From 6f49f308b27376dec9e414bcbc6b1c601b6ddee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: walcutt Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:04:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update B13 --- .../A/{Apostate Liturgist.md => Apostate Liturgists.md} | 4 ++-- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cave Horrors.md | 2 +- .../vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Chambermaid Calliope.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/Darcy Glassworks.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/The Delving Guild.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Faceless Hunchback.md | 5 +++++ .../F/{Forsaken Spirit.md => Forsaken Spirits.md} | 2 +- .../vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/G/The Gloaming Lantern.md | 6 +++--- .../vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner's Tools.md | 2 +- .../_public/H/{Hunter-Miner.md => Hunter-Miners.md} | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/I/Iron Caseval.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Lillian.md | 2 +- ...rcane Scrivener.md => Municipal Arcane Scriveners.md} | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/The Mediastinum.md | 7 +++++++ .../P/{Permit of Leave.md => Permits of Leave.md} | 2 +- .../_public/P/{Permit of Stay.md => Permits of Stay.md} | 2 +- .../vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Poor Jimmy Ashcroft.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/The Prism Rifle.md | 7 +++++++ _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/R/River Gates.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlight.md | 7 ------- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlights.md | 9 +++++++++ _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Coal Mine.md | 2 +- .../_public/S/Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex.md | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md | 2 +- .../_public/S/{Supplicant.md => Supplicants.md} | 2 +- _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/T/Thiolyss.md | 5 +++++ ... Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office.md | 2 +- .../_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau.md | 2 +- 31 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/{Apostate Liturgist.md => Apostate Liturgists.md} (78%) create mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Faceless Hunchback.md rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/{Forsaken Spirit.md => Forsaken Spirits.md} (95%) rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/{Hunter-Miner.md => Hunter-Miners.md} (97%) rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/{Municipal Arcane Scrivener.md => Municipal Arcane Scriveners.md} (91%) create mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/The Mediastinum.md rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/{Permit of Leave.md => Permits of Leave.md} (96%) rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/{Permit of Stay.md => Permits of Stay.md} (94%) create mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/The Prism Rifle.md delete mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlight.md create mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlights.md rename _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/{Supplicant.md => Supplicants.md} (95%) create mode 100644 _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/T/Thiolyss.md diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgist.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgists.md similarity index 78% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgist.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgists.md index 6338428..978ac67 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgist.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/A/Apostate Liturgists.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Apostate Liturgist +title: Apostate Liturgists --- -A tall, vaguely humanoid creature with flesh of flowing liquid flame and a pair of great black wings framing its body. By means unknown, it appeared to burst forth from the body of a [[Supplicant|supplicant]] in response to the party’s arrival. +A tall, vaguely humanoid creature with flesh of flowing liquid flame and a pair of great black wings framing its body. By means unknown, it appeared to burst forth from the body of a [[Supplicants|supplicant]] in response to the party’s arrival. As its appearance would suggest, the liturgist possesses some ability to wield and command fire as a weapon. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md index 739c85f..6d5f840 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/B/Bloody Butterfly.md @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ title: Bloody Butterfly The popular nickname for a mysterious serial killer currently at large in [[Vesper Ridge]]. Their identity and motive are both unknown, but the pattern of their killings seems to target mages and authority figures. So far, the [[constabulary]] has been completely foiled in its attempts to catch this killer. The city’s newspapers, especially the popular [[Forum Square Gazette]], report on the Bloody Butterfly’s rampage in lurid detail. -The Butterfly’s recent crimes include the destruction of a [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs Bureau office]] and the bizarrely ritualistic murder of [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft]] on the steps of [[Cairwick Chapel]]. Eyewitness accounts describe this mysterious figure as “like a walking ghost” and apparently faceless or somehow invisible beneath their (or its?) black veil. This description was recently corroborated for the party by one [[Cortis|Mr. Cortis]], an undertaker whose place of business the Butterfly recently ransacked in the process of conducting some sort of dark ritual. Apparently, the Bloody Butterfly seeks to “[[Supplicant|create worshipers]]” for itself. \ No newline at end of file +The Butterfly’s recent crimes include the destruction of a [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs Bureau office]] and the bizarrely ritualistic murder of [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft]] on the steps of [[Cairwick Chapel]]. Eyewitness accounts describe this mysterious figure as “like a walking ghost” and apparently faceless or somehow invisible beneath their (or its?) black veil. This description was recently corroborated for the party by one [[Cortis|Mr. Cortis]], an undertaker whose place of business the Butterfly recently ransacked in the process of conducting some sort of dark ritual. Apparently, the Bloody Butterfly seeks to “[[Supplicants|create worshipers]]” for itself. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cave Horrors.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cave Horrors.md index ddf9fe1..223eb26 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cave Horrors.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cave Horrors.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Cave Horrors --- -The colloquial name for the countless monsters that inhabit [[the Labyrinth]], the network of caverns lying beneath [[Vesper Ridge]]. It is unknown how old they are, how they got beneath the city, and how many of them exist. Due to the sheer danger of their habitat, few attempts have been made to study them in an academic capacity, and consequently many aspects of their biology (such as how they reproduce and how they feed) are also mysteries. Cave horrors have never been seen venturing onto the surface, but despite their reclusiveness most cave horrors are dangerous and will attack if approached. Even so, the industries of Vesper Ridge rely on cave horror [[tallow]] to function, and so [[Hunter-Miner|hunter-miners]] of varying skill and preparedness frequently venture into the Labyrinth to hunt these creatures. +The colloquial name for the countless monsters that inhabit [[the Labyrinth]], the network of caverns lying beneath [[Vesper Ridge]]. It is unknown how old they are, how they got beneath the city, and how many of them exist. Due to the sheer danger of their habitat, few attempts have been made to study them in an academic capacity, and consequently many aspects of their biology (such as how they reproduce and how they feed) are also mysteries. Cave horrors have never been seen venturing onto the surface, but despite their reclusiveness most cave horrors are dangerous and will attack if approached. Even so, the industries of Vesper Ridge rely on cave horror [[tallow]] to function, and so [[Hunter-Miners|hunter-miners]] of varying skill and preparedness frequently venture into the Labyrinth to hunt these creatures. Cave horrors range in size from as small as vermin to as massive as ancient dragons, and come in all manner of shapes. Some even vaguely resemble humanoids. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Chambermaid Calliope.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Chambermaid Calliope.md index 38d6418..efeb3ac 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Chambermaid Calliope.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Chambermaid Calliope.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Chambermaid Calliope --- -A maid in service of the esteemed [[House Vespridge]]. Her clothing is fine and dignified, but her eyes are frightfully, inhumanly dark. Our party came across her locked in combat with a [[Searchlight|strange mechanical figure]], and helped her defeat it. After the battle, she introduced herself without making eye contact, shared a bit of knowledge about the nobility, and warned Margot to be careful with [[the Gloaming Lantern]]. +A maid in service of the esteemed [[House Vespridge]]. Her clothing is fine and dignified, but her eyes are frightfully, inhumanly dark. Our party came across her locked in combat with a [[Searchlights|strange mechanical figure]], and helped her defeat it. After the battle, she introduced herself without making eye contact, shared a bit of knowledge about the nobility, and warned Margot to be careful with [[the Gloaming Lantern]]. When questioned on the matter, Calliope revealed herself to be a worshiper of the [[Our Lady of the Black Rose|Black Rose]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md index 13e7b77..0b261fc 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/C/Cortis.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: Cortis --- -An undertaker, and sole proprietor of a small funeral home near the center of the [[Harbor Ward]]. He had a brush with death when the [[Bloody Butterfly]] broke into his home and drifted down to the morgue to perform some kind of [[Supplicant|sinister magic upon the corpses]] held therein. Luckily for Cortis, the Butterfly seemed to ignore his presence and left without raising a spectral hand against him. \ No newline at end of file +An undertaker, and sole proprietor of a small funeral home near the center of the [[Harbor Ward]]. He had a brush with death when the [[Bloody Butterfly]] broke into his home and drifted down to the morgue to perform some kind of [[Supplicants|sinister magic upon the corpses]] held therein. Luckily for Cortis, the Butterfly seemed to ignore his presence and left without raising a spectral hand against him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/Darcy Glassworks.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/Darcy Glassworks.md index ea88686..3873d02 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/Darcy Glassworks.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/Darcy Glassworks.md @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ title: Darcy Glassworks Located deep within the [[Foundry Ward]], this abandoned factory used to quickly and efficiently produce great quantities of plate glass for new construction projects throughout [[Vesper Ridge]]. According to a letter penned by [[Calix Hypatia|Lord Calix Hypatia]], a witness to the burning of the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|customs office]] is currently on the premises, in grave peril. -After arriving at the scene, our party did indeed find a man in grave peril... suspended in midair by blood-red sigils ominously similar to those painted by the [[Bloody Butterfly]] around [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] corpse. Flanking the helpless man are two much larger figures: a massive dragon and some sort of faceless monstrosity, both of which have now turned their attention to the party. \ No newline at end of file +After arriving at the scene, our party did indeed find a man in grave peril... suspended in midair by blood-red sigils ominously similar to those painted by the [[Bloody Butterfly]] around [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] corpse. Flanking the helpless man are two much larger figures: a massive dragon and some sort of faceless monstrosity, both of which gave chase as our party attempted to flee with their captive. Due to [[The Gloaming Lantern|The Gloaming Lantern's]] influence, it is unclear how this situation resolved, or whether it ever truly happened at all. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/The Delving Guild.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/The Delving Guild.md index e60debb..51da835 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/The Delving Guild.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/D/The Delving Guild.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: The Delving Guild --- -The [[tallow]] mining company owned by [[Iron Caseval]], employing thousands of [[Hunter-Miner|hunter-miners]] and still growing rapidly. Among all the [[tallow guilds]], only the [[Black Light Mining Company]] has managed to keep pace with its growth, resorting to underhanded schemes and extortion to stay competitive with Caseval’s monolith of a guild. +The [[tallow]] mining company owned by [[Iron Caseval]], employing thousands of [[Hunter-Miners|hunter-miners]] and still growing rapidly. Among all the [[tallow guilds]], only the [[Black Light Mining Company]] has managed to keep pace with its growth, resorting to underhanded schemes and extortion to stay competitive with Caseval’s monolith of a guild. In contrast to Black Light, the Delving Guild maintains a respectable public image, although there do exist rumors of darker dealings behind closed doors. diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md index e934fce..11b6ba9 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/E/Emi.md @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ The oldest of the orphans living at [[Cairwick Chapel|Cairwick]], at 13 years of Emi sometimes squabbles with [[Rook]], but the two have a strong bond due to their shared willingness to do whatever it takes to protect their found family. -Equipped with a pistol and an adventurous spirit, she’s keen on solving the mystery of the [[Bloody Butterfly|Bloody Butterfly's]] identity. So keen, in fact, that she tailed the killer after [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] murder, and led the party to the site of another [[Supplicant|bloody ritual]] at a [[Cortis|local funeral home]], where together they discovered some concerning new clues. +Equipped with a pistol and an adventurous spirit, she’s keen on solving the mystery of the [[Bloody Butterfly|Bloody Butterfly's]] identity. So keen, in fact, that she tailed the killer after [[Poor Jimmy Ashcroft|Poor Jimmy’s]] murder, and led the party to the site of another [[Supplicants|bloody ritual]] at a [[Cortis|local funeral home]], where together they discovered some concerning new clues. On the way back home, Emi told the party about a local [[black market]] that she sometimes visits with Rook. Apparently, all sorts of fascinating things can be purchased there. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Faceless Hunchback.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Faceless Hunchback.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..289a4a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Faceless Hunchback.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +--- +title: Faceless Hunchback +--- + +A large, imposing monster encountered by our party in the abandoned [[Darcy Glassworks]] building. His appearance, mannerisms, and magic all shared similarities with those of the [[Bloody Butterfly]]. Though his identity and aims are unclear, he spoke of himself as royalty, and asked our party if they came to him as supplicants. Ash dances through the air around him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirit.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirits.md similarity index 95% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirit.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirits.md index f082184..63cb77c 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirit.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/F/Forsaken Spirits.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Forsaken Spirit +title: Forsaken Spirits --- [[Cave horrors]]. Frail, feeble, and quite timid. Each one looks like a pair of slender humanoids with whitish, waxy skin, embracing each other, but melded together into one body wherever they touch. Their arms around each other, their foreheads pressed together, their legs entangled in each other, they become one indistinct form. The forsaken spirit walks slowly, falteringly, toward anyone whose voice it hears. When it’s been hurt, it stops moving and begins to wail, sending all nearby cave horrors into a violent frenzy. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/G/The Gloaming Lantern.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/G/The Gloaming Lantern.md index d6c28c2..9e8c538 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/G/The Gloaming Lantern.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/G/The Gloaming Lantern.md @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ title: The Gloaming Lantern --- -A mysterious device Margot recovered from the burning [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|customs bureau]] at the start of our story. Deeply magical, it produces its own light without an apparent fuel source, and seems to react to the thoughts or emotions of its bearer. Through careful study and meditation, Margot has gained a rudimentary attunement to the lantern, but its purpose, and much of its power, is as of yet unknown. +A mysterious device Margot recovered from the burning [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|customs bureau]] at the start of our story. Deeply magical, it produces its own light without an apparent fuel source, and seems to react to the thoughts or emotions of its bearer, but these traits are trivial compared to its true power: the ability to rewrite time itself. For reasons unknown, and through means unknown, the lantern has formed a connection with the members of our party, and dragged the very sun backwards across the sky to undo Ophile's untimely death. -[[Chambermaid Calliope]] recognized the lantern, and warned the party that some “dangerous individuals” may be interested in it... a warning that was contextualized when [[Calix Hypatia|Lord Calix Hypatia]] later asserted to Ophile that the lantern actually belongs to him. For now, at least, it remains safely in our party’s hands. +What happened afterwards was less clear. -According to the strange automaton M-41D, the Gloaming Lantern is somehow connected to [[The Clocktower]]. \ No newline at end of file +Other information: [[Chambermaid Calliope]] recognized the lantern, and warned the party that some “dangerous individuals” may be interested in it... a warning that was contextualized when [[Calix Hypatia|Lord Calix Hypatia]] later asserted to Ophile that the lantern actually belongs to him. For now, at least, it remains safely in our party’s hands. According to the strange automaton M-41D, the Gloaming Lantern is somehow connected to [[The Clocktower]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner's Tools.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner's Tools.md index ddcb69e..bb4cefe 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner's Tools.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner's Tools.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: Hunter-Miner's Tools --- -Mechanically, a special set of artisan’s tools with which most [[Hunter-Miner|hunter-miners]] are proficient. This kit contains butcher's knives and cleavers of varying size and weight, carving forks, syringes (to relieve [[cave horrors]] of their undesirable fluids), a hammer and chisel (to puncture protective shells), and a hefty leather sack (to carry [[Tallow|the fat]] back up to the surface). If larger beasts are to be hunted, the leather sack may be substituted with a cart, but usually the larger horrors are left well alone. Additionally, most hunter-miners bring along a gas mask, because many cave horrors’ bodies release noxious fumes when cut open. \ No newline at end of file +Mechanically, a special set of artisan’s tools with which most [[Hunter-Miners|hunter-miners]] are proficient. This kit contains butcher's knives and cleavers of varying size and weight, carving forks, syringes (to relieve [[cave horrors]] of their undesirable fluids), a hammer and chisel (to puncture protective shells), and a hefty leather sack (to carry [[Tallow|the fat]] back up to the surface). If larger beasts are to be hunted, the leather sack may be substituted with a cart, but usually the larger horrors are left well alone. Additionally, most hunter-miners bring along a gas mask, because many cave horrors’ bodies release noxious fumes when cut open. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miners.md similarity index 97% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miners.md index 1913867..5cfb955 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miner.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/H/Hunter-Miners.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Hunter-Miner +title: Hunter-Miners --- A lucrative but highly dangerous new profession that has arisen as part of the [[tallow revolution]]. Called “hunters” due to the nature of their task, and called “miners” due to the subterranean [[The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]] in which they carry it out, though very little “mining” in the traditional sense occurs in those caverns. Some hunter-miners are self-employed or contract workers, but the majority of them work (sometimes indentured) for the [[tallow guilds]], especially [[Black Light Mining Company|Black Light]] and [[the Delving Guild]]. diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/I/Iron Caseval.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/I/Iron Caseval.md index 661c6ed..09c0374 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/I/Iron Caseval.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/I/Iron Caseval.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Iron Caseval --- -A [[beastfolk]] artificer who came to [[Vesper Ridge]] from [[Lirian Confederation|Lirios]] in the east, looking to find work in the [[Airships|airship]] industry as an engineer. After he was called to help salvage wreckage from a downed airship in the [[Barrens]], he became curious about the biology of a [[Cave Horrors|cave horror]] that had been killed when the ship broke through the brittle earth and partially collapsed a shallow [[The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]] tunnel outside the city. After some investigations he became even more interested, almost obsessive, and abandoned his job to explore the tunnels in search of more cave horrors to study. Former friends say he began to act like a madman... but his discoveries proved revolutionary, and soon he was pitching his [[tallow]]-based products to companies in the [[Foundry Ward]] and making enough money to hire [[Hunter-Miner|adventurers and mercenaries]] to collect more. +A [[beastfolk]] artificer who came to [[Vesper Ridge]] from [[Lirian Confederation|Lirios]] in the east, looking to find work in the [[Airships|airship]] industry as an engineer. After he was called to help salvage wreckage from a downed airship in the [[Barrens]], he became curious about the biology of a [[Cave Horrors|cave horror]] that had been killed when the ship broke through the brittle earth and partially collapsed a shallow [[The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]] tunnel outside the city. After some investigations he became even more interested, almost obsessive, and abandoned his job to explore the tunnels in search of more cave horrors to study. Former friends say he began to act like a madman... but his discoveries proved revolutionary, and soon he was pitching his [[tallow]]-based products to companies in the [[Foundry Ward]] and making enough money to hire [[Hunter-Miners|adventurers and mercenaries]] to collect more. His company, [[the Delving Guild]], is the largest in the industry, and his secretaries say he’s never taken even a moment’s rest in his quest to turn the city’s gears ever faster with his creations. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Lillian.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Lillian.md index 9f05519..db07ac9 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Lillian.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/L/Lillian.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: Lillian --- -An elf woman who sometimes appears at the [[Black Market]] peddling rather particular services. She’s an information broker; she sells people’s secrets. Additionally, she offers to track down missing persons, and even to forge [[Permit of Stay|Permits of Stay]] and [[Permit of Leave|Permits of Leave]] for a moderate sum of gold. \ No newline at end of file +An elf woman who sometimes appears at the [[Black Market]] peddling rather particular services. She’s an information broker; she sells people’s secrets. Additionally, she offers to track down missing persons, and even to forge [[Permits of Stay|Permits of Stay]] and [[Permits of Leave|Permits of Leave]] for a moderate sum of gold. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scrivener.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scriveners.md similarity index 91% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scrivener.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scriveners.md index 1db9b8c..ac586fe 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scrivener.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/Municipal Arcane Scriveners.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Municipal Arcane Scrivener +title: Municipal Arcane Scriveners --- The title held by petty mages employed as public servants in the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau]]. These bureaucrats are responsible for magically scanning mail that enters the city, identifying magical contraband, and other menial tasks that require the use of arcane magic. diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/The Mediastinum.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/The Mediastinum.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79ff263 --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/M/The Mediastinum.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +--- +title: The Mediastinum +--- + +A grotesque circular chamber carved from smooth stone and smooth muscle, framing at its center an impossibly large heart, malformed and slowly beating. Here did our party find themselves after Ophile’s death, and here did our party witness the birth of a [[Searchlights]]: hatching violently from the heart like a chick from an egg. After the Searchlight fell, so to did the Mediastinum vanish. + +Its many veins flow with the memories we have lost. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Leave.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Leave.md similarity index 96% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Leave.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Leave.md index a532890..912493a 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Leave.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Leave.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Permit of Leave +title: Permits of Leave --- A document issued by the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau|Customs and Notary Bureau]] to allow passage out of the city. Its true purpose is less for keeping track of the flow of citizens and more to serve as red tape trapping bodies in the city so their labor can be more easily exploited. diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Stay.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Stay.md similarity index 94% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Stay.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Stay.md index 5dfc486..c83e0e3 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permit of Stay.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Permits of Stay.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Permit of Stay +title: Permits of Stay --- A document issued by the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau|Customs and Notary Bureau]] to grant the full rights of a resident of the city. Those who do not acquire one within 24 hours of entering the city risk being arrested for “squatting” and forced into indentured servitude on public projects. In essence, the Permit of Stay serves as a way to generate free labor for the state. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Poor Jimmy Ashcroft.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Poor Jimmy Ashcroft.md index 10630c1..a0f554a 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Poor Jimmy Ashcroft.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/Poor Jimmy Ashcroft.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: Poor Jimmy Ashcroft --- -A friend of [[Rook]]’s, a jittery young wizard who until recently was taking shelter at [[Cairwick Chapel]] as he made his ill-fated plan to flee the city. Evidently, his fears of being stalked by the [[Bloody Butterfly]] were well-founded, and his salvation in the form of a stolen [[Permit of Leave]] came just barely too late to spare him his grisly fate. \ No newline at end of file +A friend of [[Rook]]’s, a jittery young wizard who until recently was taking shelter at [[Cairwick Chapel]] as he made his ill-fated plan to flee the city. Evidently, his fears of being stalked by the [[Bloody Butterfly]] were well-founded, and his salvation in the form of a stolen [[Permits of Leave]] came just barely too late to spare him his grisly fate. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/The Prism Rifle.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/The Prism Rifle.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab8395a --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/P/The Prism Rifle.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +--- +title: The Prism Rifle +--- + +A magical rifle unlike anything known to modern engineering. It is long and sleek, and the hues of its wood and metal both seem to subtly shift each time light falls upon them. For the most part, it is built like a typical rifle: barrel, sights, trigger, stock, bolt action. But one highly unusual feature sets it apart: a crystalline sphere, fist-sized and iridescent with countless shimmering colors, is embedded where the firing mechanism should be. The gun's "chamber" is a narrow opening in the crystal itself, such that the bolt chambers bullets directly into the sphere. + +Our party found the Prism Rifle not far from [[The Gloaming Lantern]] immediately after Ophile’s death and the lantern’s subsequent rewinding of [[The Clocktower|the clock]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/R/River Gates.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/R/River Gates.md index a240876..47042b9 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/R/River Gates.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/R/River Gates.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: River Gates --- -The northwestern entrance to [[Vesper Ridge]], just slightly south of the point where the [[Old River]] flows into the city. Most travelers who do not already have prior appointments or [[Permit of Stay|Permits of Stay]] are directed to enter through these gates, and it is no coincidence that the adjacent [[Sunset Ward|Sunset]] and [[Harbor Ward|Harbor Wards]] are the poorest in the city. It is said that the River Gates accept all who enter, but allow few to leave. \ No newline at end of file +The northwestern entrance to [[Vesper Ridge]], just slightly south of the point where the [[Old River]] flows into the city. Most travelers who do not already have prior appointments or [[Permits of Stay|Permits of Stay]] are directed to enter through these gates, and it is no coincidence that the adjacent [[Sunset Ward|Sunset]] and [[Harbor Ward|Harbor Wards]] are the poorest in the city. It is said that the River Gates accept all who enter, but allow few to leave. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlight.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlight.md deleted file mode 100644 index ce700f7..0000000 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlight.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Searchlight ---- - -Encountered by the party in the [[Harbor Ward]], this 15-foot-tall abomination resembled a haphazard, vaguely humanoid assortment of machinery, pipes, rebar, earth and clay. In place of a head, it bore a twisting rubbery tube that emitted a blinding light, which seemed to carry various magical properties. Rather than walk, it hovered just above the ground, and a strange ethereal glow poured forth from its entire body like vapor off of dry ice. - -For reasons unknown, the Searchlight had been following [[Chambermaid Calliope|Calliope]] through the city, seemingly invisible to everyone else, until the party heard the sounds of their fight and helped the maid slay it. [[Emi]], who was also present, said she could not see or hear the slightest trace of its presence. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlights.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlights.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f52af07 --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Searchlights.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +title: Searchlights +--- + +Encountered by the party in the [[Harbor Ward]], and later in [[The Mediastinum]], this 15-foot-tall abomination resembled a haphazard, vaguely humanoid assortment of machinery, pipes, rebar, earth and clay. In place of a head, it bore a twisting rubbery tube that emitted a blinding light, which seemed to carry various magical properties. Rather than walk, it hovered just above the ground, and a strange ethereal glow poured forth from its entire body like vapor off of dry ice. + +For reasons unknown, the Searchlight had been following [[Chambermaid Calliope|Calliope]] through the city, seemingly invisible to everyone else, until the party heard the sounds of their fight and helped the maid slay it. [[Emi]], who was also present, said she could not see or hear the slightest trace of its presence. + +The second searchlight’s presence was even more enigmatic, seeming to claw its way into existence before our party’s very eyes within the strange, otherworldly chamber of the Mediastinum. Both searchlights were equally hostile. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Coal Mine.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Coal Mine.md index f3e4546..589a4b1 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Coal Mine.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Coal Mine.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Sunset Coal Mine --- -Despite the ubiquity of so-called “[[Hunter-Miner|hunter-miners]]” in [[Vesper Ridge]], there is only one true mine within the city. And unlike the subterranean hunting grounds of the [[tallow guilds]], the Sunset Coal Mine operates as a mine in the most traditional sense. +Despite the ubiquity of so-called “[[Hunter-Miners|hunter-miners]]” in [[Vesper Ridge]], there is only one true mine within the city. And unlike the subterranean hunting grounds of the [[tallow guilds]], the Sunset Coal Mine operates as a mine in the most traditional sense. Together, the Sunset Coal Mine and the nearby [[Black Light Mining Company|Black Light]] headquarters are responsible for a significant portion of the filth that coats the hapless [[Sunset Ward]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex.md index 5e0ebc2..37e7a5f 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex --- -The largest prison in [[Vesper Ridge]], originally constructed as a dungeon under a city fortress that no longer exists. In the fort’s place until recently stood the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office]], which did indeed condemn many unfortunate [[Vesperite|Vesperites]] to an uncomfortable stay in the underground penitentiary when they fail to procure the necessary [[Permit of Stay]] in a timely fashion after first entering the city. These prisoners are often drafted for public works such as railroad maintenance and coal mining. +The largest prison in [[Vesper Ridge]], originally constructed as a dungeon under a city fortress that no longer exists. In the fort’s place until recently stood the [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office]], which did indeed condemn many unfortunate [[Vesperite|Vesperites]] to an uncomfortable stay in the underground penitentiary when they fail to procure the necessary [[Permits of Stay]] in a timely fashion after first entering the city. These prisoners are often drafted for public works such as railroad maintenance and coal mining. In addition to those poor indentured servants, the Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex houses individuals awaiting trial for various charges and some convicts serving out long-term sentences. diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md index e74911c..b0aeea8 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supervisor Argrave.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Supervisor Argrave --- -A mid-level [[Black Light Mining Company|Black Light]] boss, a manager of personnel and industrial goods on the [[Harbor Ward]] waterfront. He recently filed for a [[Permit of Leave]] and intended to flee the city, until Catalin stole the document and left him bleeding on the floor of his office. +A mid-level [[Black Light Mining Company|Black Light]] boss, a manager of personnel and industrial goods on the [[Harbor Ward]] waterfront. He recently filed for a [[Permits of Leave]] and intended to flee the city, until Catalin stole the document and left him bleeding on the floor of his office. On his desk, the party found a letter addressed to Argrave by an individual known only as “[[The Mysterious H|H]].” This letter, which strongly implied a threat to Argrave’s life, was likely the reason he sought to flee [[Vesper Ridge]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicant.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicants.md similarity index 95% rename from _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicant.md rename to _notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicants.md index 14bcff2..8c44f1d 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicant.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/S/Supplicants.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Supplicant +title: Supplicants --- The name of a malformed sort of creature discovered by the party in the basement morgue below [[Cortis|Cortis’s]] funeral home. Though the supplicants’ exact nature is unknown, their jagged teeth and nails, burning hot breath, and mess of scar tissue in place of eyes or noses clearly mark them as something unnatural. According to Cortis’s testimony, they were created by the [[Bloody Butterfly]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/T/Thiolyss.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/T/Thiolyss.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82d22fa --- /dev/null +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/T/Thiolyss.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +--- +title: Thiolyss +--- + +A towering dragon with stony flesh and great jagged jaws. His four eyes glow an eerie blue and his acidic breath melts flesh and iron alike. Together with the [[Faceless Hunchback]] he lurked in the abandoned [[Darcy Glassworks]] building, apparently engaged in some scheme involving a captured priest of the [[The Church of the Guiding Way|Guiding Way]], though it was interrupted by the valiant efforts of our party. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office.md index ecbaade..d4069c9 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office.md @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ title: Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office --- -Five stories of sturdy stonework and showy gold embellishments immediately set this structure apart from its surroundings in the western end of the [[Sunset Ward]]. Or, they did, until extensive fire damage reduced the splendorous facade to a soot-smothered ruin. Twice as tall as the second-tallest structure in the ward, the River Gates Branch Office acted as [[Vesper Ridge Parliamentary Council|Parliament]]'s stronghold in this relatively lawless area of the city. Daunting in both name and purpose, its functions were many: each floor housed multiple large courtrooms to process immigration, visitation, civil and criminal cases, and multiple offices to issue and distribute [[Permit of Stay|Permits of Stay]] and [[Permit of Leave|Leave]]. Its top floor included a set of small but lavishly furnished suites to house the higher-ranking officials in charge of the building's operation, and its rooftop served as a watchpost for the [[constabulary]], including a docking station for small [[airships]]. Beneath the building is the [[Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex]]. \ No newline at end of file +Five stories of sturdy stonework and showy gold embellishments immediately set this structure apart from its surroundings in the western end of the [[Sunset Ward]]. Or, they did, until extensive fire damage reduced the splendorous facade to a soot-smothered ruin. Twice as tall as the second-tallest structure in the ward, the River Gates Branch Office acted as [[Vesper Ridge Parliamentary Council|Parliament]]'s stronghold in this relatively lawless area of the city. Daunting in both name and purpose, its functions were many: each floor housed multiple large courtrooms to process immigration, visitation, civil and criminal cases, and multiple offices to issue and distribute [[Permits of Stay|Permits of Stay]] and [[Permits of Leave|Leave]]. Its top floor included a set of small but lavishly furnished suites to house the higher-ranking officials in charge of the building's operation, and its rooftop served as a watchpost for the [[constabulary]], including a docking station for small [[airships]]. Beneath the building is the [[Sunset Ward Penitentiary Complex]]. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau.md b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau.md index 3e523a3..e3a239d 100644 --- a/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau.md +++ b/_notes/vesper-ridge-wiki/_public/V/Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ title: Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau --- -The municipal office responsible for processing new arrivals, of both people and goods, into the city of [[Vesper Ridge]]. There are Notary Bureau courthouses by each entrance to the city, but only the offices by the [[Twin Gates]] and [[High Gates]] distribute new [[Permit of Stay|Permits of Stay]]. The [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|River Gates branch]] also offered such services until its recent near-total destruction by fire in the wake of an attack by the [[Bloody Butterfly]]. +The municipal office responsible for processing new arrivals, of both people and goods, into the city of [[Vesper Ridge]]. There are Notary Bureau courthouses by each entrance to the city, but only the offices by the [[Twin Gates]] and [[High Gates]] distribute new [[Permits of Stay|Permits of Stay]]. The [[Vesper Ridge Customs and Notary Bureau River Gates Branch Municipal Office|River Gates branch]] also offered such services until its recent near-total destruction by fire in the wake of an attack by the [[Bloody Butterfly]]. Additionally, the Notary Bureau writes and signs various official forms, both for private citizens and for businesses. \ No newline at end of file