From alt.pub.dragons-inn Thu Dec 9 17:02:47 1993 Path: netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nigel.msen.com!caen!cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu!344lwkc Organization: Central Michigan University Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 12:25:13 EST From: Mike Sander <344LWKC@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Message-ID: <93341.122513344LWKC@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: ADMIN: This Week In Review Lines: 274 [ADMIN: Ok, this time it's for real. Sort of: I didn't get much in the way of summaries. I don't know that's because the end of the year is coming up (Maybe I should've waited until after X-mas break to start this up again. Oh, well...), or maybe that's because there's some confusion over who to send things to. Anyway, I hope for more next week...] General Events: Well, since the last TWIR, we've had a major-league storm, a Founder's day party with unexpected events (a demonic invasion and some transformed people), and a forest popping up where a battleground used to be. And that doesn't even go into most of the threads, as far as threats to Generica, and/or the general amount of Good Deeds{tm}. Concentrating on events of the last week or so, we still find the town a busy place. Low City is dealing with the after effects of a meteor landing in the middle of it. And from the same wormhole/trajectory, a spaceship crashed into the Great Blue, and its crew is started to recover, and trying to find a way off Nexus. Also, there is a recent rush of new chars, which (IMHO) is always good to see. Speaking of which: New Characters (And addresses of their creators): Blue-ice (bricmk@uba-geigy.ch) ;Meric (wongv2@nason103.its.rpi.edu) Dalmien (kevin.wolfhard@the-matrix.com);Mingen (ez040377@bambam.ucdavis.edu) Dasz (sherlock@matt.ksu.ksu.edu) ;Vagabond (youngc4@nason109.its.rpi.edu) Dremara (wohnsman@mac.cc.macalstr.edu) ;Winter's Child (scl4@po.cwru.edu) In the Inn: (Besides the staff and NPC regulars): Most new characters, Tarkyn, Kaalzic, Zebron Twilight, Bakr, Luthor Anside, Khisanth Athrnevara &Alaric Shadowleaf -- Thread Listings -- [BBD] Contact: Mike Sander (344lwkc@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu Chars Involved: BBD, Lancos & cat Bast (Mike Sander); Myrnien, Kaalzic (Dan Peters); Tarkyn (Barry Prismall); Gutt Man (The Dreamer) Brief Overview: Focuses on Myrnien's attempts to free herself from the bracelet that controls her, and BBD's thoughts of regaining leadership from Velric. Ties in with the [DS] thread. [Colony]/[NTY] Contact: arsmith@lamar.colostate.edu Characters: Palandun Lintesul & The Bismanian Colony, with help from some other people, especially in the [MG] thread. Synopsis: [Colony] is about the dealings on and in the Bismanian Colony of It-At, in Generica, [NTY] is just for the adventures of Palandun [DS] DarkSeed Contact Person: The Stilt Man, foleye@xanth.cs.orst.edu People/Chars involved:Kryalla Simuel, Velric, Arcania Dorval, Karadin Redbane, Emrikol Brief overview/summary: Centers around Arcania's gift of the DarkSeed to Velric, causing him to gain powers of black magic. Has its roots in the [BBD] thread, and should tie in more later on. [EarthShock] "Earth Shock" Contact Person: Kelley Miles, miles@masig.fsu.edu Chars Involved: Alwine (Andrea Milar); Dane the Great (JT Taylor); Fire (Marc Seebas); Joriah the Victor (Kelley Miles); Wizard Kival (KM also); Nightstalker. Brief Overview: In order to stop the Ruthless Horde from invading the region west of the Mysty Mountains, Wizard Kival enlists a motley crew of barbarians and warrior to take on the evil wizard Ciko. [MI] Moriarty Investigations Contact person: Aaron V. Humphrey Chars involved: Alfvaen/Elstree/Lassiviren,Moriarty,Queriche,Delmara (all AVH) Brief overview: Following the exploits of Alfvaen and Moriarty Investigations. [Ornigan] Contact person: Aaron V. Humphrey Chars involved: Ornigan, Draxil Mandobar, Dasha (Stephen Humphrey), Thorn (Mage Guild) Brief overview: Ornigan's journeying home to the County of Maybold, with complications. [Pitzar] Contact person: Jason Corley (corleyj@gas.uug.arizona.edu) Chars involved: Jake Pitzar, Dawn, Old Man Heartwell, assorted imps sundry employees of the Generican Examiner, Sergeant McGruder of the Watch. Brief overview: This week, the relationship between Dawn and Jake continues to prosper. Sgt. McGruder, with Dawn's help, continues to close in on the Slasher. Jake does a story on Low City. [SQ] Shade Quest Contact person: Timothy Vaughan Chars involved: Radan Tsran (Timothy Vaughan), Shade(Morgan Broman, mabr@sweden.hp.com>,Angus(Bruce Lapham), Mistletoe, Malieu, Brownen, the Kelsie, Remi, Vanshar(Aaron Humphrey) Brief overview: In the previous [R] thread, Shade was lost overboard at sea. Radan and some of his comrades have returned to search for him. [VampQ] Contact person: rudnick@cfatrw.harvard.edu The cast of characters in the thread: Character: Created/Manged by: ------------------------------------------------------------- Ja'nis arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith) Bluestar Dreamer NC312022@WVNVAXA.WVNET.EDU Gemini (Feline familiar of Bluestar Dreamer) Moria Runecaster Master Hawk Rathan Barbar Morning Reaper Turion "Mr. Sinister..." (Turion travels with a salamander companion) Billy the Torch JGE103@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Matte Kudasai Matt Hebert Tomonobu Fujiwara rudnick@cfatrw.harvard.edu (Bret R. Rudnick) Mathew Dawnstrider jcarl@jabba.ess.harris.com Synopsis: The characters above are on a quest for the mysterious Vampire Orchid. They seek these unusual flowers (found on a plane of the Undead) for an independent Generica wizard (Umach-O) who was injured in a magical experiment gone wrong. The wizard need these plants to cure him. As a reward, each member of the questing group is to be given a particularly personal or poignant reward, so as a result, they work out differences that would normally preclude such a diverse band from travelling together. -- Thread Summaries -- [BBD] Submitted by: Mike Sander It's been a while since any synopsis was done, so a little background will probably help. BBD, lesser known as Bekdatusi (Bek for short) Bennison Dranzotten, was in command of forces, and trying to slowly take over Generica, though buying out land and other subtle schemes. That was before a group of adventurers stepped into the scene, with Kryalla Simuel turning BBD to stone and the others handling (or so they thought) his minions, until they fled at BBD's transformation. Velric had been one of those underlings, forced like the others to do BBD's bidding through the blue, rune-covered bracelets they wore. But after some long, hard experimenting he finally broke free, and help distract BBD while Kryalla was delivering the decisive blow. However, Gutt Man and Myrnien are still under bracelet control, following the limitations and specifications the magic on them demands. Myrnien is still trying to use her unusual dreaming powers to remove the bracelet, but has yet to meet with success. Meanwhile, Kaalzic has hired a gang to watch out for Myrnien, or anyone else with the same kind of bracelet. And Tarkyn has returned, looking for any of the old group, though he doesn't seem much like his former self. [DS] Submitted by: Mike Sander The thread essentially started when Arcania Dorval gave Velric the DarkSeed. Out of this, Velric gets more power than he's ever had, enough to counteract the curse of aging backwards that he had long had. But Arcania doesn't give something for nothing, and thus the DarkSeed is slowly corrupting Velric to follow her obediently. So far though, Velric has maintained his will, largely resisting the call of the 'Seed. But there were two areas he could not resist: first in creating some servants for himself, and second in freeing -- and torturing -- BBD. Velric now controls Bek, and totally enjoys the "revenge". Meanwhile in Generica, Kryalla Simuel discovered the presence of some kind of demon, and an ally in the form of Karadin Redbane. The two went off to discuss what they might be able to do about this new possible threat to Generica, only to be surprised by the arrival of Emrikol, who had been Arcania's prisoner until very recently. [MI] Submitted by: Aaron Humphrey Alfvaen awoke in Luthor's home Shadehaven to find himself in the presence of the god Azpiazu. Alfvaen had been in a coma ever since the Demon Queen of Spiders placed a blockage in Azpiazu's power flow (Alfaven is actually a dead spirit brought to a semblance of life by an amulet provided by Azpiazu), and now Azpiazu wanted Alfvaen to fixt it. Alfvaen went to MI Headquarters to see if Moriarty could be any help. He wasn't, having taken on other responsibilities in Alfvaen's absence, but he recommended Alfvaen go see 'Raelf and gave him a message on another matter to take to the Lighthouse. Shortly after Alfvaen left, Fire showed up and wanted to hire Moriarty to find out who her parents were. He agreed to take the case, setting Queriche on it. Alfaven and Azpiazu visited 'Raelf at his Lighthouse. There, Azpiazu forced 'Raf to fulfill his heart's Desire, so Azpiazu was moved into Alfvaen's amulet, they were given a map to find the blockage, and referred to someone named rook... [Ornigan] Submitted by Aaron Humphrey Ornigan, third and youngest son of the Count of Maybold, receives a letter from his middle brother that their father is ill and may die soon, and entreating him to return. Unbeknownest to him, he wears an amulet that originates from Thorn, Archmage of Politics, through which Thorn can perceive, and to some extent control, his actions. Thorn believes that Ornigan knows the location of the secret labs of his ancestor, Count Ornigan IV, a mage of great power and infamy from two centuries past, and is willing to do anything to obtain the power they promise. Meanwhile, a mage named Draxil Mandobar and his apprentice Dasha are about to arrive in Generica to give a talk at the Mage Guild that will gain them not a few enemies... [SQ] Submitted by: Aaron Humphrey After arriving back in Generica at the conclusion of the [R] thread, Radan Tsran resolved to go back and find out what had happened to his friend Shade(sure, he'd gone overboard, but Shade wouldn't let that stop him). At a party at Karl's, Mistletoe, Maleiu, Brownen, and Angus agreed to return to help. Radan said he would get a ship, and Brownen said they could take care of getting a captain. Radan met Delmara and took her back to his room at the Dragon's Inn, where she spent the night. ('Nuff said. :-) While Radan went out and got his ship ready, Mistloe, Maleiu, Brownen and Ornigan decided to break the pirate captain Remi out of jail. Alfvaen, who was investigating Ornigan under orders from Archmage Urcohea, joined them as Elstree, and fetched Queriche to help guide them. Along with the Kelsie, they made their way to the Cartographer's Guild where they found a map of the Gaps beneath Generica, including a possible entrance to the jail. That evening, the Kelsie journeyed into the Gaps and eventually found her way to a hidden exit to the jails. She freed Remi, and his first mate Vanshar whom he refused to leave behind. Unable to return the same way the Kelsie had entered, they were forced to pass through the territoy of the subterranean gang Six Feet Under, wreaking havoc on them in the process. After emerging from the Gaps, they were met by Maleiu and Brownen, and together they made their way to the Spitting Cobra, where Trawm had agreed to hide them for the night. The next morning, they made their way through Low City to the docks. Angus had one of his strange fits, and was attacked by a mob outside the Dragon's Inn. Mistletoe rescued him, and together they made their way to the docks as well. Unfortunately, Vanshar was recognized as they made their way to Radan's ship, the Crimson Moon, and the Seaguard converged on the ship. The Kelsie coaxed some air-sprites into the sails of the Crimson Moon, and they got a head start away from the Seaguard, who were hampered by the crowded harbour. Remi took over as captain, over the protests of the first mate, Blythe. Meanwhile, Shade was living in an aquatic kindgom rife with intrigue... We return to the story as they have reached the point where SHade disappeared. Radan, as the only prepared to survive underwater, is venturing down alone to find out what happened to Shade. He is captured by the aquatic kingdom; the Kelsie, in an attempt to follow him in dolphin form, is driven away and forced to return to the ship. Meanwhile, Remi and Vanshar are plotting to take control of the ship and return to a life of piracy... Radan made it to an undersea world, where he meets Shade and a none-too- friendly mage. Radan was taken "prisoner" and then questioned by thought prboe, and the Mage went off to get Shade, the Duke and his family, and start trouble on their world under the sea. While the ship is waiting for Radan's return, Remi has a private chat with Brownen in which he insinuates that Radan may not return, and that they can't wait for him forever, since the Seaguard may catch up with them. Further, he points out that they can't just go back to Generica without being thrown in jail, and that he would probably be hanged. ------------------------------------------- Ok, that's it for now. See you next week (Monday?) Mike Sander 344lwkc@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu