Grevin-Mage
Kaden-Fighter
Kimi-Rogue
Violet-Bard
Going into the partally collapsed tower the characters uncover a passageway into the mountain. The passage floor is made of rotted wooden planks that threaten to break with each step. Right in the passageway they come across a hole in the floor, which opens into a dark chasm, moving past it the party goes deeper. Kimi points out where the flooring is unsafe, but misses one and falls threw the floor. With one hand she catches the lip of the hole and is pulled out with help from Kaden and Violet. Of the two passages, one ends in a collapsed roon while the other just deadends. Despirt Kimi’s searching she doesn’t find any secrect passages, the party heads back.
Back in outside they find that the soldiers were attacked by thaug, none of the soldiers were killed but five, including Jonah have been injured by black darks the thaug threw. They decide to send the wounded back and press on. The characters form up on Kaden and move towards the tunnel under the waterfall and almost imeditly begin being peppered with darts, they retreat and make a plan. The idea is that they will rush as close to the tunnel as possible, Grevin will throw a fireball into the tunnel to suppress the dart thrower then the party will rush the hole.
The characters get within range of darts but now are thrown, suddenly rocks are rolled down from the cliff above, doing some damage to Kaden and critically injuring one of the Silver Bracers. No sooner are the party finished dodging the rocks than several thaug speing from above while another volley of darts hit them. The fight is quick but deadly as one of the soldiers is eviscerated. Kaden is critically injured but the thaug are put down.
Bloodied the characters think of their next move.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Avalyn Adventure #99 “Burn it down”
Grevin-Mage
Kaden-Fighter
Kimi
Violet-Bard
The are considering burning the mill down. A soldier is sent back to the manor to get orders. Kimi and Kaden decide to climb to the second floor of the mill and look into the windows, the black tar substance keeps them from looking in so they break a window, as the light shines in they see thousands of the strange black beetles skittering away and two large pale wet things undulating on the floor as if they were laying eggs. Freaked out Kimi and Kaden climb down and want to burn the mill down then and there. Jona, the Harker and a couple of cavalry troops arrive and tell the party that the Kenna wants them to “clear” the mill. The party decides that Alexander doesn’t realize how badly yhe mill is infested and head back to talk to him.
Grevin stays on watch with the soldiers, he and Jonah talk, he tells the mage that there was another infestation of Thaug about 7 years ago. Grevin asks about how they were dispatched but all Johna can tell his is that they uncovered a few thaug but probally didn’t get them all. Johna says that the mill looks a lot like a place he found during the first infestation, it also was full of bodies and right near the water. Jonah leads Grevin on a tour around the perimeter. Johah tells Grevin that theyre being watched from the river.
The characters talk to Kenna Alexander and eventually persuade him to allow the mill to be burned down. When they arrive back Grevin tells them about what Johna said. A fire is started and without incident the mill is burned down.
The party decides to head back to Kimi’s for a rest. In the middle of the night there is a knock at the door, it’s Johna the Harker. He tells the characters that after they left he followed the river downstream and up into the hills. After looking around he realized he was being stalked. He was able to lose his pursuer, he feels that the characters should head up into the hills.
The next day the party goes and talks to Kenna Alexander about Johna’s find. He allows them to take a group of soldiers with them up into the hills along with a couple of Silver Bracers (elite soldiers).
After several hours of following the river they head up into the hills along the cascading water. In one of the hillsides they see an overgrown keep and go to investigate it. The building had been partly covered by an avalanche and the insides are little more than a shell. Looking around Kimi finds a covered passage into the hillside. The party debates what their next move should be.
Kaden-Fighter
Kimi
Violet-Bard
The are considering burning the mill down. A soldier is sent back to the manor to get orders. Kimi and Kaden decide to climb to the second floor of the mill and look into the windows, the black tar substance keeps them from looking in so they break a window, as the light shines in they see thousands of the strange black beetles skittering away and two large pale wet things undulating on the floor as if they were laying eggs. Freaked out Kimi and Kaden climb down and want to burn the mill down then and there. Jona, the Harker and a couple of cavalry troops arrive and tell the party that the Kenna wants them to “clear” the mill. The party decides that Alexander doesn’t realize how badly yhe mill is infested and head back to talk to him.
Grevin stays on watch with the soldiers, he and Jonah talk, he tells the mage that there was another infestation of Thaug about 7 years ago. Grevin asks about how they were dispatched but all Johna can tell his is that they uncovered a few thaug but probally didn’t get them all. Johna says that the mill looks a lot like a place he found during the first infestation, it also was full of bodies and right near the water. Jonah leads Grevin on a tour around the perimeter. Johah tells Grevin that theyre being watched from the river.
The characters talk to Kenna Alexander and eventually persuade him to allow the mill to be burned down. When they arrive back Grevin tells them about what Johna said. A fire is started and without incident the mill is burned down.
The party decides to head back to Kimi’s for a rest. In the middle of the night there is a knock at the door, it’s Johna the Harker. He tells the characters that after they left he followed the river downstream and up into the hills. After looking around he realized he was being stalked. He was able to lose his pursuer, he feels that the characters should head up into the hills.
The next day the party goes and talks to Kenna Alexander about Johna’s find. He allows them to take a group of soldiers with them up into the hills along with a couple of Silver Bracers (elite soldiers).
After several hours of following the river they head up into the hills along the cascading water. In one of the hillsides they see an overgrown keep and go to investigate it. The building had been partly covered by an avalanche and the insides are little more than a shell. Looking around Kimi finds a covered passage into the hillside. The party debates what their next move should be.
Avalyn Adventure #98 Death and Pancakes
Kimi
Kaden
Violet
Grevin
Arashi
The characters spend the night at Kimi’s house, in the morning she fixes a round of pancakes with everyone wolfs down. Kaden and Grevin decide to go for a walk. Once outside they see that there is smoke coming from the town, they make their way over there as fast as possible. In the town they find the Altmen (soldiers) putting up defenses and such, they found out that the thaug attacked in the middle of the night and wounded several local personages. Kaden gets drafted to help dig pits and such, while Grevin uses some magic.
The rest of the part decide to join them in the town and they are surprised to see the activity, one of them mentions that the defenses they are building will be little help against the though, but realizes that keeping the populace busy is a good idea.
They head over to the bar that Kimi is part owner in and find out that it’s been closed by the Kenna, a couple of provost guards staitioned at it’s entrance. The part decides to go and complain to Altman Bitter, the military commander.
When they arrive their please fail to move Bitter, he tells them that they are lucky that their food supplies havn’t been confiscated. Bitter reveals that the Kenna, Alexander has been gravely wounded, the local priestess was killed by a couple of thaug who made off with her head.
Arashi voulenteers to heal the Kenna. Later Alexander comes out and talks to the party, he tells them that the creatures are obviously intelligent, their attacks have been to kill the leaders of the community. Alexander asks for the characters help, he tells them that there is a supply wagon leaving for The Blister (a nearby garrison). He tells them that he expects it to be attacked, maybe the characters should go and set a trap. The Party demures and instead decide to stay around the town. Arashi will keep an eye out in bird form and when the though attack the characters will rush to the attack, backed up by some local troops.
The party prepares for the night. Gevin and Kadin patrol inside the palisade walls while Kimi, Violet and Arashi sit on the manors roof top. Around 4 in the morning they notice that there is a fire in the distance, it’s too far from the mannor to be a danger. Arashi flys off to observe and sees that it’s Kimi’s house. He lands and surveys the area (in bird form) he notices that the fore was set and the thauge are still there waiting for the characters to come running out of the house into a trap. Carefull not to be seen he heads back and tells the characters about the trap.
Altman Bitter gives the characters permission to take a group of eliete soldiers with them, but the though are gone, the damage to the house is minor and Kevins library is unharmed due to the spells he placed on it.
The characters begin tracking the thaug, the trail leads to the river. The party decides to follow the waterway north. Passing the mill they back track and decided to see if the residence are okay, they found them butchered and hung from the eves, everywhere there are strange black beetles crawling around the inside of the mill
Kaden
Violet
Grevin
Arashi
The characters spend the night at Kimi’s house, in the morning she fixes a round of pancakes with everyone wolfs down. Kaden and Grevin decide to go for a walk. Once outside they see that there is smoke coming from the town, they make their way over there as fast as possible. In the town they find the Altmen (soldiers) putting up defenses and such, they found out that the thaug attacked in the middle of the night and wounded several local personages. Kaden gets drafted to help dig pits and such, while Grevin uses some magic.
The rest of the part decide to join them in the town and they are surprised to see the activity, one of them mentions that the defenses they are building will be little help against the though, but realizes that keeping the populace busy is a good idea.
They head over to the bar that Kimi is part owner in and find out that it’s been closed by the Kenna, a couple of provost guards staitioned at it’s entrance. The part decides to go and complain to Altman Bitter, the military commander.
When they arrive their please fail to move Bitter, he tells them that they are lucky that their food supplies havn’t been confiscated. Bitter reveals that the Kenna, Alexander has been gravely wounded, the local priestess was killed by a couple of thaug who made off with her head.
Arashi voulenteers to heal the Kenna. Later Alexander comes out and talks to the party, he tells them that the creatures are obviously intelligent, their attacks have been to kill the leaders of the community. Alexander asks for the characters help, he tells them that there is a supply wagon leaving for The Blister (a nearby garrison). He tells them that he expects it to be attacked, maybe the characters should go and set a trap. The Party demures and instead decide to stay around the town. Arashi will keep an eye out in bird form and when the though attack the characters will rush to the attack, backed up by some local troops.
The party prepares for the night. Gevin and Kadin patrol inside the palisade walls while Kimi, Violet and Arashi sit on the manors roof top. Around 4 in the morning they notice that there is a fire in the distance, it’s too far from the mannor to be a danger. Arashi flys off to observe and sees that it’s Kimi’s house. He lands and surveys the area (in bird form) he notices that the fore was set and the thauge are still there waiting for the characters to come running out of the house into a trap. Carefull not to be seen he heads back and tells the characters about the trap.
Altman Bitter gives the characters permission to take a group of eliete soldiers with them, but the though are gone, the damage to the house is minor and Kevins library is unharmed due to the spells he placed on it.
The characters begin tracking the thaug, the trail leads to the river. The party decides to follow the waterway north. Passing the mill they back track and decided to see if the residence are okay, they found them butchered and hung from the eves, everywhere there are strange black beetles crawling around the inside of the mill
Avalyn Adventure #97 “The Secret”
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
Kaden-Fighter
The characters continue down the path towards the town, They are met by a contingent of soldiers and escorted back to the Kenna. On the way the sholdiers tell about the “Black Demons” that have attacked the town in the last couple of days , the characters realize that some of the thauge had gotten into the mine ahead of them.
When they get the Kenna Alexander he is in the middle of a meeting. When he is done he waves them over. He tells them that he is glad they are okay. The party enquires where the representative of the Wharpick Mages Guild is cause they have a thauge head for him. Alexander points to the far wall where they see two thauge bodies hung up one is missing it’s head. He tells them that they have a thauge head and they will probally have a problem selling it to the mages guild, however since they risked their life he will buy it since the guild will not .
He tells them that a few days ago a dozen or so the creatures stormed though the villages. They have killed several people and as a result he has put a curfew on the town.
The characters tell Kenna about what happened to paladin Marius, the Kenna prepares a message to go the Sylvias Rest. When asked why he isn’t asking the mages guild or the manthootians for help, he tells them that their help comes with “strings” and he would would rather not incure more debt to them.
The characters make their way back to Kimi’s house, mindfull of the parties of roving solders. After settling in there is a knock at the door, it’s Van Rhe and her bodyguards, they seem to be a bit on edge. Rhe enters and greets the characters before getting into her message. She thanks Kimi for letting her read her friend Kevin’s books of lore. She says that she has a good idea where she needs to go if she wished to attempt to resurrect her son.
Kaden asks her why she doesn just go to the church for a scrolls or the priestess in the manthootian village. Rhe tells them what she puzzled out from Kevin and Madrigar’s (her son’s) writing. When Madrigar was born he was taken from her and when he was returned he has a series of glowing jewels on his forehead. The jewels gave his special powers. It was later she found out that it maked him as a Lesser Lord of The Stary Sky, a shadowy group of an ancient order. In his writings he mentiond that the jewel made him nearly immortal. When he discovered that the Jkennis (Queen) of Deserata was also a member he was worried because she was decidedly evil. As he found out that how evil she was he grew worried that there would be an immortal on the throne who was aligned with the dark gods.
Madrigar hatched a plot after he discovered an ancient Truemage weapon embodied in the form of a young woman named Esnith. After subjecting her to a battery of tests he inlisted the help of a young earth mage. Together they bound Esnith and were able to assert some control over her. In the meantime Madrigar cultivated a friendship with the Jkennis Distaria. He promised that he would deliver the weapon. Madrigar tricked the Jkennis into lowering her defenses and he unleased part of Esniths power. The attack destroyed the Jkennises jewel but also killed him. She explaines that is the reson she cannot simply resurrect him. She has found refences to a Lords of the Starry Sky city in the north.
Kimi tells Rhi that she is happy that Kevin’s library has been able to help her but there was a price. Rhi tells her that she is aware of the price and has done some research on the matter of Kimi’s family. She tells her that it would be better if Kimi didn’t know. Kimi insists she be told.
Rhi takes Kimi aside and tells her the story. She tells Kimi of the time when the Manthootian Combie allied itself with Jkennis Distaria, the leaders of the triumberate were Anton Modoris, Grildo of the 13 Sons and Volo of Ravenspear. Modoris was destroyed by a group adventurers at the town of Gol. Later Grildo was also killed. Because of these defeats the Manthootian Combine withdrew from the alliance.
Distaria was driven into a fit of anger. She summoned Volo and his twin sister Kimi to her. When they arrived Distaria had the sister put to death. Distaria then remouled Volo’s flesh into that of a female (the worst thing for a Manthootian male) and drove him insane. Eventually she took Volo’s memory and made him believe that he was “Kimi.”
Kimi is shaken by this information, she asks Rhe who she knows this and Rhe simply states that she was there for some of it when she had been captured by Distaria. Kimi goes to her room to think about the gravity of the revelation.
Later Kimi comes out and tells the other characters what she has found out, she says that it doesn’t make a difference to her since this is all she knows and remembers. When asked if she is going to try to get her correct personality back she merely states that she is “simply” Kimi and will remain so.
The party decides to talk to Rhe again later about joining taking her up on her offer for joining her on the adventure. When she returns they quiz her about how much loot there will be, she tells them she’s not sure. The party decides to journey with her. Rhe tells the characters it will be several weeks before they can leave. She must procure a ship and it needs to be sailed to the coast. When it’s there they will take boats to the sea to meet it.
The characters decide to finish up their business and prepare for the trip.
Kaden goes to see his commander about getting some leave, Alt Leader Bitter seems in a good mood and writes that Kaden will be on leave for a while, but will need to pull guard duty until he leaves. Kadenhe heads back to Kimi’s house to gets some rest.
Grevin goes to see Kennis Kelly and they spend some time trying to learn how to synchronize their magic. He notices that she now seems to have quite a following, most of whom refer to her as “godess.”
The next day Arashi goes around to inspect the trees on Kimi’s property, while conversing with one of the trees a voice from behind him corrects his pronounciation on one of the tree language words. He turns to see the Sadakadishian woman that he had the altercation with the other night and has been having the dreams about. He turns to see her and before they can stop themselves they are in each others arms.
Kaden is sleeping in the back room and after pulling all night guard duty, he hears a noise outside, cauciously opening the shutters he sees Arashii and the woman rolling around in the dirt ripping off each others clothes and biting each other while making love. Kaden goes around to the main room and tells Kimi and Violet what he saw. Kimi and Kaden go outside so get a better look at whats goin on, when they come around the corner the woman turns into a bird and flies away. Arashi had no idea what come over him, he goes into the house to clean up.
Grevin comes back from the Kennises house, Kimi notices that there is a silver streak in his beard
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
Kaden-Fighter
The characters continue down the path towards the town, They are met by a contingent of soldiers and escorted back to the Kenna. On the way the sholdiers tell about the “Black Demons” that have attacked the town in the last couple of days , the characters realize that some of the thauge had gotten into the mine ahead of them.
When they get the Kenna Alexander he is in the middle of a meeting. When he is done he waves them over. He tells them that he is glad they are okay. The party enquires where the representative of the Wharpick Mages Guild is cause they have a thauge head for him. Alexander points to the far wall where they see two thauge bodies hung up one is missing it’s head. He tells them that they have a thauge head and they will probally have a problem selling it to the mages guild, however since they risked their life he will buy it since the guild will not .
He tells them that a few days ago a dozen or so the creatures stormed though the villages. They have killed several people and as a result he has put a curfew on the town.
The characters tell Kenna about what happened to paladin Marius, the Kenna prepares a message to go the Sylvias Rest. When asked why he isn’t asking the mages guild or the manthootians for help, he tells them that their help comes with “strings” and he would would rather not incure more debt to them.
The characters make their way back to Kimi’s house, mindfull of the parties of roving solders. After settling in there is a knock at the door, it’s Van Rhe and her bodyguards, they seem to be a bit on edge. Rhe enters and greets the characters before getting into her message. She thanks Kimi for letting her read her friend Kevin’s books of lore. She says that she has a good idea where she needs to go if she wished to attempt to resurrect her son.
Kaden asks her why she doesn just go to the church for a scrolls or the priestess in the manthootian village. Rhe tells them what she puzzled out from Kevin and Madrigar’s (her son’s) writing. When Madrigar was born he was taken from her and when he was returned he has a series of glowing jewels on his forehead. The jewels gave his special powers. It was later she found out that it maked him as a Lesser Lord of The Stary Sky, a shadowy group of an ancient order. In his writings he mentiond that the jewel made him nearly immortal. When he discovered that the Jkennis (Queen) of Deserata was also a member he was worried because she was decidedly evil. As he found out that how evil she was he grew worried that there would be an immortal on the throne who was aligned with the dark gods.
Madrigar hatched a plot after he discovered an ancient Truemage weapon embodied in the form of a young woman named Esnith. After subjecting her to a battery of tests he inlisted the help of a young earth mage. Together they bound Esnith and were able to assert some control over her. In the meantime Madrigar cultivated a friendship with the Jkennis Distaria. He promised that he would deliver the weapon. Madrigar tricked the Jkennis into lowering her defenses and he unleased part of Esniths power. The attack destroyed the Jkennises jewel but also killed him. She explaines that is the reson she cannot simply resurrect him. She has found refences to a Lords of the Starry Sky city in the north.
Kimi tells Rhi that she is happy that Kevin’s library has been able to help her but there was a price. Rhi tells her that she is aware of the price and has done some research on the matter of Kimi’s family. She tells her that it would be better if Kimi didn’t know. Kimi insists she be told.
Rhi takes Kimi aside and tells her the story. She tells Kimi of the time when the Manthootian Combie allied itself with Jkennis Distaria, the leaders of the triumberate were Anton Modoris, Grildo of the 13 Sons and Volo of Ravenspear. Modoris was destroyed by a group adventurers at the town of Gol. Later Grildo was also killed. Because of these defeats the Manthootian Combine withdrew from the alliance.
Distaria was driven into a fit of anger. She summoned Volo and his twin sister Kimi to her. When they arrived Distaria had the sister put to death. Distaria then remouled Volo’s flesh into that of a female (the worst thing for a Manthootian male) and drove him insane. Eventually she took Volo’s memory and made him believe that he was “Kimi.”
Kimi is shaken by this information, she asks Rhe who she knows this and Rhe simply states that she was there for some of it when she had been captured by Distaria. Kimi goes to her room to think about the gravity of the revelation.
Later Kimi comes out and tells the other characters what she has found out, she says that it doesn’t make a difference to her since this is all she knows and remembers. When asked if she is going to try to get her correct personality back she merely states that she is “simply” Kimi and will remain so.
The party decides to talk to Rhe again later about joining taking her up on her offer for joining her on the adventure. When she returns they quiz her about how much loot there will be, she tells them she’s not sure. The party decides to journey with her. Rhe tells the characters it will be several weeks before they can leave. She must procure a ship and it needs to be sailed to the coast. When it’s there they will take boats to the sea to meet it.
The characters decide to finish up their business and prepare for the trip.
Kaden goes to see his commander about getting some leave, Alt Leader Bitter seems in a good mood and writes that Kaden will be on leave for a while, but will need to pull guard duty until he leaves. Kadenhe heads back to Kimi’s house to gets some rest.
Grevin goes to see Kennis Kelly and they spend some time trying to learn how to synchronize their magic. He notices that she now seems to have quite a following, most of whom refer to her as “godess.”
The next day Arashi goes around to inspect the trees on Kimi’s property, while conversing with one of the trees a voice from behind him corrects his pronounciation on one of the tree language words. He turns to see the Sadakadishian woman that he had the altercation with the other night and has been having the dreams about. He turns to see her and before they can stop themselves they are in each others arms.
Kaden is sleeping in the back room and after pulling all night guard duty, he hears a noise outside, cauciously opening the shutters he sees Arashii and the woman rolling around in the dirt ripping off each others clothes and biting each other while making love. Kaden goes around to the main room and tells Kimi and Violet what he saw. Kimi and Kaden go outside so get a better look at whats goin on, when they come around the corner the woman turns into a bird and flies away. Arashi had no idea what come over him, he goes into the house to clean up.
Grevin comes back from the Kennises house, Kimi notices that there is a silver streak in his beard
Avalyn Adventure #96 “Paladins are Heavy”
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters begin lugging the frozen paladin up the path to the mine entrance only to be attacked by thaug. Without the paladin they are hard pressed to fight them but eventually push into the mine leaving the creatures outside. The party emerges from the tunnel into the Mountain Vale side and sees that defensive post that they saw being built the other day is in ruins, several of the soldiers have been butchered. Apparently thauge have gotten through the tunnel.
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters begin lugging the frozen paladin up the path to the mine entrance only to be attacked by thaug. Without the paladin they are hard pressed to fight them but eventually push into the mine leaving the creatures outside. The party emerges from the tunnel into the Mountain Vale side and sees that defensive post that they saw being built the other day is in ruins, several of the soldiers have been butchered. Apparently thauge have gotten through the tunnel.
Avalyn Adventure #95 “The Valley”
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters come up with a bounty on thaug heads. After a short rest thet head back up the hill. The characters get through the mine without incident and take a break in the abandoned manor before pushing on to the woods. They try to stay away from the deeper parts of the forest, while still hunting thaug. After finding nothing for several hours they decide to return to the manor and use that as a camp. They make a plan that if they are attacked they are to run back to the manor and regroup there. Metalic creatures attack from out of the woods and only Alan heeds the plan running for his life, the others stop and fight it out. Alan is out of range of Grevins defensive spells.
In the middle of the battle one of the creatures breathes and when the foul odor hits the paladin he becomes a stone statue. The rest of the party are able to dispatch the last creature but they are not sure what to do about the paladin. They begin lugging him back to the manor.
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters come up with a bounty on thaug heads. After a short rest thet head back up the hill. The characters get through the mine without incident and take a break in the abandoned manor before pushing on to the woods. They try to stay away from the deeper parts of the forest, while still hunting thaug. After finding nothing for several hours they decide to return to the manor and use that as a camp. They make a plan that if they are attacked they are to run back to the manor and regroup there. Metalic creatures attack from out of the woods and only Alan heeds the plan running for his life, the others stop and fight it out. Alan is out of range of Grevins defensive spells.
In the middle of the battle one of the creatures breathes and when the foul odor hits the paladin he becomes a stone statue. The rest of the party are able to dispatch the last creature but they are not sure what to do about the paladin. They begin lugging him back to the manor.
Avalyn Adventure #93 “Unexpected”
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
Carefull not to move, the party watches as the dragon reaches over and gingerly picks up the wounded Sadakadishian woman. Holding her, the creature slowly retreates into the bushes and with a rush of air takes flight. The characters are expecting a breath attack but nothing comes.
The characters are left wondering what is going on with the dragon and the Sadakadishian. With a carefull watch they head back to the inn and get a nights sleep.
Kimi-Rogue
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
Carefull not to move, the party watches as the dragon reaches over and gingerly picks up the wounded Sadakadishian woman. Holding her, the creature slowly retreates into the bushes and with a rush of air takes flight. The characters are expecting a breath attack but nothing comes.
The characters are left wondering what is going on with the dragon and the Sadakadishian. With a carefull watch they head back to the inn and get a nights sleep.
# 91 Home, Smashed Home
Marius-Paladin
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters are resting in Arashies in home. Unlike Kimmi’s house which has had extensive work Arashi’s new place is little more than a couple of rooms cobbled together. The party are resting when there is a knock at the door, it’s Altman Bitter the commander of the local troops. He asks Kaden who his “second” will be in the duel. At first he picks Paladin Marius, but Bitter tells him that choosing a paladin for a second is against the law. Kadens second choice is Alan who agrees and then goes for a walk with Bitter to look for a suitable grave for his friend.
Waiting for Alan to get back the rest of the group decides to go the tavern for a drink. Severl soldiers approach Kaden and ask him if he is the person who will be dueling with Kenna Alexander, when he says “yes” they offer to buy him a drink if he will convey a message to one of their dead loved ones when his is killed in the duel.
Alan returns and tells Kaden tht he has found a good spot for the grave. Kaden and Marius discuss the position of where Kadens soul will go if he is killed. Marius explains that being a person with no god is dangerious on Avalyn. As a godless person Kaden will be shackled to the sword of Alwyn and forced to pull it for all eternity towards the “Heart of the World.”
Back at Arashi’s cabin the party beds down. In the middle of the night Grevin is approached by Kennis Kelly with a proposition. She tells him that she has an idea that they should work on a way to combine their powers. Taking his hand she pulls it away to reveal a small shining gem. The gem lasts but a moment but Grevin can tell that the jewel is some kind of “focus” and if he were to cast a spell through it the effects would be amplified. He watches as the gem shimmers and disappears.
He asks her what it is and she tells him that it is a “focus matrix.” In this case it is not permanent, but with work permanent ones can be constructed. Grevin is interested and asks why she hasn’t approached Mage Jahn about this. Kennis Kelly says that Jahn’s mins is “closed” to such things. Grevin says he will need to think about it.
The next morning comes very quickly and Kaden and the group head to the dueling place. Many soldiers have turned out to see the duel as have a good number of villagers. Mage Jahn is sprinkling some kind of powder on the dueling circle. Kimi is amongst the spectators and hears that the betting is highly against Kaden.
Kaden and Alan approach the circle while Bitter and Kenna Alexander do the same from the other side. Bitters tells them that both combatants will enter the ring and then touch their sword together, after which the fight will begin. They both setp out into the ring and touch swords together. Kaden falls to one knee and apologizes. Kenna Alexander helps him up and accepts, telling him that he needs protection and that he as kenna will accept Kaden into his service for a year. Having no choice Kaden accepts and both of them go over to the waiting feast that has been prepared.
Grevin is approached again by Kennis Kelly, they have a short conversation but it is interrupted as Kenna Alexander and Magister Jahn call the party to the final meeting.
In response to the meeting yesterday Jahn had talked to his masters at the Wharpick Guild. They have allowed the bounty to go up a bit and provided a couple of spells for closing the tunnel should they need to escape. Kenna Alexander sweetens the pot by saying that he knows that some of the party still suffer from the touch of the undead. IF the party will agree to the mages terms he will have a priestess come and heal all of them of the effects of the encounter several days ago. The party agrees and goes to celebrate at the loca bar.
They are turned away from the first one because of Violet and her penchant for singing the geased sone about the death of Palaldin Marcus. At the second bar she promises to restrain herself. She begins to sing a song from her world but is shouted down by the crowd, they want to hear something local. Somone suggests The Woodchopper Song. Viloet is up to the task and keeps the rowdy song going for almost an hour, to the delight of the innkeeper.
Partly drunk and not too interested in what lays ahead of them they head back home. On the way Arashi gets a whiff the “smell” that has been driving him insane. He takes off at a run towards a nearby copse of trees, the party following. Grevin trips and almost falls over. When he looks down he sees that the “furrow” he triped over was actually a foot print of a large beast, a dragon. There is a smashing sound and the party runs towards it when the get to where the sound came from they see the remains of Arashi’s cabin.
Kimi joins them and the continue towards the copse. As they get closer they see something thrashing around in the trees, there is a faint glow in the woods and Arashi turns into a tree in fear. Stepping out of the forest is the Sadakadishian woman he almost murdered in his dream. She runs over to where the tree/Arashi is and suddenly the druid turns into a crow. The woman grabs him and is inturn grabbed by Paladin Marius. In a second the woman also turns into a bird after stabbing Arashii with a long fingernail.
As both avians take flight Kimi tries to take the female bird down and catches it in the chest, the bold passes through the womans bird form doing a little damage to Arashi. The woman falls unconscious to the ground in human form, an arrow sticking our of her chest. The paladin bends over her as the trees erupt and a dragons head sticks out. The creature barks in common…..”Don’t touch her!”
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The characters are resting in Arashies in home. Unlike Kimmi’s house which has had extensive work Arashi’s new place is little more than a couple of rooms cobbled together. The party are resting when there is a knock at the door, it’s Altman Bitter the commander of the local troops. He asks Kaden who his “second” will be in the duel. At first he picks Paladin Marius, but Bitter tells him that choosing a paladin for a second is against the law. Kadens second choice is Alan who agrees and then goes for a walk with Bitter to look for a suitable grave for his friend.
Waiting for Alan to get back the rest of the group decides to go the tavern for a drink. Severl soldiers approach Kaden and ask him if he is the person who will be dueling with Kenna Alexander, when he says “yes” they offer to buy him a drink if he will convey a message to one of their dead loved ones when his is killed in the duel.
Alan returns and tells Kaden tht he has found a good spot for the grave. Kaden and Marius discuss the position of where Kadens soul will go if he is killed. Marius explains that being a person with no god is dangerious on Avalyn. As a godless person Kaden will be shackled to the sword of Alwyn and forced to pull it for all eternity towards the “Heart of the World.”
Back at Arashi’s cabin the party beds down. In the middle of the night Grevin is approached by Kennis Kelly with a proposition. She tells him that she has an idea that they should work on a way to combine their powers. Taking his hand she pulls it away to reveal a small shining gem. The gem lasts but a moment but Grevin can tell that the jewel is some kind of “focus” and if he were to cast a spell through it the effects would be amplified. He watches as the gem shimmers and disappears.
He asks her what it is and she tells him that it is a “focus matrix.” In this case it is not permanent, but with work permanent ones can be constructed. Grevin is interested and asks why she hasn’t approached Mage Jahn about this. Kennis Kelly says that Jahn’s mins is “closed” to such things. Grevin says he will need to think about it.
The next morning comes very quickly and Kaden and the group head to the dueling place. Many soldiers have turned out to see the duel as have a good number of villagers. Mage Jahn is sprinkling some kind of powder on the dueling circle. Kimi is amongst the spectators and hears that the betting is highly against Kaden.
Kaden and Alan approach the circle while Bitter and Kenna Alexander do the same from the other side. Bitters tells them that both combatants will enter the ring and then touch their sword together, after which the fight will begin. They both setp out into the ring and touch swords together. Kaden falls to one knee and apologizes. Kenna Alexander helps him up and accepts, telling him that he needs protection and that he as kenna will accept Kaden into his service for a year. Having no choice Kaden accepts and both of them go over to the waiting feast that has been prepared.
Grevin is approached again by Kennis Kelly, they have a short conversation but it is interrupted as Kenna Alexander and Magister Jahn call the party to the final meeting.
In response to the meeting yesterday Jahn had talked to his masters at the Wharpick Guild. They have allowed the bounty to go up a bit and provided a couple of spells for closing the tunnel should they need to escape. Kenna Alexander sweetens the pot by saying that he knows that some of the party still suffer from the touch of the undead. IF the party will agree to the mages terms he will have a priestess come and heal all of them of the effects of the encounter several days ago. The party agrees and goes to celebrate at the loca bar.
They are turned away from the first one because of Violet and her penchant for singing the geased sone about the death of Palaldin Marcus. At the second bar she promises to restrain herself. She begins to sing a song from her world but is shouted down by the crowd, they want to hear something local. Somone suggests The Woodchopper Song. Viloet is up to the task and keeps the rowdy song going for almost an hour, to the delight of the innkeeper.
Partly drunk and not too interested in what lays ahead of them they head back home. On the way Arashi gets a whiff the “smell” that has been driving him insane. He takes off at a run towards a nearby copse of trees, the party following. Grevin trips and almost falls over. When he looks down he sees that the “furrow” he triped over was actually a foot print of a large beast, a dragon. There is a smashing sound and the party runs towards it when the get to where the sound came from they see the remains of Arashi’s cabin.
Kimi joins them and the continue towards the copse. As they get closer they see something thrashing around in the trees, there is a faint glow in the woods and Arashi turns into a tree in fear. Stepping out of the forest is the Sadakadishian woman he almost murdered in his dream. She runs over to where the tree/Arashi is and suddenly the druid turns into a crow. The woman grabs him and is inturn grabbed by Paladin Marius. In a second the woman also turns into a bird after stabbing Arashii with a long fingernail.
As both avians take flight Kimi tries to take the female bird down and catches it in the chest, the bold passes through the womans bird form doing a little damage to Arashi. The woman falls unconscious to the ground in human form, an arrow sticking our of her chest. The paladin bends over her as the trees erupt and a dragons head sticks out. The creature barks in common…..”Don’t touch her!”
Avalyn Adventure # 90 The Trip Home
Marius-Paladin
Kaden-Fighter
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The party rests in the area near the mine. After catching their breath they discover a rune near the spot where the leader of the dead things was. Following the runes directions they discover a cache of weapons and gold as well as the body of Kenna Alexanders son Klep.
As near as they can tell the dead creatures were uncovered in the mines and then killed the miners. Kleps body was corrupted. With heavy back backs from the treasure they party heads back into the town.
The next morning the group goes to see the Kenna. Alexander is distraught by word of the death of his son. He and his family take the body to be properly intered. The group heads back to Kimi’s house for some rest.
Later in the day Kimi kicks the rest of the part out of her house for infringing on her hospitality. The rest of the characters go to the bar and drink their fill. Once again Violet sing the “Death of Marcus” song in the bar as per the geas placed upon her. Alan and Kadin have a drinking contests, Alan loses and soiles the room they were staying in.
The group goes back to see Kenna Alexander, he has with him Jahn the guild mage from the Wharpick guild. Jahns primary job is the watch the wards on the Blister but he has several questions for the party about their latest adventure.
The group tells the story again. Jahn makes them skip ahead to the part about the thaug. He tells them that thaug only exist in the Time before the Barrier and not in the here and now. The party members tell him he is wrong. After a bit of squabbling Jahn offers to pay the party if they will go back to the place they were before and bring back the head of a thaug. The characters scorn the low offering price, Jahn suggests a meeting later after he has talked to his superiors and secured more money.
In the next meeting the price still isn’t enough, Kaden makes a disparaging remark about Kenna Alexander, the kenna challenges Kaden to a duel of honor for the following day.
Before leaving Ararashie takes Kenna Alexander aside and enquires about the possibility of purchasing some land in Mountain Vale. Alexander referes him to his wife who takes care of those matters. Arashi leaves the party as they heads to the bar to go see Kennis Maug, Alexanders wife. She tells him to go and pick out a piece of land and then come back with an offer of service or something equal. She arrainges for him to use an abandoned farm house in the meantime.
Kaden-Fighter
Kimi-Rogue
Arashi Iki-Druid
Alan-Fighter
Violet-Bard
Grevin-Dwarf Mage
The party rests in the area near the mine. After catching their breath they discover a rune near the spot where the leader of the dead things was. Following the runes directions they discover a cache of weapons and gold as well as the body of Kenna Alexanders son Klep.
As near as they can tell the dead creatures were uncovered in the mines and then killed the miners. Kleps body was corrupted. With heavy back backs from the treasure they party heads back into the town.
The next morning the group goes to see the Kenna. Alexander is distraught by word of the death of his son. He and his family take the body to be properly intered. The group heads back to Kimi’s house for some rest.
Later in the day Kimi kicks the rest of the part out of her house for infringing on her hospitality. The rest of the characters go to the bar and drink their fill. Once again Violet sing the “Death of Marcus” song in the bar as per the geas placed upon her. Alan and Kadin have a drinking contests, Alan loses and soiles the room they were staying in.
The group goes back to see Kenna Alexander, he has with him Jahn the guild mage from the Wharpick guild. Jahns primary job is the watch the wards on the Blister but he has several questions for the party about their latest adventure.
The group tells the story again. Jahn makes them skip ahead to the part about the thaug. He tells them that thaug only exist in the Time before the Barrier and not in the here and now. The party members tell him he is wrong. After a bit of squabbling Jahn offers to pay the party if they will go back to the place they were before and bring back the head of a thaug. The characters scorn the low offering price, Jahn suggests a meeting later after he has talked to his superiors and secured more money.
In the next meeting the price still isn’t enough, Kaden makes a disparaging remark about Kenna Alexander, the kenna challenges Kaden to a duel of honor for the following day.
Before leaving Ararashie takes Kenna Alexander aside and enquires about the possibility of purchasing some land in Mountain Vale. Alexander referes him to his wife who takes care of those matters. Arashi leaves the party as they heads to the bar to go see Kennis Maug, Alexanders wife. She tells him to go and pick out a piece of land and then come back with an offer of service or something equal. She arrainges for him to use an abandoned farm house in the meantime.
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