* Vivane: The Theran Quarter

* The Mailbox is empty!

* Catching up with life stuff

* GenCon and upcoming product delivery

* Theran Quarter: aka The Old City or the Walled City

* Walled off from the rest of the city.

* Overgovernor's Palace

* Least damaged by the Scourge and most rebuilt since then

* The Grand Walk

* North and South Barracks

* Walls along the Flamewalk River

* Contrast with Barsaivian Vivane

* Wealth, class, exoticism of influences from other cultures

* Aquaducts providing water from the river, also used for riot control.

* Presentation and design; white, clean, imposing.

* Inspired by 19th and early 20th Century impressions of ancient Rome and Greece

* The Hanging Ziggurats

* More exoticism; display of magical might

* The Wedge: Middle class homes and businesses

* Artisan District

* Theran Quarter Slave Market

* Presenting things to the player characters; experiences and sensations

* Play up the differences and cosmopolitan influence of the Empire

* What's in store for the future?

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* Vivane/Sky Point Adventures: A Message to Vivane

* A quick update on where we are.

* Which came first for Josh--theater or gaming?

* Shakespeare!

* Josh has run this one.

* Espionage and combat

* Part One: The Commission

* Hired to deliver information to the Vivane Resistance

* How Josh tweaked the intro for his group.

* What is the information being delivered?

* Part Two: So This is Vivane

* Arriving in the city and meeting the contact, Kron

* Introduction to Theran corruption and get a taste of the exotic

* Part Three: Delivery

* Meet contacts and get raided by the Red Squad

* It's just a coincidence! The Therans don't know about the group.

* Chase scene!

* Part Four: At the Manor House

* Safety after the chase... for a moment.

* Another Theran Raid

* Another escape

* Part Five: The Secret Room

* Into the Undercity (reference to previous adventure in this collection)

* Learn the scroll was sold to a crime boss.

* Decide what to do; help recover the information, or escape the city.

* Reasons why groups might take either option.

* Part Six: Marikis's Gang

* Attacking the crime boss

* Opportunity to get out some frustrations through combat.

* Adjustable difficulty of the combat and the dozen or so gang members

* Aftermath: Slipping out of the city and meeting Kron later in the campaign.

* Espionage in the way James Bond or Jason Bourne is espionage

* Linear in the way Josh likes linear to be; it plays fair

* Relatively simple task, just dealing with complications and problems

* Vary "Shadowrun", spy thriller

* "A bunch of stuff is happening, we just need to deal with it."

* Lessons on making a situation, not a plot

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* Mailbag!

* Some discussion of why we've been away for so long

* Email from Felix: Non-adepts humans and Versatility?

* Email from Kevin (Jacklifear): Kudos and stuff going on.

* Email from Aaron: Update on his home game

* Coming at some point... the FASA Games Wiki

* Upcoming Kickstarter and products?

* Josh talks about Urupa book

* Suggestions for Horror minions and theming

* Another email from Felix: Garlen's ideals taken to extremes

* Josh sidebars about "Survival of the Fittest"

* Josh plugs summer Shakespeare!

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