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Pass 2 (S43 texture): record the S43 events — the Council confrontation (Blades revealed as Ravenguard's sanctioned agents), the party rescuing them from a near-wipe in Garmok's Mine, the resulting one-sided debt, and their black-dragon divination
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== Bronze Blades ==
'''The Bronze Blades''' are a renowned adventuring company active along the Sword Coast during 1486–1488 DR. They present as "problem-solvers for the common folk," but their contracts and contacts suggest a deft hand with faction politics and covert missions. Multiple cells and scribes have credited the Blades with actions against the [[Cult of the Dragon]]—some firmly verified, others… vigorously disputed.
=== Reputation ===
* Lauded by law-minded orders for clean, public victories.
* Whispered about in spy circles for quiet, surgical work.
* Rumored to "do business" when it keeps tyrants off the board.
=== Membership ===
* '''Thistle Quickfoot''' – Halfling Bard (face, logistics, morale)
* '''Whisper Willowshade''' – Half-Elf Rogue (infiltration, countersurveillance)
* '''Boddynock "Boomer" Cogsprocket''' – Gnome Artificer (sapper, alchemy, field repairs)
* '''Silster Elira''' – Half-Orc Cleric (battlefield medic, rites, undead interdiction)
* '''Sir Cedric Lightbringer''' – Human Paladin (shield leader, standards, negotiations)
=== Heraldry ===
A burnished bronze shortblade over a laurel; field of river-green. Camps fly a brass wind-chime that doubles as a coded signal (three notes = regroup).
=== Accomplishments ===
* '''Hunted and destroyed a cult operation''' south of [[Waterdeep]]. The cultists were reinforced with numerous guard drakes and even drove off a Wearer of the Purple
* '''Infiltrated a black-market ring''' supplying the Cult's river smuggling, replacing manifests and turning the ring against its patron.
* '''Disrupted Cult logistics''' by storming [[Castle Naerytar]] and driving one of the Wyrmspeakers into fleeing with her Red Wizard companion
* Found a lost calf during a night march and returned it (after it ate half their rations).
* Mapped a forgotten cellar under a Daggerford cooperage; left a note: "Not a cult lair. Yet."
* Brokered a three-day truce between reed-cutters and river druids so both could harvest at dawn.
=== Allies and Relationships ===
* '''[[Order of the Gauntlet]]''' – Respectful partners; the Blades' public rescues and oath-clean conduct win them temple contracts.
* '''[[Zhentarim]]''' – "Professional courtesies." They don't cross streams unless profit or tyrants demand it.
* '''[[Emerald Enclave]]''' – The Blades can hunt or parley as the grove requires—one reason circle elders keep their door open.
=== Encounter with Deez Nuts ===
=== Encounter with Deez Nuts ===
The Bronze Blades encountered the party during [[Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades]], where they demonstrated their combat prowess and tactical coordination against Cult forces.
The Bronze Blades encountered the party during [[Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades]], where they demonstrated their combat prowess and tactical coordination against Cult forces.
In [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep]] the relationship soured into a one-sided rivalry. At the [[Council of Waterdeep]], the party (already resentful of the Blades for taking credit for others' work) asked [[Marshal Ulder Ravenguard]] for authority to deal with them — only to learn the Blades are Ravenguard's own Baldur's Gate–sanctioned agents working the same anti-Cult mission, and were ordered to cooperate rather than compete. Hours later, deep in [[Garmok's Mine]], the party found the Blades being overwhelmed by a massed Cult ambush and saved them from a near-total wipe. [[Sir Cedric Lightbringer]] acknowledged the company now owed [[Deez Nuts]] a debt — a gratitude the party pointedly refused to reciprocate ("''Except not us, buddy.''"). The Blades also confirmed, via divination, that a [[Voaraghamanthar|black dragon]] lurked within a few miles of the mine but could not be located, and that the scale of the Cult presence was larger than any they had ever encountered.


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades]]
* [[Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades]]
 
* [[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep]]
[[Category:Organizations]] [[Category:Adventuring Companies]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]] [[Category:Good Organizations]]

Revision as of 14:52, 18 June 2026

Encounter with Deez Nuts

The Bronze Blades encountered the party during Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades, where they demonstrated their combat prowess and tactical coordination against Cult forces.

In Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep the relationship soured into a one-sided rivalry. At the Council of Waterdeep, the party (already resentful of the Blades for taking credit for others' work) asked Marshal Ulder Ravenguard for authority to deal with them — only to learn the Blades are Ravenguard's own Baldur's Gate–sanctioned agents working the same anti-Cult mission, and were ordered to cooperate rather than compete. Hours later, deep in Garmok's Mine, the party found the Blades being overwhelmed by a massed Cult ambush and saved them from a near-total wipe. Sir Cedric Lightbringer acknowledged the company now owed Deez Nuts a debt — a gratitude the party pointedly refused to reciprocate ("Except not us, buddy."). The Blades also confirmed, via divination, that a black dragon lurked within a few miles of the mine but could not be located, and that the scale of the Cult presence was larger than any they had ever encountered.

Appearances

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