## `=this.Title` **`=this.Short`** > Date: **`=this.SessionDate`** | Players: **`=this.Players`** > Location: **`=this.Location`** | Game: **`=this.Game`** > > PCs: **`=this.PCs`** > Event: **`=this.Event`** > People: **`=this.People`** > Places: **`=this.Places`** > Things: **`=this.Things`** ##### Summary The Key Players conspired to rob the First City Bank of Lockport. [[Kavok]] the Soulkeeper wanted a special tome so that he give the reanimated corpse of his lover, Tucker, a new body. At the same time, Pyre and Ember were working on a scheme to disseminate bomb instructions to members of their revolutionary group using Ember's zine, [[The Firebrand]]. The aim was to violently protest the Imperial Presence in the city. They planted evidence to implicate [[Carl]] (the theatre ownder) for the bombings. Kavok, Vance, Tucker and six reanimated skeletons executed the heist and things took a turn. Vance wound up offing himself on a pier rather than be caught. Kavok was tricked into Carl's body and was put in prison. Tucker lived out his days with Carl, now in Kavok's body. Pyre and Ember went on to cause trouble for the Empire with the [[Firebrands]]. #### Results -The war starts ![[PeopleBase.base#Score PCs]] > [!NOTE]- Full Story > Cast > The Key Players - A Theatre troupe at the Key Theatre > > Kavok the Soulkeeper (Dann) - A necromancer > > Tucker (Travis) - Kavok's reanimated husband. Part of his face is horribly disfigured from being smashed by a theater light > > Ember (Alyx) - A zine publisher and revolutionary sympathizer > > Pyre (Marlowe) - A resistance activist with a penchant for explosives. Author of the Anarchist's Recipe Book > > Vance (Nate) - A not-so-competent criminal > > Carl - The owner of the Key Theatre > > > After a tragic accident, Tucker was killed by a falling theater light. Ember was implicated, though it was actually part of a scheme to sell the theater by Carl, the owner. > > Kavok reanimated their lover, though his face was horribly disfigured beyond repair. Kavok decided that they needed to switch Tucker to a new body and needed a special tome that was securely stored in the First City Bank of Lockport. > > Kavok met with a friend of his aunt's cousin's roommate's nephew, Vance. The two plotted to place some explosives in the neighboring laundromat that shares a wall with the vault. Vance said that they will need to procure the instructions for an explosive that Pyre has. No one paid attention to the hooded Tucker, who sat silently at the table. > > Ember and Pyre were in the theatre basement. It seemed Pyre wanted to disseminate their plans for the explosives in a coded entry in Ember's zine, The Firebrand. As the two conspired, Vance was at the open window, trying to listen in with a stethoscope. He was not as sneaky as he thought he was. Ember closed the window on his sleeve. > > Later on, during rehearsals for Hamlet, both Ember and Carl were shocked to see Tucker alive and ... well. Carl tried to again put the blame on Ember, but Tucker was strangely accepting of his fate and held no grudge. He and Ember decided they wanted to get back at Carl, who was really responsible. > > Later, Ember and Pyre were again in the basement, working out their code for the bomb instructions. Tucker, sent by Kavok, walked in and expressed interest in the bomb recipe. The two revolutionaries took the opportunity to test their code on Tucker and were satisfied with its effectiveness. Tucker was able to memorize the recipe. > > Tucker snatched one of the bombs and ran off to bring it to Kavok. The bomb exploded and took Tucker's arm with it. > > It was 2AM in the laundromat. Kavok, Vance, Tucker and six reanimated skeletons were busy setting up their heist. The explosives worked, but the hole in the wall is smaller than expected. Luckily the skeletons could fit through, though a few lost some bony limbs in the process. > > The skeletons started looting the vault and one handed the tome to Kavok, who wordlessly left while holding the book with reverence. The skeletons helped Vance load up as much money as he could carry and he made his escape. > > Vance made it to the docks and was negotiating with a boat captain to get out of town quick. The captain was happy to accept and exorbitant fee, but also pointed out that Vance was being followed. Pyre was watching the entire time. After briefly taunting Vance, Pyre throws a much larger explosive at the dock, destroying the pier. Watching the approaching constables as he sank, Vance decided to just end it. He loaded himself up with his loot to weigh himself down and sank to the bottom of the river. > > Once again in the basement of the theatre, Pyre returns to tell Ember about the night and to ask about the zine. They' had changed their mind about the bomb plans being out there, saying it was just too dangerous to have out there. It was too late, however. Ember had already distributed the rag to many locations. It was then that they started hearing a series of explosions from all over the city. > > Tucker showed up. He and Ember put together their plan to frame Carl for the bombings all around the city by placing a bomb and the plans in his office. Carl is mysteriously absent from his office so the frame up goes to plan. There was also a conversation where Tucker was encouraged to make decisions for himself. > > Ember felt the need to recall the zines that had already been distributed. At a nearby coffee shop, there were still a few left. As Ember reclaimed the zines, a bomb went off in the coffee shop destroying the business (a subsidiary of Metazon) and killing Ember. > > Pyre's revolutionary cohort were pretty upset at them for the fallout from the bombings. The occupying military tightened their grip on the city and made things a lot worse. As punishment, they bricked Pyre into the wall, keeping him alive but in torment. > > Back in the ritual room, Kavok was preparing the ritual to transfer Tucker to a new body. When Tucker entered, he saw an unconscious Carl and had a bad feeling about Kavok's plan. He though that Kavok was going to repair his damaged body, not transfer him to another (and Carl at that!). > > At the key point in the ritual, Tucker pushed Kavok into the circle so that they were the one body swapped with Carl. While it seemed that the ritual could just be re-cast to undo the swap, the authorities raided the building and arrested Carl (actually Kavok) for the bombings. Kavok, trapped in the theatre manager's body lived out the rest of his life in prison. > > Tucker and Carl (in Kavok's body) came to an uneasy truce. While they still despised each other, it was in their best interest to keep the facade of a marriage alive. They took over ownership of the theatre and Carl, not wanting to be associated with the necromancer, changed his name to Dale. They renamed the theatre Tucker & Dale's playhouse and lived miserably ever after. >