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Does The Baroness Devy have any relations in other cities? Anyone know?

Thank you Darius and Tacticslion. Yeah, one of my adult players is not a heavy combat type, so with that in mind, I didn't want to overwhelm my kids with "your character died!". And since the story as written has Nighttail become an ally, it makes sense if they use the "Allow the Kobolds to leave" option, that they should be able to befriend as many of them (especially ranking ones) as they can!.

Hey all,
I have been running this for my kids (8&10), and they are almost finished with the Kobolds. I allowed them to make some of the Kobolds who were waiting in Ambush sites friendly just by talking them into not fighting, and of course they befriended Nighttail and Hak. My question is about Churgri: Churgri and Nighttail both are outsiders to the Blood Vow tribe, and both want to see Roaghaz dethroned.They seem like natural allies, any reason Churgri, upon seeing the PC's and Nighttail as their ally wouldn't join them as well?

Diafanus wrote:

AS far as house Arkona, don't forget they have human families who could pick up for the house after Glorio falls.

Are there any titles for the great houses? Dukes, Marquis, Earls? I know the Korvosan monarch doesn't have or grant titles, but these houses have titles from Cheliax, don't they?

All Chelish titles remain in the hands of (distant) relatives in Cheliax, such as the famous count Varian Jeggare. Thus the Korvosan nobles bear no titles, other than 'lord'.

As far as the Arkona's go, they are probably the only noble house that doesn't have a lot of members to draw from. In the AP as written, the Korvosa Arkona's have been replaced by you-know-what, and according to resources, they don't have family in Cheliax left.

Ah, I missed the part the said they don't have titles. I thought the Guide to Korvosa suggested they held titles from Cheliax that they brought with them.

And page 59 in the Secrets section of the guide said that the Arkona's do have more family in Korvosa. I'll have to read into Escape to find out how that goes, however.

AS far as house Arkona, don't forget they have human families who could pick up for the house after Glorio falls.

Are there any titles for the great houses? Dukes, Marquis, Earls? I know the Korvosan monarch doesn't have or grant titles, but these houses have titles from Cheliax, don't they?

Well, my players decided to try and get a meeting with Devargo by suggesting that they've heard that Devargo deals in black-mail by letters, and that they have letters themselves. They gained audience with him, and rolled well enough for him to be entertained by them and admit he does have letters, but they laid it on so thick with how they have letters that he finally called them on the bluff. When they couldn't answer whose letters, or when they got them etc, he decided they were sent by the ambassador to retrieve the letters and told them to tell the ambassador it will now cost twice as much for the last two letters.
So they left, and decided to try and break in the next night. The climbed up the back of the ship after throwing some alchemist's fire mid-ship near the middle mast. They broke into the lower deck where Chittersnap is, and after being attacked by the spiders, and getting trapped by a noose-trap, they set the place on fire. So now there were two fires raging on the ship. They go up on the dock and pretend to be helping the bucket brigade, hoping to see Devargo carry out the letters or any other valuables they could steal. So I played up the visual of an imposing man carrying a chest through the fire, placing the chest on the dock and turning to watch his ship burn while giving orders to fight the fire. While one character went and got their row-boat ready, the other picked up the chest, said "Zoink." at a surprised Devargo, and ran to the boat. I let them get away as the guards were confused about fighting the fire, pushing the ship out into the river, and chasing the PC's. But again, I played up the visual as they rowed away, of Devargo silhouetted by the fire, standing on the dock watching them and swearing revenge! So, he lives, they got the letters and they burned just his ship. The rest of Eel's End survived. He definitely is coming back later in the AP.

Since Devargo is in Old Korvosa, I too decided he is under the control of the Arkona's. I plan on running this part soon, and the players will notice that Devargo has an ornamental knife similar to the one they took from Verik in all the world's meat!

Actually, Zellara's house is located on the map in the AP (Edge of Anarchy)is in the same block that the Bailer's Relief Tavern where "Many bar fights occur" in the Guide to Korvosa.

On that note, where does she live exactly? In West Dock, in High Bridge, or in Slope? It says there are no residences in West Dock, but there are Apartment suites available for rent there. So was she on the bottom floor of an apartment suite for 30 years in West Dock?

Joe