Re: Mmmm, violence...
First off, thank you all for playing, it was a grand time.
1. They become one of her creatures; eg., a dinosaur. Whether
or not they retain the longevity is unknown, just as it's
unknown whether they remember anything of their human lives.
2. Ponce de Leon and Sawney are the same person; he is insane,
but fairly harmless.
3. Marianne was a potential sacrifice for Basil to use - and
de Vega knew it. Both de Vega and Basil have similar
knowledge. De Vega would also have sacrificed her.
4. Basil was hoping to steal Gula's power; she has her own
reasons for this particular gambit. She is looking for a
replacement for herself, when the world ends (and begins
anew). The one who has done the least with his or her life is
the one that becomes the monster, the one that has done the
best becomes the god. Basil (who has been worshipping some
rather dark gods) has a great deal of power on his own, too.
He played a gambit - one that lost, thanks to Hornsby and
Hawksmoore.
5. The shadows are reflections of past misdeeds - showing the
souls of the people.
6. Carson was a cat's paw of Basil's - he was promised
immortality too, but figured out, a little too late, that he
had in fact given Basil his immortal soul. He was sent to
kill McCurdy and the Preacher, as Liza and Marianne were the
preferable sacrifices.
7. Depending on how bad they're injured....they might heal, or
they might just regrow a new body in the fountain, which might
not look the same. A few of them have; Lafitte, for instance.
Hawksmoore and Hornsby have their original bodies.
8. Carson never made it to the fountain - he was promised it
by the treacherous Basil.
9. The first shot was Basil shooting his native guide (which
Basil didn't really need, apart as an extra sacrificial
victim, and a pack mule...Basil doesn't like carrying
luggage...).
10. Basil's native guide.
11. No one knows, at this point in time, but he's a nasty and
clever old SOB. The code on the map that Marianne had found
in the book (the book was Hornsby's) warned of that.
12. Liza's husband was indeed killed by Basil(which is why she
knew the countess, her husband had found out about the
Fountain and was tracking down the information), and she has
now insured running across Basil now and then - at least every
40 years, anyway. She'll also see her husband again - he was
one of the spirits.
13. The Lupino is a tribe of natives who took in Dr. Corazon
(who was dying of cancer, when he began his journey, but is
now cured); they are renowned for their healing knowledge, as
the fountain retains some powers without conferring longevity
and other supernatural effects. The Lupino know more about
the fountain, and Gula, than anyone. How old they are...no
one really knows.
14. Just get the pirates drunk - that's when they talk. Hence
Barrie's Peter Pan story, and Doyle's Challenger series.
Other related information, perhaps unapparent: Each of the
Fountain people has an element at their command; air, water,
fire, and earth. Hornsby and Hawksmoore have water; they
cannot drown. They (and some of the others) have also picked
up some voodoo magic (ex: the lwas). The black rooster that
McCurdy saw was a lwa, of Basil.
Hawksmoore and Hornsby had hatched a plan; Hawksmoore would
not drink directly from the fountain, but would feign death or
near to it, and Hornsby would deliver water to him; this was
in hope that Hawksmoore would be able to act if Hornsby was,
as the two of them feared, the next to turn. They also had been...careful to bring the right sort of people along. Hornsby was waiting for Brother Clary to arrive, in particular. But the follow-up post tomorrow will detail all of that....
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:41, Sat 28 Oct 2006.
