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==Significant Events== | ==Significant Events== | ||
− | ===Late 1400: Unseasonable | + | ===Late 1400: Unseasonable weather in Wydmoor region=== |
− | * | + | * 1400 Harvest(?)-Wintercusp: unseasonably cold icy rains |
− | ** | + | ** Centered on Iros Forge |
− | ** | + | ** Buildup of snow and ice significantly disrupted travel in region |
− | ** [[Mose]] detected that the | + | ** [[Mose]] detected that the ice and snow were 'somewhat evil' |
− | * Weather ends in Whitefall, and temperatures immediately plummets | + | * 1400 Wintercusp-Whitefall: Weather turns unseasonably warm |
− | ** Road to Iros Forge remains impassible due to cold | + | ** Buildup of ice/snow leads to immediate flooding |
+ | ** Severs ties to Iros Forge completely, washing out roads and bridges | ||
+ | * Warmth ends in Whitefall, and temperatures immediately plummets | ||
+ | ** Road to Iros Forge remains impassible due to road damage and cold/snow | ||
** Occurs immediately after the party clears the [[Tomb of the Barbarian King]] | ** Occurs immediately after the party clears the [[Tomb of the Barbarian King]] | ||
** Seemingly no correlation between barbarian mummy and rain | ** Seemingly no correlation between barbarian mummy and rain | ||
− | * Significance | + | * Significance + speculation |
− | ** Iros forge is a significant source of Wydmoor's economic strength | + | ** Iros forge is a significant source of Wydmoor's economic strength and military equipment |
− | ** Odessans are | + | ** As a naval power, Odessans have strong weather [[Ship's Wizards|mages]] |
+ | ** Cold would have stifled Iros Forge natural resources (food, etc) | ||
+ | ** Following rains would have cut them off from support from the City, and allowed a takeover to operate in secret | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Late 1400: Political instability in Wydmoor Free City=== | ||
+ | * Edrell's ascension to Captain of the guard | ||
+ | ** Apparently outsider in Wydmoor | ||
+ | ** Disrupts a figure loyal to the Mayor | ||
+ | ** Election supported by poor and funded by Thieves' Guild | ||
+ | * Tensions regarding tax collection | ||
+ | ** [[Wydmoor City Guard|City guard]], particularly under the jurisdiction of [[Fenn Lynrick]] in the merchant ward, are not adequately collecting Mayor's taxes | ||
+ | ** Mayor's men disguise themselves as guards and "collect taxes" | ||
+ | ** Frequent conflicts between city guards and mayor's men | ||
+ | * Murder of mayor's men | ||
+ | ** [[Germain]] and some guardsmen ambush and subdue Mayor's men | ||
+ | ** Mayor's men turn up dead the next day--Germain didn't kill them! Swear to Alexandria! | ||
+ | ** Men suggested that the Mayor's wrath would be "severe" since Germain stopped them | ||
+ | * Significance + speculation | ||
+ | ** Events were a considerable disruption in Wydmoor defensive structures | ||
+ | ** Much easier to launch an offensive on Wydmoor in its current state | ||
+ | ** Thieves received some extra leeway from Edrell after election | ||
+ | ** Thieves also stood to gain from conflict between guard and mayor--did they antagonize it? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Whitefall 1400: Wydmoor fire=== | ||
+ | * Fire in the Wydmoor slums | ||
+ | ** Arson sparked a fire that destroyed most of the eastern part of the city--namely slums | ||
+ | ** The cities poor, who were the support base of the [[Edrell Odenthorpe|current captain of the guard]], were largely ejected from the city | ||
+ | ** Led to seizure of slum land by the mayor and the suspension of many economic laws | ||
+ | * Diaspora of Wydmoor's poor | ||
+ | ** Mayor refuses to waive entrance tax, keeping the poor outside the city | ||
+ | ** Areas around Wydmoor full of refugee camps | ||
+ | ** Harsh winter leads to heavy casualties | ||
+ | * Significance + speculation | ||
+ | ** Considerable political incentive for the Mayor to cause this fire | ||
+ | ** However, also incentive for the invaders to start it and confuse blame | ||
+ | ** Destabilized the cities main internal defenders--the city guard | ||
+ | ** Refugees could be a considerable complication defending the city, and may even be a source of discontents that could join or aid the Odessans | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Date Unknown: Capture of Iros Forge=== | ||
+ | * Iros Forge, west of Wydmoor, is captured by a presumably Odessan force | ||
+ | ** The roads were unavailable for some time, so no one noticed when it happened | ||
+ | ** We found the place badly damaged but apparently operational, holding a large army flying odessan banners | ||
+ | * Significance and speculation | ||
+ | ** When the bad whether cleared, emissaries from the forge arrived for the mayor. It should have already fallen by this point. Why? | ||
+ | ** Iros Forge is a significant source of income for major Wydmoor figures | ||
+ | ** It is also a source of powerful [[Red Iron]], a high grade military metal | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Heavenfall 1401: Wydmoor assassinations=== | ||
+ | * While the party was investigating Iros forge, there was a coordinated wave of assassinations in Wydmoor | ||
+ | ** Successful assassinations of the Bank treasurer and many City Councilmen | ||
+ | ** Survivors: Edrell, Dandrell, Theodora, Calvis Wydsomme | ||
+ | ** Bog Wraiths not targeted | ||
+ | * Took out much of the city's elite | ||
+ | ** Again, considerably weakens Wydmoor's internal structure | ||
+ | ** Appears to have been executed by the same hobgoblin/odessan perpetrators of the Iros Forge takeover | ||
+ | * Speculation + Significance | ||
+ | ** Clearly part of the invasion | ||
+ | ** City council seems to have been the most vulnerable--is it significant that the mayor survived? | ||
+ | ** Requires a lot of expert knowledge of Wydmoor--did it have inside help? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==People and Organizations of Interest== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Odessa]]=== | ||
+ | * Mixed force flying Odessan banners that has taken over Iros Forge and is marching on Wydmoor | ||
+ | ** Considerable number of Hobgoblins in the force--Hobgobland is on the Odessan/Wydmoor border | ||
+ | ** May have also seen a character of Elvish decent--elves and Odessans have a relatively close relationship | ||
+ | ** Not entirely sure how the force is affiliated with Odessa | ||
+ | ** Why are they working with Hobgoblins? | ||
+ | * Inside support from Wydmoor | ||
+ | ** Some actions, especially the assassinations, would probably require insider knowledge | ||
+ | ** Significant disorder in Wydmoor leading to attack could be a coincidence, but it probably isn't | ||
+ | ** Multiple suspect groups/people could be aiding them, and are discussed below | ||
+ | * Iros Forge takeover | ||
+ | ** Almost certainly aided by unusual weather patterns--probably by weather mages | ||
+ | ** After the rain, some people left iros forge to report to wydmoor--mayor's men + others? | ||
+ | ** These people must have been Odessan agents? | ||
+ | * Assassinations in Wydmoor | ||
+ | ** Carried out in part by hobgoblins--how did they get into the city? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Calvis Wydsomme]]=== | ||
+ | * We originally attributed most of the Wydmoor problems to him | ||
+ | ** Mayor's men seemed more afraid of their boss than Germain when he subdued them | ||
+ | ** Slum fire served his political agenda in his confrontation with Sheriff Edrell | ||
+ | * Some reason to suspect involvement with Odessans | ||
+ | ** Fire also weakened the cities defenses | ||
+ | ** With many of the city council removed, he may be able to put more in office | ||
+ | ** His agents from Iros Forge must have come after the Odessan occupation | ||
+ | * Dead, and probably not the mole given how scared he was when he was killed | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Edrell Odenthorpe]]=== | ||
+ | * Source of a significant amount of political instability in the city | ||
+ | ** His arrival stirred up conflict between the Mayor and the guard | ||
+ | ** Allied with the Thieves' Guild to secure his own power, although it seems this relationship has soured | ||
+ | * Has certainly grown considerably in power and authority as a result of the assassinations | ||
+ | * Personal reasons to suspect that he did not plan this course of events | ||
+ | ** Sad, drunken nadir in Germain's apartment | ||
+ | ** Crusade against the guild, which resulted in decent lost holdings for the guild, indicates that their relationship is over for reals | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Wydmoor Thieves' Guild]]=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Naprid]]=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Rolf Hemsley]]=== | ||
+ | * Former City Magius | ||
+ | * Was in charge of establishing firebreak during Wydmoor Fire. Kept fire only to the warrens and poor areas. | ||
+ | * Was in charge of the city water supply | ||
+ | * Fled the city near the time of the first Mayor assassination attempt | ||
+ | * Odessan forces had intimate knowledge of city's water supply mechanisms and weaknesses | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===[[Wydmoor Bank]]=== | ||
+ | * Major player in the city, but one we know little to nothing about | ||
+ | * Little is known about the impact of this attack on them | ||
+ | ** Bank treasurer was killed in the assassinations | ||
+ | * Have lent a considerable amount of money to the Odessan King! |
Latest revision as of 00:53, 3 May 2011
The Odessan Invasion is a series of events leading up to an Odessan attack on Wydmoor Free City in 1401 Heavenfall. It covers a wide range of events with speculative ties to the takeover of Iros Forge and assassinations in Wydmoor, starting with the unseasonably warm weather and flooding of 1400 Wintercusp/Whitefall.
Significant Events
Late 1400: Unseasonable weather in Wydmoor region
- 1400 Harvest(?)-Wintercusp: unseasonably cold icy rains
- Centered on Iros Forge
- Buildup of snow and ice significantly disrupted travel in region
- Mose detected that the ice and snow were 'somewhat evil'
- 1400 Wintercusp-Whitefall: Weather turns unseasonably warm
- Buildup of ice/snow leads to immediate flooding
- Severs ties to Iros Forge completely, washing out roads and bridges
- Warmth ends in Whitefall, and temperatures immediately plummets
- Road to Iros Forge remains impassible due to road damage and cold/snow
- Occurs immediately after the party clears the Tomb of the Barbarian King
- Seemingly no correlation between barbarian mummy and rain
- Significance + speculation
- Iros forge is a significant source of Wydmoor's economic strength and military equipment
- As a naval power, Odessans have strong weather mages
- Cold would have stifled Iros Forge natural resources (food, etc)
- Following rains would have cut them off from support from the City, and allowed a takeover to operate in secret
Late 1400: Political instability in Wydmoor Free City
- Edrell's ascension to Captain of the guard
- Apparently outsider in Wydmoor
- Disrupts a figure loyal to the Mayor
- Election supported by poor and funded by Thieves' Guild
- Tensions regarding tax collection
- City guard, particularly under the jurisdiction of Fenn Lynrick in the merchant ward, are not adequately collecting Mayor's taxes
- Mayor's men disguise themselves as guards and "collect taxes"
- Frequent conflicts between city guards and mayor's men
- Murder of mayor's men
- Germain and some guardsmen ambush and subdue Mayor's men
- Mayor's men turn up dead the next day--Germain didn't kill them! Swear to Alexandria!
- Men suggested that the Mayor's wrath would be "severe" since Germain stopped them
- Significance + speculation
- Events were a considerable disruption in Wydmoor defensive structures
- Much easier to launch an offensive on Wydmoor in its current state
- Thieves received some extra leeway from Edrell after election
- Thieves also stood to gain from conflict between guard and mayor--did they antagonize it?
Whitefall 1400: Wydmoor fire
- Fire in the Wydmoor slums
- Arson sparked a fire that destroyed most of the eastern part of the city--namely slums
- The cities poor, who were the support base of the current captain of the guard, were largely ejected from the city
- Led to seizure of slum land by the mayor and the suspension of many economic laws
- Diaspora of Wydmoor's poor
- Mayor refuses to waive entrance tax, keeping the poor outside the city
- Areas around Wydmoor full of refugee camps
- Harsh winter leads to heavy casualties
- Significance + speculation
- Considerable political incentive for the Mayor to cause this fire
- However, also incentive for the invaders to start it and confuse blame
- Destabilized the cities main internal defenders--the city guard
- Refugees could be a considerable complication defending the city, and may even be a source of discontents that could join or aid the Odessans
Date Unknown: Capture of Iros Forge
- Iros Forge, west of Wydmoor, is captured by a presumably Odessan force
- The roads were unavailable for some time, so no one noticed when it happened
- We found the place badly damaged but apparently operational, holding a large army flying odessan banners
- Significance and speculation
- When the bad whether cleared, emissaries from the forge arrived for the mayor. It should have already fallen by this point. Why?
- Iros Forge is a significant source of income for major Wydmoor figures
- It is also a source of powerful Red Iron, a high grade military metal
Heavenfall 1401: Wydmoor assassinations
- While the party was investigating Iros forge, there was a coordinated wave of assassinations in Wydmoor
- Successful assassinations of the Bank treasurer and many City Councilmen
- Survivors: Edrell, Dandrell, Theodora, Calvis Wydsomme
- Bog Wraiths not targeted
- Took out much of the city's elite
- Again, considerably weakens Wydmoor's internal structure
- Appears to have been executed by the same hobgoblin/odessan perpetrators of the Iros Forge takeover
- Speculation + Significance
- Clearly part of the invasion
- City council seems to have been the most vulnerable--is it significant that the mayor survived?
- Requires a lot of expert knowledge of Wydmoor--did it have inside help?
People and Organizations of Interest
Odessa
- Mixed force flying Odessan banners that has taken over Iros Forge and is marching on Wydmoor
- Considerable number of Hobgoblins in the force--Hobgobland is on the Odessan/Wydmoor border
- May have also seen a character of Elvish decent--elves and Odessans have a relatively close relationship
- Not entirely sure how the force is affiliated with Odessa
- Why are they working with Hobgoblins?
- Inside support from Wydmoor
- Some actions, especially the assassinations, would probably require insider knowledge
- Significant disorder in Wydmoor leading to attack could be a coincidence, but it probably isn't
- Multiple suspect groups/people could be aiding them, and are discussed below
- Iros Forge takeover
- Almost certainly aided by unusual weather patterns--probably by weather mages
- After the rain, some people left iros forge to report to wydmoor--mayor's men + others?
- These people must have been Odessan agents?
- Assassinations in Wydmoor
- Carried out in part by hobgoblins--how did they get into the city?
Calvis Wydsomme
- We originally attributed most of the Wydmoor problems to him
- Mayor's men seemed more afraid of their boss than Germain when he subdued them
- Slum fire served his political agenda in his confrontation with Sheriff Edrell
- Some reason to suspect involvement with Odessans
- Fire also weakened the cities defenses
- With many of the city council removed, he may be able to put more in office
- His agents from Iros Forge must have come after the Odessan occupation
- Dead, and probably not the mole given how scared he was when he was killed
Edrell Odenthorpe
- Source of a significant amount of political instability in the city
- His arrival stirred up conflict between the Mayor and the guard
- Allied with the Thieves' Guild to secure his own power, although it seems this relationship has soured
- Has certainly grown considerably in power and authority as a result of the assassinations
- Personal reasons to suspect that he did not plan this course of events
- Sad, drunken nadir in Germain's apartment
- Crusade against the guild, which resulted in decent lost holdings for the guild, indicates that their relationship is over for reals
Wydmoor Thieves' Guild
Naprid
Rolf Hemsley
- Former City Magius
- Was in charge of establishing firebreak during Wydmoor Fire. Kept fire only to the warrens and poor areas.
- Was in charge of the city water supply
- Fled the city near the time of the first Mayor assassination attempt
- Odessan forces had intimate knowledge of city's water supply mechanisms and weaknesses
Wydmoor Bank
- Major player in the city, but one we know little to nothing about
- Little is known about the impact of this attack on them
- Bank treasurer was killed in the assassinations
- Have lent a considerable amount of money to the Odessan King!