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Ice, Salt, Ooze, Steam When near the Basic/in the basin room the aura changes to conjuration, powerful. Green Book (II): Clan Saytar (Hobgoblin by blood) - Emperor's Bloodline unlikely Clan Säv (Bugbear by blood) Clan Zarkhûn (Zarkhi Goblins by blood) Clan Twbykh (Hobgoblin by blood) Clan Muharib (Hobgoblin by blood) Clan Khazûn (Hobgoblin by blood) Clan Barzûl (Bugbear by blood) Clan Darakûn (Hobgoblin by blood) Clan Nabrûl (Varag by blood) - Unlikely to have a keep (very seldom mentioned). The Muharib crown we got is the Crown of Echoing Steel (metal/alloy/electrum). Related: Shuharim translates to "Shade Drinker", Zarkhûn is the clan related to - they refer to this as the Wraithblade. Veni's brother: Nancáro Raheemanbar "Rheem" is a product of combining the ooze thing once it grew to proper size with some of the soul goo. She was a Peren during the end of the Mol Empire that submitted to the will of the Empire, acting against the revolt, seems regretful of it.

River runs through the keep (Wraithblade). According to Kithul, Whent said it was a good place for being able to move quickly. Whent didn't have dark circles around his eyes when Kithul met him. Two hafuwe that attacked Kithul were the same ones that Dwayne went to the keep with. Hafuwe Brothers - Hobbin - Hobgoblin - Peren Woman - Bird Trainer Joey has a bunch of trained birds that he gives use of to the guard. Dusk in HG is the contact for Crimson Shroud.

Info gatherer in Silver Web: Sira. Tony is an enforcer/thug. We spoke with Sira. Dresk might be dealing with bookkeeping/laundering. Council: Eilifi Greyras - Traxian Greyras - Asiya Azrak - Elren Amin - Khadija Dalzen - Sarro Rashid - Dalvaar Rashaan - Johanka Materai - No children. Has an estranged wife, not seen together in some time though they live in the same house. Tends to play neutral among other councilors. Doesn't really like the Greyras's. Some blackmail here and there.

A group of gnolls came by and set a bunch of fires. The gnolls apparently weren't alone. Rumor is that Orsugo was with them as well. Defensive People: Jack (Haraad), Becard (Veren), Orvayne (HG), Hansa (Veren, protege of Becard), Cpt. Margaret Toddie (Ostrad). Rumors against us: Mikhail is Dhel (welp), People around Beltran belittle or rep, some people -if anything- just see us as out of towners who are showing up throwing our weight around. That's the worst of it...so honestly not that bad at all. Previous fam that controlled the banks was Rashid; new one is Matari (Johanka), the one's whose house we use to get through the keep. "Lieutenants" of Beltran: Zaref Duhlan Rain Marr Davien Solt Tasrih Qarat Whent Kharoun

Gwen is taking an herbal compound: Neutralizes some of the harsher aspects of a few of the herbs that could be toxic. Some of them, specifically, are hard to acquire, found in Escaria for enhancing spellcasting. This concoction is probably really valuable. Seem to enhance cold/frost/ice, but none of it will actually create an effect. -Might be good to ask where she gets these power components. Check for Orvayne at the Tailor's Shop every Laanday, Tyrsday to try and meet. We find out the soul goo is a catalyst and accelerant whichis wild. Vénë is definitely another name for The Martyr. Found it on an idol at an HG shrine near the Ruins. Plus, Elliot even explained that it's a pretty common name for her in some parts, it's more along the theory that she was once mortal (which he doesn't believe). There's even supposedly stories about where she was buried... Aldo found out more about the Older Greyras Syster. Naevora Greyras. Seen as frail, dainty, rarely seen, always tucked away, a lot of speculations as to why. He was also able to get some more rumors to start spreading, which...are they even rumors at this point? I wouldn't be surprised at all if Beltran's new guard were just street goons put on his payroll. We also had Gwen, Ashanti, and Elliot get out of the city and over to the Crack.

Beltran had us attacked in an inn in Haudh-Gwenn. The innkeeper was bashed up after not taking the guards' money (5gp to know where we were staying). We got him on our side but learned there's been some rumors being spread by Beltran, of course, that we let our fame go to our heads and did things like make deals with Orsugo to start fires down the towns on the river and the like. So after I got run out of the inn, shot at in the street (and the guard nearly killed a random civilian doing it). Might have killed the one who fired; don't really care if I did to be honest. I met with the armor-tailor and got our stuff back, he's who helped me understand what kind of rumors were spreading. He's still on our side but has to look out for himself. He did let me in at night when he didn't have to. Ran into Aldo, he's going to be out spreading rumors and getting the bones of the story straight. Thankfully it looks like the innkeep we convinced, Koa, Gwen, and Casper are all savely hiding out in the area near the ruins. Probably not pleasant memories for Casper.

Dealt with the other group. Woobrun divulges: Whent paid the bugbear and the other archer and they went and collected these groups. They were told they were going to deal with "some outlaws". They weren't even told upfront about Whent as much, they knew 2gp was going to stop too much question-asking. It's not strange for the guard to hire people to go deal with outlaws or guard a place, etc. Darr ('ick), Taal name: Bugbear, he's captured by us. Knows Beltran is head of the guard and the one running this bullshit op. Rashid family used to run the bank, but Darr removed them. Months ago. Kidnapped the councilor's family and left the councilor there so Beltrain would have leverage.

Dwayne: Has met Kithul, before he went to the keep. He was with a group that went to this keep and the goblins are smarter than they should be. Plotting. Felt like the group was lured there, times he heard his name called he was pulled into a trap. In Forven: Found a courier! --Letter from Danly: Midnight Milk - Powerful hallucinogenic, some resist the effects and it depends on who is taking it and what the hallucination is. The user is lucid, they're easier to pull from the euphoria. Can be very addictive. Not always made the same - it can go "sour". Called "Sour Milk". It will always be an unconscious dream, never lucid, and the sleep lasts between 2-8 hours but the nightmare can be as if they're a full lifetime. Coming out of that trip can bring them back changed. New languages, new skill, but more often than not they'll have PTSD and other traumas. --Letter from Kadero - Parcel w/note. Book on Sacred Geometry. Tillerman: Jack "Black Guard" - Unknown, Bruno "Bruiser" - Unknown, Milton "Milk Toast" - Imprisoned and Fingers Broken, Freya "Face" - At University, Hunter "Bear Trap" - Dead, Cazic "Captain" - Imprisoned. More on Dwayne: The night they were at the keep was chaotic, hafuwe climbed up, they went back, ambush, goblins everywhere. There were more than just goblins, 1 goblin he seemed like he was giving direction with a sword. There was a man and woman with swords. They weren't attacking that he remembers, but they were there. He said he shot a goblin, but he's not sure it was. It may have been a hafuwe, one of the brothers. He thinks he may have been part of the problem. Assassins sent by: Whent, guard in HG. Hired 4-5 days ago. Another crew on the river, 5 strong. Brought the 2 that survived the ambush to the Crack, blindfolded, and made it back. We're going to go after the other group of 5, hopefully we only encounter 3 in a bunch. There's 5 from the Crack following along to see how we work, but we need them at a fallback.

HG Ruins: Nathan says that the ruins there it's strange that the Greyras fam wants that area lawless. Fire at the tanner's place. Warning to the council. Someone has leverage on them. Traxian Greyras - Head of council: Rumor, that he wasn't born a Greyras. He's bought his way into that title. Generally, that shouldn't matter. HG council is elected, but it's different. 1 is elected by the people, the others are elected by the rest of the council. Some are nepotism. The position is indefinite. Traxian was not necessarily of Greyras blood and bought the name - may have been a bastard. Elifi Greyras - Fierce nobility. "Proper woman through and through". Rigid etiquette, sharp witted, sharp tongued, dedicated to her family. Doesn't leave breadcrumbs about. Older Sister Greyras - Was supposed to marry into the Merek family. Refused loudly, at a ball. Councilor Yentha and Varo haven't spoken face to face in 2 years even sitting on the council together. Incident at a warehouse left his son missing a hand. HG Councilors are united by greed.

The damn things followed us. We had a hell of a time -after I stayed up most of the night watching for them- dealing with the next swarm of the bastards but thankfully the sun came up and ended them. We stayed at the bandit camp. Couldn’t carry all, couldn’t quit— So I got Ridh of all of it. Where straw is stacked and no one looks, Between the stalls and hanging hooks. The tavern sleeps, the fields don’t mind— Just dust, and doors, and time to find. ---Seems like it refers to a barn in Ridh? Maybe a stash there. Aldo had a drug trip that ended up turning into a spirit walk in the shoes of a Peren slave. He saw the rebellion and even saw Vénë. The drug is Moonlight Milk? No idea about that one. I'll have to ask about it. Aldo also convinced Kurvrock to allow me to show them the cipher for the Mol Enc. We'll see how that works out, not looking forward to being around the man.

I hate plants. I hate plants. I hate plants. I hate plants. Map: Sacred Geometry ties into these shapes found on the Map Room map. There is some kind of setup/pattern to these sites. Boundaries. There's a spot over where the water was enhanced in the woods that's got one of these shapes. If this keep is meant to be Life - Death (Above - Below), then if we ID other sites, we can figure out what the different Sacred Geometry sites are - and WHAT they are. This keep is an epicenter of planar significance. There was some serious research being done here. Are these geometric details on the maps in the other keeps? Could be good to find out. There's 3 geometric signs here. Two are expected - Life and Death. The third? It follows a theory that the inner planes are of material while the outer are of the ephemeral/metaphysical. If the inner are the source of the physical planes, what's inside the sphere of spheres - at the very center of the planes. What is there? The antithesis, the anti, the opposite of all that IS. A void plane of source. That's what that could be? Muharib - Ancient Portal Guards of the Mol Empire. Creatures would spill into the world from portals they were experimenting with, these people would battle them back. This must have been the place they were meant to guard. This forest would have been their home (though, maybe it wasn't a forest at the time).

We found an electrum crown in a stash within one of the buildings. 2 white stones, 1 pink stone. We used the scroll of Detect Magic to identify the crown, it had a strong Transmutation aura. It was a (Headband of Mental Prowess +2). We found the dead tree as well and there's a bigger one of those plant-people things there. Great.

The new corpse has an alchemist's travel kit, a large sum of money (26 gp and more), and a quick potion pouch. They also have a small booklet/journal written in peren. This one still has odd puncture wounds. Many of them seem to have healed partially. Maybe they had bled, used healing potions, and then their wounds still overcame them. Weird vine creatures lurking around the area attacked! After we defeated them, we find they're the source of the puncture wounds. They can move onto normal stone but seemingly not onto the electrum stone. We fight a large wave of them and realize they're also made out of the strange dangerous ivy with sharp leaves. Huge tree inside the keep (proper area, beyond a courtyard). They're native to Eldamar. When their seeds fall, the seed can't crack or open w/o the right temperatures. Without a fire to allow the saplings to grow, they would never sprout. Strange. We made into the large keep building but the stairs move up and go straight to the ceiling with no way to get to the roof that way. We found another door that seems to be barred, but we're having issues getting through it.

Oh, I forgot I talked to a red-haired gentleman in a cloak, a druid. They were after Orsugo, but he got made when I revealed I was AC-trained. [b]Deciphered Purple Vol.10[/b] - Foreign Affairs, first of it's type I've deciphered. This is about how they influenced others of different kind. They had strong relations w/Gnomes. They reference Ustos as "The Gnomes". Relatively positive. Relatively. They do look down on them. Gnomes don't have as deep a grasp of magic as the Mol do, so they talk down to them. These books are written with a somewhat hoity/posh tone w/clear and obvious disdain for the Mol Empire. At least, that's now the proper message is - the "cover" message is very flowery and complimentary. Duane has been to Wraithblade. There's goblins in there. Only he made it out alive, others succumbed to injuries even when they made it out. He isn't sure how many there were - several. "Could have been a dozen, could have been 5 dozen". The way he found in - The keep has walls and a portcullis. We made it to the Twisted Grove, haven't found the ruins yet but we did find bodies. 5 bodies of people. Seemed like explorers, there's 6 unaccounted for. We made it to a safer spot hopefully nearer the actual ruins. Seems like a space where walls may have once been. Oh...make that 6 bodies. One more got here. They have their backpack still. Ah, and there's no blood in the grass back with the other bodies. Hard to imagine it all got washed away in so little rain.

Councilor Yullen Gemsmith, Leon Jaeger, Cleven Gemsmith, Hinta, and Councilor Jhessail Vintree are present along with all of us. Vintree mentions there was a deal set up even before she sat on the council, someone changed the contract -allegedly- and the members from Draazstone took issue with it. It's been decades. Trade thing went through, Kurvrok wants to send someone with us to the ruins cause he's a bitch.

Gemsmith knows of these stones (the planar infused ones). This one stone that we saw the air infused in is a generalist, it's a one-size-fits-all. Muharib = Kurvrak, he's related to them. Ancient guards of the Mol Empire. They broke free from the rest of the empire, continued to maintain in the mountains of Vala. Offshoots of them exist up there still. Known to be great warriors. Has a ring that says: "By thy service and by thy loyalty, all paths open to thy sovereignty." He's definitely an asshole. Oh, sold the sapphire and got the 12 ultimately (had to prove I knew Gemsmith).

Pillar Room: Ice (Water air), ooze (water earth), Steam (water upper), salt (water + lower) . Pattern to filigree is similar to runes that I've seen before. I've deciphered the arcane runes to a degree that come together to form a very powerful magic. This one's not containment like the other one is. This one is for control. There were legends of a basin/bowl that provides the ability to control water and its elementals. This bowl seems to be the one. It should have a command word, but no way to find it right now. I was able to examine the filigree (electrum) thoroughly and found that it's likely the conduit for what provides power/energy to the basin. Since the pillars are broken, it's impossible to power the basin. Koa is engaged now. We got Cpt. Jack filled in on the Jerta's Crack situation and he's sending some people who are joining in but also will help hunt and rotate out w/folks in Harrod. Filled in the de facto guard captain lady in Forven. Made it back to Loshev. Getting barding for the legs of our horses to get through Twisted Grove. 2 of the councilfolk are the Crestborns and Kurvrok has smeared their name by finding out they were related to one of the lashes. Go to Draazstone? Y/N Talk to Gemsmith about gems, gemcutting tools and schema, trade, auction (Cliven). Kurvrok about books. Talk to Tariq, Councilmen Rook, and Council about bringing prisoners from Forven there. Trinity visit. Hinta about weapons, also that's where the barding is coming from. Checking on experiments (unlikely updates). Nathan book, trade, Koa's walk in the woods w/Philamina and her mom.

Figured out the dozens of papers in the scroll case are specific methods to create these infused stones. Cutting it primes it but doesn't necessarily infuse it. We made it back to the hideout and everyone there seemed really excited to see us. It helped, but over the course of the rest of the night, things got a bit tricky. Eidrick told us that getting to Beltran while he was on the road might be the best opportunity. We went through a lot of options on how to lure him out, how to ambush him, what to do after. We brought Leon in on it and he provided a great idea for how to go about it, but at the end emphasized that he wouldn't act now if it were him. We don't know our enemy well enough (or at all). Beltran is a tool, a branch of our real foe. We slept on it and, honestly, I didn't feel much different after it. I mostly ruminated on who the hell it was making an impassioned case to go after Beltran immediately. Was that actually me or just what I thought I should say? Either way, we decided against moving now. Leon joined our cause in earnest this time, appreciating that on-the-whole we know how to be rational and avoid chaos. He's big on that, it seems. There were 3 more Mol Encyclopedia books in the burned out lab which is good news. Especially since we need to focus on breaking this curse before we can really start fixing anything. The real question I keep coming back to is: Are we actually committed to "fixing things" here in Idir? A similar questions seems to be plaguing Aldo. Maybe he'll actually be ready to talk about it soon.

Broke one of the crystals in a brazier and got attacked by the fire. Sheesh, that was scary. Destroying the crystal spawned a living flame that we had to fight. The elder told us that we need a crystal that can handle the energy in the mountain keep, but we aren't sure if it needs to be infused or not. We left and I remembered some of what I learned about slithering pits, they can be worked into a more stable form. We decided to go check with Gwen and Ashanti but they had an experiment for us that they were excited about. They had me consume...something. Horrible. Apparently it had...nevermind. Anyway, we ended up explaining what the ooze was and Gwen was understandably very upset about it. While we were waiting for the effects to wear off so we could test it, we found that Ashani has studied oozes and knows what a Slithering Pit was. Even though Aldo didn't want to deal with the thing, he ended up being the one going to the tanner and gods know what happened. Somehow the tanner got upset and didn't want to work with us because Aldo...Aldo'd? Not in the way where he makes things magically happened, but in the way he can sometimes burn down a lake. "How's that even happen?" you ask? So did we. Anyway, we got it sorted, let the tanner know who we were, and got him to agree to work and tan the thing for free, though, keeping a piece of it for himself. Turns out, the concoction I took? My cantrips are easier. Not skill-wise but I feel like I always have a bit extra I can push. So far, I haven't run out of the ability to throw them again. In the next couple days, we'll be heading to the crag.

HD Ruins Found the Elder Room! The curse here... It housed many, above and below the surface. It was a thriving metropolis. When the curse swept through this land, the people were consumed by the curse. Broken down. Minds, bodies, and souls. The curse is keeping them trapped as this goo and breaking it would require them to be released. Found a workshop where the odd wind gem was cut, these gems were made of the transient energy between planes and have elemental essence bound into them. Another large room where the binding was likely done. Another room shows 18 individuals on the pillars in the room, each marked with a sigil representing a plane. There are 18 total planes represented. On the braziers, there's markings that bind something inward.

Ashanti: Alchemist friend of Gwen's Fucked up on trying to get the trait to get good at medicine Lendo D'Bellum showed up. He needs pain meds. He's from Yovance. Opal: Received 143 gp Bank closed all our accounts.

Helpful Guard in Forven: Kiras Hallo Lenore: Wife of the Captain of the Guard. Crew: Jack "Black Guard", Bruno "Bruiser", Milton "Milk Toast", Freya "Face", Hunter "Bear Trap", Cazic "Captain". She wants us to recheck our work. We found out by following her to Harad that she contacted Freya to say they'd made it to the University and it seems like that's where Lenore is going to go as well. "The University" is in Bardh. Harad: Ashtara came though, left Idir. Got to HG, fkn Beltrain is the new cptn of the guard. We did get 3 nights at the Color Spray, though.

SESSION 23: Fuffing Finally in Forven

SESSION 23: Fuffing Finally in Forven

Session 22: Miles to Go Pt. 3

Session 22: Miles to Go Pt. 3

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Session 21: Miles to Go

Session 21: Miles to Go

Session 20: Through Snow and Stone

Spoke w/the Elder about Telvanius. Alchemy, Military Strategy, Gossip of the Court - how to incite infighting, woo, elicit information, and others. Filigree denotes which subject - orange is alchemy. This weather sucks, but we made it through. Got Yarah's friend dropped of in a cave rather unceremoniously but all done. We found a barn to hole up in thank goodness. Some brewers in there were kind to us, but Aldo got ridiculously drunk. I'm not sure how to get him to stop. I think he nearly died this time. We need to find a way to talk to him about that... We had a bit of a disagreement with Elliot once we made it back to Loshev as well. He can't pay us. Some part of me suspected this may happen, I can't even say way. He's got nothing left, but he does have another volume of the Encyclopedia, red fiigree. Military? Interesting. I was able to share the secret info with him and together we'll be able to decipher the one in his book. I'm looking forward to that, but the fallout due to lack of pay was intense. I honestly don't feel to bent out of shape about it, but Aldo seemed to. I get it, but it just means we don't trust Elliot for that specific purpose, right? He DID fund the expedition, we can trust him that far. Anyway, I got whisked onstage around then. Hope Elliot didn't take that fallout too hard. I think he gave me his horse?

Session 20: Through Snow and Stone

Session 19: Cold Comfort, Licking Flames

Session 19: Cold Comfort, Licking Flames

Session 18: Defying Gravity

Session 18: Defying Gravity

S17: Doors Opened

Spelling Correction: Al-Sāmiyah. Anyway... Aldo...got abducted by a giant bird. Shit. We're going to try and go get him but... We rushed and did a quick check on the other room we missed before. There's clues to how to get past the dial we figured out and how to reset and maintain the traps here. There's a tome of...wow. This is موسوعة تيلفانيوس لإمبراطورية مول That is "Telvanius' Compendium of the Mól Empire" aka The Mól Encyclopedia. 30-40 tomes of the Mol Empire, have the most accurate storage and info on the Mol Empire. This could even be a first edition, printed in Old Peren. This is volume III. We managed to use the hole in a hidden room to shortcut down to the bottom. We checked out the area where that man was cornered fighting gnolls and died. We ran into a hafuwe woman there who was injured, one of the ones who was with the harried group. Her name is Yara aka "Three" and her companions were Grishka aka "One" and Orsk aka "Two". She and Koa buried Grishka and we managed to rest inside the ruins for the night. In the morning, we were getting ready to leave when Aldo arrived riding Al-Sāmiyah. Apparently they're friends now, Koa is jealous, and she took Aldo on a tour to see a dead one of her kind near a broken egg w/a dead young out of it. The other eggs were missing. Seems she needs us to retrieve the eggs. We pack up and bring Yara with us who wishes to bury her other companion as well if we can. We leave Orsk in the keep so the cold will preserve him for now as we don't want to travel around with a body in a valley of scavengers. We're going to go stop the poaching of the Giant Eagles so that fucking wyverns don't infest the valley and surrounding areas in the coming years. We find a path to Drazzstone and head there. On the way we run into Raksan who we convince of the need to return the eggs despite this being a haul worth enough gold to support their families for years to come. He argues with his companions who we get to reluctantly agree to at least come see Al-Sāmiyah with us to prove we're not lying. They also seem to believe we're going to get them a wyvern egg. Oh boy.

S17: Doors Opened

We made it through the door, the symbols found on it yielded to the pattern of Flash > Tree > Gem. Experimentation > Evolution > Perfection. We found a nest of a great bird that ---- We found an Elder Peren, or a spirit of one. He told us of the Mol having crafted the Peren, making them perfected in their image. The Peren revolted, broke free from the Mol, tore down the empire from within, lead by Veni, a woman. Each of the 7 keeps in Idir, they have a bit of the curse in them. If even 3 were to falter, the right strike could break the curse forever. Must be done at the same time. Alternatively, we have to break the curse in all of them within 1 cycle of the moon phase. The curse causes the Peren to become toxically ambitious. If left to their own devices, they'll rule everything and then turn on one another. The world will suffer for this and Idir will remain in chaos. As we were chosen to end the curse, some defenses will become disempowered, others will be strengthened. Elsamiyeh, "The Exalted Matriarch" is the giant bird, sing her song to calm/ally with her. Really big giant eagle. She's been around since the curse started. We're meant to fulfill a prophecy to break the curse on Idir and resolve this terrible fate. All of this insanity we've come across in this land is due to the fact that no one can rule, no one can come to power, even if the people elected a ruler the Curse of the Shattered Throne would drive them mad. We (?) have to fix it.

Session 16: The Long Climb

We fought GNOLLS of all things. They had a heena (hanus? hiyeen?) a wolf-cat thing that castles. We had to beat them and it was tough, Koa is pretty injured, it's actually a miracle he's still standing. Guy's tough as nails. We rushed to the spiked door and managed to get into it, apparently the ring absorbed some of the electric current (Sweet!). It worked to get us in. We managed to get all the animals inside (Jacobo, the mule, got injured by the gnolls) and close the door, the wheel inside that closes/opens it is also spiked. We ran into a bunch of traps, a set of bars that triggered to block off a hallway full of stairs. A boulder came rolling down to kill us and we found a pressure plate that lead to a side area for safety.

Session 16: The Long Climb

SESSION 15: The Deluge

Sent Jaiden to Forven on Daisy. Went hunting and found a dead body. Peren. A plainscat definitely got to them. Green eyes, goatee, tall which is a little odd. Absolutely torn open and eviscerated. Robes are Arcane Congress it looks like. Finer material robes, but this person still has their stuff. Destroyed: Parchment, quill, small books (likely personal), rations, 2 potions Notable: Dagger, scroll - high quality material (possibly vellum), 2 potions (1 cracked) Separated from hobgoblin crew. Giant Eagles in area which keep the wyvern population at bay but their pop is dwindling. Mol storage space found in cave. We found a chest with rotted clothes and leathers and rusted swords. We find a leather satchel that spill out around us are silver. The mint of the coins is from the Mol empire. 7 total coins, 99.8% silver or so for these coins. The armor proportions look strange, it's more sized for a broad-shouldered human or at least human-sized. Looking at it closer, the arms seem too long, it's just strangely proportioned. The grip on the weapons is larger than expected. One of the swords within still has an edge to it. It could actually be cleaned up as a pretty nice shortsword. Bigger hilt, broad blade, weight is different, there's a small divot near the hilt. There's a ring as well, but whatever it is is tarnished. It's very well crafted, still smooth, and definitely valuable. Weapons: More description! Pike head Funny looking dagger Shortsword - kinda like a bastard sword, but not. Biggest sword - more like a bastard sword. Ring has etchings on the inside and the etchings are g'lin. I'll try to help a native speaker translate it from archaic to modern. We did finally made it to the "Valley of Doom" it seems. It's about 300 feet up, and the cliffside seems to have had a stairway that lead up to the ledge. A rockslide appears to have taken the stone walkway down. Built into the cliff face is an ornate set of square designs hewn into the stone. We clean it out and Aldo's key fits into the left side but he'll have to pick the the right. We decide to camp and the internet betrays us so the stream ended.

SESSION 15: The Deluge

Sent Jaiden to Forven on Daisy. Went hunting and found a dead body. Peren. A plainscat definitely got to them. Green eyes, goatee, tall which is a little odd. Absolutely torn open and eviscerated. Robes are Arcane Congress it looks like. Finer material robes, but this person still has their stuff. Destroyed: Parchment, quill, small books (likely personal), rations, 2 potions Notable: Dagger, scroll - high quality material (possibly vellum), 2 potions (1 cracked) Separated from hobgoblin crew. Giant Eagles in area which keep the wyvern population at bay but their pop is dwindling. Mol storage space found in cave. We found a chest with rotted clothes and leathers and rusted swords. We find a leather satchel that spill out around us are silver. The mint of the coins is from the Mol empire. 7 total coins, 99.8% silver or so for these coins. The armor proportions look strange, it's more sized for a broad-shouldered human or at least human-sized. Looking at it closer, the arms seem too long, it's just strangely proportioned. The grip on the weapons is larger than expected. One of the swords within still has an edge to it. It could actually be cleaned up as a pretty nice shortsword. Bigger hilt, broad blade, weight is different, there's a small divot near the hilt. There's a ring as well, but whatever it is is tarnished. It's very well crafted, still smooth, and definitely valuable. Weapons: More description! Pike head Funny looking dagger Shortsword - kinda like a bastard sword, but not. Biggest sword - more like a bastard sword. Ring has etchings on the inside and the etchings are g'lin. I'll try to help a native speaker translate it from archaic to modern. We did finally made it to the "Valley of Doom" it seems. It's about 300 feet up, and the cliffside seems to have had a stairway that lead up to the ledge. A rockslide appears to have taken the stone walkway down. Built into the cliff face is an ornate set of square designs hewn into the stone. We clean it out and Aldo's key fits into the left side but he'll have to pick the the right. We decide to camp and the internet betrays us so the stream ended.

S14: Stones of Remembrance

S14: Stones of Remembrance

End of Book 1: Chains of Idir

End of Book 1: Chains of Idir

End of Pre-Season

End of Pre-Season

Book 2: Echoes of an Empire S13: The Valiant Few - Full

Book 2: Echoes of an Empire S13: The Valiant Few - Full

S12: Restoring Order

S12: Restoring Order

Gave the tailors 2 full days to get me an outfit. Talked to Koa about what they mean by "feeling bad" about having to hurt people. Ashtara didn't get all the documents made, so we don't have all of it. Harveen (femme) and Jaiden (masc), two former slaves who wanted to speak with us. Aldrid is one of the people they were looking for, the other is Raerin. They are important, and cannot be lost. They will travel with us to Loshev but will have to keep going west. We reported everything, Ashtara gave us the docs.

S11 - Freedom’s Price

10 Lashes were looking to expand in Westwood. They were gathering supplies, to do that and then also tunnel from this hideout to there. Nobleman Leader never ever appeared around the slaves and their name was never said aloud. Casper nearly got killed, we managed to barely get him attention fast enough to save him. He says that Ashtara is moving to surround herself with powerful people so she's harder to get to. She went to Lord Grayras. 8: Julius Angoule, he 'hooks the bait'. Owner of warehouses. 9: Cpt of Guard in Forven keeps Cpt Jack unaware of interactions in the area, keeping their goods unchecked in Harad. 10: Gleb Meadow, lives out in Veren ------way east and north. Not direct in this trade, other supplies moving for them as well. Peredhel - Meshtez is where a lot of people are brought from. Westwood has an inn where a lot of them are "stored". Meshtez is where a lot of money is laundered as well as paperwork forged. Beltran Grayras: Bankrolls this operation. Lordling. Lady and Lord Grayras are unlikely to be directly involved. If one IS involved, it's the Lord. Estate in Westwood. Going after Beltran means we go after the city, the whole council rides w/the Grayras. Beltran probably has way too much documentation about his activities at his estate in Westwood. He had a hobgoblin alchemist man (died in the cave) which he kept nearby. We ended up having to make a deal with Ashtara. Wonderful... She gets to walk but has to leave Idir. She gave us names. All of them. So that helps. We'll need to get documents to link most of them together and get those to the right people. She'll check in each day: 4 days in HG and 3 in Harad.

S11 - Freedom’s Price

S10 - Breaker of Chains Pt.2

That fight was far too close. We did fine Cullen, thankfully, but not before Torr wounded him badly. The sick fuck went out murdering innocents. Alchemy Lab: They tried to set it on fire, but one of the only guys who didn't betray us managed to put the fire out and we saved some ledgers and alchemical supplies as well. This person was...self-taught. Clearly. Unfortunately, a very nice room next to it was razed completely. It was oiled, set ablaze, and the door shut. Yellow Shirt Man likely escaped through one of the secret passages. I think he was the only one to escape. We got 6 prisoners. One man we turned at the end of the with Torr, taking a shot at him. Captain Torr's name was Walter. The org always has 10 individuals. The 9 lashes and the rest have 1. This guy has been a part of it for a few years, knows a lot of inside info. He never got yellow shirt's name. Torr wasn't actually in charge. Yellow Shirt was actually in charge. Fuck. Ashtara was the one who got buyers. Their salesperson. Different rungs of people they'd collect, people easily able to be sold back to Peredhel exploiting in clime. They also had some for ransom. Torr would sometimes target specific individuals. That torture room was for the specific individuals. Xylum is the other person with a lash we caught, Zahir (Peren) was the guy who surrendered. There's a secret area in the space with the sarcophogi. We found markings of Luthar's home and d'Oub's home, and...sigils from the planes of water, steam, and salt. There's also markings of ice and slime but they're only mentioned once. Water in basin is thicc. Ledgers: This tracked what people who were taken specifically. Torr was collecting people to get information out of them. It always lists them and what info he got out of them. Xylum also used the room, he was preparing it when we broke in.

S10 - Breaker of Chains Pt.2

S9 - Breaker of Chains Pt.1

S9 - Breaker of Chains Pt.1

I forgot to take notes.

Session 8: The Half-Cocked Plan

[b]5 groups:[/b] [b]Broken Daggers[/b] aka The Gutter Rats [b]Crimson Shroud[/b] - [b]Silver Web[/b] - [b]Ashtara[/b] was walking around w/a "fancy gentleman" who dressed well and smelled nice, medium height, white hair, thin build. They went to a nice restaurant last night, "The Colorstay". They charge a copper just to walk in, before you've even done anything. [b]We have 3 approaches.[/b] [b]1[/b] - Look in the general area and try to find the place where they store people ourselves. [b]2[/b] - Mess with another crew and get the info from them. [b]3[/b] - Get the location from Ashtara [b]Fawzday, 5th of Vórim[/b] Koa meets Gwynevar and they are adorable, it seems. Went to the Colorspray, met the owner Bhaltair Breacah (Derogatory term for Congressman, Spellmonger). [b]Malek[/b] -the fancy gentleman- went on a date with Ashtara and she showed him several people who also have lash tattoos and where the "goods" were stowed. After meeting him in The Colorspray, he challenged me to a duel but then outside just wanted to know what we were doing. I revealed to him what I was there for and he revealed the info above. Eventually we all get on the same page and make a plan on how to infiltrate the hideout. We were able to recruit Edrick and 4 others to help us storm the place. We're going to have Aldo disguise as Gargolith and then pretend to be taking in Malek with Edrick as his bodyguard.

Session 8: The Half-Cocked Plan

SESSION 7: Spelunking in the City

We were able to tail Aldo, thankfully. The guy he was working with apparently had some other friends check ahead. When they appeared, we were able to deal with them, but one escaped and one was decapitated (Koa is terrifying). We dragged one down into the ruins and the other was lead at sword point. Man with no head is Gargolith. He had a lash tattoo. One person with a lash had red hair, very pretty. Last seen, Willie spotted her over by the docks. It was to do a pickup. Casper knew her. Casper is the one Aldo was working with already (the one he tricked). Ashtara Wallnut - Human/Peren, dresses nice. Lives in both Haugh Gwyn and Harad. Find where Messy/Diggle holes up. Tailor shop past the blacksmith (audible), go two houses down where there's bits and bobs. That's no shop, it's a hideout. (At night) Go to the docks, market - middle of it, head north like you're heading towards the ruins. 7 streets up take a right, from there find the tailor shop, same thing from there. Diggle apparently knows Ashtara. We found him. He blew up their hideout. I hate him. Casper says Edrick knows a lot of people, he'd be good to talk to. He's in Haudh Gwyn. We let Casper free since he doesn't have anywhere else to go and will be hunted by the slavers once we start acting (since they'll know where the info had to come from). He's going off to help figure out the information on "exactly" where the "cargo" is brought.

SESSION 7: Spelunking in the City

SESSION 6: Pursuit of Freedom

Talked to Nathan Fox, he's on the council now and appreciates what we've done. Did forget to give him the notes back. I found Trinity again. So charming. Gemsmith got us the ability to shop a bit that night. We purchased some supplies and offloaded the smaller of the two gems. Herrod Guard Captain: Jack/Bernard. May know more about the slave trade. River's Edge Inn in Haudh-Gwenn. Kagi is the owner now (mother deceased). Got our rooms there, safe in a basement. We checked in at the different taverns. Someone was at a tavern that I recognized. Can't remember their name. We did manage to get some information, and Aldo got someone to expect a "shipment" of people. We have to tail him and get there without his knowing.

SESSION 6: Pursuit of Freedom

SESSION 5: Pursuit of Freedom

Stash 1: 5 gold, 11 silver, 2 moonies, 2 gems, 1 "skeleton" key. Dan's Home: Small parcel w/herbs. Loose floorboards has 4 swords belonging to the guard, worn down a bit., 12 pennies. Nathan Fox wants to join the Council, he plans to lock down regulations on trade so what is imported and exported is more controlled and helps to clean up the in Loshev. We eventually got Westwood to retire definitely without any amount of force or duress required. We absolutely didn't have to use a healing potion on him. Anyway, he died later that night after officially resigning. Constable says he can help us get a boat downriver. He says that Westwood (they/them) (one of the council) should step down from the council so he can step in, that would help us expedite our case. Alex Westwood had direct correspondence w/people in Haud Gwen who were linked to people in slave trade, who were linked to Meshtez. Apparently Trinity spoke kindly of me so I should probably talk to her at least one more time before we leave town. Someone in Haud Gwen received a shipment and is expecting it by the end of the month.

SESSION 5: Pursuit of Freedom

Crappy notes today. Dock, hollow hole, Dan keeps his cut. Fishing spot, log w/mushrooms, keeps his second stash (keef) Got paid off the last catch that was made. One of the crew came by, found a couple people travelling this way, grabbed them. Gemsmith's son outside of haud gwen, for trading Outside of a cave, underground. One of the warehouses, take payment to not ask questions. Some just pay, just store. Head south to Meshtez Captain Torr, Sumir, Deccan (dropped off the Amultese people) works the mountain trails, most recent "shipment".

SESSION 3: Dan's Darkest Secrets Pt. 2

SESSION 3: Dan's Darkest Secrets Pt. 2

SESSION 3: Dan's Darkest Secrets

SESSION 3: Dan's Darkest Secrets

Session 2: Lost in the Woods

Session 2: Lost in the Woods

18th of Lindra, AYR 671 ^ same day as the finish of previous notes. On the papers there are 3 masc and 2 fem, 1 is [b]Malik[/b] who Koa has already killed. He's got a bit of a reputation in Loshev -his hometown it seems- as a troublemaker. Mid-to-late 20's. The other 4 are people he's known to have spent time with. They are not native Loshevi? [b]Jasir:[/b] Tradesman [b]Samir:[/b] Hunter/Trapper [b]Zahra:[/b] Hunter/Trapper [b]Layla:[/b] No known profession. Layla, according to Aldo, is Dan's paramour. At the very least he saw her with him. He didn't elaborate but that makes her a bit more valuable to capture. I revealed to the other two that I can use magic. We passed through a region of the woods that seemed to dampen our gear and our rations. Thankfully, our papers stayed dry in the scroll case. It has become obvious that that area has something going on with water. Our waterskins were filled with water that reminds me of the fresh mountain spring water back home. Amazing. 22nd of Lindra, AYR 671 We've found a camp where the bandits were, thank goodness it's actually warm! They're close. We managed to push on during the night and found their most recent camp. Four of them. Layla apparently spotted one of us and ran off early. Koa took down the archer as they wouldn't surrender and [b]Zahra[/b] tried to lash out. Aldo...is a very good shot. She's dead and so is [b]Samir[/b]. [b]Jasir[/b], it turns out...is good old "M'boy". Koa and Aldo got [b]Layla [/b]to surrender. Now we've got some time to talk.

Travellers from Forven to Loshev are a bit spooked. I met Vira, another guard -apparently a leader I'd later learn was named Tariq al-Mahir-, and Khalid. I was able to speak with Khalid for a while, apparently a bandit attack occurred recently. 4th one in 2 months. A good guard with the crew killed one of the assailants. Khalid tells me more about Loshev, lots of commerce and trade deals with much larger settlements. I'm able to make a bit of a deal to play during the evenings to reduce the cost of rooms. Even better, Khalid says around noon I have a reason to visit the council, they'd be interested in knowing what I saw on the road. The council meeting went...interestingly. A man accused of being violent and disturbing the peace was on trial, Aldo, was speaking to his encounter with corruption. He mentioned tattooed men, I was able to speak up after some time and press that information. The men he saw meeting with the guard, Dan, were the same that abducted Kliven Gemsmith. I decided to speak up on his behalf and then speak with Kliven's father. He's asked me to join Koa to root out the bandits to the east to gain some trust with them. After which, if they prove to be competent, he'll hire us (or perhaps just me?) to try and rescue his son. Aldo is going to be a handful. Clearly he has a drinking problem...or we can call it a stopping problem. He drinks very well. While I'm not so convinced about Koa's ability to navigate the woods, he got a flawless compass. I feel better about that. We head south now to go after the bandits in the east. Five of them maxiumum, one gold each and then one gold per head if we capture them alive. To keep Aldo on, I had to offer half my spoils, but that's not such a terrible price. I've made do with less.

Session 1: Awakening in Loshev

Session 1: Awakening in Loshev

Session 0 - Notes in the Wild pt. 2

Session 0 - Notes in the Wild pt. 2

Session 0 - Notes in the Wild

Session 0 - Notes in the Wild