Protect The Prince

Protect The Prince takes place over two days, the King Shiva & Queen Imani of Caelum have asked one last big task of Cass Wormwood, Master, Tiffany Rockerfeller and Xander Redriver, the bodyguards of Carlos Of Caelum aka the Prince. This task is to pick out the marriage candidates, who Carlos will marry and make his queen.

Things get hard though as Carlos is acting moody and in the 2nd day asks his bodyguards to help him with some tasks, he wants a happy last day with the people he cares about most.

## Start

### Getting the Job

The Queen will call in the bodyguards along with Dimi Raptis to a meeting where they are told/reminded about the fact that the marriage candidates for Carlos are within Caelum and it almost time for one of the three to be picked, the Queen (along with King) want whichever candidate is picked to meet the standards of Carlos's protectors along with be as a whole trustworthy so the bodyguards along with Dimi Raptis are to question them.

### The Marriage Candidates

#### Zran Clawgaze

Zran is the next in line to rule over the Kobolds of Caelum, if she were to marry into the royal family it might mean there'd finally be a peace between the navies and those who came to the island.

Zran will try to come off much more wise & cool headed then she really is, she does this mainly because she feels the royal family would want a nice and proper woman for Carlos, along with feeling that as she's a Kobold she has to try hard to not seem like a "beast".

Her up sides are mainly helping the Kobolds be seen as more then just "monsters" and as a whole Zran truly wishes to marry Carlos to help her people, the down sides are mainly Zran's wishes for freedom along with the fact that she doesn't really care about Carlos

#### Ayda Liaphine

A noble from mainland, her marrying Carlos might help get Caelum seen as it's on country from mainland.

Ayda will try to seem like the perfect wife who loves all the same things as Carlos and will do anything for him. As a whole trying to come off as as saint who'd do whatever to please Carlos, through there cracks of her far more cunning nature

Her upsides are mainly the wealth of her family along with having truly noble blood for the royal family since as it is mainland doesn't see the family as even nobles, the down sides are her cold heart (along with full on lack of care for Carlos's well being) and her family being not as powerful as they let on

#### Kanti Joshi

A prophet for Mystra, Kanti says that marrying her would grant the royal family great magical power that would be able to help them rule.

Kanti only really will act like her normal self, the only lie is who she's a prophet for. She speaks as someone who truly cares for the well being of both the island and Carlos.

Her upsides are that she truly cares for what she'd help rule along with Carlos, as a whole her truthfulness stands out due to the other marriage candidates, the down said is that she holds no political power unlike the other candidates, there is also Dimi believing that Kanti will bring bad luck.

### Picking The Candidate

Once the bodyguards are done speaking with the marriage candidates they will have some time to decide which candidate should marry the prince, they can just talk among themselves or talk with some people around the castle, including Carlos (If they don't speak with him he'll become far moodier during The Dinner).

Once the bodyguards are done and have decided who will marry Carlos, the bodyguards are to talk with the King & Queen and tell them who's been picked. Once that's over it's very late so they'll be told to get some sleep.

## Middle

When bodyguards get out of bed Alice will tell be waiting for them, she tells them to meet with Carlos in his garden as he wishes to speak with them, through before they leave she asks if they can tell her who they picked since it isn't til dinner everyone gets to know who was picked, she mainly wonders due to the fact that she had a small fight with Ayda cover cleaning the woman's room and now is worried that she'll have to deal with Ayda while trying to care for Carlos like she has for many years already.

Once they get to the garden Carlos's will greet them in a bit of a sad tone but then switch to being happy and tell the bodyguards that they're going to be having a busy day because quite a few people need some help, he'll tell them that he's going to be with them as they help because he's always wondered what a day where they're helping others looks like. The truth is that Carlos has set up almost all of the tasks, everyone agreed because they know that the bodyguards will soon be off at mainland so they all wanted to give the bodyguards a nice day.

### A Task For Cass Wormwood

For Cass Carlos has set up a area fight with the Head Of The Guard (Kore).

The caption uses this stat block.

Kore has asked Cass (they're long standing rivals as Kore was close to being one of the prince's guards) to a dual to decide who gets to be the knight of honor at the wedding (a knight of honor is basically the best role for a guard at the wedding), Kore believes that maybe at this point they'll be able to beat Cass due to getting more training. In reality Kore plans to throw the fight if Cass is losing bad, Kore is really just trying to give Cass a gift before she ends up having to leave to mainland.

The battle takes place within the training grounds for the royal guards.

### A Task For Tiffany Rockerfeller

For Tiffany Carlos has asked the Church Of Silvanus if there's anything they need help with, as it turns out they do need help with a magical box which has an odd puzzle built into it.

The Head Cleric (Herfalsia Silvermaker) has been unable to get the box open but they can tell that inside is some kind of key, no one's sure what it's for but who ever can get the box open can have it.

The box is the size of a rubik's cube, the top of the box has a solid gate built into it that's round, the bottom has a penal with a small slit down it almost like it can open, side 1 has a number pad, side 2 has 8 seeds burned into it, side 3 has a panel on it with 1 tree burned into it, side 4 has 4 apples burned into it

#### Part 1 Of The Box

First is a number pad which needs three numbers, it goes from 0 to 9

The code is the art on the box, first is the tree/1 then the tree gives apples/4 and then the apples have seeds/8 so the code is "148"

#### Part 2 Of The Box

The penal on side - has turned around and has a riddle on it

"I'm hard to gain but easy to lose, I can make you feel like you're in could 9 or hell, I have many forms, What am i?" The Answer is "Love", once the riddle is answered the bottom opens.

#### Part 3 Of The Box

A space hole has opened on the bottom, within the hole's floor (it's one half of the inside of the box) is written "A treasure for a treasure"

Once a treasure has been put within the box the bottom closes meanwhile the top opens letting the key out

### A Task For Master

Dimi Raptis needs some help around the library mainly needing help with making a Magic Item for Carlos as a wedding gift. (This the only task Carlos doesn't know much about). The main part of this is first making a good idea and then making a formula for it.

Dimi wants to make a magic item that's at least Uncommon as a wedding gift for Carlos, so they call Master over for help as they aren't the best with gifts/making creative things.

First part is coming up with a good idea for a gift that isn't one of Riptis's as their only ideas are a Bag Of Holding or a cape of Feather Falling, which aren't really great wedding gifts, then once that's done Master & Dimi must come up with the formula

* **Item Rarity:**
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### A Task For Xander Redriver

To end the day before dinner Carlos takes the bodyguards to the tavern for some drinks and for the "Bard Talent Show" which Carlos wants Xander to join with him.

There are three main Bards set to sing that night, starting with Lavender then Xander and last Carlos, the main goal is to have a good time though whatever bard wins gets free drinks for them and their friends.

Before Carlos goes on stage to sing "Lavender" whispers something in his ear.

"Lavender" will sing Jolene

Xander will sing The Parting Glass

Carlos will sing Bad Romance

The winner will be mainly based off a performance roll (each bard makes a roll) though if Xander's player sings very well i'll give him the win no matter the roll. (Also Lavender isn't trying to win)

After the talent show the four will relax a bit and talk a bit about the day they had together, Carlos will start to get moody and a bit sad before it becomes clear they gotta get back to the castle for dinner.

## End

### The Last Dinner

After the long day everyone has had everyone is to have dinner, the impotent people that work at the castle are there along with the marriage candidates. It is at this dinner that the bodyguards find out why Carlos had been moody, The King & Queen inform the bodyguards that they are getting a new job, they be guarding the King & Queen from now on since they've proved themselves very skilled which is good as the king & Queen have meetings on mainland they need guards for.

Once the two explain Carlos ends up making a side comment about how unfair it all is then is asked about it which makes his feelings come out that he's very upset about both the fact that the people he cares about the most are being taken away but also the fact that he has to marry some girl he barely knows and can't even love in the way one should a wife. He ends up leaving saying he'll be in his room and needs to calm down and that he'll talk to everyone next when he's feeling a bit better

(Note if anyone goes after him, he'll ask to be left alone so handle his feelings) (Another note until Carlos leaves the sound of a clock will be playing over the music, here's a link Unless Lost Child is playing (it has it's own clock sound)

### Gone With A Whisper

Carlos left his room in the night to meet with Whisperer since he was feeling bad. Whisperer ended up turning Carlos into stone and then went to the castle to deal with the rest of those he felt wronged him. He kills the King & Queen in their sleep and turns some of the guards to his side with his magic. (though some turn on the castle as they were spies from mainland)

The bodyguards are woken up by Alice and she tells them that the King & Queen are dead in their sleep and that she thought heard someone that wasn't the prince in his room, along with the fact that a guard attacked her while she got to their room. At this point the bodyguards are meant to go to Carlos's room but if they don't must things will point out the room to them (really the only way to miss that the room is impotent is to leave)

When they get to Carlos's room they'll find Whisperer picking petals off a rose at first he'll have shape0sifted to look like Carlos but within a moment turn into his normal self/human form, he'll tell them that he thought Carlos was a very sweet boy who just was unlucky to be around murderers like the bodyguards at this point he'll start the fight by using a spell to try to take control of one of the bodyguards

#### The Last Fight

Whisperer is gonna try to control as many of the bodyguards as he can, his main goal is to make them destroy the very place and people they protect if that fails then it'll be to kill them so they can't be in the way of him ending the royal line. While the fight is happening the controlled guards (along with spies) are gonna be going around the castle trying to kill anyone they find, meanwhile everyone else will be getting the hell out of the castle.

Here is link to Whisperer's stats and here is a link to his spellbook

#### Who Can Be Saved & Who Can't

**Who can't**

* King Shiva & Queen Imani: They are killed before the fights starts, while everyone is asleep there is no responsible way to be able to keep them alive
* Kanti Joshi: Her bad luck means she'll become traped under some of the castle that fell apart due to the spies, if Whisperer "dies"/the best outcome happens Kanti will have been able to to write down that there spies and hide the paper in a painting in the hall she dies in.

**Who can & how (+the order in which they can be saved) (Also it doesn't mean everyone gets out the same time as the turn that they're saved it just means they'll be able to get out due to the time they were given)**

* Some of the workers of the castle along with a record keeper: After 2 rounds they'll have gotten out though some are badly hurt.
* Herfalsia Silvermaker: After 4 rounds of battle she'll have been able to get out onto the grounds and start healing anyone else who gets out.
* Zran Clawgaze along with her Kobold servants: After 6 turns Zran gets the warnings from Alice and grabs her servants and flies out, meaning there's no way for her to die in the grounds.
* The Maids & Children: After 10 rounds almost all the maids & children that were in the castle are able to get out, though are some that can't be saved.
* Kore & A few servants: after 12 founds Kore gets out with some of the servants along with saving a paper with the family tree.
* Alice: after 14 rounds Alice is able to get out with the bodies of the king & queen, meaning one day they might be able to be saved.
* The Flying Gem: If the best outcome is reached (which is "killing" Whisperer) the Flying Gem within the castle will not be blown up, meaning within The Rise Of The Island only 2 out of the three will have problems to be dealt with.

Who Lives No Matter What

* Dimi Riptis: They are a god of magic, they just stay in the Royal Library hoping that no one finds out their there.
* Ayda Liaphine: Once she hears all the fighting she hides in her closet which saves her.

## NPC's

### Carlos Of Caelum

Carlos already knows that his bodyguards are going to be getting a new job which will take them away from him due to that along with the up coming marrgie to a woman he doesn't love (he doesn't love any of them) he's quite moody.

### King Shiva

The king is a caring but stern man, he wears mostly dark blues with pop due to his warm toned dark skin. He does truly care for his son but his kingdom comes first so he has to have Carlos get married even through he can tell his son doesn't want too, he thinks highly of the bodyguards as they've his family more times than he could count so he'd trust them with his life & kingdom.

### Queen Imani

The queen is a very wise woman, she truly is in touch with the magic around her though is unable to use it due to a cruse that was put on her. She truly feels sorry for her son as she understand how it feels to marry someone you don't know well (Though at this point she truly loves her husband) but she understands it's what must be done, she doesn't trust the bodyguards quite as much as the king mainly because she feels they might one day overestimate themselfs and get someone hurt.

### Dimi Raptis

Dimi Raptis/Mx. Riptis acts as Carlos teacher, they have a light brown skin tone & short hair, almost always wearing a blue coat over the rest of their outfit. They do care for Carlos & the bodyguards as much as they can. They can tell that Kanti is lying about whose prophet she is so doesn't like her.

### Alice (The Maid)

Alice has worked for the royal family since shortly before Carlos was born, she helped when he was born. She is a middle aged Elf who looks like she's worked everyday of her life, has long messy hair within a bun and is wearing common maid's cloths. Alice is a hard working, no nonsense woman with a very big heart for those who treat her kindly, she cares for Carlos as a mother would her child she truly wants what's best for Carlos and doesn't care about all the noble nonsense which means she doesn't like Zran & Ayda since it's clear to her that they don't care about him.

### Zran Clawgaze

Zran is one of the marriage candidates for Prince Carlos, her marriage would mean peace between the Kobolds and settlers of the island. Zran herself is is lively and adventurous but is pretending to be a wise woman.

### Ayda Liaphine

Ayda is one of the marriage candidates for Prince Carlos, her marriage would mean noble blood within the royal family. Ayda herself is a noble & cold woman pretending to be warm & Sweet.

### Kanti Joshi

Kanti is one of the marriage candidates for Prince Carlos, her marriage would mean magic within the bloodline and Kanti says also good fortune to the family. Kanti is secretive and lies as to who her god is but is honest in her personality.

### Kore

The head of the royal guards, they have long hair which up in a ponytail and have thin features. They've been a bit of a rival to Cass as they almost got Cass's job before Cass wowed the king & queen, since then Kore has worked hard to match Cass in a fight, Kore has a great deal of respect for Cass and wishes to day day fight along side her

### Herfalsia Silvermaker

Herfalsia is an older dwerf woman with a lot of wisdom but also a small chip on her shoulder, she's like a cool grandma who also worships Silvanus/nature itself. She likes Tiffany and sees her like the child that Herfalsia never had. Herfalsia is tall for a dwerf and is wearing a druid's dress her hair goes down to the ground and is messy, brown and has flowers put within it, her skin tone is a pale brown.

### Whisperer

Whisperer first shows up at The Ruby Tevarn as Lavender both to sing as a bard and to tell Carlos to meet with him that night in their favorite spot, As Lavender they have long ruby hair with pale skin and yellow eyes, she is wearing a long dress which is a deep red & made of velvet. Later he shows within Carlos's room to kill the bodyguards for the fact they killed a Succubus named Charity whom he loved. In his "human" form he looks like a tall, young looking man, he has blond hair in a curly side cut with a deep brown eyes. He wears a nice bard outfit which a red & black with a heart theme to it.

## Locations

### Saint Tox

#### Caelum Castle (Past)

Caelum Castle is built into Caelum Mountain, it looks over all of Saint Tox. The Castle itself is a 5 story building made of stone with flats carved into the stone for outsides areas, these areas are were the gates to the roads lay. each corner of the castle has a tower none of which match in height some being taller then the castle while others match it. One of the notble things about the castle is all the stain glass windows which have heroes of the past upon them along with stories.

**The Throneroom**

The throne room has a large door at it's front which leads outside to the main garden/way into the castle, along the walls leading to the end of the room are tapestry's of some of the great stories of Caelum and then there are also hallways between the tapestry's. From the front door up to the throne is a long dark blue carpet with gold deatils, the throne itself is made of a gold looking mantel with it's soft parts being a deep purple. Above the throne is a magical stained glass window with Mystra on it, the window always shows the state of the kingdom with both the type of light it lets in along with the state Mystra is seen in on the window. The light it lets in within protect the prince is a cool blue and Mystra is seen asleep upon a golden bed.

**Zran's Room**

Zran has put maps all around her guest room, it's very messy at this point with jewelry on the ground along side nick-nacs that seem to be some kinds of machines. The guest room Zran got was a room with with a window which she keeps open. The room itself smalls like rain. With a passive perception/perception check of 15 one can notice that there are claw marks around the window like someone has climbed in and out.

**Ayda's Room**

Ayda's room is very well kept nearly nothing is out of place, the room has about it many vases with all kinds of flowers along with smaller paintings (which on a passive perception/perception check of 15 can be noticed to be fakes of paintings Carlos has said he likes) and with a lute leaning on the wall. Her room is without windows so it's light comes from magical fairy lights (which is normal for for guest rooms). One can notice with a which on a passive perception/perception check of 20 that the lute has dust on it's stings meaning it hasn't been played.

**Kanti's Room**

Kanti's room a plain window guest room, it does look lived in but not like Kanti has really made it her own room. with a passive perception/perception check of 15 one can notice a horseshoe under the bed.

**Carlos's Garden**

Carlos's garden is one of the flats made for the castle and is closer to the 2nd floor then the ground floor, it's a cliff and over looks towards one of the sides of Saint Tox towards the sea. The garden itself has many hanging types of flowers and vines growing all over the place, in the middle is a fountain and a bench which even has flowery vines on it.

**The Training Grounds**

The training grounds are on a flat on the ground floor and have their own building for guards to live & eat in, it's connected to rest by a road to the main garden. The building for the guards is an L shaped building mainly made of wood, in front of it is the yard that acts as a training ground which takes up more space then the building, the shorter part of the house goes into the yard and acts as a wall for the target practice. The rest of the area has all kinds of things for training inculding in the middle a bigger open space meant for people to be able to dual in.

**The Royal Library**

The royal library is on the ground floor of the castle and is one of the biggest rooms within the castle (to the point some say there's magic which makes it bigger inside), it is also two stories tall with the 2nd floor being more like small pathways that let people reach the books on the top shelf, wherever it isn't just hallways of the book shelf are tables for people to read at along with do work at as there is always spare paper.

**The Dining Room**

It is a large room near the back of the castle with only three ways in (the main door, the door to the kitchen and a secret door). It doesn't have windows but is lighted by magical tapestry's of different gods. In the middle of the room is a big table for every to eat at, with 4 smaller tables at each corner for servants to eat at (while the higher ranking ones anyway).

**The Hall to Carlos's Room**

The hallway is one of the four main outer halls of floor 3 of the castle meaning all along it are stained glass windows and it has one of the main staircases, it also has suits of armor other then that there's nothing else to note.

**Carlos's Room**
Carlos's room is the 3rd floor room of the of one of the towers which match the height of the castle. Within Carlos's has a lot of his art stuff laying about from sketching books to paintings of his on the wall, as a whole it means the room is about as colorful as a rainbow. Carlos has a few flowers near his window all of which are all snapdragons. He has some of his instruments around his room but they're all kept in their cases. With a passive perception/perception check of 2o it can noticed that there is a rose within one of the vases (Which later Whisperer picks petal by petal).

#### The Church Of Silvanus

The outside is all made of stone but the roof which is made of glass, inside is a place of worship which has all the things needed for that along with looking like a indoor garden with plants of all kinds about the place, all with sun beams coming from the skylight.

#### The Ruby Tevarn

It's a high-ish class tevarn with two stories. The first floor is a lively bar with many tables and a stage with a large map as it's background. What the inn is named for is it's windows which are all stained red like a ruby.

#### The Prince's Waterfall

This is where Carlos goes, there's a small (& risky) pathway from castle to it.

## Loot

The Fate Key: The key is able to something something within The Rise Of The Island: Side Story.

Zran's Wreath: A fine wreath made of gold from Caelum, it is encrusted with many rubies. It is likely worth at least 200 Gold

Kanti's Note: A note hidden within a painting which reads "Some of the guards weren't guards they were layol to the elf king, his hands are the ones with blood on them"

The Flying Gem: Within the best outcome the castle's gem doesn't get blown up.

## Aftermath

Which Marriage Candidate Was Picked:

* Zran Clawgaze: The Kobolds morn greatly after it is declared that the prince is dead, they remember they almost had peace and in preset time are trying to have Ayda Marry a male Clawgaze (Which would help her since then they can't come out with the truth) (If Zran lives the chlid that Ayda is to marry is instead Zran's grandchild and is a girl)
* Ayda Liaphine: She wears a wedding ring in preset day like the one she meant to wear one day, when Carlos comes back she'll try to marry him instead of get rid of him.
* Kanti Joshi: During Wake The Prince whenever Carlos rolls to hurt the players he gets disadvantage due to Beshaba. Kanti's note will also at the end have added "P.S im sorry Carlos, may the ladies of luck be on your side"

Who Lived:

* Some of the workers of the castle along with a record keeper: some NPCs in the main game are related to those who made it out of the castle
* Herfalsia Silvermaker: A town within The Island Of The Damned is ruled by followers of Silvanus
* Zran Clawgaze along with her Kobold servants: Zran rules over the kobolds and keeps from safe during the first few years of the island becoming The Island Of The Damned (otherwise during that time a near genocide happened)
* The Maids & Children: Some NPCs within main game are the children who lived though what happened
* Kore & A few servants: The familytree is safely kept by The Evil Queen's version of Royal Library, meanwhile there is a guild that was started by Kore in Cass's name within the island
* Alice: Alice helps rise The Ace Of diamonds, and the King & Queen's bodies are within the castle awaiting being brought back.

If the gang "kill" Whisperer we find out that the one-shot is Whisperer/Kasper telling Sneaky Kid a story while Sneaky Kid is waiting to meet the "heroes" of Side Story due to the kid pointing out that Whisperer didn't die. (They also get to see Kanti put a note into a painting before her death)

## Notes

* The Playlists/Music:
	+ When getting the job play: Fallen Down - Music Box
	+ For time between other events: Protect The Prince || Downtime
	+ Protect The Prince || Judging Zran Clawgaze
	+ Protect The Prince || Judging Ayda Liaphine
	+ Protect The Prince || Judging Kanti Joshi
	+ Like An Arrow || Carlos's Garden
	+ Protect The Prince || A Task For Cass Wormwood
	+ Protect The Prince || The Fight With The Caption
	+ Protect The Prince || A Task For Tiffany Rockerfeller
	+ Protect The Prince || A Task For Master
	+ Protect The Prince || A Task For Xander Redriver
	+ The Clock
	+ Protect The Prince || The Last Dinner
	+ Protect The Prince || Gone With A Whisper
	+ Protect The Prince || The Last Battle Of Heroes
	+ For the ending: We Raise Our Cups

* For the best out come the players have to kill or nearly kill Whisperer, if they do so they find out that Whisperer has been telling the story and throw him dying in for fun.