Merchants of Taurica
March 1226 - Adventure 21
Kostas Allectoros travels to Taurica (modern-day Crimea) with Ivan Volkov and Thubayta Al-Shafiyya, to set up a new trading post for the House, in partnership with the merchant Kadmos. During the journey they must deal with a strange illness caused by one of the Skulls of Ascalon, that has been smuggled onto the ship by a member of the Genoese House of Cosini. Once in Taurica, they ally themselves with the Cuman nomads under the command of Khan Köten to confront a koldun allied with the Genoese House of Cosini. With the additional help of the ruler of Cherson, they manage to kill both the koldun and Guiglielmo Cosini, and establish the trading post.
Participants:
- Thubayta Al-Shafiyya
- Kostas Allectoros
- Ivan Volkov
Note: The koldun are part of the background of Ivan, and House Cosini part of Kostas', so this was an early attempt to tie both characters together into a shared plot. This ultimately didn't work, as Ivan's player lost interest in the character and would eventually change it for another one. So the koldun plot line was never pursued further.