After beginning the year celebrating the reign of our new Queen - Parissa Aliyah von Crimson - at the Grand Fair, the heroes finally felt the pull of another Gather. So they travelled by foot, or horse, or the new Gateways to the familiar town of Coopersvale. Feelings of warmth and eagerness swelled within our heroes, but the weather tried its best to squash that with its cold and dreary winter rainstorms.
Trudging through the rain and mud, the heroes greeted each other, and were met with officials from the Kingdom, asking about the Guilds (Overseer Ella Francart & Solicitor Olmo), Baronies, and Armies (Reeve Florian Francart.)
Saturday brought its first surprise as the clouds broke in the raining sky, and the heroes saw multiple dragons - of various individual colors - fly overhead before the clouds close up again. This sent the heroes into a frenzy of questions, but this was only the beginning…
Strange and magical animals rarely seen on Cerroneth began stampeding through town. They seemed driven by fear - but fear of what? Was it the giant oozing mass that also appeared before being defeated and releasing the strange deer inside? Or was it something more?
Count Gundahar Hamfast Burrfeet of Ruthir County and Countess Cordelia Pearl of Ebonier County visited town to see their Baronial leaders and interrupted a meeting of the Barons discussing the odd sightings around Cerroneth, accompanying visions and their implied meanings.
The final surprise of the night followed in that meeting as Viscount Secundus delivered the news that a Carpathian fleet had been sighted off the Western coast, one that consisted of both military and civilians. This fleet refused his flag of parlay, and it was up to the heroes to stop them however they could.
After hasty planning sessions, some Heroes ventured off to meet with the Carpathian Invaders and discuss peaceful options. However in their absence a forward element of the Carpathian army invaded Coopersvale and bloodied the noses of the Heroes left behind, driving them inside and raising their flag above the Tavern.
Word came quickly of a successful parlay, and the Carpathian leader - Adorius Ceasar - would meet and discuss terms with our Queen. With that news, the forces withdrew to a spot outside of town, allowing the Heroes to mend their wounds under the shadow of a growing Carpathian encampment.