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 These are the stories and tales created by the most diverse and eclectic cast of characters ever assembled.  Below are some of their best.
-[[The Bishopshill Campaign|'''The Beast of Bishopshill''' (2011)]]<br>
+[[The Bishopshill Campaign|'''The Beast of Bishopshill''' (2021)]]<br>
 [[Radu's Return|'''Radu's Return''' (2020-2021)]]<br>
 [[The Ranger's Gate|'''The Ranger's Gate''' (2019-2020)]]<br>

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 These are the stories and tales created by the most diverse and eclectic cast of characters ever assembled.  Below are some of their best.
-[[The Beast of Bishopshill|'''The Beast of Bishopshill''' (2011)]]<br>
+[[The Bishopshill Campaign|'''The Beast of Bishopshill''' (2011)]]<br>
 [[Radu's Return|'''Radu's Return''' (2020-2021)]]<br>
 [[The Ranger's Gate|'''The Ranger's Gate''' (2019-2020)]]<br>

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-== The Beast of Bishopshill ==
+== The Lich of Walworth Castle ==
 == Past Adventures of the Irregulars ==
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 These are the stories and tales created by the most diverse and eclectic cast of characters ever assembled.  Below are some of their best.
 [[Radu's Return|'''Radu's Return''' (2020-2021)]]<br>
 [[The Ranger's Gate|'''The Ranger's Gate''' (2019-2020)]]<br>

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	Efficient use of space includes a number small fruit trees which provide the town with delicious apples, peaches, and cherries - some of which is made into spirits, but much of the fruit provides a variety to the staple diet of beef and dairy.		Efficient use of space includes a number small fruit trees which provide the town with delicious apples, peaches, and cherries - some of which is made into spirits, but much of the fruit provides a variety to the staple diet of beef and dairy.
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		+	'''The A-Team'''
		+	<ul>
		+	<li>Quinn Rabbitfoot, Hobbit Cleric
		+	<li>Wrane Nightborne, Half-Elf Rogue
		+	<li>Barov Goodhearth, Dwarf Druid
		+	<li>Adalgott Quiteria, Gnome Wizard
		+	<li>Jules Leo, Elf Monk
		+	<li>Kol Ann, Human Barbarian
		+	</ul>

	== Past Adventures of the Irregulars ==		== Past Adventures of the Irregulars ==

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-== Radu's Return ==
+== The Beast of Bishopshill ==
-[[File:radu.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Radu]]
+[[File:Broken Crown Pub.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Broken Crown Pub c.652 TA]]
-It is October 15, 903 TA.  The soothsayers are telling of a harsh winter, and the cold leaden skies of late October bear witness to that possibility.  You haven't seen the sun in weeks, and the city seems lifeless - colors muted and even sounds of the day are muffled.
+It is 652 TA.  Even the spring rains which have come early to this part of the Reaches cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the townsfolk of Bishopshill.  Times are lucrative for the rebels of the [[Bandit Kingdoms]], and the town has rallied around the fight for continued independence from the Crown.  The raids from [[Walworth]], the newest barony established some 100 miles to the southwest, have intensified - mostly because of pressure from [[Paladin Kings of Teufeldorf|Tobias Doyle]], the Third Paladin King.  Bishopshill has withstood the knights, paladins and archers of Baron James Walworth just as it has weathered attacks from the dark creatures that have come over the years from the Shadowyarn Mountains to the east.
-The citizens of Teufeldorf are in a similar foul disposition.  The kingdom is again at war, and the Second War of the Reaches is going poorly.  Teufeldorf was sacked in June 899 TA by the Tang and the Orc Nation.  Even though the Crown was able to retake the city by the end of the Summer, the damage was extensive.  So too was the damage to the Crown's reputation.  Even now, the "Three Kings" are out on a mission.  Hiding, some say.  More likely lining their coffers with other people's gold - wartime taxes.  Bah.
+From inside the ramshackle pub, you hear a muffled voice - very drunk - "Curse the Mask and all his fuckin' knights".  The Mask, a nickname for King Doyle, is so given because of his penchant for disguise and first-hand intelligence gathering.  A roar goes up from the patrons of the Broken Crown.  You smile, smelling the pungent smoke of the peat fire.  You button up after relieving yourself of a slightly watered ale and are just about to return to the pub for another round when you see the bright tail of a meteorite as it drops through the low-lying clouds, striking somewhere deep in the looming mountains, no doubt.
-You are kids, and you are bored.
+As you pick your way through the crowded pub back to your usual table, the talk is still about the old dwarven prospector who came through town just a week ago.  Not a Steelhand or Blackrock dwarf like most in the area.  Called himself Krib and claimed no clan.  He carried a satchel of great weight filled with an object the size of the largest summer melon.  He never let the leather bag out of his sight, but Krib did giggle about "becoming a lord" once he took his prize to Teufeldorf.  Whispers and rumors run the gauntlet from the largest sapphire ever found to a dragon's egg.  Nobody knows.  Krib left as suddenly as he arrived two nights ago.
-Tonight is the Third Harvest holiday and bonfires are being lit across the city.  You have gathered at the Wickham Estate to "play games" with your friends - just waiting for Baron Wickham to go to bed - which is usually about 10pm.
+As you round the corner, almost bumping into Ella Nightingale, preparing to sing a lonely ballad of forest life, you notice that the Heroes' Table is empty.  A twang of unrequited love for Nightingale and a touch of jealousy for the Heroes - probably off on some great adventure.  The Heroes Table, raised a foot from the common pub floor, is the ultimate pedestal of Bishopshill rebels.  Long held by others, you gaze at its ancient polished surface, five silver mugs sit awaiting the return of the Heroes.
-Your real goal for tonight is the Redcap Freehouse in New Town.  According to the local gossip at the Wickham House School, the pub is having a contest of wits called the Redcap Two Step.  The prize is a free evening smoking moondragon root, eating legs of roasted mutton, and drinking all the wine you can stomach.  And, they say winners get free run of the upstairs lodgings of the freehouse.  It might not be true, but you have to check it out - just in case.
+As you turn towards your own, humble table, the voices of your friends come into focus. "They're missing.  Gone.  As I've heard tell, the Heroes are lost in the mountains seeking the source of Krib's treasure."  You smile, an adventure might just be afoot.
-You hear the clock at the end of the hall strike ten chimes.  Surely, Baron Wickham is asleep.  Time for action!
+'''Environs'''
-'''Adventurers'''
+Bishopshill is a butte several hundred feet in height.  It rises from the plains in dramatic fashion, creating a defensible location with 360 degree views of the surrounding area.  The area around Bishopshill is good grassland, although too rocky for large-scale farming or agriculture.  The land is mostly used for grazing cattle.
-[[Eretria]] - Elf Rogue (Kate)<br>
+To the east lie the wild and dark woods of the Dullstrand with the Shadowyarn Mountains peaking through the canopy of trees.  To the south, the forest gives way to the Direhaunt Swamp, a morass formed by the streams that run out of the mountains.  To the  north and west lie the plains of the middle Reaches.  To the southwest, some sixty miles distant, is the newly-built Walworth Castle, a stronghold of Crown ambition to tame the Bandit Kingdoms - to date, ineffective at curtailing the activities of the brigands.  To the north lies the Lesser Farthing Road, ripe with rich merchant caravans travelling between the Western and Eastern Reaches.
-[[Gildor Sundarion]] - Elf Wizard (Neil)<br>
-[[Hrasnkel]] - Gnome Barbarian (Rowan)<br>
+The butte, called the Knoll, has been shaped by human habitation over the Ages.  Most notably the town of Bishopshill has been built atop the hexagonal butte in an area approximately 16 acres in size.  The town of Bishopshill is entirely contained in that area.  Encircling the edge of the town, a wooden palisade has been constructed - not for defense against knights, as it would be impossible for an army to scale the sides of the butte. Rather, the palisade provides an easy way to move troops and the three large wooden catapults along its walls.  The catapults can be quickly positioned to repel foes coming from any direction.
-[[Llwelyn Wyckham]] - Elf Warlock (Tim)<br>
-[[Masilda]] - Elf Cleric (Kimberly)<br>
+At the center of the town, another natural shaft of hexagonal stone extends forty feet in height.  Eighty feet in diameter, a small stone chapel has stood balanced on this feature, called the Spire, since the Second Age.  The chapel is not used for worship but can be reached by a rope ladder that allows uneasy access.
-[[Salamander]] - Human Monk (Jeff)<br>
-[[Sven]] - Dragonborn Figher (Alan)
+The base of butte is very rough land, filled with scree, rubble and trash thrown down from the town above.  Access to the town is via a large wooden elevated platform that is built on the southwest side of the Knoll.  It can carry a large wagon and is raised and lowered by a team of horses that pull large ropes through a network of pulleys.  In time of war, the platform is locked in place at the top of the butte.
 == Past Adventures of the Irregulars ==
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 These are the stories and tales created by the most diverse and eclectic cast of characters ever assembled.  Below are some of their best.
 [[The Ranger's Gate|'''The Ranger's Gate''' (2019-2020)]]<br>
 [[The Siren's Song|'''The Siren's Song''' (2018-2019)]]<br>

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 '''Adventurers'''
-Hrasnkel - Gnome Barbarian (Rowan)<br>
+[[Hrasnkel]] - Gnome Barbarian (Rowan)<br>
-Gildor Sundarion - Elf Wizard (Neil)<br>
+[[Gildor Sundarion]] - Elf Wizard (Neil)<br>
-Sven - Dragonborn Figher (Alan)<br>
+[[Sven]] - Dragonborn Figher (Alan)<br>
-Llewellyn Wickham - Elf Warlock (Tim)<br>
+[[Llewellyn Wyckham]] - Elf Warlock (Tim)<br>
-Masilda - Elf Cleric (Kimberly)<br>
+[[Masilda]] - Elf Cleric (Kimberly)<br>
-Salamander - Human Monk (Jeff)<br>
+[[Salamander]] - Human Monk (Jeff)<br>
-Eretria - Elf Rogue (Kate)
+[[Eretria]] - Elf Rogue (Kate)
 == The Ranger's Gate ==