Blades in the Dark – Session 11 – The Crimson Snow
This week was a big one for our beleaguered would be drug dealers. And for our Doskvol as well – A group of demons, summoned from their slumber, rose from the harbor and attacked the Docks, destroying most of the district. In the wake of this, the city has been placed under a high alert – Soldiers are now posted outside important buildings, spark-craft war machines rumble across the cobblestones, and special investigators are bringing citizens in for questioning regarding the demonic awakening… The demons remain at large, and reinforcements have begun arriving from elsewhere in the empire.
This disaster has shaken the city, leaving an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty among the citizens. The Crimson Snow however, opportunists to the core, utilized the demonic attack as an excuse to convene with the leaders of the other gangs in Crows Foot- namely the Lampblacks (friends of our crew), the Red Sashes (reeling from recent losses of their Dockside holdings) and the Crows, once more under the vampire Roric’s control.
A plan was hatched at this meeting, a bold criminal enterprise that promises vast wealth for all involved, should they succeed. Namely, a train heist – with valuable military equipment being brought in via electrorail, and the station being under reduced guard (many imperial troops being deployed elsewhere within the city) – the time to strike was now!
And so the plan was hatched – The Red Sashes would look after transportation of the haul, the Lampblacks would engineer a series of distractions to draw the attention of military personnel posted at the station, and the Crows would work with the Snow to secure their payload. Utilizing the Red Sash’s political contacts, they seized upon a ripe target – new experimental military hardware and fuel coming from Iruvia, under the guard of only a few dozen soldiers. Would this be the biggest score yet for the Snow, securing their position as a criminal operation of significance, or would it end with blood? Time would tell…
GM Notes – we had a lot of fun with this one – the 2IC of the Crows and the Sashes are personal rivals of two of our PC’s characters, so that was great to play out – the whole “gang summit” was a lot of fun – between a slightly unhinged Roric trying to hold it together, the PC’s openly mocking the Red Sashes, and the Lampblacks rather hoping to find an excuse for violence (it didn’t come – Roric still had enough influence to manage that for the meeting at least). Between the meeting, getting through last weeks downtime, and a bit of information gathering for the big heist – we didn’t actually get to start it this week. Its definitely feeling like the season finale of our game – so no holds barred next session – get rich or get dead! 😀 I’m also curious whether they will honor the ceasefire between the Crow’s Foot gangs during the score, or if they’ll seize the opportunity to wipe out the Sashes for good. And now for me to think up some big twists to throw at them during the score next week :p