The Nameless

Home of one of Arleans' greatest enigmas

**The Nameless** is the enigmatic identity of those who dwell in the Abandoned Monastery that the Six traverse through in order to reach the lost Fort Jerosant to investigate the source of spies that seek to infiltrate Valour Haven.

## Recap

After the party worked through their grief in the sudden loss of their comrade and ally Saszi, they engage in a bout of battle that unexpectedly gets more and more out of hand until Vandor Tah emerges victorious. After a raucous evening of escapades, drinking and quiet contemplation, the party is approached by Akaza a member of H.R.O. that is working with the Knight-Commander to invite the group to handle the interrogation of the Turnkey Caledon. It goes awry but not before the party uncovers key information that gives them further hints in search of the spy seeking to bring about Valour Haven's downfall. Sir Davion learns that Wulf may be affected to an unknown degree and reassures him that he will look out for him.

## Summary

The party return to Bragna House with Wulf and settle in for the evening discussing what they have learnt and plan their course of action in seeking out Fort Jerosant. Davion determines to have Captain Vidal look after Wulf in their absence and keep an eye out for anything amiss about him. This otherwise would be a good opportunity for Wulf to serve as a Castle Page in order to further his education in reading.

The party departs the city on the long trek to reach Fort Jerosant that will take some time. Carefully making their way through the countryside they are very wise in their use of lessons they have already garnered in their travels in the Blightlands to evade danger from the presence of the Dead. A couple of days travel ensues where through the use of Vandor's Tiny Hut they are able to sleep without campfire without freezing.

It was when the party needed to fjord the Three Rivers that matters grew challenging. Having managed to make it through two of the rivers it was the third that the group had made a misstep. Their the struggles against the raging river risked carrying them down stream and their efforts aroused the presence of the Dead who were closer than they realized. Suddenly, Drowned Men rose from the river, soldiers seemingly bearing the symbols of the Halassey Legion confronted them with weapons in hand.

A dangerous battle ensued where a dozen of these warriors attacked the Six. Through the use of Vandor's Deity's holy power they were able to ward off many of the Dead but the few that were able to strike the party proved to be very deadly as their weapons were infected with strains of the "Blue Flu" which caused its victims to develop fast growing blue boils that would progressively weaken them until it killed them and raised them as "Drowned Men".

Sucessfully cutting down their enemies while others were kept at bay by Holy power, 3 of the party members were infected with Blue Flu and it was getting worse. The next part of the journey was the Monastery of the Nameless where they were supposed to rest before moving on and seemed the best place to deal with the growing boils.

The Monastery is infamous among the League as being the only Pre-Fall establishment to remain bereft of the influence of the Dead. In fact, it is known to have severe judgement on those who deface or dishonour it whether alive or dead.

Upon reaching the Monastery, as the Six began healing their weakened party members suddenly they were becoming free of the virus as they healed the wounded to full vitality. The virus naturally lost its grip on them and was receding. Nevertheless, it could not be certain that death would not claim them in the night. Vandor goes to a Holy Water bowl in the Hall of the Monastery before his first watch and pours vials of his own supply of Holy Water within.

During Vandor's Watch, he was visited by a bearded, fatherly figure who spoke gently to Vandor and asked him deep and personal questions as to what Vandor felt in his heart. Especially in regards to the vile criminal Morgan Silva. Vandor explained that what Morgan took made him feel less 'whole' and that Morgan deserved death for his crimes. The figure warned Vandor that Justice and Vengeance were a thin line between each other and encouraged him to remain just in his conduct. Nevertheless, the figure agreed that Holy Justice was more swift than vile evil and as such Morgan must be brought to justice. Vandor pleaded for help for his friends afflicted by the Blue Flu. The figure told Vandor that he was smiled upon ever since 'that day in the forest' and that his plea had been heard and answered.

During Deagon's Watch, Vandor had told him of what he had seen and this unnerved the nervous Dwarf who was suddenly afraid of what he might see. It was about 20 minutes into his watch that he heard a young dwarven woman's voice call out from a door near the altar in the hall. She beckoned him as he smelt fresh bread and other sweet smells telling him there were pies that he could share with them. Deagon however, hesitant to trust such a compelling offer decided not to leave his post. The smell and sounds would cease before the end of his watch.

Deagon wakes Tully for her watch and warns her of what he saw and what Vandor told him. Deagon made Tully promise not to leave the group as he felt that they could not risk. So during Tully's watch she too heard something, the sound of birds and animals down the hall and after briefly hesitating she investigated further. Inside a room elsewhere in the Monastery, she found a man in monk robes like the other apparitions tending to feeding birds and animals. He invites her to join him and enjoy the experience of caring for such lovely animals. She inquires about him and he is quite familiar with details about her. Tully notices that the figure has whiskers although he notes that in life he did not possess them, they are merely a projection from Tully that symbolized the figures own experience in life of being 'abnormal'. He in fact was intellectually disabled, he mentioned that most felt that he was useless or unwanted. It was at the monastery that felt belonging. She asked him his name and he explained that he is "Nameless", in his order they keep their names sacred and holy to be only shared with their God and each other. He thanks her for sharing this time with her and bequeaths her a gift in a small pouch saying that it would come in handy.

Finally, during Tore's watch, likewise receiving the message from Tully about what she and the others saw Tore was watchful for happenings during his watch. He saw a young man run by him (likewise in Monk garb) and tug on Tore's arm beckoning him to follow with words such as "Quick, it is time!" and "Follow me, you'll want to see this!". Tore gets up and follows where the figure leads Tore to the exterior door and they open it they explain that there is only so much time so to enjoy it while it lasts. Upon the door opening, Tore sees his wife Diana sitting at home going through money, business and other matters while the girls play outside. Tore is able to spend an hour with his wife as they talk and Diana is grateful to see him and clearly worries a great deal about her husband. Tore reassures her and hopes the money he sent is enough to keep them going. Tore inquires about Sora and asks if she has asked anymore about her parentage. Diana admits that they probably fuss more about it than Sora does and that she simply 'misses her Dad'.

As they share a kiss when suddenly Tore finds himself outside the Monastery at night with the young male figure standing by the door. He explains that it ended as Diana had woken up which was why he hurried Tore. This was a gift from God to encourage Tore and honour the love of family.

## Featured Characters

### The Six

* Sir Davion Phylund
* Deagon Sunseeker
* Tore Wolfram
* Tully Tanglefoot
* Vandor Tah

### Returning Characters

* Vidal (Mentioned)
* Daniel (Mentioned)
* Mrs Gerondin
* Wulf Phylund
* Diana Wolfram (via a Vision)

### New Characters

* Caledon
* The Nameless