My players are currently finishing part 3 - Escape From Old Korvosa. They are about to save Vencarlo Orisini and Neolandus
I have intentionally kept them in thge dark so far about the meta of what is going on. They know that the queen is evil and probably not human, but that's it. But I am pretty at the spot where I must do a bit of revelation to advance the story
I read somewhere that current Korvosa is based on the site of the Ancient Thassilonian city of Xin-Eurythnia. I thought that this was really cool. My players really enjoyed the Rise of the Runelord path so I wanted to spin the storyline this way:
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The black pyramid that castle Korvosa is based on is the tomb of runelady Sorshen. The lower levels of the Pyramids were discovered 3 months prior to the adventure. The ancestors of King Eodred always warned about digging too deep into the pyramid, but he couldn't resist the charm queen Ileosa who wanted to find new jewels for her crown. She organized a expedition to search the ruins. They reached a chamber with a phylactery containing the soul of Lady Sorshen in stasis. Queen Ileosa was a suitable vessel for a reincarnation of Lady Sorshen, so their souls switched places, Ileosa into the phylactery and Lady Sorshen into Ileosa's body. Only she came back out of the ruin, the rest of her expedition team killed. She has been plotting ever since. She poisoned king Eodred, provoked the wailing death. Her ultimate plan is to make a pact with a powerful devil to send Korvosa and a part of the neighbouring Varisian landscape into the nine hells.
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That in mind, forget about Kazavon and midnight lord. The ruins of Scarwall has to tell a different story.
Any idea how I can mod the storyline in a good way?
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for all of the love which Curse receives, the fact that the final showdown happens in a bog and not in the deepest bowels (or loftiest heights) of Castle Korvosa really hurts the ap. there's some other stuff in there which you can hopefully clean up with some tweaks.
Kazavon can be the same. The important thing about him really, is the massive castle adventure to acquire the weapon. And to kill something like Sorshen, you need a weapon like that.
Thanks for the input.
I had the idea of putting the sunken Queen in a large cave deep underneath Castle Korvosa instead of away for Korvosa. As you said, Sorshen = Kazavon, one may be as good as the other.
A few additions I was thinking about:
- On module 6: She with the help of Tomogor create a large gateway to hell in front of Castle Korvosa and fill the street with devils. The PCs have to shut it down inside the castle.
- They may have to venture to Xin-Shalast to reluctantly ask Karzoug for help (Which they never killed in my other RotRL campaign) to defeat Ileosa (Sorshen). That's just an idea.
But the biggest gap in the storyline is the reason to venture to Scarwall in the Hold of Belkzen and the presence of Laori and Shadowcount Sial. As you stated, just getting the Serithtial may be enough. But I will still need to give a good backstory why this is the weapon that can defeat Ileosa (Sorshen).
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Thanks for the input.
I had the idea of putting the sunken Queen in a large cave deep underneath Castle Korvosa instead of away for Korvosa. As you said, Sorshen = Kazavon, one may be as good as the other.
A few additions I was thinking about:
- On module 6: She with the help of Tomogor create a large gateway to hell in front of Castle Korvosa and fill the street with devils. The PCs have to shut it down inside the castle.
- They may have to venture to Xin-Shalast to reluctantly ask Karzoug for help (Which they never killed in my other RotRL campaign) to defeat Ileosa (Sorshen). That's just an idea.But the biggest gap in the storyline is the reason to venture to Scarwall in the Hold of Belkzen and the presence of Laori and Shadowcount Sial. As you stated, just getting the Serithtial may be enough. But I will still need to give a good backstory why this is the weapon that can defeat Ileosa (Sorshen).
Fudge the lore.
maybe a runelord awoke early, and kazavon (or someone associated with Scarwall) killed that runelord with the sword? just a thought.