Sanguine Dragons Campaign

The Sanguine Dragons Campaign is a campaign for the Pathfinder system ran by Tim Gillihan. The campaign was started in early October 2011 and continues to this date. The premise (so far) is that the PC's work for the Trynsern Diplomatic Corps under the Chancellory. They were supposed to assist a new ambassador in setting up a new embassy in Aborea, but the ambassador died of an illness en route, leaving the party to fend for themselves. While they are there, the Empire of Trynser is locked in savage war with Zazimar, and the party are trying to get an edge.
The Sanguine Dragons purchased an inn called Griffon's Roost. They're currently using it as a base of operations. They purchased it with money earned on betting on themselves navigating one of the multitude of 'dungeons'. Most if not all are purposefully made with the intent to entertain and fill the coffers of the city. Each dungeon are rated for deadliness F through A. The private dungeons of nobles are not and are much longer and deadlier.
The group are in the process of purchasing a recently vacated palace. Included with this palace was a barracks that would house 200 easily or double that if they sleapt alternating shifts. It also includes over 1200 acres and it overlooks the harbor. Of course the palace is a highly defensible keep. It has atleast 5 floors not counting the dugeon levels. There were stables enough for 100 horses and another for more exotic animals like gryphons. There was another barracks to house the multitude of servants needed to run the palace. There also seemed to be a forge and outdoor kitchen and a few out buildings that we didn't check out. Plenty of room to build and have a private dock. Now to make the money for it --- 3 million gold! For 3 million there better be some walls made out of gold!! -- It is done the Sanguine Dragons are proud owners of a multimillion gold piece palace with all its 'trimmings'. Trynser is sending troops to help us secure the palace.We will be needing them as we show our hand.
The Sanguine Dragons have been invited to try their hand at the dungeon under the Arena. The old red dragon was a great start to a challenging dungeon. Of course the dragon was part of the treasure earned and won. We figured that it will be a dungeon filled with awesome monsters. The red dragon was very challenging but we still killed it in less than 3 rounds. We also found a golden dragon shrine worth at least 200k. So far, so good. Burble was great at finding all the traps in the second room, thank the stars Sarah was able to see through all of the illusions. We made it through the dungeon with no casualties and many crowns richer.
Due to our ongoing success, those who were known associates of ours are bing killed. We are about to go on a killing spree. On a brighter note, we have made 3 million gold without the assistance of Trynser and puchased our 3 million gold estate. Yay!
We have just been notified that Tharax the dragon that I released from the mirror has destroyed 3 villages in Kasteban. I'm doubtful that we can take him down, but we have to try. We have some tricks that may be helpful. Things are coming to a head at the home front will we be the vanguard? I truly hope so.
We are currently under house arrest as they try to figure out what to do about us. We probably will need to pay restitution to aggrieved parties. We also have to save Niffle from inside the Zazimarian Embassy. He has not been heard from or can't be scryed upon at this moment.They have it locked up tight right now. Kolesh is he really serious about what he told me his life was - is? Sarah is so confused!
PLAYER CHARACTERS
Sara Winter of Kasteban: Pete Morena
Shana Hauken: Michael Lee Viviano
Zarzuket: Scott Anderson
Burblesnatch: Joe Blackburn
Miromoto Hatori: Tristan Morena
Shonji: Shawn Kennedy
PARTY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Niffle: Igonian Ambassador / Illusionist
Rafiq Cavalier
Have the Sanguine Dragons been set up to fail? Was the original ambassador murdered? Is this all just a diversion so Zazimar can spend resources and time where it doesn't matter? All these and more are questions Sara of Kastaben has been asking herself. Are there traitors in the politcal assembly? Why would they assign a novice Sorceres to a volatile region? Did Sara make any enemies that could have set this up?
Things are really starting to heat up. The Sanguine Dragons have definitely made a huge splash in the kingdom scene. Last session ended on a positive note. Two very prominent nobles had a party in our honor. An interesting proposition was given to Sara. She is very concerned with Kolesh, the very scary assassin that we released from the mirror. Oops!
We made oodles of money. Suffice it to say that money will no longer be an issue for us. Our first foray into a "B" dungeon was a great success even when the operators of the dungeon had us teleported thousands of miles away. It was a good thing Burblesnatch had a way to get back. Sara thinks we should relax and consolidate our gains thus far. Get a better picture of the political landscape. The party wants to capture the Zazimaran war ship in the harbor. Sara doesn't think that is a wise decision, but if they can come up with a doable plan we may strike them out at sea. What we would do with it afterwards is another question. Now that we have a Trynseran warship outside the Aborean waters we will probably hit the Zazimaran naval ships, sink one and capture the other.
Zeelig the Zazimaran Ambassador is now starting to feel the heat. Waking up in bed in pool of blood would definitely get the heart pumping. A third of his entourage goes missing, hmmm. Niffle embarrasses him every chance he gets. He's not having a very good week. He did get some good news though. Trynser, due to a traitorous General, loses a major battle and a huge reversal of fortune has occured in the war. Sara believes this will be a long war so she's not worried. She seems to be more worried about how easily traitors have infiltrated the highest positions of power within the empire. Onyx the head of military inteligence is starting to clean house. It's about time.
Sara's 'handler' in the Diplomatic Corps has been silent for 2 days now, ever since Zazimar was able to woo one of our Generals to their side. Has there been some shakeup in the government? I can only hope. Sara may need to teleport back to Kasteban for a 'shopping' trip and advice. We got our advice about being infiltrated and about lack of trust in our own ranks.
We made 930000 gold from Astral Deludge. The 'power' players of the Kingdom have taken note of our meteoric rise. Sara believes we need to investigate who the murderer is. We need more information on how kingdom is ran. The kingdom of Aborea is really not neutal in the Zazimaran war with Trynser and we will make them pay.
The party wants to do some serious shopping. I hope they don't expect to spend all of it at once. Did I say that Kolesh really scares the crap out of Sara. Sara may actually need Lady Volderan to neutralize Kolesh.
Rafik formally joins the group. He feels beholden to the group after Sara releases him from the mirror . He is a 12th lvl Cavalier. Everyone he knew has died while he was in the mirror. He seems to be adjusting fine and his sword arm and expertise will come in handy. Sara is impressed with his tactical acumen. She is hoping he can work closely with Hatori and Shana to better acquaint them with his expertise and maybe help them shore up the skills that they are lacking. Sara will sign him up for the gryphon race. We must purchase one asap. He must train it in a week. The prince is sponsoring a gryphon race and will also be racing in it. Is it bad form to beat the prince?
Aborea is about to be washed in blood if Kolesh succeeds in trumpeting his return to the world. We're gonna have to do something about him. The rub is what can we do? His level of viciousness and lack of conscience is very disturbing. Because I released him from the mirror unknowingly I feel resposible for him. We desperately need help with him. Will we make a deal with the devil? Lady Volderont can't help with him, but I have an idea. Kolesh was either about to kill Lady Volderont or was threatening to kill her. We were in no position to interfere.
The Zazimaran diplomat has pushed it too far. He somehow acquired a cousin of Hatori and made her a slave. We're going to kill him and Niffle will replace him for a few weeks. We'll see how much info that can help Trynser we can milk out of the situation before we show he has been killed. We are going to have to watch Niffle and see how he 'milks' the situation.
Sara has made up her mind about Lady Voldern's suggestion. I'm taking her up on being queen.! What will Trynser say? Will they laugh or see the possibilities? She's about to find out when she teleports back to Trynser for advice and a shopping spree! The 900k ++ gold that we won we'll be able to buy what ever we want.
Trynser has sent some troops, a ship with an unconventional Captain and a 'freelancer' to help us out. It's about time. We have completed the dungeon under the Arena. We have made over 3 million crowns again. After this dungeon Sara will take care of Kolesh one way or the other and get to the bottom of who will be king of Aborea and making sure it no longer will be used by Zazimaran navy and troops. My best friend suggests we retire -hah! Too much to do too little time. We don't just do 'it' for the money any way.
Things really heated up for the group. We found out one of our members was a spy for Zazimar -- he died. OOps! We attacked a slave caravan carrying Trynser war POWs. We saved 25 of them. Now, we will see the fallout of what our actions incurred. The attack occured in Aborea city limits. Oh well!! At least we captured the traitorous General. It was all worth it. I just wished that we were able to save the other six prisoners. We must still find the missing Prince. Suffice it to say Onyx was pleasantly surprised! The Zazimarans will definitely know that they have awoke a giant! We may as well hit them from this end. We can be a 'Front' that they will not be able to ignore. Onyx will use us well against Zazimar. Zazimar will know that they have pissed us off! First things first, save our compatriots. Next, neutralize Kolesh. Then, tackle Tharax! We still need to find our Prince, then we can take the war to Zazimar full bore. Trying to save all of our freed slaves is a challenge. We will be getting kicked out of Aborea for a little while. What we do with our 'bought' servants is another question we need to answer. Will the new envoy be treated well or will his life be forfeit? I think we should forget the diplomatic route and just conquer Aborea! I think we can do it in less than a week. Zazimar is in for a rude awakening if Tryner lets us hit high value targets. If they use us properly we can have them being on the defensive real quick. I suggest that we scry their leaders and we teleport in and abduct or kill them. We keep doing that untill they surrender or we are dead. We need to find the traitors in our government first. Sarah just found out Kolesh's story. Not that she feels sorry for him but maybe she judged him too fast. Wow, things are moving so fast now. Zelig is dead and isn't coming back any time soon. His soul is destroyed. I found out about my parents.
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