The Tournament of the Golden Arrow

## Premise

The town of Pottingspam is host to a tournament! The Tournament of the Golden Arrow is drawing people from all over Einquell, and King Tuna, Celeste Hours, Beanhead and Qherial Flag have come to participate for the prize: a golden arrow, and a kiss from the Maid Marietta.

## Plot Summary

In a reasonably secluded part of Gisnep is the town of Pottingspam. It is governed by the Duke of Relish, who has announced that he is hosting an archery tournament, with a kiss from his niece, and an arrow of gold, as the prize.

King Tuna, Celeste Hours, Beanhead (accompanied by his son, Herman), and Qherial Flag have all made their way to the town for the tournament, and find themselves in a field of about 15 archers.

Beanhead sent Herman to go and sit with the local children for the duration of the tournament, and after some instructions from the Listkeeper, the first arrows fly. King Tuna regrettably did appallingly in the first round and was eliminated, while the other three progressed to the next round. King Tuna proceeded to sulk dramatically, and Celeste made an attempt to cheer him up, realising that he was from Royalty Tuna, a brand of fish she recognises and eats occasionally. An awkward conversation follows, shattered by a scathing remark from Beanhead as he walked by.

Maid Marietta used the break between the rounds to mingle with the populace, and had a very short conversation with Qherial, where the noble woman proceeds to flirt with her.

In the second round, Qherial is eliminated, much to her displeasure. One of the Vultures running the tournament uses the break between the second and third round to inform King Tuna and Qherial that a consolation prize of a small buffet table of food has been set up. King Tuna refuses initially to be petty and indignant, however is easily persuaded to partake by Qherial.

It is then noticed that the local children, whom are the current company of Herman, appear to be gambling. Celeste decides to investigate, and discovers that the children are making bets on which of the archers in the tournament is a fellow called Robin Cowl, a local whom is a very talented archer, in disguise. The children explain to Celeste of the reason; the Duke of Relish doesn't like Robin, but Robin is in love with Marietta. And the prize is a kiss, so of course he would be entering the tournament!

Herman goes to relay this information to Beanhead, though, unreliably, and King Tuna and Qherial easily overhear.

In the third round, Celeste is eliminated, and goes to sit with King Tuna and Qherial in the audience. They are approached by Beanhead, and the party discusses their new point of gossip, looking over the remaining archers with curious interest. Beanhead had a realisation and sudden panic, having not realised that a kiss was involved in winning the tournament, and he, of the four of them, is the only one still in the competition. A proposal to locate Robin themselves for a reward of sorts from King Tuna was also raised, and subsequently rebuked.

It was noticed that the Constable was talking to the Duke, and Celeste was concerned that Robin might have been found out. Beanhead volunteers to go and check it out, and manages to overhear the Constable proposing to strip the remaining archers to get around Robin's disguise. The Duke dismisses this idea in favour of just arresting the winner of the tournament, but the idea of being stripped in front of Herman and the town did not sit well with Beanhead.

He goes and relays what he heard to the rest of the group. Celeste decides to warn the two remaining non-local archers, En the weasel, and Gatsy Goose, under the assumption that one of them is Robin in disguise. She has various levels of success with the two, very different archers.

For the fourth round, the archery line has been moved up right close to the pavilion, and the archers are summoned to the line. They line up to shoot their fourth arrow, when they notice that En has changed his stance, and they realise that he's going to shoot his arrow at Marietta!!

They intervene at the last moment, stopping the arrow from burying itself in her chest. The attempt on her life though sends the town into a panic, and there are another two identical weasels in the crowd, which come out of the fleeing common folk. The party fights the weasels off with the assistance of Gatsy Goose, but instead of falling prone or simply dying, even, when defeated, they melted into a foul black ooze... and within the ooze they recover a strange orange jack-o'-lantern amulet.

With the battle over, the Duke rewards the party for saving his niece with the Golden Arrow prize from the tournament, which the local blacksmith offers to melt down and split for them, and when Gatsy Goose asks for a pardon for Robin as his prize, the Duke very begrudgingly agrees. Gatsy Goose was enthusiastically revealed to be Robin Cowl, the fox, this whole time! What a surprise.

## Cast

* Whis (DM)
* King Tuna (Cade)
* Celeste Hours (Sparrow)
* Beanhead (Ollie)
* Qherial Flag (Bluejay)

## Notable NPCs

* Herman (Beanhead's Son/Animal Companion)
* Duke of Relish
* Marietta Relishrum
* Robin Cowl
* The Honourable Constable of Pottingspam
* En