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Introduction

Blackport.

The very name is synonymous with corruption, sin, theft, immorality, and wantonness.

A city in the no-man’s land between the lawless and barbaric warlord-ruled lands of the Bakulanders and the Orc-dominated wastes of Ûgozh, Blackport is an independent city-state run by the powerful and mysterious Sovereign, who governs with an iron fist to keep the massive city under control.

Without a doubt, Blackport is predominantly evil – but it is a lawful version of evil, in stark contrast to the chaos that surrounds it in Bakuland and Ûgozh. It is a place where everything and anything is for sale for a price – so long as the appropriate taxes are paid so that the Sovereign’s coffers remain full. The laws, such as they are, are aimed at keeping the economy running; “crimes” that don’t affect the economics of the place are of little interest to the inhabitants.

The city’s population is an amalgam of races that are likely not found elsewhere: Orcs from Ûgozh; human berserker warriors from Bakuland; barbaric humans of the Vulkul clans and tribes from the frozen north who arrive on ships; Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Bugbears; Ogres and Trolls, and a small number of true giants; even a few hardy Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings – mostly outcasts, criminals, and refugees from more civilized lands, who are tough enough to survive and thrive in a place dominated by their traditional enemies. Blackport is awash with pirates comprised of all these races, and more.

Blackport also imports slaves from across all the Lands, as far away as mysterious Nihar, as close as the Kingdom of Athervon, just over the Iron Mountains. Many can only look forward to a life of servitude amongst those wealthy enough to afford them; some wretches are destined for the games of the Arena, there either to earn their masters enough to win their freedom, or to be carried out to be processed for the humanoid denizens of the city; a slave’s only hope is that they are expensive, which means the laws of the City protect the economic interests of their masters.

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This will be a city-based adventure using AD&D 2E rules; emphasis is on role playing, I try to do most of the bookkeeping for the characters so they can focus on decisions.

An ongoing campaign (3+ years) in the same world setting can be found here; there is also a Wiki that covers the basics of the campaign setting, including realms, geography, and the like. A small amount of information about Blackport itself is here. This, along with the map, will evolve as the game progresses – the game will be defining the setting as we go.

I’m looking to run one or more adventures in Blackport. Neutral or evil characters will have the easiest time integrating into the evirons; good characters are allowed, but they will be swimming upstream in this setting.

The city is modeled after an amalgamation of content from: Judge’s Guild City-State of the Invincible Overlord; Golotha from the Cities of Harn; elements from Lankhmar; ideas and themes from Steve Jackson’s Khare: Cityport of Traps; and the overall tone of Robert Aspin’s Thieves’ Word series, as well as other sources. All integrated with some homebrew elements.

This activity is primarily focused on role-playing to help me develop the city environs, NPC’s, and setting – there will not necessarily be a lot of dungeon crawling, at least not at the beginning.

Characters can be of the following races: Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Orc, Half-Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Ogre, Half-Ogre, Bugbear, Dwarf, Gnome, Halfling. We'll use the Complete Book of Humanoids to create characters for the non-standard races.

Any character alignment and class is allowed (for any race); we’ll figure out how to mod the rules for non-standard races. Note that the setting is predominantly lawful evil, but very tolerant of any religion or alignment so long as taxes are paid and rules are followed. That said, I would expect a Lawful Good character to be pretty miserable in this setting.

Campaign Adventure Summaries

#	Title	Summary
00	City of Avis Armois	A large city in the south of the Kingdom of Athervon, where the characters meet and which serves as their home base for many of the adventures.
01	One-Eyed Kem	Wherein the party is hired to stop a series of raids on merchant caravans and farm houses, purportedly by the infamous bandit One-Eyed Kem, whose hideout is inside the borders of the dreaded Dire Fens.
02	The True Faith Murders	Wherein the party investigates a series of murders in Avis Armois, in the process discovering a terrible secret hidden for decades in the sewers below Avis Armois.
03	The Scaled God	Wherein the party is hired to venture into the Dire Fens to investigate the cause of new raids against outposts by tribes of lizard men, only to find a sinister force that plans much more than that.
04	The White King	Wherein the party journeys to the southwest of Athervon to the town of Asala to seek redemption for one of their own, and finds adventure along the way as well as a terrible curse upon the town when they arrive.
05	The Mines of Uhrômunïhr	Wherein the party journeys to abandoned Dwarven mines in order to free the soul of a long-dead thief.

Campaign Characters

Active

Name	Race/Sex	Class	XP	Align	AC	HP	Spells	Enc/Mv	Magic/Special Items	Notes/Consumables
Violet d'Amacio (Potted Plant)	Human (Athernian) F	Pal 4	14460	CG	2	25/25	1/1 x Lay Hands	L/8"	Spear +1, +2 vs. Undead Scroll (Protection from Undead); Holy Necklace of Ghrnhrÿm Letter of Introduction (for Dwarf-Lord of Fhÿldrmüdhrm)	6 x bullets Treasure
Darithe Thorne (Darithe)	Human (Athernian) F	Thf 5	13141	CG	8 (Leather) or 6 (Armor) or 3 (Armor + DEX)	16/16	-	L/8"	Dagger +1, +2 vs. Magic Users; Potion of Clairaudience Minor Potion of Healing (2 hp, 1 dose) Brooches of Clairaudience Dwarven Cairn Gold Necklace (nonmagical, worn)	4 x Daggers; 20 x Quarrels 8 x Daggers; Treasure Armor 11/11 Weak (STR = 6)
Gabriel Malavieille (Sam I Am)	Human (Athernian) M	Wiz 4	14413	NG	10 or 6 (Armor) or 2 (Armor + DEX)	15/15	0/1 x Magic Missile; 3/4 x Mag1; 3/3 x Mag2	M/6"	Ring of Fire Hematite Raven Figurine Ring of Thought Gabriel's Spell Book Fariya's Spell Book Serala's Spell Book	1 x Club; 10 x bullets; 10 x silver bullets 1 spell from each level must be Invocation; Armor 12/12 Treasure
Esker Manyblades (Ravenscall)	Human (Vulkul) M	Ftr 4	11097	CG	4 or 2 (DEX)	35/35	-	U/12"	Solé Family Sword (damaged, -1 to hit/-1 damage)	70 x Sheaf Arrows; 10 x Flight Arrows 1 x Dagger Treasure
Teal Nightbreeze (Darklin)	Elf (Snow) F	Wiz 3/Pr 4	8501/8501	CG	10 or 2 (Armor+ Dex) or 0 (Anhkeg Armor + DEX)	22/22	2/2 x Mag1 1/1 x Mag2; 4/5 x Pr1 2/4 x Pr2	U/12"	Ankheg Armor Lantern of Othi’än Spell Scroll (Pr - Cure Disease) Teal's Spellbook Gervais' Spell Book	40 x sheaf arrows 4 x daggers Armor 11/11 Deepockets active Treasure

Inactive/Retired

Name	Race/Sex	Class	XP	Align	AC	HP	Spells	Enc/Mv	Magic Items	Notes/Consumables
Yancy Blue/Ylfingur (Brahnamin)	Human (Vulkul) M	Brd 2	1250	NG	7	9/9	1/1 x Mg1	U/12"	-	7 days rations 1 x oil flasks 5 gp, 5 sp, 5 pp
Amara Uk'Et (OMG)	Human (Tuath) F	Clr 2	1500	NG	7	8/8	2/2 x Pr1	U/12"	-	-

Deceased

Name	Race/Sex	Class	XP	Align	AC	HP	Spells	Enc/Mv	Magic Items	Notes/Consumables
Markel Bronik (Scavenger)	Human (Vulkul/Athernian) M	Rgr 3	5712	CG	7 or 3	8/21	-	L/8"	-	Dead Death of Markel
Serala Furcalor (tomas)	Human (Issyrian) F	Brd 3	3212	N	8	3/15	2 x Mag1	U/12"	-	Dead Death of Serala
Fariya Mithra Camar (Darklin)	Half-Elf (Jhonian/Sand) F	Ftr 2/ Wiz 2/ Clr 3	3479/ 3677/ 3677	LG	10 or 6 (Armor)	-12/15	2/2 x Mag1; 3/4 x Pr1; 3/3 x Pr2	L/8"		Dead Death of Faryia

Campaign Clues

Topic	Clues
The Rings/Cabal of the Seven Rings/Order of the White Staff	Fariya & Gabriel discuss the Rings while walking about Avis Armois, and discover an interesting building Their first conversation with Nalencampa about the Rings (this post and some following it) Nalencampa’s conversation with Gabriel about the Rings & the annotations in the Dwarven book he found in possession of the Necromancer Khut, which talks about a possible location for the Ring of Earth Nalencampa, Boulen, and Shaheer discuss the letters found in the Necromancer Khut’s possession. This revolves around an apparently successful plot by agents of “The Master” to obtain the Ring of Death and get the Cabal and the Order of the White staff to suspect each other in the process.
"The Master"	Necromancer Khut’s monologue with them when they were imprisoned Post where they found the letters in the lair of the necromancer Khut Text of the First Letter found in the possession of the necromancer Khut Text of the Second Letter found in the possession of the necromancer Khut Artigas’ take on the letters above Nalencampa’s conversation with Gabriel about the Rings & the annotations in the Dwarven book he found in possession of the Necromancer Khut Nalencampa, Boulen, and Shaheer discuss the letters found in the Necromancer Khut’s possession Conversation with the voice outside the Bronzechapel residence Violet & Fariya’s subsequent conversations with Du Serna & the Mullah of the mosque Violet, Fariya, & Gabriel’s subsequent research in the cathedral, mosque, and alquemiste’s guilds, respectively Fariya’s conversation with the voice as she passes (other characters would not know this info, obviously – just adding for continuity). Teal has a vision and conversation with her god, which is interrupted by a sinister voice that advises her to not help the rest of the party Darithe’s dream conversation with the same voice that accosted them outside Bronzechapel
The Dire Fens & Powers Therein	Nabu Shum-Iber tells the story of how he came to be cursed Conversation with Nabu Shum-Iber about the powers of the Dire Fens Nabu Shum-Iber’s conversation with Markel, revealing that the power that cursed him is one and the same with that which laid low the companions of Markels former master. This power is the one that lives in the ruins annotated on Markel’s map of the Dire Fens. Standing offer from Nabu-Shum Iber to trade information or items that will help him reverse his curse or exact revenge on the power that cursed him Their encounter with the Black Stag, which from what Nabu Shum-Iber told them and what it says would appear to be one of the powers in the Fens (this post and a few subsequent) – but not the one that cursed Nabu. What Markel's former Ranger Master, Koth of the Brown Cloak, told him of the Dire Fens, and in particular the Sunken City therein. Koth's map of the Dire Fens is what they have been using during their explorations and adventures.
The Dragon of the North (Vermithraax)	Zaren's Song: The Sundering of the Alliance
Rumors of War with Bakuland and Ûgozh	Esker's Conversation with town guardsman.