When the Levees Broke

== Story: "When The Levee's Broke" a Sinking City ==
Location: Online {(but for finale in person host)) -  
Start Date: January 14/21st 
=== Summary: ===
You're a team of mercs who got hired for two jobs, get into the capital and protect the Silverscale estate. The only problem is the city is quickly falling into chaos and that's just normal flood season. The central and upper cities are on high alert and lockdown, the contract says that once you get to the estate everything wil lbe taken care of, but they can only get you to the outer ring as the waters rise. It's up to your diverse group of adventurers to get in, get safe, and survive. And as usual, payment on completion, but that a sign-up bonus of 2 uncommon magic items and 750gp were a nice donation. What awaits you inside the city hopefully is just a cushy contract but they did hire adventurers, and you weren't the bottom of the barrel. 
==== Players: ====
Lvl 5 Starting - Point buy Stats - All Classes/All Races Accepted, 2 uncommon magic items and 750g a person.|
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# Fixed Hit Points
# Every point of intelligence bonus at creation grants a character a tool proficiency or fluency in any accessible language
# Characters created with intelligence 8 or lower are illiterate
# During character creation, authoring a wiki page for an NPC in your character’s background will grant a PC proficiency in an additional tool, weapon, or literacy or fluency in one language.
## Players may gain one additional proficiency in this way for every point of charisma bonus they have at character creation.
# Players may give their character “Plot Armor” in one of the following ways: 300+ word wiki on their character or a drawn portrait of their character.
==== Style: ====
Battle Light, Diplomacy and creative problem solving heavy, (possibly puzzles)
==== Key Locations/Links: ====
Babu , Usk, Nasyan,Northern Andalus Protectorate Force, The Bears
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== Session Notes: Sayf 32nd - Sumna 7/12th 3154 ==
=== Session 0 - (Partially Glossed Over for ease of Digestion) - 1/14/24 (In Person) ===
Going Over Ideas/Themes/ Characters / Over Arching World Events
==== Session 0.5 - Mini-adventure - 1/14/24 (In Person) ====
Going over party dynamics, how everyone fits together and what bonds they have with each other going in.
=== Session 1 - The Gateway to the Lowlands - Sayf 32nd - Sayf 33rd 3154 (1 /21/24 - Online) ===
"Who the fuck is King Fang, and why the hell does he want to meet with me?" - Heard on the pier at Usk. 
The biggest paying job in their history - Ursa Minor, is heading down to the merchant city of Usk, conveniently the only entry point to get into Nasyan and their actual mission at the Capital. As they prep for the long journey into the wetlands, they'll come across the many others who want to head further in as well. With their brains, brawns, and all other skills they can muster, the Ursa Minor must make a plan an execute their first steps into the lowlands.
=== Session 2 - Reminders of the Fallen - Sayf 33rd - 34th 3154 (1/28/24 - Online) ===
"They've taken to the swamps!" - King Oberon's Men
They've acquired a ship and a backup job for getting further inland to the capital. With a few planned stops, thankfully along a useful route, The journey will take the full 3 days, mostly. But what else waits for Ursa Minor in the water? Does the warning if something big comes up from the water, don't jump in mean anything? The allure of statues frozen in time sitting at the bottom of water mean anything? Just a short trip north right?
=== Session 3 - Haven of the Matrons - Sayf 35th - 37th 3154 (2/11 - Online) ===
"The heart of the north resides within all of us" - Matron Motto
The backup job just got a little more complicated, but comes with a little more information? Maybe a jaunt below water into the old temple of Ilyron will help jog some memories or thoughts. Whatever pays out the most might be worth noting, but only time will tell if they made the right decision the first time. 
=== Session 4 - Fishers Delight and Guard's Bounty - Sayf 37th - 39th (2/18 - In Person) ===
"Keeping track of the monsters within, along with the monsters outside." - Roin Minx
Finally they've landed in the city, well on the outer rims, that still counts right? Now all they need to do is get payment from their side gig and get back on track from the main job. Something something something den of vipers. They are working their way up into the higher levels, Silverscale is somewhere in the Watchtower, but the journey up there is going to be a long road up. Supposedly there is a faster way, but who holds the keys?
=== Session 5 - Valley of the Moon, Pits of Dreamers (The Climb) - Sayf 40th (2/25 - Online) ===
"They fight against those who would try and help them" - Chancellor Viceroy
The first circle of city passed, and now back to the lower city and issues they bring. The water here seems to move pulled towards the the pits and returned to the rims. They have taken a task from Chancellor Viceroy to help him deal with the problems in the Lower City. He says he'll pay them, and is at this moment trying to figure who would have sent them this way, Silverscale had already paid for their passage. What asshole would- Diviners be damned. He would have Fitrozy's dealt with shortly, but for now he's gotten the people he needs to at least deal with the Drainsiders. 
=== Session 6 - Canopy of Watchers, Towers of Secrets ( The Decent) - Sayf 40th - Sumna 3rd 3154 (03/03 - In Person) ===
"Your allies have gathered Moonbeam, but are they strong enough?" - Merchant Lord Ah'l L'eti (of House Falling Star)
Ursa Minor slowly makes the ascent up the city due to the engineering feat of Councilor Viceroy and their own intelligence of how to handle a "vicious" uprising. With a deal struck between on of the mercenary crew, they are headed towards their contact, a Millicent Silverscale, who is the reason they're in the city. Hopefully they're ready for whatever awaits them there. With a sneaking suspicious everything isn't as it appears and danger seems to lurk around every turn, they only have themselves to blame on how it all turns out.
=== Session 7 - Revelations in Memories of the Past (The Twist) - Sumna 3rd 3154 (3/10 - Online) ===
"Collecting all the histories of the world above deep within" - Writ on the doorway to the closed Archives Project.
Talk about a city ready to revolt, Ursa Minor is heading down into the abandoned project of the archives, seeking hopefully a corpse of a Lizardfolk who revealed their own nature. The magic of the world outside the archives seems to go a little strange as if someone is trying to mine it for what they want, and greedy ambitions claw away at a carefully managed construction. What will they find below and what awaits them at the retirement party of Aves Oriole?
=== Session 8 - A Path Towards Victory (The Plan) - Sumna 3rd 3154 ( 3/24 - Online) ===
"It's hard to get good help these days." - Stefan Dungaree
Ursa Minor has worked their way through some of the Archives, saving who and gathering what they can. The easy part, getting down, the hard part, getting back out. Their actions have not gone unnoticed but they knew the risk, hopefully dealing with this will mean everything above will become easier right? Sometimes it is that cut and dry right?
=== Session 9 - Ascension - Last Stand at Bastion "And I Crown Myself King" (The Finale) - Sumna 3rd 3154 - 3/31st(In Person) ===
"Our time has come, and my kingdom awaits" - Altimera Oriole
Ursa Minor has finished Stefan Dungaree but have noticed that the time they've spent below has now come due, allies gather where they can. Surprised by the attack they only have a short window to finish this fight that they got thrown into. Originally just chosen to defend a noblewoman, now they have raised to defend a city from ruin. With their powers combined and the force of gods banished, can they stop Oriole and what ever dark powers he's brought with him? A rising finale for the journey to the heart of the Swamp lands, and the future of the country hangs in a delicate balance.