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CrimsonStar:House Markae

2011-10-15T15:01:58Z

Davvves: /* Oghadar */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Noble House Markae: A house of some political influence, moderate military strength and very lucrative land holdings.

==Economy==
Markae has relatively small land holdings but quite a few holdings are oases or water rich areas. Quite a bit of the wood in Tyr comes from Markae (or associated merchants).

==Military==
Markae does not have much in the way of heavy infantry or anything in the way of cavalry. But they DO have a large amount of archers. A good section of the Army Of Tyr's archery compnent is supplied by Markae.

==Political==
Markae has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in terms of political matches etc. Recently one of their most eligible bachelors died when his bed burned with him in it.

==Known Goals==
Cornering the lumber market (easier said than done). Revenge on house Erinyes for the loss of their bachelor.

==Scions==
===Oghadar===
Now the house's most eligible bachelor, with the death of his brother Reacar, this young man is a quite promising prospect. His tutors account him quite intelligent, a veritable prodigy in the Way, and generally well-favored. He is, if anything, more comely than his late brother, and having grown up as a second son has given him rather more humility and honest self-appraisal. Were it not for his youth, being but fourteen years of age, the maidens of Tyr's upper crust would no doubt take a keener interest. It is to his credit that despite this, he is still among the finest flower of the city's nobility; in a few years' time, grown into maturity and the full bloom of his potential, he should be quite formidable.

It was revealed that:
* Oghadar participated in a contest with friends to make out with the most non-human species
* House Markae defiled many woods to corner the market, including some dedicated for Kalac
* Alecto and Megaera are convinced that Oghadar is in cahoots with the Openers of the Way

CrimsonStar:House Tartaros

2011-10-15T14:59:38Z

Davvves: /* Astraeus */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''The Noble House Tartaros''' (Tar-Tar-Ohs) is a very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being ''very'' skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions skilled the arcane arts (Arcanist are mostly seconded to the Templars). Due to bargains with primal powers, their elder ranks are touched by elemental magics, becoming the not-quite-human beings called "genasi" by the learned. Their humanity is likewise suspect; untold generations of dabbling in primal forces leave many of them with the unmistakable mark of elemental magics.

==Economy==
Tartaros has exclusive noble privilege to a small aquifer to the north of Tyr. While the lands are somewhat further away from Tyr itself than many other noble holdings, Tartaros lands are very prosperous. Tartaros is '''very''' adept at growing crops and various types of herbs/vegetables/mushrooms. Tartaros is also very adept at concocting a number of different types of alchemical substances such as the variants of "Dream Honey" the regular type is used to keep the vast number of slaves in line and docile a slightly altered form of [[CrimsonStar:Dream_Honey|Dream Honey]] (known as [[CrimsonStar:Dream_Honey#Nightmare|Nightmare]]) turns a recipient into a berserker. The number of slaves that Tartaros has and seemingly produces at an astonishing rate no can say if it’s by forced enslavement or forced breeding. The slaves serve a secondary function as the main portion of the military (see below).

==Military==
House Tartaros also contributes the most soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. That being said these tend to be slave soldiers deliberately addicted to "Dream Honey" a powerful narcotic. What the Tartaros battle-slaves lack in skill and equipment they make up for in their berserker frenzy from a slightly altered formula of [[CrimsonStar:Dream_Honey|Dream Honey]] known as [[CrimsonStar:Dream_Honey#Nightmare|Nightmare]]. The battle slaves are followed quickly by the regular house troops, a much smaller contingent of sane well equipped regulars.

==Political==
Powerful due to number of soldiers they can contribute the contingent of seconded Templars, and wealth. The weakness of the house politically is their implied connection to several plots that fell flat.

===Rivalries===
'''''[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes:]]''''' House Tartaros is the only noble family whose claim to antiquity rivals that of Erinyes. The two houses clash frequently, in subtle machinations and street duels alike. The warring has only grown worse in recent times, with the Templarate lacking the power or inclination to step between such powerful and cruel forces.

===Allies===

==Known Goals==
* Total destruction of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].
* Become the "First house of Tyr"
* Keep the formula of "Dream Honey" and "Nightmare" secret (thus far very successful)

==Crest and Motto==
Our Strength in the Earth

==Scions==
===Astraeus===
Astraeus of Tartaros is well-respected, if not well-liked, among his house; though his skill in the Way is substantial, it is the power which he has gained from the elemental spirits which makes him truly formidable. This strength, along with a forceful and commanding personality, have permitted him much more sway in house policy than one of his relatively junior birth would normally wield. Now, with his sister Felice's death at the hands of snake cultists, he is poised to become a dominant force in the house. That a man of his age and influence is unmarried might seem surprising, especially when coupled with his chiseled appearance; those who remember that he was married once before try to avoid comment. It is, after all, purely coincidental that his rise to prominence began shortly after his pregnant wife died in a mysterious accident.

It was revealed that:
* There was an outbreak of poisoned crops from Tartaros, and many Templars died. Turns out Astraeus was peeing in the aquifer
* Astraeus is sterile, following a deal with supernatural beings to kill an heir of a rival house
* He takes advantage of social events to indulge the fact that he is a serial rapist

CrimsonStar:House Orestes

2011-10-15T14:57:25Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''House Orestes''' (Oh-REST-ease) was, until a decade ago, an ally of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]]. But one of their sons backed away from a marriage with a scion of Erinyes, instead choosing a daughter of [[CrimsonStar:House Tartaros|House Tartaros]]. Erinyes' elders did not acknowledge the insult publicly, even sending a representative to the wedding to bless the union. No evidence could subsequently be found to prove that it was Erinyes' gift which brought plague into the house, killing the newlyweds and a half-dozen of their closest relatives, but the message was
heard nonetheless.

==Scions==
===Magnus===
A 30 year old popular bard. He is the most sought-after bard of the Court of Kalac. It was revealed that:
* He is a notorious womanizer
* He tried to become the [[CrimsonStar:Red Tower District|Red Tower District]]'s pimp
* He poisoned the previous bard of the Court of Kalac, and his poison dealer thinks [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]] is rather fetching

CrimsonStar:House Orestes

2011-10-15T14:56:47Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''House Orestes''' (Oh-REST-ease) was, until a decade ago, an ally of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]]. But one of their sons backed away from a marriage with a scion of Erinyes, instead choosing a daughter of [[CrimsonStar:House Tartaros|House Tartaros]]. Erinyes' elders did not acknowledge the insult publicly, even sending a representative to the wedding to bless the union. No evidence could subsequently be found to prove that it was Erinyes' gift which brought plague into the house, killing the newlyweds and a half-dozen of their closest relatives, but the message was
heard nonetheless.

==Scions==
===Magnus===
A 30 year old popular bard. He is the most sought-after bard of the Court of Kalac. It was revealed that:
* He is a notorious womanizer
* He tried to become the Red Tower District's pimp
* He poisoned the previous bard of the Court of Kalac, and his poison dealer thinks [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]] is rather fetching

CrimsonStar:House Sfika

2011-10-15T14:54:24Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''House Sfika''' (SFEE-kuh) is a new, and still very tentative ally of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]]. Initially warned off by the elders of [[CrimsonStar:House Orestes|House Orestes]], and wary of repercussions by [[CrimsonStar:House Tartaros|House Tartaros]], cementing this alliance has been a difficult prospect, and in the works for years. The alliance was recently solidified when one of Erinyes' Scions, [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]] the Bard, was given to them as a gift.

House Sfika is known for its massive gladitorial arenas, and the power housed within its stables. Until very recently, they boasted a resident Thri-kreen gladiator who was undefeated. The untimely death of [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho]] was tragic, but also allowed them to recruit [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]], who single-handedly defeated all of the House Orestes stables.

==Scions==
===Yuri and Yuventen===
Twin Scions of Sfika, these two are known to get rather close with each other. Before Teles' ball, Alecto and Megaera revealed this, and also that Sfika uses rather underhanded processes to feed the gladiators in their stables. Alecto and Megaera are also under the impression that Sfika sandbagged their last fight for sovereignty, but the truth of this is not known for certain.

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-10-15T14:48:20Z

Davvves:

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Exiting the ruins, the party encountered men in dark robes, staring at us and asking for "the codex." They performed a ritual so that when they died, a door would open to let in monsters. Stabbed themselves.
* Ouro's old crew were thieves and had stolen some kind of gem. He flashed back to the heist, after bodies of thieves are found and people are sitting at a wake for them. The casket was closed. Nobody was sure how his friends died. The heist was to steal a gem called the "Desert Star." Back at the wake, relatives and friends of thieves are angry at Ouro. The Desert Star eventually went to Stheno.
* Nordmyra's nephew Joey has an apprenticeship with weaponmaker Donner. Joey is now playing around with magic at home. Daraek and Nordmyra go to Donner's workplace needing to speak with him about these events. Joey has been training with swords, but he, Donner, and Donner's other female apprentice Talaysa, are using Nordmyra's style of magic. Harbek saw this entire scene in a dream sequence.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream. The scene is crimson red. Three figures speak. "At the crimson star, the songs of Set will break loose." "The rise of Erinyes approaches." "There will be an opening of the doors."
* Megaera has a tea party with Harbek in attendance.
* Lady Sfika, Stheno, Marte, and Lady Tashia - a "party girl" with a Dref manservant who has no tongue
* Megaera is talking to someone nobody else can see. Stheno is quite happy about this.
* Alecto has a meeting with the templars. She does not tell the templar leader that she killed the cultists that opened the monster doors.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

'''Session 7:''' (9/23/11)
* Nordmyra brings the Thri-kreen to Donner's underground school where Joey is. She agrees with Donner to come once a week to help teach them.
* Donner agrees to shelter the Thri-kreen and teach them to be non-defilers, as well as to do magic without attracting attention of the Templars.
* Harbek finds out that his father is getting married to Bjursteka, a tavern keeper with children named Storneka and Rytek. Harbek receives a key to something in Tyr unknown to the party.
* Meeting with Erinyes occurs. Stheno is annoyed and curious about why Megaera still looks the way she does and didn't give up her soul to her "imaginary friend." Alecto is questioned because she was in the library, and no one can get into the Red Tower. Rogues are running around and Ryleh has taken over.
* It is revealed that House Erinyes has two figureheads: Isthmene and "Her," who is always seen in shadow and whose voice sounds like cold fire.
* Alecto and Megaera are told by the head of house that tehey need to find the "star children" mentioned by Kalak.
* The party attempts to get into the Red Tower, using Ouro's magical eyepiece to look around and see entrances.
* Harbek's key is used to open the tower, and combat begins with a swarm of spiders and an imp, followed by ice monsters.

'''Session 8:''' (10/7/11)
* The party enters a very cold room, with demon followers and a huge demon in the back. The demon leader can eat his cultists to gain power.
* The demons are slain. Harbek finds himself the gatekeeper of this part of the Red Tower, and there is a well in the room. He can reshape the room to his liking, and create riddles and passwords for people to enter. The password he chose is, "Harbek is pretty much the best person ever."
* Stheno tells Alecto and Megaera that the house of Värnamo has a marriageable woman named Teles, and that the sisters need to prepare their brother, Tisiphone, for going to her debutante party. The houses of Erinyes and Värnamo could ally and become very strong.
* Alecto goes to a templar meeting. There is a new Mul templar named Jenna Thricecursed. Also, the daughter of the deceased Sister Sara, Sister Sophia.

'''Session 9:''' (10/14/11)
* Nordmyra teaches her class, consisting of Zot, Yatta, Talaysa, and Joey.
* Nordmyra's sister Naeve, and niece Paxalandra show up. It is revealed that Pax has been working as a hired street fighter. Harbek decides to take her under his wing and teach her to hold her own in the ring.
* Alecto and Megaera gather "dirt" on the other suitors of Teles from the rival houses.
* Alecto and Megaera go to the debutante party, and Tisiphone is, shall we say, "blitzed." Alecto and Megaera try in vain to cleanse him of the spike.
* Tisiphone proceeds to make an ass of himself, much to Teles' delight. Turns out they're going to have lunch tomorrow.
* Isthmene and Her are quite convinced that Megaera and Alecto are responsible for Tisiphone's drunken stupor.

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-10-10T15:57:11Z

Davvves:

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Exiting the ruins, the party encountered men in dark robes, staring at us and asking for "the codex." They performed a ritual so that when they died, a door would open to let in monsters. Stabbed themselves.
* Ouro's old crew were thieves and had stolen some kind of gem. He flashed back to the heist, after bodies of thieves are found and people are sitting at a wake for them. The casket was closed. Nobody was sure how his friends died. The heist was to steal a gem called the "Desert Star." Back at the wake, relatives and friends of thieves are angry at Ouro. The Desert Star eventually went to Stheno.
* Nordmyra's nephew Joey has an apprenticeship with weaponmaker Donner. Joey is now playing around with magic at home. Daraek and Nordmyra go to Donner's workplace needing to speak with him about these events. Joey has been training with swords, but he, Donner, and Donner's other female apprentice Talaysa, are using Nordmyra's style of magic. Harbek saw this entire scene in a dream sequence.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream. The scene is crimson red. Three figures speak. "At the crimson star, the songs of Set will break loose." "The rise of Erinyes approaches." "There will be an opening of the doors."
* Megaera has a tea party with Harbek in attendance.
* Lady Sfika, Stheno, Marte, and Lady Tashia - a "party girl" with a Dref manservant who has no tongue
* Megaera is talking to someone nobody else can see. Stheno is quite happy about this.
* Alecto has a meeting with the templars. She does not tell the templar leader that she killed the cultists that opened the monster doors.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

'''Session 7:''' (9/23/11)
* Nordmyra brings the Thri-kreen to Donner's underground school where Joey is. She agrees with Donner to come once a week to help teach them.
* Donner agrees to shelter the Thri-kreen and teach them to be non-defilers, as well as to do magic without attracting attention of the Templars.
* Harbek finds out that his father is getting married to Bjursteka, a tavern keeper with children named Storneka and Rytek. Harbek receives a key to something in Tyr unknown to the party.
* Meeting with Erinyes occurs. Stheno is annoyed and curious about why Megaera still looks the way she does and didn't give up her soul to her "imaginary friend." Alecto is questioned because she was in the library, and no one can get into the Red Tower. Rogues are running around and Ryleh has taken over.
* It is revealed that House Erinyes has two figureheads: Isthmene and "Her," who is always seen in shadow and whose voice sounds like cold fire.
* Alecto and Megaera are told by the head of house that tehey need to find the "star children" mentioned by Kalak.
* The party attempts to get into the Red Tower, using Ouro's magical eyepiece to look around and see entrances.
* Harbek's key is used to open the tower, and combat begins with a swarm of spiders and an imp, followed by ice monsters.

'''Session 8:''' (10/7/11)
* The party enters a very cold room, with demon followers and a huge demon in the back. The demon leader can eat his cultists to gain power.
* The demons are slain. Harbek finds himself the gatekeeper of this part of the Red Tower, and there is a well in the room. He can reshape the room to his liking, and create riddles and passwords for people to enter. The password he chose is, "Harbek is pretty much the best person ever."
* Stheno tells Alecto and Megaera that the house of Värnamo has a marriageable woman, and that the sisters need to prepare their brother, Tisiphone, for going to her coming-out party. The houses of Erinyes and Värnamo could ally and become very strong.
* Alecto goes to a templar meeting. There is a new Mul templar named Jenna Thricecursed. Also, the daughter of the deceased Sister Sara, Sister Sophia.

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-10-10T15:33:00Z

Davvves:

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Exiting the ruins, the party encountered men in dark robes, staring at us and asking for "the codex." They performed a ritual so that when they died, a door would open to let in monsters. Stabbed themselves.
* Ouro's old crew were thieves and had stolen some kind of gem. He flashed back to the heist, after bodies of thieves are found and people are sitting at a wake for them. The casket was closed. Nobody was sure how his friends died. The heist was to steal a gem called the "Desert Star." Back at the wake, relatives and friends of thieves are angry at Ouro. The Desert Star eventually went to Stheno.
* Nordmyra's nephew Joey has an apprenticeship with weaponmaker Donner. Joey is now playing around with magic at home. Daraek and Nordmyra go to Donner's workplace needing to speak with him about these events. Joey has been training with swords, but he, Donner, and Donner's other female apprentice Talaysa, are using Nordmyra's style of magic. Harbek saw this entire scene in a dream sequence.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream. The scene is crimson red. Three figures speak. "At the crimson star, the songs of Set will break loose." "The rise of Erinyes approaches." "There will be an opening of the doors."
* Megaera has a tea party with Harbek in attendance.
* Lady Sfika, Stheno, Marte, and Lady Tasha - a "party girl" with a Dref manservant who has no tongue
* Megaera is talking to someone nobody else can see. Stheno is quite happy about this.
* Alecto has a meeting with the templars. She does not tell the templar leader that she killed the cultists that opened the monster doors.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

'''Session 7:''' (9/23/11)
* Nordmyra brings the Thri-kreen to Donner's underground school where Joey is. She agrees with Donner to come once a week to help teach them.
* Donner agrees to shelter the Thri-kreen and teach them to be non-defilers, as well as to do magic without attracting attention of the Templars.
* Harbek finds out that his father is getting married to Bjursteka, a tavern keeper with children named Storneka and Rytek. Harbek receives a key to something in Tyr unknown to the party.
* Meeting with Erinyes occurs. Stheno is annoyed and curious about why Megaera still looks the way she does and didn't give up her soul to her "imaginary friend." Alecto is questioned because she was in the library, and no one can get into the Red Tower. Rogues are running around and Ryleh has taken over.
* It is revealed that House Erinyes has two figureheads: Isthmene and "Her," who is always seen in shadow and whose voice sounds like cold fire.
* Alecto and Megaera are told by the head of house that tehey need to find the "star children" mentioned by Kalak.
* The party attempts to get into the Red Tower, using Ouro's magical eyepiece to look around and see entrances.
* Harbek's key is used to open the tower, and combat begins with a swarm of spiders and an imp, followed by ice monsters.

'''Session 8:''' (10/7/11)
* The party enters a very cold room, with demon followers and a huge demon in the back. The demon leader can eat his cultists to gain power.
* The demons are slain. Harbek finds himself the gatekeeper of this part of the Red Tower, and there is a well in the room. He can reshape the room to his liking, and create riddles and passwords for people to enter. The password he chose is, "Harbek is pretty much the best person ever."
* Stheno tells Alecto and Megaera that the house of Värnamo has a marriageable woman, and that the sisters need to prepare their brother, Tisiphone, for going to her coming-out party. The houses of Erinyes and Värnamo could ally and become very strong.
* Alecto goes to a templar meeting. There is a new Mul templar named Jenna Thricecursed. Also, the daughter of the deceased Sister Sara, Sister Sophia.

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-10-10T15:29:29Z

Davvves: /* David (Davvves) */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik (Sven)===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's page]].
* Added information about the Krine of Three arc to Daraek's page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho's page]].
* Various spelling errors fixed
* Added relevant [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower District]] info taken from [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh's page]]
* Cleaned up [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra's page]].
* Added more information about Tisiphone.
* Added several logs to the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] from notes prepared by Sonya.

===Devon (Feyth)===
*Finally got off his ass and wrote the page for [[CrimsonStar:Harbek | Harbek]]

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]
* Expanded the description of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
* Added scions for Tartaros and Markae

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.
* Edited and added to the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] page.
* Added to [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
* Created [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].
* Added to the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:House Orestes|House Orestes]].
* Created [[CrimsonStar:House Meiros|House Meiros]]
* Formatted House pages to match each other.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:House Sfika|House Sfika]]

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

===Jonny===

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-10-10T15:27:28Z

Davvves:

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Exiting the ruins, the party encountered men in dark robes, staring at us and asking for "the codex." They performed a ritual so that when they died, a door would open to let in monsters. Stabbed themselves.
* Ouro's old crew were thieves and had stolen some kind of gem. He flashed back to the heist, after bodies of thieves are found and people are sitting at a wake for them. The casket was closed. Nobody was sure how his friends died. The heist was to steal a gem called the "Desert Star." Back at the wake, relatives and friends of thieves are angry at Ouro. The Desert Star eventually went to Stheno.
* Nordmyra's nephew Joey has an apprenticeship with weaponmaker Donner. Joey is now playing around with magic at home. Daraek and Nordmyra go to Donner's workplace needing to speak with him about these events. Joey has been training with swords, but he, Donner, and Donner's other female apprentice Talaysa, are using Nordmyra's style of magic. Harbek saw this entire scene in a dream sequence.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream. The scene is crimson red. Three figures speak. "At the crimson star, the songs of Set will break loose." "The rise of Erinyes approaches." "There will be an opening of the doors."
* Megaera has a tea party with Harbek in attendance.
* Lady Sfika, Stheno, Marte, and Lady Tasha - a "party girl" with a Dref manservant who has no tongue
* Megaera is talking to someone nobody else can see. Stheno is quite happy about this.
* Alecto has a meeting with the templars. She does not tell the templar leader that she killed the cultists that opened the monster doors.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

'''Session 7:''' (9/23/11)
* Nordmyra brings the Thri-kreen to Donner's underground school where Joey is. She agrees with Donner to come once a week to help teach them.
* Donner agrees to shelter the Thri-kreen and teach them to be non-defilers, as well as to do magic without attracting attention of the Templars.
* Harbek finds out that his father is getting married to Bjursteka, a tavern keeper with children named Storneka and Rytek. Harbek receives a key to something in Tyr unknown to the party.
* Meeting with Erinyes occurs. Stheno is annoyed and curious about why Megaera still looks the way she does and didn't give up her soul to her "imaginary friend." Alecto is questioned because she was in the library, and no one can get into the Red Tower. Rogues are running around and Ryleh has taken over.
* It is revealed that House Erinyes has two figureheads: Isthmene and "Her," who is always seen in shadow and whose voice sounds like cold fire.
* Alecto and Megaera are told by the head of house that tehey need to find the "star children" mentioned by Kalak.
* The party attempts to get into the Red Tower, using Ouro's magical eyepiece to look around and see entrances.
* Harbek's key is used to open the tower, and combat begins with a swarm of spiders and an imp, followed by ice monsters.

'''Session 8:''' (10/7/11)
* The party enters a very cold room, with demon followers and a huge demon in the back. The demon leader can eat his cultists to gain power.
* The demons are slain. Harbek finds himself the gatekeeper of this part of the Red Tower, and there is a well in the room. He can reshape the room to his liking, and create riddles and passwords for people to enter. The password he chose is, "Harbek is pretty much the best person ever."
* Stheno tells Alecto and Megaera that the house of Varnamo has a marriageable woman, and that the sisters need to prepare their brother, Tisiphone, for going to her coming-out party. The houses of Erinyes and Varnamo could ally and become very strong.
* Alecto goes to a templar meeting. There is a new Mul templar named Jenna Thricecursed. Also, the daughter of the deceased Sister Sara, Sister Sophia.

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-10-10T15:23:05Z

Davvves:

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Exiting the ruins, the party encountered men in dark robes, staring at us and asking for "the codex." They performed a ritual so that when they died, a door would open to let in monsters. Stabbed themselves.
* Ouro's old crew were thieves and had stolen some kind of gem. He flashed back to the heist, after bodies of thieves are found and people are sitting at a wake for them. The casket was closed. Nobody was sure how his friends died. The heist was to steal a gem called the "Desert Star." Back at the wake, relatives and friends of thieves are angry at Ouro. The Desert Star eventually went to Stheno.
* Nordmyra's nephew Joey has an apprenticeship with weaponmaker Donner. Joey is now playing around with magic at home. Daraek and Nordmyra go to Donner's workplace needing to speak with him about these events. Joey has been training with swords, but he, Donner, and Donner's other female apprentice Talaysa, are using Nordmyra's style of magic. Harbek saw this entire scene in a dream sequence.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream. The scene is crimson red. Three figures speak. "At the crimson star, the songs of Set will break loose." "The rise of Erinyes approaches." "There will be an opening of the doors."
* Megaera has a tea party with Harbek in attendance.
* Lady Sfika, Stheno, Marte, and Lady Tasha - a "party girl" with a Dref manservant who has no tongue
* Megaera is talking to someone nobody else can see. Stheno is quite happy about this.
* Alecto has a meeting with the templars. She does not tell the templar leader that she killed the cultists that opened the monster doors.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

'''Session 7:''' (9/23/11)
* Nordmyra brings the Thri-kreen to Donner's underground school where Joey is. She agrees with Donner to come once a week to help teach them.
* Donner agrees to shelter the Thri-kreen and teach them to be non-defilers, as well as to do magic without attracting attention of the Templars.
* Harbek finds out that his father is getting married to Bjursteka, a tavern keeper with children named Storneka and Rytek. Harbek receives a key to something in Tyr unknown to the party.
* Meeting with Erinyes occurs. Stheno is annoyed and curious about why Megaera still looks the way she does and didn't give up her soul to her "imaginary friend." Alecto is questioned because she was in the library, and no one can get into the Red Tower. Rogues are running around and Ryleh has taken over.
* It is revealed that House Erinyes has two figureheads: Isthmene and "Her," who is always seen in shadow and whose voice sounds like cold fire.
* Alecto and Megaera are told by the head of house that tehey need to find the "star children" mentioned by Kalak.
* The party attempts to get into the Red Tower, using Ouro's magical eyepiece to look around and see entrances.
* Harbek's key is used to open the tower, and combat begins with a swarm of spiders and an imp, followed by ice monsters.

CrimsonStar:House Erinyes

2011-10-09T16:15:21Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Claiming to be the oldest house in the city of Tyr, ''The Noble House Erinyes''' (AIR-in-yay-ss), is certainly one of the more unusual. Their legendary founder and namesake was certainly inhuman, given the blood she has passed on to her descendants. Following the precedents she established, the house also follows rules of inheritance which seem strange to others of the city, dividing property evenly between all daughters (a practice which does little to reduce sororicide). Thus, the house is many in number, but only a handful of those who claim noble title actually hold enough land and power to be seen as worthy of
the name. Yet few will mock one of Erinyes' daughters, for the house has another tradition, never openly acknowledged but wholly undeniable: the practice of arcane arts.

While the use of the Way is certainly prevalent, it often serves as a cover for mystical practices best left undiscussed, and tolerated by Kalak only because Erinyes' witches eschew the vulgar and obvious use of defiling. Their diabolical practices require a certain intake of expendable sapients, leading the house to hold ties to several slave trading companies; as a dubious benefit, the expense means that they are otherwise less prone to costly decadence than their rivals.

The head of House Erinyes, for all purposes political and social, is Isthmene, however all within the house know that the most important decisions are made by a figure known to most only as Her.

==Economy==
Erinyes holds very little land, and the lands they do hold are largely inhospitable. What wealth their territory holds is found far beneath the earth, in the salt, obsidian, and lapis mined by a steady stream of short-lived slaves. Most of the house's income comes from dealings with various merchant houses, particularly the steel traders of Vordun; Erinyes is tied deeply into the slave markets of Tyr, and serve as patrons to many other enterprises.

==Military==
House Erinyes is not much inclined to open warfare. Their most well-reputed fighting forces, thus, are not infantry of the line, but skilled irregulars. Equally trained in skirmishing from the backs of crodlu or infiltrating enemy encampments, the Obsidian Knives are most feared when they are nowhere to be seen. When pitched battle must be joined, the commanders of Erinyes are usually to be found in heavily armored howdahs borne on mekillot-back, wielding the Way (and, it is rumoured, darker arts) from positions of relative safety.

==Political==

===Rivalries===
* '''''[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros:]]''''' House Erinyes is rivals with House Tartaros, the only house to rival their claim to the title of oldest house in the city of Tyr.
* '''''[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes:]]''''' Erinyes is also rivals with House Orestes, with whom they parted alliances abruptly a decade ago after a botched alliance-by-wedding attempt.
* '''''[[CrimsonStar:House_Markae|House Markae:]]''''' In addition, House Markae is considered a rival as a recent intended wedding between Erinyes Scion Alecto and Markae Scion [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Reacar|Reacar]] ended in the death of the groom by burning.

===Allies===
* '''''[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika:]]''''' Erinyes is newly allied with House Sfika, through the gift of an Erinyes Scion, [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]] the bard.

==Known Goals==
* Total destruction of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]].
* Discovery of the secrets of Ryleh.
* Survival at all costs.

==Crest and Motto==
Born in Blood, Tempered in Flames

==Scions==
===Alecto===
Alecto, eldest daughter of Stheno, is notably cunning and pragmatic even for her house. While she dutifully studied the Way, her true talents clearly lay in the arcane arts, and thus it was that she studied under her great-aunt Euryale, a woman of great power and cruelty. But when Kalak lay waste to his templarate, the house saw an opportunity to gain influence in the halls of the king, and presented this learned and capable scion to take the sorcerer-king's oath.

===Tisiphone===
Tisiphone, only son and greatest disappointment of Stheno, is one of the most straightforward children of House Erinyes that you are likely to meet. A mediocre swordsman who spends too much time watching (and participating in) fights in the dlatiatorial area, he keeps in touch with his younger sister and avoids the eyesight of his oldest sister. As a male scion of Erinyes, he oftenfinds himself swept aside as unimportant, and being a male bearing a traditional family name that is usually reserved for a female leaves him in a difficult position. Seeing himself as unwanted, even by himself, Tisiphone has built up a layer of contempt for others that is difficult to crack. There's a storm brewing behind this young man's eyes.

===Megaera===
Megaera, youngest daughter of Stheno, is impulsive and relentlessly cheerful. As a young child she found her calling as a bard, and excelled in it. In a cunning political move by the Erinyes elders, Megaera was given as a gift to House Sfika to cement an alliance. Once there, she brough life and music to the house, as well as subterfuge and information gathering for her birth house. Her work as a handler and entertainer in the gladiatorial arena has brought pride and prestige to both Erinyes and Sfika.

CrimsonStar:Megaera

2011-09-30T16:45:51Z

Davvves: Added star dream.

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''Megaera''' (Meg-AIR-uh) is the youngest daughter of [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno]], Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

== Basic Statistics ==

'''Height:''' 5'1" <br />
'''Weight:''' 100lbs.<br />
'''Age:''' 16<br />
'''Hair Color:''' Auburn<br />
'''Skin Color:''' Red<br />
'''Race:''' Tiefling<br />
'''Class:''' Bard<br />
'''Background:''' Athasian Minstrel<br />
'''Paragon Path:''' N/A<br />
'''Epic Destiny:''' N/A<br />

==Personality==
Megaera is relentlessly cheerful. Relentlessly, because even (maybe especially) when she's angry, she's smiling. She is incredibly vain, often choosing extravagant outfits for as little reason as to turn a few more heads in the arena. Vain as she is, however, she is also very calculated. Every glance, hand movement, and blink of her eyes is perfectly timed to get the response she's looking for out of anyone who talks to her. There is no such thing as a casual chat in her vocabulary. Despite this, she gives the impression of a total ditz who has problems putting together a complete sentence.

== Connection to the Party ==

Megaera was handler for [[CrimsonStar:Ka'tho|Ka'tho]] before his untimely death. She is now handler for a new gladiator, [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]].

[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto]], eldest daughter of Stheno and Scion of House Erinyes is her sister.

== History ==
Megaera is the youngest daughter of Stheno, and as such is a Scion of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]. She has an older sister named [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto]], and a brother named [[CrimsonStar:Notable Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone]]. She has a healthy rivalry with both of her siblings, Alecto being her complete opposite in terms of demeanor, and thus opposed to her every decision, on principle. Her rivalry with Tisiphone is based upon household standing, That she is placed higher than him within the House due only to her gender chafes him, and makes any conversation they have a terse one. As a child, Megaera found a calling in music, and soon began training to be a bard. As her older sister was studying magic as was traditional for the family (under cover of The Way, of course), Megaera was free to choose her own path, and soon found herself a sought-after minstrel, both for her musical talents, and her way with the dangerous Thri-kreen.

Megaera, after a long private discussion with Stheno, was given as a gift to [[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]], to cement an alliance between the houses. Her training as a minstrel made her an ideal spy for her mother, as well as a blessing on the house, with her influential music. At the tender age of 13, and with permission from the Lady of House Sfika, Megaera found refuge as a handler in the gladiatorial pits. As one of the only members of the house who could speak Thri-kreen, Megaera found herself becoming friends with the Thri-kreen gladiator champion [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho]]. As his handler, she made spending money, but also a lot of enemies in the arena. When her brother Tisiphone started to fight in the ring, Megaera was annoyed. She couldn't bet on the highest paying fights in the arenas because they often included her deadbeat brother. More problematic for her was the fact that Ka'tho refused to kill off her brother. "He smells like you", he'd said, and refused to do more than incapacitate him when they were rivals in the ring. This only worsened the relationship between Megaera and her brother, who was determined that she was telling Ka'tho not to hurt him, and thus hurting his reputation.

Just as things were starting to get boring for Megaera, she recieved a surprise visit from her sister Alecto. At the best of times, conversations between the sisters were sharp, and a visit was totally unprecedented. Megaera soon learned that Alecto was to be married to [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Reacar|Reacar]] from House ((That one she can't remember that was picked out of the Ikea Book)), who was the worst match possible for Alecto, but would seal an alliance that had been in the works for a very long time. Alecto, at her most cunning, said just enough to plant ideas in her younger sister's mind. At 16, Megaera had no trouble using the bits of information she had gained from the conversation with her sister to sabotage the wedding. The young scion of ((That one house she can't remember that was picked out of the Ikea Book)) was too naive to tell the difference between the older and younger daughters of Stheno. Megaera seduced the young man on the afternoon of the wedding, and "accidentally" killed him through burning. She has denied any intention of anything other than stealing some time with Reacar before he was married to her sister and forever off-limits.

==Star Dream==
You are sitting in a valley in the desert somewhere under a blood red sky. You are sitting at a richly
appointed table with a chess set on it. “Are you ready for the storm that is to come?” a cloaked figure
sitting across from you asks. You take one of his pieces. “How ready do I need to be?" you ask, amused.
He takes your queen, his clawed hand grasping it and placing it carefully to the side of the table. “Better
than now… you can’t even beat me at chess… how do you expect to beat me in war?” His dry cackle
ends as you move a rook and checkmate your opponent, smiling as you look into his ancient draconic
eyes…

The scene changes. There is a massive battle in the same valley in which your chess game took place. Large
squares of troops move towards each other as eldritch blasts go flying in the space in-between. You call
a name in a harsh language. Your demon companion appears. You order, “Take up my banner. Time to end
this.” She stands 8 feet tall and has a nimbus of menace. “We seem to be in some peril...” the demoness
comments as a large rock lands nearby. “Not really… this is just like chess, only more complicated,”
you state, as the chaos around you all of a sudden seems as orderly as game pieces on a board.

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

==Current Events==

===Session 1===
It turns out that despite [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto]]'s part in the downfall of her marriage, she was ready to lay it all at Megaera's feet. They were both summoned to a meeting with their mother, during which nothing at all was decided other than the fact that both sisters were being, well, themselves. After the biggest lecture of their lives (or at least in recent memory), the sisters were tasked with leading a mercenary escort to bring something belonging to their mother into the city - no questions asked, no knowledge of the contents of the cart. Going nowhere without the presence of her pet Thri-kreen gladiator [[CrimsonStar:Ka'tho|Ka'tho]], Megaera joins her sister in this endeavor, noting some interesting characters in their party. Especially that wasp guy. His white noise generating ...self... could be really useful in keeping secret conversations secret. She'd need to remember that. Megaera's thoughts continued to meander until they reached the oasis at which they were to meet the cart, to discover it being ambushed by Dref. The party springs into action, taking down the Dref, who proclaimed themselves to be "Sons of Set". They take custody of the cart, and Megaera heals their wounds while they travel back towards the city. They are ambushed again while waiting for the cover of nightfall to bring their cargo into the city. These attackers are common thugs, but it takes all Megaera has to keep everyone on their feet.

===Session 2===
Once dark falls, the party brings the cart into the city. To all appearances, Megaera is sleeping lightly against the side of the cart as it trundles into the worse areas of Tyr. For the third time, the cart is set upon by would-be thieves. This time, among their enemies is an elemental priest. The fight against these "Sons of Set" is bitter, and brutal, with Megaera's people being attacked from all sides, including the rooftops. Megaera is torn in too many directions. First one of the mercenaries dies, and then her friend, her Bug-man, falls under the Elemental Priest's brutal magics. All done in a brutal few minutes, but that fight cost Megaera her best friend. Not long after, [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno]] arrived to take custody of the package, and Megaera was left to mourn Ka'tho's death.

After the Thri-kreen's untimely death, Megaera was tasked with finding a new champion for [[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]], and fast. The fight between [[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]' entire gladiatorial stables and one single chosen champion of Sfika was coming up. Word had spread that the gladiator [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]] was coming out of retirement to get back into the ring. With a letter of credit from House Sfika, she set off to recruit Harbek before House Orestes could lay a hand on him. With a little persuasion, a handful of promises, and large sums of money, Megaera manages to persuade Harbek to join her. After that, it is a whirlwind of cunning conversations and subtle bribery to even the odds between her strong gladiator, and the entirety of the House Orestes Stables.

===Session 3===
Megaera watches from the stands as her new gladiator, Harbek, takes on the House Orestes stables without landing a single blow. When the fight ends, the cheers are deafening. Everyone is whisked off to a party at which Megaera recieves a tattoo from her mother as a gift for bringing such honor to the house. At the party, she arranges a fight between Tisiphone and Harbek.

In the middle of the night, Alecto wakes Megaera up and demands that she goes along to meet this Thri-kreen (Ka'thrain) who knows about the red star stuff. Megaera being able to speak Thri-kreen, she didn't argue, woke up her hungover gladiator bodyguard, and went along. They had a lively fight with some undead and a really misty thing underground, and when they came back to the surface Ka'thrain was dead, and they were attacked by more Sons of Set. It was all Megaera could do to keep her rag-tag band of folks alive.

CrimsonStar:Nordmyra

2011-09-30T16:42:25Z

Davvves: Added star dream.

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Nordmyra (Nord-MY-ruh) is the elven innkeeper of Trygg inn, that is run by her sister and husband when she is absent.

== Basic Statistics ==
*Height: 5'11"
*Weight: 140 lbs.
*Age: 28
*Hair Color: Dark Blonde with greenish highlights here and there
*Skin Color: Fair
*Race: Elf
*Class: Mage
*Job: Innkeeper and Bar Chick
*Paragon Path: N/A
*Epic Destiny: N/A

== Personality ==

Nordmyra tries her best to be humble, but when she is doing all the damage in the arena with her magic missile spell, and no one else is hitting the enemies, that can cause a bit of an ego problem. She gets very annoyed at the Tiefling Megaera, who often chooses extravagant outfits for as little reason as to turn a few more heads in the arena. The thing that made her the most annoyed with her was her 15-inch lace up boots that left trackings of mud up the path to her inn- ugh! But something happened recently that made Nordmyra a little bit less egotistical- and more worried about her family. She has no idea where her nephew is, and is acting a little bit more like a gentle and caring auntie lately. She is fighting for the survival of the party and the eventual finding of Joey.

== Connection to the Party ==

Nordmyra, as stated before, owns an inn which the druid Daraek frequents; and the new dwarf tank Harbek is falling in love with. She also knew Hargrave as a friend and inn customer before his death.

Nordmyra did NOT hear about an assassin attempt plan on Megaera and Alecto's great aunt; but she journeyed into the desert to find a cart of goods for their mom, and that's when all of this random crap started.

(IN PROGRESS)

== History ==

== Current Events ==
* Session 1

== Star Dream ==
You are standing on a barren hot desert plain beneath a blood red sky. A number of figures, obviously
haggard from their trek into this wasteland, approach. When they reach you, one wails, “Great secret
keeper… why did you call us here… surely you have killed us!” You smile and respond, “I have never
lured potential students to their death.” With a wave of your hand and an effort of will, the mirage in
the distance forms into a mirrored castle somewhat the worse for wear. “How did you create such a
fortress!” exclaims another of your new students. “I did not create it. I allowed it to be seen… and I much
prefer to think of it as a school…” you respond.

When you enter the gates, you go not into a castle but to the edge of a great battle. A burst of deadly
arcane energy hurls towards you, winking out with a wave of your hand. You look behind you at the
multitude of young frightened mages… sorcerers and warlocks... “Students, it is time for the Veiled
alliance to unveil its true strength don’t you?”

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

CrimsonStar:Harbek

2011-09-30T16:39:41Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

==Before the Company==

Harbek is a rather simple dwarf, and always has been. He grew up in a somewhat poor household, living with his father, Dendor, for a time. His mother was never a part of his life, and he wasn't exactly a planned addition to his father's household. As it was, he knew little about her, and only then what his father had said about her.
{| border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="90%" style="background-color: #EEEEEE;"
|-----
| <div style= "font-size:80%;">Dendor's account of Harbek's mother:</div>
"Well, you see son, she was a...somewhat promiscuous lass. Never really intended to start a family, I did. Oh! Not that I don't love you as me own son, given that you are, and all. Still, though, it was more or less a one night fling I had, after a bit of drinkin'. Well...one night and one day, anyway. Fantastic lass...more stamina than a hardened gladiator! Ahem...um, where was I? Oh, right! I meant for it to be a...one and done sorta thing. Well...I say one. But, she was gone the next day. Didn't see her again, save for once. After nearly a good year, she showed back up on my doorstep...not quite alone. I'll never forget what she said to me that day. 'I believe this belongs to you.' Were her words. Just that, and she set ya down on the threshold, turned and walked off. She didn't seem angry or nothin'. Just like it was a bit of business. Now, there was no question about it. You were my son! I could see it in the nose, and you were already showin' a bit of the family psionics. Had her eyes too though. So, 'course I had to keep you."
|}

Harbek had a fairly decent upbringing. His father had been a freelance gladiator, until he lost his hand in a match, and had to retire. He'd managed to make enough in the ring to keep himself comfortable, though the addition of little Harbek put a strain on the finances. Given what his bloodline was, he set out to become a gladiator himself, so that he wouldn't be a strain on his father's finances anymore. He found a small house in need of gladiators, and joined their stables. Since the house wasn't large, the fights never got much attention, but he still performed well.

Like him, and his father before, the head of his house was quite the drinker. After seeing that he wasn't really going to get anywhere in the ring under his current house, he eventually challeneged the head of house to a drinking contest, in which he won his freedom. He had no desire of retiring, so he instead became a freelance gladiator, under tenuous contract with a well-connected manager. There, he slowly but surely advanced in the standings, until he came to the attention of a certain scion of house Svika.

==In the Company==

After being hired by [[CrimsonStar:Megaera | Megaera]], he soon found himself involved with a few other somewhat interesting folks, and what started as a simple gladiatorial arrangement has quickly become much more. He still has fights every now and then, but most of his time lately has been spent having altogether disturbing dreams, usually involving insects and a Mul by the name of [[CrimsonStar:Daraek | Daraek]]. When awake, he's also recently found himself dealing with insects...a band of black-carapaced Thri-Kreen. He hopes to find out what these dreams mean, and find a way to stop them. They're giving him a bit of a distaste for beer, and that's no good thing for a dwarf.

==Star Dream==
It is day, and yet the sky and the very air itself is red. You seem to be standing in the Red Tower district. A
Dwarven woman is holding a rock over mewling babe. “Don’t do it,” a very young version of your father
begs. The woman looks at him. “He is not the one foretold.” Your father looks worried. “I…could take
care of him…” The woman looks up impassively. “Then…I believe this belongs to you.” As she walks
away, she says, “Don’t contact us again…you are no longer needed.”

The scene changes. It is a huge battle. A massive phalanx is marching forward. Behind are your own troops, and
next to you is Daraek. “Well…let’s give our sister a warm welcome, shall we?” you ask, just before you
and Daraek charge into the mass of soldiers. Some lose their flesh to the swarms of Daraek, several fall
to the ground as your “Way” destroys their mind, and some fall to the hewing of your axe.

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

CrimsonStar:Harbek

2011-09-30T16:38:26Z

Davvves:

==Before the Company==

Harbek is a rather simple dwarf, and always has been. He grew up in a somewhat poor household, living with his father, Dendor, for a time. His mother was never a part of his life, and he wasn't exactly a planned addition to his father's household. As it was, he knew little about her, and only then what his father had said about her.
{| border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="90%" style="background-color: #EEEEEE;"
|-----
| <div style= "font-size:80%;">Dendor's account of Harbek's mother:</div>
"Well, you see son, she was a...somewhat promiscuous lass. Never really intended to start a family, I did. Oh! Not that I don't love you as me own son, given that you are, and all. Still, though, it was more or less a one night fling I had, after a bit of drinkin'. Well...one night and one day, anyway. Fantastic lass...more stamina than a hardened gladiator! Ahem...um, where was I? Oh, right! I meant for it to be a...one and done sorta thing. Well...I say one. But, she was gone the next day. Didn't see her again, save for once. After nearly a good year, she showed back up on my doorstep...not quite alone. I'll never forget what she said to me that day. 'I believe this belongs to you.' Were her words. Just that, and she set ya down on the threshold, turned and walked off. She didn't seem angry or nothin'. Just like it was a bit of business. Now, there was no question about it. You were my son! I could see it in the nose, and you were already showin' a bit of the family psionics. Had her eyes too though. So, 'course I had to keep you."
|}

Harbek had a fairly decent upbringing. His father had been a freelance gladiator, until he lost his hand in a match, and had to retire. He'd managed to make enough in the ring to keep himself comfortable, though the addition of little Harbek put a strain on the finances. Given what his bloodline was, he set out to become a gladiator himself, so that he wouldn't be a strain on his father's finances anymore. He found a small house in need of gladiators, and joined their stables. Since the house wasn't large, the fights never got much attention, but he still performed well.

Like him, and his father before, the head of his house was quite the drinker. After seeing that he wasn't really going to get anywhere in the ring under his current house, he eventually challeneged the head of house to a drinking contest, in which he won his freedom. He had no desire of retiring, so he instead became a freelance gladiator, under tenuous contract with a well-connected manager. There, he slowly but surely advanced in the standings, until he came to the attention of a certain scion of house Svika.

==In the Company==

After being hired by [[CrimsonStar:Megaera | Megaera]], he soon found himself involved with a few other somewhat interesting folks, and what started as a simple gladiatorial arrangement has quickly become much more. He still has fights every now and then, but most of his time lately has been spent having altogether disturbing dreams, usually involving insects and a Mul by the name of [[CrimsonStar:Daraek | Daraek]]. When awake, he's also recently found himself dealing with insects...a band of black-carapaced Thri-Kreen. He hopes to find out what these dreams mean, and find a way to stop them. They're giving him a bit of a distaste for beer, and that's no good thing for a dwarf.

==Star Dream==
It is day, and yet the sky and the very air itself is red. You seem to be standing in the Red Tower district. A
Dwarven woman is holding a rock over mewling babe. “Don’t do it,” a very young version of your father
begs. The woman looks at him. “He is not the one foretold.” Your father looks worried. “I…could take
care of him…” The woman looks up impassively. “Then…I believe this belongs to you.” As she walks
away, she says, “Don’t contact us again…you are no longer needed.”

The scene changes. It is a huge battle. A massive phalanx is marching forward. Behind are your own troops, and
next to you is Daraek. “Well…let’s give our sister a warm welcome, shall we?” you ask, just before you
and Daraek charge into the mass of soldiers. Some lose their flesh to the swarms of Daraek, several fall
to the ground as your “Way” destroys their mind, and some fall to the hewing of your axe.

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-09-30T16:35:07Z

Davvves: Added star dream.

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

== Introduction ==
'''Daraek''' (duh-RYE-eck) is a druid in the Dark Sun campaign setting. He is known to have the power to change shape into a swarm of rampaging wasps. As a mul and a Wasteland Nomad, he stands out among the people of Tyr as an outcast. He only finds a place for himself at the inn and tavern of [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]. However, he still meets up with the occasional drunkard accusing him of being a freak or half-breed. Obviously his swarm powers are looked down upon, since it is a magical ability. His true home and ancestral is the badlands of Meng-Rez, where he associates himself with the Engulfer of Meng-Rez, a spirit who embodies the practice of swarm transformation and inhabits the badlands.

Daraek never knew his mother. He was born of a human father, so obviously that would make his mother dwarven. The only thing his father ever told him was, "She was never one to be trusted, and I don't expect much more out of you." When he was young, his father eventually tired of Daraek standing out as a Mul among pure-bred children, finding it an embarrassment to him and ruining possible trade opportunities, and sent him out into the badlands of Meng-Rez with minimal supplies to make a life for himself. Daraek was far from alone, however. The Engulfer guided his steps and kept him safe. Over the next few years, Daraek found himself capable of controlling various natural forces from afar, and eventually discovered his ability to morph into a swarm of wasps. This didn't go well the first couple of tries...Daraek's left leg flew away from him several times, only to return several days later. He doesn't like to talk about this much.

== Meeting the Gladiator ==
Daraek was the first of the campaign party to meet [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho]], a thri-kreen former hunter who lost his clutch in an attack, and got lost in the badlands while searching for them. Able to understand thri-kreen because of his own insectoid tendencies, Daraek agreed to help Ka-Tho find the rest of his broodmates. They decided the best way to go about this was for Ka-Tho to become a gladiator, where he'd be able to interact with a variety of people and still technically be a free man. Unfortunately Ka-Tho was killed in a fight, along with [[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave]], while the party was attempting to intercept a shipment and bring it to a member of the nobility.

== Daily Happenings ==
When he's not sitting in Nordmyra's tavern being insulted by the locals, Daraek mainly practices his swarm druid powers alone in the badlands, where he comes across other nomads and traders on the road to Tyr. He hears of many opportunities for profit this way; opportunities that his acquaintances and friends who live exclusively in Tyr may not have knowledge of. This makes Daraek a valuable and profitable friend for Nordmyra, with whom he shares some money both due to the expense of living in her inn and out of respect for her duty as a public servant.

Daraek is sometimes contacted by the wasp spirits of Meng-Rez, through dreams. For some reason [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]] seems to share this oddity.

== Important Points ==
Daraek and Harbek were both called upon in a dream to seek out the Krine of Three, and save them from the dragon's minion's in the shadow of the [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower]]. These turned out to be three black Thri-Kreen; a much different type of Thri-Kreen than those the party had heretofore been familiar with. They were being kept captive by the templars of Kallac. Through a skillful use of Endurance, after the Thri-Kreen had been convinced of the party's motives, Daraek managed to heft one of the creatures onto his back and make it appear as nothing more than a hard black backpack. Harbek and Nordmyra followed suit.

The meaning of these three Thri-Kreen's appearance to the party has yet to be made clear, but for now they are the subject of much curiosity.

Daraek, like the rest of his party members, found himself the bearer of a star-shaped tattoo. It is on his lower left leg. The meaning of this has yet to be determined.

== Star Dream ==
It is day, and yet the sky is the color of blood. You see a young man you recognize as your father
arguing with a very pretty Dwarven woman. “I want the girl child!!” he yells at the Dwarven woman, who
giggles, “You have the boy…the first of the twins.” “I WANTED THE CHOSEN!!” your father screams. “You
asked for the first born,” counters the dwarf. “I NEVER should have expected to trust you!” he spits, and
leaves. “Trust never…I expect you and the rest of your pathetic sect to kneel…if not to me, then to our
daughter.”

The scene changes. It is a huge battle. A massive phalanx is marching forward. Behind are your own troops, and
next to you is Harbek. “Well…let’s give our sister a warm welcome, shall we?” you ask, just before you
and Harbek charge into the mass of soldiers. Many fall to Harbeks “Way” and his axe. Many more seem
to melt from your swarms.

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

CrimsonStar:Alecto

2011-09-30T16:32:09Z

Davvves: Added star dream.

'''Game''': [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''Alecto''' (uh-LECK-toe) is the eldest daughter of [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno]], Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

==The Flame and the Void==
"Auntie, how much longer must I OWW!" The switch cut the air, though no hand held it, arcing into the child's back. Her fingers closed tightly around an ember, she gathered herself. "I apologize, ''Teacher.''"

"Ah, good, young Alecto. At least you didn't ask me what you did wrong. This time. And the answer, child, is that you will hold the fire in your hand until you can hold it in your mind. You are the flame. You are the void, with the flame burning within. You are a daughter of Erinyes, and you will master this if it kills you." The child's anger flared, the ember brightening to a fierce red as she buried the emotion inside. "Better. Not good enough, but better."

==When Constabulary Duty's to be Done==
"Well, sure, there's lots of templars I don't like working with. Sister Sarah will have a man flogged if he forgets to praise the King's name, and that greedy little toad Tithian keeps damn near all the bribe money for himself. But that Alecto girl, she scares me. I mean, little slip of a thing, barely comes up to my short ribs, and that's counting those weird horns. And it's not just that she isn't human; sure, blood-red skin, horns and tail like a kirre, that's pretty off. But it's her eyes that spook me. Every time she hears an order she doesn't like, or I have to tell her some bad news, it's like she's just storing all that rage somewhere inside. You can see it burning in those eyes, and you can just tell someday it's going to come burning out. Me? I intend to be far, far away when that happens. Hopefully in a nice solid stone building, with nothing flammable around."
-- ''Torok, Tyrian Royal Guardsman''

==Star Dream==
You are on a puppetry stage. It seems huge and brightly lit by a blood-red light. You realize that the
marionette that is being played for the audience is you. At first the puppet master is your mother,
laughing. She asks, “Who is your mistress?” In a childlike singsong voice, you answer, “You are, mother.”
The audience is made up of sacrificial victims, each bearing a red star tattoo. They boo and hiss as
blood gushes from their wounds. “Who is your master?” booms the voice of Kalak himself. In a childlike,
singsong voice, you answer, “You are, God-King Kalak.” Again, the audience boos and hisses. The third
puppeteer is you, clearly dead by sacrificial right. “Who will save the children of the star?”

The scene changes. There is a massive battle. You are overlooking the chaos. An armored legion is
standing at the ready beside you. “Mistress…orders?” asks a somewhat nervous soldier. “I think it high
time we show up my sister, don’t you? Forward.” The order is issued on your authority and yours alone.

Your vision turns to a red light from a star that seems to bleed. You wake up with a tattoo.

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-09-21T13:36:50Z

Davvves: /* Important Points */

CrimsonStar:Dream Honey

2011-09-21T01:12:51Z

Davvves: Created page with "Game: Children of the Crimson Star == What Is This Sticky Stuff? == '''Dream Honey''' is a substance produced en masse by [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|..."

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

== What Is This Sticky Stuff? ==
'''Dream Honey''' is a substance produced en masse by [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]], mainly for the use of their slaves, who gulp it down without reservation, keeping them docile and obedient. This leads many to believe it is a narcotic; however its formula has never been revealed, so nobody can really be sure.

== Nightmare ==
Why only create a peaceful Dream Honey when one could also use his chemistry skills to create a military supplement? '''Nightmare''' is the name given to the chemically altered Dream Honey fed to Tartaros' military to drive them into a berserker frenzy. These soldiers make a dangerous addition to the Grand Army of Tyr.

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-21T00:39:30Z

Davvves: /* David (Davvves) */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's page]].
* Added information about the Krine of Three arc to Daraek's page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho's page]].
* Various spelling errors fixed
* Added relevant [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower District]] info taken from [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh's page]]
* Cleaned up [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra's page]].
* Added more information about Tisiphone.

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.
* Edited and added to the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:37:13Z

Davvves: /* Stheno */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' (STHEE-no) is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' (tiss-IF-uh-nee) is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade. He is very skilled as a gladiator, but it gives him a high degree of hubris: a hubris that brought him face to face with [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]]. [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], Harbek's handler, decided that the best way to settle their differences would be an honorable gladiatorial duel, because "noble blood always wins." (This did not end well for Tisiphone.)

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' (you-rie-ALL) is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House Markae==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:36:43Z

Davvves: /* House IkeaBookName-os */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' (tiss-IF-uh-nee) is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade. He is very skilled as a gladiator, but it gives him a high degree of hubris: a hubris that brought him face to face with [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]]. [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], Harbek's handler, decided that the best way to settle their differences would be an honorable gladiatorial duel, because "noble blood always wins." (This did not end well for Tisiphone.)

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' (you-rie-ALL) is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House Markae==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:35:59Z

Davvves: /* Tisiphone */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' (tiss-IF-uh-nee) is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade. He is very skilled as a gladiator, but it gives him a high degree of hubris: a hubris that brought him face to face with [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]]. [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], Harbek's handler, decided that the best way to settle their differences would be an honorable gladiatorial duel, because "noble blood always wins." (This did not end well for Tisiphone.)

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' (you-rie-ALL) is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:35:02Z

Davvves: /* Euryale */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade. He is very skilled as a gladiator, but it gives him a high degree of hubris: a hubris that brought him face to face with [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]]. [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], Harbek's handler, decided that the best way to settle their differences would be an honorable gladiatorial duel, because "noble blood always wins." (This did not end well for Tisiphone.)

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' (you-rie-ALL) is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:33:59Z

Davvves: /* Tisiphone */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade. He is very skilled as a gladiator, but it gives him a high degree of hubris: a hubris that brought him face to face with [[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek]]. [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], Harbek's handler, decided that the best way to settle their differences would be an honorable gladiatorial duel, because "noble blood always wins." (This did not end well for Tisiphone.)

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-21T00:29:29Z

Davvves: /* David (Davvves) */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's page]].
* Added information about the Krine of Three arc to Daraek's page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho's page]].
* Various spelling errors fixed
* Added relevant [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower District]] info taken from [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh's page]]
* Cleaned up [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra's page]].

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.
* Edited and added to the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-09-21T00:28:18Z

Davvves:

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryleh. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryleh, all he will say is '''"Ryleh was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Megaera discovers that she has an imaginary friend - some magic that was worked into the tattoo given as a gift by her mother.
* Something about Ouro and the Desert Star (Stealing it?) Also he learned his friends were dead.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream, in which they were warned that Set would rise again.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-09-21T00:27:28Z

Davvves:

The Session log is a collection of notable points and important things that happened in each session. Important in-character happenings should be chronicled on each character's page.

'''Session 1:''' (7/15/11)
* Negotiations for meeting room occur, mercenaries set up to help transport goods. Nordmyra eavesdrops.
* Stheno reprimands daughters for shattering an alliance that had been in the works for decades.
* Group sets out to meet a cart at an oasis and escort it in. Cart's contents are a sarcophagus, a pentagram with an elongated point carved into the stone.
* Fight at the oasis, attacked by the "Sons of Set". Attacking Dref bear the symbol of a pentagram with a serpent encircling an elongated point.
* Fight at a waystation outside of the city, attacked by hired assassins bearing a note that read "Beware the Sons of Set."

'''Session 2:''' (7/22/11)
* Cart escorted into city without issue, thanks to Alecto's psychic paper.
* Fight in the bad part of town to protect cart and contents. Hargrave and Ka'tho die in battle. Stheno takes custody of cart.
* Little Ouro, Half-giant Monk bodyguard of Per, joins the party, feels he owes it to us in thanks for getting Hargrave killed.
* Megaera recruits the Dwarf Battlemind Harbeck to replace her fallen Thri-kreen fighter.
* Negotiations for the rigging of the fight between Harbeck and the Orestes stables occur.

'''Session 3:''' (8/12/11)
* Harbek defeats entirety of Orestes stables without landing a single blow.
* Sfika throws party, everyone is there. Megaera recieves a tattoo as a gift from her mother. Fight arranged between Tisiphone and Harbeck.
* Harbek and Daraek share Daraek's dream, with voices telling him that "The Queen is threatened by the snake." and "Save the Queen."
* Party roused separately ( Daraek - Ouro - Nordmyra | Alecto - Megaera - Harbek ) to go speak to Ka'thrain, a Thri'kreen Doomsayer who has been painting Red Stars all over the rough part of town. He agrees to stay where he is to avoid being bound and carried off to the dungeons. Ka'thrain says to the party ''"The snake is moving and has awakened the curse of Ryla. You must stop the snake."'' When questioned about Ryla, all he will say is '''"Ryla was one of the first prophets."'''
* Fight with zombies in ruins beneath the city. Some of the undead are bearing a red pentagram (star) with an eye atop the point. Fight with undead boss ends in success and shiny loot.

'''Session 4:''' (8/19/11)
* Megaera discovers that she has an imaginary friend - some magic that was worked into the tattoo given as a gift by her mother.
* Something about Ouro and the Desert Star (Stealing it?) Also he learned his friends were dead.
* Daraek and Harbek shared another dream, in which they were warned that Set would rise again.

'''Session 5:''' (8/26/11)
* Meet with Tartaros nobles (Lady Felice and Lord Maro) at Tashia of Mericles' party. Tashia splits up the discussion before it becomes a fight.
* Nordmyra's Niece Hemnessa is on crack, to be sold into slavery at the party. Nordmyra buys her for 200g.
* Fight breaks out at the party while everyone is eating or otherwise occupied, Sister Sarah bursting down the door causes the fights to start.
* Members of the Openers of the Way attack the party, and when the last one falls, they've managed to summon a big brain monster (Megaera and Alecto know it to be an Id Fiend). The monster tears the party apart, but Daraek inspires fortitude and the party vanquishes the monster with no casualties.
* The party bursts in on Tashia and her cronies having sacrificed many people and were in the process of sacrificing Lady Felice of House Tartaros. The party has no choice but to kill them. When things start to take a turn for the worse, a Winged Devil woman steps out of the place where Megaera is standing, and wreaks havoc among the remaining enemies. In the shuffle, Megaera kills Lady Felice with the sacrificial dagger, but lays the blame at the feet of Tashia.

'''Session 6:''' (9/9/11)
* Two Merchant houses pledge small favors to the party for saving their nobles at the Mericles party.
* Harbek and Daraek have a bug dream. Thri-kreen need saving. They and Nordmyra go to the Red Tower District ("In the shadow of the Red Tower" according to the dream) They find the Thri-kreen in the actual shadow, and wear them as "backpacks" out of the area, only to be accosted by Megaera, wearing practically nothing, covered in blood, carrying a bag of books. The Red Tower is flashing light out of all of the windows, visible even in the daylight.
* Alecto and Ouro go visit the Praetor about the fight at the party. Learn a lot about the openers of the Way, meet the old Praetor who is not dead, but is host to three different essences. Learn that books have been stolen out of Kalak's library.
* Megaera learns that the summoning she attempted while passed out in The Red Tower would have made her host in actuality to the demon/devil trapped in her tattoo.
* Faceless Assassin attempts to murder the sisters. The party, with much injury, incapacitates the assassin and turns her over to Stheno.
* A red star comes out in the sky, triggering a dream sequence, and crimson star tattoos show up on the bodies of the party, in various places.

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-09-21T00:26:27Z

Davvves: tattoo

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-21T00:23:09Z

Davvves: /* Places of Interest */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Ryleh|Ryleh, Ancient very powerful Demon (Devil?) summoner]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===
*[[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower District]]

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Markae|House Markae]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Värnamo|House Värnamo "1st house of Tyr"]]

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
* "Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-21T00:22:55Z

Davvves: /* Location, Location, Location */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Ryleh|Ryleh, Ancient very powerful Demon (Devil?) summoner]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===
*[[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District]]

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Markae|House Markae]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Värnamo|House Värnamo "1st house of Tyr"]]

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
* "Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

Red Tower District

2011-09-21T00:22:22Z

Davvves: Redirected page to CrimsonStar:Red Tower District

#REDIRECT [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District]]

CrimsonStar:Red Tower District

2011-09-21T00:21:45Z

Davvves: Created page with "Game: Children of the Crimson Star '''The Red Tower District''' The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by [..."

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''The Red Tower District'''

The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]] (though this fact is mostly lost to the ages). It is the WORST part of the Tyr, which is saying something. Templars tend to go during the day time with significant brute squads. Currently the red tower is active; there are wards preventing virtually everyone from entering the tower itself. A variety of Devils/Demons are, however, ranging OUT from here.

Ryleh built the "Red Tower" (giving the Red Tower District its name) to assist with her astronomical studies. It was one of the grandest Manses of its time, considered a treasure by the sages, aristocrats, and the fashionable elite.

The secret that Ryleh kept for quite some time is that the Red Tower, while beautiful, is a weapon of great potency: it GREATLY enhances demonic/devil summoning.

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-21T00:21:10Z

Davvves: /* David (Davvves) */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's page]].
* Added information about the Krine of Three arc to Daraek's page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'Tho's page]].
* Various spelling errors fixed
* Added relevant [[CrimsonStar:Red_Tower_District|Red Tower District]] info taken from [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh's page]]

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho

2011-09-21T00:18:12Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''Ka'Tho''' was a Thri-Kreen gladiator who was acquainted with [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek]] in the badlands of Meng-Rez. After Ka'Tho lost the rest of his clutch of Thri-Kreen, he needed someone to help him look for them. Sadly, they all perished, but Daraek knew the Thri-Kreen tongue, and was able to lead Ka'Tho into Tyr, where Daraek entered Ka'Tho into the gladiatorial bouts. However, Ka'Tho needed a handler, and he found this in [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], the only member of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]] who could speak Thri-Kreen.

CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho

2011-09-21T00:17:37Z

Davvves: Basic summary of Ka'Tho

'''Ka'Tho''' was a Thri-Kreen gladiator who was acquainted with [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek]] in the badlands of Meng-Rez. After Ka'Tho lost the rest of his clutch of Thri-Kreen, he needed someone to help him look for them. Sadly, they all perished, but Daraek knew the Thri-Kreen tongue, and was able to lead Ka'Tho into Tyr, where Daraek entered Ka'Tho into the gladiatorial bouts. However, Ka'Tho needed a handler, and he found this in [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]], the only member of [[CrimsonStar:House Erinyes|House Erinyes]] who could speak Thri-Kreen.

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-21T00:10:15Z

Davvves: /* Important(?) to the Crimson Star */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
''Main Page: [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]''

'''Ryleh''' is an ancient power somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade.

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was a rising star of [[CrimsonStar:House Markae|House Markae]], until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

Red Tower District

2011-09-21T00:08:57Z

Davvves:

CrimsonStar:Annals of the Company

2011-09-21T00:02:19Z

Davvves:

CrimsonStar:Nordmyra

2011-09-21T00:01:04Z

Davvves:

CrimsonStar:Nordmyra

2011-09-20T23:59:59Z

Davvves: /* Basic Statistics */

Game: Children of the Crimson Star

Nordmyra (Nord-MY-ruh) is the elven innkeeper of Trygg inn, that is run by her sister and husband when she is absent.

== Basic Statistics ==
*Height: 5'11"
*Weight: 140 lbs.
*Age: 28
*Hair Color: Dark Blonde with greenish highlights here and there
*Skin Color: Fair
*Race: Elf
*Class: Mage
*Job: Innkeeper and Bar Chick
*Paragon Path: N/A
*Epic Destiny: N/A

== Personality ==

Nordmyra tries her best to be humble, but when she is doing all the damage in the arena with her magic missile spell, and no one else is hitting the enemies, that can cause a bit of an ego problem. She gets very annoyed at the Tiefling Megaera, who often chooses extravagant outfits for as little reason as to turn a few more heads in the arena. The thing that made her the most annoyed with her was her 15-inch lace up boots that left trackings of mud up the path to her inn- ugh! But something happened recently that made Nordmyra a little bit less egotistical- and more worried about her family. She has no idea where her nephew is, and is acting a little bit more like a gentle and caring auntie lately. She is fighting for the survival of the party and the eventual finding of Joey.

== Connection to the Party ==

Nordmyra, as stated before, owns an inn which the druid Daraek frequents; and the new dwarf tank Harbek is falling in love with. She also knew Hargrave as a friend and inn customer before his death.

Nordmyra did NOT hear about an assassin attempt plan on Megaera and Alecto's great aunt; but she journeyed into the desert to find a cart of goods for their mom, and that's when all of this random crap started.

(IN PROGRESS)

== History ==

== Current Events ==
* Session 1

CrimsonStar:Nordmyra

2011-09-20T23:59:23Z

Davvves:

Game: Children of the Crimson Star

Nordmyra (Nord-MY-ruh) is the elven innkeeper of Trygg inn, that is run by her sister and husband when she is absent.

== Basic Statistics ==
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Age: 28
Hair Color: Dark Blonde with greenish highlights here and there
Skin Color: Fair
Race: Elf
Class: Mage
Job: Innkeeper and Bar Chick
Paragon Path: N/A
Epic Destiny: N/A

== Personality ==

Nordmyra tries her best to be humble, but when she is doing all the damage in the arena with her magic missile spell, and no one else is hitting the enemies, that can cause a bit of an ego problem. She gets very annoyed at the Tiefling Megaera, who often chooses extravagant outfits for as little reason as to turn a few more heads in the arena. The thing that made her the most annoyed with her was her 15-inch lace up boots that left trackings of mud up the path to her inn- ugh! But something happened recently that made Nordmyra a little bit less egotistical- and more worried about her family. She has no idea where her nephew is, and is acting a little bit more like a gentle and caring auntie lately. She is fighting for the survival of the party and the eventual finding of Joey.

== Connection to the Party ==

Nordmyra, as stated before, owns an inn which the druid Daraek frequents; and the new dwarf tank Harbek is falling in love with. She also knew Hargrave as a friend and inn customer before his death.

Nordmyra did NOT hear about an assassin attempt plan on Megaera and Alecto's great aunt; but she journeyed into the desert to find a cart of goods for their mom, and that's when all of this random crap started.

(IN PROGRESS)

== History ==

== Current Events ==
* Session 1

CrimsonStar:Ryleh

2011-09-20T19:48:04Z

Davvves:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

'''Ten Facts About Ryleh'''

1) Ryleh was alive 1,000 years before the current age (when the game is taking place).

2) Ryleh probably knew more than anyone else ever about the occurrence of the "Red Star".

3) Ryleh was a formidable Demon (Devil?) summoner in and of herself, in her time.

4) No one knows what became of Ryleh; only that she died, and her tomb has been lost to the ages (her sarcophagus has recently appeared, however).

5) Ryleh was a female said to be extrodinarily beautiful.

6) Ryleh was the only Tiefling of note in Tyr NOT related to (or of the line of) Erinyes.

7) Ryleh eschewed the eating of the flesh of any animal, or their milk, or ovum. She derived some power from this, though what, no one can say, only that it made her...better somehow.

8) Ryleh was a lover of Set, a Sorcerer(?) of some power. She betrayed him and his wrath knew no end. As to what this betrayal was, or why, it has been lost to the ages...

9) Ryleh built the "Red Tower" (giving the Red Tower District its name) to assist with her astronomical studies. It was one of the grandest Manses of its time considered a treasure by the sages, aristocrats, and the fashionable elite.

10) The secret that Ryleh kept for quite some time is that the Red Tower. while beautiful. is a weapon of great potency: it GREATLY enhances demonic/devil summoning.

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-19T14:21:52Z

Davvves: /* David (Davvves) */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's page]].
* Added information about the Krine of Three arc to Daraek's page.

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-09-19T14:17:52Z

Davvves:

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-08-18T18:14:28Z

Davvves: /* Rules of the Game */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*House IkeaBookName-os (MJ doesn't remember.)

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
"Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-08-18T18:09:38Z

Davvves: /* Sonya */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
Added explaination of "Noble House Tartaros" to its page. It could use a link back to the main page and input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

Added an ifluence under "influnces"

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's Page]].

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-08-18T18:02:13Z

Davvves: /* Daily Happenings */

CrimsonStar:Daraek

2011-08-18T18:00:34Z

Davvves: