Thirteen 2 session 1
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Summary
Everyone is gathered at Charlotta's Coffee House discussing the new requirement that all official documents must be authorized with an arcane mark by a government sorcerer, when news breaks of a brewing rior at the docks. Soldiers bring an injured soldier to the coffee house for assistance. After some debate, they are healed by Lucas and then sent packing. Svald investigates the riot and reports that the crowd is burning an effigee of the harbourmistress and talking about going to the warehouse where the components for the marks are stored. Svald and Skalla go to look out for Stormsvallvåg interests at a neighboring warehouse and help pull injured dockworkers form the fray. Welumque and Lucas go to the neighboring enclave to check on things there, while Pierre runs to the Stormsvallvåg main house to get support and Hilde holds things down at the coffee house. The warehouse is dismantled by the crowd, and Skald summons some mists to cover the rioters retreat as reinforcements of crown soldiers arriver across the bay.
Session
- Session date: 2021-06-25
- In game date: 14 Ogdoamenas (late summer), 1721 M.E.
Prologue
[Narrator] 14 Ogdoamenas (late summer), 1721 M.E.
[Narrator] It’s been even warmer than usual this month, exacerbated by the unrelenting Ogdoamenas humidity. Life goes on and trade continues apace, but tempers are short.
[Narrator] Rumors abound that a new commander will soon be appointed to Alhusan Al’aswad. Elderly Prelate Beaufort has recently taken ill in Lequeot, which has many concerned. Vinmarker troops wander the streets of Fastning Irena, ostensibly to keep the peace.
[Narrator] Compounding the annoyance of the troops' presence is the recent proclamation of a new tax from Vinmark, requiring a royal army mage to validate all legal documents with an arcane mark. The discussion in Charlotta's tonight is as heated as the early evening streets.
[Narrator] (Where might we find each of you in the coffee house tonight, and doing what?)
* Hildegard is hanging out near the back, nursing her coffee and watching the other patrons with her bad leg propped up on a stool.
* Welumque has a big map spread out across a long table, with a coffee and dishes strategically holding the corners down so she can work.
* Lucas has come to put a few feelers out for possible new patients for his healing trade, so he will be on the lookout for people who might be injured soldiers or suffering from illness, but staying near to where Welumque is set up.
* Svald is in a corner, scribbling in a journal or sketchbook of some kind; somewhat close but not too close to Hildegard
* PierreB is operating one of the coffee-producing stations, carefully pouring it through a filter before serving. It's new enough for him that he's still getting used to doing this, but familiar enough that he's not making mistakes.
* Skalla is just cranking wth other locals about how the ppl "running thing" have no idea ow anything really works anyway,
* PierreB is now known as Pierre
* NPC1 is now known as Freya_Ulrikasdottir
* Svald nods along to Skalla's points absently
* Freya_Ulrikasdottir is from another one of the "old" lineages of Vinmark, the Skeppskapten. She's a bit older than Skalla, in her early 70s.
[Freya_Ulrikasdottir] There's no way this can stand. More than half the island's shipping goes through our port, and, what, now they want *everyone* to pay for the Queen's bluebacks?
[Skalla] its just going to increase smuggling, or send people to other ports
[Freya_Ulrikasdottir] Exactly!
[Skalla] they clearly don't understand how commerce works on the ground
[Freya_Ulrikasdottir] Welumque, are *your* people going to continue to trade in Gaulois ports if they can help it?
* Hildegard snorts derisively to herself.
* Welumque considers for a moment, taking a sip of coffee without really looking up.
[Welumque] They've always found a way. They'll still find a way. But your point is well noted.
[Freya_Ulrikasdottir] The Diet is crazy if they think we'll go along with this.
[Skalla] Right?
[Skalla] wat are they really going to do
* Svald thinks about a painting of the port...
[Narrator] At that, the door to the establishment is knocked open by a pair of the aforementioned Stordammer soldiers.
* Pierre goes over to answer
[Narrator] Three more follow them in, the middle one supported by the other two.
* Svald looks up from the book with a start.
* Hildegard looks up but relaxes when she sees the military uniforms.
[Pierre] Messieurs. How may I be of service?
* Svald closes it and clutches it close, watching with wide eyes.
[Narrator] Blood runs down his young face.
* Lucas moves to a less conspicuous location
[Skalla] ...what now?
* NPC2 is now known as Soldier
* Skalla says, standing
[Hildegard] Shit... what happened?
* Welumque looks up for the first time from her work.
* Pierre brings over a chair for them to place the young soldier on
[Soldier] Just a place for Sven to sit for a moment.
[Soldier] Thank you.
* Hildegard grabs her crutch and gets to her feet to hobble over.
* NPC3 is now known as Sergeant
[Skalla] what happened
* Pierre nods
[Sergeant] (Addressing Skalla) Rioters at the docks. The governor ordered a curfew, but...
[Sergeant] The governor ordered a curfew, but...
[Sergeant] some weren't down with that
[Skalla] I bet.
* Welumque neatly rolls up her map and, setting it aside, goes over to the young one.
[Skalla] This might not be a great place for you to say
* Lucas follows Welumque, a bit warily.
[Skalla] Can someone look at this kid so we can get them out of here?
