[The Year of the Scourge] Archive

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Chapter 2
WORLD UPDATE

Saturday April 16th

Following the discovery of portals in Silverpine last week, champions have made their way to their apparent exit-point: the gloomy forests of Duskwood, where the Cult of the Damned have recently been spotted.

Cult members were found being very active on a farmstead at Raven Hill, along with ghoul sentries wearing masks, a foul and worsening stench, and several deathgates, leading to much sunnier places, into which troops of scourge were seen marching and vanishing.

Allied forced engaged cult members and fought their way to the barn. Within, they found the product of the cultists work in the area: a massive abomination, a reborn and upgradedunlike anything many in the party had seen, stirred and woke, breaking free of the barn and making its way towards the hamlet of Darkshire.

Champions engaged the abomination while on the move towards Darkshire, time being of the evidence and a real sense of urgency upon them. While the battle was difficult, the abomination was slain, champions suffering injuries but no fatalities.

While the entire world should be on guard, it is recommended that the whole of the Souther Eastern Kingdoms be on high alert as the scourge and the Cult of the Damned seem to have entrenched themselves in that area.

Role-play prompts for the next few days:

  • Secure towns, bases in the Southern Eastern Kingdoms
  • Report back to your superiors on the events of this Friday
  • Studying deathgates and any possible way to track their destinations
  • Continuing to escort shipments from any unaffected farms towards major population centers
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IC Update

A missive arrives from the Argent Crusade:

Attention heroes!
Recent information has arisen in regards to the Scourge’s plans. The dread Damnedfate has delivered information onto a select, few souls. An urgent meeting is being called to discuss the contents of the message and plan from there! The Argent Crusade has commandeered Mortwake’s Tower in Southwester Westfall. The meeting will be held in one day’s time at 5 bells past noon. Please attend.

OOC Update

Hey guys! We’ll be having an emergency meeting tomorrow! I know not everyone can make it, but the other option was delaying the story by a week. Since we’ve spent 1/3 events this chapter in meetings, I didn’t want to forgo our weekend event to make that a 2/4 events in meetings. I’ll make sure to keep everyone posted on what’s to come, and I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I had intended this discussion to occur at the end of the last event, but we ran a bit long!

This mini-event will be tomorrow at 5PM ST. It will be at Mortwake’s Tower in Westfall (69. 73).

If not enough people can make it, we will consider delaying or rescheduling!

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The Sunreavers will make the trip!

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Meeting in 15 minutes!

You can search for “YotS: Westfall” in group finder.
Avannaril-WyrmrestAccord is the Alliance lead. Selowyn-WymrestAccord is the Horde lead!

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Next Event:

Saturday April 24th at 5pm WrA time in
Booty Bay

Preface:
The Scourge are on the move in the southern Eastern Kingdoms. Many civilians are fleeing as far south as they can go, hoping to get onto a ship and evacuating to safer grounds. The entire port city is becoming quite crowded…

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Follow up from the meeting last night!

IC Knowledge (Free for any characters who want to know)
The heroes gathered in Westfall to discuss the intercepted messages. They decided that “panther island” likely referred to Jaguaro Island off the eastern coast of the Cape of Stranglethorn, and that the ruins must be one of the surrounding troll ruins. Additionally, they concluded that Herobreaker must be a kaldorei, likely a death knight.

Booty Bay was a clear target, due to it’s importance as a trade and transportation port. Losing Booty Bay to the Scourge would allow them to ship plaugue and undead all across the ocean, ransack vessels at sea, and block incoming and outgoing supplies from Eastern Kingdoms. They suspected that the Scourge might have undercover agents, loyalists, or paid-labor secretly working in Booty Bay.

So, they agreed to send a low-profile team into the city to root out the agents, while a larger contingent would be sent to Jaguaro to hauly whatever plans they have there.

Meanwhile, a scout in attendence revealed that she had information on Damnedfate’s history. Lady Damnedfate was a moderately-ranked noble among the Quel’thalas Magisters belonging to House Dualfate. Additionally, the scout reported that she knew the location of Dualfate Manor in southern Quel’thalas, now the Ghostlands.

Another team was formed to perform initial reconnaissance on the manor and determine if there could potentially be a future mission.


OOC Information
Thanks to everyone who could attend! We intend on spending two weeks in Southern Stranglethorn. This first week will be setting the stage. There will be fun and action! Next week will be executing the plans we came up with yesterday!

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Happening today:
Booty Bay!

Log on shortly before 5pm WrA time and look for pre-made: custom: YOTS: Stranglethorn. This is planned to be a two-hour event.

Feel free to come even if you’ve never been to a YOTS event before! Its easy to get integrated.

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Search for pre-made group/custom/YOTS: Stranglethorne starting now!!

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Chapter 2 World Update:
Sunday April 25th

The southern territories of the Eastern Kingdoms are in chaos.

The Sunreavers report their arrival, along with a group of brave champions, in the port town of Booty Bay, only to find it overrun with thousands of people escaping the scourge and looking for passage on any ship that will take them.

When questioned, it was revealed that these people were evacuated, or simply chose to run, from towns as far north as Westfall when the scourge came to terrorize towns and villages. Roads leading north were infested with undead, and so the only direction to go was south.

This has caused Booty Bay to be well over capacity. Our heroes found that the inns were full, and people had taken to sleeping in the streets, on the docks and in alleyways. Taverns and vendors are quickly running out of food and drink.

Merchant and passenger vessels that happened to be in Booty Bay have been taking refugees. Hundreds of people beyond ships’ capacities are lined up on the dock to get onto the next available ship to the fortress of Grom’gol, Stormwind City or any other safe port.

This makes Booty Bay an extremely appealing target for the scourge, who have made their way down south that far and attacked the city last night. The attack was repelled and only minor casualties were reported. But there is a fear that panic will set in, and that the danger is as present within as without.

Anything south of Elwynn Forest is to be avoided, save by those wanting to help. The scourge are everywhere. Anyone with a vessel who can take on passengers is asked to report to Booty Bay as soon as possible. Mages who have the ability should make their way there and use portals to get as many citizens out of the town as quickly as possible.

Many of the folks at the YOTS event on Saturday will be, ICly, in Booty Bay for several days. Anyone may use our discord server to look for role-play in this location.

Role-play prompts for the week:

  • Investigating towns and villages in south Easter Kingdoms
  • Helping to feed or calm panicked refugees in Booty Bay
  • Help ferry passengers to safe ports
  • Go scourge hunting in Westfall or Stranglethorn

Our next event will MOST LIKELY happen on Saturday May 1st, and will be a continuation of the plot in Stranglethorn.

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Welcome to the Jungle!

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definitely the first person to make that reference with an STV event

Hey guys! We’ll be following up last week’s event with our invasion on Jaguaro Island and investigating hidden agents in Booty Bay!

So, if you got a stealthy-investigative character, we got you in the Bay! Otherwise, head to the island for a fight!

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Hey guys! Small typo on the poster. Had last week’s date. We’ll be running on May 1st this week!

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Thanks Bel!

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This event happens today!!

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Hi.
I has stealth.
Something.
Theres two things going on for this…?

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There will be two simultaneous missions happening at once. You choose the one that’s best for your character!

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Hi guys! Events going out now! Message Mauricius or Fayelien, or search for YotS: Stranglethorn in LFG!

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Chapter 2
World Update

While the scourge continue to ravage the lands south of Elwynn Forest, refugees having fled to Booty Bay have been able to find passage on merchant and passenger ships. The port town, which last week was well over capacity, has now grown quieter, as many have found passage away and to the North, setting sail for the harbours of Stormwind or Suramar.

It is still believed the scourge are somehow being controlled by someone. Though there were suspicions scourge leaders might have been present in Stranglethorn, none were found.

Rumours abound of Farstriders investigating in the Ghostlands of Quel’Thalas, aided in their search by strangers from far off lands.

In addition, vessels scheduled to dock in port cities of northern Kalimdor have been reported late or even missing. Some fear the worst.

We will conclude our Stranglethorn story on Tuesday May 4th at 5pm in Booty Bay (we’ll start at the Salty Sailor). Then, our next YOTS event happens in the Ghostlands (Quel’Thalas) on Saturday May 8th at 5pm.

Then, next week, we head on over to Kalimdor. If there are any RP guilds, communities or characters from Kalimdor who would like to get involved in our campaign, now’s the time to jump in!

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Hey guys! We’ll get a poster out, but I wanted to post a quick update! We’ll actually be in Ghostlands on Friday May 7th! Still at 5PM as usual!

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Time to get spooky!

This week! Friday May 7th, we go to the Ghostlands in Quel’thalas!

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Tonight at 5PM WrA (7PM MG), Year of the Scourge embarks for The Ghostlands to investigate Dualfate Manor, former home of Lady Damnedfate. You can search for YotS: Ghostlands in the Group Finder or whisper Avannaril-WyrmrestAccord (Alliance) or Axiann-WymrestAccord (Horde) for an invite!

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