Adventure Log # 77 & 78 (The Root & The Frontier Fort)

Adventure Log #77 (Steel Town)Dub-Elf MonkKevin-Manthootian MageMarius-PaladinArashi Iki-Druid
Tim-Mage
Grevin Mage

With the appearance of hundreds of corpses in their midst the part draws their weapons for battle. A well dressed man approaches and tells them they have nothing to fear, because they have freed them from the tyranny of the Lord of The Root.

After the group lowers their weapons the ambassador escorts them to a lavish hall where a banquet is prepared in their honor. He gives them a brief history of the Lair of the Root. He also tells them that Tim has been chosen as the newest lord.

Tim attempts to decline but the ambassador tells him that it’s not an honor that can be turned down. A ceremonial guard comes in with an axe and a sword. Tim is asked how he wishes to die.

Everyone jumps to Tim’s defense and the battle is joined. Tim is felled and carried off by the ambassador, although horribly mauled the rest of the party follows. Before Tim can be taken into the Root he is saved and the party runs as fast s it can up the hall way.

Both Tim and Grevin notice that the next day their food does not agree with them, they vomit it up and it is full of maggots. Kevin mentions that of the entire party they choose to eat of the food of the Root and maybe that’s why their have having problems.

The party comes to a cave opening that is blocked by a heavy iron gate. There is a very surprised guard on the other side.


Adventure Log #78 (The Frontier Fort)

Kevin-Manthootian Mage
Marius-Paladin
Tim-Mage
Grevin-Mage

The guard on the other side of the gate is surprised to see the party. He goes and gets a sergeant who lets them out of the tunnels. The sergeant apologizes to the part saying that no one usually uses the underground paths since the undead are everywhere down there. The party are taken to the commander.

The characters don’t notice but the village is very unsadakadishian like. Most of the soldiers are unkempt and not wearing the local lords color (red). When they meet the commander he offers a brief introduction (as opposed to the “polite” description of his honors and his lineage.) During the day the party makes the acquaintance with a woman known as “Whore,” she is a ½ Sadakadishian, half Tre hum da woman working for the local lord. She vaguely warns the party that everything is not as it seems in the village.

Later that evening the party attends a dinner with the local lord. Once again he shows he has no “manners” in the Sadakadishian sense. Kimi offers to buy “Whore” from him and he quickly sells her. The dinner wears on and Kevin passes out from drinking. Kimi and Whore go to their rooms and are followed by several guards. Once there they get to the rooms the guards attack them. Kimi holds them off and offers them money if they will stop the attack. The guards agree but only for a huge sum (in the local sense) several gold. The guards tell the two women that they will have to leave the city at once. After paying the gold they are escorted to the city gates.

Still at the dinner Marius is beginning to feel uneasy. Suddenly the doors burst open and several guards come into covered with blood. They say that Kimi “went crazy” and killed several guards. The local lord is enraged and almost draws his blade on the party. He listens to Marius argument that there must be some other reason for what happened. The lord demand “blood price” for the dead guards.

Outside the gates Whore tells Kimi that the inhabitance are a group of bandits that have been raiding the frontier. She says that they would probably kill the rest of the party. In the hall the paladin Marius convinces that “lord” that he (Marius) could probably kill everyone in the room, should they attack him. The lord says that he still needs money to cover the death of his soldiers. The party pays a large bribe and are escorted to the gates of the town where they soon meet up with Kimi and Whore. Fearing that the bandits will attempt to double cross them they quickly head away from the town. The next morning Kevin conjures up steeds for the party and the easily outdistance pursuit.