What would Eccardian do?


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So what would Eccardian do if he managed to gain control of Westcrown and Aberian fled? What kind of policies would he enact as new mayor if he was allowed to rule by Abrogail?

I see a large tax increase (to help repair some of the damage from his devil army0 that would never quite be enough as it always seemed to find its way to dad's (Mammon's) coffers. Maybe upping the rate of excruciations in an attempt to prevent another rebellion/sedition by would be heroes.

Similarly trying to use the Order of the Rack to reinterpret the events surrounding the former Mayor's rule and subsequent removal of office by a "man of the people." (This one is probably beyond the scope of office)

I had campaign come to an end before the end of book 6 (completed four books but switch the order of Infernal Syndrome and Mother of Flies). So while my players ended the shadow curse Eccardian was left to enact his plan of control of the city. I am now planning picking up a campaign in Westcrown 10 years later (after the Glorious Reclamation) and was wondering if Eccardian managed to survive (went into hiding is my thought) and get reinstated after the Rebellion was put down, what would Westcrown look like?

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So what would Eccardian do if he managed to gain control of Westcrown and Aberian fled? What kind of policies would he enact as new mayor if he was allowed to rule by Abrogail?

I see a large tax increase (to help repair some of the damage from his devil army0 that would never quite be enough as it always seemed to find its way to dad's (Mammon's) coffers.

I wonder how much of that Queen Abrogail would allow.

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Maybe upping the rate of excruciations in an attempt to prevent another rebellion/sedition by would be heroes.

Which, of course, never works … at least in fiction.

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Similarly trying to use the Order of the Rack to reinterpret the events surrounding the former Mayor's rule and subsequent removal of office by a "man of the people." (This one is probably beyond the scope of office)

This might be trickier then it seems. Because if he does go beyond his office, he becomes a "law breaker" himself. The Hellknights might end up opposing him.

This is a problem in general, as the rulers of Cheliax don't actually understand how the Hellknights operate.

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I had campaign come to an end before the end of book 6 (completed four books but switch the order of Infernal Syndrome and Mother of Flies). So while my players ended the shadow curse Eccardian was left to enact his plan of control of the city. I am now planning picking up a campaign in Westcrown 10 years later (after the Glorious Reclamation) and was wondering if Eccardian managed to survive (went into hiding is my thought) and get reinstated after the Rebellion was put down, what would Westcrown look like?

That gets complicated. After the events of Hell's Rebels, any opposition group is going to be dealing with a wounded tiger.

1 - If Eccardian was not active in the fight against the Glorious Rebellion, he will need to make sure that the Queen does not doubt his loyalty.
2 - Because, despite beating back the Glorious Rebelion, Cheliax lost about 15% of its territory, Chelish law enforcement and military forces will be much more active - and competent - then they were in CoT. Queen Abrogail is not about to let more territory slip through her fingers. This will be a difficulty in determining your heroes' "victory condition" for the campaign.
3 - As the "Son of Mammon," Eccardian's greed will still manage to impoverish the city (despite any controls in put in place by the Queen), eventhough Westcrown is the main commerce port of Cheliax.

All in all, Westcrown will likely become a very gloomy and depressing place. Think "North Korea"


North Korea? Well it has got to be pretty bad already if Thrune's flagis like this. :p

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