I'm running at least 3 tournaments this year and already have 4 tables but 5 and 6 would be good to have ready before March so I set myself a challenge. Get my Frostgrave/Ariadna (Dawn) table up and running in a weekend one catch I'm babysitting my 4 year old and 2 year old as per usual and so the #tableinaweekend was born. I also have noticed were getting short of time here in the Battle of Boards so thought why not get this done now as well.
The table is done .... I did what I set out to do I destroyed the one ring .... wait what? I mean I finished the hard parts of the table all the big LoS/LoF blocking pieces are done. I've got some pre-painted resin pieces from Pegasus Hobbies to go onto this table but its currently at a friends house and a couple of scale models to 'ruin' and 'rust' to help fill the void in the centre of the table.
That aside here is back story to it all.
"Hayden's Folly"
If my triangulating is correct, this is, or more precisely was, the home of 'new religious body' read that as cult compound of the fiery ex-servicemen from 5th Armoured Rangers Regiment turned evangelical preacher, Hayden James. Due to some shady and questionable dealings involving off world teseum smuggling, James amassed a small fortune. This was more than enough to outfit himself and his followers with provisions, vehicles and even prefabricated structures. This was all they needed to leave the sinners that make up the majority of the USAriadna culture behind and strike out on their own.
Moving down route 1 and finally bypassing Mount Zion and The Wall itself, they made for unexplored regions of the Ariadna Exclusion Zone. All who knew of the group's intent warned him and any of his disciples who would listen that only misery, bandits, mercenaries and Antipodes awaited them. But they all claimed Hayden's visions were true and a heaven on Dawn awaited them. With logic lost on these people no one would ever set out after them.
A world like Dawn breeds hearty people with little time for fools. When the first reports from long range Maverick patrols reported a deserted settlement lay many miles East of the wall, it wasn't long until the ruins got their nickname "Hayden's Folly." A warning of what happens to fools who discount the dangers of a world like Dawn and put all their faith in a false idol. Now it's more a story told around camp fires to scare poorly behaving children into listening. That doesn't mean it wasn't a foolish mistake. The ruins are real enough.
But thats what it looks like Today ... thats not what it looks like 3 days ago. So lets go back and look at the beginning.
