101b: Set Mind to Purpose

Patarm 11th
agendas taking shape...

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Experience: 2000 xp (108,208 total)

Personal Resources
loot: the metallic 'egg' (Renato, kept in his spare cloak)

Returning NPCs
Velenzo Vega: The effeminate Ruiz cousin, son of Olivianna, was revealed to be the one who hired Pilifus Flestus to kill Renato, spurred by the noblest intentions. Passed his adversarial exterior (he really did NOT get on with Isabella), the beautiful young man was obviously in love with Renato. Vega wanted the assassin's death and eternal soul sent to the afterlife before he'd the chance to run off and be captured by the Ordo. Vega was convinced (are rightly so) that Renato would be subjected to the same torture as his father, the Ninety Nine Cuts, his body, mind and eternal soul ultimately destroyed. He urged Renny to abandon his rescue of a man already beyond saving and flee the city before the final phase of the Ordo's takeover commenced. The Ordo had humored Renato before, studied him, but not wasted valuable resources on his pursuit, yet now that he was in the city, and privy to their ultimate ends, he'd truly become their number one threat, along with his lover and half-sister (and now Vega himself). In the end, Renato spared the young man, having developed something of a like for him after all this, and Vega shared the true origins and purpose of the Ordo on Othyr: conquest and empire.

Plot Developments

• Without Queen Victoria's meddling, the six enemy factions, some related, some opposed, make their final moves toward end game.
• The Ordo Templi Nox are really the Tir'bukan Houses and their garnered Othyrian allies, namely remnants of the Hand of Doom and Tenebrian cults, initially set on conquering Saspien and restoring empire through subterfuge and infiltration. However, with continental war and Outer Gods in the mix, time tables have been shortened as the secret society initiates plans far more sudden and sinister.
• Marquess Olivianna Ruiz-Lorein is a part of the Ordo's power grab, already commanding the second largest Saspish city of Tepest, a vital port and landing for all Tir'bukan forces. Her aspirations no doubt reach toward becoming Dante's next queen, and then sole ruler of Saspien.
• Diana is a Ruiz, daughter of Lord Gianni Ruiz and Lady Giovanna Savrano, and the assassin's true half-sister.
• The Cultu Solis has reason to believe Tenebrous aligned with Chrysaor Abhorrent in some way, furthering Its doomsday agenda through the Great Vampire Conspiracy.
  

Next Session
102b: The Dark Three enter the corrupt churches of Saspien, looking for their means of influence and infiltration of the other factions, and serving the will of Hecate and Kalinda, as well as furthering the Gilda's efforts against Tenebrous.