Hmmmm. Maybe instead of people just wandering over to Souragne at random, Anthony or another mod-PC could write to all the loyalists who'd survived the Manoir, inviting them to come and learn something very important about the stolen plans? It needn't be an actual adventure on par with Halloween -- the moderators wouldn't have to plot events out if they don't have time to spare; we can get into trouble just fine on our own
-- and players who can't join the game can claim their PCs had other matters to attend to, or didn't receive their invitations in time, etc. Characters whose addresses aren't actually on record with the FoS, like Nathaniel and Crow, could hear of the gathering from other PCs.If this were timed right and the Souragne Project is far enough along, we could even plan to do it shortly after the Souragne net-Gaz is released, so we'll know what sort of environment our characters will be getting into. In-character exploration of a domain most of our PCs have never seen before would be a fantastic way to savor the new Gaz's contents!
