DM Whisperpoint

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whisperpoint
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 03:44 on Oct 12, 2002
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November 26th, 2001

Hsin Tao is travelling with Mulers and some Priestess' of Celenia. They stay in Trader's Ferry helping the poor and plan to move on to help the injured on the war front later. Hsin is given 23 gold to pay for a wagon and oxen and guards and a driver for making the trip.
Hsin finds some men for hire. One, Estuart, who will work for the price of a boil removal, but only if the preistess will remove the boil so that he may sit comfortably while driving the wagon. The other, Alduin, will work for pay, guarding. They travel 7 days before gnolls are spotted.

Playing time 3 hours.
Most of group left before Hsin arrived.
No treasure or magic.
1540 xp's

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whisperpoint
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 23:29 on Oct 16, 2002
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December 4th, 2002

Players: Gloth, Ancaren, Cyrwenanquar, Suleidan, Alyosha, CAlin, Feylin

Outside of Keytown
A small caravan passing by was acting sneaky, rather than pass the group turned around and headed back. Party thought the caravan might be the pirates, approached, attacked. Stopped the drivers and guards from fleeing the caravan. One bound guard was killed while the party was away chasing others.
The owner of the caravean goods arrives, a mage who summons help to try to kill the party, meanwhile killing one of his own guards who is bound. FEylin is scared off and runs into the woods. He is overcome by the party along with his hobgoblins. Two guards and the mage remain bound by the end of the session, bloody from beating given by the goblin, Gloth, while bound.

experience 80 per hour per level
playing time 6 hours.
Treasure: Mage chest.

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December 11th, 2002

Players: Ancaren, Suleidan, Alyosha, CAlin, Dekker, Feylin, Cywenanquar


location: outside Keytown

More questioning of the mage, Grathnate. He lives in a manor a few miles south and east and was awaiting a delivery from town. When it was late he came looking, finding it being pirated by the party.
Some of the party realize that the mage and riders are not pirates after all and arrange for silence of the mage in exchange for freedom. And an assurance the party will be silent about any illegal magic use the mage might have done. Mage and caravan head south, Cywenanquar and Dekker following behind. Rest of party continues toward Keytown.
Dekker decides to try calling the manor wall after the mage and his men go in. Then there is a horn and armed men swarm out of the keep. They wait a long time for others included mounted men. Dekker comes down to watch the men gather. Finally realize as the armed men start off that they are to catch and kill the party. Cyrwenanquar decides to slow the attack while Dekker runs off to warn the others.
Cyrwenanquar runs for the woods once arrows begin flying. Horsemen chase until Cyrwenanquar is chopped up a bit and sets fire to the woods with a sphere of flames cutting off all but three of the horsemen. He survives to return to the party after burning up the final horses and riders.

playing time 6 hours
experience 80 per hour per level
no treasure or magic

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whisperpoint
DM
 03:52 on Oct 19, 2002
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December 18th 2001

Players: Mallisin, Feylin, Suliedan, Dekker, Cyrwenanquar, Gloth, Ancaren, Alyosha,

others NPC'd (CAlin, Grumble)

Location outside Keytown

During the night a few riders and soldiers pass by the camp and towards town. In the morning soldiers come back down the road from town, see Cyrwenanquar and then turn their mounts around heading back to town. Party is nervous, sends Cywenanquar to hiding and sends CAlin, Dekker and Gloth into the city to find out what is up. They find Grathnate's men have gotten the OOS involved in trying to track down an evil mage who killed Grathnate's men and burned down much of his forest. Soldiers eventually leave the city, 30 of them and find the party's wagon with remaining sphinx parts loaded in it. Party has gone to the woods and leaves no trail due to Feylin's druidic magic.

Playing time 6 hours
Exp 80 per hour per level.
No treasure or magic.

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whisperpoint
DM
 00:51 on Nov 11, 2002
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January 8th 2002
Players: Calin, Gloth, Dekker, Alyosha, Suleidan, Quillian

Others NPC'd

Freedom Lightbearers
Some hiding and wandering the woods by most of the group while Gloth tries to get dogs to train, and fails and Dekker, Gloth and Calin manage to get back out of town and find the party again.
Information found on Grathnate is that he is an evil mage, but does things legally. He was basically forced out of town years ago and has an uneasy relationship to the town, providine money for goods he purchases in town.
Ancaren leaves the group to their own devices going East as the group continues north. They run into the river pirates in their winter hovels and Dekker spends 5 gold on a winter coat worth 1 gold.
The winter is harsh and winter storms have been blowing terrible against the tents. The group meets Quillian on the road as they continue north. She has travelled down from the Downs.

Playing time 5 hours
Experience 80 times level times 5 hours.

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January 22 2002

Players: Dekker, Alyosha, Suleidan, Calin, Quillian
Arrive in Springsoninatown Forge.
Getting drunk in tavern, men come to recruit group to fight for the Orcs in the Dwarf/Orc conflict, group agreeable so Budge, the Orc comes over to try to finalize a deal.
Malissin leaves the group. Feylin leaves the group. Suleidan and Quillian leave the group heading for the Free Hills. Suleidan gives the guards some information before leaving town and leaves a note for the party to read after he is gone.
Dekker looks for some company, but finds the bar folk too ugly.
OOS soldier comes to the Inn and warns Cyrwenanquar that he is wanted for questioning in the morning so not to leave town.
Quillian and Suleidan go to spend the night at the Halfling Haven Inn.
Dekker finally meets someone interesting at the bar. Her name is Sophitia. He learns she is travelling toward the Icy Mountains to visit a gravesite. The grave of Ranathar. Dekker is intrigued at the new company for the trip.

playing time 6 hours
xp's 80 per hour per level

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January 29th 2002

Players: Fiona, Cyrwenanquar, Gloth, Atrius Brynne, Dekker, Calin, Paramir Lonthar

Location: Springsoninatown Forge tavern

Party meets Fiona, Sophitia (NPC), Paramir, and Atrius. Atrius,an elf, right away tries to approach Cyrwenanquar the elf hater, almost gets a knife in the hand. Then tries to entertain the tavern with a show of magic bringing on the rage of the Barkeeper and most of the tavern until Dekker took him aside to explain there are magic laws to follow.
Fiona follows the angry Cyrwenanquar and Gloth outside into the blizzard under the tavern porch. She learns some about Cyr's violent nature.
Sophitia talks of her desire to see Ranathar's grave to Dekker and gains the attention of the others including Cyrwenanquar who has returned inside. The party decides going to Ranathar's grave would be better than joining a war.
Cyrwenanquar and Atrius are both to stay in town and await and IMG or IMI member to come pass judgement on their use of magic. And a witness from Keytown was called for requiring more of a wait during the blizzard.

Hours played 6
XP's 80 per hour per level

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February 5th 2002

Location: leaving Springsoninatown

Deciding that there is danger in Cyrwenanquar and the party leaving Springsoninatown, but more danger for Cyrwenanquar to stay and face consequences a plan is made. Alyosha leaves with Peeves to go to Keytown and make a case for Cyrwenanquar. Knowing that plan will not succeed before judgement arrives and is passed, Sophitia and Fiona work on disguising Cyrwenanquar as a woman to sneak out of town.
Cyrwenanquar then gets walking lessons to finish out the part. As soon as they get out the tavern door they are faced by the first guard who is not fooled by the get up at all. He suspects the reason Cyrwenanquar is wanted in Keytown is because of his dressing habits and goes to report this to the guardhouse.
The party decides the time to leave is now or never so they head for the opposite gate, north. The guards there do not notice that Cyrwenanquar is a man, arm and arm with the other women. The party escapes north and heads for the Downs.

playing time 5 hours
xp's 80 per hour per level.


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Session date: 2-19-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC’s Present: Turgeiis, Robillard, Jendl, Wilgin, Dekker, Cyr, Fiona, Sarela, and the rest were npc’d

Location: North of Downs across the Icy River

Playing time: 6 hours(most people dropped out before 6 hours though)

Summary: While lurking about taverns and doing idle busy work at Coops the HotTS get a message from Turgeiis home. His village has been assaulted by Giants and they need his help. So the HotTS having nothing better to do head off to the north.

(Time warp) The HotTS having traveled for weeks find themselves crossing the Icy River past the city of Downs. They notice several tracks 1 set leading west and another leading north along the road. The group follows the north tracks and after a short while comes across a group examining some tracks lead off the trail into the woods. As the HotTS hail the first group another group comes from the west to meet up with the first group. The HotTS finally gain the groups attention only for Robillard to discover it’s the Freedom Light Bearers. The group that a year ago worked with the HotTS to root out some syth and deep magi from Dakken Dhunn. After a bit of discussion the two groups found out that they were seeking the same thing though for some different reasons. The group decided to team up to face the giants knowing the more man power the merrier.

The two groups headed after the tracks of the giants and other large creatures with Dekker in the lead. After traveling for awhile they come to an opening where the snow has been flattened down into ice. Of in the distance hanging in a tree 20ft up were the corpses of a horse and cow. Cyr and Dekker went off to scout while the others stayed around near the dead animals. The group then easily dispatches of the bugbears. Once the battle is over they heal the wounded and prepare to loot the bodies then explore the cave.
Near the cave were the bodies of dead
horse and cow. Cyr and Dekker went off to scout while the others stayed around near the dead animals.
Robillard lets off a fireball to to the hillside above the heads of the giants which kills one of the giants and causes tons of snow to and branches to fall from the trees landing on the heroes burying some of them and injuring some.

hers ask him what happened. He was leading a giant away while Cyr would ambush it once it got to the rest of the group. But after a few moments of waiting and Cyr wasn' t anywhere to be seen. The group dashes back down the tunnel. Once they finally arrive they find a bruised and battered Cyr and a dead Hill giant.

Yet before the group could celebrate coming down the tunnel was another hill giant with a dire wolf, and behind them were motions of other creatures. The group in full force assaults the giant and wolf. After a few pummeling' s from a giant wooden club to Turgeiis who took em like a man and Dekker who took em like an elf and was knocked unconscious the giant and its wolf was slain. Yet another giant steps up and begins to assault the group. During his assault Calin is put out of commission and Robillard becomes air born. The others continue fighting back. Robillard though does the all familiar web the monster and his own group tactic. Except the giant being rather strong was only greatly slowed while the humans/elves/etc were unable to move. Jendl as few others were free though and Robi continued the magical bombardment, which finishes it off.

hand combat the party rested a moment. And meeting a few new faces who showed

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2-26-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC‘s Present: Turgeiis, Rithas, Robillard, Jendl, Cyr, Calin, Andorallen, Fiona, Sarela, Dekker, and Tyrael.

Location: 5 miles north of downs, hill giant lair

Playing time: 5 hours

Summary: After slaying the bugbears and giants outside the cave the group ventures in to clear out any more of the monsters. After traveling a big into the tunnel the group enters a larger room and they hear footsteps, big ones. As the giant sees the group it yanks its dire wolf on a leash back and begins to head back down the tunnel to get help. The group springs into action and attacks the giant and wolf. Many use arrows and magic at first while others attack with melee weapons on the wolf. The giant is cut down the wolf is soon after. Yet during the attack with the wolf a valuable lesson was learned. Do no use bow and arrows in a cavern. As Turgeiis was finishing off a dire wolf an arrow from Fiona hits him in the side. This didn' t go over very well and after Turgeiis verbally abused her and lectured the group on arrows in a cave during hand to hand combat the party rested a moment. Robillard heads back down the tunnel to gain reinforcements for the coming battles knowing more giants probably lurk in the cave. While Robillard is gone Dekker and Cyr head down the other tunnel to scout out for more giants. As Robillard returns he brings the others minus Sarela and Tyrael, but a newcomer replaces them. While figuring out what happened and who the newcomer a loud crash and several lout words in an unknown language are shouted. Moments later Dekker can be heard running through the passageway yelling shit. The group taking this as hint run behind him. Near the end of the tunnel Dekker finally stops and the ot
took em like a man and Dekker who took em like an elf and was knocked unconsciouspummeling‘s the giant was slain and its wolf was slain. The giant Yet another giant st
discuss their next move. Cyr wanted to kill the baby Giant, Wilgin wanted to raise it as his own, several others just wanted to leave it here, while yet others thought to take it to a temple hoping they could raise the child. There was a much heated discussion about whether or not the giant is or will be evil like its parents are/were. A majority of the group wanted to head the 5 miles back to Downs and see if there was a temple that could take care of the child there. Wilgin and Tyrael were being stubborn and refused to return to the town for some reason. The argument raged on while Wilgin went to the mouth of the cave to go to sleep. Eventually the group decided heading to town and coming back tomorrow morning after getting supplies and checking up for a temple. While Andorallen and Cyr walked along the others prepared the horses and went to fetch Wilgin and awaken the sleeping Sarela. To their surprise Wilgin wasn' t there.

Turgeiis, Robillard, Rithas, Fiona, Sophita, and Tyrael headed deeper into the cave when they heard a howl much louder than anything a halfling could make. The group rushes into room where they first had slaughtered the giants to find another giant with a dire wolf chasing after Wilgin. The group flattened against the wall and prepared to ambush the Hill giant and dire wolf. Once through the battle in sued and the heroes engaged the monsters. The battle lasted long knowing everyone was exhausted from the previous fighting, but in the end the Hill giant grabbed its child and attempted to flee. It didn' t attempt very hard and was cut down as it ran away. The dire wolf then felt the might of Turgeiis morning star as it was crushed beneath it.

fight its way outta the rope, it didn' t squirm for long as Turgeiis punched it in

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3-5-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC' s Present: Turgeiis, Jendl, Wilgin, Robillard, Rithas, Cyr, Calin, Fiona, Andorallen, Sarela, Tyrael.

Location: North of Downs the Hill giant lair still

Playing time: 5 hours

Summary: The group after defeating the final Hill giant and escaping Robillard' s webbing the group takes a moment catch their breath. While the others rest up Jendl and Rithas head down deeper into the cave to explore a bit. Jendl cast invisibility on Rithas and the two head on down. While gone Andorallen and Cyr get into an interesting discussion involving Valraven and demons and justice and all kinds of topics. Calin and Wilgin get some sleep while Robillard and Turgeiis lean against a wall and make idle chat. After several minutes of waiting invisible Rithas comes up and ask Turgeiis to come here. The large man not expecting or recognizing the invisible voice lands a haymaker onto the invisible force probably breaking its nose. Before he could pummel it any more Robillard pointed out that it was Rithas and Jendl had cast a spell on it. Jendl and Rithas need Turgeiis to carry something back for them. After Robillard wakes up everyone Turgeiis heads down the tunnel with Rithas behind him guiding him. Turgeiis meets up with Jendl and sees what looks to be a Dwarf hog tied. They want Turgeiis to carry it back to the main area for the rest of the group. Once in the man room where the light stone is the bundle is revealed as a baby hill giant bound in rope and leather straps. It begins to squirm and fight its way outta the rope, it didn' t squirm for long as Turgeiis punched it in the head knocking it back out. After much discussion the group decided to head back out to the mouth of the cave where it was safer to "

ses and went to fetch Wilgin and awaken the sleeping Sarela. To their surprise Wilgin wasn' t there.

Turgeiis, Robillard, Rithas, Fiona, Sophita, and Tyrael headed deeper in
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breakfast until Rik spoke up. He wished to join the group. Most of the group was quiet about it and ignored the man while Cyr talked to him. After giving off some of his various names Cyr questioned Rik about some of them. And upon hearing the questions Rik asked  Why do you ask, friend elf?  (ya we all knew he was screwed the moment he said and he probably knew as well). Being called an elf seemed to throw Cyr into a berserker rage of sorts. He flipped the table over and drew his sword. The man a bit scared stepped back and quickly cast a defensive spell upon himself and threw a dagger towards Cyr, yet he missed and sealed his fate. With one quick motion Cyr slashed the man causing him to fall limp to the floor. Before the others could react and stop him, Cyr was atop the man with a dagger to his throat ending his life. This didn' t sit well with the Innkeeper who ordered the group out. While outside the group was distressed and Robillard was enraged and began to beat down some pillar with his staff. After enough rage was vented the group mounted their horses and prepared to move on.

offers to put the group up for the night there. Once there the group stabeled there horses and went inside, while Sarela waited outside with her pets sending in

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3-12-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC' s Present: Turgeiis, Robillard, Wilgin, Jendl, Cyr, Andorallen, Sarela, Fiona, and Calin

Location: The road to Downs and Downs

Playing time: 3 ½ hours

Summary: The group after countless minutes of bickering with Wilgin finally was able to leave the Giant lair and head to downs. After having Sarela' s charmed wolves take down a deer along the road and lecturing her to not stop and eat now, the group finally reaches the Icy river. Once across the river the group sees Cyr and Andorallen sitting on a bench at the docks and a pompous looking figure in a robe standing nearby. Once regrouped Turgeiis takes a moment to try and remember what all churches are setup in town. After a few moments he tells the group there' s a shrine of Kaldansky somewhere and a temple of Terrarie to the north in some mines. The pompous figure introduces himself as Rik and suggest the group ask the nearby tavern owner if he knows where any other shrines are. He even offers to put the group up for the night there. Once there the group stabled there horses and went inside, while Sarela waited outside with her pets sending in Fiona to see if they' d be allowed in. After some bribes from Rik the wolves were allowed to come in. Most went to bed immediately while Turgeiis and Andorallen had a few ales and made idle chit chat. Calin fell asleep at the bar. Cyr went upstairs and began checking for unlocked rooms. The first room he checked was and it was occupied by someone not with the group. Well the person didn' t occupy it for long as Cyr beat up and removed him. Once the task was done he fetched Calin and allowed him to sleep in his room.

Come morning the group awoke early and refreshed. The group quietly ate theirT
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covered in snow. While riding by the snow is knocked off revealing the head of a gnoll on it. Turgeiis not surprised kept riding on. Once at the Lodge he attempted to open the door only to find it won' t budge. He began to batter it down his with body. While bashing the door in the Rest of the group comes up to the lodge to join him. Andorallen knocked the rest of the snow off the poles revealing more gnolls and the occasional hill giant. Finally the door gave way to Turgeiis barrage. Inside were many large stones and benches barricading the door. At the far end of the lodge was a hole burned in it large enough for people to travel through. Rithas and Andorallen explored the hole and found out that it lead to a tunnel. While those 2 searched the Tunnel Turgeiis, Cyr, and Robillard went down to the lower levels of the build. The lower level is a tomb as Turgeiis well knew it to be. Lying there on the floor was a frozen corpse with its arms crossed over its chest and a finely made 2 handed sword next to its body. Turgeiis approached the corpse and took a knee beside it and said nothing. Robillard remained silent while Cyr asked who the man was. Turgeiis explained that this was his father. Turgeiis them took up his fathers sword and made a blood oath to avenge his death before heading up stairs to the tunnel.
Once upstairs the party minus Rithas and Andorallen led by Turgeiis went through the tunnel. Past the tunnel was a path with new and old footprints on it. Further along the path the group could catch glimpses of smoke rising through the trees. Even further along the group comes out to a clearing where they see an encampment along with Andorallen and Rithas talking to Turgeiis brother Higelac. The party rushes down to meet the others and a

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3-19-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC' s Present: Turgeiis, Wilgin, Jendl, Robillard, Rithas, Fiona, Cyr, Andorallen, Tyrael, Sarela, and Calin.

Playing time: 5 hours for some around 3 for most of the others

Location: Briefly in Downs and higher up north in the Icy Mountains.

Summary: The group start outs making a hasty retreat after killing the man at the tavern. Once Dekker claims the reward they head north towards the old Giant Lair. After several minutes they arrive at the cross roads and yet another discussion is held on what to do. Eventually they decide to head to the north to Turgeiis home all except Wilgin who feels responsible for the safety of the giant child they left at a shrine, and decided to go back to Downs and take the child to the temple of Aranthis to be raised. Along the way they find a frozen hand sticking out of the ground. A dead OotS solider is frozen in the snow. After yet another debate the group decides to make a funeral Pyre for the dead warrior, leaving his sword sticking from the ground as a burial marker.

After several uneventful days of travel the group arrives at a valley in the Icy Mountains where Turgeiis village is located at. At a distance the Village is deeply covered in snow but nothing else can be told. Once the Heroes come closer they discover that the village has been abandoned and the roofs on all the buildings have holes in there where huge rocks have been hurled. All the buildings are looted of food and supplies. Worst of all the shrine of Thr was decimated. Turgeiis visibly shaken by this says a few harsh words to the shrine before heading to horse and charging up to a lodge half a mile from the village.

Once there Turgeiis notices some all too familiar poles in the groundfter Turgeiis greets his brother he begins to bombard him with questions. After finding out what happened and how many enemies there were Turgeiis family reunion continued as his mother and sister both approached. After hugging them and finding out if they were well he got back down to business. After talking some more with Higelac the group found out that around 12 hill giants and 24+ gnolls did this. Turgeiis knowing what he had to do asked Cyr and Andorallen for help killing them come the next morning. The two agreed without putting much thought into it.

to the lodge to join him. Andorallen knocked the rest of the snow off the poles revealing more gnolls and the occasional hill giant. Finally the door gave way to Turgeiis barrage. Inside were may minus Rithas and Andorallen led by Turgeiis went through the tunnel. Past the tunnel was a path with new and old footprints on it. Further along the path the group
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RP session between Andorallen and Cyr after the main session had finished.

3-19-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC' s Present: Cyr and Andorallen

Location: Refugee camp

Playing time: 3 hours

Summary: The rest of the group does their routine or simply sleeps while Cyr and Andorallen find a private shelter to talk. Andorallen intrigued by Cyr in general wishes to know about his past and finds a way to squeeze out some information from him. And in return he will tell about his own past.

[Scionist]

whisperpoint
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 00:45 on Dec 03, 2002
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covered in snow. While riding by the snow is knocked off revealing the head of a gnoll on it. Turgeiis not surprised kept riding on. Once at the Lodge he attempted to open the door only to find it won't budge. He began to batter it down his with body. While bashing the door in the Rest of the group comes up to the lodge to join him. Andorallen knocked the rest of the snow off the poles revealing more gnolls and the occasional hill giant. Finally the door gave way to Turgeiis barrage. Inside were many large stones and benches barricading the door. At the far end of the lodge was a hole burned in it large enough for people to travel through. Rithas and Andorallen explored the hole and found out that it lead to a tunnel. While those 2 searched the Tunnel Turgeiis, Cyr, and Robillard went down to the lower levels of the build. The lower level is a tomb as Turgeiis well knew it to be. Lying there on the floor was a frozen corpse with its arms crossed over its chest and a finely made 2 handed sword next to its body. Turgeiis approached the corpse and took a knee beside it and said nothing. Robillard remained silent while Cyr asked who the man was. Turgeiis explained that this was his father. Turgeiis them took up his fathers sword and made a blood oath to avenge his death before heading up stairs to the tunnel.

Once upstairs the party minus Rithas and Andorallen led by Turgeiis went through the tunnel. Past the tunnel was a path with new and old footprints on it. Further along the path the group could catch glimpses of smoke rising through the trees. Even further along the group comes out to a clearing where they see an encampment along with Andorallen and Rithas talking to Turgeiis brother Higelac. The party rushes down to meet the others and a

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Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum



PC s Present: Turgeiis, Wilgin, Jendl, Robillard, Rithas, Fiona, Cyr, Andorallen, Tyrael, Sarela, and Calin.



Playing time: 5 hours for some around 3 for most of the others



Location: Briefly in Downs and higher up north in the Icy Mountains.



Summary: The group start outs making a hasty retreat after killing the man at the tavern. Once Dekker claims the reward they head north towards the old Giant Lair. After several minutes they arrive at the cross roads and yet another discussion is held on what to do. Eventually they decide to head to the north to Turgeiis home all except Wilgin who feels responsible for the safety of the giant child they left at a shrine, and decided to go back to Downs and take the child to the temple of Aranthis to be raised. Along the way they find a frozen hand sticking out of the ground. A dead OotS solider is frozen in the snow. After yet another debate the group decides to make a funeral Pyre for the dead warrior, leaving his sword sticking from the ground as a burial marker.

After several uneventful days of travel the group arrives at a valley in the Icy Mountains where Turgeiis village is located at. At a distance the Village is deeply covered in snow but nothing else can be told. Once the Heroes come closer they discover that the village has been abandoned and the roofs on all the buildings have holes in there where huge rocks have been hurled. All the buildings are looted of food and supplies. Worst of all the shrine of Thr was decimated. Turgeiis visibly shaken by this says a few harsh words to the shrine before heading to horse and charging up to a lodge half a mile from the village.

Once there Turgeiis notices some all too familiar poles in the groundfter Turgeiis greets his brother he begins to bombard him with questions. After finding out what happened and how many enemies there were Turgeiis family reunion continued as his mother and sister both approached. After hugging them and finding out if they were well he got back down to business. After talking some more with Higelac the group found out that around 12 hill giants and 24+ gnolls did this. Turgeiis knowing what he had to do asked Cyr and Andorallen for help killing them come the next morning. The two agreed without putting much thought into it.

to the lodge to join him. Andorallen knocked the rest of the snow off the poles revealing more gnolls and the occasional hill giant. Finally the door gave way to Turgeiis barrage. Inside were ma

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y minus Rithas and Andorallen led by Turgeiis went through the tunnel. Past the tunnel was a path with new and old footprints on it. Further along the path the group

3-26-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum



PC s Present: Turgeiis, Rithas, Andorallen, Tyrael, Fiona, Calin, rest were NPC d or ignored.



Playing time: 3 hours



Location: Icy Mountains



Summary: As the group begins to discuss battle plans and yell at Tyrael as well. Rithas sends his Falcon Longwing to scout out the area and find out where the giants and gnolls are and exactly how many. While Longwing is gone the group ponders various ideas involving, pit traps, burning oil, snares, nets, guerilla warfare, etc. Many hours later the bird returns with news that the enemy is the southwest, west. 4 large humanoids and several smaller ones guard the entrance to a cave or mine. With much debate and arguing and calling it a suicide run by a few the majority of the group decides to make one large and quick strike against the entrance to the hole. Once secure they were planning to boil oil in many of the large kettles that are located at the village. The group hopes to destroy the enemy one small group at a time.

After a nights rest the group is about to head out to the village to gather the necessary supplies when Turgeiis is approached by around 5 older men and his brother. The older men wish to join in the battle and go to the afterlife the way they were meant to if they can. Higelac says he can repairs Turgeiis armor as well as the weapons and armor of anyone else. After accepting the help the group travels to the village to gather the supplies. It takes about to late afternoon for the group to gather and prepare all the supplies for travel.

Treasure: 6 axes suited for throwing or chopping wood, many large kettles, around 30 large flask of oil.


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Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's Present: Turgeiis, Robillard, Rithas, Calin, Andorallen, Tyrael, Rest were npc'd

Playing time: 7 hours(most quit after about 6)

Location: Icy Mountains

Summary: The group heads out from the ruined village with Rithas in the lead. After several hours of marching they come to within about a mile of what Rithas believes in the Giants and Gnolls base. Rithas sends Longwing out to check to see how many are guarding the entrance. An hour or so later he returns with news. Around 4 giants and 11 gnolls are guarding the entrance. The group not suprised continues on more quietly than before. After coming out of a heavily wooded area the group supries a giant relieving himself in the snow. The giants runs off screaming. The group begins to bombard him with ranged attacks but it doesn't seem to slow him down any. He manages to get within 100 yards of the guards at the entrance and screams for help. Yet it didn't help him much as he was soon cut down by another wave of arrows and throwing axes. Before the gnolls and giants could mount an offensive Robillard went nuclear on them sending a fireball straight towards them. In a blink of an eye 11 gnolls lay dead flaming on the ground and many clueless giants are stumbleing about. Calin began cranking up the chant*o*matic while the others prepared for combat. 1 giant was able to gain his bearings enough to engage in melee combat with Andorallen, Cyr, and Tyrael. While another was cut down by ranged assualts. Rithas was able to hit the final on in the throat with the arrows causing it to flail about and do nothing important. As more arrows and axes rained upon the giants they fell easily.

Once the entrance was secure the group began preparing the kettle of oil above the opening. Turgeiis went to fell a tree in order to use it to make a bonfire infront of the cave so the group could keep warm and see. After a few hours when everything was prepared and the group rest they began to put their plan in act. Robillard launches a fireball into the cavern to flush out or kill any giants lurking about waiting for the group to enter. With huge explosion 4 more giants come pouring out of the cave coughing and confused. As they come out Higelac and one of the village elders waiting safely above pour the oil onto them. The giants look up only to be doused by cold oil and end up looking like the hill giant version of John Travolta. Once the oil is poured Andorallen gives them oil carriers the signal to get outta the way while Robillard launches another fireball from a safe distance, setting ablaze the giants making them big flares in the night. Calin cranked the chant*o*matic up again while the others lanunched ranged attacks. Soon after the 4 flaming giants fell the attacks and to the fact they were on fire. Yet right as they fell 8 gnolls and 2 more giants emerged from the cave. The group becoming weary(well some members) attacked with a combination of melee and ranged attacks. Turgeiis and Cyr cut down a giant with a single blow each while the others battled the gnolls in hand to hand combat and launched arrows at the remaining giant. The battle went well for Robillard who seemed to have a bullseye on his chest as numerous giant boulders thrown at him and the gnolls seemed to target him, and to make matters worse a stary axe swing from Andorallen sliced into Robillard. When Robillard went to a knee due to his injuries Rithas went to tend to his wounds while Turgeiis cut down the remaining Gnolls.
4-16-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's Present: Calin, Turgeiis, Robillard, Cyr, Andorallen, Tyrael

Playing time: 4 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: The group makes a b-line from Downs to Coops. Once at Coops the party heads for the imperial palace to visist the Emperor. The palace guards informed them that the Emperor is too busy to see them and won't be able to until next week when the tournament is over. Finding out this info the group split up to handle their individual buisness. Turgeiis and Robillard went to the IMG HQ in order to handle some offical business and work on repairing Turgeiis sword. After waiting an hour to see Havarla(he was taking a nap) the two were allowed in his office. Once there Robillard informed him of the completion of his mission and of the scrolls given to him by the dieing mage in Edilar. Once the offical business was over Robillard mentioned repairing Turgeiis sword. Havarla told the two to take it to Corlius the mage specialized in helping to repair magical items. Havarla also was willing to contact Turgeiis brother a smith from the north. Once done there the two headed out to the fairgrounds in order to find the Emperor.

Tyrael headed over to the tournament registration line in hopes of signing up for the joust. Unfortunately he found out that one must be of noble birth or have the sponsorship of a noble house. With that information Tyrael had to suck it up and just spectate. Also at the fairgrounds but in a differnt area was Andorallen and Cyr. Those two had plans to visist the Emperor as well. Their plans met a snag when the guards totally refused to allow them admittance. Instead they left the guards a message and told him they'd be staying at the Sirens Call.


4-23-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's present: Turgeiis, Rithas, Robillard, Calin, Dekker, Andorallen, Tyrael

Location: Coops

Playing time: 4.5 hours

Summary: While Cyr, Andorallen, and Dekker are waiting at the Sirens Call and Tyrael is wandering the tournament grounds, and Calin is lurking about the temple of the creator; Turgeiis, Rithas, and Robillard are at the perimeter of the Emperors booth talking with the guards. Eventually Robillard pulls his IMG weight and tells the guard he has a message for either Emperor Brand or Ms. Duranti. The guard ran off to deliver the message. The guard came back bearing Ms. Duranti. Ms. Duranti conversed with Robillard for awhile and told him to meet her at her office later tonight to report on his mission and arrange a meeting with the emperor. The group decided to go to the Sirens call to waste time and rest for the night. While walking to the tavern the group literally stumbles into Tyrael. Once there the group discovers Cyr watching the door and Andorallen scrubbing dishes while Dekker sits by the fire drinking some wine. After arrangeing to sleep on the floor the group has a few drinks to waste time.

Later in the evening Robillard heads out to his meeting with Ms. Duranti. Tyrael heads off to the temple of Anthor in hopes of finding a place to sleep for the night(he couldn't afford the tavern), and Dekker vanishes out the door(he went and slepts in the woods outside the city but only he knows that). Rithas, Andorallen, and Cyr went to sleep, and Turgeiis stayed up waiting for news from Robillard.

At the meeting Robillard reports his last IMG mission involving the Inconuu alliance. After going through the details of the alliance and telling his Dakken Dhunn story to prove that he was the real Robillard and not the imposter that had been encountered on several occasions. When it was guranteed that he was the real Robillard, Ms. Duranti arranged a meeting early in the morning with Dylsara and Emperor Brand. By the time that was over with it was very late and Robillard was dismissed.

The next morning the group didn't waste time eating at the Sirens Call they immediately headed to the Imperial Palace. At the palace the group found an exceedingly long line of people waiting to meet the Emperor. Turgeiis though being a man of little patience led the others to the front of the line to tell the guards there here. One of the gate guards after failing an attempt at humor and almost getting broken in half by Turgeiis ran off to inform the palace that the HotTS have arrived. A few moments later the group was allowed entrance. Once inside the palace another test was adminstered to prove who they were. A palace offical asked them what was the first time they'd rescued Dylsara. Rithas and Robillard answered underground Edilar, and Turgeiis answered Leserd forest. Upon hearing the answeres a panel slided open and Dylsara stepped forth and greeted the group. As she made small talk with the group and constantly used the phrase "Torin will be here shortly" Rithas, Robillard, and Turgeiis grew paranoid by the fearful way Dylsara was acting. After a few brief moments Dylsara dissapered again through another secret door leaving the group to wait for Torin.


4-30-02

Freedom Lightbearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's Present: Calin, Dekker, Turgeiis, Rithas, Robillard, and Cyr

Playing time: 2 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: A few moments after Dylsara left through a secret door Emperor brand entered the room and greeted the party. After greeting the familar members as well as the new ones Torin flopped down on one of the plush pillows chair like things. Once a few moments of small talk were over Torin asked the group several questions on how Edilar was knowing they were there recently and asked about the Gate quest as well. Robillard descirbed where he thought the next piece was on Syth and that if they could even get there things would be very difficult. Torin summoned a page and sent him after an expert on the ancient region and Language. The Expert remained only briefly and said that she would meet with Robillard later to educate him on the region. Once that business was over with Torin gave them their orders for the Ceremony. They were not to protect him(he claimed to be immune to physical and magical harm) but to protect Dylsara with everything they had. Then he summoned forth a guard and ordered him to get Imperial bodyguard insignia for every member and arrange them lodging at the palace. Cyr mentioned several warrants for his arrest needing to be cleared up in order to better serve the Emperor. Torin then called in the Captain of the Guard to see what he can do in order to clear things up. Before Cyr left he remembered he had to deliver the message from Ninion. A long with the golden arrow Cyr delivered the short message. Torin refused to touch the arrow and told Cyr to place it on a nearby pillow. He yelled for an IMR mage to come here immediately. Once the mage arrived she told Torin she did not have the necessary spell to determine if it was cursed. Robillard stepped up saying he had the necessary spell. The arrow though not cursed was magically made to increase the chance of sucessfully killing a target. After hearing the message and receiving the arrow it was time for Torin to attend more Emperorly duties. He bade the group farewell and set them about their job of protecting Dylsara.




5-7-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's present: Turgeiis, Rithas, Robillard, Calin, others were npc'd

Playing Time: 5 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: As Robillard was led down to Meleny's office the rest of the group was escorted to where they'd be sleeping and to hear of some of there duties. At Meleny's office Meleny bombarded Robillard with information concerning the geography, and locals some friendly and some not of Syth.

During the bombardment of Info the rest of the group were about to discuss there duty with the Captain of the Royal Guard, when their escort ran off saying that there had been an attempt on the Emperor. As the palace literally cleared of guards the group felt that something wasn't right and rushed off to the room where Dylsara had first appeared from a secret panel to greet the others. As the group frantically searched for switch or lever or something that would open a panel, a commotion could be heard as the few remaining guards yelled for reinforcements. Hearing this most of the group rushed outside while Turgeiis told Calin to either find Robillard, or the panel which will lead to Dylsara.

Outside 2 rather nimble men assualted the gate while 8 giant wasp could be seen flying low over walls carrying a small body. The group decided to split up to handle it, Rithas and Cyr went after the wasp, Turgeiis went to the gate, and Dekker slipped off in the dark to find Robillard.

As arrows were launched at the giant wasp, Turgeiis crashed through the gate attacking the two men while the 4 guards poked at em with spears through the gate. Turgeiis was able to finish off the 2 attackers while the rest of the group had managed to take down a few wasp. As Turgeiis joined the fray so did Robillard and Dekker. After more hard fighting the Wasp were taken care of and Robillard was able to web the little person before it could get into the palace.

[Scionist]

whisperpoint
DM
 00:53 on Dec 03, 2002
5-14-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's Present: Turgeiis, Robillard, Calin, Andorallen, rest were npc'd.

Playing time: 5 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: After handleing the would be assassins the group rushes back into the room with the secret panel and begins to search for it more frantically. As they bang on the walls and call out the names of Calin and Dylsara the panel does open and Calin followed by Dylsara step through. The group lets out a sigh of relief as Dylsara greets them and leads them back down the secret corridor at the groups request that she be in a safer place. After traveling down the small tunnel the group enters Dylsara's room. After argueing that the group has been ordered to protect her she finally accepted the fact and had the group split up and cover both secret panel rooms.

The hours passed by as the group continued its duties until finally during the early afternoon Dylsara had to accopmany the Emperor to the Tournament. The group prepares there gear and form a human shield around her as other royal guards join the escort. The Tournament goes over well enough and the group has an easy watch. On the way back to the palace a guard delivers a letter to Robillard, who after reading it becomes more paranoid than usual keeps to himself while walking. At the palace while Dylsara goes into her room Robillard informs the others that the letter is from Ancaren and that he has found out the Rose has 2 vampires and a demon called a Succubus working for them. After hearing this and getting some information on vampires from Robillard's experience the group becomes a little nervous and decided to waken Dylsara to inform her. As Dylsara answers the secret panel Turgeiis notices a small shadow flicker by in the room behind her. After burshing past Dylsara and searching the whole room and other exit nothing is to be found. Turgeiis suspecting the little man has escaped sends a guard to check on him. The guard returns to report that the prisoner is still asleep. Disturbed by all of the recent events the group tells Dylsara all they know. Dylsara is even more disturbed than the group and sends them all back to her post so that she may think on all of this.
5-21-02

Freedom Light Bearers of the Twisted Spectrum

PC's Present: Turgeiis, Robillard.

Playing time: 5 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: Come the morning Dylsara summons the group to her quarters again. She tells them how disturbed by the news she is and that the group so do whatever is neccessary in order to deal with the new threat. Robillard suggested that Torin himself use the rod to deal with the problem knowing that even if the group could find the means to defeat a demon it would take time, and knowing that the ceremony announcement would come in the evening time would be even more precious. Dylsara made no promises but said she would speak to Torin about it. With that said she bade the group have breakfast and then go off to there task. While eating breakfast Robillard met several zetetic society scrbies Dylsara sent for in the night. They offered there services in helping us research. Robillard sent one of them back to the Zetetic society to check their libraries while the other accompanied him and Turgeiis to the IMG. At the IMG the group knowing this was an emergency decided to wake up Havarla from another of his frequent naps to inform him on what was happening. Once the initial shock wore off Havarla he began questioning Robillard about if he was sure and if his contact was truthful, etc. After playing 20 questions he sent the Zetetic scribe off to work in the non magical library, and sent Robi to the magic Library to learn a spell that would protect them from evil. He also before sending Turgeiis off to speak with Father Halk promised he would take a hand in speeding up the process of repairing his magical sword, knowing that the group would need it.

With Robillard busy studying away in the library Turgeiis made his way to the temple of the Creator at a fast pace. Once there he was directed to Father Halk who was sitting on a stone bench overseeing the clean up from morning prayer. Turgeiis went over and had a seat next to him introducing himself. Without wasting time on small talk Turgeiis laid out the situation to Father Halk. Halk after recovering from the shock as well he told Turgeiis that he knew of no one man that could stand up to that kind of evil, but he mentioned that only united can any one hope to defeat them.


5-28-02

HotTS

PC's Present: Rithas, Robillard, Turgeiis, Calin and Tethys(trial member)

Playing time: 4 hours

Location: Coops

Summary: After Turgeiis informs Father Halk of the situation he heads back to the IMG HQ to meet up with the rest of the group. Once there he finds Robillard telling the others about the new spell he acquired and how it can protect them somewhat from the powers that will be put against them. After a brief discussion an IMG messenger comes looking for Turgeiis. The messenger leads Turgeiis toward the magical forge area where a mage is seated polishing something in a velvet rap. As soon as the mage notices Turgeiis he holds out to him his fathers sword reforged. The moment Turgeiis picks it up he knows that the sword is not the same as before. The mage points out several diamons along the blade saying the sword was reforged with them to give it better cut and make it even stronger than regular steel. Turgeiis also notices somewhat of a glow to the blade now. With his sword reclaimed Turgeiis says farewell to the mage and returns to the others. When Turgeiis arrives the group decides to split up to accomplish more and to meet back at the Palace before sundown. Turgeiis and Rithas head off to the Imperial Armory to gain some weapons they think will help against the vampires. Robillard stays at the IMG to gather spell ingredients and any other magical items they will allow him. Calin goes back to the church of the creator to gain a large amount of holy water and search some ancient tomes that Father Halk may have overlooked.

At the temple of the Creator Calin finds out that Father Halk has already left the temple in search of allies, but a younger priest is able to assist Calin is blessing all the water and helpng him with the tomes.

Rithas and Turgeiis go to the Armory with all there offical Imperial stuff showing in order to gain admittance. Luckily the only person there was the Armorer so the 2 were able to gather supplies with ease. The grabbed several spears, arrows, supplies for making custom arrows, and Turgeiis grabbed a 5ft long bow that only a man of great strength could draw and greater strength to string, along with custom arrows and shafts for the giant bow. With there supplies the two head back to the Palace in order to refit the weapons and continue to guard Dylsara. While working on the weapons Rithas hears the sound of an infanct crying coming from Dylsara's secret room. He tells Turgeiis and the two quit working and head to Dylsara's secret door knocking on it. She opens the door slightly and as she does the infant sound is even heard louder. Knowing her secret is up she simply opens the door and lets the two enter. She explains to them that a year ago her and Torin were secretly wed in Edilar in front of her people and that this child is indeed her's and the Emperors. The two are are struck for a moment before Turgeiis grows angry at the fact that the group may die horrible deaths for nothing more than a political show. After calming down Dylsara explains to Turgeiis the importance of the ceremony and tells the two that she must go to the final ceremony event shortly and that they should wait outside for her.

Robillard goes to the spell component room where is he met by a rather insane seeming gnome. After having a battle of wits with the mad Gnome Robillard comes out with 2 large heavy boxes of silver dust. One of the IMG lackies helps Robillard carry them to the front door and then leaves him to his own devices for getting them to the palace. Robillard tells the lacky to find one of the ZTS scribes and have them come help him. While the lacky goes back insdie Robillard turns into paranoid guard mode and bogards the dust. While waiting he notices an unusual figure skulking about. The man notices Robillard as well and comes over to him. As the figure gets closer Robillard notices the symbol of Sembral on the chest of his armor. The two make small talk for awhile speaking of the tournament and of Coops in general. The two eventually get down to the stranger asking Robillard if he knew of anywork for a swordsman. Robillard tells him to try the OOS, City Guard, or the Palace Guard. The stranger seemed interested in the Palace job and began to question Robillard about where it is and etc. During the conversation the older ZTS scribe returned to see what Robillard wanted. Robi not wanting the old man to hurt himself decide to enlist the aid of the stranger since he was going to the palace any way. Robillard gave him severe warnings about what would happen if he dropped the dust. The stranger was strong enough to easily carry one of the boxes without fear of dropping it though. They made more idle chit chat on the walk there and when Robillard mentioned assassins the stranger became enraged and threatned Robillard with a small axe. Robillard not the least bit impressed warned him that should he try that again he would turn him into a pile of goo.

As Robillard gets to the gate and has some pages carry in his goods he lets the palace guard know of the strangers wish to become one of them. While Robillard is walking in the gate he sees Dylsara being led by the rest of the group and the others to the tournament ground. Robillard decides that he should look after his goods first and meet up with the others later. At the Tournament end Torin announces that the awards ceremony will occur tommorw. He also informs everyone that after the awards ceremony he and Dylsara are going to perform a public marriage.

[Scionist]

whisperpoint
DM
 13:52 on Feb 16, 2003
trip ticket for June 3 2002

Players: Turgeiis, Ancaren, Gloth Derfy, Corwin, Dinmit Thaliondil, Kendal, Rustlin Wood, Antonius, Rithas, Quillian, Suleidan, Sarela, Robillard,
DM’s : Kluu, Dalan, Whisperpoint,

NPC’d: Vitriol,

Awards Announcement, Wedding Announcement

Awards are announced and party members cheer as some awards are given to people they know. Ancaren gets his award in Archery.
Dinmet Thaliondil gets his award as a bard.


Torin’s announcement:

Noble Steward: "Ladies and Gentlemin , Knights and nobles, and the common peoples great and small of Thardferr. This has been a trying Winter but after these most noble of contests and the awarded and honored have had their due, it is now time that the Emp[eror Torin Brand would like to speak to all of you."
When Torin rises to speak all except the Kings Zaine fall to a knee to honor him. For the first time in history even the elf nobles take a knee in respect, causing a murmuring in the crowd.

Torin Brand: “My fellow Thardferrians, noble subjects, and honored guests. Though times have been hard lately, it is said that hard times bring out the best and worst in people. My peoples... what you have endured and how you have endured it makes me believe that there are far more of the former than the latter in this great Empire of ours!"
Torin continues. "The exploits of realm's finest warriors, entertainers, and nobles has been proven in the last few days, and my people, I am proud!"
A crack of thunder peals acros the sky and a gnetle sprikle begins to fall. The coverings over the feating area saves those beneath from getting wet but the slight pelting of drops above is a chorus behind the Emperor's words.
The crowd fills the breaks between the thunder with cheers.
Torin begins speaking in a less formal tone. "My people, I have an announcement. One that I hope will heal this scarred land in more ways than one. Though our lands may seem divided, now is the time to reunite our wayward brothers. There is much we must do. To most of you, that means to keep working hard at what you know. To others, that means to rebuilt and to restore lands taken from us. To a few brave and honorable people, that means fighting our enemies that seek to rip us apart!"
The crowd cheers.
The sky darkens with the storm.
Torin waits for silence again to speak, this time in a more teacherly way. "My peoples, there is much t be done. Many sacrifices need to be made. Even I, the Emperor, have much to do to heal this land. One of the most important, nay, perhaps the most important thing I need to do is make sure that Thardferr, through its line of Emperors and Empresses continues to flourish."
The crowd cheers over the thunder.
Torin almost shouts out his next line. "So, I now declare to you, my most precious people, that tomorrow I formally wed the Princess Dylsara Barden, in an effort to both heal the lands divided by strife and anarchy as well as to show the world my love for one of the most important people in my life."
The crowd cheers.
From the Litharian table as well as others some scornful dissnet can be overheard, though no single person can be made out as to have made it.
Torin continues to the silent crowd. "In fact, Me and my beautiful wife have already been married for well over a year ago in the haven of Navelorn. There, we consumated our love, and just a few months ago, Your EMPRESS gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, and heir to the Empire of Thardferr."
Torin smiles proudly. "Tomorrow is the formal wedding. You are all invited! So my people, are you with me? Will you help bring about the golden age of Thardferr? Tell me that someday, my Son, Mogran Kiljah Brand, will someday rule a reunited people. Are you with my people?!?!?"
Even against the orders of their king, some Litharian nobles stand and walk out.
The crowd partially gives a cheer from the back as voices talk from the front back to the back of the crowd.
With this the Imperial Guard closes in on the Emnperor and his Wife and they begin to make their way out of the feat area.
On his way out of the Arena, Torin shouts out how it is a time to honor and celebrate and to continue the feast.
Stewards pass along quantities of wine, mead, and food to those not leaving as the storm worsens and winds and rain begin hammering the banquet and the crowd.

Following the announcement and the safe return of Dylsara, Torin and the baby to the palace the various Thardferr parties get together for introductions and to plan the safety of the wedding party the next day.
Discussion revolves around a Succubus that is supposed to threaten Dylsara and the baby, and the Poisoned Black Rose that are combining an attack that is to occur at the wedding. Discussion also revolves around who on the inside who knew about the wedding plans could be planning the attack. Zealor and Kailes are mentioned as possible suspects within the IMG of plotting against the throne.
Plans to deal with vampires are made. Wooden spears to stab the vampires, arrows to shoot them.

Playing time 3 hours
xp’s 80 per hour per level
no magic, no treasure
Turgeiis did get his sword repaired better than before

Pewedding Trip ticket
June 5 2002

Players: Sarela, Rithas,Dinmit, Robillard, Horace, Suleidan, Gibreel, Ancaren, Lir, Arlon,

Dms:Whisperpoint, Dalan, Kluu

Robillard makes sure the new people helping to guard Dylsara and the baby get the official Imperial badges for their outer garments so that no one gets confused if there is an attack on the palace.
The parties go to chamber outside the Royal chambers to protect Dylsara and the baby. Guards are called to the gates, then reinforcements called for three times, the call for guards can be heard from outside the chamber.
Stoneskin is cast upon Dylsara by Gibreel (a goblin) & upon the decoy baby that the party does not know is a decoy. Dinmit sings a protection from evil bardic song around the baby (decoy) and Dylsara. There is scratching at the chamber door which continues 15 minutes, broken by a battle with guards in the chamber and then a return to scratching for 20 minutes more until the door begins breaking apart and skeletal limbs come through the door to rip a hole through it.
Finally skeletel animals scratch into the room. Arlon turns them and they are crushed by everyone on their way back toward the door hole.
Horace, Arlon, Ancaren go to the gates to check the guard, stepping past 6 dead guards in the hall. 23 guards dead total at the gate and in the hall from skeleton and zombie attacks.

Playing time 5 hours
xp’s 480 times level.
No treasure or magic.

[whisperpoint]

Trip ticket June 10 2002

Wedding of Torin and Dylsara

Players: Turgeiis, Ancaren, Stybar, Corwin, Mnuxim, Robillard, Dinmet Thaliondil, Rithas, Quillian, Gibreel, Arlon, Horace, Tethys

Dms: Kluu, Endel, Whisperpoint


Dylsara Brand: first bell:
At the first bell, while merchants, farmers and at this time tournament visitors are waiting at the gates of Coopersville Forge, they remain shut. As people begin to get frustrated and clamoring for entry, an imperial color dressed steward appears on each gate house fortification and with blares of trumpets quiets the crowd.

" The auspicious occasion of the wedding or our esteemed Emperor Torin Brand and the Princess Dylsara of Edilar has caused the city to remain closed to all but those now within or invited guests."

After the crowd is quieted again, the Steward crier proceeds. " Market and the city will be opened once again after the wedding ceremony has ended. The wedding will start at the second and should end at the third bell. Meanwhile the Tournament field has been designated as a make shift market area for all that would wish to use it. Long live the emperor and long live his soon to be empress and heir!"

After this the postern gates within the larger are opened and specific peoples, nobles and others invited to watch the proceedings, are allowed entry. The walls and gates are fully guarded by Order of the Sword, City and Imperial guards alike.
Before leaving the palace grounds Dylsara is joined by an elderly man who greets her. She greets him warmly in return. He walks along at the side of the party, beyond the guards, stepping back following the initial greeting.
Dylsara Brand is also joined by an elf wearing an eye patch and seemingly the scars of a great battle. he is dressed in fine clothing and a whisper says he is the ambassador of Edilar Nightwolf. There are some familiar faces around, old wizened and some younger priests are coming to join the party before heading to the grounds.
Father Halk arrives, not coming close but accompanying the wedding party as a representative of the church of the Creator
Arlon , at Ancaren's side, places his left hand on the religious emblem attached to his breast plate and holds out his right hand as he sweeps the area for evil throughout their rounds. **
Dylsara Brand has four brides maids all elven, one of them is Vitriol Blue, and she and one other are in armor, though both seem to be more decorative than protective, but seem of quality make.
Around Father Halk are some younger priests who keep stealing glances at Dylsara. She looks radiant in her glowing green gown. The party seems to mill about for a long while, building forces and nerves while waiting for the time to pass before the wedding.
El'Ohssa Gib and his dozen elves move in as a contingent to escort the wedding party to the proper place. They all seem very stiff and aloof. After they arrive they will take their place on the brides side of the aisle to represent her family.
Three priests of Tyre show up and later a priest of Celenia show up. They come closer to Dylsara and go over some of the plans for the ceremony with her then go into the palace.
 A priest of Thr arrives and speaks briefly to Dylsara before going into the palace.
Sergeant of the Guard: " We have stationed engineers with boiling oil at most main sewer entrances to stop them as being used as entrance to the market. There is far too many openings to guard the whole city though."
Following them come the priests back out from the palace and Torin Brand and his retinue behind as the party gets ready to go out the gate.
Ancaren wanders through the crowd towards the others, always looking for something amiss
Another group of pages carrying rope follow and they line the sides of the street making a barrier within the line of guards that are lining the streets as the party begins moving up the street, toward the market square where the event is to be held.
A young page comes and gives those guarding Dylsara's rooms that it is time, The princess should make her way to the palace bailey to join the entourage
Mnuxim sticks with Stybar, thinking to himself. . o O ( They don't think I can be of any use do they. Hmm, well I'll show them. ) **
Guards continue moving from the palace and the barracks out into the street and toward the market to protect the ceremony area.
People have been seated in sections around the market . The nobles of the realms closer tot he dias where the wedding party will stand, Lithar on the far left, then Tuth and then Ruchian nobles. tot he far right is the Elven area, they are separated by a guard, both Order and city guards keep others away form this inner honored guest area.
The common folk surround this cordoned off and in the streets bordering the market many can be seen on their roofs and at balconies. Trumpets blare to announce the coming of the priests the nobles stand and the commoners begin to cheer
Mnuxim looks at Stybar with a sideways glace. "Ummm, you can walk with Raesch"
A priest of three churches arrive and make their way tot he dias. Initiates of each proceed them and prayers are made. Priests of Tyre, to bless them with long life,,, A priest of Celenia to bless them with health and fertility and a priest of Thr to give them protection and guardianship. all make prayers which many in the crowds pray along to. Some laugh as the Celenia priest makes their bid for quick and healthy offspring as the rumor of the child has gotten around.
Once the prayers are complete the priests take their places and the wedding party is announced with great fanfare and cheers. Torin Brand makes his way through the gates of the palace and towards the dias. He is followed by all pomp and circumstance, imperial guards in ceremonial armor shined and reflecting the sunlight that comes this day from a clear sky, belaying the bad omens of yesterdays thunderstorms.
Unlike the honored table of the night before, the mages are spread around the guest area in various locations.
Father Halk is not in the actual ceremony party but is nearby and seems to be mumbling blessings about the royal couple.
Meanwhile Dylsara has made her way down to the palace bailey and joined the Elven entourage that will escort her to the ceremony. They all fall into order allowing for those of you assigned as her guards and maids of honor. El'Ohsaa Gib as well as other noble elves nod to a few then they are off all watchful and serious. With a further fanfare, the princess and party is escorted from the palace and through the cleared and guarded lane to the dias. Just before she reaches the steps the elven contingent breaks away and goes to their seats. They stand until Dylsara reaches her place at Torin's side. The child remains at the palace to be brought out following the wedding ceremony.
There are priests of other gods looking on at the ceremony grounds, near to one noble family or another. Even lessor clergy manage to get a seat with the noble families who are their local supporters.
Gibreel and Ancaren worry that the child may be the target of an attack. The final blessings from the priest of Tyre is given. Ancaren, Corwin, Stybar, Arlon, Mnuxim, Turgeiis, Robillard, Rithas, all scan the crowd and the sky looking for signs of trouble. The priestess of Celenia blesses the wedding.
ROUND 1
Trouble breaks out to the north. People are screaming and running in terror, including some soldiers and guards.  20 3rd level fighters turn on the wedding. 13 mages ranging in levels 1-7 attack the wedding party. Robillard recognizes the townsfolk and soldiers are running from a Fear spell. Ancaren sees a mage who has been casting Fear approaching. There is a shout from someone near the dias of “Fireball”. Ancaren attacks the mage preparing to cast fireball spell with Magic missiles preventing the casting. Arlon then hits him with an arrow.
From the sky 40 feet above the dias magic missiles shoot into Dylsara and one tries to hit Torin but fizzles. Horace dispels magic toward the floating mage who falls to the ground with 4 other invisible mages falling from the sky about him and into the tables below. Suleidan castes a prayer spell. Gibreel and Ancaren teleport to near Torin crowded also by Robillard, Rithas, Dylsara, and Turgeiis. Mnuxim approaches as near as possible and Dinmet approaches to heal Dylsara.  Dylsara has Torin’s rod to protect her. A fireball explodes over the diaz where Torin and Dylsara are. (Much haggling from PC’s now claiming not to be near Torin and Dylsara and sure they should have been able to stop this fireball along with those they did notice and stop.) Dinmet heals himself instead of Dylsara due to the fireball damage.






Low Points: Gibreel has to ask questions 4 times to get a response, Tethys has to ask 5 times for a response, Some trying to squeeze 3 rounds of actions into one round playing time.








   
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Wedding of Torin and Dylsara

Players: Turgeiis, Ancaren, Stybar, Corwin, Mnuxim, Robillard, Dinmet Thaliondil, Rithas, Quillian, Gibreel, Arlon, Horace, Tethys

Dms: Kluu, Endel, Whisperpoint

ROUND 2
Tethys is among the royal guard and kills one of the stone throwing attackers to the wedding party. Gibreel brings an illusionary Gnomish army Suddenly behind those entering the gate twelve, then twenty shimmering lights appear. Following each one the figure of a gnomish illusionist from the School of Illusion appears. Each of the gnomes is marked with both the emblem of the IMG and the unique mark of the Aldred school where all can see them--in their hands they hold wands and crossbows. An older looking gnome near the front speaks his voice sounding like the voice of ten gnomes, perhaps more breaking through the ground. "All loyal citizens not guarding the Royals sit down on the ground. Calm yourself, and we will be able to handle the threat!!!" he yells. Magic missiles hit some of the gnomes, shattering them into shards.
Rithas shoots an arrow into the mage’s throat, stopping further missiles. Suleidan heals Dylsara. Zealor and a group of four IMG are standing watching the attack but not defending the royal couple.
The Royal couple and their guard moves back toward the palace gate while Gibreel has an illusory gnome tell the royal party the illusion is an illusion. Packs of dogs begin attacking people on the streets as many flee the wedding and flee the streets. Skirmishes happen throughout the streets and the wedding grounds as ruffians are opposed by those loyal to Torin. The dias is cleared but there are few ruffians that make it through the crowd far enough to get to the dias.  
The priestess of Celenia looks at those fallen around her and begins to apply first aid and cast spells.
Mnuxim takes a dagger out of his boot and throws it at the mage that fired at the gnomes.
A lightening bolt shoots across the area where the elves are from across the wedding crowd but strikes short of Torin and Dylsara's location. (32) damage from lightening bolt that comes from Zealor's area.Corwin cries out as he is blasted by the bolt and thrown to the ground. The body of the bridesmaid is now a smouldering ruin half the Elveen archers are seared into smoking husks
Robillard stares into Zealors area, trying to sort through all the ways he could rain death upon the IMI head. Priestess of Celenia heals those on the dias who can be healed.
There is a great crowd at the gate. Torin has stopped just outside it, Dylsara has passed through surrounded by people a large contingent of city guard has made their way to it and are both in out and passing through it. They seem a little disorganized and are slowing things down. The PC in the area are also clogging the way a bit standing around watching or trying to make their way through. 20 guards turn traitor against Torin and Dylsara





Stybar rushes the line using acrobatics he leaps past the obstruction and attacks one of the traitors.Dinmet Thaliondil looks around trying to spot any of the dead mages not in the thick of everything
Ancaren attacks a traitor guard causing a great slash through the mans armor blood sprays form it as he attacks past you at Dylsara. and misses, you then finish him off with a deft slash across his jugular between helm and polldron.
Torin is attacked by 6 traitors, 4 hit him and Torin strikes one back. Loyal guards attack the traitors trying to hold them off. Robillard shoots a fireball at Zealor and the IMG mages about him thinking that the lightening bolt attack likely came from that direction, all mages at the table die from the fireball. Arlon shoots a traitor guard with an arrow. Mnuxim missed the dead Zealor with his thrown dagger.
Dylsara runs toward the palace, old man in black following who disappears, a crow taking his place flying above and ahead of Dylsara. Rithas follows them.
ROUND 3
Priest of Thr needs to get Torin and Dylsara back together to finish the ceremony. Ancaren starts clearing a path to the palace for Torin.
Arlon is within a short ride tot he gate, as the fight is being pushed deeper into the gate house the gates are trying to be closed. Horace finishes his spell weaving and spreads his hands to the heavens --- suddenly a small tornado erupts in front of him a whirling mass of air...The remaining ruffians and thugs flee the market with most of the other commoners. but sounds of screams farther away among the buildings can be heard.
Dinmet Thaliondil In the interest of Preserving Magic,as the Aranthian church always are seeking to keep magic of all kinds known,he sets off unconspicuously to check the dead mages for spellbooks,scrolls, or items of worth.
A noble with a circlet radiating Evil towards Arlon, points a finger at Torin, and Torin dies but gets a new chance at life and survives.
Noble with Circlet growls. "Damn you! Die! Die! Die!"



(506) DM: The area in the gatehouse is not the best for this kind of attack and torin knows this, he remains in the gatehouse passage so that he can't be surrounded while his defenders move to aid him. And slowly makes his way into the bailey. The nobles with the circlet Noble  begin to attack other nobles
Sergeant of the Guard: "Quickly get in and through the passage, we will close the portcullis. If another of those magical fire blasts were to come you would all be cooked in there."
Torin points to Stybar and Turgeis “follow me and hold them off." backs away form the gate fight and down the passage.Noble with Circlet fights with great skill. As he fights his clothing shifts from finery to cold black plate mail. The other nobles fighting for him are changing from regular clothing to chainmail.Suleidan heals himself. Gibreel manages to find an open space near Torin to appear and offer a teleport to him and teleports Torin to Dylsara’s outer quarters as Dylsara discovers their child is gone. Ninion in the form of a crow flies the palace and dungeons to see where the child is. Outside the remaining elves and the loyal nobles attack the traitors outside the palace. Dinmet Thaliondil running full tilt towards the fighting nobles and his friends he stands behind everyone and starts to sing a High Pitched Other Worldly song,sounding like its coming from Seranais itself. he looks genuinely Infuriated at the Evil Nobles attempts to destroy the wedding ceremony and their highly honored couple. Dinmet sings a “Song of Purity”, it creates a break in the evil enemy that Mnuxim, Corwin, Horace, Arlon and Stybar are able to get through to get into the palace grounds.
Ancaren roars as blue flames flicker in his eyes and the air swirls about him. With a chanting crescendo he unleashes a lightning bolts toward the entire lot of them while angling it from a low start point to a high ending point to harm only the enemy. Ancaren scuffles back and pulls his allies with him as the portcullis how has a free path to slam down in between the two forces thanks to the spell. Running back away from the portcullis to evade any spells by the mage, Ancaren calls for the gate guards to let loose the oil and arrows at those left below and for Robillard and Suliedan to provide support spellfire. Ancaren releases a two pronged lightening bolt, ten foot wide,  into the remaining evil nobles which ends up killing many elves and human nobles as well, but clears out most of the gate area.
Robillard comes down from the dias checking belongings of Zealor and the other mages and finds a book. Skeletons and dogs approach the palace from the streets coming from everywhere and nowhere. Arlon attacks and kills one of the attacking wild dogs. Tethys cures Robillard’s wounds.
Inside Dylsara and Torin are waiting for word on the child with Rithas & Gibreel.


(506) DM (whispering): Dylsara goes intot he nursery with torin and youhear a scream. Dylsara runs out looking around and finally settles on the place where the secret passage is hidden, torin comes behind her and puts his arm around her, " He cna't have been taken far and there is no blood, the gaurds we left must have gone with him. Perhaps they thought it safer in the dungeon when the gate was attacked, let us try looking there"


** (490) Arlon can taste the foul evil eminating from the circlet wearing noble. Arlon spits once, raises his bow. But the creature is fried to a crisp before he can release the arrow. Suddenly there is a flash of lightnening! The gate is dropped shut! Apparently the Creator has other plans. Hearing of the approaching skeletons Arlon knows of where he would be of better use. He aquires a new target, fires twice, and reigns Fireside toward the undead. **


(541) WP: 80 times 5.5 times level

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Wedding of Torin and Dylsara

Players: Turgeiis, Ancaren, Stybar, Corwin, Mnuxim, Robillard, Dinmet Thaliondil, Rithas, Quillian, Gibreel, Arlon, Horace, Tethys, Lir, Raesch, Magore

Dms: Kluu, Endel, Whisperpoint

Group fights the beholder and the Death Knight with the circlet while skeletons arrive to attack the palace. Raesch rides the “back” of the Beholder, hacking and slashing it, hitting an eye before falling off. Palace guards attack the Beholder. Rithas tries to get a human witness for the completion of the wedding, but none of the men wish to leave the fight. Raesch shoots the Beholder in another eye after falling off.  Three eye beams shoot Ancaren, Stybar and Turgeiis from the Beholder attack. Ancaren and Stybar dodge the beams and Turgeiis takes serious wounds. Torin is nearly disintegrated but again due to Gibreel’s luck Torin is saved. Ancaren continues beating on the noble wearing the circlet round after round until Turgeiis thrusts his sword into the Death Knight, killing it.

Horace raises his winged holy symbol and bellows in righteous fury at the swarming undead skeletons. "Back to dust foul creatures of the night!", 8 skeletons explode to dust. Men on the battlements call down that skeletons are approaching. Hundreds of clattering boney feet fill the air with sound. Skeletal Warrior and 20 skeletons rush to attack Robillard Missiles the skeletal warrior. Robillard and Tethys ride Arlon’s horse toward the palace trying to beat the skeletons into the palace. Mnuxim scales the palace outer wall and the rope is lowered again for Horace, Robillard, and Tethys
Arlon turns 10 skeletons from the palace gates. Groups of skeletons come to replace them. Some gracefully leading the others, many carrying ropes and ladders preparing to scale the outer wall.
Horace moves his whirling wind raising loose bones as he destroys 7 more skeletons with his holy symbol.


Inside the palace Gibreel scrye’s finding the decoy baby, then with more description from Dylsara
the glass shimmers, a strange vision... countryside moving at great speed... you are a bird, but fast.....there is a woman holding a baby, gliding, with wings... slow flapping bat-like wings, with a baby. Dylsara screams, faints to the floor. At the same moment Vit and Benwyr pull Torin back form the balcony and close the doors.


A large black raven returns from searching the palace and flies out the balcony window past Torin, Dylsara and the others. It circles the courtyard and lights on the outer wall it's black back growing upward and turning in on itself. A glowing gold surrounds the black feathers radiating outward until the blackness falls in upon itself leaving only the golden gleam of scales draped tail on the inside of the palace wall, head and neck hanging to the outside of the wall peering down at the approaching skeletons. The great head seems nearly as large as the wall itself, eyes gleaming gold surrounding a deadly dark pupil. the scales appear jagged, as if rubbing against the beast would carve hunks from an enemy.
               

   


Lots of other stuff happened

Playing time 5.5 hours
440 xp’s per level

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June 17 2002
Torin thanks the heroes and Ninion comes up with rings to give the Defenders.
Torin offers gold or land as reward.

June 18 2002
Players: Robillard, Rithas, Turgeiis, Tethys

Robillard returns to talk to Torin and ask for help getting the IMG to give him what he might need to help find the child.
Robillard: "I do not fore-see any trouble acquiring what I need from the IMG, but just in case an order from yourself would prove to speed things along. Secondly... as you know my companions and I plan to go to Syth to finish our quest for the elven gate at some point. I'm grateful for your generosity, especially considering our recent failure but would like to ask a boon in this regard."

Torin: "I would like to help you continue your quest, since it would be good for the realm. I am afraid I am not focused on such things right now. What is it you need?"
Robillard bows his head a moment. "That is quite understandable given the circumstances. There a few things we would ask for. One is transportation, on our own I fear we lack the means to get there. Secondly, I would like unrestricted access to the IMGs libraries prior to our leaving. I would not like to die before a salamander because ice spells may be restricted here. Finally, on a much more somber note. Should we...." he pauses a moment "..fall at some point. Either in an attempt to rescue your child or even while we are in Syth, I would rest easier knowing that you would send some other group to finish what we could not." **

Torin offers a wagon and some gold for the quest with assurances that whiloe the group travel they seek any sign of Torin's son. Robillard goes to the IMG with the intention of getting some great spells. He find Havarla moving his quarters of many years and many piles of dust. Havarla has to move to replace Zealor following the wedding.

Turgeiis and Tethys talk at the palace grounds while Robillard sees Havarla.
Robillard gets a dream spell from Havarla.

Robillard and Ancaren trade spells. Robillard gets Flight, Ice Wall, and Lightening Bolt. Ancaren gets Dream, Wizard Eye, 3rd level Illusion and Dispel Magic.

Robillard doesn't like the 33 days it will take to trade spells, write them in spellbook, and drops out of openrpg.

playing time 5 hours (late start)
xp's 400 per level

June 25th 2002
Players: Turgeiis, Robillard, Rithas


Robillard discusses how he has seen the Sythian continent through gaining the gate peice showing him where the next one lies. They discuss possible others who could join the group.

 Robillard ponders. If we recruit, meleny, Havarla, Gibreel, and myself we may all be able to teleport in one trip. **
Robillard: though I'd feel bad if any of them teleported themselves to death.

(little does Robillard know what will happen in the future)

Robillard learns teleport with the other spells and spends 21.5 days writing them in his spellbook. Meanwhile Rithas befriends a pegasus named Felithe who he has known for 2 years. Torin gets pissed that they have not gone looking for his son yet.
Rithas and Robillard and Turgeiis argue for hours over Rithas' insistence that the pegasus come along on the trip though Felithe refuses to be teleported.
Robillard finds in Melanie's notes that there is some kind of magic dispelling thing in the sky near the ruins where they are teleporting so they teleport far from the ruins to be safe.

Robillard convinces Havarla to help him teleport Turgeiis to the Sythian continent while Robillard transports Rithas. During the teleport Havarla sneezes and does not go along with Robillard and Rithas, and Turgeiis is teleported to an unknown destination.

Quote of the day: Robillard adds another race to his list. When the deep dwarves have been wiped from the face of this world, the pegasi will be next. **

Robillard and Rithas arrive near the ruins. A giant crystal hangs in the sky above the ruins.

Playing time: 5 hours
XP's: 400 per level

July 2 2002
Players: Robillard, Rithas

Robillard and Rithas go through swamp lands, slippery roots trail over ground. Find huts in distance.
find tribal people who are dresses and made up like goblins, dwarves, orcs and elves with clay makeup on their faces and ears. The tribal people have formed cults after their favorite rodquest race and they dig in competition with each other finding items in the ruins to sell.
Spiders attack from the ruins. Lots of spiders. The Gate piece is located in the ruins but has to be dug out.


Quote of the session: Robillard tries to bring his battered and bruised self to Rithas as fast as possible. Damn magic suckers, damn spiders, damn villagers, damn sand.... Robillard continues the list as he tries to hurry along, damn elves, damn deep dwarves, damn kailes, damn gregarious...  Robillard makes it all the way up to damn Tizzle , stupid vampires, stupid mind flayers, damn spiders... **

Playing time: 7.5 hours
XP's: 620 per level

July 15 2002
Players: Robillard, Rithas

Eight days of Robillard, Rithas and the tribal people digging when they were paid coins by Robillard. After digging out the gate piece they head toward the rift beyond the ruins and the swamp and find mongrel men. Befriend mongrel man as a guide.

Quote of Session: Robillardafter dropping the gate piece into the torrential river: (when this is over I'm sinking this continent)

Robillard strips, casts fly and goes for the staff. Mongrelman mimics. Robillard has to turn to a Saguahin to swim after and get the staff back. Once out of the rift Robillard and Rithas teleport back to Coops.

Playing time: 6 hours
XP's: 480 per level

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Players: Rithas, Phylor

Rithas and Phylor are flying over the Greater Downhill into the hoardlands.

Rithas and Phylor and the Pegasus, Felithe must camp within the Greater Downs. They find a place safe enough to get them through the night. In the morning they pass over a giant’s encampment. The giants throw rocks but the pegasus climbs high enough to avoid the thrown rocks. Later in the day two giant eagles attack the flying pegasus. They attack and the Pegasus attacks them. Phylor and Rithas attack. On the second attack Felithe is mortally wounded and begins plummetting to the ground. Rithas jumps on an eagle and crashes it into the other eagle, so all crash to the ground. Rithas runs to Felithe to try to heal her while Phylor attacks the eagles. They fly off and land in a nearby tree. Once Rithas has done what he can for Felithe he shoots one of the eagles and they fly up into the air, circling.

Playing time: 3 hours
xp’s 80 xps per hour per level.

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Players: Robillard, Rithas, Suleidan, Falcor

Robillard discusses strategy with Dwilkin the Hoardlands dwarf. His plan is to be invisible, teleport to outside the city, sneak in, stay invisible and follow a tray of food into the throne room where he hopes to find the other gate piece.
Robillard meets Havarla to get his invisibility spell and Dwilkin is left to Havarla’s care for the short time Robillard will be gone.

Rithas and Suleidan travel across Ruch toward the Hordelands hoping to reach Robillard at some point.
Large birds of prey circle the group and Rithas casts invisibility to animals so the birds leave the group alone.




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February 19th 2003

Players:  

NPC

Location: Bordertown in Edilar

Summary:
Haither is kidnapped and Flokey rushes back to her house to tell the others shouting “Hate her! Hate her!” then runs off to where she was. Rithas and Turgeiis eventually follow track down Haither and the mage who took her. Suleidan stays behind examining the elf house. Rithas finds and attacks the mage, who casts invisibility spell so he and Haither disappear. Rithas tracks the footprints to the point where they disappear. A minute later Haither reappears and Rithas sees more prints and blood on the snow tracking them to a point where above the branches move and begin dropping snow. Rithas fires two more arrows, one finding an invisible target in the air. Something moves quickly through the treetops toward the north. Rithas does not get another shot. Flokey changes into a dog and sniffs his way north through the snow following drops of blood. They finally give up when the north heading trail of blood disappears. Returning Haither to her house they pass a Treant trail crossing their path but do not follow it, not knowing what the path is. Turgeiis tries to convince everyone the kidnapper is a member of the Poisoned Black Rose and to leave Bordertown. It is decided that Haither will stay with friends for her protection while they leave for Magmaville.
Suleidan obsesses over his dreams as he seems prone to do with strangers talking about how he dreams of flying then merging with the “others” and with the “voice” in a “bed of passion” in order to save the elves. He says “  The lunar Trees of the past told me once,..... Tree Women: You must complete the Mother and summon the Father. Then lie in the bed of heated passion to birth us once more.” Suleidan talks about he is the part of the mother who is the womb and how the Fey elder call out to their parents so that is why he has these dreams.
With all this talk of beds of passion and


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February 26th 2003

Players: Rithas, Flokey, Suleidan,

NPC: Turgeiis

Location: Magmaville in Edilar

Summary: Group leaves Colgere in Magmaville. On the way out of Magmaville Flokey sings Goblin songs along to the tunes being sung by the priestesses at the temple to Aranthis. His singing is discordant against the harmony of sound. Passing elves make comments about needing to leash the goblin. On the way out of town the group passes a group of elvin archers getting ready for a hunting trip. They ignore the archers and leave town. Once into the forest they use the pegasus, Felithe, to scout out Fey for them. Felithe finds a Fey owl that says “Whoo” to them.
Suleidan talks to the owl as “ Servant of Fyrre, friend to the Fey Realm Sprites... Friend of the Fey Racoon known as the racoon Ric'Tat'in, and the Sprite Mefin, the owl Horatio ... Perhaps if it is it is not related to the sprites of the Fey Realm... or perhaps it is not time to meet them.. who knows.
The owl says they will not enter the fey lands but listens to the group story about the threats to the Fey lands, the elves and the proposal to save the lunar trees. The group abruptly leaves the owl.
The next morning another owl watches the group and for the next number of weeks the owl follows, appearing once or twice per day or night.
The road is blocked, with trees over the snow covered ground. A giant trap. Suliedan casts prayer. Session ends before the fight.

Monsters: Fey owl

playing time 3 hours
xp’s 240 per character level
(Rithas 1920 xp’s, Flokey   xp’s, Suleidan   xp’s



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March 5th,  2003

Players: Rithas, Suleidan, Cadeyrn (specialty Priest of Aerie)

NPC: Flokey, Turgeiis

Location: Edilar forest road

Summary: Two Fomerian giants attack the group with uprooted saplings.
Rithas hits a giant 4 times with his swords, Suleidan causes serious wounds, strikes with a sword, then Fireballs the giants killing one. Turgeiis and Sulidean are hit by saplings.Rithas hit by 2 saplings (26 damage). Suliedan hits a giant. Turgeiis kills the other giant with 3 hits.
Many days travel and there is a farmhouse (Cadeyrn’s farmhouse) being attacked that the group leaves the road to investigate. Suleidan prays for protection over the group. Rithas calls to the bandits to disarm and surrender. Ten bandits attack and Suleidan fireballs them, catching Turgeiis in the blast who must roll in the snow to put out the fire. A woman runs screaming from the farmhouse, which is burning. She is followed by a bandit who kills her. A girl runs from the porch towards the barn, and 3 bandits emerge from the barn grabbing the girl. Rithas attacks the three men at the barn killing one, wounding another. Suleidan kills the man on the porch with a flame blade. Man at the barn holds a blade at the girl’s throat telling Rithas to disarm, which he does, but the girl writhes to get away and her throat is accidentally slit in the process. Rithas dives for his weapon as the man also dives toward it.Suleidan blinds the man at the barn with continual light who releases the girl. The other wounded bandit kills the girl. Rithas bowls into the men at the barn, wounded man lands onto his own blade, dying. Blinded man is knocked down.
Inside the house Cadeyrn kills one of the bandits with his makeshift cudgel from the leg of the dining table. The last bandit slips by Suleidan who has gone in the house, but Cadeyrn catches him with the table leg, with a killing blow to the head. Cadeyrn mourns the loss of his grandchild, Kaitlyn and daughter, Gwynne, and his Brother, sister in law and niece. Despite healing spells the family members cannot be saved. Suleidan melts the weapons of the bandits creating a memorial plaque for the dead family of Cadeyrn including a picture of a tree and inscription.

Monsters: Fomerian giants (70hp, 51hps), Bandits 16
Treasure: The giants have 45 gold and 63 silver peices and 23 copper.Bandits, There are 15 swords,10 knives, 8 daggers, 37 gold,43 silver, 26 copper, The horses have saddles and bags or packs and there is 30 days worth of food on them, or 2 days food per horse. Fifteen horses in all.
Playing time: 6 hours
Experience: 550xp’s per level, (Rithas 4400xp’s,

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March 12th,  2003

Players: Rithas, Flokey, Cadeyrn, Turgeiis, Suleidan

NPC:  

Location: Outside Choupville

Summary: group arrives in Choupville. Sells 13 horses for 375 gold. Splits gold for 95 Turgeiis, Flokey 90, and Rithas 90.
AT tavern Rithas sees Lucia, one of the women he left stranded in Choupville, refusing to take them the rest of the way to Magmaville to set up their house of ill repute. Heather is also there, bartender calling her a heifer. Turgeiis mouths off at the bartender. Cadeyrn smokes from his pipe.Lucia tries to get Turgeiis to beat up Rithas while flirting with Turgeiis. Lucia explains why the women hate Rithas so much, telling the rest of the party the story. (5) Lucia: "We were in Cooperville Forge where we worked for a man who took in women who had nowhere to go. It was too crowded. Arden and Rithas here were taking us to Magmaville to earn a good living. We were attacked on the way and nearly died. We get almost to Magmaville, and at Bordertown Rithas has left orders for us to be stopped by elves. When he finally gets there Arden pleads with him to let us continue, lousy rat that he is, but Rithas rejects him and us. So here we are for the winter, working for gnomes. Twenty women relying on him, at his mercy, and he turns us away."

Suleidan learns of a house for sale whispering to Suleidan, Bartender: "There is the old Fromnichty place, but it might take some work. They were considering burning it down after he died but decided to clean it out for salvage.

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April 2nd  2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey,

NPC:  Turgeiis and Caderyn
Rithas is elsewhere (from ATG3- 3 months returning to party)

Location: Woodshore Ferries North, Aldred

Summary:
Party travels north from Woodshore Ferries North. Since the leaders of the party do not have direction sense they head out of town and into the wilderness fine but their course is not true.
Suleidan is intent on finding a location where he can talk to Fey and learn more about the prophecies that involve himself and the saving of the lunar trees.
They are traveling to the location the trader who sold them a piece of ghost wood   directed them, knowing that the place is difficult to find.Suleidan has a rough map made by the trader.
Flokey thinks it strange that a priest of who worships the god of fire would go to where the lunar forest had been burned.
Flokey travels in his squirrel form on Suleidan’s shoulder for most of the trip.
Eventually the party is faced with an illusionary castle and goes to investigate. Some of the party see the castle and some see it as illusion. Flokey and Suleidan see it for the illusion that it is.
Suleidan explains to those who still see a real castle that he has a friend who can make real looking illusions, the illusion continues to effect them.
Once they arrive at the castle Flokey goes to the castle against Turgeiis’ warning and the illusion vanishes.
Flokey then sees a unicorn in the distance.Turgeiis and Cadeyrn go to investigate while Flokey watches and the unicorn ends up illusory as well. Suleidan uses detect magic to find a faint magical aura throughout the forest.
Party continues on finding a place where logging has been going on, and set camp for the night.
Flokey spends much of the night practicing becoming a horse.
The party travels 19 days in the wilderness, sometimes thinking they have been traveling in circles. Finding wild game is difficult because many of the animals they try to kill for food end up being illusions. The illusions seem to carry over to the night sky and the direction of the sun and the stars seem to change. This adds to the inability of the PC’s to find their way.
The party arrives at the ghostwoods when session ends.


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XP’s 210 per level
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April 9th 2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey, Cadeyrn

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Rithas is elsewhere (from ATG3- 3 months returning to party)

Location: Aldred ghost woods, where the lunar trees were burnt by the goblins

Summary:
   
In the ghost forest the trees glow in the moonlight of the moons of Thardferr in a ghostly fashion.
The area of the ghost wood is over 40 acres in area. They resemble lunar trees in size and shape, but they are not true lunar trees. Flokey gets a piece of the bark from the trees. It glows with a magical glow in the moonlight. Flokey tries eating it, and it is not very good, tasting like pine bark.
There is a fluttering of “butterfly” wings in the darkness which approach in a circular path. A voice comes from the swarm asking what they are doing in the woods. Suleidan interrogates the voice and tries to get it to help him with his quest of saving the lunar trees.

Suleidan frowns, " I am sad to hear that.. I would very much like to find some that are still alive, so that I can help my people **
Flokey nods. "Not sister."
Whisperpoint: The voice, "Your people do not need such help. You have been given the help you needed milenia past."
Suleidan: " Are you saying that we will not die out as a race?  Due to the destruction of the lunar trees? What was rithas talking about then... is it just that the lunar trees wish to be reborn? They certainly asked me to do so.  The souls of the trees themselves asked me to do this for them.
Whisperpoint: The flitty things whisper, "You have had your time. Your time here is momentary. Like the humans and the goblins. Do not despair for what is."
Suleidan: " I could see the pain in their very souls, it was blighting the land. The fey land north of coopersville forge, was being blackened, because of hte pain of the lunar tree souls. Something must be done about that.. they must be brought back Are you Fey? have you not felt what is being done to the land, because the lunar trees are dead?  It looked like it was dying, already, when I left the place.
Whisperpoint: The night taunts back, "Things that die grow old, and we grow tired of them."
Suleidan sighs **
Whisperpoint: The flitty things whisper, "You have had your time. Your time here is momentary. Like the humans and the goblins. Do not despair for what is.You ask too much. Too much was given already. What you long for will take more power than you possess. The lands must be united to do such a thing. And even now the lands are dividing even more as that which dies yearns to do more killing of that which dies."
 Suleidan: " That which dies yearns to do more killing of that which dies?”
Suleidan boggles his mind **
Whisperpoint: The night says again, "The halves of the land deal destruction upon each other once more, like the destruction that ruined the beauty of this forest."
Whisperpoint: the fluttering wings begin to draw away, "Until the halves unite, the soil will not be fertile for the roots you seek to find a resting place."
Suleidan: " Which halves do you speak of. Please explain it to me in elven thought patterns.  I know something that can remove the beauty of this forest..  Fire and water, element against element or”
Flokey raises an eyebrow and speaks very quietly. "Fireman threatens talk bugs. Tsk Tsk" He shakes his head, though he's grinning. **
Whisperpoint: The voice repeats, " Those who die, kill those who die. You too will die in such a way, unless you reunite with the other half that seeks your destruction. They land upon the shores now. The other half, that splits the land, that splits your roots."
Whisperpoint: The voice repeats, " Those who die, kill those who die. You too will die in such a way, unless you reunite with the other half that seeks your destruction. They land upon the shores now. The other half, that splits the land, that splits your roots."
Suleidan: " The shores of where ? Edilar ? "
Flokey pffts away the Edilar suggestion. "Syth?" **
Whisperpoint: The wind talks, "We were right, he cannot hope to do this alone. He is not wise. He does not see. He is missing what he needs. There is no one to help him." The voice stops, "He does have help, he is not alone, the small one is wise." The voice whispers, "How will he get there? Can he bring her to him? IF they unite where he lays, this one will not be far from the rift. He may carry the seed." The voice keeps discussing, "They will kill each other before she can find the lost one. And that reunites only a half, not the whole."
Suleidan: Malissin wishes to kill me?
Whisperpoint: the voice responds, " He sees only what lies at his feet. He cannot see the land or the wounds. They are merely words to him.” The voice drifts, "There is little left here, it has all been done. If he succeeds he brings back only what has been, and that we have seen." The night sounds start to fade, "It is worth a joke to play, pointing him where he may."
Suleidan: " I wish to see, teach me, I want to learn, I want to know, I want to help you too "
Suleidan: ...
Whisperpoint: The voice taunts again, "The journey which you must partake, to mend the wound the trees to stake, must bring the queen to meet the king, so half the dead will hail and sing, If then with half you heal the whole, the fertile lands will receive your soul, then to the rift to join the rest, you will have then passed all your test.
Whisperpoint: The night sounds start to fade, "It is worth a joke to play, pointing him where he may."
Whisperpoint: The voice taunts again, "The journey which you must partake, to mend the wound the trees to stake, must bring the queen to meet the king, so half the dead will hail and sing, If then with half you heal the whole, the fertile lands will receive your soul, then to the rift to join the rest, you will have then passed all your test.
Suleidan uses a spell to write down the words of the voice.
Whisperpoint: At the sign of magic the wings flutter in the dark and rush off, disappearing into the night....Weeks pass as you wander in the forest not able to find any recognizable path back to the city.
Whisperpoint: Most of the animals are not very peculiar. There are large flowers in the area that sometimes seem to have creatures perched on them but they vanish quickly. As you get any distance from the trees you begin seeing various things that some of you see and others do not see again, a knight on a barded horse, a cottage, a glass tower, a village of tiny dancing people, a huge tree that walks, but all vanish as you approach too closely.
Whisperpoint: You drag the tree pieces and saplings about for a month, then another.
Whisperpoint: (still taking the trees with you?)
Suleidan: (( umm......

Party eventually after 4 months arrives back in South Shore Ferries. Suleidan goes to Bordertown to plant saplings and care for them and study the riddle. He finds that the scout who tried to capture Haither was likely a Sythian, and that Sythians are spotted occasionally coming out of the forests and disappearing back into the forests.
When the saplings appear to be dying Flokey purifies the dirt for the saplings and they seem to stop deteriorating as rapidly.
Cadeyrn leaves the group.



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April 16th 2003

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Location: Bordertown in Edilar

Summary:

Flokey studies Mountain Lions while staying in Bordertown.
Word arrives in Bordertown that Rithas is trying to get help to fight the Sythians and needs help in Sorrowtown.
Flokey agrees to go to Sorrowtown if there are big cats to mimic there and Suleidan assures the goblin there are.
While traveling toward Khardfee Flokey and Suleidan stumble upon 8 kobolds and give chase, receiving a reception of thrown spears. Flokey “entangles” all but the one Suleidan slays.
8 more kobolds come out in ambush which Suleidan fireballs. The kobolds trapped by the entangling plants get free and run off. Flokey changes to dog form upon finding the kobold lair and brings out gems. On the kobolds are a blue agate and smooth pebbles.
Upon arriving in Coopersville Forge and entering a tavern Suleidan and Flokey find Rithas wearing his new chainmail armor. He explains to them the need to go to Sorrowtown to pick up scrolls to take to Sythina.
Rithas returns the magic dagger to Suleidan who tests it with the command words.
Party buys a bag of turnips and a barrel of jerky for the road to Sorrowtown.


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Treasure: gems from kobold lair 3 amethyst, 1 diamond, 1 emerald

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April 23rd   2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey,

NPC:

Location:

Summary:
While trying to round up help with transporting scrolls, Rithas has his chain mail made into barding for Felithe, his pegasus. Group decides to see Havarla, and is stopped at the IMG tower since they have no registering tattoo. Guard does not recognize the ring of a Defender of the Crown. There are problems of name pronunciation at the desk.
Havarla, head of Research in the IMR comes down to see Rithas, and Suleidan.


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Players: Rithas, Phylor

Rithas and Phylor are flying over the Greater Downhill into the hoardlands.

Rithas and Phylor and the Pegasus, Felithe must camp within the Greater Downs. They find a place safe enough to get them through the night. In the morning they pass over a giant’s encampment. The giants throw rocks but the pegasus climbs high enough to avoid the thrown rocks. Later in the day two giant eagles attack the flying pegasus. They attack and the Pegasus attacks them. Phylor and Rithas attack. On the second attack Felithe is mortally wounded and begins plummetting to the ground. Rithas jumps on an eagle and crashes it into the other eagle, so all crash to the ground. Rithas runs to Felithe to try to heal her while Phylor attacks the eagles. They fly off and land in a nearby tree. Once Rithas has done what he can for Felithe he shoots one of the eagles and they fly up into the air, circling.

Playing time: 3 hours
xp’s 80 xps per hour per level.

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Players: Robillard, Rithas, Suleidan, Falcor

Robillard discusses strategy with Dwilkin the Hoardlands dwarf. His plan is to be invisible, teleport to outside the city, sneak in, stay invisible and follow a tray of food into the throne room where he hopes to find the other gate piece.
Robillard meets Havarla to get his invisibility spell and Dwilkin is left to Havarla’s care for the short time Robillard will be gone.

Rithas and Suleidan travel across Ruch toward the Hordelands hoping to reach Robillard at some point.
Large birds of prey circle the group and Rithas casts invisibility to animals so the birds leave the group alone.




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February 19th 2003

Players:  

NPC

Location: Bordertown in Edilar

Summary:
Haither is kidnapped and Flokey rushes back to her house to tell the others shouting “Hate her! Hate her!” then runs off to where she was. Rithas and Turgeiis eventually follow track down Haither and the mage who took her. Suleidan stays behind examining the elf house. Rithas finds and attacks the mage, who casts invisibility spell so he and Haither disappear. Rithas tracks the footprints to the point where they disappear. A minute later Haither reappears and Rithas sees more prints and blood on the snow tracking them to a point where above the branches move and begin dropping snow. Rithas fires two more arrows, one finding an invisible target in the air. Something moves quickly through the treetops toward the north. Rithas does not get another shot. Flokey changes into a dog and sniffs his way north through the snow following drops of blood. They finally give up when the north heading trail of blood disappears. Returning Haither to her house they pass a Treant trail crossing their path but do not follow it, not knowing what the path is. Turgeiis tries to convince everyone the kidnapper is a member of the Poisoned Black Rose and to leave Bordertown. It is decided that Haither will stay with friends for her protection while they leave for Magmaville.
Suleidan obsesses over his dreams as he seems prone to do with strangers talking about how he dreams of flying then merging with the “others” and with the “voice” in a “bed of passion” in order to save the elves. He says “  The lunar Trees of the past told me once,..... Tree Women: You must complete the Mother and summon the Father. Then lie in the bed of heated passion to birth us once more.” Suleidan talks about he is the part of the mother who is the womb and how the Fey elder call out to their parents so that is why he has these dreams.
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February 26th 2003

Players: Rithas, Flokey, Suleidan,

NPC: Turgeiis

Location: Magmaville in Edilar

Summary: Group leaves Colgere in Magmaville. On the way out of Magmaville Flokey sings Goblin songs along to the tunes being sung by the priestesses at the temple to Aranthis. His singing is discordant against the harmony of sound. Passing elves make comments about needing to leash the goblin. On the way out of town the group passes a group of elvin archers getting ready for a hunting trip. They ignore the archers and leave town. Once into the forest they use the pegasus, Felithe, to scout out Fey for them. Felithe finds a Fey owl that says “Whoo” to them.
Suleidan talks to the owl as “ Servant of Fyrre, friend to the Fey Realm Sprites... Friend of the Fey Racoon known as the racoon Ric'Tat'in, and the Sprite Mefin, the owl Horatio ... Perhaps if it is it is not related to the sprites of the Fey Realm... or perhaps it is not time to meet them.. who knows.
The owl says they will not enter the fey lands but listens to the group story about the threats to the Fey lands, the elves and the proposal to save the lunar trees. The group abruptly leaves the owl.
The next morning another owl watches the group and for the next number of weeks the owl follows, appearing once or twice per day or night.
The road is blocked, with trees over the snow covered ground. A giant trap. Suliedan casts prayer. Session ends before the fight.

Monsters: Fey owl

playing time 3 hours
xp’s 240 per character level
(Rithas 1920 xp’s, Flokey   xp’s, Suleidan   xp’s



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March 5th,  2003

Players: Rithas, Suleidan, Cadeyrn (specialty Priest of Aerie)

NPC: Flokey, Turgeiis

Location: Edilar forest road

Summary: Two Fomerian giants attack the group with uprooted saplings.
Rithas hits a giant 4 times with his swords, Suleidan causes serious wounds, strikes with a sword, then Fireballs the giants killing one. Turgeiis and Sulidean are hit by saplings.Rithas hit by 2 saplings (26 damage). Suliedan hits a giant. Turgeiis kills the other giant with 3 hits.
Many days travel and there is a farmhouse (Cadeyrn’s farmhouse) being attacked that the group leaves the road to investigate. Suleidan prays for protection over the group. Rithas calls to the bandits to disarm and surrender. Ten bandits attack and Suleidan fireballs them, catching Turgeiis in the blast who must roll in the snow to put out the fire. A woman runs screaming from the farmhouse, which is burning. She is followed by a bandit who kills her. A girl runs from the porch towards the barn, and 3 bandits emerge from the barn grabbing the girl. Rithas attacks the three men at the barn killing one, wounding another. Suleidan kills the man on the porch with a flame blade. Man at the barn holds a blade at the girl’s throat telling Rithas to disarm, which he does, but the girl writhes to get away and her throat is accidentally slit in the process. Rithas dives for his weapon as the man also dives toward it.Suleidan blinds the man at the barn with continual light who releases the girl. The other wounded bandit kills the girl. Rithas bowls into the men at the barn, wounded man lands onto his own blade, dying. Blinded man is knocked down.
Inside the house Cadeyrn kills one of the bandits with his makeshift cudgel from the leg of the dining table. The last bandit slips by Suleidan who has gone in the house, but Cadeyrn catches him with the table leg, with a killing blow to the head. Cadeyrn mourns the loss of his grandchild, Kaitlyn and daughter, Gwynne, and his Brother, sister in law and niece. Despite healing spells the family members cannot be saved. Suleidan melts the weapons of the bandits creating a memorial plaque for the dead family of Cadeyrn including a picture of a tree and inscription.

Monsters: Fomerian giants (70hp, 51hps), Bandits 16
Treasure: The giants have 45 gold and 63 silver peices and 23 copper.Bandits, There are 15 swords,10 knives, 8 daggers, 37 gold,43 silver, 26 copper, The horses have saddles and bags or packs and there is 30 days worth of food on them, or 2 days food per horse. Fifteen horses in all.
Playing time: 6 hours
Experience: 550xp’s per level, (Rithas 4400xp’s,

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March 12th,  2003

Players: Rithas, Flokey, Cadeyrn, Turgeiis, Suleidan

NPC:  

Location: Outside Choupville

Summary: group arrives in Choupville. Sells 13 horses for 375 gold. Splits gold for 95 Turgeiis, Flokey 90, and Rithas 90.
AT tavern Rithas sees Lucia, one of the women he left stranded in Choupville, refusing to take them the rest of the way to Magmaville to set up their house of ill repute. Heather is also there, bartender calling her a heifer. Turgeiis mouths off at the bartender. Cadeyrn smokes from his pipe.Lucia tries to get Turgeiis to beat up Rithas while flirting with Turgeiis. Lucia explains why the women hate Rithas so much, telling the rest of the party the story. (5) Lucia: "We were in Cooperville Forge where we worked for a man who took in women who had nowhere to go. It was too crowded. Arden and Rithas here were taking us to Magmaville to earn a good living. We were attacked on the way and nearly died. We get almost to Magmaville, and at Bordertown Rithas has left orders for us to be stopped by elves. When he finally gets there Arden pleads with him to let us continue, lousy rat that he is, but Rithas rejects him and us. So here we are for the winter, working for gnomes. Twenty women relying on him, at his mercy, and he turns us away."

Suleidan learns of a house for sale whispering to Suleidan, Bartender: "There is the old Fromnichty place, but it might take some work. They were considering burning it down after he died but decided to clean it out for salvage.

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April 2nd  2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey,

NPC:  Turgeiis and Caderyn
Rithas is elsewhere (from ATG3- 3 months returning to party)

Location: Woodshore Ferries North, Aldred

Summary:
Party travels north from Woodshore Ferries North. Since the leaders of the party do not have direction sense they head out of town and into the wilderness fine but their course is not true.
Suleidan is intent on finding a location where he can talk to Fey and learn more about the prophecies that involve himself and the saving of the lunar trees.
They are traveling to the location the trader who sold them a piece of ghost wood   directed them, knowing that the place is difficult to find.Suleidan has a rough map made by the trader.
Flokey thinks it strange that a priest of who worships the god of fire would go to where the lunar forest had been burned.
Flokey travels in his squirrel form on Suleidan’s shoulder for most of the trip.
Eventually the party is faced with an illusionary castle and goes to investigate. Some of the party see the castle and some see it as illusion. Flokey and Suleidan see it for the illusion that it is.
Suleidan explains to those who still see a real castle that he has a friend who can make real looking illusions, the illusion continues to effect them.
Once they arrive at the castle Flokey goes to the castle against Turgeiis’ warning and the illusion vanishes.
Flokey then sees a unicorn in the distance.Turgeiis and Cadeyrn go to investigate while Flokey watches and the unicorn ends up illusory as well. Suleidan uses detect magic to find a faint magical aura throughout the forest.
Party continues on finding a place where logging has been going on, and set camp for the night.
Flokey spends much of the night practicing becoming a horse.
The party travels 19 days in the wilderness, sometimes thinking they have been traveling in circles. Finding wild game is difficult because many of the animals they try to kill for food end up being illusions. The illusions seem to carry over to the night sky and the direction of the sun and the stars seem to change. This adds to the inability of the PC’s to find their way.
The party arrives at the ghostwoods when session ends.


Playing time 2.5 hours
XP’s 210 per level
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April 9th 2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey, Cadeyrn

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Rithas is elsewhere (from ATG3- 3 months returning to party)

Location: Aldred ghost woods, where the lunar trees were burnt by the goblins

Summary:
   
In the ghost forest the trees glow in the moonlight of the moons of Thardferr in a ghostly fashion.
The area of the ghost wood is over 40 acres in area. They resemble lunar trees in size and shape, but they are not true lunar trees. Flokey gets a piece of the bark from the trees. It glows with a magical glow in the moonlight. Flokey tries eating it, and it is not very good, tasting like pine bark.
There is a fluttering of “butterfly” wings in the darkness which approach in a circular path. A voice comes from the swarm asking what they are doing in the woods. Suleidan interrogates the voice and tries to get it to help him with his quest of saving the lunar trees.

Suleidan frowns, " I am sad to hear that.. I would very much like to find some that are still alive, so that I can help my people **
Flokey nods. "Not sister."
Whisperpoint: The voice, "Your people do not need such help. You have been given the help you needed milenia past."
Suleidan: " Are you saying that we will not die out as a race?  Due to the destruction of the lunar trees? What was rithas talking about then... is it just that the lunar trees wish to be reborn? They certainly asked me to do so.  The souls of the trees themselves asked me to do this for them.
Whisperpoint: The flitty things whisper, "You have had your time. Your time here is momentary. Like the humans and the goblins. Do not despair for what is."
Suleidan: " I could see the pain in their very souls, it was blighting the land. The fey land north of coopersville forge, was being blackened, because of hte pain of the lunar tree souls. Something must be done about that.. they must be brought back Are you Fey? have you not felt what is being done to the land, because the lunar trees are dead?  It looked like it was dying, already, when I left the place.
Whisperpoint: The night taunts back, "Things that die grow old, and we grow tired of them."
Suleidan sighs **
Whisperpoint: The flitty things whisper, "You have had your time. Your time here is momentary. Like the humans and the goblins. Do not despair for what is.You ask too much. Too much was given already. What you long for will take more power than you possess. The lands must be united to do such a thing. And even now the lands are dividing even more as that which dies yearns to do more killing of that which dies."
 Suleidan: " That which dies yearns to do more killing of that which dies?”
Suleidan boggles his mind **
Whisperpoint: The night says again, "The halves of the land deal destruction upon each other once more, like the destruction that ruined the beauty of this forest."
Whisperpoint: the fluttering wings begin to draw away, "Until the halves unite, the soil will not be fertile for the roots you seek to find a resting place."
Suleidan: " Which halves do you speak of. Please explain it to me in elven thought patterns.  I know something that can remove the beauty of this forest..  Fire and water, element against element or”
Flokey raises an eyebrow and speaks very quietly. "Fireman threatens talk bugs. Tsk Tsk" He shakes his head, though he's grinning. **
Whisperpoint: The voice repeats, " Those who die, kill those who die. You too will die in such a way, unless you reunite with the other half that seeks your destruction. They land upon the shores now. The other half, that splits the land, that splits your roots."
Whisperpoint: The voice repeats, " Those who die, kill those who die. You too will die in such a way, unless you reunite with the other half that seeks your destruction. They land upon the shores now. The other half, that splits the land, that splits your roots."
Suleidan: " The shores of where ? Edilar ? "
Flokey pffts away the Edilar suggestion. "Syth?" **
Whisperpoint: The wind talks, "We were right, he cannot hope to do this alone. He is not wise. He does not see. He is missing what he needs. There is no one to help him." The voice stops, "He does have help, he is not alone, the small one is wise." The voice whispers, "How will he get there? Can he bring her to him? IF they unite where he lays, this one will not be far from the rift. He may carry the seed." The voice keeps discussing, "They will kill each other before she can find the lost one. And that reunites only a half, not the whole."
Suleidan: Malissin wishes to kill me?
Whisperpoint: the voice responds, " He sees only what lies at his feet. He cannot see the land or the wounds. They are merely words to him.” The voice drifts, "There is little left here, it has all been done. If he succeeds he brings back only what has been, and that we have seen." The night sounds start to fade, "It is worth a joke to play, pointing him where he may."
Suleidan: " I wish to see, teach me, I want to learn, I want to know, I want to help you too "
Suleidan: ...
Whisperpoint: The voice taunts again, "The journey which you must partake, to mend the wound the trees to stake, must bring the queen to meet the king, so half the dead will hail and sing, If then with half you heal the whole, the fertile lands will receive your soul, then to the rift to join the rest, you will have then passed all your test.
Whisperpoint: The night sounds start to fade, "It is worth a joke to play, pointing him where he may."
Whisperpoint: The voice taunts again, "The journey which you must partake, to mend the wound the trees to stake, must bring the queen to meet the king, so half the dead will hail and sing, If then with half you heal the whole, the fertile lands will receive your soul, then to the rift to join the rest, you will have then passed all your test.
Suleidan uses a spell to write down the words of the voice.
Whisperpoint: At the sign of magic the wings flutter in the dark and rush off, disappearing into the night....Weeks pass as you wander in the forest not able to find any recognizable path back to the city.
Whisperpoint: Most of the animals are not very peculiar. There are large flowers in the area that sometimes seem to have creatures perched on them but they vanish quickly. As you get any distance from the trees you begin seeing various things that some of you see and others do not see again, a knight on a barded horse, a cottage, a glass tower, a village of tiny dancing people, a huge tree that walks, but all vanish as you approach too closely.
Whisperpoint: You drag the tree pieces and saplings about for a month, then another.
Whisperpoint: (still taking the trees with you?)
Suleidan: (( umm......

Party eventually after 4 months arrives back in South Shore Ferries. Suleidan goes to Bordertown to plant saplings and care for them and study the riddle. He finds that the scout who tried to capture Haither was likely a Sythian, and that Sythians are spotted occasionally coming out of the forests and disappearing back into the forests.
When the saplings appear to be dying Flokey purifies the dirt for the saplings and they seem to stop deteriorating as rapidly.
Cadeyrn leaves the group.



Trip Ticket

April 16th 2003

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Location: Bordertown in Edilar

Summary:

Flokey studies Mountain Lions while staying in Bordertown.
Word arrives in Bordertown that Rithas is trying to get help to fight the Sythians and needs help in Sorrowtown.
Flokey agrees to go to Sorrowtown if there are big cats to mimic there and Suleidan assures the goblin there are.
While traveling toward Khardfee Flokey and Suleidan stumble upon 8 kobolds and give chase, receiving a reception of thrown spears. Flokey “entangles” all but the one Suleidan slays.
8 more kobolds come out in ambush which Suleidan fireballs. The kobolds trapped by the entangling plants get free and run off. Flokey changes to dog form upon finding the kobold lair and brings out gems. On the kobolds are a blue agate and smooth pebbles.
Upon arriving in Coopersville Forge and entering a tavern Suleidan and Flokey find Rithas wearing his new chainmail armor. He explains to them the need to go to Sorrowtown to pick up scrolls to take to Sythina.
Rithas returns the magic dagger to Suleidan who tests it with the command words.
Party buys a bag of turnips and a barrel of jerky for the road to Sorrowtown.


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Treasure: gems from kobold lair 3 amethyst, 1 diamond, 1 emerald

Trip Ticket

April 23rd   2003

Players: Suleidan, Flokey,

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Summary:
While trying to round up help with transporting scrolls, Rithas has his chain mail made into barding for Felithe, his pegasus. Group decides to see Havarla, and is stopped at the IMG tower since they have no registering tattoo. Guard does not recognize the ring of a Defender of the Crown. There are problems of name pronunciation at the desk.
Havarla, head of Research in the IMR comes down to see Rithas, and Suleidan.


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