The Queen's Justice
Author
Ryan Paddy
Characters
Casting will be via questionnaire, but you can state a preference for certain characters.
The Queen's Justice
- Justice Prince Hendrik (M) the Queen's son
- Justice Lady Amelia de Groot (F) scion of an ancient Usslander noble family
- Justice Chancellor Florence Jansen (E) recently ennobled chief of Treasury
- Justice Lord Jean-Pierre Rousseau (M) a mysterious nobleman
The Royal Foot, Upright Company
- Captain Carlo (M) commanding officer, said to be seeking ennoblement
- Sargeant Saskia (F) second in command, a hard taskmaster
- Zavia (E) a brash young soldier
- Erwin (E) somewhat dim-witted new recruit, a political appointment
- Jansy (E) a favourite of Captain Carlo
- Brooklyn (E) cautious and chivalrous
- Alto (E) cold with a sadistic streak
- Skylar (E) the clown of the company
Staff of the boarding house at 8731 Great Heavens Way
- Merel de Winkel-Peters (F) proprietor of the boarding house
- Wout de Winkel (M) husband of Merel, a drunk
- Roos de Winkel (F) daughter of Merel and Wout, engaged to Hubert de Wolff
- Adolf Oonk (M) the cook, used to work at the Palace of Ivory
- Margriete (F) the cleaner, assumed to be the illegitimate daughter of Wout
- Finn (E) the servant - played by the gamemaster
Residents at the boarding house
- Jan 'Theophile' Seger (E) a poet and courtier in the Palace of Ivory
- Ryker Wallis (M) a staunch coal miner, brother of Lijsbet
- Lijsbet Wallis (F) a kindly music teacher, sister of Ryker
- Hubert de Wolff (M) a well-read book-binder, engaged to Roos de Winkel
- Agnes Ernst (F) a soldier's widow who does sewing for a dressmaker
- Jaap Kerkhof (E) a cranky barber-surgeon
- Hendrik Gruter (M) an elderly money-lender who keeps to himself
- Dirk de Meester (M) a poor itinerant sharpener of knives, husband of Katheline
- Katheline de Meester-Zwart (F) deaf wife of Dirk, washes and mends clothes
- Jacob de Meester (M) sickly son of Dirk and Katheline
- Clara Zwart (F) orphan niece of Dirk and Katheline
- Madam Brummelstroot (F) a courtesan who is frequently visited by well-to-do men
Costume
French Revolution, or the closest convenient thing. Play a commoner if you want basic costuming. The following are just suggestions. For male commoners: plain trousers, shirt, waistcoat with belt over, jacket, cravat, simple hat, sideburns and moustache. For noblemen and courtiers: flamboyant breeches, stockings, waistcoat, coat, lace, whitened hair or wig, musketeer beard. For female commoners: plain dress and apron or skirt, blouse and bodice, bonnet or hat. For noblewomen and courtesans: flamboyant dress, lace, whitened hair or wig, pale makeup, beauty spots. For soldiers: breeches, stockings, jacket, sashes and hat (ideally matching). Weapons will be foam hand weapons, with firearms represented by flintlock musket cap guns (for soldiers) and pistols (for officers and nobles).
GM Contact
Ryan: ryanpaddynz@gmail.com
Background
Her Royal and Most Illustrious Majesty Queen Beatrix of Ussland bids greetings to her obedient subjects. Though our blessed nation is the wisest in the world and has defied the provocations of our perfidious neighbours, and although by the divine efforts of His Holiness King Ulbert Who Now Rules Us From the Great Heavens we have crushed the venomous dogs of the Unspeakable Cult and made our homeland a bountiful paradise, we now face a new danger. Foreign agents in our midst have instigated a foul rebellion against your beloved Queen.
Fear not, for the Queen in her divine wisdom has uncovered this stinking treachery and at any moment the infallible Queen's Justice will descend on the viper's nest where these plots are laid, and like a heavenly scythe they shall reap the heads of the traitors. The screams of the quislings as they give up their fellow serpent collaborationists shall ring through the sacred valleys of the Queen's land, and their blood shall wash clean the soul of Ussland, the Chosen Nation of the Great Heavens.
