Castle Britannia, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – October 27, 2010 – by Ashlynn – Wednesday’s summit at Castle Britannia started like any other. After the attendees and their retinues had taken seats, Lady Tavalia Zodok took the roll noting down any absences as usual. Business was discussed with regards to the Kingdom and Townships before the meeting was called to a close and it seemed everyone thought it time to leave. Until the Magician arrived that is.
The Magician appears!
Kendrick Morrow was his name, famous so some say, but I haven’t heard anything of him. He said he wished to delight us all with a magic show and after spending quite some time dealing with more serious affairs of state, a little entertainment seemed welcome.
The magician started out with a few simple cantrips. Minor arcane tricks that any novice of magery could perform. The display went on for some time and it was clear a few of the more skilled amongst us were growing bored and this was soon voiced. So the magician said he would show us something a little more impressive, and that he did! After making arcane gestures with his hands and uttering words of gargish, a huge explosion ringed out from the magician leaving everyone a little shocked but certainly impressed.
But something more sinister was to come as I believe this display served only to disguise an even more impressive, yet terrible spell. Something I can only describe as a Greater Summon Fire Elemental spell. Powerful elementals of flame suddenly filled the room and began attacking all those present, causing great injury to the attendees. Everyone quickly rallied and fought them off, but in the confusion it appeared the magician had used his magics to kidnap Lady Tavalia!
It was only my recent training with a shinobi infiltrator in Tokuno that kept me alive!
We were soon joined by Commander Foxx who advised us to search the city for the magician, which we all did. Eventually we were to discover him bound and gagged at the watch tower beside the sea, and he claimed that someone had stolen his clothes and left him in this state earlier. Apparently, the magician who put on the magic show was an imposter! Possibly some form of changeling or doppleganger it was suggested, but it is also possible it could have been a powerful mage skilled in the arts of disguise. When asked about Lady Tavalia he claimed to know nothing but returned with us to the summit chamber.
Returning to the summit chamber, the “real” Morrow performed a little arcane sophistry and then informed us that some kind of bracelet had been used to kidnap Lady Tavalia, but the aura left behind would be easy to follow. And so after making a rune and weaving another spell, we were taken to a cave entrace in Southern Britannia.
Inside the cave we were shocked to discover the corpse of Lady Tavalia Zodok and the discarded clothes of The False Morrow. The real Kendrick confirmed they were the ones stolen from him. What followed was much discussion about what we were to do next, with some (including myself) still suspicious of the real Kendrick’s story. It was decided that Kendrick would be placed under house arrest while the matter was looked into by the Commander.
I was informed by Commander Foxx that the lady would receive proper last rites.
And so we are left with the question: Who is the False Kendrick? And what are his motives behind the murder of the Queen’s ambassador? Furthermore, it also leaves the summit without a representative for the Queen and an already discontent people without someone to voice their concerns to. Such a situation does not bode well for the future especially in light of recent attacks. It is certainly possible that further external pressure upon the Kingdom could bring about more serious internal unrest.