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Eulogy for Dragos, Anatoli, Gorlof, Jordan, Cosmin & his brother Frison
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About this game
NATURE OF THE BEAST:
In a time of savagery and horror, you wander the darkest corners of the Earth and battle the evil you find hidden within. Hand-picked by Solomon Kane are a new group of "Wanderers" chosen to follow the "Path of Kane". They have been chosen to investigate the strange deaths of villagers and mutilated livestock within a hamlet in Wallachia. Rumors abound about a mysterious sect of monks that are bringing back to the area, from Constantinople, the decapitated head of the region's former prince, Vlad Teppes. Join with other heroes who find themselves investigating the rumor of a long dead cursed prince within the mountains of Wallachia in the year of our lord 1596.
(First Story Arc Completed)
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: (Second Story Arc Starting)
The party is going to rescue Stanislaw (held in Hungary), the brother of the Prince of Moldavia (Prince Leremia Movila). They are doing this with the hopes that Prince Movila will then send the reinforcements he promised (but is witholding) into Wallachia to help the besieged, Prince Michael the Brave, ruler of Wallachia fighting the Ottomans.
Prince Movila was supposed to send help to honor his oath of the Christian Alliance. However, Prince Movila (who rules as a puppet leader under Poland's influence) is instructed not to help in the hopes of taking over the Wallachian throne as well.
Rudolf II, king of Hungary, holds Stanislaw to also influence Moldavia not to help so he can claim the throne of Wallachia, with a puppet ruler of his choice.
Politics, politics, politics.
In addition, Solomon told the group that he believed that a mysterious Cardinal Travelli, (a.k.a. the Deatheater) and his three devout archbishops were behind a plot to "revive" certain key cruel and viscious figures to gather power and fight the Muslims. The Cardinal & his archbishops had been excommunicated 20 years ago because of their dark practices of ancient lore. They now continue that dark path pursuing their twisted fervor in fighting the muslims. Solomon Kane believed they next planned on "reviving" Kubla Khan & Tomas de Torquemada (a famously cruel leader of the Inquisition in Spain). Solomon did assure the party that they wouln't be "revived" in the same fashion as Prince Vlad Teppes because Anubis would allow only one Avatar to represent him.
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Join with other heroes who find themselves investigating the rumor of a long dead cursed prince within the mountains of Wallachia in the year of our lord 1596.
Ermanno Visconti
When Solomon Kane first opened my eyes to the horrors that walk our lands, I did not know they would count so many nor be so vile. We have slain three beasts of the damned this day, but it is an empty victory - nothing has truly been gained and much has been lost. Not only were we unable to save any of the children beyond the first, the last of them dying moments before she could be attended, but we have also lost our companion Ermanno Visconti no doubt to the very depths of hell.
With the loss of Ermanno, an almost unnatural silence has fallen upon the group, his ability to tend to the wounded both in our party and others will be missed.
The only good that has come of our efforts is that no more innocence will be lost to those foul creatures - the girls of this region will no doubt find other ways to lose their innocence, but that is not my concern.
All we can do now is tend whats left and try to return nature to balance. The horses will be disposed of and the girls returned to the earth from which we all spring.
Our Burden
Not so long ago Solomon Kane pressed me for a cause that motivates me to continue on his path and I had no answer. Since then I have seen much and been through much and now I have my answer for him - the nightmares I have seen spawned on this earth by the dark spirits of hell have changed me and committed me fully to the cause of Solomon Kane. All of my focus, all of my life is now dedicated to following the path of Solomon Kane, to destroying the evils that would enslave a town or sacrifice children for their twisted ends. I will pay any price, carry any burden to further his cause.
My compatriots do not understand how I could consider having the hide of a demonic beast carved into armor, even I question how far I have changed to consider such things... But if I am to truly be a warrior for Solomon Kane, honing my own personal combat skills will not be enough - I must use the weapons of the beasts against them, no matter what form they may come in. I can only hope that this foul armor will protect Anitoli as we battle the many evils that I am sure lay ahead.
Damn. Sorry folks. I have to work 5-1am >.<. I won't be able to make this one. Keep me posted on future events though! :)
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