Best of Both Worlds, 20200906

This Best of Both Worlds (BBW) "world-traveling campaign" was run on 6 September 2020. While BBW actually overlapped and included parts of many other campaigns, only those with events on Edyleine are listed here. Note that by design the game sessions do not show the distinction between PCs and NPCs.
==Game Master==
*Miley Spears
== Main Characters ==
=== Personnel of the Dream Lady ===
* Abelard d'Pésni: Navy Capitaine
* Simon Rousseau: Lieutenant and First Mate
* Dia Hadleys: Army Centurion, Abelard's second wife
* Willow Hadleys: Journeyman Mage, Abelard's first wife, Dia's sister
* Hildireth d'Pésni: Navy Matelot, Abelard and Dia's daughter
* Thanea the Tracer: Navy Mage Quartier-maître
* Sara of Greenrock: Army ranger Centurion
* Abigejla Leonière: Army physician Centurion
=== Other Personnel ===
* Haifa Hahn, priestess of Samorojia
* Leowine Arkelewyn Alexander Vandarvaskard: Prince Magister Colonel OGB
* Mojarósa: mistress mage of Milspar, Millisymph
* Tawnia of the Twin Towers: journeyman mage
* Titiana of the Twin Towers: journeyman mage
* Yaritza la Abridora: warrior-priestess of Samorojia
== Events ==
=== 1742 ===
Heris 44 (Lordsday)/Scotís 44 (Odía) (Festival of Herix):  After discovering that "Thiazolin, Dragon King of Edyleine" in Cape Cobin was an illusion, a group heard the ground shake greater and louder, and felt the heat grow.  Prince Leowine Vandarvaskard had people search the building where the illusionary dragon had been, which he sent others to check outside.
Mistress Magus Mojarósa; Journeyman Mages Tawnia of the Twin Towers and Titiana of the Twin Towers; Warrior-Priestess Yaritza la Abridora; and Priestess Haifa Hahn searched inside.  They discovered someone hiding; it was Hano Cael Vivimi.  A stout human man, he said he helped put the dragon illusion together to try to restore order.  He said he unfortunately knew little about the real dragon, and those around knew even less, including not knowing it had five heads instead of one.  He said people thought it was the same dragon as Krulithex, a legendary dragon of Cape Cobin that had not been seen for many years.
Those who left the building joined those outside, which included crew members of the Adanian ship Dream Lady.  These were Navy Capitaine Abelard d'Pésni, First Mate Lieutenant Simon Rousseau, Army Centurion Dia Hadleys, Abelard's second wife and Dia's sister Journeyman Mage Willow Hadleys, Abelard and Dia's daughter Navy Matelot Hildireth d'Pésni, Navy Mage Quartier-maître Thanea the Tracer, Army Ranger Centurion Sara of Greenrock, and Army physician Centurion Abigejla Leonière.  There were warning signs of possible volcanic activity.
Going outside, Hano said the volcano was known as Kazar’s Beacon, which hadn't erupted in about 350 years.  But iit had progressively shown signs of danger, so much so that the druids who had monitored it had cleared out.  Dia asked if he was one of the druids; he avoided answering the question.  He did say, however, that he believed the problem with the gates was centered in the volcano.  Mojarósa, Haifa, and others checked; Mojarósa said, "I fear you are correct."  The group headed there.
Discussing it on the way, the group learned that, while some might have items, elixirs, or spells to deal with fire, none of them said they had the ability to deal with the fires of a volcano.
Members of the group heard some sort of a call, and then saw short people with large green animals.  Mojarósa, who was about the size of an average human child, and Tawnia and Titiana, who had changed form, were all about the size of the people they saw.  As they moved closer, they found the large creatures looked like elephants.  Some of the people were riding them.
"Who are you?" said one of the elephant riders, who was later identified as Bocim.  Mojarósa said, "I am Mistress Magus Mojarósa.  I captured this prince (pointing to Prince Leowine) and brought him to King Thiazolin."  Bocim said, "Whoever Thiazolin is, that is not the king.  The true king doesn't live in a building; he lives underground."  Simon said, "Then please lead us to this king."  The rider and the people agreed, and the group followed them.  Hano, however, whispered to the group, "Do not trust them."  Thanea said the people with elephants hadn't caused them any problems, but Mojarósa said, "Even though they have the elephants, right now our numbers are about equal.  It might be different if we go to where they may have hundreds more."
The combined group arrived near the base of the potentially-active volcano Kazar’s Beacon.  They felt the ground move, and felt heat.  The people with the elephants gave some sort of signal or knock, and an opening appeared at the base of the volcano.  Bocim told the visitors that they must remove their weapson before entering.  Thanea asked Prince Leowine, "Should we, your Highness?"  Mojarósa said, "He is our prisoner; we can make our decisions."  But she looked at the prince, who slightly shook his head "No."  Mojarósa said, "We can better serve his Majesty if armed."  Bocim discussed this with others.  He then said, "Then only a few of you can enter.  The three guards, the prisoner prince, and three others."
Dia, Simon, and Thanea entered with the "three guards" Mojarósa, Tawnia, Titiana, and the "prisoner" Prince Leowine.  The rest stayed outside.
The group inside went through a cavern, and came to a door.  They were told they had to remove their weapons before entering--and were surrounded by armed people.  They agreed.
They were told to bow, and were let to enter the room.  They saw a person sitting on what looked like a relatively crude silvery metal throne.  The person, who was identified as the king, had grey skin, and looked something like a gnome statue made of living rock.  The king said, "Who dares bother me now?  Who is this?"
Mojarósa said, "Your Majesty, we are the humble servants of Prince Magister Colonel Leowine Arkelewyn Alexander Vandarvaskard OGB who wishes audience with your Majesty."  The people who had brought them in said variously, "That's not what they said!," "What?," and "You said the prince was your prisoner!"
The king said, "Shut up!  Why must it be no noisy?  First that infernal noise in the ground, and now this.  Prince, you have a such a long name I could take a nap before they got to the end. I am King Roque."
The prince ignored the king's comment about his long name, and greeted the king.  He explained the problem with the gates interconnecting, and bringing through demonic creatures.  The king said, "Don't you think I know that?  All sorts of damnable things come through that giant crystal ball.  And fall in.  I lost precious stones--best in the world--through that stupid ball.  But worst of all, I lost my magic belt through that damn thing!"
Prince Leowine said, "Do you mind if I see this giant crystal ball, your Majesty?"
"Go ahead," said the king.  "Just don't go too close or you'll disappear.  Not that I care."
Prince Leowine and his party were led by guards to the "giant crystal ball."  It was a sphere with the diameter of a fairly tall door.  There was the smell of brimstone.  Mojarósa and Haifa did some tests--and saw three men wearing long tunics and carrying polearms come out of the ball and attack.  
The group battled.  When one of the polearmed men was badly wounded, it disappeared in smoke.  "Demons," said the prince.  Fortunately, none of the group that went to the sphere was badly wounded.
Haifa had an idea, and the group returned to the king.  They asked for details about the magic belt.  The king did not want to give them any, until they said it might help them find it for "your Majesty."  He mentioned he had used it to come to "this gods forsaken place" and Haifa said, "That's it!"
Haifa consulted with Prince Leowine, Mojarósa, Tawnia, Titiana, and Yaritza.  The "people of the gates" believed the "gate belt" going through an already unstable gate could be the center of the problem with the gates.  Mojarósa, however, said, "I very much thought it was the gate in the Labryinth of Prince Lucretius Valarius."  Haifa said, "It is; they're the same gate."  The prince said, "And it's the same gate that appeared in Trynser City."  Mojarósa said, "And it's Seagate.  And we'll need more to deal with this--including those who came through Seagate."
Getting permission from the king, they assembled their people, including the crew of the Adanian ship Dream Lady that had come through Seagate, Captain Esquire Shesta Zarzulian and others of Phantom Force Four, and people of the king.  They tried tracking down the magic belt, and realized the sphere itself was also the magic belt.
Meanwhile, a few demonic flying monkeys flew through, but were quickly dealt with.  The assemblage assisted with a very powerful spell intended to close or eliminate the gate.  But instead of it shrinking and disappearing, it remained.
They did some more tests; Prince Leowine, Haifa, and Mojarósa agreed; they had to enter the gate.
So they and those who traveled with them went in, Haifa first--except that Prince Leowine, Shesta, and a few others stayed so they could monitor the gate from there.
Those who went in felt very disoriented.  They felt like they were flying, falling, looking forward, backward, right side up and up side down at the same time.  Some became ill.
Finally, they got to a place where things were more stable--and saw a great number of people and other living beings.  Those who knew her were happy to discover Edyth Grey aka Draotameia who had been lost through a gate weeks before.  They were very suprised to see Imperial Crown Prince Roderick Charles Lucan Galderon.  The prince had been captured by Zazimar during the Trynser-Zazimar War, and had not been seen since.
Some of the people there said they had been trapped inside a gate.  Haifa, Mojarósa, and Yaritza said that wasn't possible; there wasn't any "inside" to a gate; a gate was an opening from one dimension to another.  The gate experts believed the living beings had been trapped in a pocket dimension.  They then asked if someone had seen the magic belt of King Roque, and described it.  They learned from someone else it was being worn by a mage named Alfred Gangy.  The mage at first tried to deny it.
Mojarósa said she believed the belt had to be "shut off."  When that was done, she, Haifa, Tawnia, Titiana, and the rest of the people, with help from Prince Leowine and others who had sent them through, could bring everyone back.  Alfred did not want to hand over the belt.  But Imperial Crown Prince Roderick said he trusted Priestess Haifa and Mistress Mojarósa, and told Alfred to hand over the belt.  The mage did so, relunctantly.
After warning everyone who might be dependent on mana to step far back, the group worked on a powerful spell which they said would temporarily disable the belt and then could send them back.  The spell succeeded critically well, and people and creatures disappeared.
Those who had come through the gate in the "returning-to-life" volcano in Cape Corbin returned there.  The experts believed everyone returned to where they had come through a gate.  King Roque, who saw the magic belt in the possession of Mojarósa, said, "My belt!  Give me back my belt now!"  Mojarósa looked to Prince Leowine, who nodded; she handed the belt to the prince, who returned the belt to the king.
The king said, "Good. Now I am out of this terrible place before this volcano explodes!"  He put on and activated the belt, and disappeared.  Dia said, "Are gate and teleport magic safe now?"  The experts on gates said they weren't sure; it could take a few days to test the spells.  So they began to do so--and the volcano they were in shook.  Hona said, "I don't think you have time to test.  I think we need to get out of here now."  The group agreed.  But they were too tired to cast a gate spell.  The ground shook more, and it got hotter.
With barely enough power to manage it, the group together assisted with a gate spell--and it worked critically well.  The people there passed through...
...And came out in the Labryinth of Prince Lucretius Valarius.  But nothing unwanted came through with them.  And they saw others there who had returned there after going through a gate.  These included Edyth Grey.  Those who knew gates continued to study to see if gate and teleport spells were now safe.  Prince Leowine ordered people to travel to Zazimar to look for Imperial Crown Prince Roderick Charles Lucan Galderon who had almost certainly returned there.  (Best of Both Worlds 2020 09 06)
Damirin 2 (Mustering)/Kenedís 2 (Dosdía): Prince Leowine Vandarvaskard; Mistress Magus Mojarósa; Journeyman Mages Tawnia of the Twin Towers and Titiana of the Twin Towers; Warrior-Priestess Yaritza la Abridora; and Priestess Haifa Hahn completed testing gate and teleport magic.  They believed it was now as safe as it had been.  A proclamation in regard to "Demon Gate" was made in various areas to that affect, and the news spread.
The finding of Imperial Crown Prince Roderick Charles Lucan Galderon was not announced; they waited for his return.
In Trynser City, this proclamation was made:
"By Order of the Imperial Magistrace, under consultation of Prince Leowine Vandarvaskard and the Gate Guardians of Samoroja, the usage of Gate and Teleportation magic is returned to standard guidelines. The prohibition against their use has been lifted."  (Best of Both Worlds 2020 09 06)
Category:Demon Gate