Finally to answer your question M-Dan, my impression was you were slightly unlucky but certainly not extremely. The 1st failed event, we didn't get the outcome we were looking for, partly because you cannot always expect direct results and our request (via an alchemy theme, that gold funds should be boosted as lords/knights were becoming impoverished) was either not deemed worthy, or more likely was simply overtaken by the more pressing narrative of the portal stones being reformed at the very time we were activating them. The 2nd attempt as you accepted you knew there were risks, so you were only somewhat unlucky. We learned the death chance certainly is not a negligible one. I suppose part of your grievance is whether our efforts were always going to be an unrewarded endeavour even if you did avoid the death risk. That I don't know, and knowing would be useful to managing expectations.
Finally though I will turn it around and say you did not fail and thus were not unlucky after all!? You drove an RP that definitely engaged 3 of the nobles of my realm and drew in another 4 adventurers from elsewhere along with one mysterious passing tramp. I understand some disappointment but I and others enjoyed elements of it, and hope you did too at times? Thus we were successful in one meaningful sense. We had fun, learnt a tiny bit and added a line of RP we can still pursue. Cheers.
Wise words Mr Emperor. You should be a politician. I was fun doing some good old fashioned RP and gathering our little party. Reminded me of the good old days of Warhammer! Maybe we will try again one day.
On another technical note I think a glitch had effected Paul - he seemed to be healing from his wounds and if I'd left him long enough think he would of recovered.... didn't seem quite right seeing as his head exploded.
