Blue Rose: Freedom Never Dies
Snow is falling over the cruel city of Sarn, capital of the dark kingdom of Kern. For three hundred years, it has lain in the grip of Jarek the Lich King, last of the Sorcerer Kings. By his command, the people of Kern must slave endlessly in his mines and factories all their living days - and when they die, his sorcery animates their lifeless husks and makes them resume their toil. His will is carried out by the Servitors, his spies and slavemasters; the Knights of the Skull, his faceless soldiers and enforcers; and the Shadow-Taken, his disciples in the dark arts.
But even the most brutal of tyrants can not crush all hope. In secret, the people of Kern gather to tell tales of the true gods and of the green lands to the south where people live free. The bravest among them go even further, and secretly work against the Lich King and his works - strike down the most brutal of his servants, help the needy that he neglects, and do what they can to preserve those remaining sparks of beauty and sanctity in the land that he would stamp out. They are the Resistance.
Freedom Never Dies is a Blue Rose campaign Narrated by Baeraad. It follows a group of members of the Kern Resistance as they seek to oppose the Lich King, protect the innocent people he oppresses, and guard the remaining traces of Light and beauty in Kern for the day when he can finally be overthrown.
Contents
Main links
Notes on life in Kern
House Rules
Locations
The city of Sarn
- The Brimming Tankard, a tavern used as a Resistance meeting point
- The castle of Mal'sheed
The province of Soderlage
- Barrowsgate Keep
- The village of Coal Black
Player Characters
- Jabari Vilmot, a Jarzoni Arcanist played by Afterburner
- Nessa Laren, a Kern Seer played by Cala
- Taryn Anur, a Kern Ranger played by ajdynon
Non-Player Characters
The Resistance
- "The Nightingale," legendary Resistance leader
- "Fledgling," the Nightingale's carer
- Annin, Lawspeaker of Farekull
The Lich King's minions
- Mal'sheed, a darkfiend of the Court of Greed and Servitor of the Lich King
- Cian'tresh, a Vata'sha Skull Knight and member of Mal'sheed's personal guard
- Gujta, Servitor ruler of Farekull
- Halidan, called "the Heartless," a master of the Shadow Dance
- Jolek, a Kern Shadow Dancer and disciple of Halidan
- Melk, a Kern Shadow Dancer and disciple of Halidan
- Trin'lia, a Vata'sha Shadow Dancer and disciple of Halidan
- Galshuud, a sorcerer and ally of Halidan
Jarzoni agents
- Hobson, a Jarzoni priest-adept and spy for the Theocracy
- Jokan, Jarzoni-born inn-keeper of the Cup Running Over in Farekull
Innocent bystanders
- Dalrek, a villager in Farekull
