9/14/2016
The Nisab Diary
"Paying Respects"
Episode One - 7th Sea
The three adventurers are:
Jan Volta (Played by Josh)
Hailing from the Sarmatian Commonwealth, the Zynys Jan Volta was once a doctor until he encountered the dievas he is now bound to. He is Loyal to a fault but can be Commanding when necessary.
Reikion of the Eventide (Played by James)
Hailing from the lands of Ussura, Reikion found himself Touched by Matushka after finding an injured raven that he nursed back to health. Wolves surrounded him, forcing him to flee at first out of fear, until he found the courage to come back. Despite his injuries, he recovered with Matushka’s blessings. He then became part of a travelling circus, where he learned the Dueling Style of the Mireli’s Revision.
Walden Reichart (Played by Flip)
A Hexe from Eisen who sought to be a Ungetumjaeger but opted to learn dueling instead to better fight the monsters. His practice of Hexe ruined his life.
Three adventurers are invited to attend the wake of Nisab Guissola, an eccentric inventor and visionary who had committed suicide by leaping off a cliffside at the isle of Rambaldi. The three adventurers have all met in the past in various ways and knew of Nisab as an old friend. None, however, were aware of how strange her ideas and hopes for the future actually were.
The letter came from the Bishop Victor Heckt, an Eisen who served the Vacitine Church. The three were brought to the home of Lea Villano, a kind old woman who had allowed Nisab to stay in her home ever since she learned the poor woman was ill. The three, however, are surprised to find others present in the wake. Modesto Inderes, a representative of the Villanova family of Vodacce was present, as was Esteban Aldana a Castillian who claimed to have once been Nisab's Patron. Diomedes Dorn was also present as a presentative of the Guildmaster Eladio Ballesteros, head of the Miner's Guild in Castille. Diomedes shared that Nisab had been a frequent customer, tasking them to ship her rare minerals and metals often. But most intriguing for the group was the presence of a barefoot woman in a tattered dress whom appeared without anyone knowing when she arrived and mostly mumbled to herself in the garden.
Reikion and Volta soon discover that Lea Villano has a guest of her own present at the manor, the Lady Tassine Anastasia Jade dela Croix Bullet who claims to be here only to visit her friend but soon seems very interested in the presence of Nisab Guissola's personal effects. Walden confronts the barefoot woman in the garden and learns the barefoot woman cared for Nisab for some reason. She does offer Walden answers if he ever chose to visit her at La Bucca. And with that remark, the barefoot woman vanishes, fading away by stepping through a soft hole in the very air that swallowed itself.
Lea leads the three men to a strange puzzle box that Nisab had instructed her to show the three upon her death. Volta figures out how to open the box by sliding their fingers against three depressions on the wood. Fine needles poke into each of them, and the blood somehow seemingly becomes the key to the box. Inside, each of them find a rolled up scroll of treated vellum, one that seems to resist the wine and blood that they accidentally dab on it. When Walden applies heat on one scroll, they learn that a hidden message is upon each scroll.
Reikon is told that the Aperture and the Aerographica have both been hidden in the place of his birth. While Walden learns that the journals she wrote entitled, Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung and Die Genetische Gestaze der Natur are both hidden in the place where he first met her. He is told as well that the Secundusari is also hidden nearby. Volta takes his letter but before he has time to read it, the group is invited to participate in the wake proceedings.
During the proceedings, Volta slips away and finds Tassine in the private chamber, where she seduces him and stuns him with a poison to take from him his vellum. He sadly fails to realize it has been flinched until it is too late. Lea Villalon asks the three to stay over instead as the other guests leave. She shares with them how Nisab always sought to make the world better, and that she may have been targeted by the Inquisition for her work.
By nightfall, the three discover intruders in the compound when the manor is set aflame and assassins emerge to strike at them! They quickly begin to realize the groups of assassins present were not expecting each other's presence, which raises the question on why two groups of assassins would be present. Quick heroics and teamwork disable most of the assassins, and while Volta and Walden leave the burning structure with one of the assassins as their captive, Reikion dives into the flames to search for any other survivors. He finds the Lady Villalon grievously injured. But when he offers to escape with her in his arms, she insists he takes a hidden cache that was boarded up in the wall before leaving. Reikion confesses on having a family member nearby, and the group moves to find shelter there for the time being.
The cousin, Galena, offers the group a place to hide from prying eyes and recover. The two interrogate the assassin, whom they discover turns out to be a privateer by the name of Bates who claims to have been hired by Esteban Aldana to do the deed. However, Volta notices the telltale smell of Tassine Bullet's perfume as well, implying she may have a hand in the things. The group ops to escape in secret and try to track Tassine Bullet, but are not certain how to find her. Volta excuses himself and through another deal with his Dievas, he learns of the destination Tassine Bullet has in mind. He tells the group this and they decide to take the first ship they can to Five Sails, and from there to travel by road after the woman. Reikion opts to fly ahead, using the gifts of Matushka to do so.
None of them are aware, however, of the vast tower in the distance where a figure observes them and marks a wall. The wall shows a flowchart of goals, contacts and activities, and the figure marks those that have been accomplished to fulfill its schemes. The Mastermind laughs, knowing all is falling into place.
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More on this campaign, and its brother campaign, Alas Such Fates, can be found here as well:
https://theguissolaa7thseacampaign.obsidianportal.com/
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