NOVEL WEB Recap - The Road to Thule
Lenoria and co.
Lenoria Tsukino
A young genius who journeyed from the Far West to enroll at the Artificers Guild, from which she graduated after taking a four-year course. Currently on a trip to Goodsprings to fulfill a commission for Gabrielle Bisset while fulfilling her promise to Pearl, who saved her life.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: Corvus (The Raven)
OTHER INFO
Race Human
Deity None (Agnostic)
Gender F
Birthday 15th of Weiss, 1638 (11/15/1638; 20 years old)
Homeland The Great Plateau (The Far West)
Sign Scorpio
Height 5’2”
Weight 120 lbs
Hair Blonde
Eyes Green
XP 18,710/23,000
Clara & Tsukuyomi
An elven summoner who befriended Lenoria on their third year at the Artificers Guild. Unsure what she wanted to do with her life at first, she decided to attend the College of the Wilds, located in Thule, to study and train as a bard. Her eidolon, Tsukuyomi, rarely strays from her.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: Apus (The Bird-of-Paradise)
OTHER INFO
Race Elf
Deity Moon Guardian (Chaotic Good elven deity)
Gender F
Birthday 25th of Svatur, 1534 (08/25/1534; 124 years old)
Sign Virgo
Height 5’7”
Weight 99 lbs
Hair Black
Eyes Red
XP 18,620/23,000
Alistair Adams & Chestnut
A young paladin devoted to the Hammer of Justice who is returning to Thule after undertaking a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of the Hammer. Currently escorting Lenoria to Goodsprings, and has entered a relationship with her. Chestnut, his brave steed, pulls the wagon they are traveling on by his master's request.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: None, but Pearl has said he is destined to carry Scutum (The Shield)
OTHER INFO
Race Human
Deity Hammer of Justice (Lawful Neutral deity)
Gender M
Birthday 1st of Injigo, 1640 (1/1/1640; 19 years old)
Sign Capricorn
Height 5’7”
Weight 162 lbs
Hair Blond
Eyes Blue
XP 31,620/34,000
Captain Caesar
Captain of the Celestial Compass, a pirate crew best known for their (minor) crimes. He and his crew have answered Constable Richards's request to protect Lenoria while the police hunt down Starflower and Horseface in exchange for a clean slate.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: Pyxis (The Compass)
OTHER INFO
Race Human
Deity None
Gender M
Birthday 9th of Viridi, 1634 (12/09/1634; 24 years old)
Sign Sagittarius
Height 5’9”
Weight 175 lbs
Hair Dark Brown
Eyes Teal
XP 23,000/34,000
Melodious Aquamarine (Joanna Jones)
A magical girl who met the party while infiltrating the Order of the Blue Jay. Once parting ways to look after Clara's family, she has now returned after Constable Richards requested her help.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: Delphinus (The Dolphin)
OTHER INFO
Race Human
Deity None
Gender F
Birthday 23rd of Argenti, 1639 (6/23/1639; 19 years old)
Sign Cancer
Height 4'9”
Weight 105 lbs
Hair Blue
Eyes Blue
XP 23,000/34,000
Tizoc
A catfolk druid hailing from the Lycan Village who fought alongside the party to protect the jaguar population from the Order of the Blue Jay. Currently training former members of the Order to shape them into proper warriors, and promised to seek Lenoria once he has fulfilled that duty. A Lycan himself, he can transform into a werejaguar.
Status: Alive
Soulstone: None
OTHER INFO
Race Catfolk
Deity The Feathered Serpent (Neutral Good deity)
Gender M
Birthday 15th of Hong, 1635 (23 years old)
Sign Libra
Height 5'8"
Weight 170 lbs
XP 9,500/10,000
Spirits of the Sky
Pearl - Spirit of the Corvus Soulstone. A cold and moody individual tasked with recovering the Soulstones, and wields the power to bring misfortune to anyone who dares get in her way of her goal.
Apus - Spirit of the Apus Soulstone. Laid-back and kind, he's more interested in having fun but helps Pearl in her quest nonetheless. Wields the power of evolution, a flexible power that helps any individual bound to him to tap into their true potential.
Owen - Spirit of the Fornax Soulstone. Formerly helping the Laester tribe, this scruffy-looking child has joined Lenoria and Pearl in their quest to gather the Soulstones and helps with his pyrokinetic abilities.
Beckett - Spirit of the Pyxis Soulstone. An old pirate captain with a hunger for treasure, he helps Caesar to hunt down the Soulstones. Agreed to help the party at Pearl's request. He wields a magic lasso and the power to help Caesar escape from any bind, and his powers expand when attuned to the Argo Navis.
Mr. Horsey - Spirit of the Delphinus Soulstone. Once a nameless entity, he took the form of a seahorse and adopted the name given to him by Aquamarine. He guides Aquamarine in her role as a magical girl and, by proxy, extends his help to Lenoria as well.
Allies and Supporting Cast
Cecilia - A halfling sorceress and the chief mate and quartermaster of the Celestial Compass, placing her as Caesar's second-in-command. Doesn't like Lenoria much due to their shared interest in Alistair, but she has agreed to help out on behalf of Constable Richards. Wielder of the Argo Navis Soulstone.
Charlie - Halfling ranger and Cecilia's older brother. Works as the ship's sailing master.
Wulf - Dogfolk cleric who works as the ship's cook and surgeon.
Vanessa - Dogfolk alchemist and Wulf's fiancée. Works on the artillery as a gunner.
Temuulen - Orc barbarian who works as the boatswain for the Celestial Compass.
Constable Richards - Chief of the Helix City Police Department who has observed Lenoria since her arrival on Helix City. Gruff and impatient, he loathes deskwork and prefers to be out in the field. Currently recovering in the hospital after failing to apprehend mob boss and fugitive, Horseface.
Gror - A hobgoblin boy Lenoria saved from an awakened harpy eagle. Ever since the incident, he's gained an interest in magic.
Instructor Gardens - A wizard nearing middle age who puts the growth of his students above anything else. Did not reciprocate Clara's feelings when she confessed to him.
Mrs. Hunter - Former music teacher at the Artificers Guild. Has met Lenoria during her delinquent phase, but warmed up to her after she was saved from the giants.
Lewis and Allie - A father-daughter duo who run the Drunken Chef Inn in Hammer's Reach. Came to the defense of Lenoria's party when an angry mob went after them.
Gabrielle Bisset - Member of the Scholastic Guild and current matriarch of House Bisset. Noble yet firm, she gathered evidence against Headmaster Starflower and fired him during their fated meeting. In order to test Lenoria's skill and fortitude, she has tasked her to travel to Goodsprings with only her wits and the help of Alistair and Clara (and by extension, anyone they meet along the way).
Beau Bisset - Gabrielle's younger brother and bodyguard. His policy can be summarized as "Speak loudly and carry a big axe."
Villains
Jean Starflower - Former headmaster of the Artificers Guild. Due to his racial prejudice for reasons known only to him - or perhaps for no reason at all - he instigated some of the bullying Lenoria faced during her four-year course and did nothing to end it. Fired for his negligence and racial prejudice, and arrested for assault, he later broke out of jail thanks to Thomas and Horseface. Currently hiding out in Hammer's Reach.
Thomas Carpathia - Genius student and local pervert. He has harassed Lenoria with unwanted advances and he faced no repercussions for his actions until the female student body organized themselves to get a restraining order against him. Arrested for violating the restraining order as well as damaging the local apothecary, his actions catch up to him when he's framed during the jail break and hanged by Horseface's men before being partially devoured by some giants passing by.
Horseface - Mob boss of the Greco family who holds a good portion of Helix City under his pocket. There was a bump in his luck when he was arrested for tax evasion with no hope for bail, so he agreed to help Starflower with his jailbreak plan. Status unknown.
Order of the Blue Jay (as a whole) - A mysterious order that proclaims to fight for truth and justice. In reality, it is a demonic cult that lures hapless victims to sell their souls for whatever they desire, and shows no mercy to any and all deserters. Demons make up a portion of their number, but they usually stick to the shadows or disguise themselves to pass for the local folk.
Spark - Leader of his own gaggle of cultists from the Order of the Blue Jay. He failed to kill Aquamarine and amputate Allie, but he was somewhat successful in getting Lenoria's party kicked out of Hammer's Reach. A married man, he's having an affair with Valerie, and is currently hiding out with her and Chet somewhere in Cedar Forest.
Valerie - A member of the Blue Jay who gathered an angry mob and smashed everything in the rooms the party had stayed in.
Chet - A bard working for the Order of the Blue Jay. Had plans to retire, but they fell apart after his latest venture.
Hunter - A roguish man who was left behind by Spark's party. Killed after he made the mistake of flirting with a recently-widowed cave giant.
The Laester Tribe - A family of cave giants that terrorized our heroes in an abandoned compound and later at Hammer's Reach. The patriarch was slain after a battle with Alistair and Lenoria, the sons and daughter were hypnotized, arrested, and later killed during the jail break, and the matriarch was slain after the heroes traveled to her cave to rescue Allie.
Cassiopeia - The mysterious wielder of the Cassiopeia Soulstone with the power to use plants in disturbing ways. She planted a malevolent bud inside Alistair to keep tabs on him, and has labeled him as her plaything.
Zep - A mite who was taken in by Cassiopeia after the rest of the world had forsaken him. His orders were to capture Alistair and steal whatever Soulstones he could find, but he met his end thanks to the joint effort from Clara and Caesar.
The Story So Far
On the day of her graduation ceremony, Lenoria Tsukino meets an injured raven carrying a mysterious stone and heals his wounds. Little did she know that such an act of kindness would change her life forever! Chosen by the spirit in the stone to wield the power of Corvus, Lenoria is tasked to seek and collect other similar stones before they fall into the wrong hands.
Such a quest had to be put on hold for a time. Lenoria was sought out by a woman named Gabrielle Bisset, who later revealed she was a member of the Scholastic Guild and wanted to hire Lenoria for a personal project. In order to test Lenoria to see if she was truly up for the job, she tasked the young student to cross the Helix-Thule border on foot and then report to a village in Thule named Goodsprings. Lenoria accepts, and together with her best friend Clara and and a young paladin named Alistair, the trio embarks on their trip to the border.
On their way to the first pit stop, the village of Hammer's Reach, the party makes a detour to an abandoned compound and finds themselves trapped inside once they find out the area was surrounded by cave giants. Thanks to Lenoria, she and Alistair sought out the leader on horseback while Clara and a pirate crew - led by their captain, Caesar - dealt with their offspring. After a job well done, the two groups part ways, with Lenoria content after finding the Fornax Soulstone.
Once in Hammer's Reach, the party faced a two-pronged attack. One side was the matriarch of the giant tribe and on the other was the Order of the Blue Jay, who posed as heroes when in reality they had sinister plans for a heroine they met in the forest. The party stops the Order in time to save the heroine, who in turn helped them defeat the giant matriarch. After a job well done, the heroine - named Melodious Aquamarine - parts ways with the party to look after Clara's parents, who could become potential targets of retaliation by the Order.
Some days later, the party enters the Jaguar Lands where they met a young man named Tizoc. This nature warrior reveals he met Clara in the past, and claimed to have traveled since coming of age to look for her. Despite Clara turning down his declaration, Tizoc informed the group that poachers were in the area and quickly find out they had made a base at a nearby keep. After making a reservation at the inn of Ezmestli, the group marches towards the keep, which was actually occupied by a group from the Order of the Blue Jay led by a babau demon. Once these forces of evil are defeated, Tizoc elects to train the survivors (who had been coerced into joining the Order before switching sides) and promises to train them into proper defenders of Ezmestli. This way, Lenoria and co. can continue their journey in peace, but Lenoria promises to ask Gabrielle Bisset for any information regarding the Order of the Blue Jay.
With the trip to Thule nearing its end, the party falls victim to a strange fog that causes anyone who breathes it to fall asleep. Clara, thanks to her physiology, is immune to the fog, and seeks out the culprit responsible behind its creation. She quickly locates him in a deeper section of the mountains and challenges him to a duel. When things didn't look good for Clara, she nearly freed herself from her adversary's vines when Caesar returns with cannon fire. The two challenge the master of the fog, and together they emerge victorious, winning the Cepheus Soulstone for their trouble.
Caesar reveals to Lenoria and co. that he and his crew, along with Aquamarine, had been hired by Constable Richards himself to look after Lenoria. When asked why, he reveals something horrifying.
Starflower, former headmaster of the Artificers Guild, had escaped from jail. From his side, Starflower plots his revenge as he rests in Hammer's Reach. However, a newspaper article brought him up to speed on the tragic explosion that occurred not long after he was arrested...