Tales of the Veiled: a re-cap of the Assassin’s in the Blades in the Dark.
Real life constantly seems to be getting in the way, it seems. A lot has happened in the Assassins game that I previously mentioned before. A name had been decided upon (The Veiled) and the group has been busy murdering in the name of Exeter’s will.
The crew, after successfully assassinating the Junior Inspector, were brought before Exeter and given a list of targets to be eliminated. It was made clear to them that the targets were all dangerous, well-supplied, and would provide a challenge worthy of them. The crew accepted his offer and went after their first major target: Bakaros of the Spirit Wardens.
The job was a success after they ambushed him during a witch hunt through the Duskvol Mines while he was leading a hunt for assembled masses of the Horde. The engagement went well, with the group’s Whisper trying a ritual to take control of the Hollows and fight against the Spirit Wardens. Bad rolls led to the group getting up close and personal with the dangerous members of the Spirit Wardens but a few well-timed explosives and shots led to everyone that wasn’t part of the crew dying in a major collapse while the crew escaped in one of the ghost echoes nearby.
Looking for an easier job, the crew sought to take some territory and claim a small clinic that was operating for The Weeping Lady. It was poorly guarded, recently set up, but something dangerous lurked underneath the surface as the Whisper was able to feel that powerful rituals had been used here within the clinic’s premise. Rather than intimidate or murder a few members of the charity, the group instead offered protection in return for services. This put them against the Bluecoats that were taking bribes for protection against the Grey Cloaks and other, smaller outfits. The group quickly and quietly murdered the Bluecoats who busted in demanding assistance and earned the trust of the Weeping Lady. However, the Cutter felt something call to him and push him into a bloodlust. He scratched into his arm that night “Be welcomed within our Arms”.
The last job led to the group travelling out to the Deathlands to hunt the lead scout of the Silver Nails, Tuhan. A desperate engagement led to them attacking the group while reinforcements arrived. Traumas were a-plenty in this one; no one came out unscathed as the group pushed themselves extra hard to try and secure the kill. It ended up with one character harboring a summoned horror inside their body, the Fog Hounds being made into rivals and the crew accepting the job to kill off their rivals as payment for harming so many of their crew, and everyone now having at least one trauma…one of them having three and two of them having two.
The most interesting part is that Tiros, now paranoid and unsure of himself, has entrusted himself into Exeter’s will by explaining he has been having weird dreams and dark urges. With the Spirit Warden’s blessing, he is now on his way to go and infiltrate the cult to root out its leaders and hopefully destroy them.
Thing are going to be very interesting next session; the Bluecoats are going to be coming for blood once they realize that the crew gave them the wrong evidence by accident. The Unseen, the main but unknown enemies of the group, has fully infiltrated the Wardens and will soon be ousting those who are dangerous to their goals. The Bluecoats have secured military-grade weaponry and equipment and it is all going to come crushing down upon the head of the group.
We’ll see what the Veiled do to survive come this Sunday!