Re: Rumors & Events of Baldur's Gate
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:53 pm
The event known as the Harbour Festival was said to be many things; all that could be agreed upon was that it was a strange affair. Only near a tenday later could a solid story be collated from the widely varying rumours of the Umberleant charity drive, though even this remains contentious and hotly debated.
On the twenty-second day of Chess, 1356 DR, Wavemistress Whitecap held a congregation in the dock district in front of the House of the B- Sea Queen. Orphans of war, refugee children and street kids of the Gate were called to the gathering, seated and fed as much fish stew as they wished. The Priestess Whitecap, a hooded, burly figure of uncannily inhuman proportion with the accent of a Waterdhavian pauper, delivered an Umberleant sermon to the gathered crowd of kids, Dock-dwellers, citizens and adventurers alike. She bore a warning of impending destruction, from both forces of nature and mortal conflict following the turmoil of the Devil War as the Queen's own mists rose from the sea to shroud her; some rumours claim she spoke also of regrowth, of rebuilding, and of mortal kindness, though some also claim this to be a cynical gambit to win the affection of the Docks and the destitute young. While a partnered fundraising party was held on the Siren Song - a well-appointed entertainment barge on the harbour - few were lured away from the strange ceremony and the ensuing shower of donations to the orphans' fund handled by the Church of Umberlee.
Only a few things are undisputed: That stew was given to the young poor, all fed to bursting; that a Wavemistress pledged to aid the orphans, whose honesty remains to be seen; and that ominous sermons of Umberlee were given to raucous cheers from the destitute children of Baldur's Gate, a strange new addition to the Sea Queen's faithful.
On the twenty-second day of Chess, 1356 DR, Wavemistress Whitecap held a congregation in the dock district in front of the House of the B- Sea Queen. Orphans of war, refugee children and street kids of the Gate were called to the gathering, seated and fed as much fish stew as they wished. The Priestess Whitecap, a hooded, burly figure of uncannily inhuman proportion with the accent of a Waterdhavian pauper, delivered an Umberleant sermon to the gathered crowd of kids, Dock-dwellers, citizens and adventurers alike. She bore a warning of impending destruction, from both forces of nature and mortal conflict following the turmoil of the Devil War as the Queen's own mists rose from the sea to shroud her; some rumours claim she spoke also of regrowth, of rebuilding, and of mortal kindness, though some also claim this to be a cynical gambit to win the affection of the Docks and the destitute young. While a partnered fundraising party was held on the Siren Song - a well-appointed entertainment barge on the harbour - few were lured away from the strange ceremony and the ensuing shower of donations to the orphans' fund handled by the Church of Umberlee.
Only a few things are undisputed: That stew was given to the young poor, all fed to bursting; that a Wavemistress pledged to aid the orphans, whose honesty remains to be seen; and that ominous sermons of Umberlee were given to raucous cheers from the destitute children of Baldur's Gate, a strange new addition to the Sea Queen's faithful.
