Bringing the Past to Light- Part One

Name: Bringing the Past to Light- Part One

Risk CoI
Cast: Markos cos Istorikos

Event Synopsis: Before Markos can begin to looks into opening a Museum, he needs to acquire some worthy artifacts. Holding a particular interest into one of the great rebellions in Essharan history, he's heard rumors from a contact that an abandoned Library in a long-since buried district in Nuburg holds the personal wartime journals of Eros Petaris, the perfect start to an exhibit on the Bastard's Rebellion. There's only one problem: the ruin is said to be haunted by a particularly nasty ghost; the spirit of Damikles of Korith, one of Eros' Generals during the rebellion.

Unique mechanics: There will be a unique manner in which I intend to handle if the manor is fully alerted in which they will accrue allertion points. At ten points the manor is alerted and they will have to fight through the houses guards to escape they can decrease the count as well. For every row for a check below a 2 will add a point of alert every row of six will decrease it. Every guard bribed will have a fifty-percent chance of doing one or the other. Every killed guard will increase add a permanent level of awareness.

Event: Within the district of Nuburg lies the imperial library, which once was the jewel of Esshar with the knowledge stored within. However, when the city was laid to ruin during the Bastards rebellion much of it was lost. Yet, stories remain of treasures long lost and forgotten within it's ruins.

The session will begin as the group has just arrived at the olden entrance of the Library, shambling and nearly destroyed they will be forced to figure out how to actually gain access to the olden building. While ruins lay all around the building's entrance and courtyard are mostly intact. Upon the doors in old Astayan is written the words "The Way Opens In It's Proper Time." a subtle hint towards the way to open the door. Out in the courtyard is an ancient sundial that has long since been obstructed by the collapsing buildings around the area. Blocking out the sun for most of the day.

If they can figure out the puzzle all they need to do is use a torch to set the sundial so that it thinks it's morning. Which is when any type of public building opens.

Next comes the central room which will have a catalog to browse at the entrance. Once that's done they'll find out the books there looking for are in the second floor which is just above them. However, as they start to head up the steps they hear the marching of armored boots. Lots of them, should they take cover they'll notice that outside the sun has started to set. Then it's revealed a battalion of Ghosts from the Bastards rebellion is taking places throughout the library.

Then they'll do a simple bit of sneaking using my stealth mechanics to see if they can sneak up to the second floor. If they can then they can skip the first fight on this floor. If not they'll end up having to battle the ghosts in a simple contest of d6's with higher rolls showing how well they do in the fight and lower one's how badly. A role of 1-2 will earn a temp during the battle.

On the third floor they'll navigate to the room where Eros' journals are stored. However, upon entering they are met with the ghost of Damikles of Korith reading the journals. He looks up to greet there entrance, her they can have a chat. They can convince him that they're Eros' magi come to claim his things as he pushed onto Osrona. That the war is over and he should move on. Or fight him and claim the journal.

Whichever options they take they'll find themselves with the journal and the sun rising. As it rises the ghosts vanish depending on choices they may vanish for good.

Rewards:
Eros' War-Time Journals (Unique Dev Item)
Soulsteel x 3 (Unique Material)
Amulet of Bastards (Unique Orichalcum Amulet with +1 Ether)-A sign of those apart of the Bastards Rebellion given out to his generals as a sign of faith.