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Tales from the Bizarre Reappearance of House Dodger
JDodger:
Greetings again, I return for the are pee. This thread will compile (hopefully) all my RPs from the new iteration of my account.
To catch yourself up on Dodger lore across the various iterations of my account (started in '07, restarted in '14 and again in '20 - ffs), please visit my original wiki at: http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Dodger_Family (this includes outdated information on current locations and other things that have since been retconned, and leaves out many things that have occurred since it was last updated - ie. much that is "non-canonical")
And the forum thread "Wolves of War: House Dodger" at https://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,7263.0.html ("canon")
As well as "The Continued Adventures of House Dodger" at https://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,8716.0.html ("canon")
Dramatis personae: (to be added later)
JDodger:
1: The Death of the Imperator-King and the Rise of Kilhorn
Roleplay (Perdan):
A black sailed ship, ragged beyond belief, limps into the port of Aix.
Such a ship inevitably draws more attention than most.
A ghost ship, or so it seems. Old superstitions abound in the Golden City, and priests of all kinds emerge from their dens.
A crowd gathers and chants are heard, same old same old but different.
A new fervor. Bells toll. Bridges are raised. Guards and militia in the street. Looting in the poorer quarters, efficiently sequestered from the golder parts of the city.
The ship is allowed to dock against all regulations. Riots feared. Duke's orders or so they say.
The crowd numbers a thousand or more. Expectant and rabidly poor. They hiss and yowl like alley cats in the torchlit gloom before dawn.
Then from those in the good places a shout of jubilation. A hero's welcome.
Kellan Dodger emerges from the forecastle. Alive and well after all these years. The word goes up. The once lord, duke, king, imperator-king.
His eyes are wild and dark, his unkempt hair swinging behind him in the breeze. He calls out, "There is no God but the All-Creator -"
His throat opens, pouring blood. From behind him steps a shadow of malice. Yellow eyes set deep in barky brown skin, sharpened teeth bared for all to see.
The Imperator King is dead. The crowd melts in rancorous grief. The looting ceases. Fear laces the air from the water to the inner quarters.
Kilhorn and his killers walk the streets.
Public letters
(should be noted that the King of Perdan, Kay Peregrine, had just died)
Message sent to all nobles of Perdan (43 recipients) - 2020-06-01 09:19:01
The kings are dead
So is Perdan
Kilhorn
JDodger:
2: The Sons of the Prodigal Warleader
Public letters
Message sent to all nobles of Avernus (12 recipients) - 2020-06-01 12:09:28
I am here brothers, I swear myself to the Khalkar in my father's name, I have been ever so sworn. My palms are scarred and my sword is ours.
Jonn Shintuk Dodger
Knight of Nifelheim
Message sent to all nobles of Avernus (12 recipients) - 2020-06-02 04:52:43
Travel is slow, where may I pay allegiance to my liege and swear the Steel Oath with him? I will make haste to recruit scouts and meet at a guildhouse of the Khalkar.
Jonn Shintuk Dodger
Knight of Nifelheim
(I won't include replies to these letters, but they would indicate that JS' father Jonn was once Warleader of the Khalkar and is well known to some of the Avernian nobles)
Roleplay
(re-enter Karl-Jagutu)
Strange to be in Avernus after all these years, JS thought as he wended his way toward Nifel.
Karl-Jagutu swaggered even on camelback, and he seemed to like the big two humped Fellish breed, which was really a Cathayan breed Jonn had brought over.
And of course Karl-Jagutu smoked and sang, and JS did not, but the Udorians liked them both.
And they were ready for war, whether there was war to be had or not.
Notes:
JS is Jonn Shintuk's preferred nickname.
Cathay was a realm on the Far East Island that Jonn led to victory in the Last War of the Far East over the forces of Sorraine, Myern, and the Grand Duchy of the Dragon. JS was an infant when FEI sank and Jonn returned to Dwilight, bringing Cathayan camels with him to Swordfell.
Udorians are natives of Garuck Udor, more properly known as 'Udur. Please see http://battlemaster.org/testing/RegionDetails.php?ID=143
JDodger:
3: The Fallen Warleader's Loyal Captain (re-enter Heimar)
Public Letters
Message sent to all nobles of Sandalak (25 recipients) - 2020-06-01 19:24:06
Greetings, nobles of SAndalake
my master is inDisposed so be patient with me
I am merely a servant writing on behalf of a wounded and comtoes man
Heimar on behalf of
Jonn Dodger
Knight of Dwamon
Message sent to all nobles of Sandalak (25 recipients) - 2020-06-01 19:24:46
We will fllow orders as best as abel please instruckt
Heimar on behalf of
Jonn Dodger
Knight of Dwamon
(These letters are written by Captain Heimar who served both Jonn and Kilhorn previously. What is going on with Jonn will be explained somewhat in future RPs, but to all appearances he has reappeared as a much younger man, wounded and in a coma, attended by Heimar and some healers and guarded by Revenants - Kilhorn's strange and ghoulish servants and most lethal killers)
JDodger:
4: The Secret World of House Dodger, Part 1
(these are interwoven RPs across multiple characters)
Kilhorn: Message sent to all nobles of Perdan (43 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:04:54
The nine diabhalin guard the entrance to Kilhorn's mind, and they are the ones in control, or so they think.
Jonn: Message sent to all nobles of Sandalak (25 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:05:49
Jonn guards the 3imaad with a sword of light
Jonn Shintuk:Message sent to all nobles of Avernus (12 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:06:51
The shadowless sword is a sword with no shadow
Jonn:Message sent to all nobles of Sandalak (25 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:12:17
The brim of his hat is wide, and the nine diabhalin sit in anger upon it, and within Kilhorn lies torn and bleeding, but he bleeds upon himself alone
Kilhorn:Message sent to all nobles of Perdan (43 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:13:19
In Aix, Kilhorn's eyes leak blood in tiny drops unseen by any but himself
JS: Message sent to all nobles of Avernus (12 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:13:56
Jonn walks with his sons though they see him not except in dream
Message sent to all nobles of Avernus (12 recipients) - 2020-06-02 05:15:34
The Fellish camel is more properly a Cathayan camel, originally used in the high and hot places, but used now to the high and cold.
Glossary:
Diabhalin: Darkish (Dark Isle of FEI native) word for "devils"
3imaad: (Transliterated) Arabic for "pillars (3 or more)"
Shadowless Sword: Ultimate sword style of the Khalkar, the pinnacle of achievement in swordsmanship in the Darkish tradition
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