Another year has come around since I did the A Royal Request adventure last year to celebrate the Birthday week for both my kids and this year we have another Birthday Request. This time we have a special birthday present to be delivered, a devious plan and some very underhanded tactics are involved to ensure that its the best gift ever.
So buckle up as this weeks going to be particularly bumpy with tonight’s adventure!
When the King of Wolfberg organised his gift to his two children born in the same calendar week it always had to be the best and unique. The party had been requested by the head of a guild to escort the magically sealed wagon from the City of Wolfgard to the capital Wolfhall where the king would present its contents to his children as a gift.
The wagon had costly divination spells cast upon it as well as several enchantments to make sure that it would arrive in one piece – the only part he couldn’t ensure was that the driver or their guards – and that’s where the party came into it. However, the gift itself isn’t what it seems, the spells while of the same school are very different to what would be expected and the road ahead? Catastrophically hazardous.
Birthday Request
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The party looked around the warehouse they had gathered in with the others that had been selected for this job. Several guards from Wolfhall, the royal capital of the kingdom stood around and discussed the job with a mixture of hope and anxious energy. Many of them saw this as an opportunity for redemption or an opportunity for promotion through the ranks. The job was pretty simple really; escort the kings wagon from Wolfgard to Wolfhall and don’t let anyone stop it from reaching the capital.
The pay was substantially more than other escort or delivery missions they had done in the past but there was a significant amount remaining that would be paid out once the spells and wards that had been placed upon the wagon had been examined by the kings wizard. The contents of the wagon were unknown but it was a gift to the kings son and daughter for their birthday about a week from now.
The wagon itself was sturdy with strong axles, spare wheels and large draft horses to carry it the distance. It was of fine dwarven make with evidence of gnomish tinkering along the entirety of the vehicle. Magic buzzed across it in a mixture of enchantment, divination and something else. It was powerful enough that only the king could afford it but some of the spells themselves seemed distorted, unfamiliar in some ways.
As the party gathered around the job leader, a captain of the guild of transport they listened to a the job briefing again.
‘So now that you know, for the stragglers that joined us late, what we are dealing with here there is something else that came to our knowledge through our information network this morning. There is a counter bounty on this job that is quite a sum for anyone who can retrieve the contents of the wagon.’ Several guards, whether mercenaries or royal exchanged nervous glances before the man continued. ‘I anticipate that we will encounter resistance and even outright hostility along our travels so we will need to move fast. A large amount of the pay for this job is tied up on the wagon arriving intact and on time so let’s make this a smooth, fast and flawless job. Do you hear me?!’ he roared at the end to a chorus of agreement from the others.
He could not be further from the truth.
The first signs of danger happened before they even left the warehouse with someone dressed as a guard trying to get into the magicked wagon itself. The party had stopped them, as their role was to stick to the wagon like glue for the trip, and the would-be thief failed to live up to the investigation from the party and was captured and sent on the way. However, the thief did mention something of interest – the reward was twice what they were being paid to deliver the wagon.
Thanks for stopping in a very special adventure this week that surrounds the perfect gift for a fathers little princess and prince. Don’t forget that each day this week we will expand this adventure further so make sure to stop in daily to stay up to date. And lastly, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
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