The Creative Developers
and the Council of Telgard Present.............
The
Quest for the Clutch
In Inner Maston, men and women
whisper around mugs of ale that a hidden hand stirs the nobles around a
dying Emperor. A man's shape, shadowy and insubstantial, has already
tried to kill the Emperor. Something dark smiles, and a light
burns...a light that gives nothing but shadows. Humans hide their
children away at night, and non-humans shelter with their kind, worried
what the humans might do.
In Mirg, especially Deeg, the
talk is of nothing but war; war with the elves, war with the tribes - perhaps,
some whisper, even war with the Big Green--some gobs will believe everything.
Rumors of a new weapon have surfaced, and gob families shudder in their
wattle-and-daub huts in the comforting darkness. The leader of one Deeg
tribe has visited the Queen, some say, for intervention... and some say
that strange shapes have been seen floating down the river...
And everywhere, shadowy figures
ask the occasional probing question, never something that seems to make
sense. People dredge up fairy-tales, and bards everywhere are suddenly
interested in tales from long ago, though the Church frowns and stomps
the heretical stories down where it can. Brantars and shamans everywhere
are looking for signs, and it is perhaps auspicious that all four moons
have been in the sky for two weeks.
Normally, it is a sign that
means things are getting chaotic soon...but they normally last only two
or three days. Surely, people are saying, it is time to stock up
on provisions and prepare; none save the gods know what will happen next.
And the people ask themselves...what
will I do?
Well? What will YOU do?
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Welcome to the Quest
for the Clutch!
This is the first of the World
Wide Quests in Telgard, and we'll need your help to pull it off correctly.
Hopefully, it will be something everyone enjoys! There are plenty
of rewards in the bin for this one...I'm really looking forward to it!
In it, you will search for, and hopefully find, the Clutch, the eggs the
Dragons laid before the end of the Scourge and the equivalent to the Holy
Grail of Telgard.
The quest will eventually involve
every single Kingdom of Telgard, but for now, I'll tell you that it's essentially
starting in two places; in Korresh and in Mirg. The moderators there
are already running some excellent plots, and if we pull it off right,
you won't even see the transition into the Quest until you're already in
it.
There will be a bit of a problem,
however, with those who have multiple characters. While you can have
both your characters involved in the quest, you have to remember that the
rule of both characters having to be in different kingdoms still applies.
If, during the process of the Quest, you find one of your characters moving
towards the other, you'll have to make sure they don't ever happen to be
in the same kingdom. There are two parts to the quest and they run
parallel until they near the end, so until the end you can have both involved...but
be prepared to choose one of your characters to make it to the end of the
quest.
For details, check out the Riddles
& Rumors board and this issue of the Tribune for 'rumors.'
That is how your characters 'hear' of the troubles going on, which is how
they get involved in the first place. It is up to your characters
to prepare travel arrangements and supplies if your character is not already
in the right area. Alternatively, you can wait until the quest moves to
your Kingdom, which I assure you it will. If you do decide to move,
inform your moderator that you are heading out for the quest so that your
journey won't be hindered too much.
There are great rewards involved
in this, and thus, there is great risk. You may find one of your
characters dying. But as they say, no pain, no gain, and cleverness
can keep your character alive. Characters who survive the quest might well
find themselves possessed of noble titles or of magical items which are
INCREDIBLY rare in Telgard. One doesn't get these kind of things
without risk, so good luck!
-- CD Steve
Don't wake the dragon for
you are crunchy and go well with brie 
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by a Telgard reporter - special thanks go to the authors of the letters
