Special Encounters: Some more Examples

Example 4.  Brother Steph le Joignur

A crop-haired, manly woman, pious Templar. She has taken on the identity or her brother and wishes to fight in the Holy Wars. So far a dozen of her brother Templars know her secret but won’t speak of it. So far the Grand Master has kept her in the city as an accountant.

• A fight in the street. Steph' le Joignur is nearly beaten to death. She was defending prostitutes from some thugs. She was not wearing any armor or weapons so it was pretty stupid to get involved but she did. (a) The ladies fled without helping, although one did manage to catch a glimpse of Steph’s bloody breast and knows her secret. Steph’ may need to silence the lady somehow but isn’t sure how.
• Prowling about, Steph’ le Joignur smells a Chaos coven and spends her days prowling around sniffing for it (literally) and harassing anyone having fun. A lot of citizens are trying to help her by reporting every odd thing they see.
• Fight! Steph’ le Joignur attacks the crew of a ship believing them to be Chaos Cultists. The Crew has a load of wine and local wine merchants lied to get Steph' le Joignur to attack them and remove competition The crew are actually Chaos Cultists in port looking to free a captive fellow.. 
• Fight! Steph’ le Joignur, raging drunk, beats up a dozen or so in a pub. She is shipping out to the Holy War soon, finally cleared by the Grandmaster, and is finally realizing what she’s signed up for and is terrified. Thugs she defeated previously caught her while she was drunk and attacked her. She kicked the snot out of them despite the booze.

Example 5. Cormac CamColum

A red-haired, slim & short, reckless thief with a flowery vocabulary and inflated sense of his own abilities (drinking, with the ladies, and burglary).

• Cormac CamColum is hiding behind some casks. He is following the cargo master of a ship as the man walks about town. Comarc is trying to determine the cargo of the ship on his gangs behalf. Ship is actually empty waiting passengers on a pilgrimage.
• Guards have made an arrest. Cormac CamColum has been captured trying to steel a sword from the Templar vaults. The sword belongs to Gerard Fitz Simons a lord who left his valuables with the Templars when he went to the Holy Wars. Cormac claims the sword was stolen from his own lord but the Templars don't believe him.
• The Thieves Guild is hiring muscle. They believe Cormac CamColum intends to rob the them of an expensive gem in revenge for their setting him up regarding Gerard Fitz Simons sword. The Guild doesn’t know but he stole the item a week previously and left his calling card (a large M carved in the wall) behind a picture in the chapter room. When discovered nobody will know how he did it.  Several thieves in the guild assisted him in an effort to undercut the Guild leadership.
• A group of mummers walk around on stilts entertaining a crowd. Cormac CamColum is in the crowd picking pockets among the audience. He could use help with a fake fight distraction.

Example 6. Thomas de Oxonia

A straw-haired, wiry & tall, loyal, Merchant and worshiper of the cult of Law who returned from the Holy War with some serious issues. He is devout and prays often but it has not helped him with his demons so now he has turned to drinking and fighting.

• Thomas de Oxonia is looking for his tools which have been misplaced or stolen. He'll do a favor or pay well to have them recovered/replaced.
• Thomas de Oxonia contacts the characters. His Guild's heraldic symbol has been stolen and he suspects three different guilds of organizing the theft.
• Thomas de Oxonia contacts the characters. He would like to have something stolen from a rival guild. What he wants is a Painting of Guild fathers. He says he will give it back in time and don't want anyone killed in the process of the theft.
• Thomas de Oxonia tries to hire the characters as security for a wedding. The Merchant's guild was unable to make payments to the Thieves guild because some ships were late and now the they believe the Thieves Guild will disrupt the wedding. Just the presence of some toughs should discourage them.