Game Night June 17th – The Dockside Politics of Freeport

When the Merchant King dies, and of course he just had, all the free people of the city vote a new king among the four Lord Merchants of the Free Port City of the Marquoil. The black smoke emenating from the High Fortress atop the extinct volcano meant the ancient lord had at last succumbed to his mortality. In 3 days voting would commence and in 7 days a new king among the four would be anointed.

The carousing officer corps of the Free Looters visited the Castle of each of the Four Merchant Lords, after speaking with Burris the barkeep at the Outer Dock. At House of the Grey Veils, they spoke to a draconian who wore a grey veil over his face. The veil he wore symbolized equality of all peoples. His Name was Lord Grey Frost. He offered them lodgings, and the freelooters accepted, but had another appointment first. The flag of House of the Grey Veils was a snake biting its own tail. The snake wore a veil. And so did the tail.

Next up was Castle Crabstone, and its Lord wore iron armor formed in the scallops and horns of a crabshell. His house motto was “Wave or war – we endure.” (Ya that’s what Im talkin’ ’bout) His house would weight each candidate and throw their votes to the one of his choosing. By this method, Crabstone insured them, that it was he alone who would crown the next king. House Crabstone’e flag was a crab with a snake in its claw.

No one was home at the Keep of House Tallyman, and it was known that young Prince Tallyman was at the bedside of his dying father the king, and remained in the fortress still. Tallymans Flag bore the image of the Free Port Lighthouse with a great gold coin as the sun rising behind it. On the coin was stamped the same image of the Lighthouse with the Sun Coin…

The fourth house, that of the Samarquoil, was on the other side of eel infested Freedom Bay, and thus went unexplored, though it was known that they were the wealthiest. They owned land rights of nearby delta, and a permanent platform settlement suburb of Free Port,with all the votes that entails.

Crabstone offered the Free Looters 2,000 gold if they can verify the rumours that a House is planning to betray the voting process. 5,000 gold if they can thwart the plan. Lord Greyfrost promised them 1,000 gold if they would explore rumors of a “snake tongue cult” on the Delta Platform, and he would give them a bonus for any votes thy managed to procure while on the platform. If he should win due to their influence, then the reward would be infinitely greater.

Back at the Outer Dock, they spoke with the Head Purser who invited the freelooters to a meeting of the snake tongue cultists on the outer docks that night.

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