NPC objectives

Muhammad

A once great assassin, Muhammad is now near death. He is not famous and never wants to be, he believes that the best assassins are not famous and do not wish to be.

He his quite a nice man, having sated much of his avarice through his life he remains very unwilling to part with what he has, other than to meet any mission objectives and enjoys socializing, particularly with poets, bards and singers.

Muhammad will not kill outside mission objectives, other than to preserve his life.

Session Objectives:

Personal: Muhammad is dieing and seeking a student to whom he can impart as much know as he can in his dieing days. He hopes that the young assassin Celeste has sent him to find and bring to Spain can be that student.

From Celeste: Find Akros and pass the note from Celeste bearing her seal, which Akros will recognise, halting his mission to kill the Vandelay family head and instead travel to Spain as soon as possible.

Muhammad has enough money to be comfortable in Spain and book passage for both himself and Akros to Spain.

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Missoire Tales

The Bard is still looking for steady work, He wants to wrap up business in Sicily as soon as possible and encourage Babak to depart for Spain.

Missoire is also hesitant to involve himself further in the events on the ship; after all, it was he who swapped the wine glass to the obviously wealthy and well-connected Lady.

Session Objectives:

Find a job where he can sing, perform, compose and entertain while living comfortably.

Get off Sicily without embroiling himself in any more murders

Next Session - First Draft

Having narrowly escaped the wolves Vandaley lies horribly injured, Tanit can perform some magic to ease his suffering but should he attempt to travel at any pace his condition will likely worsen. El Viajero and Jihad are not enough to carry Vandaley. Should Tanit continue casting spells upon him, despite her apparent skill, the likelihood of magic going horribly awry, sending Vandaley into twilight or worse, could increase every day spells are cast.

The travelers have two choices; continue slowly across the land towards Toledo and their Covenant, wolves possibly at their heels again. Or attempt to find a refuge on the road to Toledo, from where they can send a message to their future home - or at least seek assistance – though Tanit’s Blatant Gift, and both Vandaley and el Viajero’s own Gift will make this difficult, as will the runaway slave state of Jihad.

PCs:

• Vandaley, horribly maimed, played by L. Steve

• el Viajero played by Steve X

NPCs for this session:

• Jihad, nice kid but scrawny, non-Magi think he is shifty, people who recognise his description will know he is an escaped slave, played by Bela

• Magpie, devoted to Jihad, likes Magi, is he a God of Birds amongst men? Played by Bela and L. Steve.

• Tanit fillia Ashtart Ex Miscellanea – rumours of human sacrifice, terrifies normal people - played by the story-guide.

Potential other NPCs that may be encountered:

• Walchelin, already helped el Viajero, though it is a bit hazy for el Viajero, a nice guy and member of the Order of Hermes. Always ready to help

• Euphêmía, Walchelin’s friend, very hot stuff and a very friendly Faerie, Walchelin’s friend

• Killer Wolves, always ready to kill and smart about it

• Dancing water Faeries, like to dance on rivers and sing, nice, friendly and cute

• Yusuf, a shepherd hunting wolves; some wolves killed his sheep and goats, he is wants to know what happened and is relentless in his pursuit

• Muhammad, a merchant traveling; blunt, suspicious but unerringly honourable Muhammad knows his way around Iberia