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    Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:01 pm  
    Bissel Help?

    Hey, any LG Bissel folks out there or just plain GH savants who know of any LG or other published material that can shed some light on the succession of Larrangin as Margrave after Walgar killed himself? Anything saying what if any their relationship was or how Larrangin was selected as Margrave? Thanks.
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    Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:11 pm  

    Yeah I'd like any info on Bissel as there is so little.
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    Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:52 pm  

    Though not actually what you are asking, I have a habit of running Ravenloft modules in Bissel. I leave out the whole Dread Realm shenanigans with the mists and Grand Conjunction and whatnot, though.

    Feast of Goblyns is a favorite of mine, which I placed there.
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    Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:52 pm  

    I have Barovia on my Map of the Falls valley. But I treat Bissel and Ket as being very much like eastern Europe. The reaction of my players when they saw that town on the map was priceless.
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    Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:41 am  
    Re: Bissel Help?

    smillan_31 wrote:
    Hey, any LG Bissel folks out there or just plain GH savants who know of any LG or other published material that can shed some light on the succession of Larrangin as Margrave after Walgar killed himself? Anything saying what if any their relationship was or how Larrangin was selected as Margrave? Thanks.


    According to the Bissel Omnibus 1.0, Larrangin was "installed by the Knights of the Watch." The Knights of the Watch passed over Lord Odovacar Marcomir III, The Baron of Davoniya, who had also been considered for the position.

    Then it turns out Larrangin's secretly "a being known as the Chosen of Hextor." Whoops. Larrangin disappears in 594 CY, leaving Saralind Markaven as acting regent. The Baronial Council selected Malto Adeur, the head of Bissel's Church of Heironeous, as the next margrave in 596 CY.
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    Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:16 am  

    Wow I am doing something similar to that in my Thornward campaign but it's not the Margrave who is the Hextorite but the head of the knights of the Watch in Thornward.
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    Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:57 am  
    Re: Bissel Help?

    rasgon wrote:
    Then it turns out Larrangin's secretly "a being known as the Chosen of Hextor."


    From module "BIS5-05 - Strange Bedfellows".

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    In the Prophesies of Gasan Hextori-Nuir it is written that the Chosen One would be the ruler of a nation at war, and that he would be a worshipper of the Arch-Foe, Heironeous. It is also written that the Chosen One would leave his throne behind to go through the Phase of Attrition. During this time, the Chosen of Hextor would be tested with doubt, indecision, betrayal, torture, and anguish. If the Chosen can weather through the Phase of Attrition, then he will inherit the full power entitled to Hextor’s messianic figure.

    According to Hextorites operating in the Sheldomar Valley, the Chosen of Hextor has been found - and his name is Larrangin, Margrave of Bissel. Formerly a preist of Heironeous; Larrangin transformed into an evil tyrant due to an alignment-altering artifact. Larrangin embraced the evil and made plans to crush his rival, the Necromancer known as Evard. By 594, the Hextorites recognized that Evard’s forces were better positioned and decided to withdraw from the battlefield of Bissel, at least temporarily. The current plan is to wait and confront the weakened victor of the war between Bissel’s remaining good-aligned Army and the forces of Evard.

    The Hextorites hope to use most of CY 595 to consolidate their forces and increase their power. As such, high-ranking followers of Hextorism have decided to accelerate the coming of the full powers of Hextor’s chosen. With Larrangin’s consent, they are attempting to bring about the “Phase of Attrition.” This necessitates the Chosen of Hextor to be faced with serious inner turmoil, and to facilitate this the Hextorites free Larrangin of the alignment-altering crown. Its effects linger, and instead of reverting to a Lawful Good alignment, Larrangin instead drifts toward Neutral, representing the self-doubt and indecision currently in his mind. The Hextorites abandon Larrangin on the banks of the Realstream, leaving him in only peasant’s clothes. Larrangin first thinks that he should return to the Hextorites who worship him, but he then realizes that he has given up such rule and piety in Bissel; things he will likely not regain. Nevertheless, he decides that he must return to Bissel and warn the people he recently led of the scheming of the Hextorites. Larrangin knows that he is wanted for questioning and is likely to face harsh treatment from his former order, the Knights of the Watch. The Knights of the Watch live by a Precept of Retribution that states “It is a duty of a Knight to ensure that any Knight who has broken an oath is brought to justice, lest all Knights’ words become meaningless.” Larrangin doesn’t expect to get a fair hearing from the Knights of the Watch, so he decides he must make contact with a sympathetic ear, someone who is fairminded and not prone to quick judgements. The best choice for a fair hearing would be Baroness Jasmine Besselar, a noble known for compassion and discretion.

    The first challenge for Larrangin is to get back into Bissel. For skilled infiltrators, making one’s way over the borders of a war torn nation on high alert would be extremely difficult. For Larrangin, who is unaccustomed to stealth and covertness, it is impossible. Larrangin needs help, so he arranges an unlikely alliance. Making contact with a Priest of Fharlanghn named Tandrel Velarn, Larrangin promises future compensation from his reclaimed wealth and holdings in exchange for covert passage into Bissel. Tandrel is unconcerned with the challenge of getting Larrangin into the March, for he is a member of a curious fraternity of adventurers known as the Cult of the Daring Feat.

    The Cult of the Daring Feat is a loose group of worshippers of various luck gods. Due to the cult's teaching of spiritual enlightenment through great personal risk, most cultists are adventurers. The Cult of the Daring Feat is a completely apolitical organization; they care nothing about the morality of what Larrangin is or the possible consequences of bringing him into Bissel. All they see is an impenetrable task, which they view as an appropriate challenge for their abilities. On the 11th of Goodmonth, under the cover of darkness, the Cult brings Larrangin over the border. He is taken to a recently acquired (and not publicly known) Cult guild house in the town of Beruak, situated at the foot of the Barrier Peaks. There, Larrangin waits under the protection of the Cult of the Daring Feat, which is further contracted to aid in making contact with Baroness Jasmine Besselar.

    Baroness Besselar, for her part, has other things on her mind. Her 18-month engagement to Baron Cainlan Rashedra is about to end with their wedding, scheduled to the 20th of Goodmonth. The wedding ceremony is to be preceded by a week of festivities to which all the nobility of Bissel has been invited.


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    Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:17 am  
    Re: Bissel Help?

    rasgon wrote:
    According to the Bissel Omnibus 1.0, Larrangin was "installed by the Knights of the Watch." The Knights of the Watch passed over Lord Odovacar Marcomir III, The Baron of Davoniya, who had also been considered for the position.

    Then it turns out Larrangin's secretly "a being known as the Chosen of Hextor." Whoops. Larrangin disappears in 594 CY, leaving Saralind Markaven as acting regent. The Baronial Council selected Malto Adeur, the head of Bissel's Church of Heironeous, as the next margrave in 596 CY.


    That's it. Thanks, Rasgon!
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