Indie Roc

**Indie Roc** was an adventure DMed by Shane. The Adventurers' League tried to track down Antoinette the Brutalizer, who had not reported back after going to hunt a roc.

## Background

Antoinette the Brutalizer was missing. She took a quest to slay a roc that was terrorising the woods around the elven town of Teledoran. A relatively simple quest for an adventurer of her stature, the Adventurers' League got worried when she didn't return. Eldegar Lovitsz and Luric Miraran were asked to go to Teledoran, look for signs of Antoinette, and save her from whatever danger she may have found herself in.

## Synopsis

### Part 1

After briefing briefed by Cressida, Eldegar and Luric made their way through the countryside until they reached the forest which contained Teledoran. Entering Teledoran, they found it seemed to be being occupied by an army of predominantly humans.

The duo approached a pair of soldiers stationed in the main square, Coh and Starlee. Coh told them they were soldiers from Margance, who had recently retaken Teledoran from a rebel king. That king was now imprisoned in a makeshift internment camp in the amphitheatre. Coh told them additionally that they had not seen a night hag, but agreed to take the duo to the new lord of Teledoran, Baron Franz Gravenhoff.

Coh and Starlee escorted Luric and Eldegar to the king's old home, where the Baron and Justiciar Neurath were ruling from. Franz told them he had asked the Adventurers' League for help, but that Antoinette had never arrived in town, so she must have gone straight to the roc's nest. He gave them directions, and they went to investigate.

When Eldegar and Luric arrived at the roc's nest, they found a very angry roc, but no sign of Antoinette. Figuring that if the roc was unharmed as it was, Antoinette hadn't been there, and so they returned to Teledoran to search for more clues.

Back in Teledoran, the pair went to the Dreamwhisper Inn. There, Luric was able to identify a group of elves he believed to be ex-soldiers. Their leader, Loryn Arashel told Luric and Eldegar what was really going on. Margance had invaded Teledoran after Teledoran had been weakened by Vecna's war. The Kaiser had installed Franz as baron, although Neurath was really running things, and "subversive" individuals had been placed under house arrest. Loryn would have liked to resist further, but the Margantian forces had confiscated their armour and weapons. A night hag had been spotted entering the town, but soldiers had taken her away. Loryn guessed the hag was being held with the other prisoners. Luric and Eldegar thanked Loryn, and left, with Luric "forgetting" a pile of his weapons.

Eldegar disguised himself and Luric as a pair of Justiciars, and approached the neighbourhood where the prisoners were being kept. They intimidated their way into the first house, where a rebel named Serode Laventansel was being kept. She rebuked them, not believing they were there to help. The duo then moved on to the next house. After they could not persuade the guards to let them in, Luric subdued them both by grabbing one and slamming him repeatedly into the other. They then entered the house, where they found a badly beaten Antoinette the Brutalizer.

Antoinette had be assaulted upon her arrival in town due to her being a night hag. Neurath had stopped the beating once they all realised who she was. She had then been imprisoned, as the Baron did not want word of Margantian soldiers beating an Adventurers' League member to get out. After a long discussion reflecting on the political ramifications, Eldegar and Luric agreed that they would help Serode, Loryn, and the others in overthrowing the Margantians. They freed Serode and another elf, Eahtadan Lithtaur, who both killed their respective guards, and began to plan their revolt.

### Part 2

Eventually, Luric and Eldegar came up with a plan to fake a prisoner transfer in order to get back to the Dreamwhisper Inn. Their justiciar disguises were detected by a guard in the town square however, and so Luric had to throw a group of guards to their deaths.

Upon reaching the inn, the group found Loryn and her allies armed, and Coh and Starlee dead. The combined rebel group then discussed their next move. While the elves deconstructed some bridges to slow reinforcements coming from the king's home, Luric and Eldegar would scout out the amphitheatre for the best way of freeing the king and the other high profile prisoners.

When they got to the amphitheatre, Luric and Eldegar decided they didn't actually need the help of the elves, and so killed the guards there themselves. After briefly discussing regime change with King Gyleth Queth'dor, the duo freed him and his advisors. They then returned to the rest of the group in the town square.

While Serode guarded the king back in the inn, the rebels began an assault on the Baron's headquarters in the king's house. Eldegar and Luric were able to make their way through the fray to the upper floor, where they engaged Justiciar Neurath. Neurath delivered a severe blow to Eldegar, however he was then brutalised by the fists of Luric. Luric the got him in a hold, and Eldegar disintegrated him with a spell. Baron Gravenhoff attempted to flee, but was surrounded by elves outside. He then surrendered.

After the battle, King Gyleth thanked Eldegar and Luric for their help, and gave them some magical items as rewards. He told them he planned to negotiate with the Kaiser, by trading Franz for a non-aggression pact. Luric, Eldegar, and Antoinette then returned to the Adventurers' League headquarters, where Cressida thanked Luric and Eldegar for rescuing Antoinette, and reflected on the future difficulties of having picked a fight with Margance.

## Player Characters

* Eldegar Lovitsz
* Luric Miraran

## NPCs

* Cressida
* Horne Hornblower
* Coh
* Starlee
* Baron Franz Gravenhoff
* Justiciar Neurath
* Loryn Arashel
* Antoinette the Brutalizer
* Serode Laventansel
* Eahtadan Lithtaur
* King Gyleth Queth'dor

## Locations

* Adventurers' League Headquarters
* Teledoran
* Margance (mentioned only)
* Blippity Blop University (mentioned only)