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Chronicles of the South - Part 1

1) Sea/Harmony/Clay 1614

Party: Barak Swift (Humakti priest)(Doug St.), Tamerlan (Waha noble)(Stephanie), Durnfal Slipspear (Yemalio farmer)(Gary), Broadbrow (Hunter)(Darryl), Greystone (Waha herder)(Doug Sh.) and Gerhardt Frei (Orlanthi warrior)(Arne).

Party hired by a dark troll named Bug and a great troll named Hug to act as bodyguards for their master Ragpicker who is travelling to Furthest in the Lunar Empire on a mission. On the road to Aldachur the party is attacked at night by Glutgrim's party of broo raiders. Attack results in the deaths of Hug and Broadbrow. Party rescued by the timely appearance of the eastern sorcerer Ragpicker. (Most of the broos are killed including Glutgrim who manages to successfully "d.i." himself back to Malia-Soul? What soul?). Gerhardt Frei catches a bad case of the Creeping Chills. Party returns to Pavis for healing. Party is given the equivalent of a week's wages and dismissed as being inadequate, Michio Mizoguchi aka Ragpicker and his trolls then hire a bunch of Zorak Zoranis to escort them to Aldachur and points beyond.

2) Fire/Disorder/Fire 1614 (Troubled Waters scenario)

Party: Barak Swift (Humakti priest)(Doug St.), Tamerlan (Waha noble)(Stephanie), Durnfal Slipspear (Yemalio farmer)(Gary), Dorian Tavish (Zola Fel fisher), Greystone (Waha herder)(Doug Sh.) and Gerhardt Frei (Orlanthi warrior)(Arne).

Party is hired by the Zola Fel temple in Pavis to take papers and minor artifacts to Corflu. Party being transported to Corflu in Dorian Tavish's boat is attacked by a monstrous gorp and saved by the intervention of Zola Fel. Party awake to find themselves on some mud flats near Corflu. A group of baboons finds them and starts looting what they think are corpses. The party begins to recover consciousness and manages to call a truce with the baboons. They discover strange runes on their palms with magical properties placed there by Zola Fel. Travelling south to Corflu the party meets a pair of fishermen. The fishermen are amazed by the marks of the God on their palms. Pair take group to Corflu where they are hidden among the fisherfolk. They meet a priest of Zola Fel there who tells them that they have been chosen by Zola Fel to be River Voices, a special status granted to land dwellers to act as ambassadors/emissaries between the river and the land. He asks them to fight mudsharks. Party succeeds and finds strange floating device (channel marker). Group heads north in Grandpa's boat. Barak and Dorian aid otter and boy, rewarded with silence and lantern matrices. Party involved in helping homesteaders who had been raided by broos. Group tracks broos back to their lair where a fierce battle ensues. Tamerlan, Greystone and Barak Swift are killed. Survivors head back with the corpses and run into group of mercenaries from Ronegarth. Corpses are raced to Horn Gate where the Chalana Arroy healers resurrect Tamerlan and Greystone. New member joins party at Ronegarth-Hallelujah Harnsdottir (Barbeester Gor warrior from Caladraland). Party heads north again meeting Agrimori who tells them of two newtlings lying by a pond. Party goes to pond and finds one unconscious and one dead newtling. Party kills breeder gorp in pool, resurrects the dead newtling and heals the other. Both vow to serve the party for one year in re-payment of their debt. Party travels to Harpoon and helps the Yemalios orchestrate the killing of an enormous breeder gorp. Group also returns Lantern matrix to Alalis Eskolos, follower of Vega Goldbreath (leader of Sun County militia). Party returns to Pavis to discover that the big gorp was not the source of the contamination. Research at Lhankhor Mhy temple and questioning of locals turns up evidence pointing to Ogre Island geyser. Newtlings show up to begin their year of service. Channel marker is analyzed at Lhankhor Mhy ("It floats and it glows").

3) Fire/Disorder/Clay 1614

Party: Hallelujah Harnsdottir (Barbeester Gor warrior)(Doug St.), Tamerlan (Waha noble)(Stephanie), Durnfal Slipspear (Yemalio farmer)(Gary), Dorian Tavish (Zola Fel fisher)(Darryl), Greystone (Waha herder)(Doug Sh.) and Gerhardt Frei (Orlanthi warrior)(Arne).

Exploration of Ogre island leads to premature entrance into underwater/underground complex. (Entrance was via swimming down with a strong current) Wait a minute, how the heck are we going to get out of here?) Group fights past a walktapi and a dragonsnail. Eventually after crawling through a long slimy cave system the group finds a big chamber with a pool at the bottom hollowed out in the rock. A running battle with masses of gorps leads to Tamerlan and Gerhardt Frei slipping on the ledge and entering water where the horribly mutated, immortal priest of Pocharngo lurks. Pair slain by priest. Dorian Tavish and Durnfal Slipspear enter water and slay priest. Dorian Tavish hit by chaos feature cast by priest (added extra leg). Dorian Tavish d.i's party out of grotto. Chalana Arroys remove extra limb and resurrect dead.

4) Fire/Disorder/Wind 1614

Party decides to go back the Grotto to look for loot. Meet and hire Asderand Quarrywalker (Dwarven Rubble veteran and legless victim of bone rot) who offers advice and equipment to facilitate removal of the goods. For either 2000L or 15% group can hire 10 dwarf crew of bodyguards including:
1) Foreman (Asderand)
2) 10 workers/soldiers
3) 1 detect gold, 1 detect magic, 1 detect silver and detects for diamonds, rubies,emeralds, and sapphires.

Excavations of the pool the priest was in takes 4 hours using pumps. Loot taken to Honest Kolli's store for selling at 5% commission. Training at Zola Fel temple scheduled to begin Earth/Harmony.

Party endeavour to sit around and wait for Zola Fel training to begin. (Everyone offered 16 weeks training and 4 points of battle magic.

5) Fire/Harmony/Clay: On her way home from Badside Lou is attacked by 5 bison rider tribesmen who want to rape her. She fights them off with the help of Morgeneth Rune Star (the pair slay two of the tribesmen). Rune Star subsequently hires her for 6 weeks to help guard the Yelornan temple while she and the other Rune levels and unicorn riders are elsewhere in Pavis on a mission.

6) Fire/Harmony/Fire: Gerhardt and Durnfal are hired by Constable Leach of Garhound to act as contestants/investigators in the Harvest Bride contest in Garhound. Each receives twelve weeks in lance, shield and ride training and free entry into the contest.

On to the Chronicles of the South Part 2

Last updated January 01, 2017

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