Pickup Job for the House of the Unseen - Part 2

Caught in the canopy of the forest known as The Green, the chartered adventuring company House of the Unseen is under attack while attempting to retrieve a chest containing lost mail and other loot.  The attackers are ruffians in the employ of the blackguard Comte Donat Boivin.  The shifting surface of the giant leaf balances the fight a little, but the Comte's forces are going to overwhelm the adventurers soon...

The pirates press the attack.

...but what is that line!?

Who fired that arrow and line?

Reinforcements arrive for the adventurers!  It's the Regular Irregulars sliding down the rope!

The Regular Irregulars arrive...

Sergeant Pherik Mackelly and his men quickly engage the ruffians, the Sergeant himself bracing the Comte and his spy, Perroquet Rouge.

...and turn the tide!

With the help of the Regular Irregulars, the adventurers of the House of the Unseen turned the tables.  The ruffians, sensing defeat through down their weapons and surrendered.  Sergeant Mackelly kept an eye on the spy and an eye on his men taking the ruffians prisoner, but this left him without an eye to keep on Comte Donat.  Where did the Comte escape to?

Barbebrune and his pirates surrender.

Making use of his own rope, the Comte made his escape, swearing he would not be defeated by vagabonds.

Comte Donat Boivin escapes by rope.

With the chest secure the adventurers still had to transport their prisoners and the chest through The Green back to the barony and Barbebrune's pirates were not the only forces at the Comte's disposal...



Back to Part 1

Forward to Part 3 [Not yet written]

Behind the Greens

[I needed help to get these pictures taken.  The number of minifigs was too much for the plants to support on their own, so I had a friend hold the leaf steady as I posed the figures and took the pictures.]

[I'm scouting around my yard for a good site for the next scene.  There is plenty of places but crawling around on the ground in the summer heat kicks my butt rapidly.  I need to start taking these pictures much earlier in the day before the heat and humidity become overwhelming.  File that under "Things Other Imagine-ation Bloggers Don't Have to Worry About."]

Pickup Job for the House of the Unseen - Part 1

The House of the Unseen, a chartered adventuring company, was under contract with a minor baron to retrieve some lost mail.  The complication was that the mail was lost when the carrier griffon delivering it was attacked by an unexpected pack of wyverns over the forest known as The Green.  During the aerial fight, the chest the mail was in fell, landing somewhere in the canopy of the unusually large plants in The Green.

The adventurers marched into the forest.  Sir Udo Jundt led the way, followed by Small Lukas, and then the company's leader, Erin the Gray.  The hike into The Green was uneventful...

...but who was that following them?  And who are they communicating with using that messenger parrot?

Once in the correct vicinity, the adventurers climbed up into the canopy to start their search.

Finally up in the canopy!

As the adventurers spread out to search, who spied on them from an adjacent growth?

At last the chest was found!  Lukas used his masterwork prybar to open the chest.  [It was super effective!]

Inside the chest the adventurers found gold coins, gems, and the lost letters.  As the adventurers checked the contents of the chest, unseemly ruffians snuck up behind them.

The wind chose this moment to blow, driving everyone to their knees as the enormous leaf became unstable.  Erin and Sir Udo noticed the ruffians sneaking up on them and prepared their weapons.  It was Comte Donat Boivin and his crowd of vile henchmen!  Lukas closed the chest and got behind it for safety.

The combat started!  Sir Udo quickly felled one of the Donner Brothers and held off Barbebrune, another of the Comte's henchmen.  Erin was pressed by Hache but held him at bay.  Meanwhile, more of the Comte's flunkies climbed up onto the leaf, including his chief spy, Perroquet Rouge.

With nowhere to flee and rapidly becoming outnumbered, will the House of the Unseen survive this assault?  Why does Comte Donat want the chest?  Is it the coins and gems or whatever is contained in those letters?  Turn in next time to find out!


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Behind the Greens

[This was all photographed in my front yard where the elephant plants have grown to the largest I've ever seen.  I told my wife I was going to put some Lego minifigs on the leaves to provide scale and take pictures.  Her reply was, "When?"  So here we go.]

[Selecting minifigs for these pictures gave me a story idea.  The process of coming up with names fleshed things out.  Getting the next round of pictures will be challenging as getting the minifigs to stand on the leaf is hard, especially when a breeze makes the whole surface wobble.  I will have to put some flats under the minifigs for stability, but that raises their weight and makes the leaf bend.  I may have to work out a way to prop up the leaf to keep it steady.]

[That's a problem for next weekend.  I plan to post these about once a week on Mondays, but we will see if that is sustainable or too ambitious.  Not all of these will be done outdoors, but this story will.  Thank you for reading!]