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My last thread sort of turned into this so I might as well give it a proper name.
Players don't like to leave things half done. And helping out Westcrowns nightlife is only the beginning. As Janavin said in her initial speech, the people of Westcrown and Cheliax chafe under the oppressive weight of diabolic rule. So what is a party of Adventurers to do when the Diabolic navy sails into their newly freed city.
My thinking is that they don't use a lot of magic in the navy. Summoning devils on a ship might not be the best idea. SO the Navy only has a few sorcerers. In order to pacify a city they are going to have to dock in the city get out of their boats. Making them a less well trained army trying to fight a battle in a city.
For the most part the people of Westcrown don't remember the horrors of the civil war, and have been harassed and beaten down by the nobility and the hellknights for their entire lives. Now the nobles are mostly gone and the helknights are virtual nonexistent in the city. The heroes have just lifted a curse that has caused hardship and fear for 30 years. I think the people of the city would be willing to follow a call to open rebellion.
So where does that leave the heroes? With bigger challenges for sure. Does anyone have any idea of how things might play out from here? They are a group of powerful individuals with a loyal following in on of the largest cities on the planet. My instinct says siege, and a long one.
Long enough to stir up the enemies of Cheliax? They certainly aren't well liked by their neighbors or even many of the citizens within the empire. Could a rebelling Westcrown ignite a civil war that leads to the fall of house Thrune, especially when there is a group of heroes traveling and fanning the flames?