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[ 11366 - '369]

The Gusseaux Campaign

[ 1997 - '98 ]

 

Background

Growing up in the Terapin slums, little Christopher Knight saw a lot of things no little boy should see and he never had much reason to dream big, but he did.  One day, when he made the aquaintance of a strange lad by the name of Quentin Macleod "of the Clan Macleod" and a Helfindian warrior named Standing Bear, his life kicked into high gear. 

When word began to circulate that ships were being lost at sea just north of Terapin, Christopher Knight, Quentin MacLeod & Standing Bear decided they would investigate, starting with the lighthouse at Seers Point. What they discovered there was a half-orc slime mage who had killed the light keeper & his family. He had taken over the lighthouse & was allowing ships to run aground so that his minions could salvage their treasures. The boys from Terapin killed the half-orc and restored the lighthouse to the control of the people of Gusseaux.

The 3 worked together for a couple of years, but not just at adventuring.  Together, they built a successful thieves' guild known as the Scorpion Guild(?)  Word on the street says they were responsible for stealing the "X-Files" from the city vaults.  These files contained the names & other information regarding all the "X-factor" mutants known to the Count Du Gusseaux. 

When the guild's operations were threatened by a team of ninja-like mutant turtles who lived in the sewers of Terapin, they took the strange creatures on in a straight-out fight.  One of the hard-shelled mutants left quite an impression on the wall of the warehouse where the battle took place - or should I say, THROUGH the wall. 

Eventually, they would bring a third person - a Fire Mage named Cinder - into their enterprises in the Terapin underground.  This lead to adventures further & further from Terapin, and they eventually journeyed as far south as the Kelmit Swamps, where they explored the Forgotten City.  A woman they rescued from imprisonment there would also join their guild as "Scarlett." 

Then, they began to search for a place to esablish a home base outside the city of Terapin.  Once they had done this, they began organizing a new kind of "problem solving" team, and the Omega Shadow Force was born.  Later, Cinder's sister, Aarika, would join the team as well.

With a larger team now in place, the Omega Shadow Force took on the Temple of Fourgét and retrieved the "Hand of Nuada."  They were hired by a mysterious man who would not reveal who he represented or who had finaced the expedition.

Soon, the Omega Shadow Force contacted the RoachKings through Dragon Slayer's father, the pirate "Silver-Tongued Jack," who knew By-Tor's father, Redbeard. They hired By-Tor to develop a new kind of knife, one that had side blades that would pop out at the push of a release button. The RK mechanician gladly did so, and a good relationship was formed between the 2 organizations. However, shortly thereafter, the RoachKings sailed beyond the Point of No Return, and did not return . . .