King's Crossing - Season One

## Episodes

A Grim Night's Rest
Mudpit Mayhem

Sink or Swim

A Song For The Fallen

Learning To Walk

Escaped Convict

Blight Fright

Beasts Of The East

Uninvited Guests

Sacrificial Son

Mind Games

Homeward Bound

Tavern Tales

War Table

Arwin's Rest Arsonist

More Than Meets The Eye

Neighborly Needs

Camp Of The Lost Sons, Part 1

Atlas At Last

Camp Of The Lost Sons, Part 2

Spring Equinox Festival

**Season 1** of RDS's *King's Crossing* premiered on April 5, 2023, consisting of 21 episodes so far. Developed by Rath, who wrote all of the season's twenty-one episodes and directed the same amount,

This season introduces notable characters Grunkle (Mr Pickles), Torvekek (Fred), Wylfer Belelor (Shifty Games), Gnimwirt (Toughnuts), and Adarag (Adaece) who arrive in the town of Arwin's Rest, in a dark and dismal world filled with stalking swamp creatures, dubbed "blights". After befriending some locals, the parties set out to secure the town and save it from oncoming devastation.

## Plot

#### A Grim Night's Rest

Torvekek arrives in Arwin's Rest where he meets Grunkle and together they agree to search for the rumored treasure troves buried here. During their first night, they both endure some restless dreams that carry the weight of a seer's vision.

#### Mudpit Mayhem

Grunkle and Torvekek prepare for their quest to head East and investigate the cause of more feral animals coming toward town. They meet some more locals and even take on a side quest to gather the ingredients for a new brew called the Numb Abyss. Their journey then is cut short when they walk head first into the Mud Pits of the Freelands.

#### Sink or Swim

Gnimwirt and his guide, Adarag, set out from the Kingdom of Othrondil on their way North to the Freelands in pursuit of Gnimwirt's interests. However, to do so, they would need to get past the Rok'Kar Blockade. Using their quick wit and stealthy advantage, they found their way both into and out of the sea, ending up on the Wake Racer.

#### A Song for the Fallen

After recovering from their dirty trip, Grunkle and Torvekek find another poor soul trapped in the mud. They save Alexios and continue on to find a mushroom filled glade with an altar to an unknown god represented by a stump on a grassy knoll. Suffering some form of drug induced nightmares, Torvekek has a timely reaction which ends up with his axe defacing the altar.

#### Learning To Walk

Gnimwirt and Adarag take up residence at Hobb's Lodge before turning around and heading North in search of Griff. Along the way, they learn the secrets of mud walking, allowing them passage over the mud river. Their journey continues North for a short time before running into a Kobold named DIBS. Fleeing the monster that was chasing DIBS, the party continues North and finds a strange purple bulbous plant on their path.

#### Escaped Convict

Wylfer, fleeing the freemen who held him captive, runs into Grunkle, Torvekek, and Alexios. Together they are able to fend off the freemen who come to take Wylfer back into custody. The freemen are slain but at some cost as Grunkle is left patching his wounds and ingesting all manner of pain killers.

#### Blight Fright

Gnimwirt, Adarag, and DIBS fight off a Twig Blight as best they can, leaving it captured in a net in the path. They then are able to take a second to investigate some sounds in the swamp to see Issabella being shoved inside a purple bulbous plant.

#### Beasts of the East

Grunkle, Torvekek, Wylfer, and Alexios continue East, trying to find the cause of more feral animals moving toward the town of Arwin's Rest. Encountering one such beast before finally making it to the base of the mountain where some ashen trees can be seen. It is here they camp, but they are not alone.

#### Uninvited Guests

After a narrow escape from certain death, Gnimwirt and Adarag continue their search for Griff but find a statue of a man made of granite. They investigate this for some time before they come across a blood trail that leads them to the cave of Bjoern.

#### Sacrificial Son

The party fights for their life as they find themselves trapped between an army of these blights and another force moving through the swamp. As a storm erupts overhead, the group sees an old friend leap into battle to help. This provides them the distraction needed to make a move to save everyone they can.

#### Mind Games

Setting off with Issabella, Bjoern, and an injured Griff, the party makes their way back to Arwin's Rest. But along the way they start losing their minds to the swamp, seeing visions and illusions. Could these hallucinations mean something?

#### Homeward Bound

Grunkle and Torvekek continue on their journey back to Arwin's Rest, bringing along with them Alexios and an unconcious Wylfer. However their journey does not go complete uninterrupted as they discover that Grunkle is not the biggest being wandering these swamps.

#### Tavern Tales

Resting and recovering back at Hobb's Lodge gives the party time to tell their story of the adventure East. It's also around this time that the they realize they missed the ingredients for Addisilon's Numb Abyss and meet a new friend in town.

#### War Table

Our parties finally meet, running into each other in the town of Arwin's Rest. It is here they bring together some of the friends they have made in town to discuss the events surrounding the town. Sat at a table in Hobb's Lodge, the gathered persons devise a plan to ensure the safety and continued existence of Arwin's Rest

#### Arwin's Rest Arsonist

Gnimwirt and Adarag are contacted by Arlain to take on a mission for him, to investigate the fire that claimed their marketplace. It is during this investigation that they meet some more of the locals around town and start piecing together quite the story.

#### More Than Meets The Eye

Grunkle, Torvekek, Wylfer, and now Dibs push out East for a second time. However, this time, they make for the crossroads to acquire the necessary materials to enact their war table plan for Arwin's Rest. Along the journey, they will uncover more questions than answers about themselves, their new friends, and the world around them.

#### Neighborly Needs

Gnimwirt and Adarag move about the town both assisting others with errands as well as running a few themselves. This is easier said than done as our party finds themselves once again in the sea fighting to survive. The get to meet and interact with many people around the town, including sighting a new and very unpredicted character.

#### Camp of the Lost Sons, Part 1

Arriving at the crossroads, our adventurers find another group has set up camp here. They call themselves the Lost Sons. However, the party is split when Torvekek receives a vision drawing him back to the altar to the forgotten god. On the way back there, they encounter a man who had lost his entire homestead to the blights. At the altar, Torvekek is told his days are numbered. The party then returns to the Camp of the Lost Sons for the night.

#### Atlas At Last

Gnimwirt and Adarag capitalize on their extra day before the festival by working alongside Bjoern to concoct a remedy to petrification. They then set out North to the statue of Atlas to free him from his prison. Their plan does not go as smoothly as they had hoped. Avoiding the swamp dragon as best they can, they make their way to Atlas and learn that not everything is as they had thought when the runes introduce a new storyline.

#### Camp Of The Lost Sons, Part 2

Back at the camp, the party collects the resources needed for their project. Once complete, they say their farewells and make for Arwin's Rest. Along the way, the discover the swamp is changing. The altar of the forgotten god has faded away into the fog, a fog that now carries a heavy purple tint and covers most all the landscape.

#### Spring Equinox Festival

Taking the night to celebrate with the people of Arwin's Rest, our parties once again unite to engage in drink, song, and games. With the threat of disaster, corruption, and monsters hanging at the edge of the mist, the people of this town take one day to themselves to live and be happy before whatever may come next.

## Cast

* PCs
* NPCs

Adarag

Gnimwirt

Grunkle

Torvekek

Wylfer Belelor

Addisilon

Alexios Crowe

Arlain

Atlas

Bartholomew

Bernard

Bjoern

DIBS

Evelyn

Frankie

Griff

Harlem

Hawthorne

Hopkins

Issabella

Johnathon

Kassandra "Blackheart"

Kent

Kylar

Kylie

Lilliana

Matteo

Mr Karvar

Nancy

Sharog

Solomon

Thomas

Valaris

Wilhelm

Zabahni
## Deaths

* Matteo
* 1 Boar
* 1 Moose
* 4 Freemen
* Multiple Blights

## Production

### Conception

Rath says he had considered the idea of an ongoing, adaptable series, but was reluctant to actively pursue it. "I'd had a few trial attempts at a similar idea with varying starting locations however none of them succeeded." When Mr Pickles became interested in playing in a "more classic fantasy based game", Rath said it was "the incentive I needed" and went on to starting building on his original idea stating, "I feel that with the player group that had gathered between our original players of Mr Pickles and Fred, we were bound for success if I could just get them invested in the world. They took to it without even trying and what I had hoped for, became so much more."

### Writing

Rath's original script was to have the entire first season be aired in one sitting but instead it was divided into thirds "...just to slow the narrative down and dig into the characters more deeply, so it's not just plot-driven, event-driven stuff. You really want to drag these characters into the equation."

### Filming

The filming of the first season was actually split and mixed up originally. Half of the Grunkle, Torvekek, and Wylfer story was filmed before Adarag and Gnimwirt ever joined the team. Then the filming between the two parties was done differing days during the week. This is why you will see "original air dates" are out of order of what the actual chronological order is."

## Promotion

The production has, as of this point, not made any income and so no promotional means could be afforded except by volunteers, of which there are none. So the entire fan base of the series was brought about by what word of mouth was given.

## Reception

### Critical Response

As of the point of writing this, no reviews of the show have been given.

### Accolades

As of the point of writing this, no rewards have been given.

### Ratings

As of the point of writing this, no ratings of the show have been given.

## Videos

### Official Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qf7NsEwrVU&list=PLxmP2MTPzKA-ASsuwN70tbRKQ6aOo2p2H&pp=gAQBiAQB
### Behind the Scenes

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