Blood Legacy of Mars
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Adamant Entertainment is pleased to present Blood Legacy of Mars¸ an adventure for our Savage Worlds setting of swords and science beneath the moons of Mars!
The G uard Captain Rodel looked over the balcony at the red banners waving in the plaza below. They were being held aloft by rabble; a disaffected and disloyal mob tearing up paving stones and lobbing them at the palace windows. They were armed only with farm implements and tradesman's tools - but their numbers were growing…
In the royal family's quarters¸ a nursemaid held a squalling infant to her breast¸ trying to soothe it. Fearfully¸ she watched out the window as the mob tore down the gates and forced their way into the palace. "It will be all right¸ little one. Your father will make sure of that…" she murmured¸ shuddering to think what the King would do to the mob's leaders once they were captured. Then she heard the sounds of fi ghting¸ coming closer. Luria swaddled the infant in her gray spiderweave cloak¸ and fled.
As the palace gates cracked and fell¸ Rodel led two of the Royal Guard down the marble-pillared hall toward the Throne Room. His Majesty must be protected! The crack of radium rifl es sounded as he turned the corner¸ and both his companions were cut down by sizzling bolts! Rodel dived forward¸ naked blade in his hand - then his mouth dropped open in shock! The Royal Guards at the Throne Room door had fired on their brethren - and now their rifles were leveled at him!
"Turn and go¸ Captain. Your duty to the tyrant is discharged -- his blood is already drying on the throne." The trembling Guardsman looked over his gunsights into Rodel's eyes¸ and saw the resolve there. "The Citizen's Council has issued a warrant for your head as well as his - but you trained me. Don't die trying to avenge a man who wasn't fit to lace your sandals."
Rodel cursed the faithless soldier¸ but turn he did - toward the royal apartments. The King may be slain¸ but his blood was not all spilled... and perhaps the heir could be smuggled out of the palace and into the city....
When an impoverished noble discovers a royal birthmark on a wastrel poet and playwright¸ he immediately knows what it means: It means that he has a way back into Baltan high society¸ coat-tailing on the mysterious Prince's fame as deposed Royalty!
Unfortunately for this patron of the arts¸ there are political forces who would see his protégé dead -- and other political forces who would use him as a figurehead for a Royalist Counter-revolution!
Enter the player-characters¸ as friends or associates of the poet or his patron¸ caught in a web of intrigue¸ assassination¸ and violence: the dangers of the Blood Legacy of Mars!