Saturday, August 23, 2014

Campaign Log 1

"Changelings"

1630

April 1 -- Inigo Montoya and Sid the Dutchman arrive in the port town of Cayona on Tortuga
April 2 -- Recruited by farmers to investigate sick daughters
April 3 -- Encounter with the Lady in Gray
April 4 -- Battle with Changeling at farmhouse; learn of kidnapped daughters
April 5 --  Battle with the crew of L'Esprit Du Henri at Tortuga docks; depart for Santo Domingo
April 6 -- Get lost on open ocean
April 11 -- Stopover at Dario's Village (small settlement) on southern Hispaniola coast
April 13 -- Unknown ship spotted and avoided
April 16 -- Arrival in Santo Domingo
April 17 -- Encounter at SD Cemetary. Battle with Changelings, Father Gregoire in unknown Fae Land; girls rescued
April 18 -- Fled Santo Domingo at dawn with girls
April 29 -- Arrival back on Tortuga.


NEWS (just reaching Tortuga)

-- King Adolphus Gustavus of the Swedish Empire threatens to send forces into the Holy Roman Empire's civil war (aka 30 Years' War) (occurred early 1630)

-- Dutch fleet of 69 ships capture Portuguese colonies in northern Brazil; rename conquered territory New Holland (occurred Jan 1630)

-- Bubonic plague outbreak in Northern Italian States (including Tuscany, Milan, and some of the Papal States) spreads to Venice. (as of late 1629)