In the Court of the Overking

Rauxes, Capital of the Great Kingdom

The Guards are barbarians from the North.

The city is depopulated from the plague - the Red Death, started about 30 years ago, reoccurs every 5 years or so

Churches of Hextor (Tyranny) and Zilchus (Prestige and Wealth)

Characters in the Court

• King Ivid VI, eighteen year old, just come into power after regency
• Baroness Cassandra
  • sponsoring Theodora – potential empress
  • mindbender, feared by the court
• Deathlord Daglan
  • sponsoring Lydia
  • two vampire bodyguards
• Captain of the Guards Vercintrox
  • daughter Amara (Ivid's sweetheart)
• Chamberlain Mourtzouphlos
  • Garazhan talked to Mourty about his bedchamber slave, and how much she would cost to purchase.
  • Doesn't like any of the choices for Empress; would prefer Ivid grew older first.

Characters' Chambers

• Esther the slave girl – Martin’s girl.
• Rosa – slave girl (Rich’s). blond hair (16, been a slave 6 years).
• Estelle (Glenn's)

Duelling Nobles

• Cletus, supports Amara
  • Befriended by Everest, given inducements of 1,000 gold pieces to share amongst the faction
• Deacon, supports Theodora
  • Defeated by Elsbeth in a duel, losing much face

Garazhan's Plan

Ask about the architecture and find out what the palace was built upon! Find out about what is underneath!

• The Palace was burnt to the ground and rebuilt during the reign of Ivid I, the first of the House of Raelax to hold the throne. Raelax was the first of the Great Kingdom nobles to deal with devils & fiends.

• There are rooms of the old Palace below the cellars/dungeons of the new, but they are sealed away.

• Some of the bricks in the wine cellar have come away, and revealed the old construction.