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TT Written by ~   Paks
Date:   11/4 - 12/4
Date Real Life ~ 04/12/04
Session 1 ~New Arrivals ~
DM: Paks

Location: Windtown, Tuth
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian ( Boltt ), Reinlad ( Henri ), Diagotsu ( Trickster ), Hydon ( Rouseqk7 ) & Vandar ( Horace )

NPC’s: Bar Wench, Servant, Guard & Soldier
EXP:  85/per level/ per hour
 400 extra for Xxian – IC posting

Session Length: 4 hours

Short Version of Events
Xxian and Hydon have a friendly game of dice at a local tavern in Windtown. After gaming for a short while, the young mage Vandar enter the tavern and begins to watch them. Very soon they are joined by the Lady Lalina and the young by Diagotsu. The group becomes acquainted and before long finds the bar wench asking them to leave. Lalina offers to put the group up for the night and they soon find themselves tucked away in bed. Xxian and Hydon have a midnight visitor which was destined to end in blood shed, though luckily for the boys, not much of it was theirs. The group find themselves together again the next morning at breakfast where they get to know one another a little more. Lalina is interrupted by a soldier at the door requiring her presence and when she reaches the soldier, she also finds Reinlad.

Long Version

It was late evening at a local tavern in Windtown that saw a gnome by the name of Xxian, drinking alone. The tavern wench there, seemed to find joy in harassing Xxian and soon the other patrons were laughing at his expense. One patron joined Xxian, introducing himself as Hydon and very soon the two were ingrossed in a game of dice. Xxian, the owner of the dice, didn’t seem to have luck on his side for the first two bets ended with Hydon taking the coins, but the gnome soon felt luck back on his side and collected his loses back. A stranger by the door of the tavern watched everything that happened, occasionally laughing at the gnomes’ expense but did not come forward and interact with the two.

Soon the tavern door opened and a handsome young mage by the name of Vandar entered. He scoured the room for a moment before setting his eyes on the bar wench, he quickly made his way over to her and began to flirt. The bar wench saw an opportunity to further antagonise the gnome and promised Vandar a free drink if he accidentally spilt his ale over the gnome. The young man agreed, perhaps thinking it get him more than a free drink, and made his way over to Xxian and Hydon’s table. With a slight trip, the mage dropped his glass spilling the contents onto the table in front of Xxian, splashing up and getting the gnome in his face. However this occurred at the same time as Xxian won his money back the gnome failed to notice what had happened.

Meanwhile, the hopebringer, Lalina and her companion Diagotsu, were looking for the conveniently missing Vandar. Lalina thought that perhaps they would find the mage at one of the taverns. Reaching the tavern where Vandar currently was, the priestess and blademaster entered. Lalina sees that her friend is at the table where the gambling is occurring and assumes that Vandar was participating, the smile she was wearing quickly disappears. Vandar sees that Lalina has arrived and calls out to her, pushing his way past Xxian but unfortunately slips on the spilt liquor and crashes into Xxian, pinning the gnome beneath him. Xxian is most put and decides to sit on the table, away from further incidents. Vandar apologises profoundly to the gnome and then indicates that perhaps the gnome should wear a bell around his neck so that the mage would know where he was. The bar wench found this highly amusing, however her amusement quickly turned to frustration as the gnome dug into his pack and actually produced a bell, ringing it continuously. After the interruptions, the boys finally acknowledged the hopebringer and her companion.

The group exchange names and pleasantries and before long they realise that the bar wench, whom Vandar had made a favourable impression upon, was locking the doors, with the group on the inside. The wench offered the group rooms in which Vandar, Xxian and Hydon accepted, but the hopebringer had other ideas, shattering Vandar’s chances with the bar wench for the night. The bar wench, now feeling very put out, refuses to let anyone stay and opens the doors for the patrons to leave. Lalina, being as lovely natured as she is, offered to give Xxian and Hydon a room for night back at her residence in which the two accepted. Upon reaching Lalina’s home, Vandar notices he has left his cloak at the tavern and tries to take the opportunity to go back for it, and perhaps a little something else. Lalina however tells Vandar that it can wait till morning, Vandar disagrees and the two converse for a few moments before Vandar finally gives in and agrees to collect it in the morning, much to his disappointment. The group are met by servants and shown to their rooms, Xxian and Hydon were given a room to share, whilst the others went to respective sleeping quarters.

 Xxian dreamt of his precious ship being over taken by pirates and being to drown, tied to a mast of his very own ship. The gnome woke up gasping for breath, also waking his room mate Hydon. As the two sat up in bed, the moonlight streamed through the window showing a dark, small object obscuring the door. The object moved and very shortly the two men realised that it was not friendly and grabbed their weapons. After a few hit and misses and Xxian being consumed by fear, Hydon finally got in a good hit and the creature fell to the floor dead. By this stage however, Vandar and Diagotsu had both been woken and entered the room to find the creature slain. Hydon collapsed and Lalina was woken to tend to him. There were no serious wounds and it turned out that the young man was just exhausted from wielding his heavy axe. A couple of guards removed the creature and in the night burned, making sure it was thoroughly dead. The group were able to finally get some well deserved sleep and when morning finally came, they convened together for a morning meal.

There was talk about the midnight creature but it seemed that no one had encountered one before therefore no one knew what it was. Xxian gorged himself from the exotic spread of foods at the breakfast table, not always finding he liked what he was eating. Vandar excused himself, claiming he needed to collect his cloak from the tavern around the same time as a servant appeared and whispered to Lady Lalina that a soldier was at the front entrance requesting her presence. Lalina left the dining room and went to see what the soldier wanted. At the front entrance she found the solider but also her friend Reinlad. After a quick greeting between Lalina and Reinlad, the soldier informed Lalina that the rogue mage, Shade had been captured and that their help was no longer required with the situation. The soldier thanked Lalina for her help in the matter and left.

Meanwhile, Vandar made it back to the tavern where he finds his ‘Angel’ bar wench. One thing leads to another and Vandar finds himself being kissed and dragged into a room.

Xxian after a long, uncomfortable wait in the dining room, is finally shown to the bathroom by the servant. The gnome takes the opportunity of privacy to tend to his wounds from the battle last night before returning to the others.

Lalina leaves the group in search of her father and brother, hoping to inform them of the monster found in their guest bedroom.

Casualties: One Brainy Creature

Treasure: None

Session High Points:
* New friends are made
* Vandar finds his cloak

Session Low Points
*Too slow in places

[Paks]

Date Change:
From : 11/4 to 12/4
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From : 12/4 to 13/4

[Paks]

TT Written by ~   Paks
Date:   13/4/734
Date Real Life ~ 11/12/01
Session 2 ~ Horrific News & Secret Places ~
DM: Paks

Location: Windtown
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian ( Boltt ), Reinlad ( Henri ), Diagotsu ( Khuzad ), Hydon ( Rouseqk7 ) & Vandar ( Horace )

NPC’s: Laeris ( DM Feff ), Thomas the messenger, Crystal Highwater, Duke Robert, Karl, Old grey haired man & 2 giant spiders

EXP:  85/per level/ per hour
170/per level  IC for Lalina
50/per level for Daigotsu

Session Length: 4.5 hours

Short Version of Events

Vandar returns from the tavern to find Lalina in conversation with two strangers. Lalina learns that Riveringtown has fallen and she also receives a message from Crossway. Reinlad learns that Riveringtown has fallen from the beautiful Laeris and Daigotsu, Hydon and Xxian explore the hidden passages of Lalina’s home.

Long version

Lalina and Daigotsu return to the tavern in search of Vandar but instead find themselves in the presence of the elven woman known as Laeris. Laeris informs Lalina and Daigotsu that she is looking for one known as Reinlad. Lalina and Daigotsu invite Laeris back to her home to look for Reinlad but not before leaving a message at the tavern for Vandar, telling him to remember his vows.

Lalina then leaves Daigotsu and Laeris and goes to the construction site to see how things are coming along with the temple. Here she meets the Hopebringer named Crystal and as the two converse, Crystal offers her help to Lalina, which she accepts. Lalina invites Crystal back to her home and as they reach the gates they are interrupted by a young man. The young man, named Thomas, informs Lalina that her healing skills are greatly needed by Lord Arylor’s son, whom they suspect is dying. As Lalina questions the man she learns of the destruction of Riveringtown. Extremely upset, the Hopebringer agrees to help the Arylor family but first she must ready herself for the journey. Thomas informs her that the boat for Crossway learns that very evening and that she must be ready, with what ever companions she wishes to bring, to depart by then. Lalina asks Crystal to watch over the construction site and organises for a bird to be given to Crystal so that they may communicate.

Meanwhile, Vandar leaves for the castle but along the way he is stopped by a grey haired man and offered a bunch of wild lavender to give to Lalina. After a short conversation, Vandar accepts the flowers and thanks the man before continuing on his way. When he finally reaches the home of Lalina, he finds his flowers have very little effect on Lalina, for she had just been told of Riveringtown. Vandar introduces himself to Crystal and the two share brief histories before Vandar takes his leave and searches for Reinlad.

Xxian, Daigotsu, Hydon & Reinlad all meet in the dining room, where Xxian and Hydon have been left to amuse themselves. Xxian and Hydon, now bored had begun to explore the room finding a secluded door that lead through to another room. This room was very small with nothing but a couple of chairs and a fireplace. Reinlad expresses his concern about exploring the house without permission but Xxian & Hydon completely ignore the man. Hydon’s attention wonders as he sees a little mouse run along the fireplace frame, he follows it and consequently he finds a little gold button and pushes on it. As a result a secret door slides open and reveals a private passage. Xxian and Hydon are all for exploring it but once again, Reinlad expresses his complete displeasure at the two’s behaviour and refuses to be a part of it, instead he goes in search of the duke or Karl to inform them of their guests actions.

Daigotsu, the ever impressionable boy, follows the two fighters into the passage. The passage took the three on a shirt journey before taking a turn and a steep climb before another turn. The passage widened and the three found themselves staring down a dark passage but as they went further down they discovered a small bench seat up against a wall. They pondered over it for a while before the gnome finally sat down on the bench and discovered a set of peep holes. He looked through and saw down a hall, where servants were busy cleaning it. As he stared intensely a creeping sensation came across him as a small spider crawled along his neck, the gnome jumped up yelling and Daigotsu wondered what the gnome was doing. The was some confusion for a moment over the size of the spider yet when Daigotsu picked the tiny thing up, all the confusion was lifted. As the three continued navigating the turns of the passage they found themselves passing large pieces of wood scattered through the passage and finally they came to a section that was completely blocked off by a large hole in the ground. The hole was deep and none of them carried rope so they resorted to throwing a piece of discarded wood across the hole in order to walk across. They path across was unsteady but both Xxian and Daigotsu made it across with no problems, but they instructed Hydon to go back to the others. As Daigotsu and Xxian continued they found themselves at a dead end, seeing only two names scratched into the wall, Lalina & Karl. As they looked harder they found above them a ladder and after giving the gnome a leg he was able to grab the ladder and drag it down. As both men climbed the ladder they found themselves climbing onto a platform with nothing but a an empty crate and a trapdoor above them. Although the trapdoor was stiff, both the gnomish fighter and blademaster were able to use their impressive strength to open it. It opened up into a circular room with windows in every direction and only furnished a bed and bedside table beside the only door out of the room. As the two men headed across the room they heard an inhuman screech and find themselves turning and facing two giant spiders. A short battle followed with both fighter showing their impressive fighter abilities, ultimately leading to two nasty deaths of the spiders and very little injuries to Xxian and Daigotsu. As the two recovered from their battle they exited the tower and went in search of Reinlad and the others.

Reinlad, after leaving the three warriors, had gone in search of Karl, finding him near the stables. As Reinlad informed Karl of what his guests were up, the dukes’ son smiled as he realised that the three had found his old play area. As the two conversed, they were interrupted by the appearance of Laeris. Laeris and Karl were introduced but the elven woman  took Reinlad aside and spoke to him of the civil war in Lithar. She told the Arbitrator of the fall of Riveringtown and as expected, Reinlad took the news very badly, He tried to convince Laeris to tell him who had committed such a crime but the elven woman simply replied that she did not know. Reinlad however would not believe her and tried asking her again, resulting in the same answer. Before he could question her much more he was joined by the mage, Vandar and very shortly by Lalina. Lalina tried comforting Reinlad, only to have the young man snap at her but eventually he did succumb to her comfort. Lalina informed the group of her intentions of leaving for Crossway and Reinlad expressed his desire to return to Riveringtown. Xxian and Daigotsu returned to the group, the gnome rambling about being bitten by a giant spider and that Lalina’s house was a bad place and that he wanted to leave. Perhaps it was because the emotional state that Lalina was in, but she asked Daigotsu to show the gnome to the door, Xxian however, not happy took off on his own and ran into the Duke of Windtown. Xxian expressed his great dissatisfaction of being attacked twice in one day and that he was leaving. The duke, seeing that Xxian possessed a fighting power that he thought his daughter could use, employed the gnome to travel with her as a body guard. The two bartered for a short while over a price, the gnome wanting 100 gold both way and the duke only willing to pay 10 gold either way but neither would compromise. The gnome eventually pulled out his dice and challenged the Duke to a gamble, the duke agreed and much to the gnome’s dismay, won the bet.

Thomas returned to the group and informed Lalina that the boat was now leaving early and they had only one hour to regroup and meet him at the gates.

Casualties:  
Two Giant Spiders

Treasure:
None

Session High Points:
* Lalina meets a fellow Hopebringer

Session Low Points
* Reinlad learns of his families deaths in the battle at Riveringtown.

[Paks]

TT Written by ~ Lalina
Date:18/04/734
Date Real Life ~ 12/18/04
Session 3 ~ An Evil Twist ~
DM: Paks

Location: Windtown, River, Riveringtown, Crossway
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian ( Boltt ), Reinlad ( Henri ), Diagotsu ( Khuzad )

NPC’s: Laeris ( DM Feff ), Thomas the messenger, Crystal Highwater, Lalina’s family, Lord and Lady Arylor, sick boy, Serafina, various goons

EXP: 75/per level/ per hour and various individual awards

Session Length: 7 hours

Short Version of Events
The group gets on the boat and begins their journey. It is uneventful to Crossway except for a stop in Riveringtown where Reinlad visits his mother’s shop and pays his respects. The group arrives, Lalina heals a boy, the Lord Arylor puts rings on the group that have strange effects on them. A confrontation ensues where Lalina escapes the fate of the rest of the party.


Long version
The group finishes their goodbyes and then heads on the boat with Thomas. The group seems anxious as they make the journey to reach Lord and Lady Arylor’s place. They make a brief stopover in Riveringtown, allowing the group to search the destroyed city a bit. As they make their way into the city guided by the lightstone Lalina is holding, they notice a large white wolf. The group gets defensive until Reinlad calms them, informing them it is only an old friend of his, in a sense. The wolf then leads Reinlad and the group through the city and to the street where Reinlad grew up. The group reaches Reinlad’s mother’s now burned and destroyed home and shop. Reinlad takes a momento, pays his respects and is consumed with anger and grief. The group slowly leads him back to the ship so they can continue on their way.

The group eventually reaches their destination. Thomas informs the group that the Lord and Lady Arylor are cousins to the trade lord of Riveringtown. They are led inside, where they meet Lord Arylor. He informs Lalina of the situation and the hopebringer rushes into another room, where she meets Lady Arylor and the sick boy. Lalina examines the boy and then casts a quick spell, which cures the boy of his illness, although it will be a little longer until the effects are completely gone.

Meanwhile, Laeris begins to question Lord Arylor about his cousin in Riveringtown and about the Riveringtown mess more broadly. The Lord professes his unwavering support for the King of Lithar and he seems innocent of any wrongdoing. When Lalina returns and informs him of the good news, he invites them all to a meal in the courtyard. The group agrees, thinking a meal could do them good.

At the meal, the Lord introduces Serafina, which is the boy’s guard. The group introduces themselves to her. Throughout the meal, Lalina seems a little preoccupied in her thoughts; she wonders why she was taken so far to heal such an illness, when other healers must have been closer. Besides, why was she disrupted from her important work to heal one boy?

While Lalina is lost in her thoughts and not paying attention to the meal, the Lord has offered rings to the entire group, as thanks for their help. The group thanks him and most accept the ring. Lalina is pre-occupied and is barely aware the Lord has placed a ring on her finger. Xxian and Laeris gladly accept it. Daigotsu seems a little reticent at first, but then accepts, thinking it some sort of Thardferr custom. As the ring comes on the finger of the various members, their demeanors seem to change. The change seems most pronounced in Lalina, whose eyes and face lose their familiar kindness. Reinlad refuses the ring, citing that he has not done anything and that it would be against his religion to wear it.

In a few moments, Lalina stands up, her eyes filled with something much darker than compassion. She accuses Lord and Lady Arylor of the Riveringtown disaster and demands Laeris & Reinlad arrest them at once and that she be named placed as the guardian of their lands and titles. Laeris demands proof and Lalina replies that the sick boy, whom the Lord and Lady claim as their child, told her of this, thinking he was about to die. Reinlad says they should question the boy and Lalina replies that he is resting and disturbing him could be fatal. In a dramatic flare, Lalina declares Lord and Lady Arylor enemies of the Confederation and of Lithar and attempts to take off the ring with their insignia on it they had previously put on her finger.

However, the ring does not budge. She demands to know what magic she has been put under and the Lord replies that it is nothing she can counter. Lalina then attempts to recall a spell but realizes her divine connection has been severed. Daigotsu grows angry at this revelation, demanding to know what trick has occurred. He draws his blades but Laeris places herself between him and the Lord and Lady, telling him to leave them alone. Daigotsu decides just to leave, but is blocked by Xxian at the only exit from the courtyard. Daigotsu demands he step aside but the gnome refuses. A small fight ensues, in which Xxian is bested and Daigotsu exits the courtyard, only to be caught eventually with bolts from a crossbow that incapacitate him.

Meanwhile, Reinlad seems befuddled by the contradicting requests, orders and words. He eventually casts a spell which manages to hold Lord Arylor in place. Laeris demands that Reinlad bind Lalina but he refuses; Lalina demands that Laeris and Reinlad bind the Lord, Lady and Serafina, but Laeris refuses to do that. Lalina throws her magical bands at Laeris, attempting to subdue the elf but she manages to dodge them. Reinlad attempts to cast another hold person spell, which manages to hold Lady Arylor but fails to hold Serafina. At that time, Laeris moves towards Reinlad. As Laeris rushes Reinlad, he attempts to blind Serafina with a light spell but fails. Lalina picks up her magical bands while Laeris cuts into Reinlad with her swords. Reinlad asks Laeris to take off the ring and come to her senses, however, she continues to slice into him, even as he fails to tackle and subdue her. Lalina throws her bands at Serafina and manages to truss up the woman; she struggles futilely against the bands. With the Lord and Lady held and Serafina in the bands, Lalina turns her attention to Laeris and Reinlad. She demands that Laeris stop attacking Reinlad; Laeris demands that Reinlad immediately bind Lalina. Lalina refuses to be bound, citing a fear that Laeris will kill her as soon as she is unable to defend herself; besides, she argues, she has done nothing against the law. In contrast, she counters, Laeris has attacked a member of the Order of the Sword and so should be bound and imprisoned. Reinlad seems torn between Lalina and Laeris.

Reinlad tries to think himself out of the situation. He says that he’ll convince Lalina to be bound; meanwhile, Laeris should bind the Lord and Lady. Laeris refuses the compromise however and draws a crossbow, pointing it at Lalina. Lalina moves to the Lord and Lady, keeping them between her and Laeris, as she ties them up. While Laeris is keeping her eye on Lalina, Reinlad attempts to tackle her again. However, Xxian stops and tries to tackle Reinlad, causing a massive confusion of bodies as Laeris issues a command of “fire”; she fires at Lalina as bolts come out of the trees at Reinlad. Thomas enters the confusion and demands that his lord and lady be unbound and looks at Lalina as the culprit, although she feigns innocence and claims this entire mess is Laeris’s fault. Lalina does unbind the lord and lady, in a show of innocence and support of Thomas.

Meanwhile, a human and dwarf enter the courtyard and seem to be Laeris’s goons. Laeris begins to attack Lalina, who screams that the female elf is trying to kill her. Lalina decides she needs her powers back. She reaches into her things and pulls out a scroll. She reads it as it disintegrates and then manages to slip the ring off her finger. As she does so, her demeanor changes back to what people are familiar with. However, both Laeris and Thomas continue to attack and pursue her around the courtyard. Reinlad desperately holds a knife to Lord Arylor’s throat, demanding an end to the fighting or else he kills the Lord Arylor. However, almost as soon as he does so, he goes rigid as a hold person spell takes effect on him.

Lalina continues to defend herself from Laeris, Thomas and the others, although she never strikes to harm them in return. A variety of spells fail on Lalina, before a blindness spell manages to succeed, just as Laeris and Thomas manage to injure Lalina pretty badly. However, the Hopebringer manages to heal herself of all the wounds and the blindness. Laeris growls in anger and frustration at the feat and continues to deamand Lalina submit to her. Lalina consistently refuses, believing the woman would kill her if she does so. After a few more hits, Lalina manages to read another scroll and the rest feel they cannot strike Lalina directly through divine protection. However, the ban does not go to her friends and Laeris goes to Reinlad. She puts a dagger at the young man’s throat and claims that if Lalina does not submit, she will kill Reinlad. Lalina tries to think of a way to save him, but cannot. In an attempt of good faith, she releases Serafina from the magical bands, taking them back. However, Laeris continues to hold the dagger at Reinlad’s throat.

Reinlad tries to communicate with Lalina via his eyes; telling her to escape if she can and not to worry or mourn him. Lalina, her heart heavy with failure and grief, casts another spell. Laeris begins to drive the dagger deeper into Reinlad as Lalina flies up and out; flying high and out of sight of the crossbow bolts. At that, Laeris releases the dagger from Reinlad and begins to organize the people around her.

Casualties:
None

Treasure:
None

[Paks]

TT Written by ~ Lalina
Date:18/04/734
Date Real Life ~ 12/27/04
Session 4 ~ One Good Turn Deserves Another ~
DM: Paks

Location: Crossway
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian, Diagotsu

NPC’s: Thomas, Crystal Highwater, Karl Kronidar, Lord and Lady Arylor, boy named Akkarin, various goons

EXP: 85/per level/ per hour and various individual awards

Session Length: 4.5 hours

Short Version of Events
Lalina meets up with some members of her group and turns the tables. The real Lord and Lady are rescued and the other members of her group are liberated, except Reinlad.

Long version
Thomas recruits Xxian and Daigotsu to perform their first mission: to capture Lalina and bring her to him. When the two seem not to be getting along or very willing to do Thomas's bidding, he decides to personally accompany them. Meanwhile, Lalina meets up with her brother and Crystal and informs them of the situation. The three of them quickly made their way back to the docks as they discuss what to do next. Lalina is injured and Karl agrees that the best thing they can do is get away and warn and inform others of what was going on. Crystal, however, thinks that perhaps they should try to rescue the remaining members of the group as well as the sick child.

The three don't get to make the decision, as when Lalina turns a corner, just about to get on the ship, Thomas, Xxian and Daigotsu confront her. The confrontation is quickly ended by a spell emerging from Lalina's lips that holds all three motionless and speechless. Lalina has Crystal and Karl bring them on the ship. Lalina then announces somewhat loudly that she will go north, towards a friend's estate while they should get back to Windtown.

Karl gets on the ship and tells the captain to quickly set sail. However, the captain delays with a variety of reasons, mainly that they need to restock and repair the ship. Lalina uses her former annoucement of going north as a feint and after flying in that direction a bit, she goes above the clouds, thwn doubles back, gets on the ship and goes below deck, where the three prisoners have been bound and left. Lalina begins to question Thomas, who refuses to answer her questions. She casts another spell and suddenly Thomas becomes pliant and willing to help, at least to an extent. He answers a few questions and lets it slip as to who he really works for.

The group discovers a bit about the plot. Lalina also learns that Reinlad still lives but has been taken away. Lalina uses a remove curse spell and takes the ring off of Daigotsu, releasing him from its magic. He does not seem to remember anything and is mourning over the loss of his weapons. Lalina tries to get Thomas to reveal where they are but he seems reticient. Eventually, he agrees to help them rescue the formerly-sick boy, named Akkarin, the real Lord and Lady Arylor and show them where he put Daigotsu's weapons. Lalina agrees to release him from his current rope bindings for his assistance.

The group makes their way back into the compound and Thomas leads them to where the sick boy is, also telling them that the real Lord and Lady Arylor must be around there somewhere. Lalina asks Xxian to get the boy and he releases him. Karl seems to not think the man is being completely forthcoming but Lalina asks Karl to come down. With the boy are two cats whom Xxian plays with briefly. Xxian then says he knows where to find the real lord and lady but that they must be wary of guards. Lalina asks everyone else to stay where they are while she follows Xxian. After releasing a lever for a secret door, Xxian and Lalina quickly make their way back to the room with Akkarin only to find a passageway has been opened. Two guards emerge out of the passage but another spell by Lalina once again immobilizes and quiets them. The group then rescues the real Lord and Lady Arylor and seem to have restored the household to its proper owners.

Lalina has Thomas lead herself and Daigotsu to where he had put the special weapons but they are missing. Thomas thinks that Serafina must have taken them when she left with Lord and Lady Lorlen, who were impersonating Lord and Lady Arylor. Lalina goes back to discuss the matter with Lord and Lady Arylor, who begin to tell her of the grave plot against her and the Kronidar family.

Casualties:
None

Treasure:
None

[Paks]

TT Written by ~ Lalina
Date:18/04/734
Date Real Life ~ 12/28/04
Side-Session: A Reunion
DM: Feff (Paks)

Location: Crossway
PC’s: Lalina, Reinlad, Nalia

NPC’s:

EXP: 30/per level/ per hour and various individual awards

Session Length: 2 hours

Short Version of Events
Reinlad is rescued by Nalia and returned to Lalina, who heals him.

Long version
Reinlad finds himself in a strange place, waking up to torture powered by magic. Just when he thinks he will die, a beautiful elven woman appears. She claims she is here to help him. She unbinds him and then casts a few incantations, making herself and him invisible. She then leads him out of his cell. After going through the tunnels, she supporting him through, they make it outside, where a silver dragon remains waiting. She helps him climb atop the dragon and they quickly make a hasty exit.

They climb atop a silver dragon and make a long journey to Crossway. Lalina sees something approach the place and warily heads towards the courtyard to meet it. She sees the majestic beast, with the elf she recognizes as Nalia, standing over a prone Reinlad. Lalina rushes to him and then with her powers, fully cures the wounded and battered Reinlad, taking away his physical ailments while also calming his mind and spirit.

Reinlad initially thinks he has died and has gone to heaven but soon realizes he is still in the realm of the living. Meanwhile, Lalina begins to converse with Nalia and her friend, Atropos, who is a silver dragon, though in the guise of a human woman now. Reinlad eventually realizes he is nearly naked and the group goes inside to find him some clothing.

Casualties:
None

Treasure:
None

[Paks]

TT Written by ~ Daigotsu
Date:18/04/734
Date Real Life ~ 01/01/05
Session 5
DM: Paks

Location: Harbor, Arylor Manor
PC’s: Xxian , Taith ( Brokenboulder ), Diagotsu ( Khuzad ), Cray ( Gerin)

NPC’s: Thomas the betrayer, Karl, Ship Personel.

EXP: 75/per level/ per hour and various individual awards

Session Length: 4.5 hours

Short Version of Events

Xxian, Karl and Daigotsu return to the ship to find Xxian's equipment and confirm that Daigotsu's weapons where still missing. There they meet Taith, a boy who claimed to ne killing rats who just happened to 'find' Karl's pouch. After a sort chase, Karl and Daigotsu convince the little rogue to come with them to meet Lalina. Xxian on the other hand has gotten himself into trouble. When the other return to the boat; they find the gnome being held upside down over the water by an old aquaintance of his. Cray; a sembralite was obviously not a fan of the gnome. Eventually, the group heads back to the house the Arylor's owned. Daigotsu questions Thomas about his swords and they all learn about a secret passage below the manor. Heading down there; they manage to explore a bit; opening a magically locked door by answering a riddle.


Long version

With the true lord and lady Arylor having been rescued, Xxian heads back to the ship still docked at the Crosstown harbor. Daigotsu and Karl acompany the gnome as he searches for his missing equipment. Returning to the 'brig' that Daigotsu, Thomas and Xxian had been held in; the gnome recovers his missing equipment and Daigotsu re-aquires the shortsword that he had woken up with. Noticeing movement behind him, Karl discovers a young boy working to relieve him of his money; or was it to return it as he suggested. Explaining that he was hired to kill rats and that he had found that pouch, the boy quickly vacates the area; of course the others follow.

Back on the deck, the boy quickly slips off the ship; the captain easily blowing his cover story. The boy tosses a ruse at those giving chase, calling about a fire. Unfortunatly, the captain and Xxian both rush back to see what the problem was. Daigotsu and Karl eventually corner him in an inn he had ducked into. Sitting the lad at a table, they learn that his name is Taith Laech and that he was presently on his own. About the age of 13; Karl sees yet another oppertunity for Lalina to take in another stray. Believing him to be in need of money; Daigotsu offers the boy one of the coins Lalina had given him back in Windtown. Agreeing to come meet Lalina, Taith acompanies the two back to the docks.

~Meanwhile, Xxian and the captain soon learn that there is no fire, instead having a discussion about the possibility of placing the ship as a wager in a game. Flatly refusing, the captain continues to talk with Xxian while a largeish figure walks up behind the gnome. After a bit of yelling; the newcommer, a sembralite named Cray, is holding Xxian well over the water from atop the boat. That's when the others arrive.

Somewhat surprised by the scene; Karl attempts to get Cray to put the gnome down. Daigotsu quickly points out what might happen if Xxian does fall into the water. Taith did a handstand. Apparently something worked, because Cray put the gnome down. Xxian reacted strangely to his sudden freedom and started running around screaming. The battlelord attempts a spell of two, causing Taith to jump into the air.

Xxian is quickly caught by Daigotsu while Karl attempts to get everyone to head back to the Arylor manor. After a bit of a struggle; Daigotsu deposits the gnome somewhere off the ship; then heads off to catch up with Karl and Taith. Xxian and Cray follow alogn as well, but much slower.

At the manor, while Taith explores; Thomas strikes a deal with Daigotsu concerning where Serafina went. He explains that they took a secret passageway in the laundry room. Deciding to check it out, the group heads over there and has Thomas open the way up for them. Entering the tunnels with a torch, they navigate thier way around and eventually come to a stone door. Reading an inscription on it shows that by answering a riddle... they could open it. After a few attempts, the door slowly opens to reveal a way outside.

Casualties:
None

Treasure:
None

[Paks]

Trip Ticket Written By: Taith ( BrokenBoulder )
Group: Heroes of the Light (Misfit Conquistodors)
DM: Paks
PC's: Lalina, Reinlad, Xxian, Daigotsu, Reioko (Nalia), Terpischore, Taith
NPC's: Thomas, Karl, Crystal, maids, Lord and Lady Arylor, and Atropos
Session 6
Date: IC 18-19 /04/734
Setting: Arylor Manor

Summary(brief): Tunnels searched further, next morning invited to breakfast

Summary: Karl decides its too late and moves to leave the tunnels hidden behind the laundry at the Arylor manor. He finds the secret door locked and enlists the aid of Taith to bypass the lock. While they work on the door, Xxian and Daigotsu move farther into the tunnels to continue their exploration. During their exploration they find a room with a pool of water in it. As the gnome is inspecting the room he is assailed by a high pitched shrieking noise and then right after by 5 large bats. Daigotsu arrives to try and lend a hand. After a few minutes of flailing at the shrieking creatures, the bats fly off.
During this time, Karl and Taith have unlocked the hidden door and have decided to check in on Thomas after assuming he locked the door. They decide to get some sleep but not before Karl cannot remember if he closed the hidden door. The two go to check on the door (again) and eventually bring Daigotsu to their yells, as the Mahactan has been separated from Xxian. Karl, Taith, and Daigotsu then bed down for the night with some empty rooms in the mansion. Xxian finds a secret door that leads up through a guard house and is escorted back to the manor and to his guest quarters, but not before getting a bite to eat.
The next morning, the group is roused piecemeal by a maid, who conveys an invitation from the real Arylor's to have breakfast in the courtyard. Xxian, Daigotsu, Karl, and Taith, are joined at the table by a cautious Lalina, Nalia, and a pained Reinlad who doesn't seem to be in the best of moods or mindsets. Nalia sends her companion Atropos off to go fetch someone before they reach the table.
At the table, everyone eats their fill, making introductions, and speaks to the Arylors, who thank them for their help in saving them. As the meal is going on, a guard escorts a heavily bundled woman with a walking staff to the courtyard and the Lord and Lady. Upon questioning, the woman, Terpischore, is found to be a traveler from a place called the Sun City, near or around Rattletown. She demonstrates some talents with animals by calling a spider the size of a housecat to her side. After which she is invited to dine with the present company. Nalia excuses herself from the table and has a short conversation with Daigotsu before leaving the Manor. Reinlad grows irritated by the naive actions of the Arylors and the constant prattling of Taith and excuses himself from the table taking Daigotsu along with him so as to teach the young man how to pray in the absense of his swords. After the two leave another guard escorts an elven woman into the courtyard, and it is revealed to be Reioko, the person Nalia had sent for, she bears an odd tubular device on her back and is distinctive with her different colored eyes.
The table clears soon afterwards, with Lalina, Reioko following her, leaving to consult Reinlad, but unwittinly leading the rest of the people to Reinlad's quarters, much to the Mahactan's dismay. After some words concerning armor and Xxian's apparently cursed ring, the group splits up.

Causualties: none
Treasure: none (Taith looted several objects unnoticed)
High points: Two new PC's, thanks from Lord and Lady Arylor
Low points: Original members of the group gunshy about new faces

XP awarded: 85/lvl/hr for 5 hours

[Paks]

TT Written by ~   Paks
Date: 19/04/734  
 DM: Paks

Location: Crossway
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian ( Boltt ), Reinlad ( Henri ), Diagotsu ( Trickster ), Reioko ( Nalia ), Terpsichore ( Nux ), Taith  ( BrokenBoulder )
NPC’s: Lord Arylor, Thomas, Ebony & Issac

IC Posting Summary

Lalina corners Xxian and attempts to remove the cursed ring from his finger, Xxian however has other ideas and Lalina is forced to cast a spell upon the gnome, sucking away his strength and rendering him useless. The Hopebringer then casts remove curse and the ring slides from Xxians finger. Xxian cannot remember anything from the time the ring was placed upon his finger to the time it was removed. Xxian becomes very upset but soon finds his dice and offers to gamble with the priestess.

Terpischore and the gnome become acquainted, Xxian extremely wary of the woman’s pet spider and begins to run away. Terpsichore calms the gnome down and the two converse for a bit, also Lalina explains what has happened to Xxian.

Lord Arylor takes Lalina and Terpischore to the stables and produces a sword and some mail for Reinlad. Terpsichore inspects the mail and deems it fit to be used. Lord Arylor then escorts Lalina back to Thomas where she questions the man and eventually gains his promise for help.

Reinlad attempts to teach Daigotsu how to pray to Mahacto  without focusing on his weapons.

Reioko sits on the lawn, concentrating on a metal object seemingly casting a spell of some kind. Terpsichore joins her and sits quietly watching. Taith joins Terpischore and Reioko and begins to question Reioko about the strange object. Terpischore distracts the boy and offer to find Xxian and get something to eat. Reioko however comes forth from her trance and speaks with the young boy. The three converse for some time, speaking mainly about the groups direction.

Lalina returns to her room and ponders on what she should do.

Experience

Reinlad – 195xlevel
Daigotsu – 140xlevel
Lalina- 400xlevel
Terpsichore – 500xlevel
Taith- 300xlevel
Xxian – 225xlevel
Reioko – 140xlevel

Side Session with Feff
Date: 19/04/734
Date: RL 15/01/05


PC’s Present Lalina, Reinlad, Taith, Daigotsu, Terpsichore
Location Crossway

Summary

Reinlad and Daigotsu continue to pray to Matacho, Daigotsu leaving when he finished his prays and heads to the courtyard. Terpischore sits silently with Taith and Reioko. Terpischore sees Daigotsu enter the courtyard and immediately asks the blademaster to join them for a meal. The two discuss who will be joining them for lunch. Taith joins them and finds some smooth stones to keep him amused. Reinlad joins everyone in the courtyard and introduces himself. Taith finds some apples and offers them around. Reinlad excuses himself from the crowd and heads back to his room, Lalina follows and enters the room after him. Reinlad becomes slightly flustered.

Taith happily takes the opportunity to distribute his apples amongst his new found friends, whilst Reinlad and Lalina aren’t present. Lalina speaks with Reinlad, concerned for his well being and tells him that Lord Arylor has offered him some equipment. Reinlad seems pleased and Lalina continues to speak, this time about her conversation with Thomas. Reinlad does not seem happy with the mention of Thomas and speaks of sending the man to jail for his crimes. Lalina listens and informs Reinlad that she has offered to speak on Thomas’s behalf if the man cooperates. Reinlad tells Lalina that he does not trust the others and that they should ditch them at the soonest available moment. Lalina mentions Reioko and her conversation with Nalia and considers taking her with them. Reinlad and Lalina agree to take Reioko and Daigotsu and leave the others behind. Reinlad tries on the armor and decides on the splint mail, it fitting him fairly well.


Meanwhile, Taith, Daigotsu and Terpsichore speak together. Daigotsu speaks of his beloved blades and Terpsichore puts forth a little of her knowledge in weaponsmithing. The three converse on many things before Daigotsu decides to teach Taith a few of combat unarmed moves. The two play fight for a while, executing some nice moves whilst Terpsichore kept an eye on them.

Session Length 3 hours
Experience 20/level/hour


Xxian’s Little Adventure
Date: 19/04/734
Summary

Having been left alone, the gnome decides to go exploring. He enters the room straight across from him in the hallway and begins to look through it. He discovers a door semi hidden behind the bed and decides to take a closer look. Pulling the bed out, the gnome then pulls the goat skins off the wall and stands back to see the outline of a door and also a door handle. The handle is too high for him to reach so he pulls the bed back and climbs up giving the door a mighty shove. It opens and the gnome finds himself once again in the secret passages. As he reaches the T intersection, Xxian hears an animals screaming in pain. He heads down the tunnel to investigate, his Morningstar ready for any trouble should it come his way. Xxian hears growling and soon he sees a large brown dog with a yellow collar in the passage. It has a large cat in it’s jaws and seems to be shaking it around. Xxian tries to yell at the dog but it doesn’t listen. The dog gives one last mighty shake and the cat is thrown against the wall, killed instantly. Xxian moves towards the dog, his morning star ready to swing but the dog turns it’s attention to another small creature, a very tiny kitten. Xxian moves forth and attacks the dog dealing a massive amount of damage to the creature, the dog strikes back and bites Xxian on the leg. Xxian swings again and with a mighty hit kills the dog.

Xxian collects the kitten, a tiny black thing with a white patch over it’s left eye, and places it in his shirt. As he goes to leave he sees another movement from the corner of his eye and another kitten comes running towards it’s dead mother. Xxian scoops it up and places it with it’s sibling, a black kitten with a white patch over it’s right eye. The kitten begins crying,  Xxian exits the tunnels and goes to the kitchen in search of milk and biscuits. After gathering the food, Xxian heads out the courtyard and sits quietly feeding the cats, making sure no one could see what he was doing.

Session Length 1 hour
Experience 20/level/hour



Date: 19/04/734  
Date Real Life ~ 22/01/05
Session 7 ~The Journey Begins ~
NPC’s: Lord Arylor, Thomas, Ebony & Issac
PC’s: Lalina, Xxian ( Boltt ), Reinlad ( Henri ), Diagotsu ( Trickster ), Reioko ( Nalia ), Terpsichore ( Nux ), Taith ( BrokenBoulder )


Session Summary

The groups are separated by choice and both go their separate ways ( ironically looking for each other )

Longer Version

As everyone meets in the courtyard, Lalina and Reinlad conspire to leave half the group behind. Xxian is mesmerised by Taith, who is still in the tree handing out apples. Reioko decides to get the others ready to go but finds that they are more interested in the apples. Reinlad tells Lalina that he has a spell that will allow him to look for the Lorlens and Daigotsu’s weapons but that he needed some components to cast it, he also mentions that it will take some time to cast. Lalina suggest that they get moving and Reinlad nods and heads off towards the river, hoping to use it scry.

Reioko gives trying to get the others moving and instead asks the young boy for an apple. Taith produces one from his pocket and throws to the elven girl and then begins to question Xxian on his missing ring. Xxian seems surprised that Taith knew of the ring but becomes easily distracted by the tasty apple. Xxian decides to share his secret find with Taith and shows him the kittens. Taith becomes engrossed in them and the two share the gnomes adventure on how he came by the kittens. Xxian decides to share his precious treasure with Taith and gives the young boy one of the kittens. Lord Arylor enters the courtyard looking for Lalina and most concerned to find that she was not there, infact had gone off with Reinlad and Daigotsu. Lord Arylor offers the remaining four a sack of gold to go after them and protect them. The group agree and set off looking for Thomas, hoping he would know what direction they went.

Meanwhile, Reinlad reaches the river and discovers it flowing quite fast. He tells Daigotsu and Lalina that it is unsuitable for the spell and that they would need to find a still body of water, something like a pond. Reinlad spies a young boy at the river edge, throwing rocks into the water. He questions the boy on a location and the boy eventually leads them right back to the Arylor estate and points to behind the house. Reinlad, Lalina and Daigotsu venture behind the house and find a small fish pond. Reinlad seems happy that this will do the job and begins to prepare his spell. The preparation takes him two hours and with everything in place he looks into the water and searches for the Lorlen’s. He finds them travelling on horseback through a hilly and grassed area. They travel alone and do not have Daigotsu’s swords. Reinlad then looks for Serafina and finds her travelling in a similar area, she’s alone and on foot. She carries one of Daigotsu’s swords and seems to be injured. Reinlad looks for the other sword and sees a tall red haired man surrounded by trees wearing the Wakizashi. He also scrys for Thomas and finds the young man at the river egde, attempting to cross on rafts, he seems to be with the rest of the group. Reinlad looks in on Lalina’s parents and finds them doing well, he also seeks out his friend Dan in order to send him a message regarding Laeris. He checks back on the Lorlen’s and notices them passing an old run down hut but nothing else distinctive. The spell finishes and he informs Lalina and Daigotsu of what he has seen.

Meanwhile, the previous four are taken to Thomas’s room where he agrees to lead them after Lalina. He heads towards the laundry informing them that the Lorlen’s escaped through the passages and this would be the best direction to go. Taith disappears into the kitchens and gathers food for the kittens for the journey. Xxian races forward leads the way through the passage to the stone door. Taith says the magic word and the door opens wide at the edge of a forest. Thomas declares that they need to follow the path through the forest and heads off leading the way. They travel only a short while before the reach the other side and come into view of the river. The path leads them to the river bank where they find some rafts tied to a dock. Deciding to ignore the toll, the group secures two rafts and strike off into the river. Thomas looses control and drifts downriver a little as he tries to fight the current. He regains control and makes it to the other side, although both he and Reioko seem rather wet. Xxian and Taith push their raft to the other side easily enough and tie it to the dock. Thomas drags the raft upriver and ties it also. He notices a path heading into the grassy hills and sets a bout following it. They walk for perhaps 3 hours and it begins to rain, softly at first but then it pours. The only shelter is a small forest up ahead and group head straight for it. They move deeper into the forest seeking more shelter when suddenly they fins themselves being fired upon by arrows. They can’t see their attackers and the fierce wind makes it near impossible for them to hear anything.
A group of perhaps 15-20 people surround them, all armed and weapons pointing in the groups direction. Terpischore demands to know who commands them and shortly a young woman of 20 years steps forward. She demands to know what the group are doing in her fathers forest and doesn’t seem satisfied with their answers. Soon however the young woman realises that they are seeking the same people that had been through the forest earlier and attacked her friends. She decides to take the group to her father and finally introduces herself as Ebony. She leads the group of 5 to a large tree with a rope ladder, climbing up she begins to lead everyone through a series of rope bridges deeper into the forest. The group are soon very lost but continue to follow Ebony. Ebony leads them to a small tree top village, filled with lanterns and more rope bridges. There appears to be approx 20-25 buildings. She guides the group to her fathers house right in the very centre. She takes them inside and tells them to wait whilst she informs her father of their arrival. She returns shortly and offers the group refreshments. Her father enters and the group are introduced to Issac. Xxian notices that Isssac seems to be wearing a sword that looks very similar to Daigotsu’s missing sword.
Xxian asks to view the sword and Issac hands it over. Issac speaks with Terpsichore and Reioko regarding the Lorlens and both women discover that Issac had not only seen the Lorlen’s but Serafina as well. He tells them how he came across the sword and his dealings with Serafina. The women inquire about Lalina but Issac tells them he has not seen her. The group asks if they can wait for Lalina in his village and Issac agrees offering them accommodation and a shared meal. The group accept and follow out to the rear of his builing to an undercover terrace with a large table and chair. The sit and begin to eat. Taith pulls Issac aside and gingerly asks if he could have Daigotsu’s sword, intending on returning it to it’s rightful owner. Issac agrees to think about it but nothing more.

Lalina, Reinlad and Daigotsu return to the Arylor house and speak with the Lord. They discover that the others have left under the Lord’s instruction and have taken Thomas with them. The three agree after some debate to go in search of the others. They head to the river and find the dock with the rafts. They pay the toll and take a raft across. They tie the raft on the other side and find the path the others have taken and begin to follow. It starts to rain heavily and the trio walk for some 3 hours before finally coming across a forest that offered shelter. The trio find themselves surrounded, arrows landing at their feet and demands of putting down their weapons. After some conversation, mostly on the trio’s side a young man steps forward and demands to know their business. The trio reply and the young man instructs them to follow him through the forest to his leader. He takes them through the tree top walk and finally arrives at Issac’s home. Issac comes forth to meet them. Daigotsu and Reinlad notice that he is wearing the blademasters sword. Issac smiles at the small group and introduces himself.


Casualties:  None

Treasure: Kittens, sack of gold and Reinlads new information.

Session High Points:
* Xxian gives Taith one of his kittens
* Discovering one of Daigotsu’s swords.

Session Low Points

*Reinlad and Lalina, due to recent events, find it hard to trust the others and set off on their own with Daigotsu.

Session length 4 hours for most

Experience

Reioko, Xxian & Taith   85/level/hour
Reinlad  75/level/hour
Lalina 55/level/hour
Daigotsu 40/level/hour
Terpsichore 65/level/hour

[Paks]

Group: Paks' Saturday Dusk&Dawn Group
DM: Paks
Trip Ticket Written by ~ Taith ( aka BrokenBoulder )
Date: 1/29/05
Date IC: 19/04/734

Session 8

PC's present: Xxian, Reinlad, Daigotsu, Reioko, Lalina, Terpischore, Taith
NPC's: Thomas, Ebony, Issac, wounded men

Location: Forest Village, some 3 hours from Crossway

Short summary: Ebony gives a tour to part of the group while Issac argues with the other part.

Summary:
Taith and Xxian are showing themselves around the house, particularily Issac's room, when Taith notices that Lalina, Reinlad, and Daigotsu are outside meeting with Issac. As the two diminuative characters continue on to other parts of the house they are met by Reioko and Terpischore who are being given an actual tour by Ebony. Explaining that they were looking for the toilet, they join up with the tour which takes them across a wet rope bridge at which point Taith manages to help Terpischore avoid an 80ft plunge to the forest floor. Xxian holes up in the toilet after he is subjected to thinking about lots of running water by his companion, and eventually the tour stops at the tree towns infirmary, where several battered guards rest after their encounter with the cruel Lorlens. Xxian attempts to heal one of the men with fairly good, yet mysterious results.

Elsewhere, Issac is holding an audience with Lalina, Reinlad, and Daigotsu. The primary topic of the conversation is Daigotsu's claim of ownership of the sword at Issac's belt. The discussion becomes heated, with Reinlad and Daigotsu attempting to make the man understand the importance of the sword to the foreign born Daigotsu, as Lalina waits to see how it will pan out. Issac asserts his host perrogative and orders the two men to be escorted from his town. Daigotsu flatly refuses to budge until his sword is given to him, even going as far as to challenge the larger man to unarmed fisticuffs. Finally tiring of the whole encounter, Issac pulls the sword from his belt and hurls it into the forest below out of spite for the uninvited guests. Daigotsu attempts to figure out a way to climb directly down from where they are standing. About this time Taith shows up from running from the infirmary hut to find Lalina and have her heal the wounded men.

Causualties: Sword found, sword lost
Reward: Tour

Session high points: Two groups nearly catch up to one another, Xxian heals someone after almost wetting himself
Session low points: Connection problems, Daigotsu's sword lost again, troubling OOC issues

XP: 80/lvl/hr 2.5hrs
XP: 100xlevel for Taith ( TT )

[Paks]

Group:  Fates Circle of the Intermingle
DM: Paks
Trip Ticket Written by ~ Xxian
Date: 06 Feb 2005
Date IC: 19/04/734 – 19/05/734

Session 9

PC's present: Xxian, Taith, Reinlad, Reioko, Lalina, Terpischore, Wolf
NPC's: Issac, Ebony, Wounded Men.

Location: Issac’s house in the tree village

Short Version: While Lalina healed the remaining wounded, Xxian tabled a map that was given to him some time ago, with the location of a hidden treasure. What started as a general discussion about Xxians intentions to retrieve the treasure, turned into an all in discussion as to how the entire group would retrieve it. Karl arrived, bringing news to Lalina that she was to give up the search for the Lordens and return home immediately. Lalina refused, which resulted in a heated argument between the siblings.


Long Version:Reinlad decides to leave the group and go in search of Daigotsu, escourted by four of Issac's men, Reinlad finds himself led to the bottom of the forest and left to search alone. He calls out to his friend but gets no reply. He continues to search, having to light a torch as it was quite dark on the forest floor, when suddenly he finds himself being attacked. He can hear a soft laughing and a gust of wind that seems to blow past his face but he can see nothing. He gets shot three times with arrows before he succumbs to the attackers poision, resulting in the loss of Reinlad's memory. As he stands bewildered by what seems to be happening, a small sprite appears, laughing at Reinlad but quickly disappeared again when it saw that Reinlad had also seen it. Reinlad looks around and discovers the lamps in the trees above and decides to see where they lead him. He soon finds himself meeting Lalina and falling in love with her all over again.

Ebony, impressed at the gnomes actions, takes him to her father to tell him what he had done. When Issac offered a reward for his effort, Xxian immediately asked for a ship, of which, other than Issac finding amusing, he did not seem keen to entertain the idea. Some of the others in the group who were standing nearby started to ridicule Xxian for his request. Issac took them all inside to the table and offered beverages while he and Xxian discussed a reasonable reward. As Xxian stepped thru to the dining area, he was stunned to be face to face with a wolf. While the others prepare themselves to fight the animal, Xxian is somewhat confused as to how such an animal could make its way so high into the canopy of the trees. The wolf, having not threatened any of the party, moves to where Issac was now seated, and sat beside him. Issac proceeded to explain how the wolf came to be living with them.

Meanwhile, Lalina is escorted by Ebony back to the healing hut, where she practices her art of wellbeing. Having a great success, she is then brought back to the group. She announces her intention of leaving right away, of which she is discouraged by Issac, offering to have Ebony guide her out of the forest in the morning. Not wanting to leave her help out by them selves, she insisted in being show how to use the pulley system to get to the ground, to look for her comrades. Finding Reinlad, he does not recognize her. She then spends some time trying to get him to recognize her, this not seeming to work, getting him to trust her, which seemed to work. Spells trying to restore his memory also had no effect.

The others, taking a seat at the table, Reioko and Xxian still debated the need for people who live in trees to own a ship, more to the amusement of Reioko, than the frustration of Xxian! Issac finally put an end to the discussion, stating that he had no ship to give, therefore Xxian should choose some other reward, such as gold – to which defiantly got Xxians attention. Reioko, quizzing Xxian
As to why he wanted a ship so badly, learned of his secret desire to become a pirate, a thought that she thought was very funny indeed. The wolf gave Issac a pouch, which Issac then produced 5 gold pieces and handed them to Xxian, who accepted them eagerly. Lalina returned, only to announce that she and the others should be leaving soon, a suggestion that Issac expressed his concerns of, as it was getting dark. He then offered to provide accommodation for the night. Xxian produced a map, showing it to Reioko, exclaiming that the reason he wanted to get a ship, was so as he could find the treasure, marked on his map. Ebony’s attention was gained by the maps intrigue, having not bee abroad, she was keen to learn more. Reioko, Xxian and Terps discussed many methods that could be utilized to get control of a vessel, to search for the treasure, as they ate and drank that provided for them. Ebony then asks if she can accompany them on their quest, of which was met by no negative replies. (( group breaks to discuss intergroup relations )) Requesting permission from her father, he was hesitant at first, but was eventually convinced by the others that she would be safe. Taith, off doing what Taith does, returns to the skeptical questioning of Issac, he however managed to convince the owner of the abode that he was not acting in a manner frowned upon. Not before long, everyone started to retire for the evening. While the others went straight to sleep, Taith and Xxian stayed up, playing dice, where Taith won one of Xxians gold pieces. Before long, they too, were sound asleep, taith being kept company, by both kittens. In the morning, a commotion between Issac and Lalinas brother, Karl, woke everybody up. Karl then seeing Lalina, instructs her to return home at once. Lalina is not happy with this instruction saying she will actively defy her father’s wishes. Karl then informs Lalina that if she does so, she will forfeit any funding and official help on her endeavors. Breakfast is soon fetched, at Xxians stomachs request. Lalina continues to argue with Karl as to he stopping the search for the Lordens, throughout the morning meal. As the argument continues, the girls initiate a walkout. Discreetly telling everybody that they should make a move out of the house and on their way to find the treasure, leaving Reinlad, Lalina and Karl to bicker amongst themselves. Xxian initiated the move, standing up, he announced that he was leaving in search of hidden treasure, and beckoned the others to follow.




XP: 80 / Level / Hr – Taith got extra 40 / Level for IC posting

Session Length: 4.5hrs

Casualties: None

Treasure: 4 GP for Xxian, one for Taith

Session High Points: The group excited about leaving together to find Xxian’s hidden treasure

Session Low Points: Heated argument between Lalina and Karl, making everyone uncomfortable.

[Paks]

Session 10 - still to come

TT Written by ~   Paks
Date:   20/04/734 – 21/04/734
Date Real Life ~ 19/02/05
Session 11 ~ Thief ~
DM: Paks

Location: Rawleyville and road to Tansia
PC’s: Terpsichore, Reioko, Taith and Xxian
NPC’s: Ebony, twin Orcs, Scotty and 2 bandits, Josie
EXP:  85 level hour

Session Length: 4 hours

Short Version of Events

The group stays at the Creeping Spider Inn in Rawleyville. They befriend two Orc’s and hire them as sailor’s, agreeing to meet them in Celusia at a later date. They leave the Inn and head towards Tansia only to be held up by three bandits. The group defeats the bandits and continue on their way. Several hours later they find a young girl crying by the side of the road and stop to help her.

Longer Version

The group retire to their rooms, the girls in one and the boys next door. Terpischore feels uncomfortable undressing in front of Reioko and Ebony so she climbs under the bed covers and changes. The girls nod off to sleep after doing a bit of sewing and spell memorising but the boys next door continue to chat for a while. Xxian soon falls asleep leaving Taith wide awake. The young boy decides to take the opportunity to spy on the two Orc’s he met earlier in the common room. He sneaks out of the room and watches the Orc’s until they retire to bed, Taith follows and once the Orc’s are safely sleeping he proceeds to set up a trip wire. Happy with his work, Taith sneaks back to his room and wakes Xxian, telling the gnome of his devious deeds. The two grin and go to sleep waiting to see what happens in the morning.

Morning comes and Ebony jumps out of bed, excited to be off travelling, however Reioko and Terpsichore don’t seem to share her enthusiasm. Ebony manages to get Terpsichore to go with her to the common room for some breakfast but Reioko simply stays sleeping in bed. Ebony orders some food for both her and Terpsichore when they hear a large crash coming from the guest rooms. Terpsichore suggests that they go see what has happened and Ebony agrees but she let’s Terpsichore lead the way. The return to the hall and find the two Orc’s tangled on the floor in some sort of wire, Taith, Xxian and Reioko have been woken by the noise and stand at their doors watching the scene. Terpsichore holds out her hand and with her incredible strength, pulls one of the Orc’s to his feet. She untangles him and then offers to help the other but unfortunately Terpsichore over reaches and falls on top of the Orc. She quickly untangles herself and offers again to pull him up and this time she succeeds. The Orc’s wonder who had laid the trap for them but become distracted as Terpsichore begins a conversation with them both.

Taith, Xxian, Reioko and Ebony head back to the common room and have some breakfast whilst Terpsichore becomes familiar with the Orc’s, in fact she decides to ask the two Orc’s to come work for them on the trip to the Islands, as sailors on the boat. The Orc’s agree but inform her that they must first go to Fairingtown to complete some business but that they will meet them in Celusia when they are finished. Terpischore seems happy with this but tells that she must first clear it with the rest of the group and she invites the Orc’s to breakfast. When they reach the others, Xxian does not seem pleased with Terpsichore and indicates that she should follow him and talk about the matter. Xxian tells Terpsichore that he will not allow Orc’s to travel with them as he believes that they will eat him, Terpsichore tells the little man that the Orc’s will not eat him but Xxian is not convinced. Terpsichore explains that she has lived with thousands of Orc’s and she has never seen one eat a goblinkind, but Xxian still does not believe her, preferring to believe the stories he has heard about Orc’s eating Gnomes. Terpsichore promises to Xxian that the Orc’s will not eat him but Xxian merely laughs, thinking that the human woman would not be able to stop them. Terpsichore points out that a piece or wire managed to defeat them but still Xxian seems unsure but as he turned back to the table where the Orc’s were, he finds that they are already gone and he realises he may yet be forced to travel with them.

Meanwhile, Taith and Ebony decide that it’s time to hit the road and manage to finally wake up Reioko and motivate her to go with them. Terpsichore and Xxian meet up with them just as they head out of the Inn. Ebony seems to have a rough idea of where the group should be going and takes the lead. They leave Rawleyville and find the turn to Tansia, they travel for close to four hours, in which time Taith asks Reioko to teach him to read and write, before they meet the traveller on the road.

The group approach a young man who stands in the middle of the road, he tells the group he is waiting for his friend to arrive but is worried because he seems to be late. The group ask him for a description of the friend and agree to keep an eye out for him. The young man tries to keep the group with him by offering them a drink but Terpsichore seems anxious to leave but Taith decides to try and trade his rocks with the man, the man informs Taith that he really has no interest in trading for rocks but may be willing to trade for something else. Xxian tries his luck with trying to get the man to gamble with him but all he gets is ignored. The man looks the group over and then questions Terpsichore as to whether she could use her Morningstar; Terpsichore merely tells the man that they must leave. Footsteps can be heard and two other men appear in the road and call out to the first. The three attempt to rob the group but find themselves in grave trouble when the group fights back. Reioko casts her magic but for some apparent reason she does not succeed but luckily Terpsichore manages to almost kill the first bandit named Scotty with her Morningstar and pet Spider. Taith uses his sling and delivers some well directed bullets, hurting the men and Xxian showed them that he knew how to use his Morningstar also.  

Finally Scotty throws down his weapon in defeat and Xxian grabs the man holding him hostage whilst the rest of the group fought to defeat the remaining bandits. The bandits fight for another round before they also throw down their weapons in obvious defeat. Xxian sifts through Scotty pockets whilst the other two get tied up. Terpsichore speaks with Scotty informing him that due to the spider bite, the poison will kill him if no antidote is administered; she also informs him that she has one bottle and it will cost him 100 gold pieces. Scotty becomes very upset telling Terpsichore that he does not have 100 gold to pay her. Terpsichore shrugs with a “that’s a shame” response. Terpsichore moves to the other bandit that had been bitten to see if she can get something from him but Scotty calls her back and says he’ll offer her something else, yet when Terpsichore asks what he’ll offer the man merely goes blank and he begs for her to not let him die. Terpsichore decides to give Scotty and the other bitten bandit half the antidote each, slowing the poison till they can reach a healer. Scotty agrees, thinking that the group will take him to a healer but when Terpsichore informs him that they will not he gets a bit worried. Terpsichore walks away from the men and begins to fiddle with something and eventually she brings back a container of antidote but as she reaches the dying men she accidentally trip on purpose and spills the liquid to the ground. The men as devastated, they crawl their way to the liquid and try to lick it up.

Meanwhile, Taith and Reioko huddle together and conspire against the bandits. After a few short moments Taith runs to the first bandit and sits on and writes the word Thief on the mans forehead and then proceeds to the do the same with the other two.

Terpsichore, after watching the men try to lick the antidote finally tells them that the spider has not poisoned them, this time but if they meet again it certainly will. The group, satisfied with their handy work, leave the three men tied up in the middle of the road and continue on their way towards Tansia. They travel for another three hours before they see a little girl crying on the side of the road. The group stop and Reioko and Terpsichore ask the little girl what is wrong, the girl tells them that a mean boy named Josh has taken her Jackie and will not give her back unless she answers a riddle. Terpsichore asks the girl the riddle but the she can’t remember it. She begins to howl, hugging herself on the side of the road. Terpsichore and Reioko ask Josie to take them to Josh. Josie smiles and takes both women by the hand and leads them through the trees to where Josh and his friends are hiding. Josie points to Josh, who is sitting in a tree with a doll handing from a branch with a rope. The group moves forth and as they do the boys on the ground swam the women and bombard them with questions.

Meanwhile, Taith decides to check further up the road just in case more bandits are waiting for them. He sneaks through the trees and follows the road for approximately ten minutes before he reaches a clearing. He sees a long line of wagons, all made with very bright colours. There are people everywhere, children running around, music being played, singing and several fires burning. Taith decides to go in for a closer look and attempt to eavesdrop on the company to see if they prove to be a threat.


  Casualties:

Scotty & two bandits

Treasure:

Jewelled handled Dagger, 1 bag of gold (25 pieces) and a small green gem

Session High Points

•   Terpsichore hires the twin Orc’s as sailors
•   Taith learns to write his first word, Thief
•   The group work together to overcome the bandits without killing them.

[Paks]

Group:  Fates Circle of the Intermingle
DM: Paks
Trip Ticket Written by ~ Xxian
Date: 26th February
Date IC: 21/04/734 – 21/04/734

Side Session with Xxian and Terpsichore

PC's present: Xxian, Terpischore.
NPC's: Gypsy kids including Josie and Josh, Gypsy father Brite, Gypsy man (name unknown).

Location: Gypsy caravan, roadside to Tansia

Short Version:
Terpsichore solves the boys riddle and retrieves Josies doll. The kids take the group into the gypsy camp where they are offered food and drink. Terpsichore discusses a short cut to Celusia with Brite, Josies father, who also offers to accompany them part of the way. Xxian makes a little coin on the side gambling with the gypsys.


Long Version:
A moment after Taith informed Xxian of the gypsies, the mention of the riddle was made again, so he went back to see if he could solve it. His answer of a scarecrow put the poor gnome to shame though, when Terpsichore revealed the answer to be a Pirate. With that, the boy, Josh, jumped out of the tree, leaving the doll behind. Xxian demanded that the boy return up the tree to get the doll and give it to his sister, but he refused. Xxian took out his Morningstar and waved it in a threatening manner to try and convince the boy to do as he was told. The boy in turn accused Xxian of being a gypsy killer, just as Terpsichore’ spider climbed the tree and retrieved the doll, bringing it to Terpsichore.

When questioned about the gypsy killer statement, the boy refused to talk to Xxian, preferring to pet Terpsichore’ spider with his sister, much to the disgust of Xxian. They eventually departed the scene and headed towards the gypsy camp. Upon arrival, the girl ran into the camp and got her father, explaining to him what had occurred in the forest. The father, Brite, being grateful for the groups assistance, offered the group a seat at the fires and gave them a drink of gypsy rum. A woman approached shortly afterwards with a platter of assorted foods. Xxian had a few bets over dice with one of the other gypsy’s, of which he benefited from before the gypsy decided not to play any more with him.

Brite discussed the travel plans of the group with Terpsichore, and offered information of a short cut from where they were, to Celusia. He offered for them to accompany them to the Celusia turnoff, as they were heading for Tansia themselves .




XP: 50 / Level / Hr

Session Length: 1 hour

Casualties: None

Treasure: 1 GP for Xxian

Session High Points: Terps solving the riddle, going into friendly gypsy campsite.

Session Low Points: Xxian scaring the gypsy boy with his morningstar. Lack of other players to hold a full session.

[Paks]

Group: Fates Circle of the Intermingle
DM: Paks
Trip Ticket Written by ~ Paks
Date: 05th March 2005
Date IC: 21/04/734 – 17/04/735
Session: 12
Title: The gypsies and Celusia

PC's present: Xxian, Terpischore, Fenrir, Reioko and Taith
NPC's:Ebony, Gypsy Josie, Gypsy father Brite, Gypsy Will and the fortune Teller Serena, also Simon and his wife Chrissy and Nalia.

Location: From the gypsy caravan on the road to Tansia, all the way to Celusia

Short Version:
The group are taken by Josie to have their fortunes told by her Aunt Serena. Serena gives the group a brief outline of upcoming events and scares them with the word of impending doom. The group travel with the gypsies for a few days before they leave the road to Tanisa and head off to Celusia. They camp the first night at a farm in the hayshed but spend the next night under the stars. The group come to the Tansian River and find the bridge broken and make a boat to cross it. Ebony falls in the river and discovers that she can breath underwater due to a gift the gypsies gave the group. Terpsichore tries her hand at seeing the future. The group then makes their way to Celusia where all but Xxian spend the next year. After the year has past the group reunites and the psychotic gnome, Xxian, seems to be very excited about something.


Long Version:

As the group sits around the gypsy camp fire, Xxian attempts to teach Reioko to play dice but the elven mage has other ideas, as Xxian beats her, Reioko hands over a small pouch that sounds as though it contains coins. Xxian opens the bag but instead of the coins he was expecting, a puff of green smoke comes up and hits him in the face. Xxian extremely unhappy with Reioko's prank, starts calling her an evil woman but Reioko merely laughs hysterically at Xxian.

Josie sits with Terpsichore and speaks with her about dolls, asking if Tepischore had ever owned one. Terpsichore explained that she never had dolls but instead she had spiders. Josie nods and comments that it must have been lonely for Terpsichore when she was younger. Terpsichore explains to Josie that although there were always people around her, she was very lonely. Josie questions Terpsichore about the people, asking if they were cruel to her and Terpsichore explains that they were cruel but that eventually they become frightened of her because she found the strength and skill to fight back. Josie smiles, seemingly happy that Terpsichore had been able to stand up for herself but she hands Terpsichore Jackie ( her doll ) anyway and informs the woman that she can hold her. Josie then decides that the group should meet her Aunt Serena and have their fortune told. She collects the group and drags them off to her Aunts wagon.

Serena welcomes the group into her wagon and takes a crystal ball and places it lovingly on a small table in front of her. She questions the group as to whether they had ever had their fortune told and she finds that they never have. With a broad smile, Serena closes her eyes and concentrates on each individual in her wagon. She opens her eyes and looks directly at Terpsichore and informs the woman that she can she her looking for a giant spider. Serena then turns to Reioko and Taith and tells that she can see the elven woman teaching the young boy to read. Serena turns to Xxian and tells the gnome hat she can see him helping him rid the world of some great evil. The fortune teller then turns to Fenrir and Ebony and explains that she can see teh two connected but cannot completely foresee Fenrir's future and that the wolf's fate seems split into two.

Serena then turns to the group and tells them of the adventures that they will have together in the future, including swimming with Mermen and Selkies, she sees them all on a ship exploring the ocean with Xxian at the helm. Serena also explained that she saw another that would join them, a man in armour, although she could not see his face, she saw that the group were comfortable with his presence. Serena continues her vision with explaining that she saw the group on an Island being hunted by dark skinned men with white paint covering their bodies, that she saw them speaking in depth with a group of warrior women and lastly she saw them facing impending doom. Serena quickly dismisses herself from the wagon, not wanting to answer any more questions, the vision of the impending doom having upset her quite a bit.

Reioko seems upset by the revelation of the impending doom and flees the wagon and heads back into the camp and immediately begins to record the information into her notebook. Ebony and Fenrir go after the elven woman and attempt to comfort her.

Will appears at the wagon and coaxes everyone out, explaining that they are all welcome to stay with the gypsies. He hands them a tent and leaves Terpsichore and Xxian to put it up. Terpsichore takes a moment to call for Josie and when the little girl appears, Terpsichore hands back the gypsy doll asking if Josie could arrange sometime to speak with Serena privately. Josie agrees and gives Terpsichore back Jackie, asking her to look after her while she looks for her Aunt. Terpsichore places Jackie carefully on the ground and sets her spider to guard the doll while she sets up the tent.

Meanwhile, Taith decides to stay behind at the fortune tellers wagon and after fiddling with the unlocked lock, the young thief sneaks inside and makes a bee line for the crystal ball. Taith picks up the ball and after a long series of magical words the boy gives up and decides to try drawing a picture instead. He quickly draws the picture of his mother and holds it to the crystal ball asking it to show him an image of his mother, but much to Taith's disappointment, nothing happens. He hears a sound coming from outside and quickly rushes out of the wagon, leaving the drawing behind.

The group travels with the gypsies for the next three days, Terpsichore spending a considerable amount of time with Serena. Finally the wagons come to a halt and Brite points to the road to Celusia and explains that this is where they must part company. Josie runs to Terpsichore and hugs her tightly, a little teary eyed the little girl hands Terpsichore her best friend Jackie, explaining that Jackie would look after Terpsichore. Josie also tells Terpsichore that should she ever need help, she should just call Josie and the little girl would come, no matter where Terpsichore was. As the group farewells the gypsies, Serena comes forth holding six necklaces in her hand, she informs the group that they will need the necklaces along the way. Ebony takes hers and places it over her head. Xxian however reminds the group of the last time he was given a piece of jewellery and Taith makes fun of the gnome. Reioko takes the rest of the necklaces and places them in her pack. Serena takes her leave but stops in front of young Taith and places a piece of paper in his hand, informing him that next time he decides to explore someone else’s home, he should take the evidence with him. Taith apologises and then asks Serena to look into her ball for an image of his mother, explaining that that was what he was trying to in her wagon. Serena smiles at the young thief and agrees. She looks into her ball and tells Taith that she can indeed see his mother and that although she misses Taith dearly, she had others things to keep her busy, like the baby daughter she holds in her arms. Taith thanks the gypsy and runs back to Xxian, extremely excited about the news. The gypsy wagons finally pull away and the group head off down the overgrown road to Celusia.

They travel all day until they finally reach a small farm beside the road. The farmer, named Simon comes out and speaks with Reioko. The elven woman negotiates board and food for the night. As morning dawns, the group continue down the road, the proves to be uneventful and they are forced to camp out under the stars. They travel the next day and around lunch time they make it to the Tansin River, only to find that the bridge has been destroyed. Terpsichore suggests that the group build a boat as means of travelling across the river. With Reioko and Terpsichore constructing the boat, Xxian, Taith and Ebony collect wood and supply the rope while Fenrir lazily sits back and watches. With the boat finally built, Terpsichore pushes it onto the water and tests it's floating abilities which she finds seem to be ok. The group climbs aboard and with the oars constructed by Terpsichore, they attempt to fight the current. Ebony, Reioko and Taith feel tired from their travelling and don't seem to help Xxian and Terpsichore very much, the boat travels down stream and heads directly for a broken piece of the bridge. Seeing the collision course, Taith finds the strength to get the boat to the other side but unfortunately it wasn't enough and the boat crashes into the broken bridge anyway, sending Ebony flying into the water. Reioko casts a quick spell that makes everyone row faster and the boat makes it to the shore before it totally collapses. Taith dives into the river and searches desperately for Ebony but instead he feels something grab hod of his leg and drag him to the shore. The group becomes a little frantic that they cannot see Ebony and Terpsichore tries to use the skill of foresight to look for Ebony and she manages to see the dark haired forest girl in the water but she does not seem unhappy. Terpischore informs the group of what she has seen and shortly after Ebony appears and informs the group that she has been able to breathe underwater. Terpsichore takes her necklace and places it over her neck, shortly she collapses but not due to the necklace but sheer tiredness from her attempt at foreseeing. The group decides to camp the night at the river before proceeding any further.

The group continues on their way to Celusia, after several more days of travel they reach the main road from Crossway to Celusia and they turn towards Celusia, within days reaching the city. Reioko asks for her friend once she reaches the City and is directed to a lovely house in the city. The group follow Reioko and once they reach their destination they settle in for the year.

As time passes, the group experiences many adventures, some together, others separately but on the 17th day of the season Sampous, Reioko, Taith, Terpsichore, Ebony and Fenrir sit on the lawn of the house in Celusia and wonder when Xxian will return. No sooner than the gnome is spoken of but does he appear at the front of the house. The group reunite and speak for a moment before Reioko hands Xxian a letter. The gnome stands aside and reads the letter then he suddenly starts screaming his famous words "Woot Woot" and running around kissing and hugging everyone in sight, leaving poor Terpsichore thinking that the gnome still carries feelings of the romantic nature for her.

XP: 85/level/hour
IC XP: Xxian and Fenrir, 100xlevel
TT: Xxian 50xlevel

Session Length: 3.5 hour

Casualties: None

Treasure: Knowledge of the future, 6 magical necklaces and various individual things gathered by pc's over the year break.

Session High Points: Taith discovers that he has a baby sister.
Josie gives Terpsichore her best friend Jackie.
Reioko plays a prank on Xxian
The group learns that another is set to join them

Session Low Points:
Josie farewells Terpsichore
The grave fortune news