Mount Metagalapa

Objectives

Neutralize Seventh Legion Embassy

Information

• Lookshy Embassy is on the outside of the Publica. 20 People in 7th Legion Embassy. Ambassador (DB), Assistant Ambassador (DB), Bodyguard (DB), 2 scribes, and 15 guards.
• The Barrat-Su family opposes outsider influence. Vallux family is opposed to outsiders, not as strongly as Barrat-Su. Ali-Beth family supports outsiders. House Wathustret, the most powerful house, favors outsiders. Is culturally tied to 7th Legion through ancestry, as strong influence on society.
• Lookshy shipments arrive every 3 months on the island. (Most recent shipment arrived on RF9) Illegal drugs being imported on these shipments with Lookshy's help by The Easterner, who is a Guild representative.
• On Descending Fire 4 the Ambassador from The 7th Legion agrees to peacefully leave Mount Meta with all of his representatives, ending the trade agreement and all friendly agreements between the two nations.

Progress

• Discovered that The Easterner is shipping illegal drugs into Mount Meta with Lookshy's help with their regular shipments. Lethe has begun to poison members of the working class to frame drug overdose as the cause, planning to show that Lookshy is indirectly responsible for the overdoses.
• A rooftop chase through the slums of Tushipal with the thieves guild leads the group to the thieves guild hideout. During their break in to the hideout they discover and ambush The Easterner who had been sleeping there and kill him. The three story apartment complex is burned to the ground and the group loots his Jade Smashfist.
• Meeting with Matsuo, disguised as The Easterner, outside of the city walls. Fight between parties ensues, archers atop the wall nearly kill Archon, but all witnesses are killed and Matsuo is captured for questioning and gives up information mostly about the thieves guild.
• The group hunts down and murders Black Dog, second in command of the thieves guild, who without either of it's leaders is unable to function.
• Vale has befriended Barrat-Su Momiji, whose son, Kobayashi sits on the council for the Barrat-Su family. Kobayashi is head of the investigation division looking into outsiders and strange happenings on the island.
• Vale & Archon stole 2 Lookshy guard uniforms and have gone to village disguised as guards to demand tribute and commit open murder on the defenseless villagers, framing Lookshy for the acts. (Frank the Tank and Bertha) These attacks on villages around Tushipal becomes a patern under the ruse that the 2 Lookshy guards have gone rogue.
• Vale, disguised as Frank the Tank, attacks the city burning as he (she) goes to draw attention of the investigation. Pursued by 2 Dragon Bloods, Vale kills both and loots a Red Jade Reaper Daiklave. Fails to stop the investigation, but draws immediate attention to the problem of rogue Lookshy guards. Vale and Lethe discover and investigative crew drawing close to their cave after a village killing. Ambush the investigators and kill everyone, framing Frank the Tank for the assaults by branding the leader with Matsuo's ring and forging the investigative documents. Loot Jade Reaver Daiklave.
• The group lures Kobayashi and the 7th Legion Ambassador out of the city to meet unknowingly, the tense confrontation between two parties breaks into combat with the 7th Legion Ambassador eventually killing Kobayashi and his investigative team, while the Ambassador's own bodyguard is also slain. In the city at this time House Ali-Beth is tipped off by the group, under guise of the Guild, that Matsuo's body is buried on the embassy's grounds. Archon used necromancy to discreetly bury Matsuo's head in the courtyard, which House Ali-Beth discovers. House Ali-Beth arrests the Assistant Ambassador and discovers that the Ambassador, who is to be quarantined inside the embassy is missing. During this chaos Vale sneaks into the embassy, via rooftop and plants Matsuo's ring in the locked drawer of the Ambassador's desk. When the Ambassador returns from his meeting with Kobayashi he finds the city waiting for him, with no other choice he agrees to peacefully leave the island.

Neutralize the Goddess, Onibala

Information

• The Vallux family has very close ties to the Onibala religion, and due to fear of outside religious influence is most likely to support Barrat-Su against outsiders.
• High Priestess Amira will give service in Tushipal on AF 28, and will continue to be in the capital for the month of Resplendent Fire.
• Surrounding villages each appear to have temple to Goddess.
• High Priestess Amira's brother is a Earth Caste Dragon-Blood and the best fighter on the island.
• Many members of the Temple have traveled to the outer villages in response to these troubling times, leaving the Temple understaffed.
• Nationwide Holiday on DF 28 before the start of Calibration.
• Rage of the Birdman occurs during Calibration every year.
• On Descending Fire 24 the three Deathknights destroy the summoned Goddess Onibala, leaving Mount Meta without a patron God to protect it.

Progress

• Scout the Temple from the Underworld and Creation to determine this as ideal time to ambush the Priestess.
• DF 22 Vale and Archon enter the Temple as Monks, Lethe sneaks up the cliff edge. Attack Priestess, Brother, and 4 monks on the 3rd floor of the Temple. Battle between both parties does a lot of damage and eventually her brother is bested and the five corpses along with a captured Priestess Amira are pulled into Archon's portal to the Underworld. (Loot: Jade Full Plate & Jade Grand Goremaul)
• Cerulean Waterfall uses her artifact to channel essence through Priestess Amira, captured in the Deathlord's Underworld Palace, and summon the Goddess Onibala into the underworld to do battle with the Deathknights. Prepared for battle the 3 deathknights, along with a large force of Archon's hungry ghosts and zombies wage war on the summoned Goddess. In her weakened state the Goddess is no match for the deathknights though Archon's army of reanimated corpses is significantly thinned.

Neutralize Hawkriders and Rocs

Information

• Main force is located in the Aerie.
• Obtained a map showing the location of all 8 hawkrider outposts, each is 4 day travel from Tushipal. (By Foot)
• Rage of the Birdman occurs during Calibration every year.
• Mount Meta Air Force:
  • Approximately 25 - 30 Rocs
  • Approximately 100 Gianthawks
  • Approximately 500 Military Hawkmen

Progress

• Discovered a Hawkmen nest on the outskirts of the Mount Metagalapa, approximately 3 days outside Tushipal. (8-20 Hawkmen)
• Staged murder of entire village outside of Tushipal to look like an attack from wild hawkmen, 30 of the bodies carried back to Archon's lab for parts.
• Discover a nest of Hawkmen and offer alliance in exchange for destroying the nearest Hawkrider outpost. Group attacks western outpost and captures 3 giant hawks, earning some trust with wild Hawkmen and first flying creatures suitable as mounts. This tribe will spread word to other tribes of this alliance.
• Meet up a second time with allied Hawkmen tribe who is having trouble with reinforced garrisons. Split into two group to attack West and North-West Garrisons. Archon, Lethe, and free slaves overtake the West Garrison and capture 2 Giant Hawks. Vale and the tribesmen overtake the North-West Garrison and capture 2 Giant Hawks. Continue to build trust with tribesmen, 3 freed slaves join the tribe, and Vale works towards building a positive intimacy with tribe and slaves. (Approx. 14 Hawkmen in tribe)
• Purchased 3 skilled Hawkmen slaves from the markets of Tushipal, offer them freedom in exchange for their help. Break into manor in Tushipal and convince highly skilled slave, Jade Rose, to join us in freeing her people from the slave owners. Continue to free slaves from Tushipal market as time and resources allow.
• Vale oversees the creation of a large Hawkmen Raiding Party by joining Jade Rose and the free slaves with the Free Barbarian Tribes in the area. Travel around the island meeting new tribes and adding to the Raiding Party, while raiding villages and Outposts. Jade Rose & the first tribe leader have positive intimacies towards Vale.
  • Have successfully raided all 8 perimeter outposts, 15 War Ghosts mounted on reanimated giant hawks patrol the perimeter of the isle.
  • Have raided 2 distant human villages.
  • 225 Raiders, 450 Total Hawkmen. Hawkmen raid a village to the southwest and turn the village into a makeshift camp.
  • 19 Captured and reanimated giant hawks.
• Mount Meta's military leads an attack against the Hawkmen's camp to the southwest, our deathknights return to lead the battle.
  • Surprise attack sprung against Mount Meta military, but reinforcements arrive resulting in a long and drawn out battle with heavy losses on both sides. In the end two dragon-blooded commanders fall and their 5 magnitude two units are defeated by the Hawkmen led by the abyssals.
  • After the battle the Death-Knights are left with a depleted tribe of Hawkmen, but rally survivors and fallen enemies to prepare for the invasion on Tushipal.
  • Vale is able to use her anima powers to raise the casualties of the battle, created a horde of mindless zombies as an added force that will deteriorate within 3 days.
• On Ascending Air 15 The Final Sundering Lotus invades Mount Meta. Tyrant and Archon lead large ground units of undead, while Vale, Lethe, and the Hawkmen tribe assault aerial targets.
  • Though the Hawkmen are defeated by the well trained aerial units of Mount Meta and Lethe is forced to join the battle from the ground, Vale leads an aerial unit of War Ghosts on reanimated Giant Hawks to defeat Mount Meta's aerial army.
  • Tyrant and Lethe lead a ground invasion of the Roc den in the aerie, taking control before any Rocs are able to take flight.

Open Shadowland

Information

• Village 2 days north of Tushipal is responsible for cremating all bodies on the island.
• During Calibration the city and many villages gather together to celebrate in Tushipal.
• Archon crafts Tunnelers from the arms of corpses that can be linked together to quickly create a tunnel from the existing Shadowland in the mines to the City.

Progress

• Attacks by Frank the Tank and Bertha have driven additional villagers into Tushipal, while simultaneously drawing more guards away from it.
• Staged attacks by Hawkmen at villages and garrisons have driven additional villagers into Tushipal, while simultaneously drawing more guards away from it.
• Continued attacks along the outskirts of the island by Hawkmen, or disguised as such, have continued to drive more residents into the city and rally more Hawkmen to the Abyssal cause.
• Tunnel from Shadowland outside the city will reach the city on Ascending Air 14.
  • The tunnel from the Shadowland outside of the city is completed on Ascending Air 14 and gives the abyssal army multiple points of entry into the city for the invasion. Though the small shadowland and tunnel access prevents any war machines from joining the abyssal cause, this is compensated for by launching the attack from inside the city (at the church) at the same time as within the Aerie.
  • Both points of entry are hosts to a slaughter of the nearby inhabitants of the city, as well as battle grounds for the invasion. Casualties are in the thousands and both sites will likely quickly become Shadowlands inside the City. Under the care of a Deathlord the whole city, and likely the island will become one large, linked Shadowland.

Help the Invasion

Information

• Shadowland Cave is approximately 45 min walk outside of Tushipal, a tunnel is constructed linking the Shdowland to the city with entry points at the Church as well as the Aerie.
• Group uses abandoned blacksmith shop as small base of operations just outside city walls.

Progress

• Necrotech tunnelers are digging a tunnel between the Shadowland Cave and city. Tunnel is completed on Ascending Air 14, giving the abyssal army a portal into creation and a means of attacking the city.
• The Invasion begins on the morning of Ascending Air 15.
  • Archon begins the assault by emerging from the floor of the Church during the height of their religious service, all in attendance are slaughtered by the undead horde and his necrotech creations. His army fortifies what is left of the First Age construction and stages this as their battle ground against the retaliation from Mount Meta's army. The response is stiff, 5 ground units and 1 aerial unit launch their attack on Archon and put the army on their heels.
  • Vale leads a small force of War Ghosts, mounted on reanimated Giant Hawks and engages the units attacking Archon.
  • Tyrant leads his army in an attack at The Aerie, the military stronghold of Tushipal and all of Mount Meta. With such a strong force attacking Archon at the Church the remaining forces are quickly crushed by Tyrants large undead army. Aerial units respond and launch their attack on Tyrant who is unprepared to deal with the aerial threats.
  • The Hakwmen tribe lead by a native, Jade Rose, and Lethe launch their assault on the aerial units attacking Tyrant. Though they are out numbered and undertrained they engage the aerial units until Vale's unit arrives as reinforcements.
  • Lethe joins with Tyrants ground forces after the Hawkmen tribe is defeated and the army begins their march on The Roc nest. With no organized force able to resist the army they easily conquer the Aerie and prevent and Rocs from taking flight.
  • Vale is able to overcome the superior numbers of aerial units with supernatural force and defeats the remaining Mount Meta Hawkriders.
  • Archon's army eventually falls after being outnumbered for too long without reinforcements on the ground. When Vale returns from combat with the Hawkriders Archon is missing and the remaining ground force is marching on the Aerie.
  • The remaining ground force is too depleted to pose a serious threat to Tyrants army who quickly destroys them while holding the Aerie.
  • Vale and Lethe lead a search to find Archon, who has been captured by a Dragon-Blooded captain who led the ground forces of Mount Meta. Hoping to interrogate the unconscious abyssal the Dragon-Blood held Archon at the tower that previously housed Mount Meta's Hawkmen. Lethe tracks them down and Vale offers to duel the captain and spare his remaining men should he lose. Vale cuts the captain down in one strike and lets her War Ghosts kill and consume the captain's remaining men.
• With the military quickly destroyed including the societies leadership in the Hawkriders, the city itself surrenders to Deathlord control by nightfall of Ascending Air 15.

Time Line

Major Events

Descending Wood 28

• Character receive mission and set-up base camp in the mines outside Tushipal.

Ascending Fire 9

• Discover Hawkmen nest 3 days travel on foot from Tushipal.

Ascending Fire 21

• Vale is followed by a member of the thieves guild who Lethe captures and is then questioned by the group, gaining a large amount of information.

Ascending Fire 24

• Vale and Archon seduce two Lookshy guards, murdering them and stealing their uniforms.

Ascending Fire 25 - 26

• Vale & Archon, in Lookshy uniforms, demand tribute and commit open murder in 2 villages to the north-east of Tushipal.

Ascending Fire 28

• High Priestess performs service at the Tushipal temple, announcing that she will be in the capital for the next month.

Resplendent Fire 2

• A chase across the rooftops of Tushipal leads to a confrontation with The Thieves Guild and gives the Abyssals a way to locate Thieves Guild hideouts.
• The Abyssals launch a night time assault on the Thieves Guild hideout and accidentally encounter the sought after Easterner, the encounter ends with the death of the Easterner and the arson of the apartment building serving as the Thieves Guild Hideout.

Resplendent Fire 8

• A staged meeting with Mattsuo turns into a bloody conflict when both parties attempt to ambush one another. Archon is nearly killed by mortal archers, but the other Abyssals manage to successful kidnap Matsuo and kill all witnesses to the event.
• The interrogation of Mattsuo gives the Abyssals a significant amount of information on the inner workings of Mount Meta governement and shadow organizations.

Resplendent Fire 15

• After tracking down and killing Black Dog, the pesky Tushipal Thieves Guild is finally destroyed.

Resplendent Fire 20

• Investigator Kobayashi gains access to investigate The 7th Legion Embassy for crimes around the island. With the Abyssal plan not yet in place, and the evidence not yet planted Vale attempts to delay the investigation. Instead ends up starting a small fire in the city outskirts and murdering several Dragon-Blooded guards. Kobayashi finds no incriminating evidence at the Embassy.

Descending Fire 4

• The Ambassador from The 7th Legion agrees to peacefully leave Mount Meta with all of his representatives, ending the trade agreement and all friendly agreements between the two nations. He agrees to leave because of an elaborate plot by the Abyssals to indite him for a variety of crimes throughout the island, mounting evidence is too great though in reality is mostly innocent. However, he did kill lead investigator Kobayashi, but fled the island before his death was discovered or more than likely Mount Meta would never have allowed him to leave peacefully.

Descending Fire 8

• After extensive searching and a serious mishap the Abyssals find a slave Hawkman, Jade Rose, who is smart enough and skilled enough to become the leader of their staged Hawkmen rebellion. Though she is weary she joins their cause to help her fellow Hawkmen.

Descending Fire 16

• The Abyssals attack the first perimeter garrison of Hawkriders to begin and alliance with one of the local tribes of Hawkmen. The beginnings of the eventual plan to overtake the island.

Descending Fire 22

• The Abyssals travel to the main temple and religious center of the island to kidnap High Priestess Amira. Lethe's stealth, Vale's combat prowess, and Arcon's necromancy combine to form a lethal combination and the Abyssals drag The High Priestess through Archon's portal into the Underworld.

'Descending Fire 24

• The Abyssals summon Goddess Onibala to the Underworld with the help of Auspicous Cerulean Waterfall. The Abyssals defeat the weakend Goddess and neutralize Mount Meta's strongest metaphysical ally.

Calibration Day 4

• The Abyssals begin their plan of creating an army of Hawkmen from the scattered tribes around Mount Meta. With Jade Rose and a small tribe leader loyal to Vale, Vale is able to recruit small tribes to form a single greater tribe to take over the island. Abyssal and Hawkmen travel together around the island, destroying the perimeter outposts as they travel.

Ascending Air 7

• The last perimeter garrison is destroyed by the Abyssals and the growing Hawkmen Tribe. A patrol of War Ghosts on reanimated Giant Hawks ensures ensures that Mount Meta is unable to send news or call for outside help.

Ascending Air 13

• Mount Meta launches a military attack against the gathering tribe of Hawkmen, led by the Abyssals, who have been destroying outposts and villages. With the leadership of the Abyssals the Hawkmen score a military defeat over Mount Meta's Hawkriders, though casualties are high for the tribe.
• The abyssals turn the high casualties into a secondary army of undead for the impending invasion of Tushipal.

Ascending Air 14

• Archon's tunnelers complete their tunnel joining the Shadowland Cave and the city, providing the Abyssals with a method for launching their invasion.

Ascending Air 15

• The Abyssal army invades Tushipal. Though the battle rages for a majority of the morning and casualties are high on both sides, the end result is a sweeping victory for The Final Sundering Lotus.

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