Previously in Wehnimer's Landing

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Here will be an archive of all of the official recap posts about current events on a monthly basis in Wehnimer's Landing.

Feb 2016

Lord Ambrus, a Paladin of Koar, was dispatched by Prelate Chaston Griffin to survey the Hendoran Outpost outside of Wehnimer’s Landing for an ideal location to build a Shrine to Koar. Ambrus is married to Thadston’s ex-wife, and furthermore Ambrus has been raising Thadston’s son Disean almost his entire young life. This has created a history of tension between Thadston and Ambrus. When the paladin arrived, he was offered quarters in Hearthstone, where some of his guards, who are known as the Blameless, stood watch outside the manor. Days later, local adventurers tried to save a small sylvan boy who was seen frightened and running from something. It was later discovered the boy was murdered, his body likely tossed from the coastal cliffs, and many speculated it was the Blameless who had silenced him to cover up their previous massacre near Imaera’s Shrine months before. With no evidence, little was done, but when Sir Thadston and some adventurers provided a tour of the Outpost for Lord Ambrus, Thadston grabbed him by the throat and dangled him from the rooftop, telling him no shrine would be built, and to never return with the Blameless. The paladin and the white armored crusaders left that night.

With the disappearance of Lord Juramis, the previous councilman of Wehnimer’s Landing who served as a representative of the local merchants, the campaign began for a new council position to be filled. Four candidates came forward and campaigned for the position, which was the mayor’s decision to nominate, with the town judge confirming. The candidates were Malluch Burdos, Vynessa Drysien, Casiphia Malatine, and Beldrin. Malluch is the son of the gemshop owner in town, Vynessa has spent years working with the Landing Museum, Casiphia is the cousin of an ex-interim mayor who was murdered by Grishom Stone, and Beldrin is the owner of the local gambling hall. After three weeks of campaigning and debates, the mayor ultimately nominated Beldrin for the open town council seat, and a day later he was confirmed by the town judge and sworn in. The town council now consists of Thrayzar, Surofee, Pylasar, and Beldrin.

Having failed to get the town council position, Vynessa Drysien was offered the role of museum curator by the town council, at the recommendation of the mayor. She accepted the position and immediately took over as the new curator.

Casiphia, who works with Tykel in the Weapons shop, learned of Prelate Chaston traveling to Hendor to hold an audience with Earl Jovery, and deliver a series of sermons in and around the city of Lolle. Casiphia, who had been so openly opposed to Chaston’s strict and violent dialogue in regards to faith in Koar, had volunteered to go see what was going on and then report back to town officials. As a precaution, a militia scout was sent to shadow her to make sure she arrived safely and was protected. Days later, Casiphia returned and many speculated she had become brainwashed, as her attitude towards Prelate Chaston had surprisingly turned around and she hailed him as a great prophet and divinely inspired. She promised to help see Koar’s work done in Wehnimer’s Landing.

Earl Jovery, the Northern Sentinel of the Turamzzyrian Empire, sent a letter to Sir Thadston and commanded him to allow for the construction of a shrine of Koar to be built within the Hendoran Outpost, and it be made publically accessible so all within the region could pay tribute to the God-King if they so desired. Days later, word came that the Earl had ordered some Taladorian soldiers to escort two representatives of the Church of Koar to help supervise the construction of the shrine. Those representatives were chosen by Prelate Chaston. They were Lord Ambrus, and Thadston’s son, Disean.

Thrayzar met with some townspeople outside of Moot Hall and informed them that the previous planned raid on Glaoveln would not be happening yet, as further scouting reports told of horrible arctic weather and larger forces than originally suspected and it would be certain suicide to sail there. However, further reports indicated that Czag Dubra Kragnack, the krolvin warlord, was mobilizing his forces and based on some krolvin scouts detected at sea; they could be launching an attack on Wehnimer’s Landing by month’s end. More alarming however, was the presence of undead and other demonic abominations among their ranks, lending credence to the fact that even though Elithain Cross is gone, the dark magic at Kragnack’s disposal is not. In the coming days, the town marshal explained he will need assistance from adventurers in setting up some defenses along the beaches of the cliffs and town docks.

Some adventurers experienced a vision at Imaera’s shrine that showed images of Disean, the son of Thadston, approaching the Temple of Koar in Talador. The vision detailed Disean entering a grand hall before kneeling before a stone altar, where his head was shaved by members of the Blameless, and then Prelate Chaston himself used hot irons to brand the scar of a crown around Disean’s head, officially initiating the young boy into the ranks of the Blameless.

Days later, Lord Ambrus and Disean and their Taladorian escort arrived near Wehnimer’s Landing. Their wagons came to a stop in the Lower Dragonsclaw forest, where many adventurers greeted Ambrus, and Disean. The vision at Imaera’s shrine was confirmed, when Disean appeared with his head shaved and crowned with a ring of scars. The town officials arranged for the visitors to stay in Hearthstone Manor and Wayside Inn, and soon after Ambrus went to prepare their quarters, members of the Brotherhood of Rooks appeared on rooftops of town and raised a burning effigy of Cosima before attacking the Taladorians and their wagons. The adventurers helped to defend the wagons and put out fires that had been started near Hearthstone. At one point, the Rooks barricaded the west tower and used the ballista to fire on defenders and the Taladorians, even destroying one wagon. In time the assault by the Rooks was pushed back, and the Hendorans helped escort the wagons into the courtyard of the Outpost where it would be protected. Sir Thadston was absent for all of this, and it was said he had traveled south to Vornavis on business. It was later said that construction of the new shrine would take about a week, and then the visitors would return home.

Hendoran soldiers and town militia tipped off some local adventurers to the fact a ship from Fairport was running late to the docks, and as part of the ongoing inspections, there was speculation something was amiss. The adventurers aided in watching for the ship, which soon came into view but eventually halted their course, and tried to sail back away from town. One of the small Wehnimer’s ships helped cut off its escape, forcing the Fairport vessel to come to shore along the beaches of the Coastal Cliffs. A bulbous-nosed dwarf captain greeted the assembled imperials, militia members and adventurers and initially refused to be boarded and inspected, claiming sick crew members were on board. In time, the adventurers boarded the ship, found crates of glass, clay pots, spices and silks in the cargo hold. But then when they were let into the captain’s cabin, they discovered three bodies hidden inside of an old sea chest, one of them identified as a member of the Company of the Three Maidens. The dwarf captain tossed a red orb to explode half of the cabin and its occupants, and escaped through a trapdoor. Bandits and crew men attacked the adventurers on the ship and most were dispatched, while the ship’s halfling cook was apprehended and taken to town. Town guards arrived and carried the chest of bodies back to town to be investigated, mere minutes before poison gas and fire brought ruin to the ship.

March 2016

A massive fleet of krolvin, led by Czag Dubra Kragnack launched an attack on Wehnimer’s Landing. In a powerful display of unity and power not displayed so beautifully in recent history, the heroes and allies of Wehnimer’s Landing defended the town and after hours of heated battle, pushed the krolvin back out to sea. There were defenses setup all over town and in the outlying areas and Darkstone Bay blackened with the blood of krolvin. However, the krolvin ranks were augmented by demons and undead, lending further credence to the fact that Kragnack must be working with a necromancer, or has learned some darker abilities himself. A second krolvin attack proved just as challenging, but the adventurers kept damage to a minimum, but were unable to stop some floating demonic spire from burrowing into the sands below the Coastal Cliffs. Many have speculated what could be a consequence of the spire burrowing close to town, but nothing else has come of it yet.

After a string of defeats, the krolvin fleet pulled back, but the waters beyond the bay are still littered with their scout ships and some war vessels, indicating a future invasion may still be possible.

A few days after some preserved bodies were discovered to have been smuggled into town by the Brotherhood of Rooks, the corpses went missing and many suspected it was an inside job that allowed the bodies, and the chest they were in, to go missing. The dwarf captain who had escaped, was found dead in the swamps of Upper Trollfang, a loresong indicating he had been captured, tortured and killed for his failure.

Wehnimer’s Landing kicked off another mayoral election cycle! On the ballot was the current Mayor, Puptilian, and the two challengers were Cruxophim and Kylinarr! To this date, voting is still underway with results expected within days.

A man named Granthem washed up on shore with limited memories many months ago. He has since taken on a handful of jobs in Wehnimer’s Landing, trying to find his place. Most recently he has found temporary housing in House Phoenix and been training with the Blacksmith Iron Jack, while trying to pick up some melee skills. One night, Granthem worked up the courage to ask for a date from a local bar wench at Helga’s named Anabeth, who he had been eyeing for weeks, and only spoken to briefly. Later, a murder mystery began to unravel, as a fight was said to have happened in the alley behind Helga’s, but only blood stains were found by local adventurers. Granthem was soon discovered nearby, and he confessed to killing a drunk town guard.

Later, the body of the guard was found, and through a bardic loresong it was revealed that two town guards attacked Anabeth and Granthem, almost incapacitating Granthem and one intended to harm and abuse Anabeth, who in turn defended herself and killed one of the guards. Granthem, out of blind devotion, confessed to the murder to allow Anabeth to escape because she claimed she feared who the guards worked for. It was later discovered that the guards were corrupt and worked for the Brotherhood of Rooks, who had some members targeting Anabeth because of her ties to a smuggling group out of River’s Rest called the Bayrunners. When the Bayrunners refused to work with the Rooks, Anabeth had got caught in the middle.

Meanwhile, Granthem was being held in the town jail until more could be discovered, but when the heroes went back to check on him, the guard on duty said he hadn’t ever been there, which screamed of an obvious cover up. Days later, Granthem was discovered in some ruins near steel golems and the Glatoph, with three town guards who appeared to have been turned inside out by magic, their eyes and flesh having melted. Granthem was taken to town and tended too, but he did not have any recollection of how the guards died. Having no evidence to hold him, Marshal Thrayzar eventually released Granthem, who as of now remains at House Phoenix.

Some local Ronanites and members of the Order of the Night’s Blade conducted a semi-private commune to Koar at the shrine in the Hendoran Outpost, seeking to gain knowledge into the workings of Prelate Chaston and his holy crusade. Attending the ceremony, was a Luukosian.

Two nights of mayoral debates kicked off! Fun was had by all!

Days after the commune in the Hendoran Outpost, word reached Wehnimer’s Landing that a group of Blameless crusaders had struck out from Talador and raided the location of a known Luukosian cult near Barrett’s Gorge and the Demonwall, in the County of Trauntor. It was said that evidence was discovered that connected the Luukosians to members of the Order of the Night’s Blade, who had some Ronanites operating in that area. Both groups were attacked by the Blameless, and a leader, by the name of Redding, among the Night’s Order was captured by Prelate Chaston.

A trial was held in Barrett’s Gorge in regards to Redding’s betrayal of his Ronan order and the God-King Koar, and many adventurers in Wehnimer’s Landing were given a way to remotely view the proceedings by Lady Casiphia. During the trial, Redding confessed to his crimes and sins of working with the Luukosians, and even named a handful of adventurers in Wehnimer’s Landing that were corrupted working with him. Two Hendoran soldiers who were dispatched by Sir Thadston were witness during the trial, and one even tried to attack Prelate Chaston but a mob of imperial citizens stopped him, and killed him. The second soldier was executed as a conspirator by Disean, the son of Thadston, at the command of Prelate Chaston. After his confession, Lord Redding was tied to a wooden post and lit on fire, presumably having burned alive.