The Lily Court

Hex 32.24. Deep within Thoadstool Thicket lies a retinue of Quagmash lawmakers and deputies who attend to the affairs of the Thicket and Quagmash at large. The court

THE HORNED JUDGE

The Horned Judge presides over the Lily Court, settling disputes and dispensing advice. He is a very wise, but extremely no-nonsense THOAD, never suffering obvious lies and trickery. His most severe judgment is to swallow offenders whole, right on the spot.

• Traits: Intensely serious, slow-talking, harrumphs.
• Motivation: Bring his style of justice to the wild lands of the Quagmash.

PIZBO'DORN

A stoic MUSHRUM knight serving as the court muscle and enforcer to the Horned Judge. He often goes on excursions to act as an emissary for the Judge, dispensing justice away from the court.

• Traits: Loyal, forthright, unafraid to use force.
• Motivation: See the Horned Judge's justice spread throughout the Mucklands.

ICKY MUCKBURG ESQUIRE

A RIVER GOBLIN public defender, dressed in a sopping wet three-piece suit, and constantly drenched in flop sweat. His job is to act as attorney for those who break the laws of Thoadstool Thicket. Sometimes that means providing backup in a wrestling match or duel. He's always flipping through a massive tome of law and wiping his dripping forehead with a dirty rag.

• Traits: Sweaty, unprepared, pessimistic.
• Motivation: Help his clients without looking like a complete fool.

TURNIP THE PEASANT BOY

A boggart peasant boy with a limp. Turnip shines shoes, carries loads, and offers his services to any adventurer that will take him.

• Traits: Hopeful, overly-polite, tags along.
• Motivation: Earn his way into the position of squire and one day become a Knight-Errant.

quests

THE MUSHRUM KNIGHT'S REQUEST

Pizbo'dorn the mushrum knight can't abandon his duties, so he requests that you journey to his hometown of Mushmash. The town is under siege from NYADS and PIRATES and could use some seasoned heroes to help defend.

TRIAL BY COMBAT

After accidentally knocking over a Felmog Outrider's prized lance, and losing it in the swamp, Turnip the Peasant Boy is taken before the Lily Court and found guilty. Turnip offers to work for ten years in servitude, but the angry outrider decides the punishment isn't good enough and demands a trial by combat. As a peasant, Turnip has no champion and must face the knight alone if no one comes to his aid.

• If a PC steps in and defeats the outrider, Turnip becomes their squire (as per the Dungeoneer Lackey ability).
• The outrider, Lord Vath (FELMOG KNIGHT L6-B) is petty and vindictive. is presided over by the Horned Judge, centered on a placid pond covered in sturdy lily pads, which all face the massive toadstool bench where the Judge sits.

THE LEGAL CONUNDRUM

The Horned Judge needs help making a decision, and he is displeased with everyone's advice at the Lily Court. Perhaps you could weigh in? A single boggart mother in Sinkhole is on trial for pushing a wug in front of a fleet of runaway sputterhorses. But she only did so to save her five children that were also in harm's way who surely would have been crushed. Should the woman be spared from punishment? Should she have sacrificed herself? Should she be swallowed by the Horned Judge as retribution? But what of her children?

• Whatever the PCs answer, they must provide a compelling case. If they fail to persuade the Horned Judge to spare the mother, they are saddled with taking care of her five children Orn, Ponso, Gibri, Xina, and Scraps.