Summary of Events to Date

The following summarizes the first three game sessions and the happenings that occurred therein.

Session One

The game’s first session introduced three of Brighton’s soon-to-be heroes, who were on the cusp of coming of age and going their own way. Prior to the evening of their coming of age ritual, a man named Benholdt visited the village and asked the aged heroes to help him begin a resistance movement against Duke Paxton. The elders refused, partly because of their age and partly because they feared Paxton would retaliate against Brighton. Disappointed but not swayed, Benholdt left Brighton behind.

On the night of the autumnal equinox, during the week of the Brewfest celebration, Brighton was attacked by a horde of goblins. The goblins, under the cover of an evil mist, burned the village’s crops and stores, and abducted two of the elders.

Session Two

The players spent the second session fixing what damage they could in the village. A powerful necromantic presence had accompanied the goblin raid, and several villagers were turned into zombies. While saving a child who had hidden in his family’s well, the players also discovered a sealed message from Duke Tomas Barrett.

The message had been sent by messenger to the King of Furyondy the night Barrett was killed, but it had never been delivered. It begged Furyondy’s King to find and locate Tomas’s son and heir, Etienne, and protect him. It also insinuated that Paxton betrayed Barrett, though no names were spelled out. This message, if genuine, could be a powerful rallying cry for Balendra’s budding resistance.

That evening, a military envoy from Balendra arrived. The sergeant in charge offered to tell the Duke of Brighton’s lack of food supplies for the winter, but only if the villagers would swear fealty to Paxton and Balendra. The villagers wished to discuss the matter before deciding, to which the sergeant told them to send a message to Bear Keep with their answer.

Pellos, one of the remaining village elders, decided to travel to Balen in order to seek better terms for the village. Unfortunately, he did not return, and the young heroes decided to travel to the nearby town of Kestal to search for news of him.

Session Three

A bevy of new faces appeared in the third session, and they joined the adventuring group in the hopes they could locate Benholdt in Kestal and join the resistance movement. Moving about Kestal proved to be somewhat problematic, as the Duke’s soldiers were everywhere. After speaking to Herman, Benholdt’s brother, the heroes delved into Kestal’s sewers in search of the resistance’s hideout. Though they faced some odds and repulsed an attack by the sewer’s denizens, the group was able to locate the resistance bolt hole and confront Benholdt about their place in the growing rebellion.