Session 3

Scene 1 - Castle Amber

Tired from his walk of the pattern, Locke finds a couch in a quiet corner of Castle Amber and takes a nap. He is awoken shortly by a page who shows Locke to his quarters on the royal level. Locke notes the symbols on several of the doors. The page tells him which person the symbols represent. Locke settles into his room and takes note of potential escape routes. The page returns with food. Locke requests to have some clothes tailored.
That night Locke finds himself in a very lucid dream. The scene is a night time graveyard. Many of the gravestones have unicorns on them. Common names include Bayle and Barimem. Locke enters a mausoleum decorated with the sign of the unicorn and crown. He decends a stairway to a crypt with alcoves, each containing three plaques. Locke recognizes many of the names of the royal family of Amber. Some of the alcoves contain flowers before the plaques, others do not. In particular there are many flowers before Random's, and a single black rose before Vialle's. Then Locke finds himself in front of a plaque with his own name on it.
Locke wakes up and takes a bath as his new clothes are brought up to him.

Scene 2 - Castle Amber

Fiona teaches Connie to draw Trumps. Connie draws his home and Trumps back.
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Scene 3 - Cornell

Connie has a brief talk with a professor before meeting Luke at a coffee shop. They have a discussion about father/son things. Luke explains a few things about using the power of the Pattern to effect occurances.
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Scene 4 - Avalon

Jessica and Benedict spar for a while followed by a lesson on Trumps cards and family relationships.
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Scene 5 - Sussex

Simon details a battle strategy and puts it into action against the invading forces of Chaos. Aurthur, Bleys, and Simon fight back a wave of gargoyle demons on the north wall. Bleys displays an outstanding combination of swordsmanship and magical blasts of lightning. Below them Sussex's forces, in combination with Aurthur's cavalry, have executed Simon's paln and have the Chaos troops backed to the wall. While the Chaos troops are attacked from 3 sides and above Aurthur, Bleys, and Simon float in to engage an unknown Logrus sorceror. Aurthur is shot down, but survives thanks to Bleys' magical defense. In the mean time Simon and Bleys surround the sorceror. Seeing his troops in defeated he chooses to Trump out.
Simon casts healing magics on Aurthur while Bleys begins magically surveying the battlefield for mystical traces. Simon uses Korvan's skull to cast a spell which allow him to look into the past. He sees Korvan as he planned his attack. He senses a disturbing insanity and sees Korvan chopping madly at a large disgusting tree with an axe.
Afterwards he recieves a Trump call from Benedict and Trumps to Avalon from combat training.

Scene 6 - Castle Amber

Locke joins Random and Vialle at 'The King's Breakfast'. There he meets Martin, Random's son from a previous marriage. Martin is a tatoed, pierced, datajack implanted cyberpunk. He and Locke discuss a few high-tech issues. Martin leaves without eating. Soon Random departs too, and not long before Lords Feldane, Bead, and Bayle descend upon the table to talk about taxes and terifs. Locke listens to the men present their cases in brief and is invited to their various estates. Locke excuses himself and walks out to find Random and Gilva arguing. Gilva is claiming that Amber has breached their treaty with Chaos by allowing 4 new initiates to walk the Pattern. Random and Locke deny that it is any form of build-up. Gilva storms off claiming that this action strongly strains the treaty. Random also leaves before Locke can strike up conversation with him. Locke then searches for the captain of the guard, but is first contacted by Benedict, who Trumps Locke to Avalon.

Scene 7 - Cornell

Connie meets Rebecca, all dressed in armor, and they are both Trumped to Avalon by Benedict.
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Scene 8 - Avalon

Benedict introduces Martin, Rebecca, Locke, Connie, Simon, and Jessica. He instructs them in the utility and combat use of a staff. After a few drills he pairs combatants off for some light sparring.
The first contest pits Locke against Martin. Martin proves to be quite good with a staff, but is clearly outmatched by Locke's skill and power.
The second contest puts Jessica against Rebecca. Rebecca tenaciously attacks, but Jessica handles the attacks and defeats her easily.
The third contest between Simon and Connie breaks down. Staff technique is thrown to the wind as Connie charges Simon twice in attempts to brawl with him. Simon wins the contest, but seems lucky to have done so.
Fiona arrives and brings Jessica, Connie, Locke, and Simon to Amber for lessons in Trump.

Scene 9 - Amber

Fiona presents standard court decks of Trump Cards to Simon and Locke (Connie and Jessica already have decks). She explains who the people on the cards are and how to use the cards. Fiona draws a Trump scetch of Simon for Locke.

Scene 10 - Castle Amber

Connie and Simon Trump to Castle Amber and are later joined by Locke. They gather together special ink and board for Connie to practice drawing Trumps. They gather in the Library. Locke and Simon plan to do research while Connie draws, but Simon receives an urgent Trump call from Bleys and all three of them are Trumped to Bleys.

Scene 11 - Dankara Relay Station

Jessica shoadow shift to Dankara Relay Station to meet her mother Rianna. Boards the ship Erstwhile docked at the station. Later trumps to Simon. MORE

Scene 12 - Chaos Tree

Connie, Locke, simon, and Bleys are joined by Jessica at a huge tree. The tree is twisted and diseased. Bleys says "This looks like trouble."

End Session 3