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1980 - 1986

These actions take place in Region 3: The Valley of the Ancients and are the earliest documented events befalling the troupe. Apparently many travellers have landed unexpectedly in this region. Our troupe did so in about June 1980 (our time) and investigated the entire valley from Weredstone in the east to Tarsh in the west, by July 1986 (our time).

 

09Sep4332                 We landed in The Valley of the Ancients, in a place called Weredstone (3:4902). The date in local time was September (known by locals as the seventh period of the Fast Sky God – which we deduced to be the Moon) in the year 4332. It is not recorded exactly what we did in Weredstone.

Oct-Nov4332             We travelled to Shagarak (3:4202) and located a nearby Tower (the name of this tower was not recorded clearly, but it may be the Tower of Bears). The Tower contained The Labyrinth of The Red Warrior, although is it not recorded exactly what transpired in the Tower or the Labyrinth.

Dec4332-Jan4333    We travelled west and explored The Caverns of The Barif (the name is unclear on the record). Passed through Infamy (3:3304).

Feb-Apr4333              Travelled west along the river. We were diverted when we saw the Thyrane Pass (3:2011) and a large tower high up on the cliff edge.
The major port of Greenswabs (3:1617) was a few miles to the south, but we did not visit it.

Apr-Jun4333              Made our way westwards from Thyrane to Tarsh (3:0308).
We also made a long detour eastwards and visited Charmack (3:1509), although it is not recorded why. We then retraced our steps back to Tarsh.

 

12/07/1986

The troupe left Region 3: The Valley of the Ancients and entered Region 2: The Isles of Pokrantil (Valon). Over about two and a half years until the end of 1988 (our time) the troupe crossed the northern-most reaches of the land, from Nimbertal and the Shielding Mountains, along the coast through Adeberon, to the Wilderland Mountains in the west of Valon.

 

18Jul4333                   We proceeded west through Klesi (3:0305) and entered the Valon border village of Nimbertal (2:5103).

Jul-Aug4333               Passed north through the Shielding Mountains so as to bypass the sources of the Ruling River.
We made a short detour south to the village of Uriah Kazar (2:4403) in the Glittering Peak, but our reason for doing so is not recorded.

1987 - 1989

28Aug4333                Crossed the far northern reaches of the Uther Pentwegern Sea, to Tilleasy (2:2702).

01Sep4333                 We skirted north of Valon City (2:2802) and the sources of the Roost River.

03Sep4333                 Travelled west through the Finmeer Thicket to Adeberon (2:2002).

03/1989

The Slave Lords Adventure

(This is the first adventure of the Troupe to be recorded in detail. It marked the start of the Troupe's fame.)

 

04Sep4333                 During our travel we experienced considerable difficulty with a gang of Lizard Men. During this encounter we heard of the growing and threatening practice of a group known as The Slave Lords, who were apparently and according to rumour, enslaving many of the local folk in some of the larger settlements and towns in the area.

 

We travelled from the east, passing through Ravensport where we defeated the Lizard Men, on the coast.
Then we heard about the Slave Lords. These human and humanoid individuals had been causing considerable distress to the locals of the surrounding towns and villages (listed in clockwise rotation on the map: Ravensport, Vosteria, Berclazan, Zindar, Fomaland, Moskilt, and Suderham) by capturing and enslaving them.

We accepted the task of clearing the region of this evil.

08Sep4333                 We proceeded south to where we found an old ruined Temple. This temple was inhabited by two Slave Lords Malbio (a Cleric) and Graniumus (a Magician), assisted by Pizter (a thief).

10Sep4333                 After defeating these villains, we learned that we must cross the Sanctuary River and pass to the north of the Hearing Mountains to where more Slave Lords were active.

13Sep4333                 Travelled to Moskilt where we found a large slaver's stockade in the charge of Markessa (a fighter/magician) and Blackthorn (an ogremage), assisted by Executioner (an ogre), Icar (fighter) and Gulyet (a goblin).

15Sep4333                 After some difficulty, we escaped from the stockade, having learned that we must clear the Slavers' Fortress, located to the north of the Wilderland Mountains.

17Sep4333                 We had a major battle in the Slaver's Fortress (2:0801) where we learned of the true seat of the Slave Lords in their Slaver's Castle at Suderham (3:1103) high in the mountains.

24Sep4333                 We travelled to Suderham, and entered the Slaver's Castle. We had a major battle with the evil ruler Slave Lords Mordrammo (a cleric), his brother Milerjoi (a monk), Penhaligon (a magician - see note below), and a large horde of hobgoblin assistants.
This was a serious encounter, which severely taxed our strength. One new member of the troupe at the time,  Weatherwax (who was reconstructed from the component psyche of Doug Banks) proved his worth by causing the death of the evil magician Penhaligon by the casting of green death.

 

(Note concerning Penhaligon: some readers will remember that Penhaligon was in fact a member of the troupe until 1987 (our time) when his evil alignment was rejected by the rest of the troupe. The death of Penhaligon therefore marked the end of an era for the troupe in ensuring that they could be firm in their wish to fight all evil from wherever it may emerge.)

 

During the battles at the Slavers' Fortress, the troupe gathered information about the true seat of the Slave Lords at Suderham where they had built and were occupying a large Castle. Travelling around the northern foothills of the Wilderland Mountains, they eventually found Suderham and its Slave Lord Castle. There they fought the remaining key Slave Lords Mordrammo (the cleric, who had fled from the Slavers' Fortress) and Lamonsten (an illusionist) who were assisted by Theg Narlot (a half-orc fighter/assassin), Edralve (a drow elf fighter/cleric) and Slippery Ketta (a thief). However, in the end, after a prolonged battle, and the effective defeat of the Slave Lords, nature had its revenge on everything that the Slave Lords had tried to do, as a major volcanic eruption and massive explosion close to Suderham  brought about its total destruction.

 

25Sep4333                 We escaped safely. Nearly all of the Slave Lords were overcome either in the battle or in the volcanic explosion, which by chance, followed our battle. Two or three fairly minor characters were known to have escaped and to have fled to the coast where we believe they took a boat. They have not been heard of since.

This marked the completion of the Slave Lords Adventure.

 

1990 - 1991

01Oct4333                 Travelled west through Fomaland (2:0407) on the western edge of The Isles of Pokrantil (Valon), through the Dancing Drain Valley, entering The Great Forest (The Elphand Lands).

 

The next sequence of travel takes place through Region 1: The Great Forest (The Elphand Lands). During 1989-1992 (our time), the troupe explored thoroughly these lands, passing south from the Snake River, through the Forbidden Forest, taking a boat across the bay, and then encircling the massive Irminsul Forest and Plain of Kethe. There were many adventures, including later in the Jutting Peaks.

 

10Oct4333                 Travelled along the southern bank of the snake river, and then turned south towards Norgood (1:4711).

12Oct4333                 Passed further south through Honeywax (1:4820) by the Oak Brook. We had to take a boat across the Bay of Cayerva, to get to Blackspell (1:5125) to continue following a minor track south through Leechfields (1:5028).

14Oct4333                 Then we entered the large Irminsul Forest and trekked west through the border village of Hillcrest (1:4134) and on to Brest (1:3231). Then we left the forest and, heading south west, entered The City State of The World Emperor.

 

The following travel takes place in Region 4: The City State of The World Emperor. First visited during 1992 and again in 1997 (our time), this most important region is now well known to our troupe, and every part has been visited and explored. Irilian is the spiritual centre for two of the troupe. The many islands in the region have also been visited.

 

20Oct4333                 We travelled south west into The City State of The World Emperor, and passed the Town of Jes (4:2502). We did not realise at this stage that we would pay a future visit to Jes in order to resolve a major issue for the local inhabitants.
We continued west across the Zirrus Plain towards the town of Erba Alba (4:1505).

1992 - 1993

30Oct4333                 While we were in Erba Alba, we were approached by some merchants who had heard of our achievements against the Slave Lords. They asked us whether we would consider helping them by escorting them in convoy, as they carried a consignment of Dwarven gold from Erba Alba to the City of Irilian (4:1505), to the south.
The merchants also had a scroll in their possession. The scroll was a warning scroll, which foretold of an evil, which was threatening the prosperity and well-being of the region.

 

The Dark of Irilian (An adventure which would secure our reputation with the City of Irilian)

 

The troupe were escorting a convoy carrying a consignment of dwarven gold and a warning scroll from Erba Alba, a town to the north, to the important City of Irilian.

It was reputed that the scroll foretold of a potential evil which was threatening the stability and prosperity of the region.

 

1994

01Nov4333                On arrival at the walls of Irilian, we decided to enter from the west. We enlisted the help of some Chantrymen, and entered the city through the Chantry Temple and
 Graveyard just outside the great west gate of the city.
We went to the Abbeie, which is in a the large walled enclosure near the western gate, where we met with the Abbess, Teral Guthdohtor who is also the spiritual mentor and teacher of Dr Thekla, and with the high level magician Zotaquaan, who lived in the Tor Wysard, a large tower in the south east of the city. Zotaquaan is the spiritual mentor and teacher of Solezar.
Teral Guthdohtor had already heard of our achievements against the Slave Lords, and welcomed us to Irilian. We then delivered the warning scroll to her, and she asked that we help remove the threat to her beloved city.

 

By enlisting the help of some Chantrymen, the troupe entered the city through the Chantry Temple and Graveyard just outside the great west gate of the city. They delivered the warning scroll to  Abbess of the Abbeie (the large walled area at the western gate), Teral Guthdohtor who had heard of their skills and asked that they help remove the threat to her beloved city.

They met with Teral Guthdohtor, and with the high level magician Zotaquaan, who lived in the Tor Wysard, a large tower in the south east of the city.

 

02Nov4333                The two Leaders told us of how, for some time, the well-being of Irilian had been threatened by an incipient evil, known locally as "The Dark". The scroll confirmed the threat with the words:
"Dark Rises - Out of the West the Dark comes crawling, higher and higher
 'til it touch the Sky.
 While in the East the light still burning sends the hero to the funeral pyre
."

20Nov4333                Using all the combined strengths of the Abbess Teral Guthdohtor and the Magician Zotaquaan, we, and the forces of the City destroyed The Dark.
A Warrior Monk became the Hero Lightchild of the scroll. He sacrificed his life in a deep well beneath the City, where The Dark was removed by the burning of his body.

This marks the completion of the Destruction of The Dark of Irilian.

 

09/12/1994

Temple of Elemental Evil The destruction of the God Iuz in his Temple.

(Actions take place in Region 4: The City State of The World Emperor)

 

01Dec4333                 After destroying the Dark of Irilian, we learned that The Dark was in fact being generated by the God Iuz, in his Temple of Elemental Evil, west of Irilian. It was known that so long as Iuz was in his temple, recurrence of The Dark was possible.
We agreed to assist the City by finding and destroying the Temple to rid the region of this major evil threat to its well-being once and for all.

15Dec4333                 We travelled from Irilian, west through Nulb (4:1109) to the village of Homlett (4:0610), in the foothills of the Pinnacle Mountains. There we learned that the Temple of Elemental Evil had in fact been constructed in Nulb, a small village through which we had passed en route to Homlett.

 

20Dec4333                 We searched the areas surrounding Homlett for information about the Evil God Iuz. We discovered an evil fortress close to Homlett, and destroyed it. We uncovered information telling us that we must go back to Nulb where we would be able to locate the Temple. When we feel we have enough understanding, we can tackle the God Iuz.

 

Thus the troupe returned to Nulb, and some way to the south, the Temple of Elemental Evil was eventually found. The Temple contained four temples in all - dedicated to Air, Fire, Earth and Water. These temples had been built in deep excavations beneath the main temple ruin, each being maintained by an evil magician, the two most critical being Senshock and Hiedrack.

Each contained a hidden key which we must find if the Evil God Iuz was to be prevented from recreating The Dark in the future.
Each key was actually a jewel which had to be fitted into a crevice in the Evil Orb - the Orb had been constructed from the parts of a humanoid skull.

 

30Dec4333                 We searched the area around Nulb, and to the south we discovered The Temple of Elemental Evil. After exploring the temple carefully, we found that there were areas of the temple dedicated to the Four Elements - being Air, Fire, Earth, and Water.

10Jan4334                 Through careful preliminary investigation, we uncovered much information, including the facts that each of the elemental temples was in the charge of an evil magician. We concluded that the two most critical of these were Hiedrack and Senshock.  
Each elemental temple also contained a hidden key, and we must retrieve all four keys and relocate them into a humanoid skull in order to destroy the God Iuz' power.

06/01/1995

14Jan4334     17:00  After a great deal of searching and battling through the four temples and the elemental planes that they represented, we located the Four Keys, which were in fact jewels, and the Evil Orb.

15Jan4334     06:00  In the Alchemist Suscerus’s Room, in the final moment of victory, we inserted the jewels into their places in the Evil Orb and the Temple collapsed, completely disabling the Evil God Iuz and thus removing the threat of The Dark for a considerable time to come.
However, the two magicians Senshock and Hiedrack escaped from the collapsing temple and we decided to pursued them as soon as we had reported our success in destroying the Temple of Elemental Evil.

 

When we returned to Irilian, and reported our news, we were awarded the very great honour of Freedom of the City of Irilian jointly by the Abbess Teral Guthdohtor and the Magician Zotaquaan as a result of this success.

Thus the Temple of Elemental Evil was destroyed and this Mission was duly completed.

 

In Pursuit of Hiedrack, Senshock and King Rollex. The Rescue of Dragon Snowstorm

 

18Jan4334                 We pursued the magicians Hiedrack and Senshock who escaped from the collapsing Temple of Elemental Evil, and discovered that they were on their way to King Rollex who lived in the Pinnacle Mountains. So we set off for Homlett.

19Jan4334                 We soon caught up with Senshock but he tried to ambush us in the snow, but we defeated and killed him.

20Jan4334                 We followed Hiedrack from Homlett and were led to a cave (4:0213) occupied by the goodly Dragon Taliens in the Pinnacle Mountains. Taliens told us that he had a friends, Dragon Snowstorm who was being held captive by an Ice Ogre, with the co-operation of King Rollex. The ice cave of the Ice Ogre was about 20 miles south at Amni Caphri (4:0314).

21Jan4334                 Travelled to Amni Capri, and located the ice cavern.

22Jan4334                 We entered the caverns and found the ice ogre's living quarters. We went quietly past,  to another room beyond, where we found King Rollex in that room we surprised him,  and fought and killed him.  We discovered Severed heads of various creatures under the bed in a trunk - the King was an evil monster and it was good that his local reign was at an end.

23Jan4334                 We rested for the night in the room. In the morning there was a knock at the door: Hiedrack was asking to speak with King Rollex. Quietly, we answered the door, and were able to kill Hiedrack who was unarmed, and unprepared for combat, and in his nightclothes. It transpired that Hiedrack was constructing an underground complex of rooms with the intention of building a base from which to raid and plunder the surrounding region.

24Jan4334                 We found the Dragon Snowstorm held in an Ice Cave from which he couldn't escape owing to the fact that the entrance had been narrowed, and the food he was receiving prevented him from reducing his girth. However, Snowstorm was rescued  by a cast of a shrink spell. Braving the brown mould which had been placed at the entrance to the Ice Cave to prohibit entry, we were able to get at the treasure behind his lair, which he let us keep, being pleased as he was, to be rescued.

 

The Troupe followed Hiedrack from Homlett and was led to the Cave of the goodly Dragon Taliens in the Pinnacle Mountains.

 

Dragon Taliens told the Troupe of his anguish at the plight of his friend, the Dragon Snowstorm who was being held in an Ice Cave against his will, by an evil Ice Ogre about 20 miles south at Amni Caphri.

Snowstorm was trapped in the Ogre's cave owing to the food given to him by the Ice Ogre, which kept him too large for the exit. Dragon Taliens gave directions to the Dragon Snowstorm’s cave.

 

This marks the completion of the destruction of Hiedrack and Senshock, King Rollex, and the freeing of the Dragon Snowstorm.

 

03/02/1995

Destroying The Magician Meldred on the Island of Tric

Apparently, as we were to discover in Irilian, the next task would be to visit Tric (4:4031) and kill the evil Magician Meldred and destroy his experiments with a Chrysalis.

 

25Jan - 15Mar4334  We decided to return to Irilian (4:4712) for 8 weeks training and to increase Levels.

16Mar4334                Set off on our journey to find and defeat Meldred. Attacked by Hill Giants.

18Mar4334                Stayed overnight at the Junction.

19Mar4334                Arrived at Tak Shire (4:3410) by evening.

03/03/1995

19Mar4334    20:00  At the Shipwrights Guild, in Cash Street, we learn of Raglass, a trusted sea captain in Targnol Port (4:4119).

20Mar4334                We passed through Mislanta (4:3616)

21Mar4334                16:00                We arrived at Targnol Port. We found Captain Raglass next to the Money Lender’s and negotiated the hire of a boat and his services to take us to Tric and Trac.

23Mar4334    10:00  Set sail for Tric.

                                      Overnight on Gheulost Island (4:4424).

24Mar4334    10:00  Arrive on Tric. Had to kill a Water Dragon.

31/03/1995

25Mar4334    12:00  Start look for Meldred. Reached Tric beach by 3:00pm.

                                      We entered Large Hall of the residence believed to be that of the evil Meldred.

 

Irilian to Targnol Port: The troupe travelled east from Irilian to Tak Shire, staying overnight at the junction of the track from Ruppin Athuk a few miles north.
Then they travelled southeast down the major port of Targnol Port where they arranged a boat with Captain Raglass and his female assistant Veldrana.

Targnol Port to Tric: Captain Raglass took the troupe down to the small island of Tric. They stopped overnight on the large island of Gheulost Isle.

 

28/04/1995

26Mar4334    16:00  We killed a Stone Golem and then slept for 5 and healed for 4 hours.

                                      Then we entered and explored a 5-door corridor at 4:00am.

07/07/1995

26Mar4334    09:00  We rested in the Drain Room until 5:00pm.

                                      Then we drained the Pool and climbed down the drain into the Pool Shaft.

                                      Tass was stung by a Spectre and was drained of one level.

                                      Deagan and Sprigg also require rest, and so we rested for 12 days in the Black Room, for Tass and the others to recover.

18/08/1995

7Apr4334                   We advanced down the Pool Shaft. A Morkiss was lurking in its Pit and we killed it.

                                      We located the Magic Jar, which contained the Magic User’s Life Force (Jasmine) and destroyed it.

                                      We also found an Iron Wheel, and fought some Doom Bats.

                                      We located some Platinum Doors and after fighting some Skeletons, returned to the Iron Wheel at about 2:00pm.

15/09/1995

7Apr4334                   After fighting a Minotaur, we lifted a portcullis, and had to fight a Mummy.

                                      By midnight we had found a Chamber containing a false Chrysalis but then we located a secret room at the 3:00 o’clock entrance.

                                      We also found a magical steel and glass shield.

                                      Sprigg painted a magical entrance to allow access to the northern area.

13/10/1995

8Apr4334       12:00  We went through the painted entrance into a 40 foot Hall, where we found and destroyed the real Chrysalis. We decided to sleep for 8 hours, from 13:00.

                                      After the rest, we continued, and soon encountered a Wall of Force. We used a Wall of Fire to dissipate it, and then had to fight the 2 Magic Users, Meldred and Mehtu.
Using a Flame Blade, the Evil Magician Meldred was eventually destroyed, and the mission was duly completed. However, his companion leader Mehtu escaped.

This marks the completion of the mission to destroy the evil magician Meldred.

 

08/12/1995

10Apr4334                 We sailed back to Targnol Port to a hero’s welcome on the evening of 12th April.

 

The Troupe reported the destruction of the Chrysalis to Abu Inslar, who was duly delighted.

During their stay in Targnol Port they hear of two current rumours:

1. Rumours of plundering raids in the Barradine Ruins in the North Hoary Mountains in the Dripping Caverns (4:5019, near Augge (4:4720));

2. Abu Inslar mentions the Mirror of Travel (Mental Prowess), which folds up but allows the owner to “scry” to people known to him. This device was thought to have been left in the Tomb of Horrors near Yang Khosha (4:4311).

 

05/01/1996

In pursuit of the Bandit Kreger in the Dripping Caverns

14Apr4334                We decided to pursue Kreger the bandit, and so we set off for Augge on our way to the Barradine Ruins. We stayed at the Trading Post overnight.

15Apr4334     08:00  Set off and found the Barradine Ruins, which we searched.

                                      We travelled upstream, north, towards the Dripping Caverns.

                                      We stayed overnight in the stables, and met the bandit leader Kreger, and his assistants Kuarte and Zorth.

                         21:00  We fought the bandits and killed 11, but for the moment, Kreger escaped.

02/02/1996

15Apr4334     00:00  We found, fought and killed Kreger. We found his chest of plundered treasure.

                                      We cleared some rocks blocking the way, and traced the stream to a large cavern, which contained Mythral Ore and a pool.

                                      We crossed the pool, and captured a magician, Raphael and killed him. Regrettably, after examining his body he was found to be Lawful Good, which we sadly regretted.

0103/1996

Oomtolo the raging Man Elephant and Fagamuc's disappearing people.

In search of a rampaging elephant on Gheulost Island.

 

16Apr4334     06:00  Rested.

                                      Travelled back to Targnol Port and arrived on 18th April.

                                      We reported the success to Abu Inslar, who was duly pleased.

                                      Abu Inslar mentions a problem in Gheulost Island due to a rampaging Man Elephant named Oomtolo, which must be destroyed.

                                      Also people in Fagamuc (4:4812) are reported to be “disappearing” and he would like these two problems investigating.

20Apr4334                 Left for Gheulost Island with Captain Raglass, and made Shore camp (4:4523).

                                      We travelled to the West Coast, and on to Silver Cove (4:4323), then north to Shir (4:4323).

                                      Silver Cove people (about 125) are mainly pearl fishers. Garhouse, their headman, warns us not to be too trusting!

                                      We arrived at Shir at 6:00pm.

                                      We followed the tracks of the Man Elephant into the woods, and came to steps leading into a tunnel. We fought Ogres and Rats, and Mylakhrion  was bitten, and had to have his wounds dressed and treated.

29/03/1996

23Apr4334                 Entered and passed through tunnel down to the lower level. Passed an Iron Statue and fought some Hobgoblins. Then we entered an Audience Chamber.

                         There, we learned that two villagers, Pijar and Kujan had apparently killed Oomtolo’s family, and that Travolta is in danger.

                          We went down a passageway following Oomtolo and back to the village.

26/04/1996

23Apr4334     18:00  Met with villagers and persuaded Travolta that he must accept responsibility for the killings. There was a dual at dawn and Travolta won.

28Apr4334                 We returned to Targnol Port where Abu Inslar told us of drunken fighting at the Temple of Cuthbert.

                                      At the same time, Solezar received a magic messenger from Zotaquaan requesting that he, Solezar returns as soon as possible to Irilian to speak with Zotaquaan.
We accepted a mission to go to the Tomb of Horrors. We set off for Yang Khosha and camped overnight en route.

 

Mission to the Tomb of Horrors in Yang Khosha, and the Magic Mirror of Mental Prowess.

From Targnol Port north to Yang Khosha: The troupe journeyed the relatively short distance north from Targnol Port to Yang Khosha. They knew that the had to find the source of the Hyando River in order to locate the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors.

 

29Apr4334                 Set off in the morning, heading towards Yang Khosha. We had been led to expect Eleven and Dwarven tombs, protected by a Red Dragon, which may now be dead, and powerful skeletons.

24/05/1996

1May4334     10:00  Continued on our journey and reached the Bridge (Balika Crossing 4:4343) by 1:00pm, and Yang Khosha in the afternoon.
We went to the source of the Hyando River and past 2 red, glowing eyes to see the Tomb of Horrors - and beware the Red Dragon! The Tomb contains the Treasure Vaults of Lindoran.

2May4334     08:00  Approached the Red Dragon. After a battle we destroyed it by lightning bolts and by summoning monsters.
Two tombs were present:
 - Tomb of Acerak - an old tomb of Dwarven origin
 - Tomb of Lindoran - contained Elven treasure.
We entered the Elven Tomb and fought skeletons and found a chest.
Decided to rest before dealing with the chest.

21/06/1996

3May4334     10:00  Opened the chest with a yellow lever and Deagan, Solezar, Weatherwax and Mylakhrion fell down a trap. We eventually recovered the Elven treasure from the chest, but we had to carry out healing until 8:00am.

4May4334     08:00  Fought a series of "gas balloons" and went down through a trap door in the Fire Room to the level below (-2). At noon, we fought guards in the corridor, with difficulty, as we need rest and recuperation.

12/07/1996

5May4334     14:00  In the afternoon, we entered a large room with a pedestal on which we found a crown, sceptre and ring. We went back up and located the Mirror Room where found a 20-segment mirror behind a curtain, with creatures located behind each segment of the mirror. The Mirror of Travel (Mental Prowess) would be awarded to the Doctor. We obtained the wands, and discharged the prismatic sphere, thus obtaining the treasure.

02/08/1996

6May4334     noon   Opened doors on the level above (-1). We went through a mist and fought skeletons and then spiders.
We made a bridge across the second of 3 pits and put a rope line across it. We crossed the third pit with a hand line and a Potion of Levitation.

06/09/1996

7May4334     10:00  We went on, through a sleep mist, and had to fight more skeletons and a zombie. We also encountered and fought a grey pudding and green death.

11/10/1996

7May4334     20:00  Searched the two chest rooms and discovered a Life Bottle which released a Time Rat. We fought wights and found a Wand of Magic Words. We went through the third pit trap, and down past a corridor of skeleton hands.

08/11/1996

8May4334                 Fought some undead, and destroyed them with the Life Bottle. We used Wizard Eye to inspect further down the corridors.

03/01/1997

10May4334   04:00  We ran through flames through the corridor, and claimed a scimitar off a wood golem. We burned 4 skeletons and 4 zombies and found basins … "be not too greedy". There was a gelatinous cube, in a multi-coloured room. We found a Ring of healing and an Emerald Box and teleported to the Armoury.

31/01/1997

11May4334               Fought skeletons in the Armoury and then went through the "sump" and into the dwarven tunnels.

28/03/1997

11May4334   22:00  Made our way along route A down the lower level (-2). The doors caused a roof fall.
Along route B the Lt door was labelled "Acerak", and the Rt "Mighty king".
we avoided a wall crush and took route C, suffering pit trap damage.
We fell through an arch into a 5 foot cubic space, but escaped. Solezar and Corbane went through the arch.

04/04/1997

12May4334   16:00  We teleported to the Gargoyle tomb and after feeding money to the Gargoyle gained entrance to the Hall of Spheres.
We went through the Black Sphere to a Chapel, where we found some treasure by an abandoned altar.

25/04/1997

12May4334   20:00  Travelled through the 2 pit traps, through the mist to the room with the now-dispelled mummy, and down the cobweb stairs.
Decided to sleep in the corridor.

13May4334   06:00  Cured a Green Slime in the Trembling Room, and proceeded to the crossroads.

20/06/1997

13May4334   12:30  Went north and found a secret door in the wall. We just managed to survive an encounter with a "Juggernaut" and sleep gas.
We found a Siren and rescued her from her cavern.
We located a trapdoor and an underground passage, but decided to sleep before further action.

14May4334   11:00  Found the Crown and Sceptre, and a passage leading to a throne. We opened a door which led into a Tomb Room, which also contained Golems as well as a treasure chest and the Tomb.

18/09/1997

14May4334   14:00  Dismissed the 4 Iron Golems with Dispel Magic, and examined the rusty Chest of Jewels. We also found Platinum treasure.
After moving the 4th Iron Golem, we located chute under a trapdoor. We then found an invisible wall and door.
Mylakhrion  was in a fight with a Lych and was killed. The Doctor resurrected him.

Thus ended the search of the Tomb of Horrors for the Mirror of Travelling ( Mental Prowess).

 

05/09/1997

15May4334               Set off for Irilian, arriving after a fairly uneventful journey on 22nd May. We trained and rested for 10 weeks in Irilian.

 

We then heard that Zotaquaan needed Solezar for a mission, which also meant that Deagan's Curse had to be put off for the time being.

 

Zotaquaan's Quest - the Spell Book Key

This quest involved Solezar locating and retrieving a Key for Zotaquaan's Spell Book, which his co-student Castor had sold to Zotaquaan without the key.

Castor previously lived in Solly in a castle or fortress where we believe the key is to be found.

 

Targnol Port to Solly: The short journey from Targnol Port to Solly took the Troupe to within a very short distance of the major capital of The City State of The World Emperor.

 

26/09/1997

28Jul4334      20:00  Set off from Irilian on Zotaquaan's quest. Met Lizard Men (Saker of the Swamp) and stayed in Ramarche (4:2215) overnight. The following day, we made Smale (4:2218) for lunch, and Y'dell by nightfall. The next day we reached Sunwatch (4:3128).

2Aug4334 morning   Arrived in Solly (4:3724) and went into the Fortress Castle, where we found a room with three stars, on the castle roof. We were attacked and fought off some shadows. The three stars control a lift or teleport in the Castle.

24/10/1997

3Aug4334      19:00  Using the Mirror for the first time, the Doctor scried to the three-star room of the Castle leaving the mirror in the wardrobe of our room in the Inn. Using the stars, we moved up (red), down (blue), and removed a force-field from the guardroom teleport.
Fought carrion-crawlers, and became paralysed for a while. We found a GP15,000 goblet. We explored the entrance and the 2nd floor, but it is obvious that there is a hidden floor, which we need to find.

07/11/1997

3Aug4334      22:00  Climbed the stairs to the third floor, and found a gold key, which we replaced. There was a gold lamp which we switched off, and which then revealed the missing floor of the Castle. On this floor we found a master control room where we fought a Trapper and killed it. We found some runes and a map. When Roan Thekla read the runes they exploded and he was killed. We returned through the mirror, and Corbane tried and succeeded in resurrecting him.
The map showed the mazes of the Labyrinth.

12/12/1997

6Aug4334      04:00  There was a magic painting which we entered, and which led into a pit, through fog. In the pit we collected a gem to give to the Raven.
At 3:00pm we slept for 8 hours
Entered into the Labyrinth and searched through 2 of its mazes.

16/01/1998

6Aug4334      23:00  Tass has the Raven with the gem.
We explored one more maze in the Labyrinth, teleporting into the diamond of maze 3, receiving the message:
"My assistant will help you across the water" and
"You live on the planet Earth
  You leave home, go 5 miles south
  You go 2 miles east and kill a bear
  You go 3 miles east
  You go 5 miles north and are back home."
('White' marked on notes, can't remember why!)
Marked an X to return to when finished.
Found maze 5 and fought an umberhalk.
Found maze 2 and fought a large water snake.

06/02/1998

7Aug4334      20:00  Went through maze 6 and ended up back in the Inn bedroom. We asked the Raven for the key "Never More".
Slept and then gave the key to Zotaquaan.

Zotaquaan's Quest is finished - the Key is found.

 

Deagan’s Curse: Peach Farm, Lakenheath

Now is the time for some personal business for Deagan, concerning Lady Kathli and her sister, who run Peach Farm in Lakenheath (5:1123), a village in The City State of the Invincible Overlord. Apparently 6 people are required to help sort out a problem of crop damage and livestock killing.

 

These actions take place in Region 5: The City State of the Invincible Overlord. In 1998, the troupe travelled to the central part of this region. Grimlon, a major town in this region, has since featured significantly in the exchanges of power. These most important events are chronicled and are likely to change the course of the history of the entire world.

 

09Aug4334                Left Solly for Targnol Port.
We heard rumours of a coup in which Viscount Wilfrick has overthrown Drong Dirkah and Wandenrush. Wilfrick is a goodly type, and it seems received help from the Padisha of Tak Shire.
Left Targnol Port and passed Augge.
We reached the Barradine ruins but had to escape from 45 Brigands.
Fought a Mountain Hag, and 50 Berserkers!
Crossed the river to the village of Springel (5:0823).

13/03/1998

12Aug4334    16:00  Arrived at Lakenheath and made our way to Lady Kathli's estate as instructed. Apparently the Peach Farm crops were being damaged, and livestock were being killed by a creature with "glowing yellow eyes" and giant claws. We deduced that this creature is a were-tiger.
We booked ourselves into the Green Witch Inn and bedded down for the night.

13Aug4334    10:00  We visited Peach Farm and found it rich and prosperous, and set a guard overnight. We were hit by a fire-ball while carrying crops to Springle, and the crop was destroyed. Larissa and Tega are suspected. When we cured Larissa of lycanthropy Lady Kathli was duly delighted with the outcome.

10/04/1998

We scried to Teral Guthdohtor and gave her our news. She told us that we had been invited to the society wedding of Jolene to Viscount Lucca, due to take place on 30th September 4334 in Tak Shire. She also asked us to resolve issues with an out-of-control zoo in Caelem (4:5222, 5:0122), a village on the border with The City State of the Invincible Overlord.

 

On the Way to Jolene and Lucca’s Wedding

16Aug4334    09:00  We set off en route for the wedding, knowing that we had some tasks to complete on the way.

17Aug4334    14:00  We arrived at Springel (5:0823).

18Aug4334                Left for Caelem at first light. Saw a kind of whirlwind with bodies in it, but we took no action. Arrived in Caelem and were accommodated by Coria McCready. We killed a two headed hydra and a cretin. We met with the head of Caelem and resolved the issue of the control of the zoo.

 

The Shrine of Chevalier in Grimlon

We heard of problems at the Shrine of Chevalier (The Knight's Shrine) in Grimlon (4:5122), a few miles away, and decided to go and see what it was all about.

 

21Aug4334                Decided that we would rest for the day and start to sort out the problems at the Shrine at 2:00pm the next day.

08/05/1998

22Aug4334    09:00  Met with the head cleric Abaruc Lazar and were told about a group of dancers being held at the shrine by Brock and Videf, who were disturbing the peace of the shrine.

22Aug4334    14:00  Entered the Garden of the Shrine of Chevalier. Some arrows were fired off to dissuade us from proceeding, but nevertheless we entered the shrine, found a secret door and went down to a lower temple. We found Videf, whom we had learned was behind some of the disturbances, and took him to the Chief Officer. We located the dancers and released them. Eventually, we found Brock and took him prisoner. We had to kill an octopus, but we also rescued Hippochick who had been held captive, and released her and sent her to her home.
having concluded our task successfully, we sent Brock and all the profits of their misguided enterprise to Abaruc Lazar.

05/06/1998

24Aug4334                Spent time in Grimlon. There we heard of problems in Redcliffe (5:0727) (in the The City State of the Invincible Overlord) which was being regularly raided by an army of bandits run by the two notorious Pine Brothers.

25Aug4334    08:00  Travelled on to Caelem, arriving at 3:00pm.

26Aug4334    08:00  Set off for Redcliffe, crossing the river at the ford of the Crossings of Quoth.
We arrived a Redcliffe at 8:00pm and found the place in siege. We had transported 12 men and food from Grimlon. We searched for caves and cover, and found a canyon and plateau. We scried up to the plateau to observe the encampment. A party went out to a farm. Our plan was to use our scouts as eagles to follow the next raiding party to Redcliffe. Then we would scry to the village and lie in wait ready to fight the raiders on their arrival at the village.

24/07/1998

28Aug4334    11:00  Fought the army of the Green Men in the village of Redcliffe and killed them all. We then scried back to the cliff top to treat the injured in our party. By midday we were back at the plateau to start healing.

29Aug4334    07:00  All wounds healed. We scried back to the encampment, and investigated a hut, used by the bandits. There, we found a chest and a body. We recovered the treasure stolen from the village, from the chest, and burned the hut and the encampment.

30Aug4334                We returned to Redcliffe by midmorning, the village now free and saved.

 

The Troupe informed Teral Guthdohtor of their success, and were advised of the fact that a group of orcs, and other, including magicians Multikraken and Mudstone, were planning an event on 2nd September in Grimlon.

 

31Aug4334                Set off early for Grimlon. Stayed in Caelem overnight.

01Sep4334                 Found that the old library in Grimlon was to be the venue for a party which the orcs and their accomplices were to take over. It is already occupied by a substantial number of evil characters. We gained identification of a bugbear chief, Wyperag, an ogre leader Georgie and we suspected that Wandenrush was hiding as the new evil leader. We also gleaned information about the three key leaders that would help us to identify them:
Wandenrush                  short, with dark hair, and rather slimy-looking
Multikraken                   a fat human, with a dark complexion
Mudstone                        a fair haired fair skinned character.

14/08/1998

02Sep4334 (cont'd)  Went to the party, with Tass, Weatherwax, Budwyn, Corbane and Mylakhrion  dressed up as waiters. Found a giant frog, and killed a carrion crawler. Otherwise, we served beer and food to the guests at the party. At midnight, under a sign of "Welcome Hellspawn" an Arch Devil Asmodius and three pit fiends were summoned. We fire-blasted the room after which they abandoned the party, in defeat. A dinosaur was released by the fire blast and by the summoning, and Weatherwax fortunately was able to kill it.

 

We reported our success to Viscount Wilfrick. However he passed on to us some bad news about the forthcoming wedding: namely that a serious infection, becoming known as the Red Plague was affecting Tak Shire and is threatening the success of the Wedding.

 

Decided to remain in Grimlon for the time being.

28/08/1998

17Sep4334     10:00  Heard that the Sage, who occupied a Tower near Tak Shire has not been seen since performing experiments on animals in his tower.
Set off for Tak Shire, stopping en route in Augge, Targnol Port and Mislanta.

 

Solezar heard from Zotaquaan that the Dark Druid (Guantather) is close to finding the first volume of the Cryptochronos. This book of magic when read correctly will allow the reader to create magical Draconians and to build gateways to teleport them to a location on our physical world.

 

                                      We encountered a cart carrying a group of escapees from Tak Shire, confirming the dangerous state of that town with the infective plague.

20Sep4334     18:00  Arrived at Tak Shire, having seen a large encampment outside, filled with people fearful of the Red Plague. We went to see the Padisha, Dyshim Leayh who explained the plight of Tak Shire to us. We sent our scouts as eagles up to the Sage's Tower to reconnoitre. Then we all scried to the tower, and during the exploration we accidentally released a bat, which flew north. We killed a second bat before it escaped from the tower, and then located an anti-dote to the Red Plague, in the Sage's Tower.
The antidote enabled the Padisha and his assistants to cure his population of the plague, and thus we have completed this mission.

25/09/1998

21Sep4334     09:00  The town of Tak Shire is preparing for Jolene and Lucca's Wedding.
We have been informed that they will not be representatives from Caer Cadwen, nor from Mills Fortress.
The other guests arrive at Tak Shire for the wedding over the course of the next few days.

30Sep4334                 The wedding went off very successfully, with Jolene and Lucca naturally the glamorous centres of attraction.
One problem slightly marred the events, namely that two Gargoyles, Rudi and Hubert, who were guests at the wedding reported in distress that their wings had been stolen. They told us that the suspected thieves were two brothers in Ruppin Athuk (4:2711).

02Oct4334                 Set off for Ruppin Athuk, defeating a gang of attacking orcs on the way. Decided to stay overnight in Rose’s Bar, where we met three adventurers: Patro, Paula, and Marin.
We also heard that the Dark Druid (Guantather) has located the first volume of the Cryptochronos. We now know that if he finds a suitable place to study quietly he will be able to create a laboratory for the generation of magical Draconians and a teleporting gateway through which to have them emerge into our world.
We discovered two brothers named Tom and Jerry, who lived in a shack in Ruppin Athuk, and we made our way to their shack.

16/10/1998

05Oct4334     16:00  We decided to visit Tom and Jerry in their hut. They were two orcs, and so we easily “glibbed” them into fighting their deliverymen who had 850 pairs of Gargoyle wings which the orcs had illegally acquired one way or another. We found our missing two pairs for return to the Gargoyles Rudi and Hubert, and also took back the other 183 pairs to Ruppin Athuk, for return to their rightful owners.

This ends the episodes associated with the Wedding of Jolene and Lucca.

 

The Tomb of Aethering The Damned

Although the Troupe knew that they had a major task in front of them - that of disempowering the Tomb of Aethering The Damned which they knew to be in the Jutting Peaks (1:1910) in the The Great Forest (The Elphand Lands) it is not recorded clearly exactly when that task became presented to them. In fact they were to be distracted by two other tasks while on their way, and they were also to hear yet more news of the activities of the Dark Druid (Guantather).

 

07Oct4334                 Set off for the Jutting Peaks (1:1810) in the far north, in the Land of the The Great Forest (The Elphand Lands). We reached Oonsla (4:2310) on the Sharrya River before dark.

 

The Gummy Bear Problem and The Great Mehtu.

08Oct4334                 We crossed the river at the ferry, and went north towards Jes (4:2502). In Jes we found that the occupants, mainly halflings, were being greatly troubled by Gummy Bears which seemed to be coming from a nearby disused prison in some ancient catacombs just to the north of the village, once used by Drong Dirkah (Padisha of Grimlon). It seems that the Chef, Baker and Confectioner of Grimlon are being held captive by an evil Magician, The Great Mehtu.
We decided to investigate the dungeon prison, and so went off to the north. We found the catacombs, and entered. We found our way into a "Greenhouse Room" which was full of crops.

20/11/1998

08Oct4334     14:00  Investigated the Greenhouse Room and found some keys. We had to fight a Strawberry Blob but eventually we found and saw The Great Mehtu. We were in some degree of fear having discovered that he is a Meat Monster and Mind Filletter. By a lucky accident we have claimed Mehtu's Great Mythral Knife - this was awarded to Sprigg, who named it as his Bread Knife. We managed to kill the Great Mehtu with Green Death, and also had to kill several were-bears. O exploring his room we found a secret door beyond his walk-in cupboard.

18/12/1998

08Oct4334     18:00  We went through into a cavern, where we had to fight and kill a Ginger Bread Man. We rescued and revived Galomohgen, the Confectioner. Then we passed through the Round Room, through a room with stalactites, and into a kitchen. There we found and rescued the Chef, Mowlen Howerd. We released the Confectioner and the Chef, and they set off back to Grimlon.

08/01/1999

09Oct4334                 Solezar received a message from Zotaquaan, and is told that The Dark Druid (Guantather) has now gone south to Region 7: The Desert Lands, where he is attempting to read the Cryptochronos and start the process of creation of the Draconians.

 

The Destruction of the Crypt of Istaris

In his message from Zotaquaan, Solezar is also told the Troupe of a hazard in Nulb being caused by The Crypt of Istaris. Apparently, hundreds of years earlier, the Mage Istaris became evil and obsessed with death. He built a home beneath the cemetery to prepare his soul. The evil God Iuz told of the Sceptre of Dire Yabon, which could control the mind of a susceptible being and enhanced any magical items in its vicinity. The Dark Brotherhood in Nulb has used the Sceptre to boost the Mage's magic and later that month a planetary alignment will cause Nulb to explode. There is a ransom of GP2000,000 and the Troupe are asked to help by recovering the body of Istaris and burning it outside his crypt.

 

09Oct4334                 Set off for Nulb via Erba Alba. We met a Fang Dragon, but by feeding it a horse we diverted its attention and avoided the need to fight it. We mingled with other travellers anonymously as we approached Erba Alba.

10Oct4334                 We left Erba Alba and were attacked by a wolf pack and had to kill them all.

11Oct4334                 Arrived outside Nulb at 4:00pm to find a posse of armed people, whom we believed to be residents, about 5 miles from Nulb. We decided to skirt around them and enter the village.

12/02/1999

12Oct4334     18:00  Investigated the church briefly.

13Oct4334           Returned to the church and entered the Crypt. We were gassed on entry, but we all managed to survive the gas. We went down to a lower level containing a 8-sided room. We closed off the corridors out of the room and entered each one in turn. Tass  descended into a burrow.   Weatherwax and Roan Thekla are waiting.

18/02/1999

13Oct4334     00:15  Entered a room containing a coffin - a Werebear appeared and bit Budwyn, but fortunately Dr Thekla was able to cure him.

                                      “Palms of Fire”, lights and “smoke of fiery death” caused havoc in the library.
Under a statue we found a hatch and went down it, where we found a body, but the medallion was not on it. We buried the body. We had to kill a troll (named Usgood) and now have only 4 ½ hours to locate the medallion.

05/03/1999

13Oct4334     19:45  Fought a lizard, which caused a major injury to  Tass .
We then crossed a bridge and had to fight troglodytes which were on it. We came to, and searched a waterfall area. There was an area filled with smoke, which we also searched.

13Oct4334     23:45  We left the smokey area, and then, with only 5 minutes to spare we found the medallion!

 

The long Process of the Destruction of the Three Draconian Gates

We receive a message that The Dark Druid (Guantather­) has located the Cryptochronos after a long search. He is believed to be in the Land of The Mycretians, where he is using the Cryptochronos to produce an army of Dragon Men.

 

16Oct5334     am      We set off for Murias, and camped overnight by a bridge on the Sharya River.

17Oct4334                 We saw about 20 people in the Furlock Hills, but this was without significance. We camped in Erba Alba.

18Oct4334                 We reached Murias.

19Oct4334                 Set off for Sekhet, and camped overnight.

16/04/1999

20Oct4334                 We left Sekhet, and located the river to aid our route. We reached Aratar, a quartz mining town populated by humans, where we spent the night. The Sheriff is Hendos Roundhills, who is a magician.

21Oct4334                 Reached Bigsdale and went on to stay in Swarga overnight.

22Oct4334                 We went into the Scarlet Forest, where we investigated a smoking chimney, but found nothing of significance.

23Oct4334                 Reached Falias where we stayed overnight.

24Oct4334                 Travelled up the Kikulum River. We found, and entered a tomb. Garlon fell into a trap but we were able to locate and save him using the mirror.

28/05/1999

25Oct4334     am      We approached a secret door and searched what turned out to be a “dummy tomb”.

                         20:00  There was also false treasure, and we realised this was not the Tomb of Aethering which we were looking for.

26Oct4334     07:00  We entered and explored the trap which Garlon had fallen into, and had to fight some statues. There was a vat of peculiar reflecting liquid, and Budwyn peered into the Vat and saw the room we were looking for. He then guided us to the room. We had to kill some wights and four zombies, but made progress towards the room.

25/06/1999

26Oct4334     noon   We had to fight a mummy and several monsters before locating a trapdoor leading into a room containing the Tomb and a Book, and a horde of treasure. There was an invisible Giant in the room, which we had to fight and kill. During our time in the room and while fighting the giant, Budwyn disappeared, and took the book and the treasure. We could not locate him. On investigation around the room, we came to believe that Budwyn had been taken over by the spirit of Anasia, the Wife of Aethering, and has absconded with the book and their treasure.

06/08/1999

27Oct4334     noon    Tass, Garlon and Weatherwax scried to Teral Guthdohtor and informed her of these developments – especially the absconding of Budwyn.

 

During the visit to Teral Guthdohtor, we learned of the progress that the Dark Druid (Guantather) was making in Mycretia and of how Draconians have been over-running the area. It seems that Guantather has mastered at least some of the Cryptochronos. We were told to be in Ferec Idu in Region 7: The Desert Lands in time for a meeting on 2nd November 4334.

 

28Oct-29Oct4334     The rest of our troupe set off to ride south towards the The Desert Lands. We went via Falius, then Swarga to Bigsdale. During the journey, Tankrid used his shape-shifting skill as an eagle, flying high above the travelling party. At one point he encountered an owl flying high – after discussion we suspected that this may have been a shape-shifted Budwyn.

30Oct4334                 The troupe was reunited in Bigsdale, all members except Budwyn having reached our agreed rendezvous.

01Nov4334                Travelled, to and stayed in Avatar.

02Nov4334                Travelled through Elfwine.

03Nov4334                Passed through Sekhet and Murias. Using the mirror, we scried to Veldrana, the previous sailing assistant of our old associate Captain Raglass, and arranged a meeting in Smale, on her boat, the Ptarnijan, on 7th November 4334. Our plan was for her to take us south to a port in the The Desert Lands.

04Nov4334                Travelled towards Erba Alba. During this journey, Garlon was attacked by a strangely persistent Invisible Stalker. We suspected that this incident was possibly associated with our missing companion Budwyn, but we had no proof. We received at that time, a letter, purporting to have come from Budwyn, and asking and advising us to destroy the Mirror of Mental Prowess, which Dr Thekla holds on behalf of the troupe. Naturally we agree that we should not do that.

05Nov4334    08:00  Reached Irilian. Spent the day resting.

20/08/1999

06Nov4334    08:00  Set off for Smale via Ramarche. Once again Garlon was attacked by the Invisible Stalker, and only after feign death was cast on him was he left alone.

                         17:00  Reached Ramarche.

07Nov4334    08:00  We set off for Smale on the last leg and arrived at 11:30am. We met Veldrana as arranged and agreed our requirements with her.

                         14:00  We set sail for Y’dell, which we made by 6:00pm. We decide to spend the night on the boat.

08Nov4334    08:00  We rose and made ready to sail for 9:00am. We entered the The City State of The World Emperor at 5:00pm.

09Nov4334    11:00  We left the City State under sail for Braddol, which we reached at 4:00pm. We left Garlon in the City State where he said he had business to transact. He rejoined us in Braddol in the late evening.

10Nov4334    09:00  We set sail from Braddol to Wartess, where we arrived at 3:00pm that afternoon. We remained on the boat overnight.

11Nov4334    10:00  We set sail for Dragonsharp, and arrived there for 4:00pm. Stayed overnight on our boat.

12Nov4334    09:00  We set sail for Beletswood. At midday, during a quiet moment on the boat, Dr Thekla attempted to scry to Budwyn, but was unsuccessful. Something serious seems to have befallen our erstwhile friend. We were also disturbed by several Sea Monsters, which attacked our boat fiercely. The boat sustained some damage but fortunately not critical. Having arrived at Beletswood in the late afternoon, we set about repairing Veldryna’s damaged boat.

13Nov4334    09:00  We left for Grindwell, and arrived there at 6:00pm. We then remained on the boat overnight.

14Nov4334    09:00  We then set off for Silmet. During the journey, we encountered a friendly otter. This otter transformed itself into Lamuda, who continued with us on this leg of our journey.

17/09/1999

14Nov4334    noon   We were attacked by, and fought some river ogres, which prevented us from reaching Silmet, and so we moored overnight. We were further attacked by some giant toads, and eventually were able to continue on our way.

15Nov4334    noon   Arrived in Silmet after a close encounter with a crocodile.

16Nov4334    06:00  Set off or Alas, and reached it by 9pm.

                                      We agreed to pay Veldryna 6 weeks accommodation costs in Alas.

17Nov4334    08:00  Arranged a supply of horses, and set off for Kodl.

                         11:00  We encountered a party of refugees being attacked by about 30 knolls and decided to rescue them.

08/10/1999

17Nov4334                We protected the group of refugee villagers with a wall of force cast by Solezar, and a lightning bolt, which destroyed and frightened off the attacking knolls. The villagers were leaving Ferec Idu owing to the advance of dragon armies from the south.

                         14:00  Continued on our way to Kodl, arriving there at about 4pm.

18Nov4334    08:00  Set off on the last part of our journey to Ferec Idu and arrived without a notable incident at about 3pm. We went to the Inn of the Last Home, and spoke to Otik Sandeth. We took our rooms and decided to sleep until the next morning.

19Nov4334    09:00  After breakfast, Dr Thekla scried to Teral Guthdohtor who confirmed the presence of dragon men in the south. Tassit, our old acquaintance pays us a visit and advises us that we should have returned the Staff of Mishakaal to the Temple at Xak-Tsaroth if we wish to destroy the dragon men. He knows that we no longer have the staff but advises us to go there anyway to seek guidance.
Dr Thekla attempts to scry to the region but the mirror fails. He is not sure why but believes that the mirror may fail if used excessively or if subjected to physical shock. He resolves to treat it with more care.

23Nov4334    08:00  Set off for the Temple of Mycr. We arrived at Shiktat by the end of the day.
We encountered a goodly unicorn, who arranges for us to be flown south by Pegasus. So the party fly off Ered Derenswand to see if they could locate the Temple and Statue of Mycr.

29/10/1999

26Nov4334    15:00  Arrived in Xak-Tsaroth to find a large expanse of swampy ruin, and are promptly ambushed by 6 Bozak which we kill. We learn that there are three types of draconian: Baaz, which are small and common and when about to die in battle turn to stone, entrapping any weapon present in their flesh; Bozaks, which have a 4th level magic shield, and which explode when they die; and Kapaks, which have venomous saliva which causes paralysis, and which form  10 foot pool of acid when killed.
We fought more Bozak and Baaz while investigating the ruin. We crossed an old bridge and entered the Temple having killed most of the draconian guards with a lightning bolt, and decided to sleep overnight in the temple.

27Nov4334    10:00  Woke and breakfasted, and started to search for the Statue of the Goddess Mishakaal. We found it and it asked us for the Staff of Mishakaal, which we didn’t have. However, it told Deagen that the Discs of Mishakaal could also be used to destroy the dragon men, and that they were to be found below the Temple, guarded by a dragon.  We killed more Baaz, and Tass  found a lightning bolt scroll. We captured a group of gully dwarfs who worked as lowly servants of the dragon men. Dr Thekla charmed Sheridan, the leader of the dwarfs. Apparently the Discs are guarded by Khisanth, a black dragon.

28Nov4334    02:00  We rose very early and located a 4 foot sewer, which led under the temple to an old bakery where we had to kill a carrion crawler.

10/12/1999

28Nov4334    03:00  Near the bakery we found a ghost magician who said to us: “The discs are below with the dragon. Go down the cavern, and south to the Court of Balance, or, go south over the water and south to the Plaza, or, go down the pulley and then south to the Plaza.” We went south, paid a tax in the Court of Balance, and went through to a teleport. We were teleported to beneath the Treasury Tower ruins to a “Y” road. We had to fight and kill 3 Bozaks on the cusp of the “Y”.

12/01/2000

 28Nov4334   07:00  We enter a guard hall where we find a mural. On examination and a little cleaning it is a map of the area, showing our location and surroundings. We have to fight trolls and baaz while searching an armoury.

                         13:00  We went through some double doors where we can rest for a while, after placing a glyph  of warning on the doors.

                                      We travelled west into the Plaza and crossed to a ruined house. We found Khisanth the black dragon and Solezar and Weatherwax killed him brilliantly with fireballs and green death. In the court of balance we found Khisanth’s treasure including the Discs of Mishakaal. We made our way back to the Statue of Mishakaal to take her the discs, fighting a large poisonous spider on the way - we have to go back to the Holy Cities near Ferec Idu, and so Solezar summoned the Pegasus to take us back.

                         23:00  Waiting for the Pegasus, we secured ourselves in a round room in the old temple and slept.

29Nov4334    08:00  Weatherwax and Tankrid surveyed the area as eagles, reporting draconian armies to the south and west. A large meeting of draconians are also choosing a new leader in the Plaza. We discovered three of Khisanth’s hatchlings and destroyed them. Dr Thekla scried to the Holy Cities and Tassit, Cormanti, Tankrid, Tass, Deagan and Mylakhrion  went through the mirror with the Discs of Mishakaal. The rest of us will make our way to Ferec Idu hopefully by Pegasus or scry to the cities in five days.

03/03/2000

29Nov4334                Tassit’s Group: On passing through the mirror to Ferec Idu, Tassit’s party is horrified to discover the village completely overrun by Kapaks. Attempting to get details and information in the Inn of the Last Home they are captured and paralysed by the poisonous venom of the draconians. However, as Tankrid is hidden as a rat, and Tass is invisible, those two accompany their colleagues as they are taken in a wheeled cage as prisoners, along with an elf and a woman, Tika Waylan. The valuables of the group are fortunately concealed in a bag of holding. The elf is Gilthanus and he is a warrior with magical powers. A blacksmith named Theros Ironfeld is also captured, and when Dr Thekla notes that he is badly injured, he heals him. The groups wagon is joined by several others which form a caravan and get ready to set off south at nightfall on the next day. We realise that women captured from towns and villages are taken to Pax Tharkas to the south where we hear that the Dark Druid (known to us as Guantather) is currently located.

01Dec4335                 Tassit’s Group: The wagons are packed with captured locals and women and children and make ready to set off south in the evening.

                         09:00  Solezar’s Group: Unwilling to wait for the Pegasus, Solezar, Weatherwax, Corbane, Dr Thekla, Garlon and Sprigg head westwards overland, skirting the desert, and get halfway to Frasket. A giant desert golem stalks the party but contact with it is avoided. A camp is set up for the night, in hills just north of the desert.

02Dec4334    15:00  Tassit’s Group: Arrive at Larif, a desert village, and make camp. Larif has also been taken over by draconians.

                         23:30  Head south for Tuftipsy.

                         04:00  Solezar’s Group: The party is attacked while sleeping by a group of wraiths which inflicts serious injuries and weaken the party before being eventually overcome and destroyed. Corbane is unconscious after the attack and may not recover. We rest and hide for the day. The hills are full of wild boar, but we manage to avoid contact with them, and with a passing Baaz war party, in our present weakened state.

03Dec4334    09:00  Tassit’s Group: Arrive at Tuftipsy. This is a goblin village, and the leader of our captors, a bullying hobgoblin named Fewmaster Toede spends some time bragging and boasting to the villagers about his conquests. The wagon train is now substantial with supply wagons and an army of 50 Kapaks leading with several hundred hobgoblins around the train.

                         21:00  Set off south east for Evergloom.

                         08:00  Solezar’s Group: Dr Thekla scries to Teral Guthdohtor and makes an appointment to see her later the same day. Once again we rest for that day, but we are all weak and Corbane’s condition continues to cause alarm.

                         18:00  Dr Thekla again scries to Teral Guthdohtor and after a long meeting, accepts that little can be done other than careful sustained healing and rest. Irilian remains under serious threat.

                                      We decide to rest and recuperate for several days.

04Dec4334    09:00  Tassit’s Group: Arrive at Evergloom, a rough human border village. Its chief, Badyr Skywalker is friendly with Fewmaster Toede. Gilthanus tells us that he is confident that we are heading for Pax Tharkas, a fortress in the south where he knows a large number of prisoners, including women and children are being held.

                         19:00  Set off south east for Wondernesse.

05Dec4334    07:00  Arrive at Wondernesse, a large dwarven village where our captors do not seen to be liked. Fewmaster Toede is nervous. Gilthanus tells us that he has had secret conversations with some villagers and is pleased with what he has found but tells us no details.

                         20:00  Set off south towards the Elven Jungle, which also happens to be Githranas’ homeland.

                                      Solezar’s Group: Continuing rest and recuperation. Dr Thekla makes an attempt to scry to Tassit’s group, but the mirror does not work.

06Dec4334    07:00  Tassit’s Group: Set off through the hills, passing between the Great Roaring Jungle to the north and the Dangerous Jungle to the south. The wagon train is ambushed by a large army of elves, and in the ensuing fracas, we escape from our cage and travel with our Elven rescuers into the Dangerous Jungle.

                                      Solezar’s Group: Corbane is still not recovering and we continue to be very concerned for his wellbeing. We continued to rest.

07Dec4334                 Tassit’s Group: We continue heading east through the Dangerous Jungle, with our Elven companions.

08Dec4334    noon   We arrive at the Elven city of Qualinost [h2345] where we meet the leader Thalianus who is Gilthanus’ father and with the leader of our rescuers, Porthios. We are told that the draconian army is continuing towards Pax Tharkas and that and army of The Invincible Overlord is due to arrive at Willow Withy on 14th December. Porthios will take his Elven army to meet them and organise an ambush of the draconian army on 20th December, in the Govannon Scarpe. During the night, the Elven Princess Laurana is kidnapped by a mysterious intruder riding a huge dragon.

09Dec4334    07:00  Set off for Pax Tharkas having collected some horses from the nearby village of Delan. We encountered a battle scene and rescued an injured traveller named Eben Shatterstone whom  we welcome into our party.

                         21:00  Reach the fortress of Pax Tharkas just as it is getting dark.

                                      Solezar’s Group: We continue to rest. We are pleased as Corbane is now showing some signs of recovery.

10Dec4334    08:00  We decide to move on. We shrink Corbane and use Weatherwax’s  skills as an eagle scout. We make our way to Frasket and arrive by dusk to find it partly destroyed and deserted. Three hobgoblins have been tortured and executed in the village square. It seems that the villagers have disappeared, possibly escaping to the mountains. We decide to lie low in Frasket for a few days.

                                      Tassit’s Group: We enter Pax Tharkas by a secret entrance known to Gilthanus and the elves. As we enter, we are ambushed by 3 trolls, which we soon kill. On entering a tunnel into the fort, we release a horde of many zombies from a large tomb, but we manage to kill several and disperse the rest. Somewhat lost in the tunnels, we use a rock-to-mud spell to get out of a risk door, and find a large hall with a skeleton on e throne. The skeleton is holding a dragon slaying sword, engraved “Wyrmslayer”.

26/05/2000

10Dec4334    17:00  During our investigation or other rooms, Tankrid uses his wall-of-fire spell to destroy a large slug and we also alert several of the remaining zombies, with which we have to fight again. Unfortunately, our newly found dragon slayer sword is broken in the battle. We were then attacked by a frightening wailing banshee whish most members of the troupe turn and run form, leaving Gilthanus, Mylakhrion  and Deagan to kill the beast, which they eventually do.

                         21:00  Slept and healed.          

11Dec4334    08:00  Investigated a hall to the south, and destroyed 20 more of the zombies with Tankrid and Tassit using all their powers together. On our way to a hall of many columns, we suffered severe damage when a pit trap opened. However we eventually found a secret door leading to a large round room. This room contained the chain that holds back the column block at Pax Tharkas’ main exit gates. Mylakhrion  climbed the chain, but the exit above is too narrow for anyone to climb through. We continue on through another secret door into the bowels of the chambers and discover a room containing the clothes and other belongings of many prisoners. We heard conversation involving kapak draconians in an adjoining room, and bide our time before storming the room and killing all six them. As some of our party were paralysed in the attack, we decide to rest for a while.

16/06/2000

11Dec4334    17:00  After resting, we listened at the doors to other rooms and identified the voices of women prisoners. We speak to them and dress as women, so as to visit the men in the mines to the north with a small party of women that are permitted evening visits. The children are held in rooms above, being guarded by a red dragon by the name of dragon Flamestrike. So we set off to see the men prisoners in the northern mines, accompanied by Tika Waylan and Eben Shatterstone, all in disguise as female prisoners. As planned we leave Eben with the men to help get them ready for the planned uprising the next day. Tika Waylan accompanies us as we return to rest overnight with the women prisoners.

12Dec4334    10:00  Spent the day relaxing and preparing for the evening’s planned uprising.

                         21:00  We leave with a small group of determined women to meet the men for the planned uprising. However, we were betrayed by Eben Shatterstone who, along with The Dark Druid Guantather and a large contingent of draconians and hobgoblins, attacked and captured us shortly after leaving. However, it was not until after a fierce struggle that we had to succumb to the kapak paralysing bites – and Tankrid so very nearly destroyed Guantather with a bear-hug spell.

07/07/2000

12Dec4334    22:00  We are surprised not to have been killed by the kapaks, but Guantather believes that we still know of the whereabouts of the crystal staff of Mishakaal. He has threatened to kill us one by one each day until we reveal where it is.

13Dec4334    10:00  We are held in a room with Sestun the dwarf, who helped us escape from the wagon train. All of our possessions have been taken. Our guard is Fewmaster Toede who keeps taking Sestun out for individual questioning, making us suspicious of what is happening. Fewmaster Toede came in and took Tika Waylan out with him. We do not know whether we shall se her again.

                         14:00  Gilthanus’ sister, Laurana is bought into our room and is executed before our very eyes. We are told that tomorrow it will be the turn of Tika Waylan. We are now quite dependent on Roan Thekla and his mirror to come and rescue us.

14Dec4334    08:00  Tika is returned to us – she is shocked and shaken but will not tell us of her ordeal other than saying that she will get her revenge on Toede.

                         noon   Solezar’s Group: Feeling fully recovered, and happier about Corbane’s recuperation, we decide to use the mirror to see where our friends are. When Roan Thekla scries to the other half of the group, he finds them obviously held prisoner in a darkened prison room, and in their undergarments.

                                      All members: Much to the delight of the prisoners, Roan Thekla and their other friends appear through the mirror, and quickly collect the captives together and take them back through the mirror to Frasket.

                                      Reunited, we spend time telling each other the tales of our recent escapades. But we soon realise that we must act as soon as we can to sail south and do our best to defeat Guantather and his hordes of draconians.

15Dec4335    08:00  We decide to avoid the desert and take a coastal route south. So we leave Frasket and head east with Weatherwax as an eagle scout. After an uneventful days journey we camp on the edge of the desert, south of the Redshaft Fens [h3331].

21/07/2000

16Dec4334                 Continued southwards.

                         10:00  Eventually we decided to camp at Redwraith, on the northern bank of the Sunvale river.

17Dec4334    10:00  We scried to Teral Guthdohtor in Irilian. We get an update on the activities of Guantather and the Cryptochronos. Those of our party who lost their weapons when captured, took the opportunity to purchase new ones. Teral Guthdohtor recommends that we should visit Region 7: Lenap on our journey south, as we may be able to get help from a high priest of the Temple of Pelor there, named Exior K’Mool.  He may be able to help us locate the draconian gate. Mycretian priests report that the Staff of Mishakaal will destroy the Cryptochronos on contact. Padisha Kijdawr Aenekosi has reported that no help will be forthcoming from The City State of the Invincible Overlord so far as the conflict with the Dark Druid (Guantather) is concerned.

                         18:00  We return through the mirror from Irilian. A sand golem attacks us, and seems to be attempting to steal our mirror but we dispelled it. Camped overnight.

18Dec4334    09:00  Set off for Iffing, having cast a bridge spell over the river. Camped overnight in Iffing.

19Dec4334    09:00  Set off south, hugging the coastline, quite early on encountering a large party of orcs, which we avoid. We are harassed by a large group of hyenas, which is attempting at attack our horses. We repel them, and then encounter a large party of mounted dervishes, who are actually very friendly.

                         18:00  Arrived at the Weeping Forest where we decide to camp overnight.

20Dec4334    08:00  Continued south through the forest, and crossing the Endless river. We camped overnight in the Hurricane Hills.

21Dec4334    08:00  Continued south, hugging the coastline. Camped overnight near the village of Cloven, where we learn that the leader of the army of the Invincible Overlord is named General Mordesir.

22Dec4334    08:00  Still travelling south, we arrive after a long day, at Beacon, where we stay in the Distillery Pub, and arrange to hire a boat for the next day with Captain Ryder, so the we can sail along the coast to Lenap, the major city of Region 7: Lenap.

18/08/2000

23Dec4334    09:00  Set sail with Captain Ryder, hugging the coastline, observing as we sail the large fleet of fishing boats at the mouth of the Dark river. We are attacked by a horde of sea wolves which we defeat.

                         21:00  It is dark as we arrive in Lenap, but we locate rooms overnight in the White Wolf Inn.

 

The Problem with the Iron Fist Guild

24Dec4334    09:00  We went to see Exior K’Mool at the Temple of Pelor as advised by Teral Guthdohtor. We need an appointment with King Archbold III but we are unlikely to get it unless we show our good faith by helping unravel the problem they have with the Iron Fist Guild and the Temple of Hexor. This guild is gaining power and kidnapping and murdering innocent locals. If we provide evidence sufficient for their prosecution, no doubt King Archbold III will agree to help us in our desire to find and attack Guantather.

                         17:00  We decide to help K’Mool and Archbold so we split up:

                                      5 humans from our troupe made their way to the Iron Fist Tavern where the iron Fist Guild meet.

                                      The rest of the troupe planned to visit the Temple of Hexor, but as we were about to depart, Solezar received a message from Zotaquaan asking him to visit. Therefore Roan Thekla used the mirror to scry to Zotaquaan with Solezar to talk with him.

 

The troupe are told by Zotaquaan that we have been implicated in an assassination attempt on the life of the Padisha of Irilian, Kijdawr Aenekosi. We are under investigation at the moment, and are suspected of having one of the “Mirrors of Travel”. We decide that we must be careful for the time being, especially if we visit Irilian, where for now, all visits must be in disguise. We will have to consider who our enemy is, and how we might soon clear our names.

 

                         21:00  We spend the evening in The Iron Fist Tavern and several (Tankrid, Garlon, Deagen and Mylakhrion) of our number manage to sign up to the Iron Fist Guild as junior members. We are shown around the building by Alaric, who is a guild master, and then we  drink in the tavern until midnight. We stayed overnight at the Iron Fist, with the intention of searching the guild office.

08/09/2000

25Dec4334    02:00  Mylakhrion  breaks into the office of the guild scribe Gazeem, but is unable to complete a search as the scribe is sleeping there. The members of the guild spend the rest of the early morning sleeping in the guild.

                         09:00  All members of the troupe meet in the White Wolf Inn to discuss their activities. We mount a surveillance on the Temple of Hexor and follow a grey robed priest, first to the Law Courts and then to a house in the poorer residential district of the town.

26Dec4334    01:00  A larger group of our troupe returned to the Iron Fist Guild, and to the scribes office, where we hold Gazeem by magic, and search his office. We find 17 pages of incriminating evidence against the guild, and take page 1, noting the contents of page 17. The sheets give details of sales of hostages to the temple. We take Gazeem and Alaric and bind and gag them, and leave them in a city alley nearby.  We investigated the stairs above the office and found no door, but we took damage from a blade trap which alerted a guild member, whom we held and kidnapped.

                         04:00  We entered the Temple of Hexor, and discovered a room with a blood-coloured pool, a library, a room filled with corpses, and a priest dormitory with one sleeping priest. This is an evil place and it affects us and our magic, and so we leave, and return at 05:30  to sleep in the White Wolf Inn.

29/09/2000

                         11:00  We have a difficult meeting with Exior K’Mool (he especially disliked our kidnapping methods) and present him with our evidence. Whilst he agrees it is important, it does no completely incriminate the temple, and he asks us to get more evidence on the temple before we meet Archbold III.

                         13:00  We return to the temple of Hexor, and to room of the corpses. There we had to fight three ghouls and kill them. Then, Roan Thekla raises one of the corpses from the dead, and we identify him as Sashana, a visiting pipe weed salesman. As he is mentioned in the paperwork, we are confident that this will thoroughly incriminate the temple of Hexor and that we will get our help from King Archbold III.  We leave the temple, killing one priest, and capturing another on the way out. We present our evidence to Exior K’Mool who confirms that it is sufficient, thanks us, and arranges a meeting with Archbold III the next day.

27Dec4334    09:00 When we awoke in our rooms we were concerned to find Sestun missing along with all his property. We did not know where he has gone.

                         10:00  Met with King Archbold III who is grateful for our help and tells us that raids of the guild and of the temple are now taking place. He is sure he will be able to convict the culprits. Owing to the neutrality of Lenap, he is not willing to commit any of his troops to help us defeat Guantather but he is able to tell us that one of the three types of draconian, the kapak, is produced in groups of 25, and emerge at a magical portal near quite near to Lenap in the gorge of Hobnob Hills [h2521].

 

Destroying the kapak draconians

28Dec4334    09:00  One of the King’s scouts, Karraway arrived to guide us to the Gorge of the Afterlife so that we can find and destroy the kapak portal. Just as we were departing we receive a message from Sestun, who says that he has become bored with our activities and has decided to go mining with some dwarven friends. Do we believe him ?

                         10:00  Head southwest, along the coast, with Karraway leading. We reached the gorge in the Hobnob Hills by early afternoon and then Karraway bid us farewell. The gorge is steep and narrow with a stream running along  its centre. we find a tunnel, guarded by two gargoyles which we avoid. The paths fork, with a sidetrack crossing the stream – we decide to follow that route, and so crossed the stream.

03/11/2000

                         15:00  We proceeded along the path northwards. We discovered a clearing where there were  9 kapaks, and decided to ambush them and kill them with a fireball. We then slept in the cave overnight.

29Dec4334    03:00  During the early morning, Gilthanus was contacted telepathically by his brother Porthios informing us that the Dark Druid Guantather has left Pax Tharkas and was heading north with the intention of creating a fourth draconian gate, to produce dragon-breath draconians. 

                         08:00  Headed north, and crossed the stream again by a ford, rejoining the main road which led us to a tunnel through the cliff. Inside the tunnel was a huge chasm, with a bridge guarded by ogres, duerger dwarfs and a magician. We attacked and killed the guards, but the magician escaped. We then proceeded across the bridge and through the tunnel. When we emerged into daylight, we were surprised by the magician Mistle who attacked us along with his various ogre and duerger dwarfs. We killed them all in a fast battle, but not before he had hit and killed Gilthanus and Tika Waylan with a lightning bolt.  Mistle himself  was killed by green death from Weatherwax and a lightning bolt from Solezar. 

01/12/2000

                         13:00  We could see two towers ahead, but decided that we should rest in the tunnel, as we were somewhat exhausted by the battle. Fearing further danger in the tunnel, we went outside and took cover alongside some nearby boulders. It was a good move, because a few hours later, our old enemy Fewmaster Toede came by with a mule- train, and a large escort of hobgoblins. Mylakhrion  decided to that, having been made invisible, he would track the mule-train to see what they were carrying and where they were going.

                         15:00  Mylakhrion  returned to report that the mule train delivered packages of weapons to 2 round barrows, unloaded by some orcs and hobgoblins. He was also convinced that there was a “one-way” set of footprints leading from the north. We wondered whether this was the emerging draconians. Dr Thekla successfully resurrected Tika Waylan and we decided to rest and recuperate for the rest of the night.

30Dec4334    09:00  We decided to make our way to the largest or the barrows, so Tankrid  and Weatherwax became eagles so as to scout for enemy forces. The rest of us were made  invisible and went through towers to the round barrow. Mylakhrion  may have found the gate - an unarmed kapak emerged from thin air - Tankrid destroyed him. We hid in the large mound and watched carefully, to discover that Kapaks emerged at 6:00am, 6:00pm and noon and midnight. The spot where they appeared did not have any identifiable properties, so we considered that they were being formed elsewhere, but teleported to the point at which they emerged. We decided to spend the night in the large barrow, which was empty and seemed safe.

31Dec4334    09:00  Examined the nearby round barrows: We killed a wolverine in one, but most of the other were empty and ransacked. When we entered northern barrow - electric shocks to Mylakhrion. Found rod of security, which we gave to Tassit). Searched northern long barrow which was smoking. Sent wizard eye into it - fire demon inside.

15/12/2000

31Dec4334    16:00  Entered long barrow, and then its main chamber. Examined dead kobold by a sarcophagus. Found coffin with mummified body of a magician, and various items, including a goodly prayer book and a magic mace. The mace was given to Roan Thekla. We checked several other rooms. Killed the ankheg but found nothing much. The long barrow was now considered empty and safe and so we decided to stay there overnight.

01Jan4435     09:00  Examined the small barrow and found a coffin. we then went into the large barrow, where we found 6 bodies - one of which was shrouded. The northern long was  smoking, and so we made chimney hole to allow entry. We destroyed the fire demons which were causing the smoke, but their fire seemed real. We decided to sleep in large barrow.

12/01/2001

02Jan4335     07:00  We investigated the two small round barrows which were linked by an underground passage. We went through the passage into the other barrow. We found and fought, a cleric who was working there, with undead companions, which Corbane also killed. Having found no sign of a draconian laboratory, we decided to return to the portal. Tankrid held out the rod of cancellation, and on its arrival we killed the next kapak. Then Solezar received a message from Zotaquaan, which said “Go and see Teral Guthdohtor”. And so we scried to Teral Guthdohtor.

 

On scrying to Teral Guthdohtor the troupe learned much useful information, about Porthios suspicions of his brother’s death. The were also loaned a “disc of teleport location” which will point out the direction and range of a teleport point.

 

                         24:00  At midnight the disc points south 1000ft toward the towers. So we believe we will be able to locate the gate tomorrow.

03Jan4335     07:00  At first light we attacked the two towers, at first by Solezar casting lightning bolts then using a shielding spell to get to the door. We fought 19 kapaks in the first tower, which is in good condition, Garlon killing many of them, and with Solezar’s using his flaming sphere, and hand to hand combat. Three of us, Tass, Mylakhrion  and Weatherwax are paralysed. But we have captured the first tower

16/02/2001

                         08:00  We spiked the door of the tower, opened a trapdoor and went down some steps and into a square room. There were four 5’ tall elemental slabs and a partially complete clock in a corner. We opened the earth slab, discovering a box – it contained “6m”.  Tass got the box from the water slab – it contained “8h”. On opening the fire slab we took smoke damage. Eventually we found a key, and then in the air slab were hidden two clock hands.

                         16:00  Slept and healed.

                         20:06  Fitted the clock hands at 8:06pm and gained access by a  secret door to a control room where we found a creature laboratory containing large glass cylinders in which were forming a wasp, hellhound, a toad, and a kapak, and a rust monster. After a little experimentation and on the second attempt, Tankrid used his rod of cancellation and we successfully destroyed the lab, feeling confident that we have now destroyed the kapak gate – we have surely reduced Guantather’s powers significantly.

And so the first of the draconians – the kapak – are destroyed.

 

05Jan4335     08:00  We set off back to Lenap very happy with our achievement. We arrive in Lenap by evening.

16/03/2001

06Jan4335     09:00  We had an appointment with King Archbold III. He was not able to tell us any more about Guantather’s situation but we know we have dealt him a severe blow.

                                      For the rest of the day we relaxed, and rested, and made ready to go to Pax Tharkas.

07Jan4335     09:00 Scried to Sestun and told him of destruction of the kapaks. He is with some members of the army of the Invincible Overlord. We are also introduced to Porthios brother of Gilthanus, and also to General Mordesir. We relate our experiences to them, and give them news of the destruction of the kapak draconian laboratory. Before leaving them to go back through the mirror, we agree to meet them at Pax Tharkas, where we will mount a combined attack on Guantather. we then set off and travelled a little further west and camped after 20miles. Fought a rat overnight – it was killed by Tass.

08Jan4335     09:00  Continued toward Pax Tharkas. Met up with a distressed farmer named Russmire Troppet. His wife has been kidnapped by bandits and taken to a nearby fort. We went to the fort  where we battled with and killed the bandits. We then rescued Russmire's wife, Celandine. Dr Thekla lost his rope of entanglement when Weatherwax killed the bandit's dog. We found the bandits horde of treasure, including an old map document describing an ancient temple in the Fort. However we did not investigate the temple further as we needed to be on our way to Pax Tharkas. We then slept and spent 4 hours healing.

09Jan4335     08:00  Set off towards road to Pax Tharkas - nearly there by dusk.

10Jan4335     10:00  Arrived at Pax Tharkas.

20/04/2001

10Jan4335                 We entered Pax Tharkas Fort using a secret passage shown to us by Gilthanas. On the way in we encountered 2 zombies which Tassit killed. Entered a room containing eight baaz and fought and killed them.

                         noon   We reached and went into the room where the women were being held prisoner. Their new commander is Nolbi. We entered his quarters, Mylakhrion having been made invisible, killing 2 hobgoblin guards. Coincidentally we learned that the Dark Druid (Guantather) doesn't yet have the fourth volume of the book. Solezar fireballed Nolbi's guards.

                         16:00  We reached Guantather’s quarters and had to fight his guards, including the heavily armoured Nolbi. During this battle, Tika Waylan killed her old enemy Fewmaster Toede. At the end of what looked like a successful battle, a red dragon by the name of Ember emerged, and attacked and killed Deagen, Tass, Garlon, Tassit and Corbane. Then Ember the dragon took Nolbi's body and flew off. Dr Thekla charmed Ember possibly avoiding further immediate attack.

19/04/2001

10Jan4335     18:00  We took Nolbi's hand axe. Then about 30 hobgoblins arrived and entered Nolbi's room. We managed to kill most of them, but still had to fireball even more. In our depleted and exhausted state we took the bodies of our dead colleagues to the women’s quarters to recuperate. Arriving in the women’s room,  Roan Thekla successfully resurrected Tassit. We decided to see whether we could persuade Dragon Flamestrike to release the children, and so we made our way down his tunnel. After a little discussion and persuasion, we did indeed persuade Flamestrike to release the children, and then he flies off.

                         10:00  We went outside to the northern mines to collect the men. We killed many of the remaining guards – it does seem as though we are winning this battle at last. However, some of the men report that not all of the women have been reunited with their menfolk – some appear to be missing

                         24:00  After a long and difficult day we slept.

11Jan4335     08:00  Dr Thekla resurrected Garlon.

 

The resurrection of Garlon by Dr Roan Thekla marked the first of several errors made by Roan Thekla in the use of his very powerful medical skills. We will see later that Roan Thekla is very seriously criticised by his mentor Teral Guthdohtor for being careless over the use of his powers

 

                         10:00  We searched rest of the ground floor of the tower and managed to find some of our old weapons magic items.

01/06/2001

 

Destroying the second draconian gate – the producer of baaz draconians.

11Jan4335     14:00  Having decided to explore the rest of the tower, we went up the stairs and through the first door. We explored 3rd floor and found balconies and chain etc. We then crossed a parapet to the East Tower. Found, fought and killed  four baaz. Went downstairs to next floor and found, fought, and killed more baaz and hobgoblins.

12Jan4335     01:00  We returned to the west tower, and retired to women's room. Dr Thekla healed some of our injured overnight.

                         08:00  Dr Thekla resurrected Corbane. We return to the east tower to complete our investigations – we found, fought, and killed about eight baaz in the mess room, and then were pleased to locate a further prison room containing nearly 300 women' prisoners, whom we immediately freed.

29/06/2001

12Jan4335     13:00  We speak to all the prisoners, and persuade them to leave the fort and come back with us, the way we came in. We are then surprised to discover a lone baaz, which we kill, but where before we had killed eight. It leads us to suspect that possibly the baaz draconian gate is nearby here in Pax Tharkas.

                                      We set up teleport locator in the room and waited for the next baaz to appear – which it duly did, at 18:00. The teleport locator indicated 100 feet NNW, and so we set out to search for baaz creation location. On the way, we found and killed four strange walking suits of armour. Eventually, we found the baaz production laboratory, and using our previous experience of these things, soon destroyed it.

And so the second draconian gate, producing baaz draconians, is destroyed.

 

                         21:00  We decide to rest in the women's room. There we are told that Eben Shatterstone was killed by the prisoners, now the newly formed “Army of Liberation of all Workers”, on his return to Pax Tharkas. The head of Eben Shatterstone now rests on a stake for all to see. The discs of Mishakaal were found in his booty. They also found on him two lots of documents, which they passed on to us. We opened them. There was one from the Invincible Overlord to Kravton The Cryptic the leader of Mycretia. It is offering an alliance. The other document is potential dynamite, as in it, Wandenrush makes an offer of allegiance to Guantather, conspiring against the present World Emperor to become the next World Emperor. We decided that we must show these documents to Teral Guthdohtor and seek her advice. And so Dr Thekla used his mirror to scry to Teral Guthdohtor and show her the documents. She advised that we complete the delivery of the Mycretian letter and she will hang on to the Wandenrush letter and get it to the Padisha. Before sleeping, Dr Thekla successfully resurrected Tass.

03/08/2001

13Jan4335     10:00  Dr Thekla successfully resurrected Deagen. We decided that we must now go to Mycretia to take the letter to Kravton. And so we prepared and made ready.

14Jan4335     09:00  Got horses together and set off for Mycretia. Disposed of  several attacking zombies on the way. Camped and slept.

15Jan4335     08:00  Solezar, who is on guard, is attacked by archer from the  bushes, and so we decided to leave camp, and to carry on to Evergloom where we stayed overnight in the “Aerie of Eagles” Inn.

16Jan4335     08:00  Set off north, encountering a griffon which attacked Tankrid’s horse. We camped overnight shortly after entering the Desert of Oppressing Sands.

17Jan4335     08:00  Our camp was attacked by a party of bozak draconians which we fought and killed.  We headed north towards Larif, where we obtained supplies and picked up a little information. Apparently the Mycretians have defeated a large draconian army. What we are seeing is the remainder, but we know that more will be produced. Larif is occupied by a force several hundred strong. Rested for four hours.

18Jan4335     00:00  Set off northwest at midnight so as to avoid the heat, and the bozaks. We were attacked by yet more bozaks – their use of magic makes them a powerful enemy. We were attacked by a pack of desert wolves, against which Solezar used his wall-of-force spell. However, as they weren’t discouraged, we still had to kill them. And so in the heat of the day, we rested and healed.

                         18:00  We continued to Nabi Nagiab.

19Jan4335     06:00  Having reached Nabi Nagiab in the night, we camped outside the town until dawn. We discover a festive spirit in celebration of their recent victory against the bozaks.

                         11:00  We headed for Zakuta via Birjani and arrived midday. Sought Kravton the Cryptic - met him in the evening. Handed over the letter and the Discs of Mishakaal. He also told us of two battles, one of which we recognise as ourselves fighting and defeating  Eben Shatterstone. He would arrange the next day for us to meet experienced seers and mystics so as to learn about the use of the discs of Mishakaal. We stayed overnight in the Drunken Dragon Inn.

 

In search of the third draconian gate where bozaks are produced.

20Jan4335     10:00  Met with Kravton’s wise men as he had agreed. The Cryptochronos may be in more than one volume - volume one creates baaz, bozaks and kapaks. He may possibly have volume two, which creates a more dragon-like draconian. While the Mycretians are studying, we decide to return to Larif, where we now believe the third draconian gate has been created.

21Jan4335     06:00  We make our way back to Nabi Nagiab, heading south, and camping in the Patchwork Desert overnight.

22Jan4335     06:00  Another early start. We spotted about ten goblins heading towards the village – we followed them and noted that they were greeted by bozaks.

                         16:00  Having arrived at Larif, Solezar, Tankrid, and Weatherwax went into the village and tried the teleport locator but got no indication. However, they learned from the villagers, that the bozaks appear from somewhere in the west. So we decided that we will investigate the western road the next day.

23Jan4335     07:00  Set off early along the western track for Melasures following the bozak trail. We found a Castle Keep with a red/green flag with a Wyvern crest – however, there is no special draconian activity nearby. We proceeded further along the trail, under Mylakhrion’s scouting guidance and soon we encountered ten more bozaks.

                         16:00  We camped overnight.

14/09/2001

24Jar4335      07:00  Set off to continue along the westward track and soon found a large Sphynx-like statue. It looks to be a promising possible site for the draconian gate.

                         noon   Just before midday, we set up the teleport locator, and at midday the locator indicated east 250ft, which is inside the statue. There is no obvious entrance, and so our druids shape shift in their eagle form, and locate an entrance high up on its back near it hind legs. And so, using spider-climb cast by Solezar upon us all, we climbed up the statue, to the upper entrance – and an 80ft drop onto a pillared garden. The garden is overgrown, and we unwittingly alert an animated statue, which Solezar has to enclose it a wall-of-force for our protection. We make our exit through the jaws of a bas-relief lion’s head and find ourselves in a sort of meditation room. we have entered the room through the only exit – and the animated statue is waiting outside for us. Dispel-magic and heat-metal do not provide a solution, and so we deduce that we are trapped!

                         16:00  Noting a star image embedded in the floor of the room, we step towards it and we are instantly teleported into a nearby spiked pit, which injures all of us but kills Tika Waylan. Solezar casts spider-climb onto Deagan who managed to climb out of the pit, and drop a rope down to enable us all to leave. Then Dr Thekla manages to resurrect Tika Waylan. We pass into a large pillared room but we are disturbed by four bozaks, which Tassit  destroys by taking a potion of fire-breath. We feel we are close to the source of the bozaks – a suspicion confirmed when we locate a bozak weapon store nearby. We find some stairs, and after Mylakhrion  descends them he is immediately teleported back to the spike pit. However, we use the mirror to locate and rescue him. Stepping sideways off the stairs gets us safely to the bottom where there is a passageway containing four metal statues guarding a south door and room through a north door that could be the bozak laboratory.  We decide to await the next bozak appearance before deciding what to do.

25Jan4335     00:00  The bozak appeared unexpectedly on the stairs and hit Roan Thekla with a magic-missile, and then disappeared. When it reappeared, it pushed Weatherwax into the spiked pit, and he died. Solezar cast push against the bozak, and it too went down the stairs and into the spiked pit, where it was also killed. Tankrid entered the bozak laboratory whereupon he was teleported to the spiked pit, taking serious damage. Trying a second time, he has a fly spell cast against him. This room seems to be illusory and is almost certainly NOT the bozak creation laboratory!

                         02:00  We decided to rest and recuperate until 10:00, having spiked the door for security.

                         10:00  Having rested, Roan Thekla resurrected Weatherwax.

                         11:45  Just before midday we set up the teleport locator and it indicated where we think the actual laboratory is – just across the corridor. Then someone tries to enter our spiked door. Mylakhrion  used invisibility to investigate secretly, and saw and killed a guard. He brought back the body of the guard and reported that there are many others, and even horses, upstairs.

12/10/2001

                         noon   The next Bozak duly appeared and we killed him. Dr Thekla dispelled the spiked pit teleport by the stairs, and Tankrid dispelled one in the guard’s corridor. When we enter the corridor in order to cross to the laboratory, the guard statues are re-activated, and we go back to consider our options. Then Solezar casts a wall-of-force so that we can access the laboratory.  Tankrid entered the laboratory and after one or two false starts, used his rod of cancellation to destroy its contents. Thus we have now destroyed the third draconian creation laboratory and were elated at our success.

                         14:00  Rested, and tested the teleport locator disc to confirm destruction of the laboratory.  we dashed up the stairs where we find a lever which opens the main entrance to the lion statue – in its mouth. The other occupants of the statue seem confused by our presence and in the chaos, we escape from the statue. Solezar sent a magic message to Zotaquaan informing him of our success.
We camped nearby overnight, resting thoroughly, while the Dr also spent time healing the several injured members of the party.

And so the third class of draconian – the bozak – has been destroyed.

Thus Guantather is deprived of all of his current draconian production sites!

 

26Jan4335     09:00  Set off for Larif., which we found to be in celebration. All the occupying bozaks had suddenly disappeared, confirming our success. Tika Waylan informed us that she will leave the party – the adventuring lifestyle is not her choice, and she will invest her funds in the Inn of the Last House at Ferec Idu, where she worked previously as a barmaid.

27Jan4335     09:00  We set off once more to the Holy Cities of Mycretia, and camped halfway overnight on the edge of the Patchwork Desert.

28Jan4335     09:00  We set off again, passing through Nabi Nagiab and Birjani and reached Zakuta by evening.

29Jan4335     10:00  We met Kravton the Cryptic and reported our success to him. His seers have not yet made conclusions on the discs of Mishakaal. We ask him for a written testimonial of our good deeds, which we may be able to use against our opponents who have falsely blackened our name in Irilian. We still intend to find the real culprits behind that deception. Solezar sends a magic message to Veldryna, asking our ship’s captain friend to meet us with her boat in the town of Alas, and to transport us from Alas to Smale, which is near Irilian.

26/11/2001

30Jan4335     18:00  We left Zakuta and passed through Ell Bastis and Shealoh reached Ferec Idu by early evening, and booked ourselves into Tika Waylan’s Inn of the Last House. The Innkeeper is still Otik Sandath, but he is now in partnership with Tika Waylan, who has the roles or part-time barmaid, and also owner/manager. That evening, Solezar sends another magic message to Veldryna letting her know that we expect to be in Alas within two days.

31Jan4335     08:00  We left Ferec Idu on the day of a Council Meeting, and set off for Kodl, where we arrived mid afternoon. we spend the night there.

01Feb4335     08:00  We continued travelling northeast along the river road towards Alas. We arrived at Alas and booked ourselves into the Happy Harpy Inn. However, when Roan Thekla tries to scry to Veldryna, he fails – it seemed as though she may be dead.

02Feb4335     09:00  We set off on horseback along the banks of the river Madrepone to Arramas (pop 150), which we reached by the end of that day, and where we stayed overnight.

03Feb4335     09:00  We set off for Befalls. On the way, we met a few protestors, but ignored them. Camped halfway.

04Feb4335     09:00  Continued on our way to Befalls (pop 150). We stayed overnight in the Silver Axe Inn. In the evening, Solezar received a magic message from Zotaquaan to contact him. In the privacy of our room, Roan Thekla uses his mirror to scry to Zotaquaan. We are shown a proclamation affirming the death of the Green Emperor and that his deputy Nantarth El-Antaggrath has been appointed as his successor. All travel in the City State banned for a month of mourning of death of old Emperor. We agree that we needed to speak with Teral Guthdohtor urgently, but she is not in the Abbey at the moment, so we made an appointment to see her the next day.

05Feb4335     10:00  We scried to, and met Teral Guthdohtor as arranged. She tells us that the Dark Druid (Guantather) is angry that his dragons have all deserted him and has offered gangs of mercenaries rewards for killed or captured dragons via his criminal associate Gezele Ella, generally known as Big Ella. She also told us that the Irilian militia have returned from Lakenheath, and that Lady Kathli has confirmed our presence in Lakenheath when the would-be assassins were there. The four members of our troupe who have been accused of the attempted assassination of Kijdawr Aenekosi now have a reward on their heads – their reputation must be restored if they are ever to return to their homes. Teral Guthdohtor will get more information for us in two days.

06Feb4335                 We rested all day.

07Feb4335     10:00  We scried again to Teral Guthdohtor and got news of the new Emperor's election and information about Big Ella. Our enemy Wandenrush has now been promoted to Suzerain.

 

The troupe learn from Teral Guthdohtor that Big Ella is employed by Guantather and is looking for mercenaries to kill dragons. She is recruiting in Abdu Kab. If the troupe wishes to get close to Guantather they may do so via Big Ella, and should seek recruitment by travelling to Abdu Kab as soon as possible.

 

The “Dragon’s Ears” adventure with Big Ella, and the visit to Guantather’s castle.

                         noon   We set off for Abdu Kab, following a wagon train across the Desert of Blood. Having reached about halfway, we stopped at an oasis overnight

08Feb4335     08:00  After an early start. we arrived at Abdu Kab in the mid-morning. we booked into Snakes Grin Inn. There is an advertisement posted for 500gp for each pair of dragon's ears. The money will be paid out by the Innkeeper Adon.

                                      We scried to Teral Guthdohtor and she gives us a copper dragon's ears. She also gives us a potion of dragon language, for use by one of goodly or neutral members.

 

The troupe also learn of the new appointments made by the new Emperor. The current political situation in the City State puts us in significant danger.

 

                                      In the evening the assassin gang join Big Ella in the bar. We sit quietly in the Inn, and observe the visitors. We learn of Grott, Big Ella’s goblin sidekick, and various mercenaries, including Sigmund, Einar, Mossdale, Elliot and Angharrad. Everyone appears to be making ready for an early start tomorrow.

23/11/2001

09Feb4335     08:00  Solezar and Roan Thekla perceive that they may have been noticed. We leave our rooms via a rope.

                         09:00  We watched the party leave the Inn and followed them to their camp. Ella organised a combat competition between the assassins and the others to decide which group would get the dragon searching contract. The assassins won but apparently by subterfuge. Using our druids as eagle scouts, we tracked them as they camped on the way to a mountain.

10Feb4335     01:00  We attacked the party while they slept, and killed all but Sigmund and Angharrad.  we allowed Big Ella to sleep through the battle by a cast of silence so that she would be undisturbed. Roan Thekla tried to scry so that we could leave with the bodies, but the mirror failed. And so we left Ella sleeping, to awake to a surprise in the morning, and took the bodies and our captives, Sigmund and Angharrad away from Ella’s camp..

07/12/2001

                         09:00  The mirror failed to scry for a second time. So we allowed Garlon to interrogate Sigmund and Angharrad, and we learned that the assassins were working for the wife of the Green Emperor and not Nantarth who replaced the Green Emperor. We also identified a merchant named Hisvin as being involved. Somehow, one of the perpetrators has access to a mirror of travel like that of Roan Thekla. During the torture, Angharrad died – this upsets some members of the troupe, but Roan Thekla is convinced that if we resurrect her, all will be well.

 

This sequence of events marks Dr Roan Thekla second major misjudgement. His enthusiasm for the greater good, as he perceives it, has allowed him to agree that Garlon should torture a prisoner even to death. This is an almost unforgivable crime against his beliefs. He further contends that he may resurrect a person such as Angharrad, almost regardless of the character involved, if it serves their greater purpose. This contention is also unacceptable.

 

                                      We attempt to scry but the mirror failed yet again. Garlon repeats his torture on Sigmund who also died. Other members of the group are perturbed again by this event. To avoid the danger of being located by our enemies using a mirror, we put the bodies in the 70cuft bag of holding. We also put Angharrad in a second 250lb bag of holding, found with the assassins property. We then decided to track Big Ella, which we did, to a point where she skilfully started to hide her tracks. We then decided to return to Abdu Kab. We camped en route at noon, to rest.

11Feb4335     07:00  We awoke in camp to note that a horse was missing, but set off for Abdu Kab without it. Solezar cast wall-of-force against three winged beasts which we thought were attacking us. In fact we soon deduced that they were lamasu which would have helped us! We decided to spend a quiet few days in Abu Kab at the Grinning Snake Inn. Big Ella does not seem to be at the Inn.

12Feb4335                 Big Ella has now arrived at the Inn – riding our stolen horse! In the Grinning Snake we spoke to her. We agreed to hunt red dragons for her in few days.

13Feb4335                 Rested.

14Feb4335                 Rested

15Feb4335     19:00  We successfully scried to Teral Guthdohtor. Apparently all the Padishas have now sworn allegiance to the new Emperor. Roan Thekla tried to resurrect Sigmund who seemed to become a blubbering unintelligible fool. When he tried to resurrect Angharrad, her head exploded. Teral Guthdohtor was highly critical of Dr Thekla for attempting to resurrect two evil characters even though he said he was trying to clear the groups reputation in Irilian. She also criticised his attitude to and use of his healing powers. Roan Thekla is devastated and despondent. Teral Guthdohtor accepted some responsibility for Roan Thekla's errors.

 

Dr Roan Thekla was indeed shattered by these events. So much so that he actually wrote a letter of resignation from the troupe, declaring that he would return to Irilian and attempt to clear his name, or face the consequences. Then, if he survived the threat of punishment for the assassination attempt which he never perpetrated, he would use his fortune to endow a medical and surgical research and teaching institute in Irilian. In the event, he never passed the letter on, although he still carries it in his belongings.

 

04/01/2002

15Feb4335                 We saw Ella and arranged to meet the next morning.

16Feb4335     11:00  Met with Ella. We4 set off west on horseback.

                         16:00  We camped where she had camped previously when we attacked and killed her group. We posted guards overnight. Big Ella explained four missions to us. we had to seek and kill four dragons, mainly red dragons, but also one undead dragon. we will get 1000gp for each pair of dragon’s ears which we deliver. Our first mission is to travel to Dimark (pop 250 human), a coal mining village, and to kill two red dragons that are apparently terrorising the village.

17Feb4335                 Camped on way and happened to see a friendly brass dragon Marlaine who offered help against her enemies, the red dragons. We camped outside Dimark. Half of our troupe stayed with Ella, the remaining half went into Dimark. We erected a treasure tower to attract the dragons. A tunnel will protect villagers when the trap is set. We met the village council of three men and one woman. We spent the night in the Endless Summer Inn. Solezar &Tassit dreamt of an injured brass dragon advising urgent travel north towards a burial mound – which we identified as Mons Mount.

18Feb4335     10:00  We went north, and found Mons Mount and were guided by a young brass dragon named Tryff, the son of Marlaine, to his mother, the brass dragon which was injured in a battle with the red dragons. However, Roan Thekla's spell failed to cure her. She has six dragon children, Corriya, Bronsos, Myck, Damiander and Violor, who can be ridden against the two red dragons, Metallica and Plastica. Tankrid,   Weatherwax and Tass, will ride the dragons into battle, but Marlaine is too injured to participate.

19Feb4335     10:00  We set up the treasure ready to attract the red dragons in an ambush. 

25/01/2002

                                      Cause-blindness and slow spells will be cast. The 6 young dragons will be summoned on a signal.

                         noon   The red dragons arrived, and cause blindness was cast. One was blinded and flew up. After a melee, the other flew up.  Tass  on Tryff pursued the blinded dragon but Tryff would not attack on his own. A traitor in the village let in a hill giant and hobgoblins through the village gate, but they were restrained by a wall-of-force. One red dragon was killed in combat and then all young dragons attacked the blinded dragon. It escaped but turned back to fight after its sight returned. Eventually we killed the second dragon. We also killed all but Jaja, a magic user, one of the intruders with the hobgoblins. 100% success. We collected our payment and picked up the two pairs of red dragon ears, and plan to return to Big Ella.

15/02/2002

20Feb4335     08:00  Trekked to camp overnight a little way from Ajjibawn, as Big Ella was concerned when we told her of Jaja’s involvement in the attack on Dimark. Accepted the next challenge to kill an undead dragon.

21Feb4335     08:00  Rejoined the main track next  morning. Travelled well and camped 20 miles from Arrawass. After being stalked by a cheetah, we then met a group of barbarian nomads hunting for a renegade. We shared camp overnight.

22Feb4335     08:00  Continued south travelling down towards Ferec Idu and camped 10 miles north.

23Feb4335     08:00  Continued on our way to Ferec Idu.

                         noon   Reached Ferec Idu and obtained supplies there.

                                      We meet up with Tika Waylan at her Inn of the Last Home. She told us of the death of Abu Inslar and his replacement by Duatha Donannelle as Padisha of Targnol Port.  her new Grandee is Hisvin, a merchant whom we thought may be implicated in our framing for the assassination of Kijdawr Aenekosi. Solezar sends Duatha a magic message warning her not to trust Hisvin. Camped with Big Ella again.

24Feb4335     08:00  Set off for Shiktat, and arrived in the early evening. Spent the night there.

25Feb4335     08:00  We left the main trail just east of Shiktat, and within a few hours reached the ruins of Ahhar. What was an extensive town centuries ago is now just ruins. Big Ella led us into the old ruined town where we were met by Alemnya and his “congregation ( a collection of skeletons and zombies). Alemnya is a necromancer and is their leader. He has accidentally partially revived a massive dead dragon, under his  building. A large claw protruded into an ante room.   Weatherwax cast wall of fire which destroyed the claw. We went downstairs and were attacked by a zombie and a yellow ochre which damaged Tass  but which was then destroyed by Tankrid. In the next room we burned its leg and tail. Its body was in the next room. We destroyed it with a flaming sphere cast by Solezar. Then we destroyed a arm in another room with another flaming sphere. The last arm was already destroyed by a roof collapse.

                                      We went down a long staircase containing the neck to a pool. A large head of the dragon fought us but eventually we killed it. Tass  swam into the pool to recover the ears. On the way back a green mist was formed from the killed dragon parts, and converted to a new large rotting dragon which attacked Dr Thekla. he attempted to cast “cause fear” onto it, but failed and turned away in terror. Eventually we killed it by our superior numbers, thus achieving 100% success. We were paid 1000GP for the task by Alemnya.

                                      We spent the night back with Big Ella who congratulates us on our success in the second task.

26Feb4335     08:00  Big Ella told us that we were to seek a red dragon which we suspect to be Ember.

                                      And so we set of for Larif, heading south west across the Patchwork Desert. On the way, we met and fought but didn't kill a sand dragon. we spotted a large pyramid off to the north. Big Ella identified it for us as the “Tomb of Albascor” where there is considerable wealth for those brave enough to venture inside. We note that fact for the future.

                         18:00  We reach Larif but didn’t enter the town, as we are known there as goodly adventurers – a fact which we must continue to hide from Big Ella. We slept in camp, outside Larif.

27Feb4335     08:00  We set off west from Larif, for Tuftipsy. We met a human who was being chased by orcs.  Weatherwax helped him escape by a wall of fire. Big Ella wasn’t impressed by this needless interference.

                         19:00  We reached Tuftipsy, observing a fire in the village, and its hobgoblins showing great activity. We camped outside the village by the sand dunes.

28Feb4335     09:00  We entered Tuftipsy to find it in celebration. Apparently the villagers killed Ember during an attack the previous night. We met the chief Razan and saw Ember’s head. He wouldn’t give us the ears, and when we returned to inform Big Ella, she went off herself to collect the ears. We camped overnight. Tomorrow we have our final dragon quest.

01Mar4335    08:00  We head south to Rushkindle, via Evergloom. Big Ella informs us of the final task, which perturbs us as we are to kill an ancient female dragon named Flamestrike, which is living in Rushkindle. Old Flamestrike was well known to us, and still looks after the children. Near Evergloom we met a herd of wild pigs.  Weatherwax used “green death” and was then worried that Big Ella might realise that he used it on her sidekick. He decides to slip away overnight into retirement. We stay in Evergloom that night.

02Mar4335    08:00  When we awake the next morning,  Weatherwax has quietly and secretly disappeared to begin his retirement from adventuring. Big Ella seems unhappy with us and with Weatherwaxs departure.

                                      We drove onwards, heading south towards Rushkindle. We camped in the hills by Flamguard overnight.

03Mar4335    08:00  Set off on the final leg of our journey to Rushkindle.

                         14:00  We arrived in Rushkindle. We are unhappy about our mission in that we cannot possibly kill the dragon Flamestrike, and so we met Caitlan the mayor of Rushkindle, and arranged relocation of Flamestrike. We decide to persuade Big Ella that Flamestrike has left the village. We then stayed in the village overnight.

04Mar4335    09:00  We went to Flamestrike's cave and of course she had moved. Big Ella insists on seeing the cave, and unfortunately she found the trail to Flamestrike’s  new cave. We fake a battle with Flamestrike, and persuade Big Ella that she escaped. We started our dragon tasks for Big Ella well, but have disappointed her in the last two tasks. We now hope that we will get to see Guantather and collect our rewards.

28/03/2002

05Mar4335    09:00  We head north from Rushkindle, and reach Flamguard. We stayed overnight in the Baalzepub Inn.

06Mar4335    09:00  We headed west out of Flamguard to Evergloom. There we stayed overnight in the Happy Hooker Inn. We note discussion in the Inn about desert orcs that were causing trouble.

07Mar4335    09:00  We headed for Tuftipsy, which we reach safely. We meet Razan again, who is friendly and submissive, especially towards Big Ella, though we still don’t know how she obtained the dragon’s ears from him.

                                      A rider arrived from the north, travelling with a message from the Holy Cities for Lenap. He gives us more news of orc trouble to the north.

08Mar4335    08:00  We left Tuftipsy and headed north – Tankrid, scouting as an eagle, spots a large war party of desert orcs, which we manage to avoid. We decided to spend the night in the castle of Kelmore Lyonsbane, which is a goodly place. Kelmore tells us that the orcs are at war and are seeking a human bandit who has stolen a holy artefact – the shin bone of the org god Yurtrus from the orc chieftain Uggish the Grimnak. The bandit is Urboar Thendel, and we identify him as the lone rider whom we helped to escape a few days ago.

                                      Big Ella is concerned about how to get north of the Holy Cities to Hothme.

09Mar4335    08:00  We head west on the desert road to Melasures. We avoid an orc attack when we see a crowd camped by the “Lion Statue” that we explored in January. We camped overnight by an oasis.

10Mar4335    05:00  We are attacked overnight by orcs. Solezar cast a wall-of-force, which enabled us eventually to kill most of them. After the battle we rode at speed west towards Melasures.

                         15:00  We reached Melasures  We made camp and rested early.

11Mar4335    08:00  We set off along north-east road towards the Holy Cities and Hothme. Big Ella told us that we will split up before reaching the Holy Cities as she has business to conduct. We camped in the desert.

12Mar4335    08:00  We arranged with Big Ella to meet in Hothme in the Alicorn Inn in three days. She headed off north west into the desert.

                         14:00  We reached Birjani and went quickly onto Zakuta to ask Kravton about our discs of Mishakaal. Guantather may not yet have found the second volume of the Cryptochronos. It has instructions for three more draconians, including fire and acid breathing. Apparently the bandit Urboar Thendel is under arrest, although the authorities do not yet know that he has caused the orc unrest in the south

                                      We stayed overnight in Zakuta.

13Mar4335    08:00  We set off for Hothme along the north road.

                         19:00  We reached Hothme. We find and book ourselves into the Alicorn Inn where we must wait for a few days for Big Ella.

19/04/2002

14Mar4335                We remain in the Alicorn Inn all day.

15Mar4335                Big Ella arrived from the south. We agree to continue our journey the next day, at the end of which we hope to meet her master!

16Mar4335    08:00  We set off north east.

                         11:00  We reached Nydad. We decided to stay overnight in the Cat and Mouse inn.

 

The Dark Druid (Guantather)’s castle!

17Mar4335    09:00  We set off on horseback. After only 2 miles we hear the clash of steel and see a battle between some bandits and an ambushed merchant but we pass on. Travelled until midday when Big Ella left the trail and went 12 miles into the desert, to a ruined ghost of an old fortified village. There is a ruined 16' wall and brass gateway. Big Ella puts on a black glove which we recognise as the brotherhood of the black hand. She then said "tempero sucream amica" and, following her, we went through the gateway. It is cold and we are either far north or high up. We believe that we may have been teleported a very long way from the Desert Lands where we were before we went through the gates. We are in a mountainous region by a chasm leading to some sort of castle or fortress, separated from us by an impassable crevasse.

                                      Big Ella calls for a bridge to be set. And so we passed  through a portcullis and entered the castle. We put the horses into stalls. Big Ella took us into a dining room and bade us sit at a table. Some troops came in greeting Big Ella. She gets an especially warm welcome from a powerful female guard named Malvina, who appears to be in charge of security. The guards asked about the dragon ears. After about an hour, a magician named Yvan came in, followed by Guantather, with his bodyguards. He took the dragon ears. He wishes to interview Big Ella, saying that some of us may be offered the opportunity of joining his guards. We then feasted and stayed overnight in quarters on the first floor.

18Mar4335    09:00  We had a good breakfast, and then Malvina arrived. Mylakhrion, Garlon & Deagen are offered posts as guards in the castle. Garlon accepted an interview and took the post as personal guard to Guantather.

                         11:00  We are led back to the dining room where Guantather paid us each 2000GP for our dragons ears. We left the castle through a portal which took us back to the vicinity Irilian. We will return in a more favourable position now we now where we can find Guantather.

And sour troupe leaves Guantather’s castle, but with every intention of returning!

 

23/05/2002

                         noon   We arrived through the Irilian gate into a ruin. We soon recognised our location, and rode south. We soon found the river, and progressed  10 miles further west and crossed the ferry. we then found our trail to Irilian.

                         17:00  Roan Thekla & Solezar don disguises as we reach and enter Irilian.

                                      We met with Teral Guthdohtor at her Chapel of Forgeifanas, which is where she lives in the Abbeie. We updated her with all of our news. Teral Guthdohtor advises us to take lodgings in the Red Ogre Inn nearby. She also suggests that we might like to meet a young magician protégé of hers, named Dalamar Caradon, as we are looking for new members to join our now-depleted fellowship.

19Mar4335                We rest for the day, and in the evening, Teral Guthdohtor introduced us to Dalamar Caradon, a female magician. After some discussion we invited her to join our troupe, and she accepted.

20Mar4335    03:00  Decided to attempt to scry to Guantather to allow our fighters to kill him. Deagan, Mylakhrion, Tass, and Tassit were given ultra vision by Dalamar. Unfortunately the attempt to use the mirror fails, and Roan Thekla advises that we should try again later.

21Mar4335                We remain in the Red Ogre Inn, while the mirror is given time to recover from its use.

22Mar4335    03:00  We retried the scry to Guantather again but failed again.

23Mar4335    15:00  We tried to scry again to the visitor room and failed. However when we tried to scry to Garlon it succeeded, and so we decided that Guantather has some sort of scry protection. Solezar sent a message to Garlon  to kill a guard. Garlon killed the guard and got himself arrested. Deagan, Mylakhrion, Tassit and Solezar stepped through the mirror, and were joined by Tass , Dalamar and Roan, leaving the mirror on the wall of our room in the Red Ogre Inn. However when we tried to leave, we are transported to somewhere else, and don’t appear to be able to get back.

28/06/2002

 

Destroying the Astral Shard in the Astral Tower on the Isle of Astran

23Mar4335                Garlon is elsewhere under guard. We are trapped in an unknown room in what we found out later is the Astral Tower on the Island of Astran.

                                      Dalamar tried to teleport herself and Roan Thekla back to Irilian but failed. We climbed to the roof of the tower and found a pulsing crystal. A serpentine female head surrounded the crystal and warned us to leave the astral shard. Tassit spoke to the serpent.

                                      Then, we decided to abseil down the outside of the tower, at least to escape from it.

                         20:00  We slept on the island a little way from the tower. It was a bad night.

24Mar4335    06:00  We awoke. In the form of an eagle,  Tankrid flew south and found land and a small coastal village. Solezar cast wizard eye to check on female who called for help from a window. She was a demon and we therefore only just escaped with our lives.

25Mar4335    09:00  We spent the day building a raft.

                         15:00  We set sail south with the wind.

                         17:00  We drifted ashore onto a secluded beach, where we camped overnight.

26Mar4335    08:00  We set off south, looking for village seen by Tankrid as an eagle.

                         10:00  We reached the village, now identified as Finmark, and booked into the Black Pearl pub. We have somehow been teleported miles from where we have ever been before – the nearest we have been to this location is six months ago, when we were at Lakenheath with Lady Cathli’s problems in Peach Farm.

                                      Roan Thekla and Dalamar teleported to Irilian but the mirror was not in the room. However, amazingly and extremely honestly, the Red Ogre landlord had kept it for us. We scried to the others but then Dalamar sent us a message saying that she had been diverted back to the tower.

12/7/2002

26Mar4335                Roan Thekla scried to Dalamar to confirm her safety. In Finmark messages were exchanged between Dalamar and Solezar. A boat was hired from Pentrian the Rabbit.

27Mar4335    10:00  We set off for the island. After an erratic journey we collected Dalamar and returned by 16:00.

                                      We decided to take a boat to Irilian with Luorn Kabarr, a sea captain.

28Mar4335    10:00  Embarked onto Luorn Kabarr’s boat, “The Traveller” and set sail for Irilian.

                                      We stayed overnight in Kevalla (pop100 fishing village), in the Cats Claw Inn. Saw Luorn Kabarr dealing with his boat which was being partially unloaded.

29Mar4335    10:00  We left Kevalla stopped at Hyyap (pop350 chicken breeding) from the early evening, in the Kings Coin Inn. We noted unrest of locals with regard to The City State of the Invincible Overlord’s allegiances.

30Mar4335    10:00  We left Hyyap and stopped shortly at Quiff (pop150 goblins, sell feathers).

                         noon   We left Quiff and sailed down the Sharryn River. We camped overnight.

31Mar4335    07:00  The boat set sail early. We arrived at Oonsla (pop300 grain farming) by late afternoon. We spent the night on the boat.

01Apr4335                 Left on the last leg of our journey to Irilian and arrived safely by early afternoon.

                         15:30  We scried to Garlon who was at work loading, at quayside.

                                      Dalamar and Solezar went to see Zotaquaan and learned more about how to destroy the Shard in the Astral Tower.

02Apr4335                 We arranged a return sailing with Erastrin Rivenguard's boat, “The Endurance” for 500GP.

03Apr4335                 We set off by boat back to Finmark.  We reached as far as Hyyap.

04Apr4335                 We reached Finmark by evening. Stayed in the Black Pearl Inn.

05Apr4335                 Persuaded Rivenguard to sail out towards the island and then we destroyed the Shard, by means of lightning called by Tankrid. After the strike, the Shard light went out. We rowed out to the island and entered the tower by ropes. We then went downstairs and fought a female succubus demon, eventually killing her.

02/07/2002

                         17:00  Scried to Garlon – he was in a guardroom so we left him. Solezar cast wizard eye down to the lower room. There is a unicorn and demon figure, both frozen in ice. There is also a floating blue sphere. Down a further level revealed strange tapestries. In a lighted side room the eye caught a glimpse of a human cleric before it expired.

                                      We decide to sleep upstairs.

06Apr4335     08:00  Solezar became invisible and went downstairs but was attacked by the sphere, and frozen. After much spell casting, with the aid of Dalamar's summon monsters and one final hit by Deagan, the sphere was destroyed. Deagan and Tass  destroyed the hamatula demon before it could recover. Solezar and the unicorn slowly recovered.

                                      The unicorn identified herself  Coriolana is very grateful to us. She explained her plight of being chased by a half ogre, her teleport diversion to this tower, and her wish to be reunited with unicorn love Iriandel who needs to be joined with his missing horn. We then went downstairs to the next floor and encountered Gulin Murth from Sotur, a cleric who had been trapped for a month. There is a multi-headed hydra downstairs. We decided to rest so that we can tackle the hydra the next day.

                                      We slept, healed, and rested.

07Apr4335     08:00  We awoke to find that Gulin had gone and taken all of his belongings with him.

                                      We went downstairs past a bronze sculpture chamber and towards the hydra. Most characters fought the hydra, but Tassit and Tankrid were killed. Roan Thekla couldn't raise Tassit and he was lost. Corbane managed to use his ring of resurrection on Tankrid. We couldn't kill the hydra so we rested. This particular monster may best be left for another day. We sent a message to Erastrin telling him that we would like to sail back in his boat in two days.

23/08/2002

                         noon   Dr Thekla healed and then we all rested.

08Apr4335     08:00  Healed until 23:00. Solezar failed to learn Fireball spell from his spell book. Then we all slept.

09Apr4335                 Lowered everyone and the unicorn down the side of the tower. We picked up the boat and reached Finmark by noon. We stayed in the Black Pearl Inn in Finmark. We buried Tassit in a local churchyard, with great sadness.

                                      We scried to Garlon. He is in the barracks with other guards drinking. Deagan stepped through the mirror after Solezar cast invisibility on him. We arranged to collect Garlon after ten minutes. Fortunately, the second scry worked and ten minutes later we retrieved Garlon. He told us that Guantather's citadel was on Raucous Island though he was not present at that moment. He and Big Ella and others are searching for volume two of the Cryptochronos. Garlon decided to leave the Dark Druid (Guantather)’s service and rejoin the troupe.

                                      We all slept.

 

The re-uniting of Coriolana with Iriandel

10Apr4335     10:00  Erastrin duly arrived, and we took the boat to the Erath estuary to hunt for the unicorn Coriolana’s  spear and her mate Iriandel. We travelled upriver towards the village of Brendare which is populated by intermixed ogres. Tankrid as an eagle searched for the burial mound barrow of Tamaich while Corialana looked for Iriandel.

                                      Overnight, we camped near to the village.

11Apr4335     09:00  Mylakhrion was made invisible and investigated the barrow. He found a rarely used entrance. We decided to wait until later before investigating further.

                         21:00  We waited until dusk and then Mylakhrion checked the door. Tass and Deagen lifted the door and we all entered. We walked 100 ft north and around and turned towards the centre up a slight slope. A chamber seemed empty. Tass, Corbane, Tankrid, Garlon and Deagen fell into a pivot trap and took damage. We followed south and round avoiding the stone slabs with warriors buried beneath. Went back and then north to a chamber of skulls and bones. To the west we found a chamber with an ogron statue and shadowy creatures. After Mylakhrion touched a necklace, four earth elementals appeared. Solezar cast a wall of force to protect us from them all. We entered the statue room and fought the shadowy creatures but they did no damage. On touching the statue, a gibbering mouther was released. Tass and Mylakhrion were gibbered by it. Eventually Solezar killed it with a flaming spear. The elementals were killed by Dalamar by an ice storm spell.

13/9/2002

12Apr4335     00:00  We went round further and Mylakhrion entered a large arms store. Deagen and Mylakhrion were attacked by animated zombie hands. Eventually we left the room. Tass led a second attack and we eventually killed them.

                                      We found a plus one magical javelin and some bracelets. We moved on through the room and tunnel. Then we entered a large feast hall with a rocky throne, two long tables, and 12 clay statues sitting at the tables. we sense danger in this room and decide to retreat for a while before tackling it.

                         01:15  And so we slept and healed.

                         10:00  We entered the feast hall. Deagen knocked a head off a statue. Many of the swords seemed to come alive and attacked us. Eventually we destroyed most of them, and the rest seemed to lose their power. We moved the throne and found 4 orc-runed clay bottles. They contained potions of bull-strength, lesser restoration, neutralise poison and spider-climb. We opened the heavy stone door and passed into another smaller room with a shaft blocked by a stone plug. When we displace the plug, four phantoms appeared but disappeared after a few rounds - they were illusions.

                                      The shaft opens onto cylindrical misty room. Tass was lowered followed by the others into the room and along a corridor to another room with a stone statue and a bas relief plaque surrounded by a magical aura. The mist returned but was dispelled by Tankrid.

25/10/2002

                         noon   We went down the north tunnel which came to a dead end. Then Tass entered the aura. A metallic warrior appeared but was dispelled after an attack of centipede monsters conjured up by Dalamar. We then went down the southern corridor to a stone door which Tass and Deagan opened but a vial of poison fell and poisoned Deagen. Then three female wights appeared and were only killed after level draining of Garlon, Mylakhrion and Deagen.

                         16:00  Somewhat injured and exhausted, we retreated to the Feast Hall for the night.

                         22:00  Slept till 6:00. On waking, with the aid of Dr Thekla we applied as many cures to everyone’s wounds as possible.

13April4335   09:00  We went back to the lower level and down the west corridor to the room where we fought the wights. We go further, into a room with three stone coffins. These are the resting places of Tamaich's three wives, whom we had destroyed as the three wights. Some treasure was found. We proceeded down to a room with a sculpted stone slab with a shiny skeleton of a warrior on top.

                                      Tankrid had to turn a wraith which attacked us, and a skeleton exploded causing some damage. Dalamar and Solezar killed the wraith with flaming spear. Tass and Sprigg dislodged a chest and revealed various items. In a pile on the floor we found the spear of Turlew, which is Iriandel's spirit and horn. We are pleased to have succeeded in this task so far.

                         noon   We returned to the Feast Hall to sleep, heal and rest.

                                      During our rest period, various spells and items were distributed.

                                      We decide that we will go out at 20:00 to see Coriolana.

09/11/2002

13Apr4335     20:00  We left the barrow for Brendare village. Mylakhrion was distracted by a false call of Coriolana - but with a male voice. Dalamar cast Waldo's strength on the level drained characters. Waited east of Brendare for Coriolana. A messenger (Rolwynn Leafsong – Steve’s new character) brought a message from Coriolana, who has located Iriandel who is now owned by Yeventhu, an ogrillon. We agreed that we should attempt a rescue.

                         11:00  We slept and healed.

14Apr4335     07:00  Rolwynn led us through the Mistwood Marshes and we camped.

15Apr4335     06:00  We set off north east. We met a dozen bariaurs, led by Gorad Drummerhaven who offered us transport to Coriolana. We were led to a quarry where the ogrillons lived. We entered as a group of merchants and using Solezar's suggestion spell got to Yeventhu and to Iriandel. Dalamar took a draught of filter of persuasion, which enabled her to ride off on Iriandel without challenge. We applied the spear to Iriandel and he is transformed into a unicorn and reunited with Coriolana. They are delighted to be reunited – we have made to firm friends who say that they are in our debt for a long time. Rolwynn asks for help with a problem in the village of Irungsway. The village is in the City State of the Invincible Overlord, not too far from Finmark where we landed after our dealings with the Astral Tower, which we now know to belong to Ustran Yg’niv, who is an evil githiyanki wizard. We travelled to Lith-Maven by bariaur and arrived by 14:00. We were interrupted by a man, Ferkle Windwillow, appealing for help with strange goings on in the  house of an old woman magician named Andunner.

And so Coriolana and Iriandel are reunited.

 

29/11/2002

15Apr4335     19:00  As we approached the house there were signs of major disturbance and even scattered body parts. Using wizard eye cast by Solezar we see that the inner walls are destroyed. A swirling of air precedes the appearance of a massive air monster with claws and red eyes, which caused damage and then turned into a poisonous cloud and engulfed Tass and Garlon in turn. Dalamar protected us by casting a rain storm and it returned to the house. Tankrid cast lightning and appeared to destroy it. Tass went into the house and confirmed that the creature was indeed killed. We identified it as a belker. Tankrid discovered a magic zone in the house and removed it. Mylakhrion located a trapdoor and went down some steps. We found a locked chest.

                         18:00  We took the chest and rested in Ferkle's barn overnight.

16Apr4335                 Slept and healed.

                         07:00  Solezar used knock on the chest and Tass opened it. There is a book of spells and sacks of GPs and PPs. There is also a ring of sobriety, which we gave to Dalamar and some dust of spell maximisation, which Solezar took charge of.

                         09:00  We set off for Irungsway (5:0607 in Valon) via Lith-Maven (2:0526).

                         19:00  We booked ourselves into the Silver Axe Inn and booked a cargo boat with Captain Elminster to Finmark (5:0704) on 22nd Apr. This would also give time for the injured to recover and for Solezar and Dalamar to learn new spells.

17Apr4335     13:00  Dr Thekla scried to Teral Guthdohtor and heard that Zotaquaan had left Irilian and had closed his tower securely. Heard news of partial support for our innocence in the killing of Kijdawr Aenekosi.

18Apr4335                 We rested and recuperated.

19Apr4335                 We rested further, and some members of our troupe were learning and researching.

20Apr4335                 Further rest, recuperation and research. Garlon is still very very weak.

21Apr4335                 We started preparation for our departure in one day.

22Apr4335     08:00  We set sail for Finmark from Lith-Maven.

                         19:00  We reached Finmark. We stayed overnight in the Black Pearl Inn.

23Apr4335     08:00  We set sail heading south for Irungsway.

                         14:00  We arrived in Irungsway. We went to the Double Bolt Inn, where the innkeeper is Okrosh Danrat. We then visited the shoemaker Valkonis with Rolwynn, who is his cousin, and who tells us how a local Paladin, by the name of Shaunnra has had her soul taken. We decided to go to see the priestess, Lady Andress. She has tried unsuccessfully to resurrect Lady Shaunnra. She told us that the soul taker is apparently the head of a bandit gang by the name of Harular’s Claws, which exists between life and death in a ruined temple in the valley to the west.

20/12/2002

 

Another problem comes our way: can we find and destroy the Gang of Harular’s Claw?

24Apr4335     09:00  We collected Garlon and rode to the Temple near Irungsway. We arrived at the valley and went down a trail walking the horses into the valley. We approached a  stream and crossed. Solezar had to enclose a shambling mound in a wall of force. Then we met an old crone who told us of the killing of Shaunnra by a will o' the wisp. We found an elven body which looked as though it had been killed by will o' the wisp burns. Then the mound came out of the wall of force - Roan Thekla had to cast slow on it and Dalamar cast burning tears. In the temple ruins we were attacked by the will o' the wisp. We also had to fight the shambling mound and killed it. There were two will o’ the wisps, but eventually one wisp was killed and the other one retreated.

                         15:00  We searched the ruin where we were attacked found some stone steps leading down. Tass went down a concealed staircase into an octagonal room. A carrion crawler came out of one of the tunnels and was killed by Deagen and Garlon. Exploring another room to the west Tass Deagen and Garlon killed two more carrion crawlers.

10/01/2003

                         16:00  We went back to the entrance room, and downstairs along the south track. Then we entered a T-shaped water filled room with thirteen sarcophagi. Sprigg entered the water and found a kind of latch glyph which releases a bolt of charge which killed Tankrid, Corbane, Cormanti, and Mylakhrion as they were all standing in the water. Unfortunately, the Dr failed to resurrect Corbane owing to an alignment misjudgement. We do not go further but go to Irungsway to see Andress and seek resurrection help. She cannot help apart from healing Sprigg and so we go back to the Double Bolt Inn. Then Rolwynn took Corbane's ring of healing and tried to resurrect Tankrid. He was resurrected but the ring was exhausted.

                         22:00  We slept, healed and rested.

Tue25Apr4335

                         09:00  After we had breakfast, the Dr resurrected Mylakhrion and healed him. He also healed all of the others for nine hours.

                         22:00  We slept, healed, and rested.

Wed26Apr4335

                         09:00  After breakfast, the Dr was able to resurrect Cormanti. Unfortunately, the Dr  could not scry to the City State to get a resurrection spell and so we left Corbane with Andress with a gentle repose spell to prolong the preservation of his body. Solezar sent a magic message to Zotaquaan asking him whether he is safe and well.

                         noon   We have now decided that the next day we will return to the valley.

31/01/2003

Thu27Apr4335

                         08:00  We awake to find that it is raining. Mylakhrion hears that Mikiti, who runs the stables, wishes to get rid of Shaunnra's horse, Ruth, from the stables, because it is skittish. Tankrid befriends the horse using an animal friendship spell. The Dr scries to Weatherwax in Ferec Idu with whom we find Tika Waylan. Apparently the mysterious assassins have struck again and there is a price on their heads. He agrees to help and is taken to the horse with Tankrid. There is a concurrent conversation with two children, the Taylor’s,  and Solezar and Dalamar.   Weatherwax uses his speak-with-animals spell to get information from the horse and we suspect that a devourer is responsible for Shaunnra’s fate. The Squire Marthos, and Shaunnra were killed by it. We sent Weatherwax back through the mirror to Ferec Idu.

                         16:00  We returned to our rooms in the Double Bolt inn to rest and heal.

Fri28Apr4335

                         09:00  At Garlon’s request, we rested and healed all day. Solezar received a message from Zotaquaan saying he is OK but busy and that we can contact his key pupil, Galenye Faelern at his tower.

Sat29Apr4335

                         08:00  Saddled up and set off to the valley, towards what we now know is the Tempest Tower. Halfway there we see tracks of 10-20 horses leading out of and into the valley. the rangers follow the tracks to the village to a farm. It begins to seem as though Harular’s Claws may comprise the villagers of Irungsway.

                         noon   We went back to the valley and to the old crone's hut, which was deserted, and had not lived in for many years. Tankrid as an eagle sees several bodies - we find a sturge-blood-sucked orc, and the old crone who has been murdered in a violent conflict. At least one is another human and the sturges are also dead. We tracked her footprints back to a large statue who’s skull  appears through the mist, protruding from the ground where it has become partially buried. Sprigg entered the statue through one of its eye sockets, and was attacked by a gargantuan centipede, which Dalamar attacked with a cloud kill spell, with Tass, Garlon, Deagen also pursuing it when it left the skull.

                         16:00  Tass swam into the skull but felt unwell in the water and had to come out. Mylakhrion went in and retrieved a chest with SPs/GPs/levitation/water breathing/healing and cure light wounds potions, as well as a silver statue, healing kit, silver roped grappling hook, and other items.

                                      We checked the dungeon chamber where we had been attacked before, and found it to be empty. As we leave the spirit of Squire Marthos appears and tells us of his and Shaunnra's death. We must go and find catacombs in the village, below Ulhstan Farm. We found Marthos' diary only two pages of which are legible. They refer to Shaunnra's pursuit of the Harular’s Claws. We decided that we must now return to the village and locate Uhlstan farm.

21/02/2003

                         18:00  We left the old ruined temple and returned to Irungsway via the woods. We investigated Uhlstan Farm. Mylakhrion investigated lights in the old farmhouse and saw the farmer and his wife. He examined the barn and found it locked at both ends from inside. As it is now dark, we can do no more this evening.

                         21:00  We returned to the Double Bolt inn and half of us went to the bar. The little Taylor's girl approaches and tells us that her brother is missing after 'going after monsters in Uhlstan Farm. We will investigate in the morning. Mylakhrion, invisible, investigates the bar kitchen and the locked Innkeeper's bedroom. He couldn't get into a second locked room. Just as we retired for the night we found peepholes in the walls of our rooms which should have looked into the communal room next door - in fact measuring the rooms confirmed a hidden corridor that allowed observation of us - possibly including our recent use of the mirror.

Sun30Apr4335

                         09:00  We rose, breakfasted and saddled up, ostensibly to go to the temple ruins. We circled around so as to visit the farm to look for the Taylor's son. Solezar used lock spell to unlock the barn, provoking commotion amongst the orc occupants, and its relocking from the inside. A little later we unlocked the other door, cast silence and fought and killed several orcs and ogrillons in the barn. We investigated a barn-loft, and also found a trapdoor in one of horse-stalls. During our discussion of this, a humanoid figure raises his head through the trapdoor demanding silence of the orcs, and retreats rapidly on seeing us. Garlon leapt down onto him as he descended the ladder, but fell the 30' drop. Tass and Deagen followed, and killed what we then found to be a half orc. We can now hear flowing water and investigated it

14/03/2003

                         14:00  We went south and west, passing a lever which Tass pulled down and reset, which we notes also operates a second lever further down the corridor. As Rolwynn steps on a pressure pad, seen by Mylakhrion, the corridor walls start to move but Sprigg and Tass pulled the levers in time to move the walls back. As Rolwynn crosses an old bridge over a stream it collapses but he is roped up so is ok. A little further on a group of orcs threatened us. Tass and Sprigg started to fight them although Tass fumbled at first, smashing his potion of levitation but with Deagen killed the large orc anyway. Two armed humans approached us from behind and Tass Sprigg, Rolwynn, Deagan and Mylakhrion fought them and the orcs. Eventually they are all killed. We checked the orc bedroom and saw the eye-sign of the orcan god. We also check the human quarters and find just their beds and general items.

                         16:00  We eventually found an octagonal room in which a human cleric stood surrounded by skeletons and human bones. He incanted and then many skeletons attacked us. Rolwynn, Deagan, Sprigg and Mylakhrion, joined by Tass and Cormanti, fought them. Mylakhrion and Deagan killed the cleric. Cormanti recognised the cleric's medallion as representing Loviatar, the god of Sadism. After investigation we located prison cells, which contain Brenor, the Taylor's son, Yharune a villager, and a priest of Loviatar. We let Yharune go, leave the priest free in the cell, and keep Brenor with us. Before he goes, Yharune tells us that he was spelled-cast by Andress in the Irungsway church and taken to the dungeon.

11/04/2003

Sun30Apr4335

                         18:00  We then walked down a long corridor and over a stream. Mylakhrion discovered a trap flagstone and warned us. We passed eastwards into tunnel. We travel over 100' and encountered a wall markings depicting the torture God Loviatar. We found a room with a crackling fire. Dr Thekla dispelled it and it was a 60HP fire elemental. Mylakhrion and Tass shift an anvil to reveal a cubby-hole containing a wrought iron box and potion of extra healing (2d8+1). Garlon took it. The box contained 250GP. We left that room and entered an octagonal-ish room with a central large candle flame from a wrought iron candle stick, and an iron coffin in an alcove. Tankrid dispelled the flame. A shadowy figure (wraith) lurched at Deagen but missed. Cormanti held it and Dalamar cast cone of cold. Solezar cast magic missiles. After a brief fight with Deagan and Rolwyn it was killed. Mylakhrion stood too near the iron coffin and was tripped into it by a pressure pad. Rolwyn,  Tass and Deagan opened the iron coffin and rescued Mylakhrion.  Tass inspected masks on the wall but to no avail. Mylakhrion picked the lock of the door and we then left the octagonal room. A short flight of stairs led to a landing and more stairs down to a pair of massive iron doors.

                         21:00  We slept in the room of the fire elemental. Dr Thekla healed overnight.

Mon01May4335

                         09:00  We went east through a small door and passed further through other corridors and through another door. We then approached a room which had two floor-candles.

16/05/2003

                                      As Tass Cormanti and Rolwyn entered the room with the two candle flames, they were attacked by an invisible large creature which clawed and bit them. Dalamar cast a detect invisibility spell, and saw a hellcat, and then cast cone of cold. With Dalamar, Tass and Garlon attacked it and Tass killed it with a massive blow. A rast with a female companion also attacked us with a paralysing stare, which paralysed Cormanti. We are also attacked by a group of skeletons with another female priest and some living-dead spiders. The females have poisoned scourges as weapons. Roan dispelled the rast using a dispel evil spell. Eventually all opponents are killed. We explored the rooms and found a torture chamber with 6 lockable dungeons and an annexe containing a coffin.

                         11:00  We moved through to another octagonal room with little of serious interest. We go many yards down a tunnel, over a stream and into an oddly shaped room traversed by the stream and containing a wooden bridge. We hear laughter through the northern closed door, and believe that we are near the church and shop in the village. The southern door leads many yards south. We return to the area where we fought the hellcat, and then we see a large triangular temple containing many many monsters of various kinds, but most notable, a tall gaunt monster containing a shrivelled body of a woman – this is the Temple of Loviatar ad we have found the remains of Shaunnra and the devourer.

06/06/2003

                                      We approached the large triangular temple and are attacked by two zombie spiders, a flayer and two other otyugh monsters. The spiders were soon killed but the other monsters caused considerable distress and damage. Sprigg and Tass killed one of the otyugh monsters and Mylakhrion and Tankrid and Tass killed the other. Garlon Deagen and Sprigg killed the devourer and released the soul of Shaunnra Stillhand. Rolwyn and Mylakhrion were within an ace of death but were carefully healed. There is a cauldron on a plinth which Solezar identified as a cauldron of desecration. It will regenerate any skeleton or undead placed in it. After several spell attempts to destroy it we scry to Teral Guthdohtor and Mylakhrion becomes invisible and eventually gets her attention. She eventually finds from her books that a consecrate spell will destroy it. About two hours after the consultation, she arrived through the mirror, and then she succeeded on casting the spell for us, and destroying the cauldron.

                                      We took the opportunity to have a long conversation with Teralr, and she told us Guantather is in Adar in the The Great Forest (The Elphand Lands).

27/06/2003

                         20:00  We decided to sleep and heal in the cleric living quarters.

Tue02May4335

                         09:00  We went up the east steps from the triangular temple onto a balcony. We encountered a rectangular corridor lined with an array of many doors and alcoves with a bas-relief representing a torture. We proceeded to check the rooms which seemed to be bedrooms except one on the north wall, which contains a well and another room on the south east which contains an iron suspended bed, a wardrobe with gowns and a sarcophagus containing a dagger and some poison, which we destroyed. We found a secret door leading to a cluttered room containing four chests. One chest generated a creature dretch. Another generated a cloud of contagion. In the chests we found various items including a lightning bolt, stone salve (anti-petrification), and potions of sneaking, hiding and wisdom, and a flask of purple worm anti-toxin. There were many other items. As  some items were evil we destroyed them; the others we distributed.

17/08/2003

                         14:00  We left the bedrooms and returned to the triangular Temple of Loviatar. On our way through we noticed that the bodies had been recently disturbed. Went back eastwards and down the long south corridor. We were attacked by a dire wolverine which Tass Mylakhrion, Deagan, and Cormanti killed. An archer also caused some damage to Tass and Mylakhrion. We examined a dank bedroom of the wolverine and some of the guards. We deduced that the guards had gone south and followed. However we investigated but decided to go east and Cormanti magnificently destroyed 18 skeletons. Proceeding further we crossed a river via a wooden bridge to a large chamber with a ladder and a decomposing figure in a white robe. The doctor mistakenly tried his potion of lesser restoration which failed. However the doctor healed for several hours and partially restored him. He told us that he is called Levetron, and was investigating the area on behalf of his church when Andress attacked and kidnapped him. During the healing we were disturbed to see Andress Nagheson coming down the ladder. Amazingly, the Dr managed to cast hold-person on her, and she was held motionless on the ladder. Deagan then quickly slit her throat. We were so glad that our quick action had prevented further damage and injury.

                         17:00  We slept, and then healed for 3 hours.

Wed03May4335

                         01:00  And so we climbed her ladder into her room. Mylakhrion discovered a secret door out of the room.

                         04:00  We went into the next door room, which was Andress' bedroom. Scrolls recorded how Andress came into the village. We also found a confession of the fate of Corbane and that his body is incomplete. Corbane had been given Andress' ring of mind shielding for safekeeping.

15/08/2003

Wed03May4335

                         05:00  We decided to decapitate Andress for safety so that she could not be resurrected. We slept in Andress' bedroom. We decided that we must seek out the mind flayer so Tass is given the ring of mind shielding that belonged to Andress. So we went back down and east then south to where we saw the mind flayer. We found several guards - Cormanti and the Dr held three of them and Dalamar slit their throats.

                         07:00  Other guards were in a wardroom and had to be disposed of by Cormanti and Rolwyn. We spare one who surrendered and gives us locations of Harular and his henchmen. Mylakhrion Tass and Rolwyn killed a cleric in one bedroom and entered the other's and killed him. Then we entered another room and Mylakhrion fought a gnome who became invisible and caused us great trouble. Rolwyn Deagen and Tass fought and killed the humanoid half dragon Harular. In the process 2 giant lizards had to be disposed of. Eventually Tankrid used detect magic to locate the invisible gnome. We made him open the two chests - Harular's containing various treasures.

05/09/2003

                         10:00  We examined the store and found little of interest. Searching the rooms of Harular's sidekicks there was not much of importance, except some alchemist laboratory equipment, a picture, some potions, a spell book and a few weapons.

                         11:00  We returned to Andress' room to sleep and heal for five hours each.

                         21:00  We sorted out the items: magic braces, wand, 3 potions, spell book and scroll case, and the non-magical, but valuable, items.

                                      We left Andress' rooms and went north down the central corridor. Mylakhrion suffered damage from a glyph of warding. A little later Tass was attacked by a gelatinous cube, but escaped without damage. Dalamar destroyed it with cone of cold. Immediately Cormanti was attacked by another. Eventually Deagan,  Tass and Cormanti killed it. While exploring the catacombs a third gelatinous cube approaches us which Tass, Tankrid and Deagan destroyed.

21/09/2003

Thu04May4335

                         00:00  We moved westwards down the catacombs towards a large room containing five sarcophagi. Rolwyn felt ill and Roan Thekla diagnosed contagion acquired from a zombie monster. A cure disease spell cured him. We go far east and pass Harular's accomplices rooms and explored an oval room and an irregular cave with a ladder leading upwards. A corridor leads to a second ladder in what we recognise as the concealed corridor in our hotel. The other ladder takes us to the hotel kitchen. We interrogated the landlord Okrosh, and presumed he is not evil, merely charmed by Harular.

And so we have solved the problem of Harular’s Claws.

 

                         04:00  We slept and healed for three and two hours respectively.

                         09:00  We went upstairs and ask one of Harular’s acolytes, Gwenned, about Andress' second in command. After some obfuscation she shows us Corbane 's body in the embalming room. We note his heart has been removed. We decide to go after the mind flayer, leaving Harular's acolytes to search for the heart. Passing south at the crossroads Tass explores the routes west and then south, being hit by poisoned arrows from the west. Several crypts containing remains of holy clergy. In a narrow tunnel leading off the south corridor Tass thinks he might have seen the mind flayer in a cavern. We decide to leave the creature and go back to the acolytes to see if they had located the heart. In the meantime a druid named Appleton Treebeard arrived to advise Tankrid that he has been granted rule of the Celadon Forest, subject to removing some renegade druids. We are expected to help achieve this.

 

Another distraction: The retirement of Tankrid into the Celadon Forest.

And preventing the rebirth of the evil God Tharizdun by Lyza and Elgoth.

17/10/2003

                         16:00  We decided to go with Tankrid to help him sort out the druids in the Celadon Forest.

                                      We slept and healed for the rest of the day, and night.

Fri05May4335

                         09:00  We set off for the Citadel of Leukish to see the Duke Karll. Saw a large caravan en route from the Greybeard village to SW.

                         15:00  We arrived at Leukish. We are told by the Duke Karll of the history of the Council of the Thorn, including the storming of a dragon's lair. Dedermont's Keep has housed the path wardens under Lucien Dedermont. A while ago some deer were killed by a bulette.

                         22:00  We slept until dawn.

Sat06May4335

                         07:30  We set off for Dedermont’s Keep. We noted two vultures and found a dead goodly elf, who had been beheaded. We also found a scimitar with the symbol of the Council of the Thorn on it.

                                      We then heard a shout of a farmer. We discovered two ankheg creatures attacking his vegetables and livestock. A cone of cold from Dalamar and lightning bolt from Solezar with spiritual hammer from Cormanti kill them easily. We proceeded to Dedermont Keep, and noted many orcs around it. A senior orc tells us that the keep has been overrun by trolls and have taken female and child orcs as prisoner.

                         15:00  We entered the keep through a broken and burned door. We are met by three orcs, who indicate the location of the trolls. After a supreme fight aided by Dalamar's Waldo's sudden strength we killed three of the trolls. Tankrid takes a map of the Celadon Forest from the study. Upstairs we met two harpies in the corridor. After a battle we killed them.

                         18:00  We searched the harpies’ bodies and find nothing. We then go outside to the courtyard and search the other bodies there. We identified five path warden bodies, and find various weapons, and shields, some marked with the red eye of the path wardens. Each path warden wears a ring, and Tankrid takes the five. He has to find all fifteen. We moved back into the keep and began to search the ground floor. In the lounge we found a concealed compartment under the rug. In the compartment we found vials of cures, remove disease, and fire-breath. In the study a mimic was disguised as the desk and it attacked Deagan. Dalamar cast w