So it’s been a while since our last session*, but an update is in order.
(*Partly, I was waiting until our campaign scribe wrote another entry, but he’s been busy. So here’s a little summary to tide you over.)
The PCs in my FR game went to the Temple of Beauty for the revel, which some might remember from my novel Downshadow. Events unfolded surprisingly closely to the events of the novel, with a few additions:
1) Kadath (earthsoul genasi warlord, who was dressed as a famous NPC genasi fighter) put the moves on Myrin at the buffet table, which was fun to roleplay. The Myrin personality came on very strong–that intellectual literalist that she is in the novel, and will be more clearly so in the next one–which was all the more memorable because she got more and more drunk as the session wore on.
2) Ulik (who was dressed as the saurial paladin Dragonbait), who had been invited by a mysterious "Lady J," finally met his distant admirer: a lovely human woman of about 35 or so, wearing an elegant black glossy gown and a metallic dragon mask. Her name? Jalanvaloss. (Yes, you read that right.)
They didn’t talk much, but she suggests that he was intriguing, as he reacted so fiercely against his nature. She touched him, which some sort of magical effect. He collapsed, his head aching, and she disappeared before he could stop her. When he came to his senses, a little green-and-red dragon had appeared, as though from a fragment of his soul. (Which is exactly what an Arcane Familiar is, btw.) He promptly named said dragon "Puff."
3) Brandis (who was dressed as Dove Falconhand, VERY fetchingly) ended up in the bushes with Araezra Hondyl (dressed as Arya Venkyr, like in the book), to a chorus of cheers from nearby nobles. Brandis has no interest whatsoever in females, but he’s a great actor (enough to portray one of the Seven Sisters). He was the reason that Rayse didn’t grab Shadowbane as soon as he started dancing with Ilira (like in the book).
4) With her high perception, Suriel (dressed as a Hathran witch) did her best to keep track of things, but she was confused when TWO Lady Iliras showed up–one, of course, was Fayne, disguised as Ilira from a hundred years ago (see the novel).
Events unfolded from there much like they did in the novel, with Ulik and Valandra upstairs to witness most of the fight in Lorien’s chambers. Meanwhile, Brandis (striker), Suriel (controller), and Kadath (leader) were left with fighting a bunch of slavers down in the common room while kidnappings were going on. Brandis had previously been warned by a mysterious stranger (who may or may not be his father) to "watch for the blue-haired girl", so he and Suriel did their best to stop a certain wizard who took her prisoner. Unfortunately, said wizard blasted them with a fireball and by the time they recovered, she was gone with Myrin.
When Shadowbane’s chase began, Brandis went along with the run, and he and Shadowbane basically competed to see who would get to Myrin first. Brandis was on hand to witness what befell in the street (see the novel), and was promptly arrested by the arriving Watch.
What will happen next?
We’ll find out on Sunday!
Cheers
