Welcome to Blaze of Glory, a swashbuckling Amber Game by Sol Foster.

Bleys rallies the troops -- the forces of Chaos are moving through his Shadow.

Even with Bleys fighting by their side, can his loyal Guard hope to stop the massed fleets of Chaos?

The growth of the black circle has been halted. Unfortunately, its creators have noticed. And they will have their revenge...

I've added a feature to the Blaze of Glory web site which will generate a daily email summarising any new stories that have been added to the site that day.

When posting the quotes from the last session Kris spotted that GeekLog censored her post by removing a "naughty" word...

Seeing as all the players are adults and the games themselves often briefly descend into the gutter this seems rather silly so I've disabled the feature.

You are now free to swear as much as you like, but please keep it in-character :-)

Here are the quotes from the Ambercon 2004 game. They can also be found online at:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fazzari/Amber/Cons/AC04quotes.html

In the night, a message arrives for young Yves St. Laurant-Seaway.

Later, those who were near when he read it remember his face paled and his young slender hands trembled.

With a war-kit typical of long journeys, Yves is last seen galloping south out of camp.

Valourous Comrades,

Each of you more inspiring than the next, I am leaving the immense shadow of your deeds and riding into a shadow of regret.

Miles to go before I weep.

This is my final salute to you all.

Yves SLS

It began routinely enough, when a small island in the west was overrun with pirates. But the circle of their influence quickly spread. In a matter of weeks they shut down most of the shipping in the North Atlantic, with ruthless raids and wanton atrocities.

But most troublesome -- the seas they sailed were strangely becalmed for all vessels but theirs.

Hmm, we need a quotes topic, I think. Anyway, here are the quotes from November's game. They can also be found online at:

(OK, so the game wasn't actually at U•Con, but several of the players were in town because of U•Con, so it's close enough.) :)

Jayne is basically out of commission with two broken wrists and other injuries.

Marc, the Shark, is fine, and with Jayne and Glory (this will be the woman who lost her hand) and Ron heading home.

Ron, the Phoenix, is minus a leg, but alive.

William, our youngest, has only minor injuries.

Glory, is the only surviving ladyshark who went with Jayne on the quest for the trumps - minus a hand.

Six other ladysharks did not continue on the quest but escorted the King of France to Lord Bleys. (Jayne is always sending him presents like this. Kings. Heads. Daughters.)

So our total dead sharks for this mission is actually only 3. Presuming Louie's escorts make it back safe.

Total dead sharks: ~137
Total living sharks: 14
....Marc, Ron, Wil, Glory, and 6 other ladies, plus 4 headed back to base on one of the America's ships. Of course, Ron will likely have to go inactive. Maybe Glory too.