Group 1
For Queen and Country
- Lancelot, Tristran, Lamorak, Stark and others set off to Bamburgh Castle to meet with Queen Ann, and ask for her assistance in defending Hantonne Keep from Claudas
- Lancelot has vivid dreams with Queen Ann and someone that is referred to as Morgana, a horned woman.
- On their journey, they came across a small chapel with a pyre outside of it
- Two Chosen were brought and they entered the chapel
- The surrounding area of the chapel was full of crows
- Inside the chapel, they note the following:
- The chapel has a pentagram etched on the floor
- It has small sconces that resemble the outside pyre along the edge
- They ignite the fire as Lancelot notices the moon through an opening in the roof. It is the Winter Solstice and they light aligns with the moon
- They are sent on a vision back in time
- The chapel retreats in time but the stone and etching of the pentagram remain
- They see the familiar horned woman kneeling before a cloaked figure. His jeweled/ringed hand on her head.
- He snaps her to the side and harpies come and attack from the trees as the cloaked figure leaves in a puff of smoke
- The Chosen are able to fight back the harpies and heal the horned woman
- When she awakens, more harpies come and attack
- She almost seems to notice the Chosen, but as if only in passing
- The horned woman seems to stop time, inspect the harpies, and casts a spell which restarts time and turns all the harpies to crows
- The Chosen continue to their visit to Queen Ann
- They meet Queen Ann, inform her of many things, and argue among themselves … a lot
- At dinner later they meet three children of Ann: Gareth, Isolde and Gawain (female). Her eldest son, Prince Mordred is leading her forces to the south
- Prince Gareth challenges Lancelot to a joust
- Queen Ann agrees to send 500 troops and 50,000 GP
- Lancelot loses the joust
- Tristran pulls his bow; he is subdued and spends the night in jail where he hooks up with Isolde who had been giving him the eye all night
- Lancelot has en emo moment and takes off to the woods
- The Chosen follow him, convince him to go back home with them and notice they are being followed on the way back home
- They are confronted and attacked by a group of seemingly confused individuals who do not know why they are following them, but know to release a crow when they find “the boy”
- Lamorak releases the crow and shadow demons attack; they dispatch them and the group of follower
- They make it back home
Group 2
Just Seen a Face
- The Chosen were dispatched to:
- Find the group that’s been causing trouble for Claudas, and
- Meet with King Gogfran Gawr in Tintagel
- On the way they noticed they were being followed by Perceval
- Perceval ran away from home to follow the chosen
- They were ambushed by a group of shadow demons
- During the fight, Perceval attacked a shadow demon and light erupted from his sword; much to Perceval’s surprise
- After dispatching the shadow demons, they found the bandit camp and followed them to Tintagel (how convenient)
- At Tintagel they met with King Gogfran, except for Silversheen, who waited outside in the form of a horse
- The chosen managed to negotiate with King Gogfran 3,000 men (no gold)
- Silversheen while in horse form outside noticed someone climbing the wall towards the 2nd floor of the castle tower
- When he actiavted his Chosen primeval awareness the figure climbing the wall pinged as one
- Silversheen transformed back into dragon form and whistled to the person
- Having been startled and rolling a 1 on his atletics check, the person fell
- He managed to run away and Silversheen gave chase
- The chosen inside her the kerfuffle and also gave chase
- The person mounted a horse and seemed like he was going to get away when Elric prodded Perceval to call for him
- Perceval yelled “ARRRRRRRRRTHUR”, the person stopped, turned around, paused, and yelled back, “Where you got your scar, Perceval!”
- As he sped away, he was joined by 7 other riders; all dressed in heavy armor. The chosen did not give chase
- King Gogfran agreed to personally accompany his troops to Hantonne with his wife. As an emissary, he is sending in advance with the Chosen his daughter, Gwyyyynevere, a half-elf.