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The Resistance

High Forge Underground • Victor's Bomb Lab • Lady Corwin's War Chest

Overview​

The Resistance was the underground movement that fought the Iron Claws in High Forge after the gang took over the city. Its headquarters lay in the tunnels beneath the city, beside a huge rave of Helisanna's purple-eyed followers. Its two leading figures were the explosives-maker Victor and the noblewoman Lady Corwin. Taco Cat ran its bombing campaign and its vault heist, then broke away after working out that Corwin meant to hand the city to the Eldoran Empire.

Status as of Session 63: inactive. Its goal was met when Helja Ungar died in Session 36. Lady Corwin died in the same battle, and High Forge is now run by Chalk Rock and the former Iron Claws lieutenant Grimjaw (Session 37). Victor moved to Greyport and now works with Lady Viper. The fight against the Empire is carried on by the Twilight Company.

Naomi's band of loyal staff at the Lotus Casino in Interlude XII also called itself "the Resistance". It is a different group, covered on the Lotus Casino page.

Members​

  • Victor: A former Twilight Company techie who stayed in High Forge to make bombs against the Iron Claws. He recruited the party over the radio (Session 24), ran a sprawling, blast-scarred lab at headquarters (Session 27), and later left to go after sulfur (Session 28).
  • Lady Corwin: A posh dwarven noblewoman who funded the movement and planned the Vault 7 heist. She wanted a million gold to hire a mercenary army (Session 28), which, as the party realised, was meant to deliver High Forge to the Eldoran Empire (Session 31). She died as a hostage in the Great Hall (Session 36).
  • The triplets: A resistance team (Thad Castle, Brad and Bart) that got stuck in the lower vaults with dancing golems. The golems killed Brad, Bart was dragged away on a grappling hook, and "the triplets are never seen again" (Session 29).
  • Allies: Lark, a defector from the Iron Claws, guided the party in through the tunnels (Sessions 25–26). Ohma, a tortle monk who recognised the party from their wanted posters, was a resistance member who knew the secret paths through the sewers. He guided them in and joined the party (Session 26).

Operations​

  • Getting in: Using Lark's maps and their magic paint, the party opened new tunnel routes, rescued Lark's family, and found the resistance headquarters beside a rave of thousands (Session 26).
  • The bombing campaign: Victor sent the party with three timed bombs against the Iron Claws' V production facilities. They found and freed human test subjects, killed Lieutenant Grimjaw, and blew up two sites (Session 27). The third "facility" turned out to be Victor's own crystal refinement lab (Session 28).
  • The vault heist: Lady Corwin argued for bankrupting Helja instead of demolishing the city. Her plan was to intercept a 500,000-gold tribute to the dragons from Vault 7, with her cousin Captain Corwin commanding the convoy (Session 28). The party pulled it off, but Captain Corwin had been turned by the Iron Claws and fought them in the vault (Sessions 29–30).
  • The break: A search of the Blackstone family's hidden garage showed that the family had ties to the Empire. From that, Silas worked out Corwin's real plan. The party kept the gold and began planning their own assault on Helja as independent fighters (Session 31). Victor confirmed that Corwin had been working for the Empire (Session 32).
  • The end: The assault came in the Great Hall, where the party freed most of the Iron Claws' hostages and killed Helja. Lady Corwin died there (Session 36). About a month later her mercenary army marched through High Forge, investigated, and left (Session 37).

Session History​

  • Session 24 — Bru overhears Victor planning attacks on the Iron Claws; Victor offers the party a partnership and the tunnels into the city.
  • Session 26 — The party infiltrates High Forge, rescues Lark's family, gains Ohma, and finds the resistance headquarters beside a massive rave.
  • Session 27 — The party meets Victor and Lady Corwin and bombs the Iron Claws' V facilities, killing Lieutenant Grimjaw.
  • Session 28 — The third target proves to be Victor's own lab, and Lady Corwin lays out the Vault 7 tribute heist.
  • Session 29 — Bru, Elspeth, and Olivia help the triplets past the dancing golems; Brad dies and the triplets vanish.
  • Session 30 — The vault heist succeeds despite Captain Corwin's betrayal.
  • Session 31 — Silas uncovers Lady Corwin's plan to hand High Forge to the Eldoran Empire, and the party goes its own way with the gold.
  • Session 32 — Victor, collecting dragon dung for explosives, confirms Corwin was working for the Empire.
  • Session 36 — The Great Hall battle ends Helja's rule; Lady Corwin dies as a hostage.