{"id":758,"date":"2019-04-18T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2019-04-24T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T23:04:49","slug":"the-tualingsaga-castle-valborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"The Tualingsaga: Castle Valborg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cc_shutterstock_457409287_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cc_shutterstock_457409287_16x9.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cc_shutterstock_457409287_16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cc_shutterstock_457409287_16x9-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello friends! It\u2019s been a few months since we touched on the Ageirings and the Tualings, the warring Bjorning and Gr\u00e6ling clans that occupy the uplands of Sudstrond near the Gull Pass in the Middarmark. If you play <em>In the Shadow of the Horns<\/em>, the adventure included in the <em>Middarmark Gazetteer<\/em>, Jarl Stigand of Castle Valborg will have a vested interest in control of the hidden Gr\u00e6ling armory that is Svana Goldnose\u2019s ultimate objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To catch you up on previous entries in this series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=586\">Of Family and Spirits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=630\">Of Family and Spirits (Part II)<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Castle Valborg<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This wooden motte-and-bailey keep and village controls the western end of the Gull Pass through the Trollfjells, connecting Jeilirdal with Sudstrond. Stigand, last scion of the Ageiring jarls of Sudstrond, has established his court here\u2014a handful of aging but loyal huskarls and their families. The folk of Stigand\u2019s court are Bjornings, while most of those who work the land are Gr\u00e6lings. The uplands of Sudstrond are festooned with ancient ruins from the days of the Gr\u00e6ling-Sakki wars, abandoned steadings and the lairs of many monsters from the Trollfjells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Town Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skills: <\/strong>Armorer, Carpenter, Weaver<br><strong>Traits: <\/strong>Loyal, Proud<br><strong>Alignment:<\/strong> Law<br><strong>Haggling: <\/strong>Ob 3<br><strong>Telling Tales: <\/strong>Ob 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Available Locations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Forge, Home (equivalent to Flophouse), Keep (equivalent to Inn), Market (This market is held once a month. Roll 2d6 when entering town; market is available on roll of 9-12.), Shrine, Stables, Street, Tavern, Workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staying at a home or the keep requires family connections or the Rites of Hospitality. The forge and workshop provide the Use Facilities function of a guild hall, but only for certain skills. Forge: Armorer. Workshop: &nbsp;Carpenter, Cook, Peasant and Weaver. Using the forge requires the hospitality of the keep, while the workshop requires the hospitality of a home or the keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Castle Valborg Laws<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cooperation with Scefings is a criminal act. Punishable by execution.<\/li><li>Denying Jarl Stigand\u2019s right to rule Sudstrond is a criminal act. Punishable by public humiliation.<\/li><li>Murder is a criminal act. Punishable by weregild or outlawry.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characters of Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stigand, Jarl of Sudstrond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jarl of Sudstrond is a serious young man, driven by the need to win back his ancestral holdings and gain revenge for the slaughter of his family nine years ago at the Battle of S\u00f8lvfjord. He was only 10 when a handful of loyal huskarls fled Stortmarke with him in the wake of that disastrous battle. They spent several years in hiding before establishing a new court at Valborg. Stigand\u2019s ultimate ambition is to retake his family seat at Stortmarke, but he is in desperate need of resources to draw and maintain a warband fit for the task. For now, he seeks to establish control of the Gull Pass that he might tax trade flowing along the S\u00f8lvveien between Jeilirdal and Sudstrond. The rebellious Tualing clan has other plans: They want nothing less than to destroy Stigand\u2019s clan and reclaim their ancestral lands. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solveig, the Raven Witch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The elderly and blind Solveig is Stigand\u2019s great aunt, priestess of the Ageiring \u00e6ttir and a terrifying witch known for her gift of foresight. Even Gorm, master of Svartt\u00e5rn, is said to covet her gift of prophecy. The gift has failed her only once: on the day of the Battle of S\u00f8lvfjord, the vision of blood and fire did not come to her until the Ageiring fleet had already set sail. Solveig is frequently attended by her raven familiar, Gobbet, and her apprentice, Afrid. While Stigand turns his attention to reclaiming what has been lost, Solveig is consumed with bringing about the end of the Tualings. She knows that the Ageiring clan won\u2019t prosper until the Tualings have been dealt with once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frode, the Champion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Frode is Stigand\u2019s champion and the leader of his few huskarls. It was Frode that brought Stigand and Solveig out of Stortmarke when the city fell. He remains the young jarl\u2019s most stalwart supporter. The aging Frode\u2019s sword arm is not as strong as it once was, and he privately worries that Stigand\u2019s ambitions will lead the clan to its ultimate destruction. Frode\u2019s son, Hall, will soon take his place among Stigand\u2019s huskarls, and his daughter, Afrid, serves as Solveig\u2019s apprentice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mullen, the Animal Physicker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mullen, bent and gray, is a thrall. The people of Valborg say he comes from Svanland across the sea. The fey old man is mute, but he is possessed of a rare gift: Animals of all sorts seem to understand his strange whistles, and he, in turn, seems to understand them. It is certain that ill and injured animals, domestic or wild, seek him out and flourish back to health under his care. The people of Valborg say he is beloved of the Lord of Beasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! It\u2019s been a few months since we touched on the Ageirings and the Tualings, the warring Bjorning and Gr\u00e6ling clans that occupy the uplands of Sudstrond near the Gull Pass in the Middarmark. If you play In the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/?p=758\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"90","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"166843","discourse_permalink":"https:\/\/forums.burningwheel.com\/t\/the-tualingsaga-castle-valborg\/22224","wpdc_publishing_response":"success","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,31],"tags":[46,60,45],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-middarmark","tag-ageirings","tag-settlements","tag-tualingsaga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torchbearerrpg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}