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Cooler and more courteous, but more polished and practiced in courtly intrigue, Roger wants Martha's lands as a step up to possibly becoming a greater Baron, or Sheriff one day. Considered more dangerous from a legal perspective as he has the resources and connections to spin a legal case for Martha to lose her home. He has offered his infant son for an arranged marriage with Catherine, content to have the family enlarge their estate down the road, but Martha has refused. | Cooler and more courteous, but more polished and practiced in courtly intrigue, Roger wants Martha's lands as a step up to possibly becoming a greater Baron, or Sheriff one day. Considered more dangerous from a legal perspective as he has the resources and connections to spin a legal case for Martha to lose her home. He has offered his infant son for an arranged marriage with Catherine, content to have the family enlarge their estate down the road, but Martha has refused. | ||
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Revision as of 07:37, 18 December 2014
The Irish Mission
The Irish Demon
Very little is known of this demon, other than his penchant to claim he is an ancient Irish hero, Cu Chulainn. Astute party members noticed oddities about him, like the fact he left hoofprints instead of footprints, and an unusually warm aura about him. Ultimately, Adria's sensitivity to the Holy and Unholy left little doubt about his origins, and he reacted with shock and surprise when Ritter Sigmund's sword drew an ichor instead of blood. The demon had no way of knowing the blade bore a relic from the Crucifixion of Christ.
He was last seen flying away from Dublin bearing both the "Tear of the Virgin Mary" (the unholy meteorite the townsfolk mistook as a holy sign from Heaven), as well as Aed, the glassblower's apprentice whose Guardian Angel made him aware of the demon's and the meteorite's true nature.
Storm
Storm was encountered near the peak of Mount Snaefell, on the Isle of Man. She considered herself the rightful ruler of the mountain and offered her hospitality the Irish expedition. She appeared as an eight-foot tall gull who inhabited a series of caves, a mix of worked and naturally formed. Forest animals of all types seemed to respond to her instantly, as if she were their queen.
One interesting find was a nearly full set of dragon bones in one of the caves she didn't use. She invited the party members to take what they wanted; a few took a tooth from the massive frame. She has invited the characters to return and claim the whole thing if they wanted. A few questions indicated that she had been inhabiting the caves since before the Norse came to claim the islands, and that the dragon was already dead and bones before she got there. Adria found a single partially melted gold coin bearing the face and name of 'NERO' on it.
Storm has an open invitation for any party member to return and visit her.
Town of Poole, Wales
Prior Constable Hermann of Cologne
The senior brother at the Hospitaller Prior in Poole, Hermann handles the logistical, management, and militant members of the prior. Originally from Germany, he has spent many years in the Holy Lands and other Hospitaller outposts and was posted in Poole to command this outpost. He is pragmatic enough to know that that the worldly politics of both the Church and the nobles affects his priory and knows how to deal with it. As the commander of the Knights of St. John, he is answerable only his hierarchy and to the Pope, which puts him in conflict with the local bishop, Cristoforo.
Prior Fulk of Tyre
Fulk is the religious head of the priory and was responsible for the schism between Bishop Cristofor and the priory. A pious, compassionate man, he was the one who offered communion and final rites to a man excommunicated by the bishop. But since the priory doesn't answer to the bishop, there was nothing he could do about it. Fulk holds some unorthodox views on doctrine, which adds to the friction with the bishop. However, as the religious head, and co-prior of the fortress, he has final say on non-military decisions. In any case, Prior Constable Hermann has enough on his plate to leave Fulk on his own with doctrine.
Fulk also manages the charitable work the priory does, including the hospital and soup kitchen for the poor and the travellers that stop by the Priory.
Bishop Cristoforo
The local bishop of Poole, he resents the presence of foreign knights in 'his' bishopic when he can't order them to do what he wants. The magi and Sir Daniele met him briefly after the noon mass.
Enrico the Venentian Merchant
A formerly trusted merchant who has dealt with the covenant for years, bringing goods from the Holy Land and the far east through Venice. He is a middle-aged man who keeps a mistress in Poole and is only in kingdom for half the year as he trades primarily in Wales, while collecting up goods to sale back in Venice and storing them in Poole.
Loyalty and Law
This adventure involved a Jerbiton magus from the Normandy Tribunal asking for help for a distant cousin, a widow, who is dealing with two power-hungry local nobles wanting her dead husband's estate.
Important developments:
- Sir William is now betrothed to Catherine of Pulverbatch
- Catherine is writing to, and enamored with, Galaxio
- Sir Jusef has indicated his interest in Lady Martha
Tholin of Jerbiton
Hailing from the Normandy Tribunal and an unusually non-Gentle Gifted Jerbiton, Tholin visited Geoffrey seeking assistance for his distant cousin in a holding named Pulverbatch, southwest of Shrewsbury.
Asmorn of Guernicus, Quaesitor
A Quaesitor that the party met while leaving Pulverbatch, he seemed to have followed Tholin and wanted to see what he was up to. He questioned, briefly, the party about their dealings, but assured him that it was all done through companions and that the magi were hands off. He seemed to let the matter rest, but probably now has some interest in the covenant to ensure that their dealings stay within the Code as well.
Lady Martha of Plessis
The younger daughter of a minor noble house, she married a reasonably respectable husband and had the good fortune to fall in love with him. They had 3 daughters, but he had a riding accident that crippled him and made him unable to father a son. He died, still young, and without an heir. She has been running the estate with the help and loyalty of her husband's retainers and villeins, who are quite loyal to her as she has been a good estate master. Two local nobles from larger estates nearby have eyed her property and made arguments that she should remarry, or have her youngest marry one of their family members, but she has refused all offers. She is still young enough to receive marriage offers, not to mention the property she would bring with her.
Her two eldest daughters are married but live on the east and south coasts of England, respectively. Her youngest, Catherine, is only 13 and too young to be married.
Lord Michael of Pontesbury
An older warrior with a smaller estate than Martha's, but with more knights and money. Avoided taking the Cross and going on Crusade, and acts quite thuggish to his lessers. He has already demanded that Martha marry him, seeing as husbands become the master of his wife's property and lands via marriage. Martha fears he will simply attack her estate and seize it by main force.
Lord Roger of Ratlinghope
Cooler and more courteous, but more polished and practiced in courtly intrigue, Roger wants Martha's lands as a step up to possibly becoming a greater Baron, or Sheriff one day. Considered more dangerous from a legal perspective as he has the resources and connections to spin a legal case for Martha to lose her home. He has offered his infant son for an arranged marriage with Catherine, content to have the family enlarge their estate down the road, but Martha has refused.