Trading Houses

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This is the third story arc in the Dakarian Insurrection campaign. The PCs are still working with the vulfgrau_trading_house, but this time in the large port city of Bornheim.

• Campaign: Dakarian Insurrection

  • Previous Story: Dwarven Magic
  • Next Story: Peril of Wintertide
• Real Time: August 2014 - November 2014
• Game Timeline: Spring-Summer 462 AH

1. Along came a spider
2. A birthright stolen, A song silenced
3. The most dangerous private auction
4. The Cost of Tminir Tower
5. The Burden of the Tower
6. A Demon's Impossible Task
7. A Gathering of Conspirators
8. A Violent Birthday Celebration
9. Oaths and Promises
10. The True Cost of the Impending War
11. The city breathes in before the rebellion

With Rising Power comes… The PCs have successfully created a trading outpost in ulrichstein and have now been moved to the more important city of Bornheim. Here they will rise in power not just within the Vulgrau House, but will come to the attention of the major powers within the city.

At a Crossroads Difficult decisions are to be made not only for the PCs, but for the city itself. This beings to tie the campaign into the brewing civil war in the Kingdom of Dakar.

Vulfgrau Trading Houses casts a long shadow The true motives of the Vulfgrau Trading House are hidden in shadows behind their stated desire to re-open a trading route between Valparia and Bornheim. Those who seek to help or hinder this effort are not always known.

• Brizanthimus; Traveling magician and storyteller
• Xarth; Shoag shaman cast out from his land
• Amer Terrante; Merchant from Theodova

  • Chapter 3: Becomes the new Master of Tminir Tower
• Rakul Shaleem; Pirate from Talarak who lost his birthright

  • Chapter 8 Departs taking the Shadow Knife with him, because of the evil it would cause in Bornheim.
• Ian Fist; Onetime Agent of Chaos he's now using his cover as a Knight of the Realm to infiltrate the upper classes.

  • Chapter 7: Only appearance
• Pox; Doer of dirty deeds for the Erasmus house of Theodova.

  • Chapter 7: Arrives
• Fidget; Female hashan who left to seek adventure and curiosity.

  • Chapter 8: Arrives

• Girardino da Liovia;

  • Chapter 1: Runs affairs of Erasmus household in Bornheim
  • Chapter 8: Hidden in the city and pursued by enemies
• Master Friedhold; Master of the Wardrobe for Lord and Lady Liese. Vulfgrau Agent

  • Chapter 8: Killed
• Mirwen; Elven sorceress skilled in assassinations.
• Tomacarne; Honest broker known as “The Bloody Elf”
• Charles; Demon who trades for a mortal soul - believed to be Mistress Eva's lover
• Countess Beatrice Hapsteng; Oversees crown holdings in the Rakarian Valley, but outside of Bornheim proper.
• Lord Donat Lange; Lord Marshall of Bornheim.
• High Priest Lanzo Hourangson; Dawn Watcher of the Temple of Luminous Kaskade in Bornheim.
• Atheis; magician specialized in summoning who is the Champion of the Esideor.

Listed in order of Appearance

• Gerhald; Innkeeper of The Last Shield Inn along the Bornheim Trade Route
• Natan; Mladovians, Younger brother of Dobry. Stole book.
• Tûrin; Elven bodyguard for Mirwen. Wields twin axes.
• Dobry; Mladovian bard and older brother of Natan.
• Tycho Terrante; Head of the Terrante family in Bornheim, Amer's uncle
• Ephesus; Powerful wizard and Master of Tminir Tower. Killed by Father Ernst.
• Lord Hubbert Beck of Holtenwertz; Destitute noble of great lineage with invitation to Ephesus' auction.
• Father Ernst; Priest of Karash with invitation (shared with Father Jana) to Ephesus' auction.

  • Chapter 3: Killed by the Tower of Tminir for killing Ephesus.
• Father Jana; Priest of Karash with invitation (shared with Father Ernst) to Ephesus' auction.
• Leonek; Mladovian lives in Foreign Quarter from Ciosny
• Alka; Half-elf Pirate who works along the Western Realms coastline
• Ingram; Smuggler who has worked with, and occasionally employs, Tomacarne
• Mistress Eva LaGrange; Widow of Master Stonemason of Kernwerk. Bidding on the Shadow Knife.

  • Chapter 4: Her spirit is eternally beautiful trapped in the lake.
• Karina; Slightly unhinged treasure hunter and Friend to All.
• Jarl Garrin Stonearm; Stonearm clanhold leader/founder.
• Lord and Lady Liese; Nobles of Bornheim with Royalist leanings.
• Thane Tarrik Impirrick Farnath Carne Stonearm; Dwarven military commander of Stonearm clanhold.
• Silune; Dignitary of the elven quarter in Bornheim.
• Patrician Etarius duc Kendi; Dignitary and Merchant from Valparia.
• Sage Fabiana; Wife of Erarius and Priestess of Irrish.
• Hochwürden Ortwin; Senior Priest of the temple_of_light in Bornheim. Assassinated at party.
• Cristobal Erasmus; Senior Erasmus family member in Bornheim.
• Gloria Hoelzer; Lady-in-Waiting for Baron Lange's daughter Ilse.
• Theresa; Unmarried cousin of Amer Terrante.
• Ifrit Seekers; Hunters seeking the Esideor.
• Otto and Viktoria; Goldsmith and his wife. Soul-bound to shadow spirits.
• Kaet; Serving girl of the castle who was Girardino's inside contact.
• Inquisitor Valten Scholz; High Inquisitor arrives in Bornheim to hear the group's Oath of Truth.
• Mistress Gabi; Proprietor of boarding house where Briz is staying.
• Edik; Mladovian skilled in ward and exorcist magic.
• Constable Rein; Constable for district where Erasmus Trading House is located.
• Master Yswa; Master stonecarver in Kernwerk. Marlot hiding among the humans.
• Master Friedgart; Potter who serves as Fidget's connection to the Lord Marshall.
• Waclaw; Mladovian nationalistic agitator plotting an uprising.

• Bornheim; Large port city in Western Dakar
• Ciosny; Mladovian village northwest of Bornheim.

  • Dobry and Natan own the mill in the village
• The Shining Blade; Gambling House known for Fight Ring

  • Rakul becomes a known fighter after taking a night's winnings
• Temple of Luminous Kaskade; Grand Cathedral to Karash the Sea God
• Kernwerk; Large village controlled by stone masons from Bornheim
• Erasmus Trading House; Merchant shop run by Erasmus family in Bornheim
• Tminir Tower; Called the Tower of Fog, ruled by wizards for hundreds of years
• Hapsteng House; Countess Beatrice's manor in the High Mount district of Bornheim.
• Lord Marshall's Residence; Manor of the Lord Marshall in the Palace District of Bornheim
• Western Palace; Queen's palace, and central fortification, in Bornheim
• Bornheim Cathedral; Cathedral of the Temple of Light inside of Bornheim.