What Would Conan Do?: April 2019

Vaulted Animarium

Julius Coldbridge 5/10/2
Hamm Coldbridge 3/20/1

Spell: Befuddle

Small shop full of small animals. Some move freely. The animals are so loud as to make it impossible to be heard from anywhere other than mouth to ear contact. Julius runs the shop with his adopted son Hamm, a shambling mound of a man who rarely tries to talk and is mostly deaf. Hamm has two rabbits living in his pockets. Ruby Lorgnettes in a drawer by the counter. Cabinet full of luminous larvae and singing beetles. Choir rats, various common city-owls, a nesting pig, 17 ogre fleas, a pair of sympathy serpents (not on speaking terms) are among the selection.

Rumour: A famous hunter has caught a live alzabo and is exhibiting it in his apartments to selected guests.

http://whatwouldconando.blogspot.com/2018/07/bit-o-troika.html

Group of Seventeen

Cyriaca verGrin 11/17/4
Spell: Invisibility
Android 7/26/2 (1)

8ft tall and perilously thin. A bathouse mistress. Single large bath with multiple secluded areas. Remains proudly ignorant of customers' business. Staff are Thinking Engines, 9 of them left, who can pass as entirely organic. Open all hours, staff rarely seen abroad, Cyriaca more so and only while accompanied by staff. 1 in 6 chance of a herbal bath day 1- Green, red berries, restores all Stamina 2- Blue with silver streaks, ensures a restful night's sleep 3-Red and twigs, smells like dirt, tightens skin drastically, so no one recognises you for a day 4-Green with green berries, relaxing, -5 Skill for the day 5-Hot mud, -2 Stamina +1 Skill for the day 6-Pink, smells like cake, calm & happy for the rest of the week, immune to fear and panic.

RUMOUR: A giant is convinced that Troika is in fact Lost Corda and has blocked Owl Street with his ecstatic crying and celebrating. Danger of terminal hugging.

http://whatwouldconando.blogspot.com/2018/07/bit-o-troika.html

Court of the Summer King

Open, the Summer King 9/18/5
Spell: Assume Shape, Hurricane, Teleport, Zed

Reception hall for the divine Summer King. Front door and halls guarded by Feathered Folk wielding brass blowpipes-staves decorated with and firing peridots. Petitioners are mostly foreigners and cacogen, with the occasional hyrodules and their silver suited guards. None speak to the King, only touch his hands, drop a guilder in the chrome vase, and leave. The petitioners spend a long time talking in meaningless metaphors to one another. Non-comprehension will be met with disdain.

RUMOUR: The feathered-swine have captured radiant thought and hold it in disgust

Big map: http://whatwouldconando.blogspot.com/2018/07/bit-o-troika.html

Alcalde Station Juniper

Alcalde Station Juniper
Boris Saypurple 8/16/5
Spell: Darkness, Darksee

The local justice, Boris, is a short joyless man. Quick to anger, quick to forgive, violent and emotional. Four junior alcalde (7/14/2) are under his command and help keep the peace, mainly by spying and gathering harmful gossip. He is unsure who exactly pays his wages or what his jurisdiction is, which frustrates him greatly. The station occupies a large old home with Boris' private chambers, rooms full of papers, and a basement jail. Boris' rooms are full of cats, the jail is clinically clean and well lit. Loft full of unusual lost things.

RUMOUR: Recent random killings are due to a new cult of Cage The Dead-Maker operating out of the goblin labyrinth. They relocate nightly.

http://whatwouldconando.blogspot.com/2018/07/bit-o-troika.html