So, we played Episode 13 yesterday evening - but it soon became evident (as I had more or less foreseen) that our
Lords of E-Space sequence was not over yet, so we've decided to add a couple of episodes to this ninth season of
Lady Penelope's Odyssey. And since we already did that for the previous season, it looks like each new season, from now on, will consist of fifteen episodes (as opposed to only thirteen) - which will allow me, as gamemaster, to always include at least one multi-episode story arc (not just the occasional two-parter but a sequence of three, four or even five directly-connected episodes) in each season.
Anyway, here are the blurbs for episodes 11-13. Episodes 12 and 13 formed a two-parter.
Episode 11: Keep of the
Tharils
Long
before the Time War, Lady Romana guided the Tharils on the paths of freedom and
wisdom, making them the guardians of E-Space. As the War erupted, the Tharils
began their long vigil, locked up in their cross-dimensional keep, waiting for
a message from Gallifrey which never came. And now a new Time Lady is about to
enter Warrior’s Gate…
Episode 12: Empire of the
Three
As
Tharil society wavers on the brink of civil war, the TARDIS takes Penelope and
Mortimus to the Celestial Citadel, at the heart of the Empire of a Thousand
Worlds which now rules over all E-Space. Here, they meet the young god-emperor
Arius, his Mother (also known as the Rani) and his General (formerly known as
the War Chief). To be continued…
Episode 13: Alea Jacta Est
Following
her daring capture of the Rani, Lady Penelope returns to the Celestial Citadel
to negotiate an unlikely but necessary status quo between the Tharils and the
Empire of a Thousand Worlds. But how do you convince the godchild emperor of
E-space and his Time Lord General to choose the way of peace and balance? By improvising, of course!
Lastly, we've also agreed on a title for season 9: Time, Space & Beyond ("Beyond" as in E-space, alternate continuums etc.).
