9 - King Gullop
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| Ashira Brolin Frostbite | Ashira Brolin Frostbite Frostbite2 | Ashira Brolin Frostbite |
Does this Monarch role fit me?
From the mist we hear croaking all around. The bullywugs in the rowboats welcome us to the kingdom of King Gullop XIX. Zephyr introduces himself as Baron and me as the Monarch. We "dock" at a jetty which, for as far as we can see, encircles the lake we've reached. We start following it in a clockwise direction.
Somewhere along the way, some bullywugs are attempting to repair a balloon which is being filled with swamp gas. But several leaks allow the gas to escape again. We leave them be and continue on our way, now approaching a set of stepping stones towards the next part of the jetty. One of the stones all of a sudden moves as we want to step onto it. It's some kind of creature introducing itself as Rocky. Frostbite has to apologize for stepping on him and has to sing a song. He could've better let Maeve dot that, but he's definitely trying!
Further along we encounter a house on stilts. This can't be Bavlorna's home yet, right? There's a ramp leading up to it and washing lines are tied to the railing, leading into the mist and the middle of the lake. We climb the ramp leading up to the house and inside we notice several small fires. A bullywug is frantically trying to douse them and cries out for help. Burning embers are bouncing around so even some minor magic doesn't help to extinguish the fire. But with the combined effort of the others they eventually manage to do so. I refuse to go in as the smell is terrible. Ashira makes fun of me because of this and Frostbite asks her to say that without smiling. We laugh but... is this monarch thing getting to my head, dissing my best friend like that? Hmmmm.....
Alongside a bridge we see a bunch of stakes in the lake with heads stuck on top of them. Some headless scarecrow is "talking" to them, complaining about how its head got stolen by Agdon Longscarf band. Dhanell approaches him, somehow seeming to remember the character. It turns out to be Clapperclaw who goes on to explain his predicement, and that he would help us get to Tither in exchange for helping him get his head back.
We continue again and upon entering a gazebo we see meet the court of King Gullop XIX. We're welcomed with whine and all. The king tells us we'll only be able to visit Bavlorna as members of the Soggy Court. We also learn about some kind of puddle in Bavlorna's hut which apparently is very important to her. So some of us will need to get changed to look the looks. Splop brings us to the "palace" where they play dress-up. On our way we also pass a small building which serves as some kind of prison. There's seems to be somebody hold up in one of the cells.
Once we're all dressed up enough, we head out again, passing a field of giant mushrooms. We hear sad flute music coming from the field. Between the mushrooms we encounter an elf playing the flute. Again we learn about more evil deeds by the hag. This occasion she took all the elves emotions to somehow be able to deal with the fact that he had lost his lover in exchange for her heart.
Time to prepare for our encounter with that hag, as that would resolve quite some issues pestering this land. Frostbite all of a sudden shared a revelation which could help us. Something about counterclockwise running.
| Session 1 | Session 8 | Session 9 | ||
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| Ashira Brolin Frostbite | Ashira Brolin Frostbite Frostbite2 | Ashira Brolin Frostbite |
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