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Featured NPCsCraig GalundViviana ValstallenGregor of RiverguardMadame FlicketBethany and Sarah (Singer Sisters)Danger Dave RubblefieldMathius Straight
Chapter Number10
TitleRedshields
Primary Locationriverguard
Dm NotesCraig's secret guilt — he led the raid that killed Viviana's husband and sons — is a major dramatic thread. If ever revealed to Viviana, this could turn her from a passive figurehead into an active antagonist or trigger Craig's redemption arc. Madame Flicket is revealed here as Gregor's silent business partner with ambitions to take over Seamus's territory — she is setting up as a villain in her own right for ch-11/12. The Singer Sisters (who use prosthetic elf ears — Perception DC 15) are a useful recurring NPC pair for bard performances and unreliable narration. Galbrand Landus's growing doubts about his religious calling are mentioned as a rumor in Riverguard — worth developing.
Detailed NarrativeDispatched to Riverguard to check if Craig has defected, the party arrives at the Golden Ladle Inn and first encounters the Singer Sisters — Bethany and Sarah — entertaining with embellished tales of the Council of Trayalon. Craig Galund is drinking heavily and has become entangled with Viviana Valstallen (Viviana the Mad), a regional hero and symbol of Redshield resistance who lost her husband and two sons to a Trayalon raid that Craig himself led years ago. Craig loves Viviana but carries the secret guilt of having killed her family. Viviana drinks and brawls, while Gregor of Riverguard (a zealot warpriest and Helmar/Landus follower) uses Viviana's reputation and grief to fuel resistance without her actually caring about the big picture. The party investigates further at Landings and uncovers a conspiracy: Gregor working with Mathius Straight (White Flag gang) has hired dopplegangers to impersonate a council attack and hit businesses owned by non-humans or Trayalon sympathizers in Landings — a scheme to take over those businesses and consolidate economic power. After chasing down the dopplegangers and exposing the scheme (they hold a writ with Gregor's seal), Gregor goes underground but the larger plan is revealed. Craig ensures no further open conflict from Riverguard and accompanies the party back to Trayalon. Danger Dave Rubblefield appears insisting on joining the council as an apprentice.
EventsCraig Galund found in Riverguard, drinking heavily and entangled with Viviana the MadViviana the Mad revealed as figurehead of Redshield resistance but personally disengaged from politicsSinger Sisters performing embellished tales of the Council at the Golden LadleGregor of Riverguard exposed as orchestrating doppleganger attacks on non-human businesses in LandingsGregor confirmed working with Mathius Straight (White Flag gang) — both connected to Madame Flicket's underground operationsDanger Dave Rubblefield appears and insists on joining the council as apprenticeCraig returns to Trayalon; Riverguard pacified for now
SummaryThe party travels to Riverguard in Redshield territory to retrieve Craig Galund, who has gone dark. They discover Craig is in a complicated entanglement with Viviana the Mad (a Trayalon resistance symbol), and that Gregor of Riverguard is using their relationship and reputation to stir up anti-Galund sentiment while secretly orchestrating a scheme to drive non-human businesses out of Landings.
Campaign Idfounding-of-trayalon-gallund-river-empire
Campaignfounding-of-trayalon-gallund-river-empire
Locationsriverguardlandingstrayalon
RewardsCraig Galund returned to TrayalonGregor's conspiracy exposed and disruptedWritten evidence (writ with Gregor's seal) of Gregor-Straight conspiracyDanger Dave Rubblefield available as a recurring comic-relief/apprentice NPC
Player CharactersFreespirit BastionDuncan SarkranaAdmond GalundSolomon