The Long Lease
Three hundred years ago a queen rented this valley from a dragon. At midsummer the dragon came back for the rent.
In-Game Lease Year 300, day 7Sessions 3
Latest Session — August 8, 2026
The Wardens went up the Brisk to the Founder’s barrow, sang their way past its clay guardian, and read the rent at last: one new song, made by the vale and given freely. They came home to find Queen Hesper’s composer gone.
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The Team
Beatrix Holloway
Knight of the Marigold Guard, seconded to the Wardens
held fire when the dragon landed, keeps every promise, including the stupid ones
Iveth Ammerly
Expelled journeywoman of the Sealwrights
believes a sealed thing is a question, writes in the margins of everything
Kit Farrow
Courier, formerly a fair-day pickpocket
knows every back stair in Summerhythe, pays his debts, eventually
Odda Quarrel
Bell-founder's daughter and hand-bell player
tunes everything she touches, wants to make one song that outlives her
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NPCs in Play
Orpiment
Lessor of the Vale of Quillet
Queen Hesper
Queen of Quillet
Emlyn Crewe
Composer to the Marigold Court
Gammer Tansy Holt
Hayward of the barrow path at Holt End
Queen Maudry
First Queen of Quillet
Clemency Vare
Under-Archivist of the Wax Vaults
Jory Penwarden
Apprentice Sealwright
Oswy Hebden
Master of the Worshipful Company of Sealwrights
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Characters
Four hired Wardens, one young queen, and the dragon everyone is being very polite to.
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Locations
A riverside town, a hall full of wax, a cliff full of tally marks, and a barrow that sings.
6 entries
Factions
The crown that owes, the guild that lost the paperwork, and the bank that holds the notes.
3 entries
Items
Two copies of one lease, a scale off the lessor, and a sword with a lawyer's name.
3 entries
Events
The signing, the landing, the cut page, the verse.
4 entries
Creatures
Things that fall off dragons, crawl out of inkwells, or guard the dead in tune.
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