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* Brand remembered Tennetty the one-eyed proprietor of the tavern in Cerin said that she would be moving to work at the Four Winds in Cerdwigg, so that seemed a good destination.  At the very least he knew the name of an inn to look for.

* Brand remembered Tennetty the one-eyed proprietor of the tavern in Cerin said that she would be moving to work at the Four Winds in Cerdwigg, so that seemed a good destination.  At the very least he knew the name of an inn to look for.

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==Brand Turn 1==

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==Brand Turn 1 (under construction) ==

===Brand Turn 1 BACKGROUND===

===Brand Turn 1 BACKGROUND===

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====COMMENTS====

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* If something should be different from the characterizations I have written for Brand, let me know how I can adjust the story.  Let me know what your character would do and say and how he may feel and the narration can be updated.

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* This is setting stage and background which seems to take some time, I am trying to figure out how to get a better pacing and pc actions.  Future posts would include some "choose your own adventure" suggestions and please include any and all details about how your character would handle himself.

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====Level 6 World====

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This world is based on a maximum of level 6 and many other humans are "NPC Classes", simplified versions of PC classes.  The powerful magic of the "ancients" is basically just magic higher than 3rd or 4th level spells.  Brand is level 2 and close to level 3.

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====Status Note====

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*Both Brand and Hadotti have undergone some trauma in their escape from the hostile drake rider Picts and you do not have any "hit dice" reserves.

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*In the normal Long Rest Rules, you "Regain spent Hit Dice, up to half your total (minimum 1 die)." However, in Eradain you can take "Hit Dice Damage" which requires extended rest and down-time to recover hit dice from, sometimes in conjunction with a wound that must heal (and has a penalty until it is healed by actual rest not magic).

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*The two of you need a couple more days of solid rest and food to recover from your wounds and regain all your lost hit dice.

[[File:Cerdwigg Castle.png|thumb|Concept for Cerdwigg Castle]]

[[File:Cerdwigg Castle.png|thumb|Concept for Cerdwigg Castle]]

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====Cerdwigg Watershed====

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====Cerdwigg Region====

[[File:CerdwiggClanElders.png|thumb|Cerdwigg Clans and Settlements (1 mile/hex)]]

[[File:CerdwiggClanElders.png|thumb|Cerdwigg Clans and Settlements (1 mile/hex)]]

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C - A common way point to stop along the Prywn River/Road where the Prywn joins the Sinann River. <BR>

C - A common way point to stop along the Prywn River/Road where the Prywn joins the Sinann River. <BR>

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===Brand Turn 1 Narrative Notes===

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===Brand Turn 1A Narrative ===

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'''BACKGROUND''' = Brand has been up this particular river before. It is another hinterland outpost against the hated Serpent Goblins (and two other goblin tribes and one you have not encountered yet). You have good relations with the local Clan Elders (feudal barons), especially Clan Seesil (ranger clan w/hated enemy goblins). You once spent several seasons at holdings of the ranger Clan named Seesil and learned much about the Serpent Goblins. Clan Seesil... Good folk you are sure would welcome you back to their hall... But you know you would have a mixed reception with Hadotti as your henchman. Still, you have options (see below).

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====Upriver to the borderlands of Cerdwigg====

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You lucked out running into this small river trader you knew and who was going your way.  With a delivery bound for the Cerdwigg festival, the trader had to meet a delivery date or risk losing money on his cargo and he was under stress to get there on time.   He only had one guard and knew Brand and Hodotti and offered both a job on the spot.  He didn't offer much, a meager silver each for the whole trip, but he sweetened the deal by providing all the food we wanted with him and the crew.  He added he'd give us danger pay if our swords were actually needed. The offer was not much.  You were worth more than three silver a day for such duty.  

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Nevertheless, you could help each other get along the way and often felt you profited more from fellowship than coin*.  You'd be getting paid a bit to help someone and also get to where you needed to be and where you wanted to go faster than you could alone.  That was also a relief after the rough time you'd had recently. Something was seriously wrong with that tribe, and you were not sure what to do about it.  You also both also badly need time to rest and recover.  You and Hadotti were operating with wounds that required longer rest and good food.  

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Since you left the river-camp this morning, you and Hadotti have been occasionally working the boat poles along with the crew and always keeping an eye out for danger.  Poling upriver can be tedious and although you both still carry a deep wariness from your recent travails (Status Note), but it can be hard to just sit about while others are working, and 'light' exercise is better than sitting still for too long.

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The trip was uneventful, yesterday at the portage a Clan Baed militia declared the way clear ahead.  He even helped get the boat moved and the trader tipped him a small bag.  As you prepared for the last leg to reach Cerdwigg in the afternoon (approximately 10 miles upriver), you see the militia man start up a steep hillside trail above the river.  Off to spread the news of the incoming boat no doubt.

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The docks look much the same as when you last came here, the trader had already paid you off and you have said your goodbyes. After the boat is tied up you give the trader a wave and the two of you jump off the boat.  Already of few of the locals gawping at the two of you and whispering.  Strangers in town would be big news in the backwater, but this was a festival week, so all sorts of new people should be around to distract the watchers and gossipers.

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====The Four Winds Tavern====

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You have a promise from a friend, and you are looking forward to seeing if it pans out.

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Back in Rhan Fionn you had made acquaintances with Tennetty, the one-eyed proprietor of the Four Winds and an ex-[[Orders_and_Guilds#Angharad_Militant_Organization_The_Fianna|Fianna]] officer.  You were never Fianna, but still hit it off with Tennetty, and when you parted ways she invited you to visit the Four Winds Tavern located in Cerdwigg where she was going to take over.  You knew the four winds from your time before, a neutral tavern outside of town but still on Cerdwigg settlement lands and not one of the barons.  You had promise of free room and board and were hoping there were still good rooms available despite the festival.  Unlikely that many outsiders would be around, but sometimes the locals would book them for their own celebrations and carouses.

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You barely glance at the collection of houses and the folk around you as you pass from the docks and to the roadway leaving town.  You encounter no others on your few miles journey and reach the Four Winds.  

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The Four Winds is almost a settlement and manor house on its own.  There is another collection of sturdy houses and gardens here and the Inn is a small fortress.  You think if they built fighting platforms along the short walls and maybe a small tower, it certainly could become one.  The door is wide open, and you can hear music of sorts and first the smell of some savory stew and then the beer hits you as you walk in.

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Immediately Tennetty gives off some sort of squawking cackle "Ha!", obviously in good humor and glad to see you.  As usual she peels off in Pictish and greets Hadottie first with something like "''What are you doing you lunkhead, want to hear a joke?''"  Hadotti has a hard time understanding some Angharad humor and she has been trying to educate him.  Off to the side, the music is coming from a couple of local children practicing simple instruments under the guidance of a mother or nanny.

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* Original Concept/Summary Note - Bereft of a strong Queen, only receiving blessings of the more distant Mabryn Queen, and left without a Sept family to lead, the other local clan branches splintered and fought among themselves. Most stayed in their lands, but over time they have become different and strange. The hills and the populated river valleys leading down to Cerdwigg are now filled with disgruntled/black sheep clans.

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Tenetty gives you a bit of a stink-eye for showing up during busy festival time, but she is a veteran and sees you need rest and recovery.  She makes you promise to give all the details later.  She has a private room for the two of you, but does not promise how long you can keep it... "I may need to shift you into another room if something comes up."  She looks at you and says frankly, "I think something will come up, there has been something odd in the air lately.  Maybe it's a good thing you are here during festival after all..."  She shrugs off thought and with the flair of an innkeeper hosting nobility she sets you up in style in a room with two clean beds and access to a tub down the hall.

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*The town haphazardly sorts itself along the L shaped road from the docks up the short hill to the great hulking castle you at first thought was a mountain or hill feature of the terrain (draft description, I need to make a map).

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After you have a chance to drop some gear, the two of you are tucked in a corner of the bar nearest the kitchen with bread, stew and a full mug.  At the end of the meal you start of nod off and you are shooed off to those waiting beds.  You vaguely hear something about there being some roast pig rib later in the evening before collapsing on top of the bed and going dark.

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* The river-clanner's departure

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You gradually become aware of someone coming into the room...  You struggle to wake... It is Hadotti.   "Brand.  It is time to wake.  There is a bath ready.   Would you believe it!?  There is a water pump and stove right in the room with the tub!" He is amazed by such luxuries, but that really is better than what any of the local barons might have.

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'''BACKGROUND''' = Brand has been up this particular river before.  It is another hinterland outpost against the hated Serpent Goblins (and two other goblin tribes, one you have not encountered yet).

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===Brand Turn 1 Narrative Notes===

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You have good relations with the local Clan Elders (feudal barons), especially Clan Seesil (ranger clan w/hated enemy goblins).  You once spent several seasons at holdings of the ranger Clan named Seesil and learned much about the Serpent Goblins.  Clan Seesil... Good folk you are sure would welcome you back to their hall... But you know you would have a mixed reception with Hadotti as your henchman.  Still, you have options (see below).

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'''BACKGROUND''' = The region has nine notable Clan families (nobility equivalent to a Baron) and these are hardy folk living on the borderlands without the protection of a Queen's Magic (a semi-divine aura that basically changes the encounter tables to "civilized/settled" instead of "darkwoods"). See the Cerdwigg Clans and Settlements Map Key.

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====QUESTIONS====

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* 'fellowship over coin' DM Interpretation of Brand as a classic ranger (old school D&D where they only had the wealth they carried, also Tolkien rangers), let me know how you feel for your character.

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** You happen to have recently lost much of your carried 'wealth and supplies'.

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** How much money does Brand have?  Rangers's don't really need much, but you need to replace some gear lost in your recent misadventures at this time you basically only have your personal armor and weapons and need to get back some basic gear if you wanted to go back out into the wilderness.

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===Brand Turn 1 Narrative ===

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====NOTES====

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* Original Concept/Summary Note - Bereft of a strong Queen, only receiving blessings of the more distant Mabryn Queen, and left without a Sept family to lead, the other local clan branches splintered and fought among themselves. Most stayed in their lands, but over time they have become different and strange. The hills and the populated river valleys leading down to Cerdwigg are now filled with disgruntled/black sheep clans.

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You lucked out running into this small river trader you knew and who was going your way.  With a delivery bound for the Cerdwigg festival, the trader had to meet a delivery date or risk losing on this cargo and he was under stress.   He only had one guard but knew Brand and Hodotti and offered them a job on the spot.  He offered a meager silver each for trip but sweetened the deal by providing all the food we wanted and offering us danger pay if our swords were needed.

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*The town haphazardly sorts itself along the L shaped road from the docks up the short hill to the great hulking castle you at first thought was a mountain or hill feature of the terrain (draft description, I need to make a map).

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Ever since you left the river-camp this morning, you and Hadotti have been occasionally working the boat poles along with the crew and always keeping an eye out for danger.  Poling upriver can be tedious and although you both still carry a deep wariness from your recent travails () it can be hard to 

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* The river-clanner's departure

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The trader was not from any of the big river Clans was relieved to have some extra swords on board and offered you a silver each as guard plus more for danger pay.  Not much, but you were getting paid to go with a group to where you wanted to go anyway, so it all worked out.  Especially since the voyage was uneventful.

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DRAFT NOTES FOR FURTHER IN THE NARRATIVE

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'''BACKGROUND''' = DRAFT NOTES

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Bugbear.   Those goblinoids who hold a special place being notoriously honorable mercenaries and nasty foes often with the ranger class and forest skills.  Bugbear sell their services, primarily to goblins as scouts and trackers and all-around thugs or paid guards, whatever pays well enough.  Mostly they operate as independents by nature, but sometimes they also have tribes and networks.   One particular that you were "introduced" to by Clan Seesil... you helped to barter a contract with one of those larger bugbear organizations to

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Bugbear.   Those goblinoids who hold a special place being notoriously honorable mercenaries and nasty foes often with the ranger class and forest skills.  Bugbear sell their services, primarily to goblins as scouts and trackers and all-around thugs or paid guards, whatever pays well enough.  Mostly they operate as independents by nature, but sometimes they also have tribes and networks.   One particular that you were "introduced" to by Clan Seesil... you helped to barter a contract with one of those larger bugbear organizations.  Ironically (?), it was a contract to be a (distant) guard for the Clan's crops and storages while most of the fighting men (including Brand) went away to attack a Serpent Goblin outpost.  Unless things have changed, you know how and where to leave a marker that a parley is requested.

Eradain - Recent changes [en]

Player Character: Brand "Torchbearer"