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Episode: Siege Stories IV

Posted by Story on 04/20/17
The docks were a scene of activity and bloodshed in the wee hours of the morning. A ship was brought into the harbor by one of the Kennex patrol ships, having been found adrift and full of refugees. Marquis Ford Kennex, Lady Caelis Malvici and Mistress Mikani Tideborne boarded the ship and met with the leader of the refugees, a battle hardened elderly woman by name of Krarstin Tidelord, Jarla of the Tidelord Tribe. If rumors are to be believed, she claims she and her people escaped from the Darkwater Deeps themselves and were seeking refuge.

Based on what reportedly happened next, those rumors may well be true. When Jarla Krarstin swore her fealty to Ford, an agent of the Deeps King who had been hiding aboard turned into some kind of onyx skinned monster and attacked Ford Kennex, declaring there was only one true king as unnatural darkness blanketed the docks.

Though Ford was badly wounded in the attack, Caelis raised her blades in defense of the Marquis of Stormward and with the help of Mikani and the Jarla herself, the group manage to kill the tainted attacker. The casualties were not without note however, as what remained of the Tidelord Tribe was lessened by half again in the attack, leaving only about 30 survivors.