Whitestone rebellion

The Whitestone Rebellion was an uprising started by Percival de Rolo and the rest of Vox Machina in Whitestone in an attempt to overthrow the Briarwoods.

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On 2 Duscar 810 PD, Vox Machina scope out the town before heading for the castle. They see some people in the town, with six undead giants slowly patrolling through the city. Many of the buildings are closed. In the center of the town, they see the Sun Tree, with twisted and gnarled branches. There are eight humanoid bodies of varying ages swinging from the branches. They make a plan to sneak in to the town, revive the tree, and form a rebellion.

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The next morning, Vox Machina enters the city disguised as a group of dirty, ragged peasants, with Trinket as a donkey. They approach the Sun Tree with eight effigies of Vox Machina swinging from the branches. They find a tavern and prepare it as a staging ground, they cover the first floor windows, and dig a tunnel towards the Sun Tree starting to attempt to revive the tree.



Percy, Vax and Scanlan explore The Zenith in search of Father Reynal, but find him long dead. Percy drags Father Reynal's body out in front of the altar while Vax carves the de Rolo family crest into the stone of the altar. After finishing the carving, Vax goes to the door of the temple and carves "Pelor lives in Whitestone". On the way back to the tavern they overhear that Sir Kerrion decreed that, if the villages can't provide food, taxes will be collected, and if the taxes can't be paid there are worse things that can be taken. Keyleth’s rituals on the Sun Three is complete and determines that something further below ground, beneath the tree, is sucking the life out of the land. Percy figured out that they have to kill Kerrion Stonefell first.

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Disguised as peasants, Percy leads Vox Machina to Beyond the Horizon before they try to find Kerrions manion. They end up at The Lady's Chamber meeting  Keeper Yennen. Percy tells him to look for signs of salvation and hands him a piece of parchment, which has a portion of the de Rolo family crest drawn upon it. Percy tells him; "What appears dead may not necessarily be death. And that with the shadow of death over the city, perhaps there is life deep underground. Perhaps things that appeared ended and gone are perhaps continuing to this day. And may rise again."

Vox Machina exits the temple and continue towards Kerrion's mansion. They reach the mansion and infiltrate the compound. They encounter five people: three guards, Master Vouk and Sir Kerrion Stonefell. They swiftly kill Stonefell, incapacitated Vouk and kill two guards. The last guard is dominated to tell the reinforcements that everything is fine. they find some papers mentioning the bridge plan for Wildemount and a small notebook in the room.

They interrogate Master Vouk, and discover that he has seen the Briarwoods and that they know that Vox Machina is in Whitestone. He confirms that Lord Briarwood is a vampire. He offers to bring them to the Briarwoods' project room under the castle and show them what's being worked on down there. Vouk is ordered to mark the secret entrance on the map of Whitestone, he does so with spit. Vouk reveals that Lady Briarwood raised and controlling the zombie giants. Percy orders for Vouk's face to be marked and his tongue taken, and then to let him loose. His tongue is taken and the de Rolo crest is burned into his forehead. The house is eventually set on fire by a burning sign of the de Rolo family crest. Vox Machina runs back to the tavern, disappearing into the rain as the guards search for them. Citizens begin to emerge from the buildings as a warning bell rings out. Smoke rises up in the distance. The first steps of the rebellion have been put into motion.



Vox Machina head down into the tavern cellar and hide the entrance. The group begins discussing plans for their rebellion. They decide to rest for the night and plan to visit a magic shop known as The Alcove in the morning. The undead seem more active after Sir Kerrion's house was set ablaze. Vox Machina heads down into the tunnel around the roots of the Sun Tree and settle down for the night. In the middel of the night they wake up, and are attack by three vampires with elongated fangs emerging from the mist. Defeating the vampires they descide to move to the cellar blocking the tunnel with a stone wall.

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As they all wake, Vox Machina disguise as a bunch of peasants. They prepare to split up, two go to the townsfolk while the rest search for a new hideout

Percy, Vex, Grog, Keyleth, and Trinket the donkey all head towards the magic shop. They talk to the current shopkeeper Jordana Whisk and draw the de Rolo family crest into the dust. Jordana warns him that this symbol is dangerous, and he wipes it away. Jordana will allow them to stay in her shop, but wants to know why they raising the symbol of the de Rolos. They tell her that they know de Rolos, but the girl doesn't believe her, saying that they've all been dead for five years.

Percy promises to compensate her when the current ordeal is over, and requests that Vox Machina be allowed to sleep in her shop for the night. She leads them to the back, into a very small bedroom that used to be her father's. Jordana recommends that they talk to Keeper Yennen, as he could help spread information. Percy tells everyone to meet at The Lady's Chamber when they've finished their business.

Vax and Scanlan head to The Journey's End. They gather information of what happened in Whitestone in the past years and days, they ask if someone heard of rebels roaming the town. They find that an uprising can count on the barkeep and its patrons for support. When they leave they tell a patron "Pelor has returned."

When Vox Machina gathers at The Lady's Chamber, there is a larger group gathered for a sermon of Keeper Yennen, he tells the citizens about the evils that reign over Whitestone, and how whispers have come to his ears about a hidden ally, the same that cut down Sir Kerrion. He believes that this is the time for the citizens to band together and show their support. He warns them to be careful and be quiet, and that word will find them as things progress. He finishes through giving a prayer in Celestial. The people begin to scatter and walk away in silence, looking around warily and being careful not to exit in a large group.

Keeper Yennen tells Vox Machina to follow him and asks the group to sit and talk with him. He has spoken privately with several community leaders, but they haven't yet been convinced to help. His unknown informant within the castle has gone silent over the past few weeks. He gets the information through someone else. Archibald Desnay joins them mid conversation and Vox Machina drop their disguises. Archibald reveals that Cassandra de Rolo is still alive and has been feeding information to Archibald and others. She helped guide the last two rebellions that were attempted, and according to her the Briarwoods are nearing their goal. Archibald promises that they will have their militia. He tells them Professor Anders is working for the Briarwoods and living in the castle, Lady Ripley has packed her stuff and moved out of her mansion. There are two mansions remaining, Vox Machina decide to create a distraction at the Vedmeyer estate, while attacking Count Tylieri.

 

Scanlan polymorphed as a triceratops slams through the Vedmeyer mansion stumbling on an ambush of eight guards and Duke Goran Vedmeyer. He changed back Dimension Doors on the roof. He drinks a Potion of Fire Breath and first unleashes a spray of fire igniting the front of the building and then at the back of the house. Duke Goran Vedmeyer joins him on the roof. But he is quickly shoved of the roof with Bigby's Hand. Scanlan blasts his final fire breath into the roof hatch as he begins running to the opposite side of the roof from where Vedmeyer fell, Bigby's Hand catches him and gently lowers him to the ground. As a zombie giant stomp towards him. It is swarmed by a number of Whitestone residents that have armed themselves with makeshift weapons and armor. After several minutes, the mansion is completely engulfed in flames. The guards and Vedmeyer managed to escape the building and are searching for Scanlan. As Scanlan watches the undead giant, he decides to wait and watch the citizens' fight rather than rejoining his comrades.

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