Maroon Valley
Ambition: New Beginnings
Quest: Contents Genie Hero: Lady Scarlett Lady Scarlett heard that a man had come to Maroon Valley with a bunch of rare objects, and she was quite curious. Upon meeting the man, he gifted her a bottle, telling her to drink it in front of a mirror to make a genie appear. This genie granted her three wishes, but Lady Scarlett didn't realise how careful these wishes needed to be worded. After the second wish failed, she took the advice of one of her staff and wished she had never met the genie, only to have the merchant who gave her the bottle give her another one! Luckily, there was a well right there, so she threw in the genie bottle, hoping the wretched creature would never be heard from again.
Quest: The Fisherman's Challenge Hero: Shepherdess Maryweld Shepherdess Maryweld was a lovely young lady who had just been appointed as head of the Jacoban church by her queen, Lady Scarlett. Maryweld took her job very seriously, but when the Fisherman's Challenge was announced, she couldn't contain herself. Maryweld signed up and got some advice from two fishermen who had participated before. Sadly, she didn't have much luck in catching the biggest fish, so one of the fishermen told her of a lobster who took pity on really pathetic people, and that if she went fishing while feeling extremely down and unfocused, she might just catch this lobster and win the challenge. After many failed fishing attempts, the lobster appeared to Maryweld, and when she showed it to the Royal Advisor, he immediately declared she had won this challenge.
Quest: Goblins! Hero: Sir Stefan Multiple peasants had come under attack by goblins, so the queen sent Sir Stefan to check this problem out. He went to get the story directly from the victims, who all said they had been attacked out of nowhere. On the beach, where one of these attacks had taken place, Sir Stefan found a bunch of stuff left behind by the goblins. He took these items to Fireforge, where a smithmaster turned them into special armor and weapons for him. With this new Goblinsoul armor, Sir Stefan returned, ready to fight the beasts along with the victims, wishing them their revenge. When Sir Stefan arrived at the castle in his armor to let the queen know of his findings, a young Guildswoman by the name of Marianne took notice of him. It didn't take long for them to start courting, and when it was time for Sir Stefan to go into battle against the goblins, Marianna gave him a kiss for good luck. Sir Stefan won his battle, and was promoted to Knight-Captain of the guard.
Quest: Sacred Scrutiny Hero: Shepherdess Maryweld The Jacoban Inquisitors visited Maroon Valley, and found that their faith was being made a mockery of. Inquisitor Marta was quite unhappy with Shepherdess Maryweld about it, so she vowed to change things. Maryweld set out to convert more people to the faith, one of which she would fall madly in love with and start courting! But she also blessed the church with holy water and set out to find a lost relic that was very important to the Jacoban church. The man who had heckled her in front of Inquisitor Marta knew a little more about it, and it took quite a lot of sweet talking before he confessed his sins, converted to the Jacoban faith and gave her the relic that was in his possession: the skull of Davius. Inquisitor Marta was ecstatic about Maryweld's accomplishments, and after one last sermon, Maryweld had passed this surprise inspection.
Quest: Death of the Proxy Heroes: Under-Spy Tav, High Shepherdess Maryweld Maroon Valley had recently acquired a new ally: Yacothia, the land of the Jacoban faith. When the Jacoban Proxy died, Maroon Valley saw an opportunity. Maryweld left for Yacothia to gauge the current situation and came back with some handy information for Tav. Together, they intended to delay the elections for the next Proxy, to hopefully be able to elect someone from Maroon Valley. Tav went to Yacothia, disguised as one of their guardsmen, and disgraced the two candidates, making them absolutely ineligable for the position of the Proxy. Yacothia was forced to wait, and look to Maroon Valley for a possible new Proxy.
Quest: Heir to the Throne Hero: Queen Scarlett The Queen was getting quite anxious about getting older and having no heir to the throne in case the unlikely event of her passing should come sooner rather than later. She decided it was time to have a child, and thus sent out a letter to her citizens that she was looking for the father of her future child. The Queen went out to meet some men and picked three of them as her potential suitors. She tested them on their strength and fought them valiantly, which they quite disliked, actually. But they came around and understood her endeavors to find the perfect partner. Queen Scarlett chose Cuthbert the Serf as her lover, because she had become quite enamored by the man. Before they could make love, of course, they needed to get married, which they did at the Jacoban church. Afterwards, the Queen went in search for the perfect virtues for their child she'd need for their mating ritual: beauty, strength and faith. Once she had them all, she summoned her new husband, now Royal Consort Cuthbert, to the palace to perform this ritual... many, many times. Queen Scarlett became with child and eventually gave birth to a young princess by the name of Clarissa. The girl was a haggler, bloodthirsty and unkempt, but still Scarlett found her to be the perfect heir to the throne.
Quest: The Sinister Sorcerer Heroes: Adept Isabelle, Queen Scarlett the Great A brawl had broken out in the throne room, and Queen Scarlett the Great wouldn't stand for it. She summoned the troublemaker and demanded an explanation, but they said it had felt as if they weren't in control of their body! In town, more had happened and Adept Isabelle came to her Queen with the exact same story from other villagers. Isabelle scryed for answers and saw a vision of a powerful wizard, who was in control of an army of spirits that lurked not too far from Maroon Valley. He wished to take their kingdom, and was causing unrest by mind controlling their citizens. She immediately went to warn the Queen, and while the Queen got an army ready to fight this Spirit Army, Adept Isabelle tried to find out more about the mysterious necklace she had seen the wizard wearing in her vision. With it belonged an amulet that was rumored to be found in Maroon Valley. Searching the caves, the Queen found it, and Isabelle was able to enchant it, so that when the wizard got his hands on it, it would weaken him. After a battle against the Spirit Army that ended with the Queen and her troops retreating, the wizard, who they now knew as Malus the Vile, came for the amulet. Once he took it, he felt entirely weak, and Queen Scarlett the Great quickly finished him off with her sword. The Spirit Army dissolved and the citizens were saved from mind control. Maroon Valley was safe once again.
Quest: Meat Quest IV Hero: Shopkeeper Octavia The food in Maroon Valley was not of the greatest quality, if you cared for the way it tasted. There was a high demand for better tasting meat, and Shopkeeper Octavia set out to give the people just that. She heard that the meat being served at the palace was great and needed to know how to recreate this amazing taste for a lesser price. By bribing the servant, she got in contact with the Royal Meet Supplier and was actually given a sample by the kind woman. With another sample from a special shipment that had come in at the docks, there was only the matter of cheap meat left. Octavia ventured into the caves to find it, and after she had prepared it right, it tasted delicious. The townfolk were willing to pay as much as 30 gold simoles for it. Even the Queen herself loved it, and wanted to buy it all, but Octavia had made it for the people, and thus to the people this meat would be sold. The townspeople were ecstatic with their new delicious but cheap meat. During Octavia's endeavours, she ran into Squire Earnest and thought he was miraculously cute. She tried to sneak a kiss from the man, going even as far as asking him to court, but he absolutely refused to kiss her. The boy was left heartbroken after Octavia told him she'd find someone better, then.
Quest: Royal Review Hero: Queen Scarlett the Great Queen Scarlett the Great decided it was time to take a look for herself on how the kingdom was faring. She spoke to some of her citizens in the town square, fed the pit beast, tested the loyalty of the Constable and visited the Village Shoppe. She asked Shopkeeper Octavia for her opinion on the people, because who would know better how the land was doing than the people's favorite Merchant around? By the end of the day, Scarlett was very satisfied with Maroon Valley's progress, and glad of her citizens' loyalty.
Quest: The Mirthful Love Doctor Hero: Bloodletter Morgana All of a sudden, people were coming to Bloodletter Morgana's clinic less about being sick, and more about their love quarrels. One such patient, Lennard, had just had a bad breakup and was distraught over it, so Morgana told him he'd get over it eventually and took him to the sea to calm his mind. Then a man came to her with the problem that no one would kiss him a second time. He showed her how he kissed, and it was awful, so Morgana taught him how to kiss. Many, many, many... so many times in a row, until he got the hang of it. Then there was a woman who got a chastity belt stuck on her, which Morgana was able to get off with a special key, and then another woman wanted her husband to keep his eyes off other women, and thus received the chastity belt to threaten her husband with. Checking in with Lennard, he told Morgana a message in a bottle had been left on the beach, and she went in search of it. There was a secret message on it, so when the man she'd taught to kiss returned, he offered to encipher it for her in exchange for more advice. He didn't know how to make a child with his new wife, and asked for Morgana to show him after she explained how babies are made. That went a little too far for her, though, but he was still kind enough to decipher the message. It told her to go to the forest, where she found Lennard waiting for her to confess his love. She returned his feelings, even though she was already courting Poet Richard at the moment. All this talk of love had gotten her into a little dry spell after a particular dream, and so she had sought out love. How was she going to handle this??
Quest: Wag the Dog Heroes: Queen Scarlett the Great, Under-Spy Tav Somehow, the royal advisor thought it was a good idea to start an affair with the Tredonian Princess, and rumors were starting to spread. Queen Scarlett the Great could absolutely not have a scandal like this, so she sent the advisor, whom she didn't like very much anyways, to the village with his princess to hide out while she got this situation fixed. She went to Under-Spy Tav and together they concocted a plan to distract the people from this rumor, by convincing them they were at war with another nation! They talked to citizens, and especially the local gossipers, who spread the word, and soon enough everyone forgot about the rumored affair. After a few days, they let word spread that the war was over and the kingdom was safe.



















