[Below is a summarized accounting of the 19-Oct gaming session.]
1) The Sea Tiger arrives in Kroel upon Arnur Culri to pick up the party.
-- In the middle of the night aboard the ship, Y'lora awakes to see a man standing in her quarters. He jumps toward the porthole, transforms into a fish, and is gone.
-- the party's copper is gone; Vyn looks sheepish.
-- via their daily telepathic call, Y'lora tells Moorlun of their travel through the Sidhe towers; he is very interested
2) The party arrives in Falduin.
-- reward posters on the dock for Bannin Stredak (signed by Dyderick)
-- Alexis casts an illusion disguise on Vyn.
-- Siglan meets with Ghevard Rennes (high ranking member of HOLY) and briefs him of recent events
-- Ghevard tells Siglan that a man by the name of Woltjer will meet with him in Espydur.
-- Siglan gracefully trips while leaving Ghevard's office, dumping his books on the floor.
-- Siglan offers papers/books found in The Master's tower concerning the Sidhe to Ghevard, who has them transcribed.
-- Vyn's headaches continue to increase in intensity. Taking off the gauntlets alleviates the headaches.
-- Johan is called away to the Bailwick of Morong. The war with the kobolds is increasing in intensity. The Crystal Dawn has called him to aid in healing the wounded.
-- Negotiations between the Ramfandir Holdings and the Dwarven Kingdom in the Derzaunen Mtns. are getting heated. HOLY has requested by the Bretwalda to send an earth mage to the talks. They send Bruno.
-- Bruno, desiring to know what his ring is/does, figures that Moorlun (being steeped in magical research) may be able to find out. He gives the ring to Alexis to give to Moorlun, given that she apparently knows him and is able (at some level) to garner favors from him.
3) The party travels via horse and cart to Espydur.
-- Siglan comes across a letter that was accidentally leafed into his slave trade ledger. The letter is written to Ghevard from Renloc (another member of HOLY), stating that "Y'lora appears to be in good care and that Siglan's insight is serving the party well; it is working out as well as they had planned."
-- Vyn teaches Y'lora how to handle a team of horses.
-- Alexis teaches Arimas a few spells.
4) The party arrives in Espydur.
-- The party meets with High King Helkenbraugh and relate the events on the Isle of Souls; the High King, hearing that the immediate threat is gone, decides to send a detachment to the Isle of Souls when resources become available, to check on the current inhabitants of the Master's complex.
-- Y'lora requests (and receives) a writ from the King to gain an audience with the Lord of Cloie.
-- Arimas and Vyn visit with Fremont again (dwarven brewer). Fremont is elated to see them again. He works with Arimas to make a batch of ale; Vyn drinks for free.
-- Per the agreement, Moorlun put a word in to the High King for Alexis to have him grant her an audience. Alexis meets with the court, beseeching that he help in bringing her brother to justice. He agrees to detain him when possible, but it is up to her to present evidence against him.
-- Siglan meets with his Order; there was some confusion as to where Woltjer was supposed to meet Siglan; Woltjer is heading to Falduin.
5) The party travels to Cloie to search for information concerning Y'lora's parents.
-- White roses are growing fairly abundantly in the area.
-- The Lord of Cloie meets with Y'lora. He says that the merchant named in the slave trade ledgers passed away 10 years prior. His eldest son now owns the estate just outside of town.
-- The inn's offering of ale doesn't meet Arimas' standards; he provides trade tips to the innkeeper as they begin to make a new batch; Vyn drinks for free again.
-- Vyn overhears patrons of the inn mention Alexis' brother being out and about.
-- Alexis investigates the store that was owned by the man who had purchased Y'lora's parents; there are no elves currently working in the store.
-- Y'lora scouts out the estate now owned by the merchant's son. She passes a graveyard on the way, gets a funny feeling, and finds two tombstones with her parents' names. The graves appear to be tended. "Lost but not forgotten" is inscribed on the tombstones.
-- In the morning, Alexis, Thain, Verinda, and Frederick awake. The rest of the party is not to be found.
-- Thain enters the rooms of the others; they all appear to be dead in bed with no visible signs of injury.
-- Alexis notes that a small group of men on horseback is entering town bearing her brother's heraldry.
-- Bruno's ring begins to glow brightly.
-- Alexis puts on the ring and is whisked away, ending up on the top of a Sidhe Tower similar to the others, except this one has a sixth portal which appears to exist in thin air. The rune on the center of the top floor of the tower is "12".
-- Alexis steps through the sixth portal and finds herself back in Cloie, alongside Vyn, Arimas, Y'lora, and Siglan. It is morning, as she remembers, but it is overcast now (it was sunny when she had put the ring on). The ring is now ice cold, to the point of being painful, and is no longer glowing. She takes the ring off.
-- Siglan realizes that he can see.
-- Cries for help, in Elvish, come from a nearby building.
-- Arimas hears muffled talk from behind the building... low enough that he "shouldn't" be able to hear it. The language is one that he's never heard before, but realizes he can understand it... is "sounds" like Sidhe.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Dreams Made Real
As Y'lora struggled to get back out of the water, Alexis noted that the beast that had rammed the boat was a shark. As she was about to get into the boat, she slipped and fell back into the water. The shark came back about and bit Y'lora's leg. Arimas was able to apportate Y'lora out of the water and began moving her back to shore. Meanwhile, after another ramming of the boat (which then began to leak, much to the dismay of Alexis and Thain), Thain was able to cut the shark as it passed by the boat. Wounded, it began to run. However, it's attempts to flee were dashed as Bruno crushed its head with good-sized stone missile. As its lifeless body began to sink, its tail began to change shape and a pair of humanoid legs could be seen just before it sank out of sight.
Pulling the boat inside the tower through the gaping hole in the wall of the tower (courtesy Bruno), the party sat down to rest while Alexis healed Y'lora's wounds. Bruno, Arimas, and Siglan went back up to the top floor of the tower to see if the ring that Bruno pulled from the hand of the wraith on the Isle of Souls would activate the transportation gates. After an hour of pulling, pushing, twisting, and prodding the ring, along with adorning it on various extremities, Bruno gave up.
With the party now rested, Arimas apportated the party to the shore, with Y’lora pulling the boat via rope. The party then talked with Yngvi, the Ascomanni villager from whom she had borrowed the boat. After relating the story of killing the shark in the tower, an apprehensive Yngvi let the party off the hook by only charging them 100 copper for the damages to his boat.
Flashing forward in time a bit, the Sea Tiger, with Vyn aboard, made port in Nestbaggann. Vyn stayed on the boat in order to avoid any imperial entanglements. Captain N’Questra sent several of him men ashore in order to find some way to offload the slaves and captured Master’s minions. While the ship was in port, Verinda, Frederick, and Thargus took the opportunity to see some of the city. They made their way to an inn where Verinda and Frederick took a much-awaited bath. Thargus tried to woo one of the bar wenches. Apparently, it worked, as they left the inn together. Thargus has not been seen since.
Back on the ship, several of the city guard boarded the Sea Tiger and spoke with Captain N’Questra at length. After the conversation was over, N’Questra took Vyn aside and explained to him that the guards were looking for a man by the name of Bannin Stredak who is wanted for murder. They were told that he had been seen aboard a ship in the Sea of the Bereaved and might be making port in Nestbaggann. N’Questra assured the guards that he was not harboring any fugitives and made it worth their while to take him at his word. He then told Vyn that he recalled back on the Isle of Souls that Vyn claimed his name was actually Bannin. In the end, N’Questra informed Vyn that he is effectively abetting a fugitive, and then asked Vyn what it would be worth to him for the good captain to keep Vyn’s presence on his ship a secret. They settled for one iron-bound chest full of copper (the one that the party looted from The Master’s tower). The Sea Tiger, now restocked and unburdened of its many passengers, weighed anchor and is now heading out to sea, making for the Bay of Arnur Culri.
Back in the coastal village on Anur Culri, Johan asked if any trading ships visit this village regularly. Yngvi said that they didn’t, given that they do not have a large enough population in the village (not to mention not having a dock big enough for a sea-faring ship) to warrant regular arrivals of large ships. There is, however, a larger town, Kroel, 30 miles to the west that does receive larger ships. The party rested for the evening, with Siglan spending time at the local temple to Gix, learning of the Ascomanni’s deity what he could, and in turn teaching the locals what he could of his Order.
After a night’s rest, Y’lora, Johan, and Arimas got up to travel to the larger town in order to tell the harbor master that if the Sea Tiger were to make port, tell the captain that the party is in a small village to the east. As they were making ready to leave, Yngvi approached Y’lora, handed her a white rose (which pricked her finger), and told her that he overheard her speaking of her search for the final resting place of her parents on the mainland. He gave her his condolences. Just as the three adventurers were about to leave the village, several of the fishermen arrived back from their early morning catch. Arimas was unfortunate enough to be in the way of one of the men as he tripped, spilling a basket of fish on top of him and soiling his armor. At the end of the day’s march, Y’lora, Johan, and Bruno arrived in Kroel and booked rooms at an inn. In the morning, they found themselves back in the fishing village. To make a long story short, the previous day’s events were only remembered by Y’lora and Arimas. To Johan, they had not yet left for Kroel. This appeared to be yet another dream. This time, however, Arimas and Y’lora shared the same dream. And, when they awoke, Y’lora was holding a white rose and her finger was bleeding. Arimas awoke to find fish slime on his armor. After relating to the rest of the party what they remember of the previous day (which did not appear to have actually occurred), Alexis recounted that white roses only grow in a small region in the Ramfandir Holdings, southeast of Espydur, in the hills around the town of Cloie. This is the same town that The Master’s slave ledgers indicated was the home to the merchant who had purchased Y’lora’s parents.
Pulling the boat inside the tower through the gaping hole in the wall of the tower (courtesy Bruno), the party sat down to rest while Alexis healed Y'lora's wounds. Bruno, Arimas, and Siglan went back up to the top floor of the tower to see if the ring that Bruno pulled from the hand of the wraith on the Isle of Souls would activate the transportation gates. After an hour of pulling, pushing, twisting, and prodding the ring, along with adorning it on various extremities, Bruno gave up.
With the party now rested, Arimas apportated the party to the shore, with Y’lora pulling the boat via rope. The party then talked with Yngvi, the Ascomanni villager from whom she had borrowed the boat. After relating the story of killing the shark in the tower, an apprehensive Yngvi let the party off the hook by only charging them 100 copper for the damages to his boat.
Flashing forward in time a bit, the Sea Tiger, with Vyn aboard, made port in Nestbaggann. Vyn stayed on the boat in order to avoid any imperial entanglements. Captain N’Questra sent several of him men ashore in order to find some way to offload the slaves and captured Master’s minions. While the ship was in port, Verinda, Frederick, and Thargus took the opportunity to see some of the city. They made their way to an inn where Verinda and Frederick took a much-awaited bath. Thargus tried to woo one of the bar wenches. Apparently, it worked, as they left the inn together. Thargus has not been seen since.
Back on the ship, several of the city guard boarded the Sea Tiger and spoke with Captain N’Questra at length. After the conversation was over, N’Questra took Vyn aside and explained to him that the guards were looking for a man by the name of Bannin Stredak who is wanted for murder. They were told that he had been seen aboard a ship in the Sea of the Bereaved and might be making port in Nestbaggann. N’Questra assured the guards that he was not harboring any fugitives and made it worth their while to take him at his word. He then told Vyn that he recalled back on the Isle of Souls that Vyn claimed his name was actually Bannin. In the end, N’Questra informed Vyn that he is effectively abetting a fugitive, and then asked Vyn what it would be worth to him for the good captain to keep Vyn’s presence on his ship a secret. They settled for one iron-bound chest full of copper (the one that the party looted from The Master’s tower). The Sea Tiger, now restocked and unburdened of its many passengers, weighed anchor and is now heading out to sea, making for the Bay of Arnur Culri.
Back in the coastal village on Anur Culri, Johan asked if any trading ships visit this village regularly. Yngvi said that they didn’t, given that they do not have a large enough population in the village (not to mention not having a dock big enough for a sea-faring ship) to warrant regular arrivals of large ships. There is, however, a larger town, Kroel, 30 miles to the west that does receive larger ships. The party rested for the evening, with Siglan spending time at the local temple to Gix, learning of the Ascomanni’s deity what he could, and in turn teaching the locals what he could of his Order.
After a night’s rest, Y’lora, Johan, and Arimas got up to travel to the larger town in order to tell the harbor master that if the Sea Tiger were to make port, tell the captain that the party is in a small village to the east. As they were making ready to leave, Yngvi approached Y’lora, handed her a white rose (which pricked her finger), and told her that he overheard her speaking of her search for the final resting place of her parents on the mainland. He gave her his condolences. Just as the three adventurers were about to leave the village, several of the fishermen arrived back from their early morning catch. Arimas was unfortunate enough to be in the way of one of the men as he tripped, spilling a basket of fish on top of him and soiling his armor. At the end of the day’s march, Y’lora, Johan, and Bruno arrived in Kroel and booked rooms at an inn. In the morning, they found themselves back in the fishing village. To make a long story short, the previous day’s events were only remembered by Y’lora and Arimas. To Johan, they had not yet left for Kroel. This appeared to be yet another dream. This time, however, Arimas and Y’lora shared the same dream. And, when they awoke, Y’lora was holding a white rose and her finger was bleeding. Arimas awoke to find fish slime on his armor. After relating to the rest of the party what they remember of the previous day (which did not appear to have actually occurred), Alexis recounted that white roses only grow in a small region in the Ramfandir Holdings, southeast of Espydur, in the hills around the town of Cloie. This is the same town that The Master’s slave ledgers indicated was the home to the merchant who had purchased Y’lora’s parents.
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