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Strong Start

Romek Mazer – Ghost Knight of Baroness Hristina sits stone cold, looking at the characters. He will say nothing. Nor will his man-at-arms who would rather let their blood feed the ground than share anything. Kashal, however, can charm one of them. Romek cannot be charmed – he is already charmed.

Scenes

• Interrogating the prisoners
• Travel to Castle Orzelbirg
• Infiltrating the castle
• Recovering the captured daughters and sisters
• Escape!
• Return to Jozht

Secret and Clues

• [ ] The daughters of Perunalia and the Sisters of Sif were taken to Castle Orzelbirg.
• [ ] Seven ghost knights of Hristina operate out of the castle. Four are on quests including Romek. Three reside at the castle now.
• [ ] Castle Orzelbirg has roughly three dozen conscripts, a dozen masters at arms, and the three generals. They have a dozen skeletal horses. Four darakhuls, liaisons from Emperor Necropherous, reside here, led by Vukas Shroudson, a darakhul shadowmancer, and her ghoulsteed. Six clergy of the Red Mother (cult fanatics) and a high priestess of the Red Mother named Julyan Halfcaller ‣.
• [ ] The infamous Blood Kingdom of Morgau has remained a brooding, menacing presence north of the Margreve Forest and Free City of Zobeck for centuries. The Greater Duchy of Morgau—to use its proper name— includes the twin Principalities of Morgau and Doresh, and a third province, Krakovar, made up of the conquered lands of the former Electoral Kingdom of Krakova to the north.
• [ ] The peasants of Morgau, restless and fearful, long to shake off their masters. Despite their undeniable strength of arms, the one war the undead nobles can never win is the one waged for the hearts of their people.
• [ ] The Blood Kingdom frequently hosts hunts in its hills and forests and stages gladiatorial fights in its cities. During these spectacles, living combatants clash and vampires cheer and salivate at the blood that sprays into the stands. This foreplay lasts for hours before culminating in a vampire’s blood drain of the winner, and that lucky winner’s rise into the ruling class.
• [ ] King Lucan and Emperor Nicoforus the Pale have long maintained a pact of mutual aid between the Principalities of Morgau and Doresh and the Ghoul Imperium below the earth. Neither wishes the other to gain ascendancy, but it serves both kingdoms’ interests to stand together should an army of paladins and priests march against them.
• [ ] The Daughters of Sif were ambushed by General Grimslade and his ghost knights. They were taken south to Orzelbirg Castle 30 miles from here.