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			[[Category:Recent History]] [[Category:386YE Autumn]] [[Category:Military Council]]
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The last three months in Madruga have been a confusing time as the Grendel prepared to defend their holding in the Siroc Plains, the armies of the Empire pushed round them to enter Feroz, and the supporters of Siakha - the Children of Wrecks - work on securing their island fastness and sending out ships to pillage the territories of the Bay. It is towards the isles of Free Landing that many Freeborn gaze as they seek to reclaim their lives. The shores seem more distant, the light of the Shining Pillar has gone, and the waters teem with voracious predators and the prowling sails of raiding ships.		The last three months in Madruga have been a confusing time as the Grendel prepared to defend their holding in the Siroc Plains, the armies of the Empire pushed round them to enter Feroz, and the supporters of Siakha - the Children of Wrecks - work on securing their island fastness and sending out ships to pillage the territories of the Bay. It is towards the isles of Free Landing that many Freeborn gaze as they seek to reclaim their lives. The shores seem more distant, the light of the Shining Pillar has gone, and the waters teem with voracious predators and the prowling sails of raiding ships.

Hailmur: /* Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand */

2024-09-11T10:30:46Z

Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand

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	The boon, the Chest of Sand, takes the form of a tiny wooden chest, with a hasp but no lock. It appears to be empty, but you can apparently feel sand pouring through your fingers if you hold it in your hand and upend it. Recovering the boon should be easy, provided that the Arhrun Fhearghes can be found and killed.		The boon, the Chest of Sand, takes the form of a tiny wooden chest, with a hasp but no lock. It appears to be empty, but you can apparently feel sand pouring through your fingers if you hold it in your hand and upend it. Recovering the boon should be easy, provided that the Arhrun Fhearghes can be found and killed.

			==Conjunctions==
			===Like Lightning and Rain (Madruga)===
			* '''Wreckers are moving to slaughter the pilgrims at the House of Guerra'''
			* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
			{{AgainstBarbarians}}
			* '''The ''Hand of Guerra'' is responsible for killing the wreckers'''
			The wreckers are active in Madruga even as the greatest captains of the Children of Wrecks converge on the Freeborn Plain. ''Isidore i Boyaga'', corsair of renown and former Freeborn, has sent a raid against the House of Guerra to strike a blow against the "weak will of Imperial Prosperity". The wreckers are advancing quickly through the plains and are expected to arrive at the hostel a few days after the end of the summit. It is the responsibility of the [[Hand of Guerra]], '''Ahshen i Fiel i Guerra ''', to kill the wreckers and protect the pilgrims, otherwise the production of the sinecure will be halved for the next year.

			===Plans (Necropolis)===
			* '''Wreckers are hunting down a Kruidenkenner caravan threatening the supply of goods to the Kruidenkenner Trademaster'''
			* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
			{{AgainstBarbarians}}
			* '''The ''Kruidenkenner Trademaster'' is responsible for killing the wreckers and protecting the trade at the magazijn'''
			The Sarcophan are well known as being as neutral as possible in all things except trade. The Kruidenkenner are no exception, offering their herbs across the known world and especially in the Bay of Catazar. A fleet belonging to wreckers landed in [[Necropolis#Longbeach\|Longbeach]] and have been tracking the caravan for the last week. As the caravan nears the Kruidenkenner Magazijn there is a chance to intercept the wreckers before they overtake the caravan; killing and looting the Sarcophan.

			If the [[Kruidenkenner Trademaster]], '''Bernardo Von Temeschwar''', is not successful then it will damage Kruidenkenner trust, reducing the amount of herbs available to purchase from the guild. That would mean that the exchange could only supply up to 24 cerulean mazzarine and 33 random herbs for the next two seasons.

			===The Storm Gathers (Spiral)===
			* '''The ''Wailing Gyre'' coven are planning to curse Spiral with Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea'''
			* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
			{{AgainstBarbarians}}
			* '''The ''Senator of Spiral'' is responsible for stopping the ''Wailing Gyre'''''
			''Azzura di Cazarri'', merchant-prince of the Nested Crow Carta, has funded the ''Wailing Gyre'' to journey to [[Spiral]] and curse it with [[Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea]]. The pockets of ''Azzura'' are not deep enough to afford the ilium and boons necessary to call on the [[Hurricane_party#Typhoon_Breath\|empowered]] ritual, but it will still cause widespread destruction along the coast; even threatening Apulian.

			Given that this is a direct threat to the territory it is the responsibility of the [[Spiral\|Senator for Spiral]], '''Genoveva Barossa d'Apulian''', to stop the Wailing Gyre from casting the ritual.

Dre at 19:03, 9 September 2024

2024-09-09T19:03:01Z

Matt: /* Objective: Recover the Storm's Child figurehead */

2024-09-09T11:39:27Z

Objective: Recover the Storm's Child figurehead

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	* '''A figurehead has washed ashore from the prow of a sunken Freeborn Storm vessel'''		* '''A figurehead has washed ashore from the prow of a sunken Freeborn Storm vessel'''
	* '''It has little economic value but would make a fine prow for a Freeborn fleet'''		* '''It has little economic value but would make a fine prow for a Freeborn fleet'''
	* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol ~~throughout the Brass Coast~~ to rally support for a new navy'''		* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol to rally support for a new navy in the Brass Coast'''

	The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, scavanging the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.		The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, scavanging the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.

Matt: /* Objective: Recover the Storm's Child figurehead */

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Objective: Recover the Storm's Child figurehead

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	* '''A figurehead has washed ashore from the prow of a sunken Freeborn Storm vessel'''		* '''A figurehead has washed ashore from the prow of a sunken Freeborn Storm vessel'''
	* '''It has little economic value but would make a fine prow for a Freeborn fleet'''		* '''It has little economic value but would make a fine prow for a Freeborn fleet'''
	* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol throughout the Brass Coast of new ~~hopes for Madruga~~'''		* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol throughout the Brass Coast to rally support for a new navy'''

	The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, scavanging the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.		The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, scavanging the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.

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Matt: /* Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand */

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Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand

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	===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===		===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===
	<div style="float:right; width: ~~350px~~; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=~~350~~\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 300px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=300\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>
	* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''		* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''
	* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''		* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''

Matt: /* Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand */

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	===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===		===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===
	<div style="float:right; width: 350px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=~~200~~\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 350px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=350\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>
	* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''		* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''
	* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''		* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''

Matt: /* Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand */

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Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand

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	===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===		===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===
	<div style="float:right; width: ~~200px~~; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=200\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>		<div style="float:right; width: 350px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=200\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>
	* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''		* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''
	* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''		* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''

Matt at 11:28, 9 September 2024

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	===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===		===Objective: Recover the Chest of Sand===
			<div style="float:right; width: 200px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=ChestOfSand.jpg\|align=left\|width=200\|The Chest of Sand}}</div>
	* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''		* '''A Grendel Sand Mage in the area has a valuable boon from an unknown Autumn eternal'''
	* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''		* '''The boon is believed to shorten the time it takes to commission a navy'''

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The last three months in Madruga have been a confusing time as the Grendel prepared to defend their holding in the Siroc Plains, the armies of the Empire pushed round them to enter Feroz, and the supporters of ~~Siakah~~ - the Children of Wrecks - work on securing their island fastness and sending out ships to pillage the territories of the Bay. It is towards the isles of Free Landing that many Freeborn gaze as they seek to reclaim their lives. The shores seem more distant, the light of the Shining Pillar has gone, and the waters teem with voracious predators and the prowling sails of raiding ships.		The last three months in Madruga have been a confusing time as the Grendel prepared to defend their holding in the Siroc Plains, the armies of the Empire pushed round them to enter Feroz, and the supporters of Siakha - the Children of Wrecks - work on securing their island fastness and sending out ships to pillage the territories of the Bay. It is towards the isles of Free Landing that many Freeborn gaze as they seek to reclaim their lives. The shores seem more distant, the light of the Shining Pillar has gone, and the waters teem with voracious predators and the prowling sails of raiding ships.

	The Grendel spymaster known as ''Sea-Wraith'' has played a dangerous game, aiding the Empire since the Spring Equinox by providing information passed from their agent ''Sea Mage Tuairisc''. This season, the informant has sent word that the Children of Wrecks are massing outside Atalaya, on the '''Freeborn Plain''', the very place where the Freeborn nation came into being. The island is busy with crews of sailors, cultists, and scattered neerdowells who have flocked to the Children's banner. If Sea Wraith is to be believed, it seems that someone is intent on founding a new nation.		The Grendel spymaster known as ''Sea-Wraith'' has played a dangerous game, aiding the Empire since the Spring Equinox by providing information passed from their agent ''Sea Mage Tuairisc''. This season, the informant has sent word that the Children of Wrecks are massing outside Atalaya, on the '''Freeborn Plain''', the very place where the Freeborn nation came into being. The island is busy with crews of sailors, cultists, and scattered neerdowells who have flocked to the Children's banner. If Sea Wraith is to be believed, it seems that someone is intent on founding a new nation.
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	'''Plot'''<br>		'''Plot'''<br>
	The plan of the Children of Wrecks to merge their large powerful fleets together to form a navy is a plot [[opportunity]]. It is a chance to do something that players - or ~~npcs~~ - could not normally do themselves that reflects the unique ~~circumstanaces~~ of the moment, just like those presented in winds of fortune. In this case it allows the Children of Wrecks the potential to grow into a bigger threat to challenge the Empire and the chance to stop them provides an important objective for a battle.		The plan of the Children of Wrecks to merge their large powerful fleets together to form a navy is a plot [[opportunity]]. It is a chance to do something that players - or NPCs - could not normally do themselves that reflects the unique circumstances of the moment, just like those presented in winds of fortune. In this case it allows the Children of Wrecks the potential to grow into a bigger threat to challenge the Empire and the chance to stop them provides an important objective for a battle.

	<p>An opportunity does '''not''' represent something that can be regularly reproduced in the game. It will ''never'' be possible for the Empire to form a navy out of individual fleets, in exactly the same way that the Grendel, Druj, and other threats cannot reproduce the options available to the Empire in their winds of fortune and winds of war.</p>		<p>An opportunity does '''not''' represent something that can be regularly reproduced in the game. It will ''never'' be possible for the Empire to form a navy out of individual fleets, in exactly the same way that the Grendel, Druj, and other threats cannot reproduce the options available to the Empire in their winds of fortune and winds of war.</p>
	</box></div>		</box></div>
	Four of the most powerful captains of the Children of Wrecks have come together to bind their disparate fleets with powerful oaths and magic of the Autumn realm. By drawing on the support of The Lictors, and employing [[Madruga#Freeborn_Flame_Marina\|the captured marina]] the captains plan to perform a ceremony that will unite their disparate ships and ramshackle fleets together. If they are successful, then the Children of Wrecks will be able to field a navy capable of going to toe-to-toe with the Grendel or comparable forces. Operating from Free Landing, they would be able to threaten coastal waters right around the Bay of Catazar, allowing the Children of Wrecks to strike against the territories of the Empire, the Iron Confederacy and the Grendel alike. Combined with the numerous fleets and units of marines already berthing at Free Landing, this assemblage of ships would pose a significant hazard going forward.		Four of the most powerful captains of the Children of Wrecks have come together to bind their disparate fleets with powerful oaths and magic of the Autumn realm. By drawing on the support of The Lictors, and employing [[Madruga#Freeborn_Flame_Marina\|the captured marina]] the captains plan to perform a ceremony that will unite their disparate ships and ramshackle fleets together. If they are successful, then the Children of Wrecks will be able to field a navy capable of going to toe-to-toe with the Grendel or comparable forces. Operating from Free Landing, they would be able to threaten coastal waters right around the Bay of Catazar, allowing the Children of Wrecks to strike against the territories of the Empire, the Iron Confederacy, and the Grendel alike. Combined with the numerous fleets and units of marines already berthing at Free Landing, this assemblage of ships would pose a significant hazard going forward.

	The four captains have been identified as:		The four captains have been identified as:
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	Killing any one of the captains would see their crews dispersed and their ship/s unable to join the navy. For each captain slain the navy would be formed at a strength 1250 lower than normal. Killing three or more of the captains would prevent the navy being formed at all.		Killing any one of the captains would see their crews dispersed and their ship/s unable to join the navy. For each captain slain the navy would be formed at a strength 1250 lower than normal. Killing three or more of the captains would prevent the navy being formed at all.

	If the captains are able to draw on the Lictors to found their navy's, then it would be able to use the docks at Atalaya as a home port, and slowly draw strength and resupply from the region. It would however still be vulnerable to Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea as any other navy.		If the captains are able to draw on the Lictors to found their navy, then it would be able to use the docks at Atalaya as a home port, and slowly draw strength and resupply from the region. It would however still be vulnerable to Foam and Spittle of the Furious Sea as with any other navy.

	===Objective: Stop the ''Turn of the Gyre'' coven===		===Objective: Stop the ''Turn of the Gyre'' coven===
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	* '''They have been bidden to cast an empowered Thunderous Deluge once again'''		* '''They have been bidden to cast an empowered Thunderous Deluge once again'''
	* '''If they fail then they will fall from favour and lose access to Siakha's boon'''		* '''If they fail then they will fall from favour and lose access to Siakha's boon'''
	One of the covens involved in the rituals at ''Siakha's Maw'' has grown in favour with the ''Mistress of Wrecks'', earning an extension to the boon she offered at the Spring equinox to all those who live around the Bay. The ''Turn of the Gyre'' are seeking to once again use ~~illium~~ to cast [[Thunderous Deluge]] and draw on the boon to [[Hurricane_party#Unleash_the_Maelstrom\|unleash the Maelstrom]] in the skies of Madruga.		One of the covens involved in the rituals at ''Siakha's Maw'' has grown in favour with the ''Mistress of Wrecks'', earning an extension to the boon she offered at the Spring equinox to all those who live around the Bay. The ''Turn of the Gyre'' are seeking to once again use ilium to cast [[Thunderous Deluge]] and draw on the boon to [[Hurricane_party#Unleash_the_Maelstrom\|unleash the Maelstrom]] in the skies of Madruga.

	The Children of Wrecks are not well-resourced. They lack ready access to large amounts of mana, and have very limited ability to secure most ritual paraphernalia. ~~Illium~~ is an especially rare commodity but is essential to secure Siakha's boon. This means that any strike against their magical capabilities will have a lasting impact. Stopping the ritual, and if possible, killing the coven responsible, will end the ability of the Children of Wrecks to utilise large-scale spring rituals, and the enhanced powers of Siakha's boon, for the next year.		The Children of Wrecks are not well-resourced. They lack ready access to large amounts of mana, and have very limited ability to secure most ritual paraphernalia. Ilium is an especially rare commodity but is essential to secure Siakha's boon. This means that any strike against their magical capabilities will have a lasting impact. Stopping the ritual, and if possible, killing the coven responsible, will end the ability of the Children of Wrecks to utilise large-scale spring rituals, and the enhanced powers of Siakha's boon, for the next year.

	===Objective: Recover the ''Storm's Child'' figurehead===		===Objective: Recover the ''Storm's Child'' figurehead===
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	* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol to rally support for a new navy in the Brass Coast'''		* '''It could serve as a powerful symbol to rally support for a new navy in the Brass Coast'''

	The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, ~~scavanging~~ the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.		The waters outside the former port harbour the rotting and now kraken-filled skeleton hulls of the ''Freeborn Storm'', the ill-fated Brass Coast navy. Some of the Children are beachcombers, scavenging the shores for flotsam and jetsam and one of them has recovered a hunk of silver-gilded weirwood that washed ashore outside of Atalaya following a recent storm - the figurehead from the ship ''"Storm's Child"''.

	The figurehead would make a fine prow for any Freeborn fleet, inspiring everyone who sailed in it (it would allow a Freeborn fleet owner to upgrade their fleet for two wains less than normal). Alternatively the prow could be given to the Freeborn egregore who would use it to rally Freeborn families to support the creation of a new navy, creating an [[opportunity]] for the Freeborn Storm to ride the waves again.		The figurehead would make a fine prow for any Freeborn fleet, inspiring everyone who sailed in it (it would allow a Freeborn fleet owner to upgrade their fleet for two wains less than normal). Alternatively the prow could be given to the Freeborn egregore who would use it to rally Freeborn families to support the creation of a new navy, creating an [[opportunity]] for the Freeborn Storm to ride the waves again.