| Red-headed strumpet
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 100
| January 2006- Octiovus returns to Cove and takes back power from Eason. He says the only reason he joined the Militia in Yew in the first place was that Klion held his mother hostage.
- A gargoyle healers is brought to Trinsic as a final attempt to cure Irvyn, who’s still on death’s door. The gargoyle claims to have a recipe for a cure, but the ingredients must be ground up in the legendary "Mortar of Minax". The mortar was found in Minax’ laboratory in Vesper museum and is in possession of Twothumb, who doesn’t want to give it up. There are intense negotiations as the Trinsicians, led by Baroness Moiraine, try to obtain the mortar. But just before a peace treaty that would allow Trinsic to borrow the mortar can be signed, the mortar is stolen by unknown thieves.
- The people of Trinsic evacuate the town, which is becoming more and more corrupted and diseased. They travel to Ilshenar in the hope that the waters there will help the ailing duke
- Covetous Mountain erupts. Minoc escapes relatively unscathed, but Vesper is engulfed by smoke and lava, and many buildings damaged. Twothumb evacuates the Vesperians to Lakeshire in Ilshenar
- Both the Trinsic and Vesper parties are haunted by mischieveous fairies in Ilshenar. Most the springs and wells are also cursed. There is some tentative cooperation as the old enemies study the fairy curses.
- The old tensions quickly return when the Vesperians learn that the Trinsicans have found the lost Mortar of Minax. Twothumb, Kaelith and Eason confront the Duchy and its allies at the Shrine of Dondinia and demand the mortar is returned. When Moiraine claims she has not got it and refuses to reveal where it is hidden, the Covians take her hostage. The Duchy reacts by declaring war on Cove, and free Moiraine a few days later. The mortar has not been seen since.
- Clues left behind by the fairies lead Trinsic’s to a "sword of ice" hidden in the depths of a balron’s lair. The duke, somewhat stronger thanks to the healing powers of the springs under Reg Volon, believes that if he is stabbed through the heart with the sword, this will lift the curse on Trinsic, and after a few days return himself to life too, cured. Trinsic spends an anxious week waiting if its leader will be returned; to the general relief he is, and the people return to a renewed Trinsic. The cursed tree however remains, and various parties including the Shadow Court continue to investigate it in the coming months.
- Vesper scours Ilshenar and the fairies for ways to stop the volcano erupting on its home. Eventually, a solution is found, the raw materials gathered. The volcano stops spewing fire and smoke. Vesper returns to rebuild its houses.
- The recovered duke negotiates a ceasefire with Vesper and Cove, despite strong objections from Moiraine.
February 2006- As the rift between her and Irvyn deepens, Moiraine retreats into her private life and is seen only very infrequently. Captain Kuro-Karasu shoulders many of the duties of the dukes deputy.
- Despite its disagreements over the mortar, Trinsic and Vesper sign a non-aggression pact
- At a party in Vesper, Odenetheus and his Nujel’m henchmen manage to place a curse on Twothumb. They force him to effectively sign over full control over Vesper to the Collegium. If any Vesperians oppose the Collegium in any way, Twothumb and his family suffer greatly for it. The Vesperians desperately seek a way around the curse but are forced to cooperate for the time being.
- Others take note of Vesper’s plight. The Collegium, which was initially welcomed in many places, is now viewed with distrust.
- Odenetheus invites his old friends of Yew to Vesper, threatening to forcibly unite the north (Vesper, Cove and Yew).
- Odenetheus disappears very suddenly and without a trace. Millionaire businesswoman Phae Quaintly disappears at the same time; people speculate about a connection
March 2006- The curse on Twothumb appears to weaken and then disappear entirely shortly after to Vesper’s relief
- The non-aggression treaty between Trinsic and Vesper comes under strain through several attacks on Trinsic by Vesperians, led by Hanse Davion, and some more disorganised attacks by the Vesper Trade Company. Other Vesperians, notably Kaelith, want to save the peace and call for Hanse to be extradited to stand trial.
- Naeloth finally abandoned. The Poisoned Elf tavern closes, only the famous Naeloth Library remains of the city.
- Carnage in Delucia and the entire population is found killed. Earl d’Orsay seems to attempt to limit the damages and the spreading of disease as he places the entire town under quarantine. Little is seen or heard of him since.
- Odenetheus of Nujel’m, freshly returned, purchases the East Covian Trading Company, and renames it 'the Collegists' Trade association".
- Loyalist troops sent by the Council in Britain march into Vesper, ousting Twothumb's separatist regime, and bringing "law and order" to the city - enforced by frequent raids and patrols by the Yew Guardsmen. The Vesperians retreat to their hideouts.
April 2006- The Freedom Fighters make a short-lived but bloody reappearance in Trinsic, threatening life and limb with their explosives
- The exiled Vesperians, outraged at Kain Twothumb's apparent caving-in to the loyalist and payment of reparations to Trinsic, Yew and others, announce plans to elect a new leader
- The Kaldorians resume their search for the broken magical axe, Glory
- The Collegists' Trade Association separates wholly from Covian rule, and renames itself 'the Greenwood Trading Company', still remaining under Collegium rule.
May 2006- The loyalist occupation of Vesper turns increasingly violent, with several buildings burnt down
- Most citizens of Vesper are relocated to Yew, including the Swaggers' staff which end up running the Yewish tavern for a while instead. However, the move is shortlived, and the Vesperians return to their (occupied) home within a few days
- All citizens of Britannia are summoned to Britain for a moot - a peaceful Council at which disputes are to be debated as well as games and festivities held.
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