The Priest (RP)

Stranglehold was the second ever RP session on the FRPG, and the very last one on the ProBoards version. The full Hungarian-language logs can be read here.

Plot
Gaius Frostrang - the grandamaster of the Knights of the Blood Red Light - is absent, busy on a diplomatic mission in Yanus, so he is temporarily replaced by Garibald as the acting grandmaster, who, after finding Stephánus Tavilrond praying within a chapel in Fort Redlight, tasks the young knight with the mission of escorting a high-ranking priest named Justinus during his journey from Grandfolk to Copperport. Stephánus is told to meet some important people in the central marketplace of Grandfolk.

At the same time, the sellsword Lachdanann An'Dubh was minding his own business at the the Left Hand of Salashi, having an internal monologue about finding the last survivors of the White Eagle Company, as he owes his dead mentor Ergyryad De'Danan at leas as much. At the same time, he observed a group of cutthroats planning a deed, and dividing the loot afterwards. Afterwards, a young, shy and nervous woman approaches Lachdanann, asking him to accompany her and her client (who turns out to be the aforementioned priest, Justinus). While suspicious of her and questioning her ability to manage her finances, he accepts the task. As Lachdanann does not know the city of Grandfolk too well, the girl has to take it upon herself to accompany him to the meeting point. The girl grows increasingly flustered through the conversation, asking Lachdanann "Why is every man taller than me?", who, after losing his patience, replies "Because that is the order of the world!".

Simultaneously with the previous two threads, the third thread involves Scatama Salorium, who is effectively lost in the Industrial Quarter of Grandfolk. He is looking for a job, and thus is desperately looking at the various bulletin boards to see, if there is any job for a mage like him. After succesfully fending off a pickpocket trying to mug him, he finally founds a board advertising a mission, looking for mercenaries to protect some important people on a journey. Coincidentally, this leads him to the central marketplace, to be hired by same people as the ones who hired Lachdanann and asked for Stephánus.

At the central merkatplace of Grandfolk, the three threads fuse into one. Sadly, this was the point at which the roleplaying session was aborted, so we can only speculate ...

Tropes

 * On the original forum, Scatama Salorium's name was still Jaszami (based on the nickname of his creator, Jaszami). In the archives, this was fixed after the fact.
 * : What it would have been, had the adventure not been aborted.
 * : Lachdanann An'Dubh and Scatama Salorium both take the job for.
 * : The girl who is tasked by the priest Justinus to find and hire mercenaries, running into Lachdanann.
 * : Lachdanann An'Dubh and Scatama Salorium both take the job for.
 * : The girl who is tasked by the priest Justinus to find and hire mercenaries, running into Lachdanann.