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Featured NPCsVivian FairbreezeKarl HenchStefon HenchBrace HenchSamantha FairbreezeRaynard the BoldChester Blanks
Chapter Number2
Narrative Chapter Number2
TitleAllies (149)
Primary Locationfairbreeze
Dm NotesSamantha insinuates Hench brothers may support an active resistance. Chester Blanks' real purpose was to extract materials from the Fairbreeze library for the Cassius school. Raynard the Bold focuses on Parverean Empire and Blackblade Tribes, not GRE.
Detailed NarrativeTraveling to Fairbreeze, the party encounters Brace Hench and ogres looting an attacked caravan. At Fairbreeze, Vivian and Karl Hench receive them in the famous botanical garden. Vivian is pragmatic about eventual GRE rule if terms are fair; Karl distrusts the GRE but concedes it may be inevitable; Stefon is openly hostile to GRE; Brace is fiercely loyal to Fairbreeze people. Raynard the Bold (baron of Whitemarch) is also present — he worries more about the Blackblade Tribes expanding south than the GRE. Samantha Fairbreeze introduces herself as a Hesh artifact researcher and revolutionary, and commissions the party to raid the ruined Greycaller estate, once belonging to worshippers of Partanus who possessed tomes rescued from the libraries of Vadesh and the City of Light. The estate is haunted by a former keeper who won't rest until stolen books are returned, surrounded by ghast-eaten corpses. The party recovers a Hesh Necklace of Noble Bearing, scrolls, wands, and two key research tomes — one on transferring life essence into items, another containing a planar map of gods' planes before Terek's Folly. Ja'ayne receives a prophetic waking dream of Resbic Cassius fireballing the Hench sawmill while Peter Gallund watches. Vivian also sends Stefon north to investigate village attacks by spriggans; the party joins and rescues survivors. Vivian rewards the party with 400 gp each and a magic item. Chester Blanks, GRE diplomat from Trayalon, is also present at Fairbreeze.
EventsParty meets the Fairbreeze leadership and Hench brothersJa'ayne receives prophetic vision of Resbic fireballing the Hench sawmill with Peter watchingParty raids Greycaller estate and recovers Hesh tomes on life-essence transfer and pre-Folly planar mapsSpriggan village attack investigated; survivors rescuedSamantha reveals herself as Hesh artifact collector and resistance supporter
SummaryThe party travels to Fairbreeze to seek allies. They encounter Brace Hench fending off ogres attacking a caravan in the forest, then meet the Fairbreeze leadership: Vivian and Karl, along with Stefon and Brace Hench and Raynard the Bold of Whitemarch. Samantha Fairbreeze commissions the party to retrieve Hesh artifacts from a ruined estate, where they battle a dangerous haunt and recover research tomes. Vivian extends Fairbreeze's friendship but cannot formally oppose the GRE.
Campaignkingdoms-and-clouds-lightwatch-and-macklot
Locationsfairbreezefairbreeze-gardengreycaller-estate
Rewards400 gp each; choice of medium armor +2 or 2nd-level caster wand; Hesh Necklace of Noble Bearing (+2 morale Will/Fort saves); Scroll of Knock; Scroll of Command Undead x3; Wand of Mirror Image; Wand of Spontaneous Immolation; research tomes (life-essence transfer and planar map)