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| Runner: | inkie |
| Summary: | Cobalt Company's forward squads and specialists embark for Northrend, to discover what awaits them beyond the ice in the Lich King's domain. |
Key Characters
These characters are good points of contact to get involved in this Arc.
Some quest content around level 70 may be involved in this Arc.
Upcoming Events
Episode 11
| Sunday, April 2nd, 3 - 5 PM Eastern Time | |
| Event Platform: World of Warcraft Classic WotLK – Bloodsail Buccaneers | |
| This event is IC | |
| The season finale! Cobalt Company marches onward. | |
Writings for 'Season 9'
(2023-04-04) Letter from Jocoza (S9E11 Recap) — The weekly company newsletter from Jo.
(2023-03-28) Letter from Jocoza (S9E10 Recap) — The weekly company newsletter from Jocoza.
(2023-03-26) Summoned by the Seventh Legion — Last Sunday, Lena Coit joined Zath Tyrrell and his 7th Legion team to investigate the efficacy of the Kirin Tor's attempts to stabilize the ley lines.
(2023-03-26) Improvements Requested — Jo writes a letter to General Arlo about the gnomish airstrip.
(2023-03-25) Letter from Jocoza (S9E9 Recap) — The weekly company newsletter!
(2023-03-20) Re: Fort Wildevar — Ben sends a memo to all Cobalt Company members stationed in the Howling Fjord.
(2023-03-18) Shoveltusks and Walrus Fellows — Ben writes home to his dad. Hopefully plausibly this time.
(2023-03-18) Letter from Jocoza (S9E8 Recap) — The weekly company newsletter.
(2023-03-18) Infereror — Mayellen receives a reply from Ben.
(2023-03-14) FULL REPORT TO CAPTAIN SPARKWIRE AND LT. FERENCE — A letter, at last! White Squad reopens communication with leadership in Borean Tundra and Ironforge with Lt. Ben Hazan's report on their activities in Howling Fjord. It is a totally normal letter from Ben.
(2023-03-14) An IMMEDIATE response from Lt. Ference — Elo's handwriting is a bit messier than usual. And… 150% larger. Also, for some reason, the paper/envelope used is ALSO approximately 150% larger than the normal Cobalt letterhead size. Even the wax seal is peculiarly enlarged, in proportion with the rest of the letter.
(2023-03-11) Quick Note to Blue Squad Leader — Jo slides a note under Dane's inn room door with instructions for the next squad mission.
(2023-03-11) Letters from Jo and Sil (S9E7 Recap) — The weekly company newsletters from Jo and Sil!
(2023-03-11) A Letter to May from Northrend — Lena sends a letter to her friend Mayellen from Northrend.
(2023-03-09) A Letter for Jo, Bearing the 7th Legion's Seal — Maybe not the kind of letter Jo was hoping for from Kerlo Quarterflash.
(2023-03-04) Letter from Jo and Sil (S9E6 Recap) — The weekly newsletters from Jo and Sil.
(2023-03-02) Letter to Cressidha: Portal Problems — Gwenivene writes to Cressidha about the portal issue at the Nexus.
(2023-02-25) Letter from Jo and Sil (S9E5 Recap) — The weekly newsletters from Jo and Sil.
(2023-02-21) Memorandum to All Cobalt Personnel at Westguard Keep — A memorandum circulated to all members of Cobalt Company stationed at Westguard Keep.
(2023-02-20) With the Upmost Respect — Ben writes an official communique to Captain Adams of Westguard Keep
RP Logs for 'Season 9'
(2023-04-02) To Wintergarde Keep (S9 E11 Blue Squad Log) — Blue Squad gets the word that a scout with vital information has run into Cultist sabotage, and aids the Alliance in making sure the information gets where it needs to go. 3344 words.
(2023-04-02) Please Let This Be A Normal Field Trip (S9 E11 - Squad Log) — Cobalt Company takes Dalaran.
(2023-03-26) Swivels and Scarecrows (S9 E10 - Blue Squad Log) — Blue Squad helps the gnomes of Fizzcrank airstrip in testing out shortening prototypes, diplomatic overtures to the Taunka, and how many grunts it takes to be a convincing orc. Caspis gets cheeky, and Azizia gets to destroy one (1) free tabard as a treat. ~9900 words.
(2023-03-26) Giant Babies and Mega Liches (S9 E10 - White Squad Log) — White Squad helps a pair of scholars at Fort Wildervar investigate the mystery of the Iron Dwarves' runecarving. Paluuva inadvertently adopts a giant. Rae develops an interest in linguistics.
(2023-03-21) Moa'ki Harbor — Jocoza, Dane, Colson, Mordecai, Caspis, Ralaea, and Paluuva meet up with Argent Crusaders Vond and Etone in Moa'ki Harbor to discuss current events. Afterwards, Ralaea travels to Valiance Keep with Colson and Mordecai. ~18k words.
(2023-03-19) Well, Northrend's Fun (S9 E9 - White Squad Log) — White Squad heads out once again, and this time discovers what it's like to have a quiet afternoon of bringing people good news, making friends, and picking up feathers. Naturally, talk turns to cannibalism.
(2023-03-19) A Wobbly Sprocket (S9 E9 - Blue Squad Log) — Blue Squad returns to the Fizzcrank airstrip to investigate the nearby crashed necropolis for a rescue mission where they collect a gnomes tools, and head north to a nearby snobold encampment to get…well, actually, more gnome tools. Back in Valiance, some of Blue Squad encounters Ivrianna, where they ascertain that there is at least one (1) real cow in the Borean Tundra. 12,700-ish words.
(2023-03-15) It's Turtles All The Way Over — White Squad takes a field trip.
(2023-03-12) The Curse of Flesh (S9 E8 - Blue Squad Log) — Miles away from the twisting spaghetti hurricane of leyline ribbons, Blue Squad takes on the strange challenge on behalf of --Kerl-- The 7th Legion to untangle a completely different metaphor of the mystery of gnomes working like machines. It goes like clockwork, as Blue Squad dials back the Northrend Doom's Day Clock an hour in defiance of Daylight Saving's Time, and reduce all impending destruction crises to existential creation mythology ones. Back in Valiance, Ivrianna shares the news of her own latest creation. 9400-ish words.
(2023-03-12) Curses! Foiled Again (S9 E8 - White Squad Log) — White Squad attempts to reclaim vrykul artifacts from a band of scurvy sea dogs to lay the angry dead to rest. The angry dead are, on the whole, not havin' it.
(2023-03-11) Spaghetti in a Whirlwind — Gwenivene Whittle, telemancer extraordinaire, drops by Valiance Keep to talk to Jocoza and Cressidha about portals and mail. The Kirin Tor is not responsible for any damage, mutation, aging, petrification, or additional cargo that may occur due to use of their mailing system. ~1900 words.
(2023-03-08) Points of View — Ben and Rae discuss last Sunday's White Squad mission and things that haunt Rae, figuratively and literally.
(2023-03-07) Pirates and Angels — Ben and Lena pitch in with a pernicious pirate problem. They discuss intent vs. action, unexpected consequences, and why the f*ck anyone would fall in the snow on purpose.
(2023-03-05) Of Airborne Ships and Thieving Hacks, Pirates and God-Kings (S9 E7 - White Squad Log) — White Squad mops up at Gjalerbron (and has an uneasy encounter with an old nemesis), and then investigates some cemetery vandalism on behalf of new friends.
(2023-03-05) Interdimensional Refabrication (S9 E7 - Blue Squad Log) — Blue Squad enters the Nexus, the domain of Malygos, to save the world with an interdimensional refabricator. Or at least slow its demise. For now.
(2023-03-01) Following — Ben catches up with Rae, who offers an apology; they talk about fear, friendship, and what drives them, share some confusion over spelling, and discuss Rae's shadow and what to do about him.
(2023-02-27) The Eyes in the Earth — Ben, Bran, and Sil get together to discuss the recent Explorer's League expedition and how it might tie in to other recent revelations.
(2023-02-26) This One Feels Purple-ier (S9 E6 - Blue Squad Log) — Blue Squad gets a bonus paladin in Dame Kitharian Du Lac to head back to Coldarra to aid the Kirin Tor in gathering materials by negotiating with ancients and frostberry bushes, better their understanding of each other by discussing the cultural differences between dames, knights, priests, and druids historically, and help the red dragonflight by fighting the potential end of the world, where their efforts work 100% of the time 50% of the time. 7898 words.
(2023-02-26) Leaving Whispers in the Gulch — Lena catches up with Rae and they discuss their feelings after the Whispering Gulch incident.
(2023-02-26) Blowing the Bone Horn (S9 E6 - White Squad Log) — White Squad saves Westguard Keep from like four certain dooms in one afternoon. It is probably a one-day certain-doom-salvation record of some kind.