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Acolyte of Death

Chapter 1

Episode 1

Frisco Shans and Hardon Kumar are introduced to their first trials and adventures in the savage world of Xoth.

On the trail the PCs are attacked by the fearsome Natal Hillmen, monsteras half-giants dedicated to the necromancer Arkanath Maul.

The bloody and unforgiving world of Xoth is home to many reavers treading the jeweled paths in search of adventure. Here is one such tale!

Our first annual and its a dozy, the Death of Coriolis! You heard about, but you couldn't believe? Don't go away, Nefarious News Network has the footage, the evidence authorities don't want you to see!

The PCs face off for another go at Xecula, Ruinstar, and Black Paladin. But there are some other demands being placed on their time.

The PCs lick their wounds at Mettle's downtown Capitol City loft, and take a look at the new PC, a 25,000 spirit warrior who, until just recently, was buried in a Danish bog.

What? Is that a new character in the game?

Cracking open the old live stream recordings and getting the show back on its feet!

Mettle catches up with Olympian right before he is about to enter the DeMarco Mansion to confront the Black Paladin.

The final intercept received from Starhold before it entered Earth's atmosphere with the lives of the crew in the PC's hands!

Back in Capitol City after the ordeal with the Congress of Truth on Starhold, Olympian checks in at the Avery Mansion to make sure Donna is okay now that she is has to live with being a magical air elemental.

Hero Points are spent, Bashes are taken, and property is destroyed. It is another day for the Pantheon of Capitol City Heroes!

The heroes purge their path of henchmen as they look to confront Meteoron, the Master of Mental Control.

It has quickly become apparent the FBEE orbiting detention facility has been taken over by the Congress of Truth. Now they need to find out why!

Perlvag attempts to locate the dangerous succubus Xecula DeMarco loose in Capitol City before the PCs take off for High Earth Orbit.

Nameless rogues in the city of Zul-Bazzir look for the least amount of trouble for the greatest amount of gain. Beggars, farmers, and sailors look to have one good night before the grim reaper calls their name.

The heroes uncover what the late Dr. Avery kept behind the magical ward in the wall at Avery Mansion, and they also support Donnah by attending the funeral of her murdered Grandfather.

In trying to effect an escape from the United Catholic Church Grav Tank, the PCs and Maj. Tom of the 42nd Lift are shot down and crash land on the twisting canyon floor. UCC troopers spew forth from the grav tank and move in for the kill. Or are they?

Emma Jones, ex-Space Marine, and Xara (calling herself Domino) the Ruxol-Made Clone, enter the strange alien structure buried under the low mountains of the Dismas steppe. Roman Pirch, the Panumanic Agent Provocateur tags along with three of the native Leo Tybins he has been able to befriend. Session 3 never made it to audio, so for a recap on what went down in that thrilling episode head on over to the blog. https://vanishingtower.blogspot.com/2022/10/fgus-space-opera-lower-frontier-session.html 

The conclusion of the Heroes journey to the Quarry of a Million Tragedies and their confrontation with The Engraver.

Mr. Zozo transports the group of heroes to the Quarry of a Million Tragedies to secure the magical ingredients they require to break the ward sealing the late Clinton Avery's secret vault.

Mr. Zozo, Olympian, and the transformed Donnah Hannah deal with the aftermath of the attack by Ruin Star, Earth Crush, and Blue Rush.

Olympian and Mr. Zozo take Donnah Hannah out into the back yard of the Avery Mansion to see if they can teach her how to use her new elemental powers, but get more then they expected!

The contract-clone Xara encounters our second NPC, Emma Jones, a discharged and disillusioned Space Marine, in the plaza of the smoldering United Catholic Church.

Mr. Zozo and Mettle try to maintain Donna Hannah's sanity while figuring out how to break down a powerful ward inside the Avery Mansion. 

Mettle and Mr. Zozo bring an unidentified woman they rescued from the Black Enchantress back to Capitol City and try to find out who she is and why she was turned into an air elemental.

A small group of strangers gather once a month to play Fantasy Games Unlimited's ttrpg Space Opera. If you have an interest in early 80's gaming here is this gem in action!

Our first character is a contract saboteur in Dismas City, a city under siege! 

Ambushed by the Knights of the New Revelation, Ultra-Rosa and Olympian battle for their lives!

The Olympian and Ultra-Rosa continue investigating the murders of members of the Church of the New Revelation!

The Even Heroes Bleed comic book universe keeps getting bigger! The previous adventures of Ultra-Rosa are recorded in the special cross over episodes featuring a new Game Master (I played the NPC vigilante Ultra-Rosa), and we had an opportunity to continue the comics line recently when Mr. Zozo's Player couldn't make the session. Needing a name for when Mettle's Player takes the reins of the campaign world I've decided (in the spirit of The Punisher) Ultra-Rosa's comic will be called Capitol City Crime Journal - The Red Report! 

I won't be around for the next session so we all decided this side adventure will continue in Mr. Zozo's own "comic", Road to Redemption featuring the Macabre Mr. Zozo. So listen further as Ultra-Rosa and The Olympian team up together for the first time and investigate the rash of murders involving the Church of the New Revelation.

The assault on Ward Farm continues against unknown eldritch enemies!

Mettle, Olympian and Mr. Zozo hope to find the person behind transforming the elderly into mindless zombies and buying large amounts of automatic ammunition at the old Ward Farm in Tucket, MD. To find this person, confront them, and put a stop to whatever evil mystic bullshit they are up on at!

Olympian catches up with Mettle and the new member of the team, Mr. Zozo. They agree to search the end of the mysterious thread they have been pulling on which led to the nursing home filled with zombies!

Olympian and Mettle work the "Strip" looking for the whereabouts of the Roadkill Wrecking Crew.

For an AAR for Issue #31 please refer to the Vanishing Tower Blog at vanishingtower.blogspot.com. There you will find Issue #31 serialized in three parts.

Incredible Issue #32 teams up Mettle and Olympian together as they sniff out the trail of the Roadkill Wrecking Crew.

The first smash issue of earths greatest protector.

Bug and Mettle uncover the remnants of strange experimentation on Paigo Caye.

The PCs are drawn overseas!

The fight with the Roadkill Wrecking Crew comes to a conclusion and the PCs contemplate their next move as they evaluate their priorities.

The battle at Fordhem ChemTech against the Roadkill Wrecking Crew comes to a conclusion. 

While on tour of the Fordhem ChemTech research and development facility, the PCs get embroiled in stopping an EE-led heist.

This session suffered the error of having mine (the GM’s channel) vocals “off” during the recording/live streamed session. It has been edited to keep the players dialogue in tac and preserved here for the records.

Session recap:

Bug couldn’t make it so we spent the session on developing subplots going on in the game.

Olympian gets a request from the FBEE to tour Fordhem ChemTech with Agent Madhur. Seems high tech firms in and around Capitol City are getting broken into and their proprietary technology being stolen. At the end of the session this is where the party ends up.

Mettle arranges for the Mayor to make his monthly payment to keep our heroes off his back. He demands Jimmie Mac be the currier. The North Elmview meet does not go as planned as Ultra Rosa shows up and says she needs the $400K and Mettle reluctantly agrees to let her have it, in the interest of avoiding bloodshed. This is the Olympian’s first encounter with the violent vigilante.

Mettle takes a meeting with Shango, the reformed gang leader of the Fallen Angles. Mettle will fund the purchase of a building in Elmview and he wants Shango and his crew to run a trade school for the disenfranchised there. Shango says he will believe it when he sees it.

On Monday Olympian goes to Fordhem ChemTech to make a security assessment of the facility with Phillip Madhur, FBEE. A Dr. Janet Shane takes them on a tour of the facility. During the tour the high-tech thieves attack and the PCs engage!!!

A shadowy organization makes its appearance to the PC heroes.

Olympian, Bug and Mettle confront the horrors beneath the Pawnsville Mine.

All roads lead to Pawnsville.

The PCs head over to Capitol City University Medical Center asking questions about the federally funded COVID-24 research lab. This takes the group in an unexpected direction.