I'm going to paint you the scenario from the eyes of my character. I want you to tell me what you would do in this situation.
First to give you some background, read my thread Got Owned on a Bait and Switch. This will give you an idea of what happened last game session.
Let me start by introducing the key resources in this situation. In no particular order:
- There is Lina (PC). She is a hero who has a lot of public sway having not only won a tournament recently but also marrying the Prince and other adventure goodness.
- There is Rastal (PC). He is a member of the Knights of the Church.
- There is the prince (NPC) heir to the throne.
- There is Iarid (NPC). He is a former member of Order of the Wish.
- There is Ryllis (NPC). While not with us, she is a prominent elf and will become the replacement of Angelique upon Ryllis' death.
- There is a dragon on the Church of Romanor's council who I helped put there to form a bridge between the church and the fae.
- There is a drake, whose father is Piercylwin. He has understands that Piercylwin is evil and that at least my character is on the side of drakes.
- And then there is my character, Father Danaecus.
My character started out believing in the church that it was flawless and perfect. His philosophy in the teaching was that the Creator guides us on a path and we must follow that path to see his message. As close as my initial philosophy was, I had no idea the truth.
In our search to find a way and stop the psychotic Angelique, I had an encounter with her in my dreams. Her reason for anger is that she had learned the full truth of the creator. She came to hate the creator for this and seeks to either free herself in her existence or hurt the creator in such a perfect way that she will have had her vengeance. What I learned from this encounter shook my character's very faith.
Sidebar: Out of character you must recognize that the creator is nothing more than John Williams. He is a nobody who writes very bad stories that become true. All John Williams cares about in truth is having a popular book that sells for a lot of money.
What I have come to learn is that all the creator likes is a good story. He doesn't care who gets killed or hurt in the process as long as the story is good. I, unfortunately, see the logic in this and it is confirmed by several other means. The church doesn't know this nor does anyone else in the party at this time. My character is too shaken by this truth and other truths to break it to other people in the world yet.
Now, here is the dilemma. Piercylwin is bent on either destroying the world entirely or becoming in complete control of it so that no possible threat could rise against him. He has now the source he plans on using to get such a power. I have no idea how long it will take Piercylwin to achieve this goal.
Piercylwin has at his command at least two demons. Demons are practically unheard of in this world and incredibly powerful, Piercylwin has somehow managed to force two of them under his control. Piercylwin also has a full sized Black Dragon under his command. Dragons are, to say the least, deadly compared to any dragon in any other RPG I have encountered. Also Piercylwin has dozens, if not hundreds of Drakes. Drakes are half-dragon / half-men. They are just as powerful as full sized dragons. The just lack the innate magical ability. Piercylwin's number 2 is my character's brother who has somehow managed to bring someone back to life. This is a clear sign of necromancy powers, a forbidden art. And if this isn't already enough, Piercylwin is apparently immortal and leads the Order of the Wish.
Our resources as they are are not sufficient to deal with this threat. We need forces, lots of them, to win this battle.
Getting the church's knights to back us is easy. Order of the Wish is an enemy of the church and the fact that the former Seraphim Aveliel is being held prisoner by Piercylwin is enough of a motivation to get them going.
Getting dragon support is possible, but tricky. I've already bridged the gaps between dragons and the church. In fact, drakes are no longer seen as "demons" in the eyes of the church. This might also mean that in addition to dragons, we can get drakes working for us.
We might even be able to get the fae to help us. I don't expect much help from the fae and I'm not sure how much they could add, but it is possible through some work and some good deeds, we can address the problem. The Order of the Wish has put the lock down on one Fae Settlement. They know the evil that is Order of the Wish and if we can help them, they might be able to convince the other settlements to join our fight.
Thanks to Ryllis we have a good chance with the elves. But here lies the problem. The human king tried to assassinate the elven high queen. Because the situation is likely to be viewed as a "human" matter. The elves might not join our fight. Paired with this fact is that the current King is in liege with Order of the Wish. We can't get the Royal Knights behind us without the throne behind us. The Royal Knights are a much larger force than any of the above mentioned forces. We desperately need them.
So all this for the conundrum at hand. The prince and heir to the throne is with us. He knows his father is evil. His father, after all, tried to have him killed. We might be able to pull of a coup or some sort of similar tactic but this could be time consuming. As it is, we need dragon support if we have any chance with addressing the drakes and dragons. We can't risk Piercylwin gaining his power in time.
So the question my character is asking myself is, "Should I assassinate the king so that the prince can take the throne?"
And lingering on his mind is another thought. The assassination of the king would make a good story and thus would not be blasphemy against the church.
So, what do you think?
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Originally Posted by Curufea
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