The epic conclusion! Charlemagne’s army comes under treacherous attack in the Vale of Thorns, and our intrepid heroes earn their place in the pantheon of legends.
This session was run literally right after Larkins and Desiree got back from attending Greg Stafford’s memorial in Berkeley, and they brought back some of the same fun, chaotic energy that always surrounded Greg. In this, our penultimate session of this campaign arc, we bounce through a wild Winter Phase and begin tying up loose ends in an abbreviated but satisfying session revolving around Bradamant’s search for decent husband material.
After a year of fussin’ & feudin’, the rival Claremont and Baldwin clans assemble under the watchful eye of Charlemagne, who has brought in his lifelong friend Ganelon to work out a long-term solution for peace. But will everyone go along with the plan?
We raise a glass to Greg Stafford and his legacy at the top of the session, then take on the final act of the the first adventure out of the Paladin Scenarios book, “The Gardens of Fortune.”
An action-packed session sees jousts, judicial combats, enchanted fountains, magical rings, enchanted weapons, tense standoffs, and earnest debates on the nature of honor and justice. Oh, and someone goes mad and runs off into the woods!
An abbreviated session this week, owing to the Order convening its very own real-life Michaelmas feast! (See the link to our food blog below for pictures.) In the end, we had just enough time to get through Winter Phase for 774 and tease an intro for the following year’s adventure.
We pick up where we left off last time, with a Saxon attack on the frontier village of Fritzlar imminent and help on the way from Mort. Can the rest of our heroic knights survive long enough to see the light once again?
After a particularly juicy winter phase, we move into the year with an exorcism and a dangerous mission to Saxony—in other words, a pretty tame year for the Baldwin clan.
Charlemagne’s armies march south once more to Lombardy, risking the hazardous Alps yet again—with bloody consequences for our knights…and yet more surprises await outside the walls of Verona…
Bradamant becomes a knight, but Avissa remains the lady-knight to watch this year as she works towards fulfilling her outré ambition, culminating in an unforgettable Good Friday at Reims.
