Merry Christmas Europa

 

DATE: Monday 19th December through to Thursday 22nd December

The Christmas Stag and Santa’s Mutated Elf couldn’t make it this year. Santa needed the Stag to pull his sleigh and the Mutated Elf did such a good job last year, Santa made him Chief Directing Manager of the secret toys-factory on Ice Island. But Santa sent another of his little helpers to Sosaria; A Sugarplum Fairy!

The Sugarplum Fairy will be visiting the cities and towns of Sosaria in the evenings from Monday to Thursday. Have you been Naughty or Nice? The Sugerplum Fairy knows and will have just the right gift for you!

 

Source: Merry Christmas Europa

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Lord Herbert Luxford looked at his son in disgust, “They got away!” he yelled. “I just got the report, the transport our mercenaries were supposed to intercept arrived in Britain. And we didn’t get any of it’s cargo! There were some really nice items in there…”

Harry looked at his feet and stammered, “I’m sorry dad. I just couldn’t find enough people to recruit for the mission.”

“Excuses, excuses! You will have to do better next time son,” Herbert said. “I have a promising new lead already. So get your act together!”

“I won’t let you down dad,” Harry said as he walked out the room.

Source: Meanwhile in Felucca

 

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Santa Claus is coming to Europa.

 

After a highly successful visit last year the Stratics Santa is once again visiting Luna so get yourselves down there and find out whether you are on his Naughty or Nice list.

He will be in upstairs in Luna bank from 8pm GMT/UK, (9pm CET)

 

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DATE: Thursday 15th December

TIME: 8PM GMT/UK

LOCATION: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel

 

The Royal Investigators will have some investigating to do!

 

 

[This is a Royal Investigators event – 1 point for attending via attendence book and 1 point available for full reports]

 

Source: Meeting with ?

 

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DATE: Tuesday 13th December

TIME: 8PM GMT/UK

LOCATION: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel

 

Firstly – Royal Investigators Award Ceremony for Kestrel, Bill Brakespeare and Helvetica.

 

Second to discuss recent events and the evidence gathered so far about the new threat to the lands.

 

Thirdly some possible investigations [come prepared for action]

 

 

[This is a Royal Investigators event – 1 point for attending via attendence book and 1 point available for full reports]

 

Source: Meeting with Nathan Hawke

 

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Lord Herbert Luxford and his son, Harry, were sat on soft chairs, enjoying a cool drink by the pool of Nujelm Palace.
“A toast,” said Herbert as he stroked the golden brooch brazed with a symbol of a spider pinned to his shirt, “to our latest success!”
“They did well?” Harry asked.
“Oh yes my son. You picked a fine bunch for the first mission,” Herbert said with a wide grin. “There were a few guards escorting the trade caravan but they didn’t stand a chance against our mercenaries!”
Harry grinned along with his father.
“Did you gather a new group already?” Herbert continued, “For our next mission?”
“I’m working on it dad,” harry replied.
“Good boy!”

Source: Meanwhile in Felucca (part 2)

 

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Meet & Greet with Sarakan & Emile

Date: Sunday 11th December
Time: 8PM UK/GMT
Location: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel

 

Source: Meet & Greet

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This Wednesday I attended a meeting held by Nathan Hawke, to discuss the recent goings on with his spies being kidnapped and the candidates of the election being attacked inside Castle British.

On arrival I noted down some of the attendees:

Traveler the Arcanist, Splinter [PWR*], ARAGORN [*CD*], Lord Sparrow [ELV], Lord Aurelius, Barbaretta [DOT], Lord Phineas [DCi], Crest Lavender [JoF], Lord Fargo [Tre]

 

Once everyone was seated Nathan began:

Nathan Hawke: Ahh good evening all

 

Kayne: Evening Nathan, suitably recovered from your injuries?

 

Nathan Hawke: Aye Kayne. Now then let me get started.

This is intended as a catch up session and a discussion, and a place to talk ideas

So I think firstly shall I catch us all up to whats been happening?

 

Kayne: Please Nathan

 

Nathan Hawke: Thank you Kayne. Alright I will try and keep it brief.

So last Thursday we met the candidates and there was all sorts of trouble afoot. There was an incident where one of my spies was ambushed and kidnapped, she was carrying one of my cipher books which ended up..

where was it found?

Aurelius: Exodus ‘dungeon’.

Nathan Hawke: I think it was found at the brigand fort near Yew?

Sparrow: on a bed in the farmhouse

Nathan Hawke: No no Sparrow that was sunday

Sparrow: ah sorry

Nathan Hawke: And there were also some half made bombs in Nujelm. Are we agreed on that?

I guess so

 

WoitaB: wasn’t there strange golems in exodus?

Nathan Hawke: We will get onto that Woit

WoitaB: oh sorry

Nathan Hawke: SO moving on to Sunday. We annaounced the two finalists

Alaster The Mad: we were ambushed !

Nathan Hawke: Followed a trail to a mage shop. The alchemist there opened a gate,  and we were ambushed

Alaster The Mad: indeed

Brynhild: We shouldn’t have got in the gate.

Nathan Hawke: Agreed Bryn, noted

But the important issue as far as I was concerned was the book we found and the nature of the attackers I am not sure of the significance of the book yet, but what we did see were some very crudely made walking machines

Alaster The Mad: * raises hand*

Nathan Hawke: Kind of like human robots?

Go on Alaster

Alaster The Mad: we went with kayne and snorri, and woitab too checking on my idea the exodus pyramid we found one of the same kind in there,  he was in an important room of the pyramid it seems

Nathan Hawke: Good work Alaster *makes a note*

Alaster The Mad: nothing was different as usual else, apart this same kind of machine we found

Aurelius: We also saw rather a lot of Tokuno ninjas, didn’t we?

Nathan Hawke: Good point Aurelius

Alaster The Mad: yeah !

Nathan Hawke: *makes a note*

Nathan Hawke: So then we are all clear on where we are so far?

Alaster The Mad: indeed

Angeline: yes

 

Nathan Hawke: So lets go back to basics a moment

Skaros once told me there are three things to consider in a situation like this

Means, Motive and Opportunity

So what are the means then as we know so far?

 

Kraven: greed?

Kraven: power hungry?

Sparrow: motive

Sparrow: golems

Kayne: perhaps an attempt to stop there being a cohesive leader?

Kraven: motive power hungry

Kayne: oh wait thats motive

Sari-Liane: Sounds like the beginings of Chaos to me…

Sparrow: golems are a means

 

Nathan Hawke: heh

 

Escaflowne: *Smirks*

 

Nathan Hawke: true indeed

 

Alaster The Mad: argh

 

Nathan Hawke: greed would be a motive

 

Kraven: means is greed

Nathan Hawke: means would be the golems and the Tokuno assasins?

Kayne: the alchemist too

Alaster The Mad: yep, alchemist too

Alaster The Mad: he was with them

Nathan Hawke: Aye kayne

 

Sari-Liane: *Stares at Escaflowne for a few moments*

Brynhild: And they need inside information, else how would they have known about Monica?

 

Kayne: Chance may have led them to Monica

Nathan Hawke: Aye kayne possibly chance. We cant rule out either though

So lets look at motive a moment

Sparrow: power

Nathan Hawke: greed has been mentioned but what kind of greed? Power, yes

Escaflowne: Do we know who their actual target was on Sunday? Or were they going for all of us?

WoitaB: we should be careful, they may have spies in britain

Kayne: Perhaps to stop there being a cohesive leader in the realm

Nathan Hawke: Who saw where the first explosions happened Sunday?

Tokot: *tries to stay invisible*

Kayne: *raises hand*

Nathan Hawke: Go on Kayne

 

Kayne: the first i saw were in front of the seating on the south west side

 

Alaster The Mad: i saw that too

Kayne: also where i saw the first of the assassins

Nathan Hawke: So then

Alaster The Mad: and if i’m right, they trow some explo potions at citizens on benches down the ninja location

 

Nathan Hawke: is it too far to speculate the targets were the candidates?

Alaster The Mad: oh my

Nathan Hawke: That would tie in with kaynes theory

Mary-Ann: I would assume that is correct

 

Nathan Hawke: So then that takes us to opportunity

Brynhild: Why go for all of them? Four were just knocked out of the runnin’ anyway,.

 

Mary-Ann: maybe they do not want us to become as 1 ”fighting unit”?

Nathan Hawke: Aye Mary

Kayne: Wait Nathan you were the only one on stage at the time

 

Tokot: *quietly makes notes*

Nathan Hawke: *blinks*

WoitaB: next time we see them, we should capture one, instead of killing them all

 

Nathan Hawke: Woita hold that thought

 

Alaster The Mad: we kill then capture

Kayne: You were just talking about how the elections were going well

 

Nathan Hawke: kayne but none were thrown at me as I recall?

Caelia Alberic: but there was something brewing, you said..

 

Kayne: Not that I was aware of but who can be sure?

Nathan Hawke: Aye Caelia but that was vague rumours

 

Mary-Ann: maybe they missed

Aurelius: None were thrown with much accuracy though.

 

Caelia Alberic: indeed, but after that all hell broke loose

 

Nathan Hawke: So then

Aurelius: For ninja, it was a very shoddy job…

Nathan Hawke: lets assume the target was either me

Mary-Ann: maybe it was a diversion for something else happening

Nathan Hawke: or the candidates, or someone else

 

Mary-Ann: *ponders aloud*

 

Nathan Hawke: it could have been a diversion perhaps, But i suspect it was a direct assasination attempt

WoitaB: seems to be…

 

Nathan Hawke: And the opportunity was all of the candidates gathered?

 

Tokot: *tries to hide a chaos tatoo on his shoulder*

Alaster The Mad: but i sold them !

 

Nathan Hawke: Or at the very least the final two?

Escaflowne: Sounds reasonable

Angeline: but they attacked after the official meeting

 

Nathan Hawke: Aye Angeline I noticed that thinking back now

Angeline: when some of the candidates may have gone home

Nathan Hawke: *ponders*

Kayne: Also clegg had left so we can rule him out of being a target though he could be a traitor?

Angeline: i mean , if they wanted the candidates together , they should have attacked earlier

Escaflowne: It’s Alastar trying to assasinate me i reckon

Kayne: He didnt try hard enough Esca

 

Nathan Hawke: Agreed Angeline but perhaps just a bad assassin?

Angeline: one bad assasin? there were more then one

Nathan Hawke: Agreed Angeline

Angeline: But let’s say you were the target

Mary-Ann: they were not very organised

Angeline: then it would make sense to attack after most peple would have gone home

Kayne: agreed why chance too many of us defending

WoitaB: mmhhh i’m sure there’s a spy inside the castle

Nathan Hawke: or just followed me?

Kayne: You could have been ambushed on your way home if it was you

Nathan Hawke: Aye kayne thats what I am saying. There had to be multiple targets?

WoitaB: they came in the heart of the castle

Mary-Ann: Esca and alaster were the targets

Forbrak: Does that mean they will try again tomorrow?

WoitaB: could be a message, or an opportunity to have multiple targets at once

Aurelius: Perfectly possible they just wanted a crowd …

Phineas: Perhaps if the canidates are the target we should take measures to ensure their location is safe.

Aurelius: after all they did not concentrate on any of us at the ‘ambush’

Alaster The Mad: it’s ok don’t worry, i’m made of iron

Escaflowne: It sounds like their motive is to stop the lands being united again

Escaflowne: And prevent a new leader of power

Kayne: Maybe it was just an attack on freedom in general

Escaflowne: If we were infact the targets

Aurelius: if they were to kill Esca, Alaster or Nathan, then was a perfect chance too.

Tokot: Didn’t think it could be the third candidate of semifinal?

Alaster The Mad: exactly esca

Sparrow: and the devices in Nu’jelm would support that

 

Nathan Hawke: Aye all of that makes perfect sense to me, I will double the guard tomorrow And as a few of you have surmised it seems to be either to disrupt the elections kill the candidates or discredit someone

Alaster The Mad: it’s esca who wants to kill me ! i’m sure !

Escaflowne: Lies and Slander

 

Nathan Hawke: Esca

 

Mary-Ann: *eyes esca*

Escaflowne: I wouldn’t mind some robots though

 

 

Nathan Hawke: quick question?

Escaflowne: Of course. Fire away

Aurelius: Bad phrase to use Esca…

 

Nathan Hawke: Is Vesper workign on robot technology?

 

Escaflowne: Not currently. We’ve been a big fan of golems in the past, for our golem wars event. Not going to lie to you

So we’ve dabbled in the use of golems alot in the past

Brynhild: *Looks very suspicious*

Escaflowne: We’ve always liked to keep a balance of technology and magic

Nathan Hawke: I know

Escaflowne: Vesper is a city of industry after all and a big port city

Caelia Alberic: maybe someone in vesper is against esca?

Nathan Hawke: Exactly

Escaflowne: Always new inventions coming through our city

Aurelius: The quality of the golems we met was pretty poor…

Escaflowne: I can carry out investigations Within Vesper To see if there are any culprits

Nathan Hawke: Thank you Esca. Yes please

Kayne: Esca you did threaten Alaster after the announcement

Aurelius: The Vesper ones were at least a stage or two better than those things…

Nathan Hawke: Aye Aurelius, very poor machines

Escaflowne: I’ve never threatened Alastar

Alaster The Mad: oh, it’s friendly teasing between us !

Mary-Ann: merely implied then esca?

Brynhild: They might’ve made them in a hurry.

Nathan Hawke: Who is they Bryn?

Mary-Ann: or had no knowledge on how to construct them

Brynhild: The Vesperians.

Aurelius: Recently we did see Mericles show up again …

Corintur: I would say any tinker worth anything knows how to make one

Nathan Hawke: This isn’t his MO Aurelius

Aurelius: in the past he had a link with the Exodus machines and the technology used

Corintur: so thats moot

Aurelius: by if I remember right, the orcs…

WoitaB: maybe it’s a diversion

Nathan Hawke: it is a good point Aurelius

Nathan Hawke: *makes a note*

Escaflowne: Something to ponder, Is maybe the golems were not of good quality, because it was a different less intelligent race

Kayne: Didn’t orcs make some odd machines around the time of the Blackrock detector incident?

Escaflowne: Crafting them and not humans or elves

Mary-Ann: can Mericles actually return again?

Alaster The Mad: aaah good point

Escaflowne: or gargoyals

Nathan Hawke: yes kayne

Sparrow: Golems are mindless killers they dont have to be high technology

Alaster The Mad: yeah gargoyles are really fine in their crafting work

Escaflowne: Maybe it was the orcs again, They are quite sloppy with crafting sometimes. Or maybe it could be an entirely different race

Mary-Ann: could it be someone we have not yet encountered?

Nathan Hawke: But isnt this all a bit elaborate for orcs?

Tokot: we miss the ninjas

WoitaB: yeah i guess

Kayne: Werent the machines they had made for them?

Aurelius: Still leaves the issue of the ninja …

Alaster The Mad: maybe brigands with small budget

Tokot: or ones that want to-be-seen like ninjas

WoitaB: they used to make bombers or else, but no great machines

Nathan Hawke: Ahh the ninjas

Aurelius: Even ifthe coe of the plot is not in Tokuno, someone hired them

Escaflowne: Aye Orcs aren’t the brightest of races

Aurelius: which isn’r particularly ‘orcish’.

Escaflowne: But they sometimes have their strings easily pulled

Kayne: No but the machines they had at the blackrock detector time werent made by them as i recall

Nathan Hawke: Aye the tokuno ninjas seem like they were hired

Escaflowne: So perhaps we’re looking for another puppeteer, Like merciles. We don’t even know if its Orcs yet anyway. So have to keep our minds open. Could be lizardmen for all we know

Mary-Ann: or it could be someone new, someone with an unknown grudge?

Kayne: We have to explore all possibilities while we know nothing

Nathan Hawke: I must agree with Escaflowne here and Mary Ann, it could be someone not known to us

Aurelius: Actually Esca, other good contender is the rat clan in the abyss,

Alaster The Mad: * scratches beard*

Aurelius: one of them has a lot of mechanical ‘pets’ around them.

WoitaB: *nods*

Kayne: Has anyone recently been banished from Britain? maybe as simple as revenge

Mary-Ann: I tyhought they were merely foragers?

Nathan Hawke: Alright so lets move on a little

Escaflowne: Yes Ratmen are very possible. I’ve seen their clockwork scorpions.  Not the great craftsmanship

Nathan Hawke: Alright good ideas. But one question I wanted to ask

The machines in Exodus dungeon who makes them?

WoitaB: exodus?

Escaflowne: they make themselves these days. But Exodus did create them at first

Aurelius: We were never sure…

Escaflowne: Maybe one of the machines in exodus and risen to extreme intelligence

Alaster The Mad: we also seen gargoyle enforcer created by machines in there !

ARAGORN: the controllers perhaps?

Kayne: Exodus was destroyed wasnt she?

Escaflowne: And is now co ordinating this all themselves

WoitaB: and maybe the controlers…

Aurelius: There are controllers and some gargoyles in the Exodus ‘dungeon’

Brynhild: Blackthorn turned into a cyborg there, didn’t he?

Nathan Hawke: Hold on. SO the machines in Exodus are self perpetuating?

Alaster The Mad: not the machines

Escaflowne: Thats my guess

Aurelius: Possibly.

Sparrow: A Controller there sits in the middle of some machine

WoitaB: i dunno…

Escaflowne: They have become self sufficient

Kayne: It has to be controllers

Alaster The Mad: but the thing i’m sure to have seen was gargoyle enforcers self created

Nathan Hawke: Noted Alaster

Alaster The Mad: in few places in that evil place

Escaflowne: Maybe its a smart controller pulling the strings, Or perhaps like i said

Kayne: Yes there are enslaved gargoyles too perhaps their crafting skills are being abused

Escaflowne: One of the machines has grown to high intelligence and is now leading the rest of them

Alaster The Mad: nothing unusual to report on the controller’s little home, next blackthorn castle though

Escaflowne: Exodus was more machine than anything

Nathan Hawke: Alright I hear what you are all saying

Escaflowne: *Nods*

Nathan Hawke: And Esca makes a good point about a risen robot

Escaflowne: Wouldn’t be the first

Nathan Hawke: true. Alright

Aurelius: Would fit withwhat happened before…

WoitaB: juka also loves machines

Escaflowne: True the Juka were Exodus’s slaves

Kayne: there are alot of juka in blackthorns old castle in ilshenar

WoitaB: they have juggernauts and some other stuff

Alaster The Mad: * nods*

WoitaB: yep, but not now

Nathan Hawke: *scribbles notes down*

Brynhild: *Mutters about Escaflowne following Blackthorn to Exodus*

Nathan Hawke: Alright

Aurelius: When we ran across some ‘Blackthorn’ machines invading our lands before….when Mericles and the orcs stole some of their technology..

Escaflowne: I do hate them being called Blackthorn machines

Aurelius: the clues suggested some ‘controlling’ robot-style mind

Nathan Hawke: We will end this here and think about things – noted Aurelius

But Skaros has a mission. for those who havent been to see Skaros yet he has a mission for you and that may give us a few more clues.

Skaros is located in castle Britain, South end. If you go and ask him for a mission, he will tell you where to go

and ask about a report and he will tell you what he wants you to report on.

For now I will take my leave but we will reconvene soon and keep an eye out for anything unusual

Nathan Hawke: *yawns*

Nathan Hawke: Good discussion. Lots of possibilities

Good night all. go see Skaros

Tokot: We will never give up in our fight for the chaos!

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Once the announcement of the Election results had been made, Nathan Hawke stepped up to talk to us as promised.

Nathan Hawke: Now everyone listen up please

So far these elections have passed off relatively peacefully with all candidates giving each other respect.

We are down to the last two now and I want to see that continue. Also there has been no outside interference. But my spies are out there all the time and I tell you there is somethign brewing

Aron Swordmaster: Ahem. I seem to recall rather a lot of dragons trying to eat the candidates and chew their way through the electoral rolls

Nathan Hawke: Dragons are one thing

 

At this point the whole crowd was rocked when explosions happened around the room and a number of assassins appeared around the balcony of the throne room. The whole room then descending into chaos of healing those injured and rushing to find and deal with the attackers.

Unfortunately it is at this point your intrepid reporter lost lots of notes in the confusion but some snippets that remained consisted mainly of Nathan trying to organise things

 

Nathan Hawke: TAKE ONE ALIVE IF YOU CAN

Maleachi: TAKE HIM ALIVE!

Nathan Hawke: MAKE SURE THE THRONE ROOM IS CLEAR THEN GATHER THERE

Nathan Hawke: EVERYONE BACK TO THE THRONE ROOM

Maleachi: Everyone alright?

 

Aron Swordmaster: Outside is now clear Nathan

 

Nathan Hawke: Alright everyone. Keep your guard up. Where did the first assasin appear

 

Maleachi: south side

Kayne: to the south side

Curunir: Balcony …

Aron Swordmaster: On the wall to the South

Sari-Liane: in the bottom far corner

Alaster The Mad: wall of south

Duey: south above us

 

Nathan Hawke: FOLLOW ME

Nathan Hawke: CHECK THE WINDOWS

 

Kayne: ladder here

Alaster The Mad: i see a rope ladder but the wall hides it !

 

Nathan Hawke: ALRIGHT LETS GET DOWN THERE

From the south east corner of the castle we then moved onto the north corner where we found a number of kegs and a mortar and pestle on the roof

 

Escaflowne: A clue

Maleachi: *points at rope outside walls*

Nathan Hawke: WHATS THE CLUE ESCA?

Escaflowne: Mortar and pestle Crafted by sorcerers delight

Escaflowne: That must be a mage shop somewhere, If we head there we could track the mortar and pestle to the mage shop

Escaflowne: And find out where the assassins got their poison

 

Nathan Hawke: AGREED ESCAFLOWNE

LETS MOVE OUT TOGETHER. STAY TOGETHER JUST IN CASE

 

The party then headed out to the Britain mage shop “The Sorcerers Delight” and found a curious alchemist named Peter

Sari-Liane: What about those in Tokuno clothing?

Alaster The Mad: mortar and pestle too

 

Peter The Alchemist: That’s used to make poison

 

Aron Swordmaster: These people would have been carrying Jingasa

Sari-Liane: Yes indeed

Alaster The Mad: yep!

 

Peter The Alchemist: I haven’t sold any large amounts of the recently

 

Sari-Liane: What about poisons?

 

Peter The Alchemist: Poisons, any specific type?

 

Kayne: deadly poisons

Kou: Would it help to show him what they looked like?

 

Peter The Alchemist: You are looking for ninja’s? Well…

 

Alaster The Mad: yes ninjas !

 

Peter The Alchemist: It just so happens I did fill a large order for a group of Ninja’s

 

Alaster The Mad: oh, where did they come from ? did they told you ?

 

Peter The Alchemist: But it was an order for Sulfurous Ash, not NIghtshade

 

Curunir: Well they did throw explosives..

Alaster The Mad: sufurous ash… fire…

Sari-Liane: Hmm well they did alot of burning

Curunir: so that seems reasonable…

Alaster The Mad: explosives indeed

Sari-Liane: so that was probably them

 

Peter The Alchemist: I see…

 

Escaflowne: Maybe they are trying to….melt someone?

Alaster The Mad: did they had something special ? did they told you where they come from ?

 

Peter The Alchemist: They asked me to deliver an order of Sulfurous Ash, Which I did

 

Alaster The Mad: where ?

Escaflowne: Where to?

Kayne: any thing else and strange behaviour?

 

Peter The Alchemist: Oh it wasn’t far from here

 

Heimlich: where?!?!?!

 

Peter The Alchemist: One of the farms just west of BRitain. Or South/West rather

 

Alaster The Mad: thank you !

Kairi: must be near the mountains

Kayne: the brit farms

 

Irvyn: What was the name? Of the person who ordered it?

Alaster The Mad: any name ?

 

Peter The Alchemist: Hmm, I’d have to check my papers. Can you wait?

 

Alaster The Mad: sure !

 

Peter The Alchemist: *Starts flipping through a thick book*

It must be in here somewhere….I need my glasses!

Did anybody see my glasses?

 

Heimlich: you’re wearing glasses

Irvyn: They are on your nose, sir.

Kraven: UV GOT EM ON DINGBAT!

 

Peter The Alchemist: Oh! So I do! Ah yes! there it is

It was a guy called Harvey

 

Escaflowne: Harvey

Alaster The Mad: harvey ! thanks a lot

Kayne: Thank you peter most helpful

 

Irvyn: Any other details?

 

Peter The Alchemist: Oh I have a rune marked at the farm here as well

 

Kayne: how helpful

Alaster The Mad: could you… hand us it ?

Irvyn: Most convenient. May we borrow it?

 

At this point the Alchemist kindly opened a gate to the farms for us. Where we were ambushed by a large group of Assassins who had a group of golem like creatures with them, however not the sort made by any quality craftsman, these were crudely made and looked rushed.

During the fighting your intrepid reporter took a dirt nap and was kindly resurrected and healed by Nathan Hawke and Escaflowne.

Nathan Hawke: ALRIGHT SEARCH THE BUILDING THEN GATHER OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR

 

Irvyn: This was remarkably like a trap … I believe we should go and question the alchemist some more.

 

Alaster The Mad: i second irvyn

 

The group then headed back to the counsellors hall in britain

Nathan Hawke: Firstly see if that alchemist is still there – someone go check?

 

Aron Swordmaster: And that Nathan is why ye got so little votes! “Dive into this gate to an Assassins orgy” indeed…

 

Nathan Hawke: Aron. We survived didnt we?

 

Irvyn: It was somewhat suspicious that the alchemist just happened to have a rune directly there.

Alaster The Mad: no more peter…

 

Nathan Hawke: Agreed Irvyn

Reann: pretty sure half of the people here jumped into the gate before nathan said to jump in.

Kou: No one ever asks questions until after the fact…

 

Nathan Hawke: So he has gone

Alaster The Mad: yes

 

Escaflowne: And just for the record! I had no hand in any of it

 

Nathan Hawke: and the only clue I could find was a book

 

Escaflowne: Someone pointed out there was blackthorns minions there

 

Nathan Hawke: Hush Esca

 

Irvyn: Well, Escaflowne, you would say that, would you not?

 

Nathan Hawke: Shh a moment

 

Kayne: Nathan you told me you found a book when we were in the house, what was it?

 

Nathan Hawke: catcher in the Rye

 

Escaflowne: J.D Salinger. Wonder who that is

 

Nathan Hawke: Aye Esca, never heard of him or her

 

Escaflowne: Me neither

 

Aron Swordmaster: It’s from the world of the Avatar and our liege British

 

Nathan Hawke: So we have assassins. An alchemist who led us into an ambush

And a strange book

Nathan Hawke: Oh, and one thing I saw was very odd

 

Escaflowne: Clockwork machines?

Nathan Hawke: Aye

Alaster The Mad: yeah

 

Nathan Hawke: badly made by th elook of them?

 

Kayne: Yes they were almost rushed not very well made

Nathan Hawke: Not tinkered like golems

 

Escaflowne: The Gargoyal city in Ilshenar has a golem workshop. They know a bit about clockwork machinery. Maybe they can tell us more

Nathan Hawke: Those werent golems

 

Irvyn: They did not look much like gargoyle machinery.

Kayne: Those were not gargoyle made, the gargoyles are too careful in their work

Irvyn: *nods over to Kayne*

Escaflowne: Indeed

Kou: I reckon a gargoyle could be sloppy if they wanted to

 

Nathan Hawke: Alright alright settle down a moment. At the risk of derailing the elections. We clearly have a problem and the first clues so to speak

I will have a word with Skaros and we will reconvene this coming Wednesday

In the meantime, Keep an eye on things and any research is welcome

 

Kayne: Are we delaying the elections Nathan?

Nathan Hawke: No no elections continue as normal

 

Caelia Alberic: I’m thinking Exodus…

Alaster The Mad: exodus, i thought of it too

Caelia Alberic: that Monica was taken there

Kayne: No exodus herself was disposed of

 

Nathan Hawke: Just keep an eye on things

 

Aron Swordmaster: Perhaps the remaining candidates can investigate; I would be sure to change my vote if one were to discover the cause of this disturbance…

 

Nathan Hawke: Aye, Monica was there. She told me that

 

Kayne: Perhaps we need some monitoring of the castle in case they attempt to infiltrate again

 

Nathan Hawke: I will move a guard there now Kayne

Alright for tonight this is over. But keep your wits about you

One last thing whoever wins will have my full support.

 

Nathan Hawke: Now go rest and be ready!

Once again for those who are interested we also have a special treat in the form of a  video taken of the event. Many thanks to Watchertoo for coming along and putting this together.

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