Rumours & Information Log

People
The Styrian leader of the Black Skulls, operates the business-end from Vanguard Bastion. Used to be a Hunter.

The herdsman raises dinosaurs from eggs and pays 10gp per Lorry egg, 25 per Anzu. He hears an inaudible song in the jungle.

Proprietor of Raven's Adequate Supply in Vanguard Bastion. Discount for Black Skulls.

Saffron

Samir

Young Hunters of Gurkish ancestry. These siblings work for the Black Skulls. Saffron has some kind of magic sword she doesn't like to flash around much. Samir is now dead.






Foreman of the Black Skull operation in Khazuul. A great, big Northerner.







A member of the Black Skulls who is often the butt of Tunny's jokes.

Factions

The Black Skulls are one of the two largest gangs of hunters, lead by Dario Gallo and Tunny. They have a base in Hex 3 and wear masks make from the skulls of animals. The gang specializes in harvesting plants used to make narcotics.

The Black Skulls pay bounties of the following:

◈ Each head of a Beastman or Dreadwing: 5 gold
◈ Each Black Lotus plant: 35 gold
◈ A relic of The Old Empire: 100 gold
◈ The skull of Grimjaws: 100 gold

The Dreadwings are the other large Hunter gang. They have a base in Hex 2 and wear feathered regalia.

The Expeditionary House seems to control the flow of money, but nobody truly knows who they are.

The Ruin Sages are an enigmatic group, rumoured to be sorcerers.

Locations



VANGUARD BASTION

- Emir of the Crimson Cup tea house will give you 4 healing elixirs in exchange for one Starlight Blossom.
- Raven of Raven's Adequate Supply runs a general store and offers a discount to Black Skulls on her used equipment.
- There is rumoured to be a secret distillery run by Union deserters in a green tent with a dragon flag. The password is to enter is "Sailors on the Starless Sea."

KHAZUUL

HEX 2
- Dreadwing camp
- Saffron hid a book she stole from a dying man here, in "the shambles of a lightning-struck tree."

HEX 3
- The Cut includes a guarded dinosaur ranch and access to The Winches, which take you to/from Vanguard Bastion.
- Black Skull camp

[ +- ] Dario's Map of Hex 3

HEX 6
- Abandoned Black Skull output.

HEX 9
- Location marked on Freki's treasure map


Vegetation Tracker
Hex 3: Black Lotus 2/6