Blood Son

Overview

Blood Son is a storyline run by GM Kenstrom, started on June 29, 2020.

Spotlight NPCs

• Malluch Burdos - The Blood Son, restored by Grishom Stone after being driven mad, and now out to bring his word of healing and enlightenment.
• Thadston - Militia marshal who refused the Blood Son's message in town, then enacted covert militia operations against Malluch's guards.

Supporting NPCs

• Alendrial DeArchon - Half-elven Landing councilwoman, seemingly wary of the Blood Son due to experiences with a past false prophet, Chaston Griffin.
• Dakris - The furrier, whose hunters located a dead town guard.
• Larsya - A mischievous little girl who loves pirates and has a knack for surviving danger.
• Mother - Leader of the Brotherhood of Rooks, who has no intention of allowing the Blood Son's revival to continue uninterrupted.
• Murdos Burdos - Gem dealer who arranged to have Malluch healed by Grishom Stone, but later regretted it.
• Renpaw - The lifetime-appointed sole judge in the Landing, who would eventually face Mayor Leafiara's request to remove Thadston from power.
• Rone - A mysterious figure wielding a set of the Alchemist's magical gauntlets to repel if not apprehend the Blood Son.

Deceased NPCs

N/A... so far.

Synopses

[Note: These are highly abbreviated summaries of events largely intended as refreshers or teasers. For more details and (in most cases) full logs, please click each one.]

06/29/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-06-29_-_Getting_Summer_Information|Getting Summer Information]]

A sick woman affected by the smoke from the krolvin pillars comes to the [[::Wehnimer's Landing|Landing]] in hopes of meeting the Blood Son, a figure rumored to be a great healer first encountered outside the Bleaklands. He's scheduled to arrive by week's end.

07/01/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-01_-_Sonny Side Up|Sonny Side Up]]

As rumors of the Blood Son continue to attract a following among Landing citizens, Councilwoman Alendrial meets with town defenders to prepare for the planned arrival--and Revival-of the Blood Son and his entourage on the Eve of the Huntress. Along with suggestions from the crowd, Mayor Leafiara and Captain Shinann agree to prepare for either a benevolent or malevolent visit, with town forces at the ready.

07/07/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-07_-_Showing of Good Faith|Showing of Good Faith]]

The Blood Son arrives to begin bringing truth, healing, and enlightenment, including meetings over the next several days and a revival on Feastday. This masked man is the harbinger of the Blood God Grishom Stone, having had his body and mind restored by him--for he is Malluch Burdos! As an initial proof of power, he heals Alvyara and Balley of the lost vitality Vlashandra took from them.

07/11/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-11_-_Gamble on a Preamble Ramble|Gamble on a Preamble Ramble]]

Malluch begins the revival by reading from Grishom Stone's "Beyond the Arkati" memoir outside of the museum. Though he's met with a mixed reaction, he assures that Grishom will come in about two weeks' time for those willing to answer his call to be free.

07/15/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-15_-_Murdos and the Disoriented Regrets|Murdos and the Disoriented Regrets]]

Murdos Burdos admits to striking a deal with Grishom Stone to heal Malluch, but now regrets it and asks adventurers to bring his son back to him--whatever it takes.

07/17/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-17_-_On Borrowing Time|On Borrowing Time]]

Mother offers aid with isolating Malluch from the bloodguards for questioning. The catch? A caravan of desperate people is en route to town, seeking the Blood Son's healing, and the Rooks intend to turn them away lest they eventually serve Grishom Stone. In case the caravan refuses and the situation escalates to violence, Mother would like Mayor Leafiara to get the town guards and militia to stand down from intervening...

07/18/20 - [[::Landing_Meetings_-_5120-07-18|Hot Summer Nights, Part 1]]

In advance of the caravan's arrival, Mayor Leafiara holds an afternoon meeting regarding what town defenders would like to do and what they must do.

07/18/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-18_-_Hot_Summer_Nights|Hot Summer Nights, Part 2]]

Malluch seeks aid with the late-arriving caravan, suspecting trouble. Landing adventurers are besieged by bandits and exploding prisms while searching for it, arriving only in time to find burned wagons and corpses. Malluch blames the Rooks as butchers and storms off, but later that night, Mother denies their involvement and says they remained in town at Mayor Leafiara's request. Both sides agree to investigate.

07/22/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-22_-_Five-Star Slaying|Five-Star Slaying]]

Malluch's acolytes seek to preach again, but Thadston among others tell them they're unwelcome. Some are willing to hear them out, but a succession of warnings given, advances made, shots fired, more warnings, more advances, and more shots leads to pandemonium as the acolytes, Rooks, militia, adventurers, and even Rone launch into a five-way free-for-all!

07/31/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-07-31_-_Thadstonian Measures|Thadstonian Measures]]

Marshal Thadston hears out town defenders on what to do regarding the Blood Son and heated words fly regarding premature actions, jurisdiction, freedom, safety, law, and more. Thadston ultimately settles on demanding Malluch's surrender on the basis of being a fugitive who hadn't served out his sentence and says he'll submit a bounty for review by the town council and mayor, in the event that Malluch doesn't comply.

08/01/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-08-01_-_Pardon, a Moment of Your Time|Pardon, a Moment of Your Time]]

Malluch, having no intention of surrendering, considers an offer from Kothos to grant the civilians in his camp refuge in the Ivasian temple if he can secure protection during transport and their stay there. Magister Raelee offers to ask Lord Breshon if Malluch can persuade her, but he doesn't; Umbazi says he'll bring the situation up with the Silver Gryphons, without making promises. Mayor Leafiara declines to involve the town guards, but when she claims that Malluch probably should have been pardoned after information about Praxopius came to light, he says it's not too late and asks everyone to consider the issue until the eve of Tilamaires, when decisions on the pardon and the protection have to converge.

08/02/20 - [[::Blood_Son_-_5120-08-02_-_Corpse Correction|Corpse Correction]]

Town hunters find the corpse of a bloodguard accidentally slain by a log trap and adventurers investigate to find that it has the appearance of Grishom Stone and slimy residue similar to his golems. Magister Raelee seeks to study it and Mayor Leafiara agrees to have the body delivered to the outpost laboratory. The group goes to inquire with one of the living bloodguard, but they only say they'll inform the Blood Son; however, as they return to town, another bloodguard in a different area moves and speaks identically to the other one...