzao and Baron Sheeda became mutual contacts.
• Tavir Thali and Baron Sheeda became mutual contacts.
• Count Nobody and Baron Sheeda became mutual contacts.
• Tavir and Tzao become mutual contacts.
• Tavir and Nobody become mutual contacts.

Invitation

The loud blare of a hunting horn cuts through the midafternoon sounds like the swift swipe of a well-honed axe clearing tinder from a tree. The crisp, clear voice of a Ven dressed in fine brown and gold hues follows in the silence left in the horn’s wake, “Hear ye, hear ye, noble ven of all stations worthy of note! Be ye whose ears have caught this message informed! The Baron Dagul Sheeda, of the indomitable House of the Wolf, he whose blade knows no equal in the entire breadth of the Wolf Isles invites you to the grand Summer Hunt on the baron’s lands! Revel in the company of fellow ven! Feast on the rare treat of wolf stew with the blessing of the host! Tremble at the stories of the wolf which is not olivana! Wonder at the display of prowess as the Baron vows to hunt down a menace on his lands in a true display of skill, Beast to Ven! Come! Rejoice! Survive!!"

Guests of the Baron Dagul Sheeda

• Baroness Laylia Steele, who gifted to the host a non-haunted book
• Count Bunbury Tal, who gifted to the host fine leather gloves

Truths

• Baroness Laylia Steele was a studier of the Law and worked under a Falcon. Dia liberated her soul from her body. Her soul is stored in the feathers that Dia Ballan wears.
• Dagul’s grandmother taught him the secret family recipe to make wolf meat into sacred wolf stew.
• The beast has left signs of burrowing with its claws.
• The beast bit Dagul Sheeda with its teeth.
• The beast has regeneration (making it at least a rank one ork.
• The beast’s paw print is as big as a plate. In other words, its paw is as big as a plate. (Great size makes it at least a rank two ork.)
• Every generation of Dagul’s family has had to defeat a great beast in combat to gain peace in his islands.
• The great beasts were all driven off, not killed, to the host’s knowledge.
• The beast and Dagul Sheeda share an ancient Blood. That is why every generation has chased off a great beast.
• Dagul’s family do not go into solace but instead turn into great beasts.
• The great beasts can have cults with devotion to them.
• The beast has Boar’s Fortitude (making it at least a rank three ork).
• The beast was Dagul Sheeda’s grandmother who taught him to cook wolf stew.
• The beast can talk (making it at least a rank four ork).
• Dia Ballan (as Laylia Steele) has copied several passages of Dagul Sheeda’s family genealogy and other interesting tidbits about the Sheeda Beasts.

Season Actions

• Bunbury uses his contact season action to explore for Dagul Sheeda.
• Dagul uses his contact season action to explore for Bunbury Tal.
• Dia Ballan built a shrine to Ikhalu on Laylia Steele’s lands.

Invitation

A well tressed messenger delivers an invitation to your head veth to be delivered to you.

You are cordially invited to the Masquerade of Hidden Meanings at the Marquess of Kether’s castle.

Bring your Beauty and your Cunning because there will be a contest of Beauty and a conterst of Cunning. The Beauty Contest will be for those who wears a mask that represents who they truly are, be it House, Aspect, or Virtue. The best mask will win a prize. The Cunning contest will be to see if you can figure out what the contest is and what the answer is.

Masks are requiered for all guests, even if you do not wish to participate in the mask judging. If you are unable to obtain a mask you will be at my mercy for what mask you will be wearing for the Althua.

I look forward to seeing each and every one of you at the Althua.

Signed,
Marquesses Szaas Eshu

Guests of the Marquess Kether

• Marquis Sithic Jasnine
• Count Bunbury Tal

Truths

• Sithic’s mask is a copy of Jaymen Steele’s orichalcum mask.
• Sithic’s sceneschal is an Elk.
• Each of the 10 yrbinti dice represent one of the 10 houses.
• Sithic is missing the dice representing the Elk and the Wolf.
• Sithic’s sceneschal is secretly of the Spider.
• Mixing serpent wine and wolf blood wine reduces the hallucinogenic properties of the serpent wine.
• The wife of Kether has offered the count services for a year.

Season Actions

• Sithic finds a seventh yrbinti die.
• Sithic creates the “Hall of Reflection” arena and viewing area.
• Sithic creates a unit of orichalcum.
• Bunbury becomes a contact with Dagul.
• Dagul becomes a contact with Bunbury.
• Dagul hires personal guard.
• Dagul hires roadmen.
• Dagul hires a herald.
• Bunbury uses his contact season action to hire artisans for Sithic.
• Sithic uses his contact season action to explore for Bunbury.
• Sithic becomes a contact with Din.
• Din becomes a contact with Sithic.

The peculiar and curious Kyoca Roon of the house… Dragon(? — That can’t be right) sent her own servants to redirect arrivals to the Dark Mistress‘s castle to Kyoca’s althua instead. Regaling her guests with tales of Ork parties and hosting an “epic challenge of strength”, Kyoca eventually fell to arguing with her Ork Companion, Kora, and Carlo. Carlo revealed Kyoca as a relic-thief, dueled the hostess to the death, and escaped the castle, Kora in hand.

Invitation

Join the Dark Mistress Kavamandil in a celebration of the darkness at her castle. As all things dark are shrouded in mystery, so too is the theme of this althua! Invitations arrive at your castles bearing simply the date and the ominous words, “Come to the Darkness before the Darkness comes for you!” No servants are seen delivering the invitations, and they all bear no signature save the personal seal of the Dark Mistress herself. You have been called, will you answer?

Guests of Kyoca Roon

• Marquis Jasnine
• Shaina Silja
• Carlo Adrente
• Sagay Mwrr
• Baron Dagul Sheeda
• Szaas Eshu

Season Actions

• Sithic Jasnine becomes Contacts with Dia Ballan.
• Dia Ballan becomes Contacts with Sithic Jasnine.
• Carlo harvests one season’s worth of Resources.
• Sithic Jasnine harvests one season’s worth of Resources.
• Shajar Silja finds a portal.
• Shajar Silja sees if the portal illegible or closes.
• Shajar Silja explores to find more land.
• Sithic Jasnine and Sagay Mwrr sign a contract.

Truths

• Kyoca hijacked the althua from the Dark Mistress.
• Kyoca has acquired an ancient book from Kavamandil ‘s castle. The book absorbs the blood of a q’val or a relic of each of the greater suaven. A Tear of Talia has been observed.
• The Priestesses of The Mother of All Orcs are called her daughters.
• Kyoca has a section in her library for each House.
• Kyoca hs taught her veth to read.
• Aval wine will mentally incapacitate the drinker for a minute. (Strength.)
• Jaymen’s Mead is hallucinogenic.
• Black flowers from Kyoca’s from garden cure any problem the planter had.
• Sithic Jasnine steals Kyoca’s research into the sorcerer kings and the suaven.
• The blindness from Kora’s glare lasts half an hour.
• Every now and then a yellow rose grows among the black roses in Kyoca’s front garden.
• Shaina Silja thinks she is talking to Talia when it is in fact a spectre.
• Kyoca has agreed to kill a Wasp for Kora.
• Carlo Adrente’s Wolf Arm is a DNA donor to the ork sword, Kora, resulting in a blood offspring.
• Carlo Adrente can hear Kora.
• Kora and Carlo Adrente’s Wolf Arm can speak mentally to each other.
• Because Kora became sentient through the Portal of Regurgitation, she knows the portal’s name.
• Those at the althua wagered on which House would be veiled and which would be unveiled be the Senate. The following wagers were submitted to the Senate.
  • Kyoca has wagered one province that the Horse would be unveiled and the Serpent would be veiled.
  • Szaas Eshu has wagered one province that the Spider would be unveiled and the Falcon would be veiled.
  • Carlo Adrente has wagered one ingot of orichalcum that the Cat would be unveiled and the Fox would be veiled.
  • Shajar Silja has wagered one season of resources that the Cat would be unveiled and the Falcon would be veiled.
  • Sagay Mwrr and Sithic Jasnine have jointly wagered four season actions that the Wasp would be unveiled and the Bear would be veiled.
  • Kora has wagered two seasons of complete subservience that the Cat would be unveiled and the Falcon would be veiled.
• The magic hat interferes with the brain to mouth filter (+1 style to cost of tagging Beauty) when worn.
• Carlo Adrente wants to steal the hostess’ sword to use it against the hostess and steal her lands.
• Shaina Silja has had a vision of Kora in control of the Senate.
• After her death, Kyoca may possess Carlo to accomplish her final task.
• Followers of Ikhalu have their own ranking system based upon the number of souls they have collected.
• Dia Ballan has been rising in the ranks. She now has a number of other q’vals of Ikhalu that follow her.
• Shaina has foreseen tonight’s event and will help.
• Shajar Silja is now Szaas’s swordswoman.
• Kora has rank 4 Ork.
• Shaina provided the art in Kyoca’s main art room.
• Szaas now owns the ancient book which absorbs the blood of a q’val or a relic of each of the greater suaven.
• Szaas won the arm wrestling challenge.

Invitation

A skeletal figure dressed in black trimmed with red hands your herald a rolled note tied with a matching black and red velvet ribbon. When you unfurl the note, you see the words: You are invited to attend the festivities held at Visage this Spring. No gifts required – only your gut. The note is unsigned. Who could be hosting? What and where is Visage? There must be good food, else why only bring your gut?

Guests of the q’val of the Grinning Man

• Dia Ballan
• Carlo Adrente
• Lonor Drew
• Sagay Mwrr
• Shajar Silja
• Dagul Sheeda
• Kavamandil Valar

Season Actions

• Kavamandil Valar learned the binding ritual of the demon Set who can invoke Love for another within others.
• Shajar Silja increased her devotion to Stone by +1
• Shajar Silja & Lonor Drew signed a contract to open trade routes between each other.
• Lonor Drew & Shajar Silja are mutual Friends.

Truths

• Shaina Silja has been having an extended vision. She has been inside one of her temples to Talia Yvarai writing down the ven equivalent of the Kama Sutra upon the temple walls.
• The q’val of the Grinning-Man and the q’val Dia Ballan are best friends.
• The hostess is a Wolf.
• The hostess’s name means, “Beautiful.”
• The servant named Monty breaks everything.
• Kavamandil Valar is insane.
• The hostess is cousin to Carlo Adrente.
• Monty is a Serpent. His name means, “Breaker of Nice Things.”
• Monty willingly came to serve the q’val of the Grinning-Man.
• Kavamandil Valar the Dark Mistress has set the demon of chaos, Ijole Amiecgleue, on herself.
• The seneschal Monty cast a ritual upon the limerick pages which whisper the words on the page into the minds of those who hold them.
• If he were present, Sithic Jasnine would have won the riddle game.
• Dia Ballan won the riddle game.
• Kavamandil Valar bound a demon to cause Dia Ballan to love her for one day.
• Carlo Adrente is using the hidden temple to Jonan Drax to recruit followers in preparation for the eventuality of becoming a suaven.