Count Harlow Conversation Notes

Submitted to the library from Lady Yagia Harlow

Submitted to the library by Lady Yagia Harlow

Speaking to Count Harlow after the Rescue of the Princess (Saturday Late Night)

Harlow business

• There will be an investigation of some ruins beneath House Harlow

• These are older than Argost and Harlow in origin

• Likely next gather

Rituals - Our Cup Runneth Dry

• We have noticed that rituals appear to be less powerful or straight up not work this day

• Count Harlow believes that this is because, with all the magic that has been performed in the area (including by him) in order to find and rescue the princess, we have depleted the magic in the area

• We must wait for it to trickle back in

Concerns about Scrying

• We asked about setting up an area of the tavern to be safe from scrying

• Count Harlow said scrying skills are extremely rare - only witches

• He does not believe the Red dragon has this ability

Knights of Chaos

• Disbanded by the king ~175 years ago

• Disbanded in response to a prophecy

• There are allegations that the prophecy was maliciously interpreted in order to incite this disbandment, however Count Harlow does not believe these allegations

• There are questions about whether knights were stripped of their titles or were simply not allowed to create any new knights of chaos, and I didn’t catch the answer to this - someone else might know

• The crown child of the king performs the knighting ceremony for Knights of Argost, so it is very strange that the Oasis Knights seem to believe/be able to perform knighting ceremonies themselves - additional Oasis Knight info (not necessarily from CH):

  • Arrived in Verlorn ~300 years ago

  • This is within the time frame that the gate was last open

  • They were contacted by the Defense Network (I don’t know what this is)

  • Are they really knights?

  • The Slither said that someone tried to bring a strange Deva from the desert into their territory (and stop it) and our druids believe that it was these Knights of Chaos who did that

Prince Cassius Keswick

• Was stripped of his title after he went through the gate, however he clearly was able to invoke sovereignty over Argost knights - not sure if this is due to him being too powerful to be stripped or if he must be there in person to be stripped

• The prince believes he is divine and believes that the support of the High Inquisitor is proof of this

• This might be worth discussing with the High Priestess of Dariya

Smythes

• Knowledge of them is guarded, though the Lt. Col. knows about them and we can discuss with him freely

• The royal line “keeps them in check”

• Smyths were recruited to Argost within a few years of the founding

• Believes that the Smyths wanted to act to rescue the princess but could not; he is not sure why they could not

Red Dragon

• Count Harlow has set up wards against spells and illusions around the castle and for the guards, so royal family should be safe at home

• Something something festival, trade deals, might be a good time to catch Red