5 against the 5 Rings
Adam Hattrell
2010/12/31 14:22

Table of Contents

New beginning and new companions
· 	Back to Spain and the Order of Santiago
· 	On to Cordoba and the Alhambra
· 	Kafe and Kuchen in Vienna
· 	Fish and Chips in Whitby
· 	No Bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
· 	Cawdor
· 	After dealing with the witch-king and (temporarily) scattering the cultists, Ciarfiacc opened a gate to Yggridisil and escorted them through. In the heart of the fey realms, the guardians treated the party with some caution and (an amused) Ciarfiacc downright suspicion.
They were escorted to the central conclave where many of the Princes’ advisors were in place and reported to Cynan.
Parting of the ways
At this juncture, Harry announced that with his partial recovery, he was duty bound to return to active service and was returning back to the British Army with an aim to secure a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. George was also leaving, needed to support a Indian Imperial Army mission into Turkey. Lyris was also going to be delayed joining the others.
Planning the next steps
(this next section added for colour) After reporting the previous mission, Marco addressed the War Council.
”As we speak, most of my world is at arms or preparing for war, the most terrible war of all history. Behind this war and making use of it is the 5 Rings who see that their time has come. With new powers and knowledge from some of the Fey they can put in place a new world order with global control of governments and commerce. They will be able to corrupt or remove key politicians and lawmakers, divert industry and money to grand schemes and manipulate the populace through the schools, churches and newspapers. They will use the affinity between the 2 worlds to wither the Fey realms.
”This will take time but time they have and unless we work now they will reshape our world to want, knowingly or not, the re-forging to happen accrding to their plan.”

Cynan gave his full support for Marco’s plan, appointing him a Captain of the Grey Company (Cynan’s bodyguard) and authorised him to proceed. A squadron of Sidhe was assigned to support the party if required by Marco.
Marco proposed a move against the core of the 5 Rings, the Thule society in Berlin, and collect any heroes that might otherwise be subverted. Initially the plan was considered somewhat risky (”You must be bloody insane”) but eventually reason won out and they agreed to start in Spain through established connections with the Order of Santiago.
Objectives
a) Locate any of the reborn heroes, arrange custodianship or bring out of the area if necessary.
b) Find out the intentions of the 5 Rings.
c) Find out who is manipulating the 5 rings
Escape route : if we find any ancient artefact (pre-forging) and go into the heartland we will be able to stay awake for a few minutes in order to cast a spell to summon help.
New companions
Depleted due to the departure of George and Harry, Cynan co-opted a couple of new members to the group.
Johann? : a star pupil of Corvus, this 6’6” blond haired, blue eyed Norwegian is a master of the green weave and a crack shot with a rifle.
Nell? : one of Sophia-Astarte’s “Chosen Men”, Nell is young but one of the finest thieves around. Not the greatest sophisticate.
Items from the Red Weave realm ; Harry nano-bots (healing); George had serpent broach (connection to Quezicoatl); Marco (8 starred item).