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 As the army retakes the walls of Acryn, in the great plaza before Castle Blackthorn the two parties meet up and confront the golden titan as it tries to tear the city apart while proclaiming its right to rule. Though it is a close thing at the last the giant crumbles under a rain of claw fiends, and Arcus Blackthorn, his power broken, tumbles from it, the crown falling from his head.
-As Kjell calls forth the power of the Traitor a blow from the Hammer of Ruin breaks the crown and shatters the ancient oath between the founders forged into the crown. Never again with a monarch rule under the compact of the founders.
+As Kjell calls forth the power of the Traitor a blow from the Hammer of Ruin breaks the crown and shatters the ancient oath between the founders forged into it. Never again with a monarch rule under the historical compact of the founders.
 The King is dead, and to add insult to thwarting Jarred traps Arcus’ soul in a stone.
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 Harlon retreats to his tower to mediate and returns most of the priceless state treasures of Acryn, as he promised. While, in Jarred’s workshop the arcane oath forged into Eric flares into life in Jarred’s presence. The two pass out, but after checking nothing seems awry.
-Vincent approaches the Cargans to learn more of his sister. Having been raised away from the family and without noble connections he is treated with considerable suspicion by most members of the family. Despite his heritage they do not consider him one of them. It becomes apparent that while his sister is the heir apparent and (once recognised by the other houses will be the Duchess), Julius Ravensfall and Faria Carver are the most influential forces in the family. Faria in particular has considerable sway over Vicionia, one that is not easy to break, and at first Vincent is received in cold audiences with Faria present. However, with time his sister agrees to meet separately from Faria. She seems uneasy talking politics with Vincent (probably at Faria’s urging) but begins to soften personally. One evening she shows Vincent a possession of hers, a locket with an image of their parents...the dried blood on it is that of their brother. Vincionia tells her he died after carrying his two infant siblings for three days with a crossbolt through his stomach.
+Vincent approaches the Cargans to learn more of his sister. Having been raised away from the family and without noble connections he is treated with considerable suspicion by most members of the family. Despite his heritage they do not consider him one of them. It becomes apparent that while his sister is the heir apparent, and once recognised by the other houses will be the Duchess, Julius Ravensfall and Faria Carver are the most influential forces in the family. Faria in particular has considerable sway over Vicionia, one that is not easy to break, and at first Vincent is received in cold audiences with Faria present. However, with time his sister agrees to meet separately from Faria. She seems uneasy talking politics with Vincent (probably at Faria’s urging) but begins to soften personally. One evening she shows Vincent a possession of hers, a locket with an image of their parents...the dried blood on it is that of their brother. Vincionia tells her he died after carrying his two infant siblings for three days with a crossbolt through his stomach.
 Eric and Vanessa rally the Wayfinders guild and send its most powerful members out into the city to purge the flux created by Blackthorn. The city is stabilised, which is more than can be said for its politics.
-An uneasy peace exists in the city. The Cargan’s have made their base in the now abandoned Castle Blackthorn and their military forces now control around half the city. Were the peace to be broken it would be all out civil war, with a terrible cost to the people of Acryn. Luckily, thanks to the actions of the party and others over the course of the Blackthorn coup, the desire for cooperation is strong - after all  the Serradic threat remains, despite the destruction of what must the Ascendent One’s single largest force. Civil war would be madness.
-The movers and shaker decide that a lasting political settlement must be reached and a peace conference is called for several weeks hence.
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   * Felip Caulson does not seem pleased that he and his allies made a deal with the Cargan forces and does not offer a reward. The army of Acryn has little to spare but will offer 50 riel.
+  * Can call a heal 4 once an encounter to any member of his family while in the consensus but loses his fear of harming his family's political interests or bodily health. -1 body hit in flux.
 ==Colin==
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   * His examination of Jarred (if Jarred allows this) will reveal no trace of magic or anything unusual that Colin can detect.
 ====Politics of the City====
+An uneasy peace exists in the city. The Cargan’s have made their base in the now abandoned Castle Blackthorn and their military forces now control around half the city. Were the peace to be broken it would be all out civil war, with a terrible cost to the people of Acryn. Luckily, thanks to the actions of the party and others over the course of the Blackthorn coup, the desire for cooperation is strong - after all  the Serradic threat remains, despite the destruction of what must the Ascendent One’s single largest force. Civil war would be madness.
+The movers and shaker decide that a lasting political settlement must be reached and a peace conference is called for several weeks hence.
+  * The Council - is not officially meeting until a settlement with the Cargan's is reached. However, those of the council not killed during the coup are unofficially speaking and essentially speak for the half of the city controlled by the forces of Acryn. Around 20 of 30 council members have reemerged since the ending of the coup.
+  * The Civil Service - the disruption caused by the coup has severely dented their ability to manipulate the levers of state (and the council), however they are clearly trying to correct this and those in positions of power will know they are subtlety pushing for a 'no compromise' position with the Cargan's.
+  * The Guilds -  having largely stayed neutral the guilds continue as before but the economic turmoil has taken its toll and the guilds are eager to see foreign trade increase.
+  * The Nobility - Houses Darrish and Graves are rapidly rowing back on their support of the King with Duke Graves in particular attempting to claim he had Acryn's good at heart all along. Both houses are being treated with suspicion by the others and are clearly attempting to form an alliance with the Cargans. House Terrec is openly antagonistic toward the Cargans and several young members of the house have started fights with Cargan soldiers.
+  * The Colleges - have largely been unaffected by the political upheaval, though students of the People's are notably more politically active.
+  * The Military forces of Acryn - Acryn's forces control the east of the city under the command of Demi-shield Holland. While the Cargans control the west, using Castle Blackthorn as a command centre. Tensions are high but without a catalyst fighting will not break out.
+  * The Wayfinder's Guild - the guild has done something of a house clearing and many supremacists who support Arcus Blackthorn have been imprisoned or fled. The guild has promised to work with the council.
+  * The Churches - Most of the Churches are urging the people of Acryn to be kept safe, whatever happens politically. The church of the Leader remains schismatic with Faria Carver attempting to draw many priests over to the Cargan side in support of a reinstituted monarchy.
+  * The People - The people largely want peace. However, the majority have welcomed the return of the Cargans, seeing them as saviours of the city. The return of a just monarch remains a popular ideal by is tempered by a vocal minority who are calling for any end to oligarchs and greedy fat-cats like Arcus Blackthorn.
+====Divine Favour: The Lifegiver====
+The power of the Lifegiver flows from the waters that pour endlessly from him. Unless those who are calling on his Power are standing in flowing water they will need to use the wellspring of power ability to summon his waters to them. Once they have done so no further invocation of the Lifegiver is needed, though the powers he bestows depend on the depth of his waters. If his powers are used in the waters of Acryn's great river the GM may choose to make them considerably more potent.
+===Level 1===
+==Wellspring of Power==
+Unless you are standing in a river this power is a pre-requisite for all other powers of the Lifegiver, with his influence growing stronger as his waters grow deeper.
+On invoking this power you may reach down and touch the ground, at which point a small spring will bubble up and remain there permanently. Its flow is such that over the course of an encounter it will gradually create a pool of water but is weak enough that it won't normally be able to turn deserts into rice paddies even over the course of years.
+  * It takes 30 seconds for the water to soak the earth.
+  * It takes 60 seconds for it to form a puddle.
+  * It takes 120 seconds for it to form a ankle deep pool.
+==Emboggen==
+After the waters of the Lifegiver have soaked the earth it becomes a thick, black, fertile mud. You may call MASS ENTANGLE LEG (which cannot be arced). You are immune to the effect, your allies are not.
+==White-Foam Steed==
+You may hurl yourself into any river or other flowing (ie lakes or oceans don't count) stream of water. The power of the Lifegiver will protect you from harm and convey you to any point along the river's length of your choosing. This form of travel is extremely rapid and you will emerge from the water fully healed.
+===Level 2===
+==Grasp of the Depths==
+When a foe is standing in a puddle of the Lifegiver's water you may call upon his power. The waters will rise up around them, enclosing them in a sheath of water, and they will begin to drown. You may call a WEAKEN against them and then a THROUGH SINGLE at them every 20 seconds up to a maximum of three damage, at which point the effect ends.
+Creatures that do not breathe are completely immune to this power
+==Maelstrom Touch==
+When you are standing in a pool of the Lifegiver’s water you may reach down and touch the surface with your finger. A great whirlpool will form where your finger touches, dragging and sucking at everything in the pool for the rest of the encounter.
+You may call a BLAST 0 up to three times at the person closest to the point your finger touched (which may well be yourself). You must leave at least 10 seconds between making these calls.
+Any creature that bleeds out while the maelstrom is active will be sucked into it and lost, presumably drawn into the domain of the Lifegiver.
+===Divine Aura===
+While you and your allies stand within the vital waters of the Lifegiver **most** corruptions and impurities cannot assail you.
+As long as you stand within at least a puddles depth of the Lifegiver’s water you and your allies become IMMUNE to WEAKEN and POISON. Since it may take time for the waters to rise you may call PARTY IMMUNE WEAKEN and POISON to indicate the effect has begun.
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