Calogera De Paola

**Calogera De Paola** is a poor widow residing in Porte Azzuro, The Barony of Longone, The Duchy of Capanne, Corsica.

## The Arc

NOTE: This arc can only involve a *male* character(s).

### 0 - Summary

This adventure is about Government trying to cease land from the poor in order to make the harbour a high-class area.

### I - Call to Adventure

**DM:** "On the side of the road you see a woman struggle with two pails of water, she carries them with a yoke. She trips and spills the water on the ground. As she gets up you see blood gurgle from her mouth. She sits and begins to sob."

### II - Refusal

**DM:** "As you talk to her you see a knight approach the lady, he looks at her with contempt, and bitter pity."

**Sir Lattuca:** "Calogera De Paola?"

**Calogera De Paola:** "Yes?"

**Sir Lattuca:** "You have been summoned by Constable Callisto Broggi. Regarding the matter of your debt. Be there by 4:00 today."

Sir Lattuca dismissively throws a letter at her feet and walks away down the harbour.

**Calogera De Paola:** "Sir you appear to be, to be of an honourable background. Please help me. They will take my property away because I am a woman. Will you please pose as my fiancé, you have no need to marry me, after the meeting we can part and the debt will still be in my name. With records of abandonment I can file for bankruptcy legally."

### III - Supernatural Aid

OST: Scorsone's Theme

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "Excuse me sir, I could not help but overhear your conversation. Ippolito Scorsone, I am an expert in forgery. Perhaps I could help you out for the right price?"

If the player accepts, they are rushed to Proles. (Crossing the Threshold)

### IV - Crossing The Threshold

OST: The Proles

**DM:** "Ippolito escorts you to the proles, unlike the rest of the city this area has waste and excrement thrown on the streets. The horses here seem underfed and neglected. Despite the conditions its quite busy and rowdy with activity absent of cops. Ippolito descends a small stone staircase. He opens the door and inside is a smoky room filled with a disproportionate amount of non-adriatics. It is the first time you've seen so many people outside of Adria since you've arrived. He opens a door in the back and leads you into his office. Papers are thrown haphazardly and an ink bottle is spilled on the edge. As he walks to his seat he lifts it upright, despite all the ink now on the table."

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "Damn Carbon Ink stains the wood to hell. Cheapest shit they sell though."

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "So! You're here for a marriage certificate correct?"

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "How about I cut you a deal? You hand over any permits of citizen ship from whatever god-awful place you ran from, and you can have the certificate for free? No overhead! And ill sweeten the deal, Ill get you permits of citizenship for Corsica?"

### V - Belly of the Whale

**DM:** "You go to the Constable's office in uptown. Calogera at your side."

**Calogera De Paola:** "Thank you again for this, my husband died a few months ago. We relied on his worker's comp for income but after he passed the Union refused to keep paying. You're a good man."

You walk into the Constables Office and speak to the receptionist, after a short time waiting a door opens and the Constable waves you in."

**Constable Callisto Broggi:** "Welcome, Mr...?."

The Constable will ignore Calogera completely.

**Constable Callisto Broggi:** "Well it seems Ms. Calogera is months behind on her mortgage. The bank asked us to resolve the matter personally...to avoid any....legal complications."

Regardless of any legal legitimacy the Constable will refuse the documents and claim them null and void

**Constable Callisto Broggi:** "Listen sir it appears you are obviously a charlatan. I suggest you move on to someone less gullible."

OST: That's Life

### VI - The Road of Trials ("Ippolito Scorsone")

OST: Back to the Giovanni's

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "Hey man fuck off! He wasn't going to let you get away with real papers anyways. They're pigs. If they want you in prison they will. They only pay attention to the law when it's in their favour."

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "If you really want someone to help you find some pig noble and get them on your side. I mean if you're willing to get dirty."

**Ippolito Scorsone:** "I wouldn't know personally, but I know Sir Lattuca is known for sly deals if you grease the gears."

### VII - The Road of Trials ("Sir Lattuca")

**Sir Lattuca:** "Yes? Can I help you?"

**Sir Lattuca:** "Yeah I can help you out--500 Lepta."

**Sir Lattuca:** "Just fuck off, Ill find you when I find you, just lay low and don't fucking talk to me again."

### VIII - The Road of Trials ("The Arrest")

**DM:** "As you walk along the street a noble comes around the corner and puts his hand up in front of you."

OST: Run

**Sir Allocco:** "Excuse me sir, you've been placed under arrest by order of Constable Broggi. Please get on your knees and place your hands behind your head. Do not speak or I will have full legal right to use deadly force. "

**DM:** "You see Scorsone in the background, he lights a cigarette and chuckles at your misfortune. He looks at you and with highly exaggerated movements mouths 'Run'."

### IX - Road of Trials ("Flora Cerulli")

OST: Flora Cerulli

**Flora Cerulli:** "Looks like you don't know the rules down here. Never trust anyone who wields legal power. They're all pigs. The people down here, the poor and disgruntled, they're the honourable ones."

**Flora Cerulli:** "You know why they're doing this right? They're trying to drive us out, they have been for the past 15 years. Buying up all our houses at a fraction of the cost we paid for them. And what the fuck are we gonna do? They're the ones with the swords. Everyone says 'Go to Capital, leave this place.' Well I don't want to fucking leave, this is my home. Why do they get to take it from us?"

**Flora Cerulli:** "I used to be a cop before Count Farruggio took over. He dishonourably discharged all the women. Figures right? Prick. The point is what they're doing isn't exactly legal. Actually its not legal at all. If the Baroness got word of that--fuck, the hammer would come down. But that'll never happen. Her knights don't listen to her, and she's not a thaumaturge. She has no leverage."

**Flora Cerulli:** "I wouldn't blame you if you just skipped town. All of it got complicated real fast huh? Its too much, that's why I'm here. No point in helping other people if you just keep getting kicked down."

**DM:** "As you walk out of town you see Calogera's house, its empty, furniture tossed on the street in front."

### IX - Meeting with the Goddess

OST: Seconda La Tona

**Seconda La Tona:** "Can I help you?"

Baroness La Tona is exhausted, she's fed up and not in a good mood. But she's still a good person.

**Seconda La Tona:** "They what? What the fuck is wrong--I apologize. I am sorry. Please tell me more."

**Seconda La Tona:** "Well you look tough, and I need some backup. How about I hire you on a mercenary, just for now. I need a right arm that can pack a punch. Just enough to scare the prick--Just enough to pressure Count Farruggio into swearing fealty to me. What do you say, Sir \_\_\_?"

### X - Atonement with the Father

OST: Count Farruggio

**Seconda La Tona:** "Count Farruggio for your crimes against The Barony of Longone, and the Nation of Corsica, I hereby dishonourably discharge you from all service. And order immediate exile of Longone."

**Count Farrugio:** "Knights please escort this *woman* out of Porte Azzuro."

**Seconda La Tona:** "Count Farruggio I am your superior. You will obey my command or you will face dire consequences."

Count Farrugio slowly stands hands behind his back and walks up to La Tona. He towers above her.

**Count Farrugio:** "Superior? Technically more like it, why don't you all go back to your farms and stop pretending to be knights? What knights--"

He then turns to La Tona, spit flying out of his mouth

**Count Farrugio:** "Would be led by a woman? A pale echo of your great father--I knew your father."

**Seconda La Tona:** "You knew my father, tell me, did you know your own?"

Count Farrugio smiles and bows a little bit, he takes off his glove and throws it to the ground. La Tona picks the glove up and slaps him with it. They walk outside. They prepare to duel, and as they go for their swords you notice La Tona grab you sword backwards, like she is only showing it, and as soon as she shows it Count Farruggio strikes her down. She is on the floor bleeding, Farrugio sheaths his blade and spits on her before walking away.

### XIII - The Return

OST: The Return

If they win the Count is exiled and replaced by La Tona. Calogera is given her home back and Flora has a sudden reinterest in helping others. She starts a school for girls, in the name of St. Corrina.