Session 10 Winter

Between Seasons

Anastasz, The Salt Knight visits the Cured Seer in the hills East of Bohat, his sanctum a labyrinth of echoing caves, his desiccated body encrusted with salt. Anastasz tastes the Seer's salt and is granted a vision of wars to come.

Ludmer, The Trail Seer, upon hearing that he has incurred the wrath of the King, decides to leave the Realm and spend winter in the war-torn Northern Crownlands.

Perilake, The Gilded Knight teaches his Squire Zoltan the justice of Knights as a travelling judge in the mountains of Karpat.

Heldris, The Dove Knight asks Jakub the blacksmith to forge a prosthetic arm with a simple mechanism that allows him to attach a shield. When the village is visited by the siblings Lady Anastasia and Nicolai of Masur he decides to travel with them to Karpat. They don't know yet that Heldris had killed their brother, Prince Grigori of Masur.

Kozamost: A view of the Temple of the River in winter

Winter

Anastasz spends most of winter in the library of Barow Castle studying the history of the Realm. He learns that Zuraw, the sword he is wielding, once belonged to Sir Zigmunt of Kranach, the grandfather of Perilake's Squire. He also finds out that Sir Grigori, the noble whom Heldris had killed in the bog south of Kozamost was next in line to become King of Masur. He reveals to King Andrasz the conspiracy of the Beekeepers and is rewarded for his loyalty by allowing him to pick any Squire he wishes. He choses Gundhilde of Szalai for her devotion to the Realm. He investigates the tunnels under Barow Castle and finds a spy hole to the chamber of the King's Council. A member of the conspiracy, the Courtier Ida of Masur, is exposed and later executed.

Heldris is invited to Karpat Fortress by his friend Hedwig but when she shares her life story, a sad tale of greed and betrayal, their friendship is in peril. The Dove Knight investigates the conspiracy of the Beekeepers and concludes that Lady Lydia of Szalai must be the mysterious Queen L. He receives a message from an unkown Seer who reveals the location of their sanctum North of lake Obra. Heldris spends the rest of winter crafting a beautifully illustrated parchment that holds the notes to a melody from his home and instructions about the unfamiliar tuning of the instrument to play it. The Tankard Knight accepts the present and their broken friendship is mended. 

It's always foggy in Karpat. 

Perilake spends winter at Kranach Castle the holding of Zoltan's family. He visits the prosperous village of Bohat to investigate the reason for their missing sheep. In an ancient burial mound he slays an eight legged monster and finds a magic sword. He falls in love with Lady Inga Svensdottir the envoy of the castle and begins courting her. He then learns that his Squire is driven to find a traitor to house Kranach. He is seeking revenge for the death of Sir Zigmunt, his grandfather, who died at the Battle of the Red Reeds. Perilake knows that it was Lady Dagmar who betrayed the position of Kranach troops to the enemy but he hasn't told his Squire.

Ludmer arrives in the Crownlands as winter begins. On his travels North he and his steed Věrný are bitten by spiders and both fall ill but they are healed by a huntsman. He carries a man who can't walk but takes the life of another: Miro a former guard of his father. He finds seven ominous standing stones, meets a magnificent fox and keeps her fangs. The Trail Knight struggles through frozen thorns to find a village in need of a hero. But his quest has just begun ...