Qandela Obscura/The Story So Far

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The Story So Far

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Arc One - The Illusionist and the Alchemist

Assignment #1 - 12/02/23 "The Devil's Well."

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Assignment #2 - 12/16 "The Light Eater of Bridleborn"

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Characters: Piers, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, Nesta Acheron, Elizabeth Nightshade

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

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Assignment #4 - 12/31 - "The Night Plays On"

Session Tags: #NewYearParty

Characters: Steve, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, Orla Martinez, Warren

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

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Assignment #5 - 1/13/2024 - "Extra Credit"

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Characters: Piers Corden, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, Lula V, Steve Corden

GM: @jontheteach (JonTheTeach)

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Assignment # 6- 1/20- “The Hand That Feeds”

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Characters: Piers, Weasel, James, Tess, Laurence Awrkright

GM: @OGFlaya (Matt)

Important NPCs: Anthony Romano, Michael Romano, Maggy Ferguson, Martin Ferguson

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: Human/phenomenon hybrid

District/Locations: South Soffit, Nine Irons, The Sidle

Important Things that Happened: Notorious mob enforcer and racketeer, Tommy Romano, was murdered by Martin Ferguson. A member of a family of mob enforcers possessing unique abilities due to being to having phenomenon intermingling in their blood line long ago in their ancestry. The youngest of the Ferguson's, Maggy had fallen in love with Tommy's nephew and the scion of the Romano crime family, Michael. The investigators diligently found, through an examination of Tommy's body in the city morgue that he was murdered, that he had been murdered rather than the purported suicide that that the Periphery was trying to say his death was. During a climactic confrontation with Martin and a flock of eldritch birds under his command, the investigators helped Maggy and Michael flee the city and place Martin into Grayslate Sanatorium for safe keeping and protection from the Romano family. The rest of the Ferguson clan watched as their son was taken into custody but did not end their relationship with Romano.

Assignment #8 - 2/9 - "The Ancient Tomb of His Bride"

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Characters: Piers Corden, Steve Corden, Thomas MacCallum, Madge

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

Important NPCs: Jean Hawkeye

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered:

1. Mr. Malcolms Alchemical Reference Guide (+1 Focus on rolls that have to do with alchemy or magick)
2. Morphine Vial (Soak 1 Body, 1 use)
3. Phosphenes' Lights (Handheld illuminators that produce a glow only the holder can see)
4. Smelling Salts (Soak 1 Brain, 1 use)

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Assignment #12 - 3/2 - "Auction Victors"

Session Tags: #Auction

Characters: Steve Corden, Lizzy Nightshade, Weasel, Silas Heartwood, Laura Grant

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

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Assignment #15 - 3/23 - "The Allure of Perpetual Beauty"

Session Tags: Characters: Steve Corden, Silas Heartwood, Tess Henry, Warren Baxter, Laura Grant

GM: @wardenwinter (Talia)

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Assignment #16 - 3/27 - "Under the Truth"

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Characters: Piers Corden, Steve Corden, Silas Heartwood, Tess Henry, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, Nesta Acheron,

GM: @jontheteach (JonTheTeach)

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Assignment #17 - 4/6 - "The Kingdom in the Steel"

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Characters: Steve Corden, Silas Heartwood, Lizzy Nightshade, Madge, Laura Grant

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

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Assignment #18 - 4/13 - "The Gem to Persuade the Unwilling"

Session Tags: Characters: Steve Corden, Piers Corden, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, Nesta Achron, Montana Jack

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

Important NPCs: THE TWINS, Gio

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: The Gem

District/Locations: The Steel, EONs Headquarter

Important Things that Happened: Steve gets kidnapped opps.

Assignment #19 - 4/27 - "The Prince’s Final Curtain"

Session Tags: Characters: Steve Corden, Piers Corden, James, Lincoln Renfield-Murray, "Fives", Warren Baxter,

GM: @jaelthejust (Mercedes)

Important NPCs: Nathaniel

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Arc Two - The Herald and the Fang

Assignment #1 - 06/15/2024 "Toll the Dead"

Session Tags: Divine Herald, Ascendency

Characters: James by Margarita, Gin Reynolds by Julia, Jamie Hayes by Amal,

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Important NPCs: Imelda Frances, Victor Jenkins the DEAD Divine Herald, Mr. Woods

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: List of next Divine Herald

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6 months after what happened in the theater has passed, newspapers has talked about :

1. A deadly sickness, the dead rash, with symptoms of oozing red rashes on limps, cough, and fever. It effected 30% of population. Some people just… don’t get it.
2. Recent death of the Divine Herald.

Candela was called by Ascendancy when Cardinal Reynolds, and Cardinal Zeroth died after ineracting with the Divine Herald corpse. Candela investigators went to shiverline to talk to holy mother

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investigators found:

1. Bleed on body and the face itself. Not coming from the mask.
2. Mask will let the soul out. Mask is fixed to face, will be hard to take off.
3. MAKEUP ON HERALD.  A specific woman does this. Leslie Daulphin.
4. THERE IS. AT THE BASE OF THE HERALD NECK. An incision mark. NO BLOOD? connected to the artery. The blood is poisoned, they knew its gonna be removed. 

/—/ Baxter the head of OUP came by and stopped Candela's investigation

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The team found this list for interviews. THIS IS FOR NEW HERALD DIVINE.

Aarons, Sawyer (Cardinal in the Eves districts), Howard, Levins,

Fournier(not familiar to GIN? Who is this? Not usual surname for new-faire)

They also found a necklace that has a bleed, this necklace is used by the hauled and high ranking church members. The team didn't touch or take the necklace.

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The team headed to Melody Wildes house in the sidle. WILDES Melody is new to the area, moved from the west. Lacroix, moved from there. Family is a refuge. Dad started the funeral business from Mister woods. Brother and husband live upstairs. Dad is old now.

The team went together to the house of grief, Melody is frozen in place, when approached, the team noticed a pair of puncture marks on the side of her neck. Not like the herald, this is more of….. bite…. Two teeth?

Picture of her and a man. They are shaken hands, this is Mr. Woods. He seems happy and sure. She looked…. Off.

Someone sneaking inside? The team try to hide from them, the older gentleman is now here. Asks why she’s here. She looks nervous talking to what it can be seen now as Mr. wood?

Mr. Woods, has the same bleed as melody, STRONGER. So strong. It radiates from him.

After going to his Mind Palace, Jamie figured out that Melody is under control from Mr. Woods. He must have been the one to miss with the makeup. When Gin left the house of grief, she noticed Mr. Woods watching the team at the top of the building…..

Assignment #2 - 06/15/2024 "The Ruby Rapture"

Session Tags: Red Rash, Fangs

Characters: Lizzy (Talia), Gideon (Nick), Luliana (Emma), Henry (Geoff), and Gin (Julia)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: Harris/Lawrence, Pensive the Cat, Lorenzo of the Ruby Rapture, the Fanged Creature that Attacked Lizzy

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: Pensive the Fanged Cat

District/Locations: Red Lamp, South Soffit

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• A worker from the Ruby Rapture has been sick an abnormal amount of time, neck still red, violent outbursts
• A doctor came to visit his home while he was sick and performed "blood letting", his roommate said it was A LOT of blood and the doctor didn't clean up
• The cat lapped up some of the blood and now also showing violent outbursts
• The doctor gave an address and contact to Lawrence's roommate in case he needed more info. He went to the address during the day and found nothing
• Going at night, they found strange symbols and then were attacked by a fanged woman who when shot, survived and ran away.
• Later, the symbols were discovered to mean "Feed"

Assignment #3 - 06/21/2024 “The Last Lightkeeper of Seasway"

Session Tags: Eldritch Horror, City of the Resplendent , Local Legends

Characters: Tara (Sarah), Malory Harper (Matt), Cedric (Sam), Alexander (Jon), Mara (Anna)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: The Lightkeeper's Doll, Gherman the Last Lightkeeper

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: The Lightkeeper's Doll

District/Locations: Seasway

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• There is an underwater city in the Glass Sea
• The People of Seasway seemed to be under some kind of hypnosis
• They are desperate to show you 'The Great One'
• The Lighthouse is destroyed and empty on the bottom
• At the top of the Lighthouse, Gherman has destroyed his entrance to the Pharos
• He begs to keep the Doll safe
• On the West side of the Island, the investigators see the remains of the Great One
• The child of the Great one waits to feast
• The investigators take barrels of oil and molotov cocktails to the child of the Great One
• While it feasts on the hypnotized villagers, the investigators fight it until it dies

Assignment #4 - 06/22/2024 "Interview with a Deaconess"

Session Tags: Knight of the Pyre, the Pyre, the Ascendency

Characters: Alexandria, Gideon, Jamie, Amaranth

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: Baxter White, Ariel Kelly, Diego Parris, Lorelei Pennywhistle

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District/Locations: The Sidle

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• A Deaconess is being held by the OUP after her brother Reggie called them when he found her missing
• The Deaconess touched an artifact and ended up gaining telekinesis and the Pyre wanted to kill her for it
• While interviewing her and trying to plan a way to help her escape, a knight of the Pyre appeared to kill her.

-- We met the knight of the pyre for the first time! Diego Parris.

-- Deaconess Lorelei was killed by him tho sad ):

Assignment #5 - 06/26/2024 "Something Different About You"

Session Tags: Developers.

Characters: Gin Reynolds (Julia), Lulianna Vaerstrom (Emma), Malory “Mal” Harper (Matt), Tara Lloyd (Sarah), Alexandria Aquino (Aerin), Cedric Margrave (Sam)

GM: Jon

Important NPCs: Set VII Experiment I

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: None

District/Locations: The Steel

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• Investigators entered an abandoned factory and immediately felt off
• A mixture of pain, anguish, joy and malice were felt on the walls
• Bleed was felt from a hallway, and the door opened itself mysteriously
• A scream was heard from within the building, and the team began to look for the source
• They entered the hallway, which had several decomposing bodies of developers
• The end of the hallway had an odd green light, and a man was seen standing there
  • He began approaching the group, rambling somewhat
  • Dr. Aquino approached him, with Lulianna also offering a way to help
  • He responded with "I am Perfection" and snapped the neck of the Doctor
• The rest of the crew unloaded and retreated, then leveling the building on top of the experiment

Assignment #6 - 07/06/2024 "Petals of Protection"

Session Tags: The Cure, Owl Wain, Local Legends

Characters: Gideon (Nick), Mal (Matt), Amaranth (Anna), Luliana (Emma)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: The Owl Wain

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: Timely Iris

District/Locations: Scarlet Woods / Bridleborn

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• The investigators are sent to retrieve timely iris to assist with making a cure for the fanged disease and red rash
• Scarlet runners are seen traveling this edge of the wood, tell you of a local legend of a ghost who requires you to be silent or she'll kill you
• When entering the area, if any sound is made, the investigators are quite immediately met with an attack of owls and among the owls, they see a young girl in a large feathery cloak, commanding the owls
• The young girl approaches when the investigators are brought to the ground but they all manage to get away to the Iris field
• They gather Iris and find a smugglers crate buried inside that contains the body of a young child, they think the same age as the Owl Wain's spirit appears. It is wearing a similar but less feathery cloak
• When leaving, the group attempts to console the Owl Wain. The Wain is distraught when Mara sings her the song and then when she goes to cry, she covers her mouth to keep herself quiet
• The investigators leave as the Wain is distracted and no longer attacking them.

Assignment #7 - 07/07/2024 "Assisting the Gumshoe"

Session Tags: The Ascendancy, The Pyre, Fangs, Dive Herald, Knight of the Pyre

Characters: Lizzy (Talia), Tara (Sarah), Father Lorrian (Keller), Jamie (Amal), and Gin (Julia)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs:Jonathan Aarons, Sister Fournier

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District/Locations: Shriveline, Briar Green, South Soffit

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-- The people from the List are now dying! The team believes someone not on the list are killing them to benefit someone who is on the list.

-- Jamie Dies!

-- Candela managed to save the future Divine Herald!

Assignment #8 - 07/14/2024 "The Crimson River"

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Characters: Mal Harper (Matt), Amaranth Cyrus (Anna), Tara (Sarah)

GM: Nick

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Assignment #9 - 07/17/2024 "We Can Take Your Pain"

Session Tags: Developers

Characters: Mal (Matt), Tess Henry (Mercedes), Gideon (Nick), Verity Leòn (Aerin), Amaranth Cyprus (Anna)

GM: Jon

Important NPCs: Set VII Experiment II

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: None

District/Locations: Briar Green

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• The party arrived at the college campus, trying to understand what happened
• Used bleed detectors to find the source of the phenomenon
  • It was determined to be the dormitory building
• The investigators entered and felt cold oppression and it got worse the higher they went
• As investigators spread out through the building, each began to see images of their fears.
• These fears pulled them towards the top floor, or sent them away depending on the person
• Eventually, the group saw the experiment on the third floor, and he feasted on their fear and found it delicious
• He wanted to feast on more than just fear, and turned to advance on the group
  • They immediately opened fire as he tried to get closer, but he managed to get close
• He was wounded severely, retreating through a rift in the Flare

Assignment #10 - 07/19/2024 “The New Divine Herald"

Session Tags: Divine Herald, The Ascendancy, Red Rash, Quarantine, Fangs, Vampyre

Characters: Gideon (Nick), Tara (Sarah), Father Lorrian (Keller), Gin (Julia), Mal (Matt)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: Divine Herald Siobhan Fournier

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: Vampyre Dust

District/Locations: The Shriveline, South Soffit

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• The new Divine Herald states there will be a quarantine of South Soffit (indefinite), as well as a two-week hold on Hallowharbor, The Steel, and Red Lamp
• Desperate to find the reason behind the Red Rash, the investigators head to ground zero, South Soffit, before the midnight Quarantine begins
• In Gin's church in South Soffit, a few of those with the long version Red Rash state they got it from a soup kitchen where they saw the Divine Herald when she was just a Cardinal
• They are approached by a pair of doctors looking for those with long-lasting Red Rash to "assist" them
• Gin recognizes them as fanged creatures, like what attacked Lizzy
• They kill the pair, using symbols of the Ascendancy or a Ghostblade to turn them to dust
• They go the hospital the pair represented and find a "Vampyre Nursery" with a Nursery worker there, overseeing 5 newborns preparing to wake and 5 sedated humans, ready to be feasted on when the newborns awake
• The journal from the Vampyre Nursery states that they were going to wake up in 3 days. It takes 5 days fully from bite to awaking.
• The investigators kill the Nursery Worker but not until they learn from him that the Divine Herald is a High Priestess from Lacroix, where she is known as the Countess Fournier
• She brought the Red Rash to Newfaire to show the vampyres who will be the most susceptible to being turned into a vampyre vs. who will be the food for those new vampyres

Assignment #11 - 07/27/2024 "The Owl Wain"

Session Tags: Local Legends, Owl Wain, The Cloud, The Cure, Player Catalyst

Characters: Lizzy (Talia), Verity (Aerin), Gio (Amal), Gin (Julia), and Gideon (Nick)

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: Owl Wain

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: Timely Iris

District/Locations: Scarlet Wood, Bridleborn Mountains

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• The investigators returned to put the Owl Wain to rest and also seek out more timely Iris
• They take a side road and find a cloud that is giving off bleed
• The cloud feels like it is watching them and then it creates a dust devil and slurps up a pair of wild stallions before dispensing the bones and blood in front of them
• Going back to the main road, they find the Owl Wain and use the nursery rhyme song about her to plea to her and Gideon uses a spirit board to have her speak without speaking
• She tells them she has to be quiet because of Pa and she is afraid of the passing Smuggler wagons
• The riders on the wagon tell the investigators of a man who used to have his children travel with him and was unkind to them if they were not quiet and one by one the children went missing before the man retired because no one would work with him
• The investigators find the box with the Owl Wain's body, Gin performing her last rites and her spirit being laid to rest. On the Box they see the name Hildebrand and a location
• Going to the location, they find a cabin and inside, the body of the man, Hildebrand. The evidence shows he was murdered by his eldest daughter's fiance after she told him they couldn't be married because her father was refusing to let her go.
• The investigator's find the Owl Wain's room and her name before she became legend, Mary.
• Her eldest sister, Vanessa, seems to have escaped with her fiance.
• There is a third bed with the name Alyssa on it. The investigators find no evidence to lead them to her demise.
• Heading back, they have adequate amounts of Timely Iris

Assignment #12 - 07/30/2024 "The Sunken City"

Session Tags: City of the Resplendent, Eldritch Horror, Local Legends

Characters: Gideon, Mal, Mara, Tara, Alex

GM: Mercedes

Important NPCs: The Resplendent One, Alex's Visitor

Phenomenon/Artifact Recovered: The Gift of the Resplendent One

District/Locations: The Glass Sea

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• The Investigators delved into the sea to find the city lost below
• In the Glass sea, they found what was once an island town now sunken and still inhabited
• The Glimmers are jellyfish like folk who were gifted their undersea bodies by their goddess, the Resplendent One
• The Glimmers share with Alex and Mallory that they found the Resplendent One by digging in a well that brought forth the gift.
• The gift works like oil, but uses much less to burn brightly
• They heard singing at the bottom of the well and went on a campaign to dig until they could find *her*
• The resplendent one, uncovered, pulled the village of Anchorwash down to be with her in the ocean
• The glimmers take the investigators to see the Resplendent one who they have chained because she threatened to leave them. The investigators can tell she is not truly locked in place though, but playing along with her followers.
• Alex is called to take some of the Resplendent Gift but breaks free of it at the last moment
• Gideon uses the Aetherstone to force the Glimmers back when they try to force Alex, but as it harms the Glimmers, it angers the Resplendent One who frees herself from her bonds to chase the investigators away.

Assignment #13 - 08/03/2024 "The Fanged"

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Assignment #14 - 08/09/2024 "Happily Ever After"

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Assignment #15 - 011/2024 "Shadow Protocols"

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GM: Matt

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Assignment #16 - 08/17/2024 "Missing Persons"

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Assignment #17 - 08/18/2024 "Engines of Compromise"

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Assignment #18 - 08/20/2024 "We Move in the Dark"

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Assignment #19 - 08/25/2024 "The Healing Church"

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Assignment #20 - 08/27/2024 "Blood-Starved Beasts"

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Assignment #21 - 09/04/2024 "... vestus ardeat debet"

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Assignment #22 - 09/12/2024 "Where My Brother Rests"

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Assignment #23 - 09/14/2024 "The First Lightkeeper of LaCroix"

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