A Briefing on the Quest

At that a look of surprise comes over the faces of several of the Champions, for they know of at least one analogue (they presume) of this Stacy. They don't interrupt, though, and Cuthbert continues: "Someone called Stacy, from a city called New York, died. [7386 - option 5] Instead of the regular procedure taking place when someone dies - the Rules and Agents wouldn't tell me what that was - for some reason this Angel decided to restore her to life, without her memory, in the body of a woman called Princess Rebecca, who was living in a country called Daria in some analogue Terra or other. I asked what had happened to the rightful owner of that body, but either they wouldn't tell me or they didn't know. All they would say was that it wasn't possible to undo what had been done. That means that this Stacy can't be returned to her native reality and her memory won't be restored to her."

"In that case, what is the quest that we've agreed to help you with?" Astra 9 asks him.

"Princess Rebecca is married to a Prince Samuel, who is apparently a very nasty piece of work. His brother Eric, the King, has disappeared, so that Samuel is ruling Daria as regent. He also is interfering in the affairs of the neighbouring kingdom of Zendara. Rebecca's uncle is Hengist, king of Zendara. Hengist has been putting down an uprising by a group of women calling themselves the New Amazons, who have been trying to get women in Zendara more rights. There was a fair-sized battle between Hengist's army and the rebels. Almost all the rebels were killed and Hengist's own daughter, who was leading them, was amongst the fatalities. Samuel is also very anti the New Amazon cause. The other main player is Prince Aaron, son of Hengist, who is believed to be sympathetic to the New Amazons."

"You still haven't told us just what our quest is," Jarlath objects. "This Stacy/Rebecca may perhaps be in danger from Prince Samuel if he's as nasty as you say, but it's not normal practice for the Celestrials to intervene on behalf of individuals. And even if further war and bloodshed is likely in the region, they wouldn't normally do anything to prevent it. Their guidelines are strict."

1. Cuthbert explains what the quest is.

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