The Final Will

The second campaign in the ***By Steel & Blood*** setting. ***The Final Will*** has begun.

Look at "Episodes" tab for session recaps.

## Episodes

* Episode 1 (4/15/23)
* Episode 2 (4/22/23)
* Episode 3 (5/13/23)

## Premise

*7 years later...* the year is 553 ACR.

Time has flown by since the events of *The Crimson Mountains* campaign.

The Kingdom of Tirrenor was changed forever by the events of 546 ACR. Thane Nilos Kallistratos sits alone as the regent of Blackwall Hold, after defending his seat in the Battle of Stoneshade. The Kingdom continues to change around him. To the east, The Republic of Targe was declared independent by its people after the revolution sparked by Lord Tyrusz & his followers, the Chasm. It is the world's first known experiment with democracy. The Republic is governed by the famous mercenary Lucien Bladeborn & his wife Zenia Kallistratos.

The Kingdom of Tirrenor now only consists of 4 Holds: Tirrenhold, Blackwall, Timbervale & Sea March. The power of traditional forces like Old King Basilius and the Creed of the Five Gods continue to dwindle. Baron Ferris Alexius of Nubardum, a pious follower of the Gods, seeks to rebuild the High Temple of Tagrimus & the High Temple of Aquinas on his lands and restore wholeness to the Creed. Mercenary forces like the Gold Legion continue to rise in power & influence. Overall, it has been a time of peace & growth in Tirrenor, but a tense peace at that. Some of the wise can feel the storm brewing on the horizon...

To the south, the Empire of Bruxia has made it to the other side of a long & bloody civil war. Emperor Fazael Bruxus V rules through fear, having violently quelled the Vox Populi rebellion. Still, patches of resistance exist on the extremities of the Empire. The aristocratic "branded" class of the Bruxus Dynasty continue life as usual, seeing the angry members of conquered peoples & the Plebian caste as mere inconveniences to their pompous way of life.

But a new revolution brews in the city of Yanama, the former capital of the Yurican people. The conquered city straddles the Whitewater river & the border of Tirrenor & Bruxia. Split in two, North Yanama belongs to the Tirrenian Hold of Blackwall, and South Yanama belongs to the Bruxian province of Vassili. A half-constructed bridge represents the uneasy peace between the two nations, who could never come to an agreement for its completion.

And the Yurican people remain, devasted by thier conquerors on both sides. Their traditional teachings outlawed completely on the Bruxian side, many individuals have given up hope & assimilated. And many other proud ones have carried on their traditions, often in secret, holding ceremony & prayer in the shadows. Their hopes for a new independence were defeated in the civil war. But rumors fly that the leader of the Yurican Liberation Front (YLF) survives. Some put hope in whispers of the dangerous & feared Birchmen, who are told to still exist in hiding within the thick, dark forest of Vasque Relicto.

Now the fate of the world lies in the hands of three humble people. A young Bruxian Branded. A humble Yurican mercenary. And a sly Pirate on the high seas...

The time has come... for *The Final Will*.

## Player Characters

* Thane Nilos Kallistratos
* Kaveth Bruxus
* Rango "Frondeur" Foré
* Unish

## Non-Player Characters

### Introduced in Episode 1:

#### In Stoneshade

* Praetor Draco Basilius
* Imperator Zanther Mason
* Executor Kristoff Mason
* Inquisitor Pierre
* Eliza Straton
* Orinn Kallistratos
* Olliva Kallistratos
* Ser David Freeman
* Dracken Fenris

#### Aboard the *Crimson Crusader*

* Kaladin
* Prisen Colon
* Raize

#### Aboard the *Diamond Dagger*

* Cpt. Flynn Daggar
* Harken

#### In Brux Arkana

* Emperor Fazael Bruxus V
* Princess Sola Bruxus
* "Minister of Truth" Xylo Chigurh
* "Minister of War" Ghizlain Bruxus
* "Minister of Foreign Affairs" Mazeeda Bruxus
* Nadia Bruxus
* Nero Bruxus
* Arcadius
* Sage Carlin
* Lucii the Dog

### Introduced in Episode 2:

#### In Marinas

* Froylin the Merchant
* Caius

#### In Brux Arkana

* Sagess Hilde
* Tikva

#### In North Yanama

* Unimari
* Ajni
* Lyko
* Haruld Baldlose
* Ferdinand

### Introduced in Episode 3:

#### The Gold Legion

* Comm. Baryck Alexius
* Comm. Gerith Alexius
* Cent. Tolmend Oklend
* Cent. Rylon Ptolemy
* Cent. Blane Hallurgard
* Ser Manly Kobar
* Cyrus
* Jacek

#### In Brux Vassili

* Matriarch Vetharia Bruxus
* Chancellor Zayn Bruxus
* Commander Jerra

#### Trayger Island

* Madame Marisa
* Ser Volkar "The White Knight"
* Terra