prelude July 11, 2007 22:27

Cyric 31 1877 4th age

The towers of Sey fo, city of wizards, stood out like sentinels as the ship rounded into the bay and under the silver sliver bridge. To the port side the shoals that had once been an island before the quake some thousands of years before. The rumors were that the island was a prison. As the ship slide into the port, the fog lifted showing each of the towers, the Northern most one was the square wizards tower where Cullen of Baradan conducted his business. The second tower is the circular Blooders(sorcerers) home and the third in the southern part of the city was the crystalline oval shaped Bender(psionic) tower. The group could almost sense the tension from the three towers (blooders and benders have a extreme dislike of the Arcane and Diviners who also felt the same way.) August 03, 2007 19:03

AT THE DOCKS

Cyric 31 1877 4th age

Grimshour looked at the ship slipping into the docks. She had the sleek lines of a privateer and looked very familar. He picked himself off the crates he was sitting upon and moved closer to see. An old hip injury made it difficult to move about, particularly on a cold day. He looked at the women and children being ushered from the ship to the dock. Damn Rokanese refugees coming down from the gangplank. He looked at the name of the ship and his eyes widened. It was Barabasses ship, but where was the pirate at? He could see a man directing traffic off the ship but it wasn’t him. he could see a gnome moving off the ship, an elf, a couple of humans, one in armor but he reconguised none of them. Grimshour limped away going to find Red William to tell him of the news. August 06, 2007 20:32

HAPPENINGS

Cyric 31, Helm 1, 2 1877 4th age

After unloading the human cargo which was a group of Rokan refugees from the Greater Baradan area. The group has a discussion with Alyious, the captain under their employ, the group set out to try to find items at the magic shop that they had dealt with before. They arrived to find that it was no longer there. In its place was a store selling furniture and owned by the White Knight company. The group remembered that the White Knight company was also a shipping company in competition with the 3A company, the K&B shippers and the Eldred Family shippers. Recently the White Knight had just recently undercut all other shippers fees by a lot. Gunter Von Hiesenberg III, the gnomish priest of Mystra, then visited his temple to inquire as to what had happened. He was told by Taric that Cullen of Baradan had essentially outlawed sale of magic items by anybody but the mages guild and that there were spies about to prevent any illegal sales. Cullen of Baradan had also ordered the same rules through out the region. The group went then to the wizards tower, only to find that to even purchase items it would take a license on the part of the purchaser. In the meantime a dog or dog-like thing came out and sniffed the group. It growled at Vanion and papis, the psionist and the sorcerer. The group left to stay at a favorite inn, the hilltop. Ansirius Elliot Stabler, the paladin of Tyr, did make a detour to his temple, where he spoke to Loren the priestess of the temple. He made atonement for his temper, which had been flaring recently and had other discussions.

That night the city officially changed its name from Sey Fo to Valanar.

The next day, the group received a letter. The letter was from from a Shigo Yamashita about the human cargo that they unloaded earlier and they they needed to meet with him that evening. That evening the group went down to meet with Shigo when they heard a cry for help. Rushing down an alley way they found a young woman being beaten by four young men. The men were screaming at her about being a bender(psionist). This infuriated Vanion who used his psi powers to slay the four young men. There were other people about who checked on the youths wondering why they had to be slain. The local law came by and questioned the group and the young lady whose name was Kirsten but were let go.

The group met with Shigo who demanded money for the refugees as they were not of his clan but he took them under his care to prevent Ichijro Kitaro from possibly harming them. The group agree to pay some money if the senior woman in the group said that it was ok and agreed to meet the next night. When the group got back to the inn a second note arrived, indicating that Alyious and the crew had been kidnapped, the kidnappers wanted the ship, the swan. Shigo had also mentioned that the ship was wanted by two factions. The Swan had been captained under a notorious pirate named Barabass, whom the group had killed and gotten the reward. They kept the ship to start their own merchant fleet. One of the factions was a man named Red William, who was also a pirate in his own right and a Rokan named Ichiro whom Barabass owed money to.

Four scenes Sey Fo/Valanar

TROUBLE IN THE CITY

MORE MYSTERIES

Gladitorial pits

Leaving the city

Sey Fo/Valanar city stories*

The group sat around the table. One rose and spoke. “Who in the hell allowed the devourer to be out before we were ready?” A second man stammered,”It was the young men that were hired to work with the devourers. One saw the pysker that killed his friends when they attacked the girl. He saw an opportunity to avenge his friends and took one of them.” The man standing delievered a withering look at the other man.

“The death of the devourer delays our timetable. I trust there will be no more problems. If there are you will be replaced.”

Ichiro spoke to one of his followers, his new tattoo showing on his neck. “I want you to find out who this Luther is. Go to the Oghma priests and the sages, I authorize you to spend the money if necessary but offer favors first. The group that thwarted me before has left but if they come back,I want to know.”

Luther, smiled as the smells of the sea assailed him. The fools, none of them knew what this ship is capable of but I know. He thought to himself. He shouted out orders to the crew.

Alyious gave orders to the crew to hoist the sail as the ship cleared the port, they were sailing again.

A fire broke out in the 3A company and the Eldred family businesses last night Helm 7 1877. Both businesses were completely destroyed

Pondering

Ansirius Elliot Stabler was in the tavern, his compatriots had gone to bed. He looked at the half filled mug and thought of Joshua, a priest that he had made contact with in the past. Joshua is much like Brother Owen. Joshua travels about the region that the group was in and Ansirius Elliot Stabler was desirous of meeting with Joshua for he, Ansirius Elliot Stabler had a ephinany October 07, 2007 23:34

monsters and hermits

Helm 9-13 1877 4th age

Before leaving Bomac, Ansirius Elliot Stabler met with Joshua to try to explain his inspiration for a new code of conduct for paladins. Joshua agreed to run this new set of commandments by the leader of Tyr and would get back to him. The group left on a rainy day and began the trek up the Spinecrack mountains.

The Spinecracks have a reputation for being full of large monsters and in general bad things going on. The first day in the mountains was uneventfull. The second night the group was attacked by a Bulette, and a Griffon in the same evening. One of the groups horses were eaten so papis had to ride double with Ansirius Elliot Stabler. The next night the group was attacked by a Behir and kelana was swallowed whole. The group saved her by cutting her out of the beasts stomach before its acids killed her. Most of the group was greveously injured but Gunter Von Hiesenberg III prayed well and the healing was good.

The next couple of days were very quiet and as the group neared the lower crest of the range, they spied a hut with smoke. The group approached the hut and knocked. A Dwarf answered the door, and greeted them. His name was Durler and he was a little strange but invited the group to share his turnip soup with him. They spoke with him for several hours and were invited to stay the night. The group decided to continue their normal watch procedure because the dwarves place was really too small for the group to sleep in. During the final watch Ansirius Elliot Stabler and papis heard the dwarf speaking in a strange tone. papis woke Gunter Von Hiesenberg III because they thought the dwarf was speaking in Dwarvish.

Gunter Von Hiesenberg III listened as the dwarf spoke in two different tones. One aggressive and the other passive. The aggressive one said to remove the group before they discovered the secret, the passive one said no, that they were guests and should be treated well. This went on with minor variations for the better part of an hour before the dwarf went back to true sleep. The group asked the dwarf about it the next morning but he denied knowing anything. The group left. The next day the group crested the lower summit and could see into the elvish valley.

Miscellanous news October 11, 2007 22:18 Helm 7 1877 4th age both groups

Locast-The offices of the 3A company and Eldred Shipping were destroyed during the night with all the company records.

Helm 10 Temple to Shar opens in the port district of Sey Fo.

Helm 11 Temple to Besheba opens in the poor district of Locast

Both temple heads proclaim that their deities have returned to Beldorn because it is time for them to return because of the strife between Tempus and Mask.

The temples of Selune and Tyche had little to say about the the return of these deities. October 22, 2007 15:36

Decisions

Helm 13-22 1877 4th age

The group looked down on the valley of the Corsae Forest and saw haze, smoke, the green woods and a blacken area of the woods. They started down. About midway down the mountains, the group was attack by Perytons who savaged Angthal before being killed. On the final night on the mountain Gunter Von Hiesenberg III heard the sounds of rocks falling during his watch and he went out to see if it was another rockslide. There had been several slides on their journey across the Spinecracks. He spotted a fresh slide with what appeared to be orcs buried under it. A voice spoke to Gunter Von Hiesenberg III. “They moved my rocks.”

Gunter Von Hiesenberg III looked at the rock pile next to him and it rotated towards him. “You said something?” was Gunter Von Hiesenberg III shocked statement. “Yes, they moved my rocks and they had to pay.” “Where are your rocks?” The creature swept his arm from left to right. “All this are my rocks.” the creature said. Gunter Von Hiesenberg III left and told the group to avoid the area.

The group left the mountains and entered the Corsae Forest. The first night camping within the woods brought them a visitor. A Treant named Oakleaf. Oakleaf asked what they were doing in his woods. The group explained that they were heading south to aid the elves of Arinis. Oakleaf spoke of the northern orc Gothmog and his war with the elves. The group asked how may they get to the south faster Oakleaf told them the river and gave them permission to construct a raft of the dead branches.

The group moved to the river and began construction of a raft and was in the process of gathering the materials when it dawned on them they would have to leave the horses behind. A loud discussion ensued but it was decided to follow the river down. From across the river, the group detected movement and Ansirius Elliot Stabler decided shout out a challenge and a hail of arrows rained down about him but not injuring him. [[:312] shouted back in elvish that they were friends and not to shoot. A voice rang back in elvish to show all of the group and the group cooperated. Several deerlike creatures came out, all holding bows. After a difficult silence, conversation came about. The group found out that the creatures were named Hysibils and the leaders name was Hayrus. The group moved south along the river, looking for a bridge to cross the river.

A couple of days following the twisting, up and down riverbank, the group came to the south of a fork in the river that was described. Again resting for the night, the group dectected more movement across the river. Ansirius Elliot Stabler spoke out loud and the response was again in elvish. From the opposite sides of the river (some 200 feet wide) The group spoke with the elves who told the story of the twin orcish lords who were decimating the elves.

The group sat down in discussion and it was kelana who led the discussion. She felt it would be militarily better to aid in the destruction of Gothmog and then go south. Her reasoning was that Gothmog could be defeated much easier and deprive Gedreg of his second in command. A couple of the characters asked what about his community Arinis?. She replied that the city was already destroyed and probably her people dead, it would be better to aid the elves destroy the weaker of the two and bring the full fury of the elvish people down on Gedreg. The group reluctantly agreed and began to move north. November 10, 2007 02:01 Helm 12 1877 4th age

POV GOTHMOG

Gothmog looked at the next set of ravines and gullies that his forces needed to cross and swore. His troops were fighting well but it seemed each time they crested a rise, another awaited and the elves seemed to melt into the woods. Even burning the woods seemed to have little effect on the elves except to make them fight harder. The human druid that has been fighting us is nasty, at least the elf and the cat that she had with her were no longer here. The rumor was that she went south to fight Gedreg. That was good. The human druid needed to be destroyed. Gothmog went back to his camp to speak with his advisors. tragedy takes place December 11, 2007 05:32

Through the woods

Helm 18 through Aria 1 1877 4th age

The group reached a elvish community where they were told of the dangers of going north and that the community had already sent its sons and daughters north to aid the Elves of the northern region.

The group went north into a region named the Nimheil(Deep Pale). It was a region described as a wooded badlands between Mailthumus and Entheil. The journey was about a 100 miles in length. On the way the group encountered a large beetle, two giant spiders and a gorgon which turned Gunter Von Hiesenberg III and kelana to stone. The group did find a suit of elvish plate in the webbing of the spiders lair. In addition Vanion in a certain part of the wilderness felt a power surge which which he felt overcharged and irritable. He surmised that it might have been a psionic lay point. The feeling lasted for two days of travelling.

A elvish patrol found the group, pondering the fate of their two stoned companions and marched them to Endtheil where they met the leader of the clan. Ansirius Elliot Stablerconvinced the leader to unstone the two companions, which he did and then the group with [[:782 elaborating his plans to help the elves by plunging deep behind the lines and seeking out Gothmog and killing him would help the elves to win their fight. The elvish leader pointed out that Gothmog now seemed to have more clever help, Gothmog was not much of a stragetist and the elves had been able to hold the orcs in check for the most part.

The group met Mammon, a steward druid of the region who agreed to drop the group behind the lines of the enemy. The group was dropped some miles behind the front. The group ran into a strong patrol which ended up ending the life of Ansirius Elliot Stabler. January 08, 2008 02:01 Aria 4 1877 4th age

Slugging it out in the woods   reincarnation for two characters

The group stood around the body of Ansirius Elliot Stabler deciding on what to do next. Gunter Von Hiesenberg III spoke with his departed comrade asking if he wished to be brought back. Ansirius Elliot Stabler answered in the affirmative so the group buried him to prevent destruction of his entire body.

The group moved forward towards the lines but were stopped by a arrow hitting the ground in front of Gunter Von Hiesenberg III A elf stepped out from behind a tree and wanted to know who they were. kelana under the influence of cold wind(see archives) nearly attacked the elf but was stopped by the group. The elves name was Daria and he was a priest of Solonor(elvish god of the hunt) who was trying to create problems for the orcs. The elf and the group were uneasy with each other but agreed to work together.

They came upon a patrol of goblins, led by two orcs and an ogre. A nasty fight ensued for the goblins were above average and lasted awhile while the ogre nearly took out papis. The group eventually destroyed the patrol except for one goblin survivor whom kelana began to torture. Some of the group took exception to the torture and voiced their displeasure with it. Most of the group was unsure if kelana was under the influence of Cold wind or a measure of revenge for the elves of Arinis.

The group then found a old abandoned shrine to a dead elvish diety, who was identified as Enolas. Looking about Gunter Von Hiesenberg III and Vanion detected a secret door which defied attempts to be opened. So the group began to bash in the stone doorway. Daria and papis objected which created a loud argument and finger pointing. The noise attracted a large troll which promptly killed Gunter Von Hiesenberg III (3 crits and near max damage on all rolls will do that} before the troll was dispatched.

the group then had to make a decision with two of its members dead how to proceed. It was decided to take a risky approach. papis had a scroll with teleport that they had gotten in the past. papis would be required to make a roll to use the spell. It was decided that the risk was worth it. The group gathered up the bodies of their comrades and teleported back to Endthiel. There the group looked for a priest to bring back their compatriots. The only available priest of any type was a elvish druid who cast reincarnation on the two dead compatriots. Gunter Von Hiesenberg III came back as a dwarf and Ansirius Elliot Stabler came back as a human.

The group then bought pearls to identify some of the items that they had been lugging around for awhile and refitted the party and reset out to fight with the orcs.

About a 1/2 day out the group came upon a small group of orcs herding a large reddish beast on a trail. It was large but none of the group had ever seen such a beast before. the orcs prodded it and it went towards the party dealing tremendous amount of damage before the beast was killed. The group then decided to see if they could find a large group of orcs. Gunter Von Hiesenberg III was made invisible and flew up. He noticed a large group of orcs to the north and could make out elves moving towards them. The orcs had four more of the great beasts with them. The group decided to make a flank attack February 12, 2008 03:08 Aria 10 1877 4th age

Heading back   when the orcs leave what do you do?

The group decided to try to dig themselves out of the tunnel that had been collapsed in two places from the big red lizards that they had killed. Many hours of digging found them with a hole that they could crawl through to explore the back end of the system. They skirted through the dark maze of the cave when they found a hole that dropped them further down.

Ansirius Elliot Stabler was let down into the hole and about 40 feet down found that the floor was of finished stone and company. Ansirius Elliot Stabler found himself attacked by darkskinned dwarves. Quickly others slide down the ropes to aid their comrade. A fight ensued and the group used their superior armor to bring down the dark dwarves. A fog appeared in the tunnel and kelana marched into it and found herself weakening. papis dispelled the cloud and saw another of the dark dwarves near the fallen kelana

Ansirius Elliot Stablerrushed to his fallen comrade and the dark dwarf died in an eruption of flame and sword work. It was about this time when Vanion, who had stayed up heard digging sounds from the other spot and motioned everybody to get back up. They went to the spot and found that a elvish druid with two badgers had cleared out a spot for the group to get out. The druid had been on the hunt for the red lizards to slay them when he found the group.

The group had been unaware of the death of Gedreg and the effect that it would have on the orcish army. At the height of victory, the orcs hearing of Gedreg had fled away in the night, leaving only scars on the land of their passage. The group then went to Endtheil and joined the celebration. An uneventful night awaited them and they slept. The group with the new comrade in tow, went back to sey fo.

The group, with great difficulty sold off items and traded shrewdly and came off better than they were before. The difficulties with the blooders and benders was escalating and soon sides would have to be taken. The group decided to go back to a gold mine that they has rights to near the town of Carse. Aria 8-10 18774th age

The northern fight   January 21, 2008 05:02

The group found the end of the orcish line that was attacking the elvish lines and promptly attacked from slightly behind it. Ansirius Elliot Stabler was a little impetous and launched arrows earlier than was warranted which alerted the orcs to their presence. Part of the orcish line peeled off to meet the threat, while the others continued forward. A savage fight ensued seriously wounding several of the heroes but they pushed forward to reach the elvish lines.

The group saw the elves being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the orcs and continued their assault. They also ran into one of the red dragonlike creatures who was annilating any elf it found. The creature along with several other orcs were finally killed. The group finally had to break off the assault to assist the wounded elves that were comingled with their dead comrades and finishing off any wounded orcs although they became aware that the orcs had won the battle, partially through the large red dragonlike creatures that they had encountered earlier. They had heard that there were probably five of the creatures. The group had killed off now two of the creatures

The next day the group was ambushed by a group of elite goblins and Angthal perished. He had told the group before that he didnt wish to be brought back or reincarnated as his cultural beliefs didn’t necessarily require that he be brought back.

The group went looking for more of the orcs, when again they ran into Daria, the priest of Solonor, that they had met and left a couple of days previously. He had been tracking the red creatures and the group decided to aid him in the hunt and destruction of the creatures. One other creature had been killed in another fight so there were only two of them

The group and the priest tracked for a couple of days, ambushing a group of orcs who were mentioning that Gedreg had been killed. The orcs seemed to be unsettled about that before the ambush took place. They finally found the creatures in a cave and took both of them off in the narrow confines. The fight caused a cave in but the group finished off both of the creatures. The group was left in a sealed cave. February 12, 2008 03:08 Aria 10 1877 4th age

Heading back   when the orcs leave what do you do?

The group decided to try to dig themselves out of the tunnel that had been collapsed in two places from the big red lizards that they had killed. Many hours of digging found them with a hole that they could crawl through to explore the back end of the system. They skirted through the dark maze of the cave when they found a hole that dropped them further down.

Ansirius Elliot Stabler was let down into the hole and about 40 feet down found that the floor was of finished stone and company. Ansirius Elliot Stabler found himself attacked by darkskinned dwarves. Quickly others slide down the ropes to aid their comrade. A fight ensued and the group used their superior armor to bring down the dark dwarves. A fog appeared in the tunnel and kelana marched into it and found herself weakening. papis dispelled the cloud and saw another of the dark dwarves near the fallen kelana

Ansirius Elliot Stablerrushed to his fallen comrade and the dark dwarf died in an eruption of flame and sword work. It was about this time when Vanion, who had stayed up heard digging sounds from the other spot and motioned everybody to get back up. They went to the spot and found that a elvish druid with two badgers had cleared out a spot for the group to get out. The druid had been on the hunt for the red lizards to slay them when he found the group.

The group had been unaware of the death of Gedreg and the effect that it would have on the orcish army. At the height of victory, the orcs hearing of Gedreg had fled away in the night, leaving only scars on the land of their passage. The group then went to Endtheil and joined the celebration. An uneventful night awaited them and they slept. The group with the new comrade in tow, went back to sey fo.

The group, with great difficulty sold off items and traded shrewdly and came off better than they were before. The difficulties with the blooders and benders was escalating and soon sides would have to be taken. The group decided to go back to a gold mine that they has rights to near the town of Carse

Heading back when the orcs leave what do you do? February 12, 2008 03:08 Aria 10 1877 4th age

The group decided to try to dig themselves out of the tunnel that had been collapsed in two places from the big red lizards that they had killed. Many hours of digging found them with a hole that they could crawl through to explore the back end of the system. They skirted through the dark maze of the cave when they found a hole that dropped them further down.

Ansirius Elliot Stabler was let down into the hole and about 40 feet down found that the floor was of finished stone and company. Ansirius Elliot Stabler found himself attacked by darkskinned dwarves. Quickly others slide down the ropes to aid their comrade. A fight ensued and the group used their superior armor to bring down the dark dwarves. A fog appeared in the tunnel and kelana marched into it and found herself weakening. papis dispelled the cloud and saw another of the dark dwarves near the fallen kelana

Ansirius Elliot Stablerrushed to his fallen comrade and the dark dwarf died in an eruption of flame and sword work. It was about this time when Vanion, who had stayed up heard digging sounds from the other spot and motioned everybody to get back up. They went to the spot and found that a elvish druid with two badgers had cleared out a spot for the group to get out. The druid had been on the hunt for the red lizards to slay them when he found the group.

The group had been unaware of the death of Gedreg and the effect that it would have on the orcish army. At the height of victory, the orcs hearing of Gedreg had fled away in the night, leaving only scars on the land of their passage. The group then went to Endtheil and joined the celebration. An uneventful night awaited them and they slept. The group with the new comrade in tow, went back to sey fo.

The group, with great difficulty sold off items and traded shrewdly and came off better than they were before. The difficulties with the blooders and benders was escalating and soon sides would have to be taken. The group decided to go back to a gold mine that they has rights to near the town of Carse.