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Abe Sargent · 03-21-2018, 08:12 AM

GENERAL TORENAL ASSASSINATED

A party of Glantrian heroes travels to Sundsvall, the capital of Alphatia, with another letter from Prince Etienne d' Ambreville to the Empress Eriadna. This is a follow-up to the letter wherein the Glantrians claimed not to know who mur*dered Troikithus, the Alphatian spy in Glantri City. In this new letter, Prince Etienne provides the Empress with more information proving that Troikithus was an Alphatian spy; his intent is to further embarrass and inconvenience Eriadna.

While waiting for their audience with the Empress, these ad*venturers meet General Torenal, who is the leader of the Alphatian Empress's elite guard and the father of some of Eriadna's children. When last seen, the Glantrians and Torenal are chat*ting amicably in a waiting chamber near Eriadna's throne room. What happens afterwards is in dispute. Torenal and the Glantrians disappear. A day later, Alphatian investigators find the Glantrians, all drunk to unconsciousness in a tenement in the Alphatian capital. Based on evidence in the tenement hideout - dust which turns out to be human remains, spell damage in the walls, and the use of a wish spell to extract memories from the Glantrians' minds - the Alphatians conclude that the Glantrian emissaries teleported Torenal to their place of hiding, then murdered him with magical spells, burned his body, and scattered his ashes to the winds. Then, according to the officials, the Glantrian assassins got drunk to celebrate. Eriadna's efforts to use a wish spell to resurrect Torenal fails for unknown reasons; the best guess is that the assassins used some sort of unknown magic to prevent his resurrection.

Naturally, the Empress is enraged. Her father, the former Emperor Tylion IV, takes charge of the investigation, and learns some interesting things with his magic.

The Glantrian assassins say they did not perform the murder, but have conflicting memories about the events. One set of memories has them speaking briefly with Torenal, who tells them to return tomorrow, as Eriadna cannot see them until then; in this memory, the Glantrians returned to the inn where they were staying, fell asleep, and did not awaken until the Al*phatian investigators found them in another place entirely ( the tenement). In the second set of memories, Torenal told them to return tomorrow, and they were so offended by his presumption that they took him away to the tenement and murdered him out of petty revenge.

The Glantrians are confused by these twin sets of memories, but do not think of themselves as callous murderers and do not believe they killed Torenal. Eriadna, on the other hand, believes that the memories where the Glantrians are innocent have been planted somehow, in an attempt to hide the truth of the murder so they can escape justice. Tylion is sufficiently intrigued by the discrepancy that he hasn't allowed Eriadna to kill the Glantrians yet.

Eriadna breaks off formal relations with Glantri, pending fur*ther information.

CLERICAL MISSIONARIES KILLED

Clerical missionaries of the Immortal Vanya from the Heldann Territories are slaughtered while travelling through the Ethengar Khanates. The Ethengarians deny any in*volvement, though the bodies are demonstrably riddled with Ethengarian arrows and lances.

The Heldannic Territories (To Norwold’s south) have begun ambling for war with the Khanates.

03-21-2018, 08:12 AM	#1170
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	GENERAL TORENAL ASSASSINATED A party of Glantrian heroes travels to Sundsvall, the capital of Alphatia, with another letter from Prince Etienne d' Ambreville to the Empress Eriadna. This is a follow-up to the letter wherein the Glantrians claimed not to know who murdered Troikithus, the Alphatian spy in Glantri City. In this new letter, Prince Etienne provides the Empress with more information proving that Troikithus was an Alphatian spy; his intent is to further embarrass and inconvenience Eriadna. While waiting for their audience with the Empress, these adventurers meet General Torenal, who is the leader of the Alphatian Empress's elite guard and the father of some of Eriadna's children. When last seen, the Glantrians and Torenal are chatting amicably in a waiting chamber near Eriadna's throne room. What happens afterwards is in dispute. Torenal and the Glantrians disappear. A day later, Alphatian investigators find the Glantrians, all drunk to unconsciousness in a tenement in the Alphatian capital. Based on evidence in the tenement hideout - dust which turns out to be human remains, spell damage in the walls, and the use of a wish spell to extract memories from the Glantrians' minds - the Alphatians conclude that the Glantrian emissaries teleported Torenal to their place of hiding, then murdered him with magical spells, burned his body, and scattered his ashes to the winds. Then, according to the officials, the Glantrian assassins got drunk to celebrate. Eriadna's efforts to use a wish spell to resurrect Torenal fails for unknown reasons; the best guess is that the assassins used some sort of unknown magic to prevent his resurrection. Naturally, the Empress is enraged. Her father, the former Emperor Tylion IV, takes charge of the investigation, and learns some interesting things with his magic. The Glantrian assassins say they did not perform the murder, but have conflicting memories about the events. One set of memories has them speaking briefly with Torenal, who tells them to return tomorrow, as Eriadna cannot see them until then; in this memory, the Glantrians returned to the inn where they were staying, fell asleep, and did not awaken until the Alphatian investigators found them in another place entirely ( the tenement). In the second set of memories, Torenal told them to return tomorrow, and they were so offended by his presumption that they took him away to the tenement and murdered him out of petty revenge. The Glantrians are confused by these twin sets of memories, but do not think of themselves as callous murderers and do not believe they killed Torenal. Eriadna, on the other hand, believes that the memories where the Glantrians are innocent have been planted somehow, in an attempt to hide the truth of the murder so they can escape justice. Tylion is sufficiently intrigued by the discrepancy that he hasn't allowed Eriadna to kill the Glantrians yet. Eriadna breaks off formal relations with Glantri, pending further information. CLERICAL MISSIONARIES KILLED Clerical missionaries of the Immortal Vanya from the Heldann Territories are slaughtered while travelling through the Ethengar Khanates. The Ethengarians deny any involvement, though the bodies are demonstrably riddled with Ethengarian arrows and lances. The Heldannic Territories (To Norwold’s south) have begun ambling for war with the Khanates. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent Last edited by Abe Sargent : 03-21-2018 at 08:12 AM.