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vrykolakas) wrote2015-06-30 09:28 pm
vrykolakas) wrote2015-06-30 09:28 pm
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QUEST BOARD.
QUESTS.
SEPTEMBER.
GOING TO LIBRARIAN HELL - ★★ - TAKEN BY ELIZABETH YORK
Heard of the sigils? You're about to. The Brucolac has heard rumours that in the library of the University of Redgate, a manuscript known as the History of Bones is being translated and decoded in utmost secrecy. It deals with the sigils. Steal or destroy the manuscript and deal with the translator...somehow. No more information about the sigils can be leaked to Seelie hands!
This quest may have multiple outcomes according to how you prefer to play it—eg, kill or spare the translator, destroy or keep the manuscript, or even snaffle it for yourself etc etc, but there will be IC consequences depending on your choices!
Rewards: 50 gold, an introduction to the Midnight Court (if you are not already associated), a lockpick charm capable of counteracting basic wards.
QUAKING IN MY BOOTS – ★★
Recent earthquakes have troubled the land around Mair. Locals and earth magic specialists alike say there's something off about them. Go to the small eastern villages on the Seelie/Unseelie border to provide aid, encourage Unseelie support in the area and while you're there see if you can't find out what's been going on.
'Aid' may be medical or military, or might involve gathering food, or helping with reconstruction; whatever you're best at!
Rewards: 40 gold, acclaim and approval around the area (a crucial tactical area in the War of the Shards!), and a travel-ready first aid kit stocked with medicinal herbs and notes on where to find more.
GOD IS HOPEFULLY NOT DEAD - ★
The Brucolac wants to encourage the growth of the cult of Kaio, a young fire god who is considered an easy target in the Godswar and of very little concern. But now the poor wee dear has gone missing. Go out and evangelise, worship etc, but also keep an eye out and an ear to the ground.
Write 1500 words of your character worshipping, spreading the fiery hype and trying to find out what's happened to Kaio.
Rewards: 20 gold, a foot in the door of an exciting new religion, and three enchanted candles: light one in a sealed room for complete privacy of speech!
MAYHEM – ★ - TAKEN BY EGGSY UNWIN
Misdirect! Misinform! Misbehave! The Brucolac wants you to cause a night of havoc and hysteria in Seelie and/or neutral territory and escape as quick as you can; he'll lend you his puca, Accalon, to let you cross leagues in moments and to help you make a quick getaway when the sun is up. You'll also be armed and equipped however you feel necessary, for free. Burn crops in the Cathraon, spread lies in Treun, graffiti up the White Citadel, dress up like a Fox Cultist and give everyone a scare, slaughter innocents, tie shoelaces together or bankrupt businesses; whatever you do best, go out and do it, and keep the Seelie on their toes.
Write 1500 words of pure mayhem.
Please note that despite this being close in nature to the event for August, quest threads can't be used towards boon requirements!
Rewards: 20 gold, keep the gear (decent armour and weapons if you so desire them), and get an invite to the Midnight Court when next it's held.
CLAIM A QUEST BY:
1. PMing me with the quest you'd like to claim so we can hash out quest assignment, then;
2. Dropping the mods a line at the quest request page to let them know you've taken up a quest, for ease of recording!
New rules mean that quest assignment and reporting-in must be ICly logged. Please use the comments on this post to do so; we can talk about this via PM when you claim a quest! EDIT: THIS IS NO LONGER NECESSARY, but for CR purposes we can absolutely do it; just let me know what you prefer.
PAST QUEST BOARDS
JULY 2015
There are riots in Srathmarbh. The Shrines have once more been overturned, and the Brucolac is livid. The vampire community, in particular, seems to be at the heart of the anger. Calm the violence, first off, by hook or by crook—and secondly, find out what everyone's so damnably angry about.
Write 3000 words of your character keeping the peace—whether by force, negotiation, sabotage or anything else—and gathering information on the reasons behind the riots, which are centred around the few White Hart shrines in the area.
Rewards: 40 gold, whatever information your character may unearth about the Godswar, and a weapon or piece of armour of your choice beautifully crafted by Alastair Grunyon, the master smith of the city.
SMUGGLER'S COVE - ★★ - TAKEN BY BALEM ABRASAX
No, don't worry, you don't have to venture into Seelie territory. You just have to take a small boat out onto the River Astar in the dead of night and meet some people with a few entirely innocuous bags of gold and a small, anonymous wooden box.
Write 3000 words of your character navigating their way through this secret journey; be warned, the currents can be deceptive, things lurk in that river, and the people you must meet may have been followed...
Rewards: 40 gold, and access to the next Midnight Court meeting as a guest of the Brucolac.
WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE - ★
The Brucolac wants to encourage the growth of the cult of Kaio, a young fire god who is considered an easy target in the Godswar and of very little concern. Not wanting to make the wee firepup a target or worsen the situation down in the Shrines, the Brucolac wants people to evangelise elsewhere. Doesn't fire love to spread? Travel to Diasbaile, leave offerings for Kaio, and talk to as many people as you can about seeing the light, and the heat, and the destructive all-consuming power of fire. Watch out, though; the increasing tensions between religions in the Drabwurld have made spreading the word treacherous...
Write 1500 words of your character worshipping and/or spreading the fiery hype!
Rewards: 20 gold, a foot in the door of an exciting new religion, and three enchanted candles: light one in a sealed room for complete privacy of speech!
A GRAVE UNDERTAKING - ★ - TAKEN BY VOL'JIN
A fish-nibbled body washes up on Srathmarbh beach. It wears waterlogged robes and some kind of text is stuffed into its belt, but the sea has degraded its writing into incoherence. It has just been cremated and the bones are about to be anonymously interred when the Brucolac receives information identifying the dead man. Bring the ashes and the bones to his grieving father, who lives about a day's ride away, and see what you can learn about the circumstances of his son's death.
Rewards: 20 gold, whatever your character might learn about an aspect of the Godswar, and a ring adorned with a black stone carved into the shape of a wolf's paw. It's a Black Shuck token, and the sight of it will elicit positive reactions from native (or non-native!) worshippers of the Old Dog, who may offer small favours such as accomodation, food or safe passage.