Tegel Village update

  (From Tegel Manor by Gamescience 1989)

For years the ancestral manor of the Rumphs has overlooked the countryside about Tegel village. Once the proud protectorsof that township and the surrounding farmlands, the keeprs of the Golden Hind Banner fell into decadence, degradation…and far worse. Now their fall threatens to drag down the hapless villagers and the countryside itself, if not checked quickly.

  Tegel Manor, a great manor-fortress near the Pagan coast on the Winedark Sea, is rumored to have withstood the ravages of time because of an ancient glamor cast upon it. The hereditary owners are the descendants of one Sir Rumpole Rumph, who first erected the original stone keep. As the family prospered, it grew into a rambling edifice of well-fashioned masonry and stout timber. Sir Rankling Rumph added the “Brother’s Tower” during his time as lord. The stone spire of the “Wizard’s Tower” was added over a century ago by Ridwick Rumph.

  The Rumph family has been remiss in their duty of providing protection to the nearby market village for about a hundred years now. Some have said that this failing – and their other bizarre eccentricities – have led to their corruption and the decline of the family’s good fortune. Many have found the manor and its surroundings to be a dangerous place to visit.

  Tegel is a village of about 400 souls, good peasant-stock mostly, who make their living as the market-town for the farms of the surrounding area, with a small amount of sea-trade from the coast. Traditionally, they have looked to the Golden Hind banner of the Rumphs for protection in the past. Nowadays though it seems the Heroes of Eros have come to protect them from what the Rumph clan has become.

NOTABLE PEOPLE of TEGEL

Ternelmor ex-mayor of Tegel.    Status: deceased

Exposed as the leader of the cult of Palimdybis in the events of “The People of the Pit”.

Lars “the Honest”

Player character, self proclaimed and unopposed mayor of Tegel. Also current owner of the White Horse tavern.

Arnthora

Abbess Arnthora    Status: Ally

Leader of the nuns of Law. She and her sisters live in the Monastery on the hill above Tegel.

Mordacity

Mordacity Maghoula                   Status: Ally

Churlish leader of the militia, never liked Ternelmor. Tolerates the PC’s to date.

Halaf Fec

Prosperous local merchant. Wants village to be a nice place again.

Hasnovar

Hasnovar, former owner of the White Horse.         Status: deceased

Exposed as a cult member and killed.

Miss Altarontha

Proprietor of the “Boarding House”, her two sons Shak and Vinca help her keep a quiet decent place where travelers can stay.

Quintas

The one-eyed owner of the “Trameron's Trident”. He swears to know much about the sea creatures of the Winedark.

Cretin Nodcock

The owner of the Blacksmith and metal shop in town.

Marash-ar

Gushing but wily fish monger.

Sir Robert

Sir Robert Rumph

The current living family member. Robert constantly attempts to sell the Manor, often for unbelievably cheap prices. Also he tends to lose it while gambling (and a very good sport about it) but the manor always seems to return to his hands.