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Session Eight: The Reeve’s Tale

 CONTENT WARNING: Loads and loads of intestinal distress.A Farewell to ArmorSquire Henri has done very goodwork as apprentice to the town blacksmith, so much so that the smith hascompleted his backlog and has repaired Henri’s helmet besides. With a firmhandshake and the promise of a new job should Herni turn aside chivalricpursuits, the smith turns Henri loose on Berjols. Henri remembers

Session Seven: The Reeve's Tale

To the CrossroadsThe company departs from Annecyand travels along the shores of the River Brienne. They spend some timeand some coin crossing a tributary of the Brienne by ferry. Several of thecompany haggle with the ferry master, who gives discounts to two of them. Whenhe realizes that they all want discounts, he yells at them and orders them topay up.Night falls as the companyreaches

Session Six: The Miller's Tale

The BattleThe company does desperate battlewith the undead sailors, trading blows and dodging ancient, rotting arrows.Sabina at last recovers herself and, with a wild battle cry, raises shield andax and rushes to join the fray. Pierre scurries all over the deck of the newlymade ship, providing such physicking where he can. The others give an excellentaccounting of themselves, though

Session Five: The Miller's Tale

The Chaos Moon Rises Over AnnecyEscaping AnnecySabina reaches the Whelm, poundson its barricaded door, and begs the people within to come with her to theshore. When they hesitate, Sabina calls out to Allison, who is inside, andtells her that her father is there, and that he has built a ship to take themall to safety. Allison convinces the villagers to exit the inn and gathereveryone else

Session Six: The Miller's Tale

The Chaos Moon Rises Over AnnecyEscaping AnnecySabina reaches the Whelm, poundson its barricaded door, and begs the people within to come with her to theshore. When they hesitate, Sabina calls out to Allison, who is inside, andtells her that her father is there, and that he has built a ship to take themall to safety. Allison convinces the villagers to exit the inn and gathereveryone else

Session Four: The Miller's Tale

The DeliveryOut of fondness forJurgen, most of the company assists him with delivering Albrecht’s equipment tothe worksite near the shrine. The sun sets, and the steps up to the site aretreacherous in the dark. Sabina trips and smashes both her knee and the cornerof her crate. Albrecht chastises her but, fortuitously, the crate contains onlybooks, and so the likelihood that anything has

Session Three: The Miller's Tale

A Barge TaleGarnier secures passage for the company on Our Lady's Soul, a sturdy, if malodorous, barge that ferries livestock across the Bay of Brionne. The nominal fee is further reduced when Henri the Innkeeper offers to cook a good meal for all and sundry. The company spends a pleasant evening gambling and drinking. Frieda does not participate in the latter, instead writing furiously in a

Session Two: The Knight's Tale

Suitors Sorted The company continues onto the Surcoat, glad to be well-shut of the day’s misadventure. As they travel,several of them are amused, and perhaps a touch annoyed, to hear how much and for how long Marie and Celene were in love with one another, and yet how neither had the courage to do much of anything about it. Several of the company hear Marie inform Celene that she was afraid the

Session One: The Knight's Tale

While the rest of thecompany make preparations, Renee relaxes and chats with Frieda, who takes out ascribe’s kit and begins writing something in Reikspiel. Renee finds Friedafriendly enough, if a touch jumpy and nervous. The two share some of theSurcoat’s wine as they wait for the others.In the meantime, a youngwoman arrives at the Surcoat, seats herself at a nearby table and arranges for

Bretonnia Tales: General Prologue

The members of thesoon-to-be company are contacted severally by Gascon Gascoigne, who introduceshimself as a priest of Verena and a leader of pilgrimages. In the spring, hewill take pilgrims from Brionne, through northern Carcassonne, and ultimately toTurin to see the Shroud of Gilles du Breton. He wishes to hire the members ofthe company as guards and proposes giving them each four Crowns