Cradar's Head (RP)

Cradar's Head is a roleplaying session on the FRPG (the phpBB2 version). The full Hungarian-language logs can be read here.

Cradar's Head is, for all intents and purposes a continuation of the Jorge-Kshabdalim Saga (tying into the Brother-Brothel Showdown), an attempt to tie up at least some of the loose ends of the aforementioned saga.

Plot
Stephánus Tavilrond is sent to the Black Finger to listen in on gossips. Not hearing anything juicy, he reminisces about his previous adventures - namely how he took down Kshabdalim with the aid of Gzaxia Nolánó, as well as the adventure with Gzaxia that followed the previous one. He notices Ypsel coming in after him, and then a third guest - Cradar the Once-Unclean, who kills two men who who attempt to assault him. Ypsel tries to leave, but she is stopped by three men armed with cudgels who try to kill her as a revenge for killing a man in the tavern some time ago - with the dead man's name revealed to be "Rakse", with the three men being his friends. A man tries to force Stephanus to give up his seat, only to be punched out by the knight. All hell breaks loose, as Cradar reveals who he is, and uses magic to brainwash everyone in the tavern to attack Stephanus and Ypsel, proclaiming that it is revenge for what the knight has done to "his" brothel.

A hefty fighting ensures, with the duo incapaciating most guests, Cradar creating skeletons out of nothing to kill them, flinging random objects and people at the duo. Stephanus diverts his attention with magic, giving Ypsel time to deliver a killing blow and cut his head off. After that, the duo runs away before anyone could wake up, Stephanus takes Ypsel to Fort Redlight, where she is given a reward - as Cradar had a bounty on his head. The two are then asked to tell everything about what they saw and what happened - Stephanus writes it down himself, while Ypsel, having trouble writing, dictates it to a knight who writes it down onto a papyrus. Gaius Frostang - the one who personally gave Ypsel her reward and instructed the recording of what happened - "orders" Stephanus to wash off the taste of low-quality Shanty Town ale with fine wine in The Left Hand of Salashi, where Stephanus invites Ypsel, who accepts.

Premature end?
This roleplaying session was still ongoing when the FRPG was deleted on the 2th of October, 2020 - however, the last reply was made by Stephánus Tavilrond on the 26th of July. With the controller of Ypsel not having replied for more than two months, it can be safely presumed that the roleplaying session is over, even if the story wasn't concluded.

Tropes

 * : The whole story effectively begins with Stephanus sitting in the tavern and drinking beer while reminiscing about his previous adventures, with a focus on the Jorge-Kshabdalim Saga and the Brother-Brothel Showdown. He mentally takes a note, that there are still some loose ends left to be tidied up. Then, quite conveniently, one of those loose ends appears personified in the person of Ypsel.
 * The fact that Ypsel encounters the three friends of a man she killed also qualifies as a Call-Back, further emphasizing the continuity between this story and the Jorge-Kshabdalim Saga.
 * : Basically what happens in the Black Finger.
 * : Ypsel is a mercenary, and was about to leave Stephanus alone to deal with Cradar until she heard his byname, and immediately - and correctly - assumed that he was a wanted man with a bounty on his head.
 * : Cradar is first introduced as a nameless bearded man who just csaually enters the tavern to drink. He gets assaulted, and proves himself to be a powerful magician by using telekinessis to choke his opponents to death. Then he just drinks. One minute later, all hell breaks loose..
 *  / : What Cradar does to all the patrons of the Black Finger - quite conveniently, Stephanus, Ypsel and the bartender Balmari (who suddenly and temporarily disappears without a trace until after Cradar's death) seem to be immune to it.
 *  / : What Cradar does to all the patrons of the Black Finger - quite conveniently, Stephanus, Ypsel and the bartender Balmari (who suddenly and temporarily disappears without a trace until after Cradar's death) seem to be immune to it.