The Midnight Watch

28/10/14
- Militia Captain Craystor Rake arrested on charges of theft, corruption and conspiracy to murder.

21/06/13
- Several members of the militia and a few brave volunteers venture to the stone keep. Venturing inside, they fight their way through hordes of undead. They are plagued by a bone sorcerers who promise punishment for trespassing in their domain, but eventually gain the upper hand long enough to press on. The warriors venture onwards, eventually reaching freedom through a portal deep in the fortress. An artefact, a powerful sword is recovered from the throne room.

21/06/13
- An old, stone keep is discovered in the southwest; the building overrun with all manner of undead. Several notes are found on dead orcs, indicating that these undead legions are trying to form an alliance with the orcs.

31/05/13
- Samuel Baker is executed by hanging in a public spectacle. Protests about the lack of a trial are met with threats from the Sheriff.

28/05/13
- Sibyl Crow and Colin Hawk are found dead in the town square under a flickering street lamp. Sibyl is found stabbed through the back, while Colin is discovered alive, but dies shortly after of an overdose of an unknown narcotic.

27/05/13
- Samuel Baker, the leader of the local band of brigands, is captured by a posse led by bounty hunter Nathaniel Vane. Several members of the posse are injured, and one, Shipwright Arthur Stafford dies of injuries sustained in the raid.
- The fort's powder magazine explodes, showering the village with debris and destroying the much sought-after cannon.
- A madman, clearly afflicted with the plague, bargains for entry into the town. As he enters the gates, he bars them open, allowing dozens of undead to enter the Harbor District before he is slain and the doors closed. The wall is slightly damaged during efforts to burn the corpses.

26/05/13
- The villagers begin having strange and terrifying visions of a dark ritual being carried out by undead clad in blood-red robes. Speculation as to the meaning of this mass-hallucination runs wild.

24/05/13
- The leader of the same group of brigands continues his crime spree, being confronted individually by various townsfolk, but prevailing over and robbing each.
- A militia raid on the brigand lair nestled within the incomplete harbor fort fails to locate and capture their leader.

23/05/13
- A small group of brigands stages a series of robberies and assaults within the walls, wounding the tavernkeeper and almost killing a Templar Acolyte before being driven away. The leader of the gang escapes unscathed, despite a determined pursuit by the militia.
- Blackwell Plantation is purchased at the hefty price of 15,000 gold pieces, to be paid over time, by Maven Faulkner.

22/05/13
- A supply ship is wrecked by the coast of Blackwell. Concerned citizens salvage what supplies they can, before being attacked by brigands.

21/05/13
- The formation of the Altmere Regional Guard is officially announced. Report

19/05/13
- An infected refugee appears at the gates of Blackwell. Quick action is taken to amputate his bitten arm, but the man turns, and attacks physician Haggard Brown before being decapitated. A patrol to the guard post to look for the refugee's family accomplishes nothing, but lures several alligators to the village. Report
- An orcish mage is spotted terrorising some villagers, and an orcish raiding party attempts to steal some sheep. Report
- A scouting party investigating reports of the incomplete harbor fort having been occupied by brigands finds that this is indeed the case, and are severely injured in the ensuing skirmish. Report

18/05/13
- A messenger arrives from Cove, and announces that Blackwell will no longer be receiving external aid or resources. The messenger instructs Sheriff Hemrod Skagrin to coordinate the creation of a militia, and departs, leaving the citizens on their own.
- The Sheriff organises an expedition to investigate a report of undead in a cave to the north west of Blackwell. Report

[OOC] If you have any events you feel are worth adding to the time line, post 'em up! Common IC knowledge only, please. [/OOC]

Hi all.

To encourage character development and trade interaction, and discourage the quick making of alts to fill perceived gaps in the market, we are imposing a limit of 2 characters per player.

Any player who currently has more than 2 characters can keep playing them, but dead characters can only be replaced up to the limit of two.

Many thanks.

- Egbert

GM Egbert / Egbert Grouse - (Hoagie) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968292784
GM Linaeus / Corrin Keres - (TorrakKeres) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198007255993
GM Rune / Hemrod Skagrin - (runarthors) http://steamcommunity.com/id/lokicomesforyou

Althalus Khalorson / Hew Phella - (yetster) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198080113431
Boran Firemane / Haggard Brown - ({Bravo}Captain Planet.ire) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197981169613
Brother Aron - http://steamcommunity.com/id/mythradin/ | ICQ: 3765444 | E-mail/Facebook: bossie@live.no
Craystor Rake - (Islamicjew1) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066028094/
Erjana Melior - http://steamcommunity.com/id/eve_lipp/
Finn Herrik - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198039028562
Jarvis Miller - (camlok) http://steamcommunity.com/id/octiovus?tscn=1370226143
Leon Haap / Sebasian Haap - STEAM_0:0:2182429
Reinhard Fruehauf - Please contact me (Alfred Bohr/ 'Fred/ Freddles/ Godfrey/ Please don't call me Rodrigues again, Keres) though Hoagie's steam account.
Rowan Grey / Arthur Stafford - (Delfer) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197991232953
Joachim Weyland (Marcus Kobra/Maccen Korten/Friar Vandrik) - http://steamcommunity.com/id/deadhead-dh/ ICQ - 284852959

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*A colourful but crudely designed poster is pinned onto the town notice board, with a picture of a pickaxe in the middle.*

NEED A PICKAXE FAST?!

Egbert Grouse is now providing such tools free of charge, on the condition that half of the ingots produced from ore mined by said tool are given to him as payment.

Never pay for a pickaxe again!

Hi all,

It's been a long time since we've had to organise a lot of group activities. It seems that the days where everyone was on ICQ all the time are long gone, so my question is...

What are you all on nowadays, and what would you prefer to use for event coordination? Personally, I favour Steam or IRC, but I'm also reachable on ICQ, Skype and google chat.

Let me know!

It's been an eventful few days for Project Brains. This morning, I registered a domain name for the Midnight Watch and set up this forum. Our clever and attractive team of players have been giving the server a good old stress test, and from what I hear, having a merry old time of it, too. Hopefully I'll be getting lots of feedback so I can work on improvements to the game mechanics.

Game on!

Please post any bugs or problems you encounter here!

The list of currently known bugs / planned improvements can be found here.

If you find any containers/looms/etc that should be usable but aren't, please inform Linaeus.  This is likely because they were added as statics, and need to be replaced with actual items.