Francis' "Charge Sheet"

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**Steve's note - the Charge and Recommendations are not canon in the "real" world. The Charges in F's notebook, were an answer to DEG character claim that "the party had nothing to be sorry for". The sheet existed (briefly) in F's notebook, passed round the party, then burnt by F (together with the two sheets beneath it) in case the notebook fell into the wrong hand**

Whereas the party previously known as the Historical Society of Braerk (henceforward referred to as “the Society” )and claiming to be auxiliary Pathfinders in service to His Serene Majesty Alvera first of that name:

did feloniously and without warrant procure the services of various persons to break and enter a sealed and secret chamber or compartment within the property popularly known as the Diamond Fort,

and in doing so suppressed and circumvented those wards and enchantments intended to alert the lawful authorities and owners that the chamber had been breached or accessed by persons unauthorised,

and did remove therefrom an enchanted box or similar container, said container according to the written testimony of Onwen sometime Guardian of Wildwood having been provided and garnished to mask obscure and keep safe a magical device appearing as a brooch which device had been used by the Elves or other such enemies of our gracious lord King Alvera to invade devastate and occupy divers territories appertaining to said King Alvera to the great detriment of the Kingdom and of the King’s loyal subjects.

It is further alleged that divers members of the Society did aid and assist the enemies of our gracious lord King Alvera in the following manner in despite of their lawful duty:

Whereas

Caradoc an hobbit of unknown occupation or domicile did conspire with two elves to secure said elves’ admission into the Diamond Fort where the brooch henceforward referred to as “the Artefact” was being observed by a majority of the Historical Society of Braerk,

and said Caradoc proceeded to interfere with the gate guards in the discharge of their duty and was heard to declare said elves were “above our pay grade”, to the detriment of good order and military discipline,

and said Caradoc was seen to accept a payment of gold for his perfidy.

Whereas

Twoo an aeriel spell caster proceeded to enchant Brokev an orc paladin of the Rotgut clan acting as a gate guard in such manner that said Brokev was overcome by a magical sleep and was thereby rendered incapable of discharging his duty to the detriment of good order and military discipline,

said Twoo having disabled one of the gate guards offered no resistance to said elves but knowingly permitted them unimpeded access to the Artefact

Inquiry into the events of day XX of the month XXX at the Diamond Fort, Whitebeach

Whereas

Francis of Urquhart Kt and Brokev Rotgut an orcish paladin of Wildwood both acting as gatewardens for said party on hearing Caradoc;s coded knock to open the gates did open said gates, and on seeing two elves demanding entrance failed to close the gates which would doubtless have frustrated the elves intention. Instead said gatewardens sought to engage said elves in martial combat thereby putting at risk the Artefact To the great detriment of our gracious lord King Alvera and of the King’s loyal subjects. On being borne down by said elves they were left incapacitated and unaware of said Society’s surrender of the Artefact.

Bazin a dwarf bearing the blessings of the Chosen of Shanah and being a consecrated cleric of Shanah,

Joshua a human druid of Wyldewood,

Wun an human cleric of the Universal,

all certified healers offered immediate asistance to Francis of Urquhart, anf preserved his lfe

nut none offered further healing until the elves had safely left the building bearing the Artefact and could not be traced thereby frustrating any attempt to recover the Artefact

None offered any resistance to the elves whilst they were within the building nor when one of said elves entered the courtyard of the Diamond Fort and secured the Artefact for the enemies of our gracious lord King Alvera

Quercuis, a human Druid of Wyldwood has asserted that she was “protecting the Oak tree” This clearly implies that she was focussed on the box containing the artefact at the moment the elf materialised next to the box and removed the Artefact, Quercius made no attempt to hinder the elf then, or when said elf bearing the Artefact walked past her to the gates of the Diamond fort and rejoined his senior, or when both said elves left the vicinity bearing away said Artefact to the great detriment of our gracious lord King Alvera and of the King’s loyal subjects.

Umar a giant bearing the blessings of the Chosen of Shanah being the senior military figure therepresent and designated battle commander of the Society has asserted that he was “watching the box with bow drawn”. He has confessed he was focussed on the box containing the artefact at the moment the elf materialised next to the box and removed the Artefact but made no attempt to hinder the elf then, or when said elf bearing the Artefact walked past him to the gates of the Diamond fort and rejoined his senior, or when both said elves left the vicinity bearing away said Artefact to the great detriment of our gracious lord King Alvera and of the King’s loyal subjects. In his defence, Umar has claimed he was “taken by surprise”.

Garaf, an human enchanter and follower of Perceval has asserted that he was occupied preparing a spell “Rope Trick” the which to provide a safe location for the observation of the Artefact. Enchanters on the Royal Staff we have consulted have suggested his preparations took an unusually long time, even for a hedge wizard.

Hamish and Dougal both, hobbit monks of Barosa with some skill in enchantment claim to have been “waiting for instructions”. The only instruction they received was from Francis of Urquhart to “set of the trap alarms” which might have alerted senior officials of the Wildwood or Shanah. Sadly this proved beyond their skill, as it involved bypassing a number of traps and wards to reach the alarm glyphs. They stated that trying to “set everything off at once” by simply throwing themselves on the traps, was unlikely to work. There were too many layers interlocked, and failure to trigger the right elements in order might mean that the attack were registered as minor, and the alarums were not triggered at all. Those Royal enchanters we have consulted have confirmed that this is likely the case. The exact words were “I wouldn’t stand within half a royal mile of an Evoker trying to unwrap this