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I am running a 2E Rise of the Runelords campaign that has been going great.
One of the PCs is a multiclassed Fghter/M-U elf. He came to me with a rough outline for his background and from there we fleshed it out together. He is from the the Mierani Forest and had just joined a certain mercenary group there when said mercenary group raided his families dwelling and killed his family and abducted his brother. Fearing for his life he fled to the south and eventually joined the Black Arrows in protecting Varisia. Eventually though he decided to seek his own way and try to discover the fate of his brother.
I want to run a cut scene of a flashback involving the PC, Lamatar, Kaven, and other Black Arrows before we get too close to HMM.
I have been tossing around a few ideas but wanted to pick the collective brains around here.
So, any ideas for a flash back involving the Black Arrows?
If you want some foreshadowing I would run a hunt for some of the Grauls. Maybe against Benk, Kunkel, and Hadge the zombie children that the party runs into along with Mammy Graul. The text states that they have been killed by the black arrows the last few years. When the PCs run into them at the Graul homestead they should remember them and the wounds that were inflicted on each of them. Should be a nice scene.
I like damnnitall22's suggestion also, but here's what I did (in a nutshell). I had only 3 players at the time, so you may need to modify:
When the players rescued Kaven, Vale, and Jakardros, I had them turn in their character sheets. I then laid out 3 packets, each with a cover sheet describing (without meta-game details) each of the rescued characters. The players had to decide, without opening the packet, who would control what character. (Each packet contained detailed information, including game stats, in case that isn't obvious.)
After they had decided, I ran a "flashback scene" - the players were part of the black arrow patrol (lead by Jak) that was away from Fort Rannick during the attack. The whole of the flashback was littered with clues about the dangers surrounding Fort Rannick and Hook Mountain (without directly revealing too much), as well as information about Kaven's betrayal (the Kaven player was the most 'in the know,' but feared the penalty for betraying the black arrows.) Each player was provided with background info that included some clues and red herrings, and throughout the course of the flashback this info was revealed. The flashback ended with Fort Rannick coming into view (after having been attacked) and the substitute PCs quickly being overwhelmed by their attackers, with Kaven garnering suspicion (at last) from the other two when he said something to the effect of, "Unhand me! Lucrecia will see you suffer for this!"
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I found some good options and the events brought on by Kaven where interesting to consider.