In the last session, Sir Donna promised to help Sir Tellus rescue his lady-love from imprisonment. She died, but the players wanted to honour her final oath, and decided to help Sir Tellus out. But who is Sir Tellus, and what is his quest? For this session, we decided to try a co-constructive approach. Before the game, I prepared a number of sheets for the players, with questions about Sir Tellus and Lady Pernilla, and had the players fill them out. We also had some multi-choice questions that the players voted on. I used the results from all of this to create the adventure on the spot. It was a lot of fun! This is the results of the voting.
Sir Tellus was a handsome man, with long wavy blonde hair that he inherited from his Saxon father, and brilliant green eyes from his French mother. He was orphaned at a young age and raised at a monastery until such time as he came of age, when he was given his father's arms and set off to seek his fortune. Sir Tellus was inspired by a strange dark-haired and rosy-cheeked young woman that he met one day at the monastery. No one knew who she was. where she had come from or where she had gone, but Sir Tellus swore to find her. He travelled across Britain, catching a glimpse of the woman he sought in the strangest of places. Finally, he arrived at a manor that was menaced by an old witch and her giant fire-breathing bull. He fought the bull, and though he was burned by its fire, he managed to slay it, and break the witch's magic.
Afterwards, a feast was held in Sir Tellus' honour. This was in Fairy, at the court of the Mouse King. At that feast, Sir Tellus properly met Lady Pernilla, whose father was a knight and whose mother was a mouse princess. Suddenly, Prince Felix, the handsome Lord of Cats, arrived unexpectedly. Once there, he took over the castle with his rafish henchmen. None of the mice dared to stand up to him, save Lady Pernilla. Prince Felix struck her, and Sir Tellus challenged him to a duel. He lost, but Prince Felix was impressed by his courage and let him escape, but he imprisoned the other members of the Mouse Court.
The Lord of Cats was aided by his servant, a man with the form of a bat, who could change his appearance to make himself inconspicuous. This man acted as his spymaster. Prince Felix and his suave followers are deadly fighters, and afraid of nothing - save for the barking of dogs, their mortal enemies.
Once Sir Tellus swore to rescue Lady Pernilla and the Mouse Court. However, the path to their fairy court was closed for a twelve-month. He would use that time to gather allies, for he would need help if he were to defeat Prince Felix.
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