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Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« on: February 02, 2013, 11:38:31 PM »
Secret knowledge for secret people.  No one except the Wayfarers knows it!
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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2013, 08:22:22 AM »
A young, tired looking man with white hair is seen leaving the Wayferer Kinship Lodge, smelling faintly of herbs and other reagents.
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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2014, 02:14:36 AM »
Jared Evenhand has been seen frequenting the Wayfarer's Lodge. A least twice a week he stays at the lodge, and comes and goes.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2015, 03:57:07 AM »
Lorianna Belsan has been seen coming and going atleast once a day from the kinship lodge.

[INSIDE THE LODGE A NOTICE HAS BEEN PINNED TO A PILLAR]

"Lorianna Belsan seeks all remaining kinship members, Can be found usually wearing blue, with blonde hair and a greatsword in the vicinity of The Ladies Rest. Alternatively messages may be left here."


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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2017, 06:19:14 AM »
An assault on the lodge by great numbers leaves the street below littered with char. Corpses burn overnight, piled to a disgusting height; men, women, Ezrite, Sunkisser, and peasant alike. The poisonous smoke filters through the slums, sticking to the weathered wood for what seems like weeks.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2019, 12:28:11 AM »
[The supplies that were placed on the ground outside the Drain front door appear to have been placed in front of the Wayfarer lodge not long after - with some slight changes.  They have been arranged in a strange display during the middle of the night. 

At the center of the display is a mass of bloody meat, muscle, and tissue.  It's unclear what, or perhaps who, the gore originated from.  The wooden stakes have all been buried point-first into the mass of meat.  Beyond that, the holy symbols have been each meticulously smeared with a thumb-streak of blood from the grotesque display and arranged around the middle in a symmetrical pattern.  Composing each corner is a clove of garlic, the strong smell of the herb mixing with the stench of the decaying meat to create an overall unpleasant aroma.  Near the wall, three vials of holy water have been placed upon the ground.  While they appear to remain unaltered, they smell strongly of sewer water.

Perhaps most noteworthy, the letter that accompanied the supplies is missing.   In its place, a new one is left upon the lodge door.]




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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2020, 03:11:06 AM »
Loud shouting could be heard coming from within the Lodge. Nearing dawn, all is silent.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2020, 07:12:02 PM »
[A note is place upon the wall, underneath the list of Codes of the Wayfarer Kinship]



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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2020, 12:52:04 PM »
A notice is placed next to the door to the Lodge.

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There Be Darkness in This World:


Giles has made a deal with the assassin, Domenico, to aid in his hunt for vampires.

This deal extended to me, and was made on my behalf without consent or informing me.

It specified I help no one harmed by Domenico below. That I stand idle, while he imposes his Order.

I have grown up in Nova Vaasa, where Tyrants rule. I have seen the price of peace with them.

It is convenient, today, to bargain with the wicked. To let the threat of their might cow you.

But Tyranny is a poison. I have seen the violence Domenico administers, to they that defy him.

I have seen the fear and brutality he uses to force others to serve him. The lives he takes.

I will defy that cruelty until my last breath.

Giles insists he would make the same deal a thousand times over.

He tells me the price for the alliance now, is that I am denounced publicly.

I will not make him choose.


Let it Be Known:

Katja Vinter breaks oaths.

Katja Vinter violates peace.

Katja Vinter cares only for herself.

Katja Vinter is a fiend.

Katja Vinter stabbed Domenico in the Drain.

She'll do it again, too.

For these crimes, she is denounced.


Take care of yourselves.

Farewell.



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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2020, 07:47:37 AM »
After some time, a man in a white shirt is seen staring at the notice before angrily tearing it off the wall

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2020, 09:53:07 PM »
Shouting errupts from inside the Kinship Lodge, followed by the snapping of wood and the crackling of an intense blaze, steam errupting from the building in the dead of night..

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2020, 12:03:51 PM »
A letter is slid through under the door.

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"I heard, that good hearted people reside here.

I heard, that you wouldn't strike me from behind my back.

I carry the truth and only the truth.

She said you can help me. Help me recover myself. I'd like to have a meeting. Please, give me a chance."



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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2020, 05:17:37 AM »
The familiar form of Giles Hawkins is seen going to and from the Lodge throughout the day, barrels and boxes carried either under his arm or over his shoulder. Curiously, the barrels would leak a faint line of salt towards the Lodges front door.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2020, 09:47:03 PM »
A, woman, red hair peeking out be neath her cheap cloak and hood, wearing long brown boots, slides a piece of parchment underneath the door of the Lodge.

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Need to talk to you: Privately, urgently. Don't want to commit more to Parchment. Sorry it's vague.

Leave message for 'Lady Flame' at Blood o' the Vine.


The message is left unsigned, and all unused parchment has a line drawn through it, presumably to prevent forged additions.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2020, 09:58:37 PM »
The familiar figures of the Wayfarer Kinship are seen entering the lodge after some time away, cleaning and making the abode ready for new visitors

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2020, 08:53:04 PM »
A loud and enthusiastic "YES" could be heard screamed from the Wayfarer lodge one early morning, disrupting the quiet of the district for a moment.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2021, 01:07:44 AM »
*The elven bard known for his storytelling performances in the local taverns, J'ystn "Chance", was seen lingering about the Wayfarer lodge.  When attempt to make contact with someone inside the building went unanswered, a simple letter revealing desire for contact was left after the visit.*

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2023, 09:49:10 PM »
A familiar, dark great coated form passes through the slums, accompanied by a hulking armoured man and lithe elven female. Some time passes until in the depths of the night a scream of anguish can be heard escaping the Wayfarer Kinship's Lodge door..

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2023, 06:58:18 PM »
Members of the Garda and soldiers bearing the symbol of Von Zarovich are seen escorting a well dressed man, with a large wolf-hound at his side, through the city. They are seen entering the Kinship lodge and emerging a few hours later heading back to the Citidal.

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Re: Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2024, 10:36:52 AM »

It had been over a year... but once he had felt lost, he knew this was the place he needed to visit. To find himself and purpose as well as family, love and light. This time however... this time the mists had wanted different.

The shape of the elderly man leans heavy on his walking stick as he confronts the entrance to the former home of the banned Wayfarer kinship lodge. The man's deep breaths combined with a frantic stare could easily be taken for a heart attack.  With silent whimpering he forced himself back from the doorway. The shock after having finished reading the decree nailed to the door was strong and it pierced his very being.

This is not possible... how...?

Casting nervous glances around him, he tries to collect himself and carefully tucks away the pendant he wore around his neck. He had sought his old home, but the nightmare just continues. Trying to straighten himself, he takes a few stumbling steps out to the road, stopping to regain balance.
Having found bearing again he hurried down the street toward the outskirts, he bows his head letting the broad brim of his hat hide eyes filled with agony and tears. The warm memories of the kinship lodge had turned into another dark mystery.