Assassins of Q-Synara

Chronoseptic Warning: You have entered into a lorespace from an alternate timeline, remaining here for too long threatens the multiverse. Chronepsis advises you to stay alert for any potential paradoxes that may occur, and to be aware that things here may not be what they seem in the Quelmar you usually know.

Assassins of Q-Synara is a campaign/short online adventure that sprung from playtesting the Sneerwell adventure from the Chronicles of Quelmar. It began on March 2023.

The campaign involves the alternate events of The Great Case for Secession of Sneerwell in 692PR. Only Chronepsis can tell us how and when this alternate reality split from the main timeline...

About

At the aftermath of King Kenneth Pendergras' murder, an unconventional group of heroes came together in search of his murderer. Their investigation led them to the trail of Zugs McFlair, a member of the assassin's of Synara guild, who were contracted by the Synara council to kill the King. During their investigation, they got caught up in the elections for the next King of Sneerwell. Only at the end they revealed that they were sympathizing with Darius and his democracy, but unfortunately their bid did not get through. Lora Pendergras, King Kenneth's "daughter" won the crown and the title of King.

The heroes were also involved in helping King Lora stopping a series of terrorists attacks throughout the city, as well as the freed mutated Chimera that they accidentally freed. They were named the Heroes of Sneerwell and a gala was to be had in their favor.

Player Characters

• Lady Aeskrit, the celebrity author and movie maker.
• Elektra Page, Esquire, the daredevil criminal lawyer.
• Sir Errevan of Sneerwell, the member of the Royal Guard.
• Dr Fievre, the "gremlin" doctor and dead bodies aficionado.

NPCs

Main NPCs that the PCs had significant interactions with:

• King Lora Pendergras
• Darius
• Montane Capella
• Samuel Pendergras
• Zugs McFlair

The Story So Far

(Session#1) The Heroes of Sneerwell received their invitations to the gala held in their honor. Aeskrit, Elektra and Erevan show up and receive their medals of honor. Darius approaches them during the festivities, worried about Dr Fevre. He accuses him of murdering their prisoner Zugs McFlair using Lysanne's Tears. Darius mentions that there are a lot of rumors about the Doctor having been in the Seedy Tavern, declaring loudly murder against the prisoner due to King Lora's slow justice system. The three friends head to the tavern to track down their friend. Dr Fever is not there, but the patrons mention seeing him declaring murder a few nights ago, give money to the dwarf bard frequenting the Seedy Tavern and entering the sewers behind the Pendergras Industry Warehouses the night before.

(Session#2) The Heroes realized that the situation will only be clarified if they encountered the Doctor. Conveniently enough, the doctor showed up at the doorstep of the Seedy Tavern. His reaction to all of the rumors was that of denial; in fact he was trying to figure out who was framing him. As soon as he saw the bard, he singled him out as the source. A pub fight later they had managed to corner the dwarf and interrogate him. The bard was very scared, he had been threatened with his life by a person named Leonardo. Leonardo could freely obtain the form of any person he wanted, and he pretended to be the Gremlin. Apparently, he was heading to the Padlock Gang's lair. Unenthusiastically, the Heroes headed to the sewers once again. There they found quite a few dead bodies, a few assassins (that they swiftly took care of) and the dead body of Father Hawerick. Without many people alive, the Doctor proposed to host them (including a few dead and unconscious bodies) at his home till dawn.

(Session#3) The combined efforts of the Heroes (including Aeskrit in the form of kangaroo) transported everything they got to the Doctor's house by the cemetery. There, they spend the night and had dried animal meat for breakfast; Dr Fievre reassured them that he only sells the dried humanoid meat to the Evil Creatures Market (ECM). After they got over their... disgust for the Gremlin's side hustle, they interrogated the alive assassin. Under the influence of the zone of truth, he revealed a few important details about the Assassins of Synara: they were hired by the Synaran Collective to influence the elections for the King. The Collective has powerful patrons and members who include King James of Synara and Montane Capella. After inquiring how they can join them (at their headquarters in Deeplake) and a self inflicted injury they argued amongst each other for his fate. Errevan won the argument and they escorted the assassin to prison with Gremlin's laundry basket over his head.

House Rules

Following most of DnD 5e rules.