Erasure - 03. d'Loup Estate Garden
Room 03. is the front garden lawn for the d'Loup Estate. This is another area I already have a map for, so I don't have to draw anything new. The space is expansive, containing hedge walls, statutes of important d'Loup women1, an adjoining garden gazebo, and connections to most first-floor rooms. The gazebo will make a good entrance to room 07., a 'secret fort' for the two youngest in the d'Loup family - Isabelle and Simonne - but I need to think through what that looks like.
When first entered, the Garden will house bravos from the Order of the Joyous Basilisk. These braggadocios knights are the foot soldiers for the young Marquise Juniper, and are a good introduction for that faction and what their section of the dungeon might be like. The group's already fond of the Order from past adventures, but haven't ever knowingly met a member. Their opinion's informed by meeting their rivals, the Order of the Riotous Bulette, and inferring that the Basilisks must be good in comparison to the mercenary Bulettes. I want to use the encounter to put that into doubt, especially since they are associated with Juniper.
The Bulettes are generally affable, and willing to talk, but if Apolline's present that conversation might be short. Due to the nature of Erasure being a memory on a sort of repeating, static loop, Apolline's childhood actions in Juniper's memories have poisoned the order against her, even as an adult. This will be explored in room 08.
I should consider what will have to say about the statues.↩