The Retreat

This story seed is intended to be used with Kingdom as a means of quickly assembling a game session setup for 3 - 5 players. Times of sorcery and intrigue always have at least one extended family whose dabbling into things unspeakable, either magical or social -- and frequently both -- become the stuff of legends. The House de Calmar is one such, an extended family of depravity and indolence, propped up with sorceries, cunning political intrigues, and simply enough gall to both shock and fascinate those outside the House. The necessity of "keeping things in the family" is never lost, and much time is spent managing the affairs of the outside world to maintain the mirror-finish that those without the blessing of being accepted as insiders see from their vantage. Families often find that their members are both their best friends and worst enemies, sometimes within the same conflict. Likewise, blood is thought thicker than water, leaving those who might wish to intervene