OK, two and a half days after I emailed to give him a nudge still no reply from Creamsteak. So I am officially hijacking this game (with approval from judges) -- CS can take it back if he pokes his head in. I'm going to have to improvise at this point, so give me a day or two to review the thread to make sure whatever I make up (no doubt unrelated to what was *supposed* to be behind that curtain) is at least consistent. Call it the piggy-back story approach to DMing.