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Featured NPCsTray GalundMarcus GalundCaivil StrongEdith FaerwaldCharles Faerwald
Chapter Number9
TitleInterlude — The World Expands
Primary Locationnorthfork
Dm NotesThis chapter functions as a governance/statecraft session. The petitions are decision points that shape the empire's law and reputation. The Church of Freespirit petition is significant — accepting it creates an official religious faction within the empire. Caivil Strong's grief over his daughters is set up here because it becomes critical in ch-11: Caivil will learn that Tray Galund (through Seamus Adair) orchestrated the attacks that killed his daughters, making him the framed suspect in Tray's assassination. The Edith Faerwald subplot (daughter of the NorthFork advisor) is introduced — she later appears at the ch-11 wedding.
Detailed NarrativeSalomon expands his 'A Place to Drink' network across the Gallund Empire and beyond, requiring more time away from Trayalon managing contacts. Admond is drawn deeper into the bureaucratic work of running a city, being 'requested' to understand the inner workings of Trayalon's government. Tray summons Freespirit and Duncan for a private mission: his brother Marcus in NorthFork has gone silent, failed to give full reports, and is reportedly floundering. The party travels to NorthFork and finds a city still subdued — fire damage from two years past unrepaired, a pall of grief from the deaths of Caivil's daughters Tabetha and Guinevere. Caivil Strong has an obsession wall tracking Ash, who killed his daughters, and believes Ash has gone to Arla though reports are fabricated and suspect. Marcus lacks confidence and has allowed governance to slide: taxes not collected, petitions unresolved, forces growing lax. The party helps Marcus address governance crises — a stolen pig dispute, bakers stealing recipes, a Swiftwater claim on Hesh ruins in the mountains, a bigamy case, a Freeriver trade petition, and a petition to establish a Church of Freespirit Flow.
EventsMarcus Galund revealed as floundering governor of NorthFork — lacking confidence and clear directionCaivil Strong obsessed with tracking Ash to Arla; reports exposed as likely fabricatedNorthFork still mourning the Honor Day deaths of Caivil's daughters Tabetha and GuinevereGovernance petitions in NorthFork resolved: pig theft, baker recipe theft, Swiftwater mountain claim, bigamy, Freeriver trade, Church of Freespirit petitionAdmond takes on expanded bureaucratic role in Trayalon administrationSolomon expands 'A Place to Drink' network across the Gallund Empire
SummaryTray dispatches Freespirit and Duncan to NorthFork to assist his struggling brother Marcus Galund in governing the city. The party discovers NorthFork is still mourning the deaths of Caivil Strong's two daughters years earlier, Marcus is floundering administratively, and Caivil has become obsessed with tracking down the wizard-assassin Ash who killed his daughters.
Campaign Idfounding-of-trayalon-gallund-river-empire
Campaignfounding-of-trayalon-gallund-river-empire
Locationstrayalonnorthforkarla
RewardsMarcus Galund stabilized as NorthFork governorIntelligence on Ash's likely location in ArlaPotential diplomatic ties from resolved petitions
Player CharactersFreespirit BastionDuncan SarkranaAdmond GalundSolomon