THE MOODY BADGER TAVERN - Gathering of the Council of Prodigals

🜃 THE MOODY BADGER TAVERNGathering of the Council of ProdigalsMarch 27th, 1552 — Evening Council Session“Where rumor walks, truth limps behind. Let us see which beast arrives first.”

❖ RUMORS UNDER SCRUTINY: The Last Five Months Across Avalon and the World

Each tale below is to be examined, questioned, and perhaps—confirmed. Or denied. Speak well, Prodigals, for some stories still walk.

1. The Galway Inferno

Word is that two French vessels, alight with cursed fire, struck the Galway docks and burst into unnatural flame—green and blue like the hell of Fae dreams. A Mage of Irish blood called rain from the sky itself to drown the blaze, and that storm carried eastward across the whole of Avalon.Who Saw It: Fishermen from Doolin, a Ratkin smuggler from the hold, and a Seelie piper whose flute cracked in the wind.Rumored Involvement: Sabbat sabotage? Fomori trickery? Or was it the Sidhe cleansing the coast?

2. Death of the Wolf-King of France

Silver Fang Henry II, King of France, torn to shreds by a bear-shaped demon while hunting with his pack. Some say the beast was a conjured weapon sent by Catherine de’ Medici, who now rules with a forked tongue.Who Survived: A cub from his pack, now howling mad in Lyon.Whispers Say: Wyrmspawn, or something fouler? Or was it vengeance from the Deep Umbra?

3. Venetian Bridge Bargain

On the Bridge of Sighs, a living Sancha Alfonso of León was exchanged for the staked and bound body of Luca Giovanni. Yet no Necromancer has been able to find his soul. Some say it was unmade. Others say it walks… elsewhere.Who Was There: The Nuwisha messenger who bore the offer still bears the copper scars.Spoken By: A Toreador harpist who played during the exchange, eyes blind to the world yet weeping blood.

4. Battle off Beirut

The Gilded Asp, a golden ship of Avalon, clashed with Sabbat corsairs under Ottoman flags. Half the crew lies in watery graves, but they say relics stolen from Imhotep's tomb are now sealed beneath the Tower of London.Recovered Artifacts: A golden sun disk that whispers in dreams.Truth or Taint: A war for relics or a cover for forbidden rites?

5. Awakening of the Vigil Gargoyles

Four Gargoyles, crafted by the Tremere but free of their yoke, emerged from the east and accepted protection from Prince Lysander of Manchester. They now walk as Kindred… not property.Seen In Manchester: Stonelike beings taking wine with Toreador courtiers.Questions Raised: Do they dream? Do they forgive? Do they plot?

6. Aberdeen’s Twin Fires

Cathedral and distillery both ignited in one breath. Chanting in Pictish, blood symbols in the ashes, and a crater that never stops smoking. Dreams near the site now shriek in Latin.Who Fled: Black Spiral Dancers—or those trying to stop them?The Ratkin Note: "Something lives under St. Machar's now. It breathes in reverse."

7. The Eger Stand

As Ottoman forces laid siege to Eger, a Russian Garou pack of Shadow Lords tore through the ranks of Kindred and summoned horrors. They say the spirits of the dead clung to them like cloaks.Aftermath: A Sabbat priest’s bones still whisper to the wind there.Echoed in the Umbra: The battlefield bleeds echoes even now.

8. Fall of Baie des Corbeaux Prison

A hidden prison off the Normandy coast, run by corrupted mortal zealots and kept by Mage enchantments, was broken open by Avalon agents. Dozens of Prodigals freed. The Warden escaped with a chain of stolen souls into the Shadowlands.Arcane Defenses: Two Mage weapons made of sunstone and voidglass.Who Escaped: A Sidereal Mage, two Bastet cubs, and something… cloaked in bells.

9. Vanishing of Momma Giovanni

The crone Necromancer disappeared after her wand—the Skull Pearl of Servitude—was seized. Some say she fled to Egypt. Others say her voice has been heard whispering in every cemetery from Palermo to Prague.Bound Magic: The wand still pulses, even locked in the Black Vault.Ominous Warning: "The Pearl feeds even in silence."

10. The Reignition of Edinburgh’s Freehold

Beneath the old stones of Edinburgh, Seelie nobles lit a new Baelfire. A trod reawakened. But something watches the light—something with teeth in dreams and hooves in mist.Last Witness: A satyr cartographer who vanished mid-map.Changeling Concerns: The Glade is not alone.

11. The Duel of Fez

A man made of gold silk and shadow challenged the Sultan of Morocco to single combat. He bled shadow and vanished in smoke. Some claim he sought an artifact hidden beneath Fez's oldest mosque.Surviving Witness: A blind water seller who swears by his jackal.Speculation: Was he Setite… or something worse?

12. Wedding Fire of Oda Nobunaga

In Owari, Nobunaga’s marriage summoned rings of foxfire across the sky. Monks claimed it was kitsune magic. A fae-summoned trod is said to now tie his court to Avalon.Who Felt It: A Korred in York who woke screaming with petals in his mouth.Implications: The East watches Avalon now. The Dreaming stirs beyond seas.

13. The Vanishing of Santa Elvira

A Spanish galleon disappeared off the Azores. A survivor washed ashore covered in burnt glyphs, speaking in Nahuatl and dead tongues. He screamed of “the sea beneath the sea.”Currently Held: In the dungeons below Santander Cathedral.Theories: Deep Umbral incursion… or Atlantean curse?

14. The Necropolis Accord of Constantinople

Beneath the Hagia Sophia, Eastern Kindred and necromancers met. Cappadocians, Baali, Lasombra heretics. The Sultan blessed the meeting. The undead are trading secrets again.Known Fact: The London Chantry felt a tremor of soul-binding rituals that night.Feared Consequence: The Lich beneath the city may have been stirred.

15. The Glyphquake of Kraków

A mine collapse unearthed a rune-chamber that sang in forgotten tongues. Kraków’s alchemists flocked to it. Now their dreams are plagued by faceless angels.Last Message from Inside: "Do not unseal the 7th line."Scholars Divided: Celestine Choir remnant, or Umbra echo?

16. The Night of the Seven Comets

Seven comets passed over Bohemia and fell into the Black Forest. One struck like a spear. Since then, the Gauntlet in the region has thinned, and time itself stutters.Aftershock Reports: A mage walked backwards for four days.Order of Gabriel: Already dispatched a retrieval team.

🜃 All Prodigals summoned by the Pact of Standing Flame are expected to speak before the mantle tonight. One tale each. Truth must be clawed from the mire. Lies must be buried or burned.

— By order of Badger and the House of the Burning Hearth