Maxxob
The Overseer
RP Goal: Successfully escort the NPC to its destination.
When joining, remember to:
- link your character's profile
- write their Standing Grade
- mention your character private asset goal if they have one (assets are further explained within the rules)
- always mention relevant passive skills (like feature Darkvision, Resilient Surprise, Point Boosters, etc.)
Brass streetlamps hiss in the spring rain outside the vaulted facade of Ryken Adventurers’ Guild – Central Chapterhouse. Inside, cedar-smoke mingles with wet leather; quest boards clatter under fresh postings while quartermasters haggle over rations.
Your characters are here for their own reasons—waiting on payment, chasing rumors, or simply drying cloaks by the hearth. That’s when the doors slam open.
A carriage footman (soaked to the epaulettes) hustles in, unfurls a scarlet carpet across the threshold, and out totters a rosy-cheeked gentleman in candy-striped breeches, powdered curls trimmed around a tiny gilt crown.
He fans himself with a silken kerchief, projecting a nasal, trilling laugh—
“Ho-ho-ho-ho! Loyal denizens of Ryken! Presenting the one true heir to the Duchy of Seroria—Lord Bocchan Aurelius Pompadour Seroria-Ben-Magnus III—protector of traditions, patron of pâtisserie, etc, etc!”
Bocchan waves theatrically, slips once on the damp flagstones, then recovers with exaggerated dignity. A junior scribe lugging a metal-bound coffer wheezes after him.
He clears his throat, producing a scroll sealed in vermilion wax:
“I require an escort to Thaddeus Halgorn’s so-called capital forthwith. Success secures for each valiant guardian”—he lets the pause hang—“a handful of genuine golden rykes.”
With a conspiratorial wink he adds, barely sotto voce, “Enough to drown one’s worries in top-shelf brandy, my dears.”
When joining, remember to:
- link your character's profile
- write their Standing Grade
- mention your character private asset goal if they have one (assets are further explained within the rules)
- always mention relevant passive skills (like feature Darkvision, Resilient Surprise, Point Boosters, etc.)
Scene 0 • Guild Row, Ryken — Mid-morning drizzle
Brass streetlamps hiss in the spring rain outside the vaulted facade of Ryken Adventurers’ Guild – Central Chapterhouse. Inside, cedar-smoke mingles with wet leather; quest boards clatter under fresh postings while quartermasters haggle over rations.
Your characters are here for their own reasons—waiting on payment, chasing rumors, or simply drying cloaks by the hearth. That’s when the doors slam open.
A carriage footman (soaked to the epaulettes) hustles in, unfurls a scarlet carpet across the threshold, and out totters a rosy-cheeked gentleman in candy-striped breeches, powdered curls trimmed around a tiny gilt crown.
He fans himself with a silken kerchief, projecting a nasal, trilling laugh—
Lord Bocchan Aurelius Pompadour Seroria-Ben-Magnus III
“Ho-ho-ho-ho! Loyal denizens of Ryken! Presenting the one true heir to the Duchy of Seroria—Lord Bocchan Aurelius Pompadour Seroria-Ben-Magnus III—protector of traditions, patron of pâtisserie, etc, etc!”
Bocchan waves theatrically, slips once on the damp flagstones, then recovers with exaggerated dignity. A junior scribe lugging a metal-bound coffer wheezes after him.
He clears his throat, producing a scroll sealed in vermilion wax:
“I require an escort to Thaddeus Halgorn’s so-called capital forthwith. Success secures for each valiant guardian”—he lets the pause hang—“a handful of genuine golden rykes.”
With a conspiratorial wink he adds, barely sotto voce, “Enough to drown one’s worries in top-shelf brandy, my dears.”
What’s immediately visible:
- The guild crest on the scroll’s ribbon is authentic.
- The box the scribe carries bears the sigil of House Seroria, though the paint looks freshly touched-up.
- Bocchan’s cloak lining is soaked: hidden inside are lots of pockets, some suspiciously heavy.
