Lonesome Wanderings, Session 53

In which Badger...

• Sets a meeting at Badger Keep including Baron Okerra, Ameiko Kaijitsu, Tino, the Walsh Gang representative, Maiden of the Tea Bogeys, and Andante the Heart to discuss the plan for the threat of the Wicked King.
• Learns that Sadhu is still missing in Yoon Suin, Teru the Gold Dragon is unable to make the meeting due to being away on an emergency, and is refused invitations by the Duke of Kasar.
• Sends Tino off to assist in a mission in the Lost Coast to find and clear copper mines, much to his dismay.
• Sets the following strategies - Badger seeks Sadhu to get advisement; the Walsh Gang goes to Endon to develop industrial explosives and weapons such as "firearms"; and Ameiko, Okerra, and Maiden go request Magnimar, Duke Stephen of Karamiekos, and the Shambling Mound of the wood to assist with the war on the Wicked City respectively.
• Seeks out Sadhu and discovers him in the jungles of Yoon Suin, who advises him with the cryptic phrase "secret jazz", which Badger takes to mean using guerilla tactics and cutting off the head of the snake - aka the Wicked King himself to even the playing field.
• Comes across a Wicked City patrol in Yoon Suin and manages to subdue them.
• Learns that while the Walsh gang has successfully developed the weapons, the others have failed in their diplomacy tasks - and that Wicked City troops are on their way to quash the threat.
• Learns the Wicked City has looted Tian Xia for resources, and is sending false information to the other nations about how "Taiga barbarians" are the instigator of the attacks, not the city itself.
• Learns that Okerra's continued efforts to turn Karameikos to their cause fail as Duke Stephan's advisors feed lies into his ear about Taiga Barbarians.
• Learns that the Walsh gang and Endon manage to slaughter Wicked City troops attacking the city with industrial weapons and guerilla tactics, forcing the Wicked City troops to retreat back to the city and create a new plan of attack.
• Learns that Wicked City troops sent to take the Yellow City in the jungles of Yoon Suin have mysteriously vanished.
• Prepares for himself, Ameiko, and Maiden to using Tara's contact the spy to get into the upper levels of the Wicked King's Tower and even the throne room itself.

Current Level: Badger 9