2021-03-18

  Present

    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)

  not present

    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker)

### 576-03-13
it is decided to go to the Adventurers Guild bar and grill to
see that jobs are there:
  * Vul Kovtu has an out of town job
  * rumor of some fun to be had in an abandonded mansion

They take the out of town job

4 day walk to swampgate get there day 18

### 576-03-18
When the group gets to the gates of Swampgate they are asked about their
business in town. They are directed to the town council building.

The directions lead them to  what is actually a leatherworker's shop. He
says it's actually next door. He also inquires if anyone needs a belt, some
leather armor, or any leather repaired.

Xarazir knocks on the town council doors. After an uncomfortable amount
of time a tall, willowy man in his mid-50s, with curly black hair and blue eyes answers.

He says Muireall actually works for Renarra. Renarra is the council woman.

He gives them directions to her place.

They get there and a women is outside knitting and watching the party
approach.

After some chit chat she invites them inside. Confirming the info they
have and filling in some gaps.

Verg asks if the council could provide some horses. She says they
don't have the resources for that but the party is welcome to find
some and rent them if they like.

The kids name are Conn Macc Taran and Narria Dunfell. Conn is a 16 year old boy with blonde hair while Narria is a 16 year old girl with red hair.

Conn's father is Taran. Narria's dad is Brion.

She then informs the group about the inn as the only place in town to
get some lodging. There are 2 more taverns if they want something to drink. She does say that the Rivermen's Tavern is not welcoming to strangers.

They decide to stay at the inn. They get food and lodging and talk with some folks.

They find out that Peat diggers are being worked to death, thanks to the demands of Khromarium.

Others say it's dangerous to live out in the areas where the kids went missing.

The barbarians of Vol will never invade so long as the ranger commander, Cunobelinos, continues to protect the people.

The next day they head out to the farmers.

### 576-03-20
They come upon some buildings and some fenced in fields. They notices 2 folks in the fields but they are watching the area outside the field.

2021-04-08

  Present

    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker)
    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)

  not present

    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)


### 576-03-22
In the cavern below the moss hag.

The party kills 6 little things.

The find a cavern with yellow capped toadstools with
mauve stalks. Emmett takes 10 of them.

Exploring the tunnel exit north finds a blocked passage.

Tunnels are explored, generally taking the left hand fork.

Another blocked passage is found.

At the net fork the go right, but the left hand tunnel looks to open
into a cavern with broad ridges descending deeper into Hyperborea.

The other leads to a very large cavern with a cold pool of water 5 feet
below the bridge/ridge of stone leading northwest out of the cavern.

This leads to a fork with a cavern opening to the immediate left.

A natural pedestal of stone rises two feet from the entrances.
Engraved on its smoothed, angled surface it reads,
"LEGIO IX HISPANIA".

The walls of the cave are sculpted to rock-cut reliefs.
* South wall depicts soldiers marching proudly with spears, swords,
  and shields. One soldier bears an banner/standard with an eagle
  atop it. This is an eight inch sculpture

* The west wall depicts the soldiers beset on all sides by a horde
  of wild haired savages.

* The north wall depicts the soldiers in a cave, while the barbarians
  lever massive boulders to seal them in

The other fork leads to a cavern with an old mineshaft in the floor and
ceiling. The shaft upwards is blocked by earth and debris. The shaft
down descends 25 feet to a stone floor.

Verica goes down a rope.

She finds a partially worked cavern. The ceiling is supported by
carved stone buttresses. There looks to be a room to the east. To
the north and west are carved tunnels with tracks. There is
verdigris on the tracks.

On the west side of the north wall a black metal lever protrudes
from the wall. The lever is in the "up" position.

Verica climbs back up and says there isn't much down there. Careful
to not mention the lever since Emmett is staring with curious intent
down the shaft.

They go back to the cavern with the broad ridges. A saurian smell is noted
along with luminescence in the roof of the cavern. The tunnel north
leads to a cavern on the left with more of the small creatures that
give a good fight and do some serious damage collectively to Xarazir.
Verica heals him.

The tunnel proceeds north. There are alcoves with pallid, maggot like
things. They are 18 inches long. The have rudimentary appendages and
misshapen heads. They are left along as the go deeper and deeper.

This ends in another cavern where more little ones are dispatched.
Torcan heals Xarazir. The party retraces its steps almost all the
way back to the first cavern.

They explore the right hand fork. This leads to some beetles that
are killed. As they explore the cavern some grub like creatures
crawled up behind the party.

Torcan, Verica, Verg, and Emmett do an admirable job killing
most of them. Xarazir and Kallisto barely have to get involved.

2021-04-22

  Present

    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker) late
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)

  not present

    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)


### 576-03-24
The group goes to "The Sphincter". Torcan and Xarazir go down.

Kallisto swings, misses and falls on her sword knocking her out.

The 6 little people are killed.

The teens are found and released.

They go back to Moss Hag cabin. Emmett decides to accept her
advances and spends the night with her. The teens also spend
the night in the cabin.

### 576-03-25
The teens mention that Sleessik is looking for something called
the Stygian Stone, a largish dodecahedron made of stone.

The day and a half trip back to the road goes by.

### 576-03-27
Got gold chain and potion

Spend the night at the farms


### 576-04-01
Get back to swampgate on 1st day of Month 4

### 576-04-02
On the 2nd meet with council to look for Stone.

Got 500gp for teens

### 576-04-03
Start on the 3rd ask around and find it. Get a
bog pony and cart to help carry it.

### 576-04-04
Leave on the 4th to take it back to the hole.

### 576-04-08
Get to the mound of dagon on the 8th.

### 576-04-12
Get back to town on the 12th

Got the 700gp taking stone back.

Head back to Khromarium

They  meet an organized group of 21 solders. 9 of them have
Swampgate/Khromarium livery

Towards dusk 6 boars charge the party. They end up being
dragged to the nearby hostel to trade from room.

2021-05-06

  Present

    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker) late

  not present


### 576-05-09
Training finished

### 576-05-10
  observe Garros manor

### 576-05-11
  visit Miraxin Xon, Hyperborean Alchemist the group
  rescued
 
  He has 6 invis potions for sale at 1,000gp each

### 576-05-12
  Do the gig at night time

  Aldsvider, Torcan, and Verica climb to the roof of
  the first floor.

  The find the shutters to be locked from the inside.

  It is decided to climb down and go in through a ground
  floor door.

  As the guards make their rounds before they go down.

  Verg walks over in a drunken, loud manner and starts
  urinating on the fence. They tell him to f*** off as
  they point crossbows at him.

  Verg wanders off to the park and hides in the shrubbery.

  Verica fails to open the locked side door, but Torcan does (
  I think that was the order). Regardless, Torcan opens the door
  and a crossbow is shot at him but it misses.

  The guard gets a shot off and yells the alarm.

  Torcan, Aldsvider, and Verica run to the fence to attempt to
  make their escape. Only Verica makes it across.

  Torcan and Aldi decide to make a stand as many guards come
  from the stables and out of the house.

  Torcan is able to Hold most of them. More guards keep coming
  so they have to engage them. Verica jumps back over the fence.

  She is able to Hold more guards that keep arriving.

  By this time the dogs start making their way to the commotion.

  Verg and Kallisto are waiting for the signal of fire to happen.

  Xarazir and Emmett see the mayhem and make their way to the problem.

  Guards that aren't Held attack but are felled.

  Verica tosses some greek fire at the dogs. She misses but is able to
  splash some fire on them.

  The dogs run up and chew out Aldsvider and Verica, but it's mostly
  Verica that gets gnawed upon.

  Verg and Kallisto see the fire and run to the fence.

  Out of the shadows a women attacks Verica just missing her attempt
  to assassinate her, she is still able to knock Verica unconscious.

  Kallisto and Verg shoot arrows and ice darts into the women and killing
  her. (Torcan insists he got the killing blow.)

  By this time Xarazir and Emmett make it into the compound. Xarazir
  kills the Held guards as he gets to the group. The dogs are
  taken care of too.

  Verica is give the healing potion and she is revived.

  Verg gets people to drag the dead into the stables. Emmett moves the
  cart next to the fence to make it easier to hop over if they need to
  leave in a hurry.

  The assassin's body and the rest of the dead are searched for loot.

  The manor is then methodically searched. Pewter candles from the dining
  room are looted by Torcan, to make it look like a break in.

  In the bedroom where Torcan was nearly assassinated the first time
  they broke in they find a parchment. It details the manifest of the
  Berg Breaker (ship usually docked near the Silver Eel). The "Garros hold" is
  noted to contain rare woods and spices from New Amazonia valued near
  3,000gp.

  The domestic help are found cowering in their bedroom.

  Torcan opens one of the last rooms they search. He is rewarded by a stab
  from the broadsword of Garros' bodyguard. The bodyguard is able to
  knock Torcan to near death, but Aldsvider kills him. Then threatens
  Garros to show them where the Lamia's Heart is. He complies.

  Xarazir gives Torcan the extraordinary healing potion to revive him.

  They are led to the basement. They are told there is an iron box under
  a stone in the pit.

  Aldi looks in and finds 2 asps. He is able to kill them. Goll is told
  to get the iron box.

  Hey gives them the key to it and it contains a heart shaped topaz set
  in gold.

  Xarazir kills Goll. They loot his body and give the coins to the domestic
  help to say the Ixian from the crooked tenement did all of this.

  After using found keys to unlock the gates they are thrown away.

  Loot acquired:
    - assassin loot
      - gold bracers
      - dagger
      - 12 pp
    - 4 pewter candle sticks
    - gold jewellry (garros)
    - body guard room
      - 305 sp
      - 32 gp
      - flask of whisky

 

2021-05-20

  Present

    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker) late

  not present

    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)


### 576-05-18
Verica casts clw on Tor

The party splits to try and ambush the other party.

Xarazir tries to kick in the door and it doesn't budge.

After spending about 30 minutes with the door the party regroups
and goes down the stairs.

Emmett disables a door with a trap that shoots an arrow.

Xarazir goes through it and keeps exploring until he runs into
a giant ant. He kills it, Emmett rushes to the rescue at the end of
combat...they then join the rest of the party.

A secret door is found and it's a bookcase that pivots.

The room has Run Away on the east wall, there is a small circle
of 6 tall stones.

The book case has 5 books on it:

Common - Arcanium of the Alchemical uses of Peat
Common - The Diary of Caigarr Nilltose
Keltic - Libram of Government Policy
Old Norse - A Study of Khromarium's Famous Muscians
Old Norse - The Early History of Khromarium

While waiting for the folks in the bookcased room an ant wanders
in attacks Xarazir and subsequently gets slaughtered.

A long corridor is followed.

The party has trouble opening stuck doors.

Aldi opens a door full of giant rats. He is able to close it before
any pour into the room.

They circle back to the areas past the stairs they came down.

The see a room with a demon face graffiti.

In the next room is a mural of a battle of Hyperboreans fighting
some ape men/devolved humans.

As the room beyond that is explored several ants "sneak" up on
Xarazir who happened to be at the back of the party in the hall.

The last area is explored.

The stuck door is opened with some difficulty by Xarazir. In the hall beyond he sees a couple folks in leather armor and 2 more beyond those in splint.

One of the armored folks tells them to leave, this is our place.

Discussions go for a bit before the armored dude gives a command and one
of the mooks throws a spear at Xarazir and misses.

Xarazir goes into a berserker rage. He steps up and kills 2 mooks with
his charge.

He obliterates the first armored dude in his way. Meanwhile Aldsvider
slips by him and kills a mook.

The last mook drops his spear and surrenders. Aldi tells him to leave. Verica shakes down the mook for all he's worth before he can escape.

Meanwhile, Xarazir steps into the room attacking the other armored dude. As he does, 2 others descend on him and attack. Torcan then casts a Hold Person on the group. Xarazir makes his saves but the others don't. He beats on
them until his rage subsides. Aldsvider and Torcan leave and close the
door behind them while Xarazir finishes off his opponents.

Emmett checks to make sure the blood bath is finished.

The room is splattered with blood on all surfaces.

Total loot found is 32ep from the mooks (living and dead) and 19gp from the dead not-mooks along with a silver bracelet set with gems.

The party decides to head back to an inn and rest up.

The next day being
### 576-05-19

Here the sessions ends

2021-06-03

  Present

    - Chris (Xarazir Slaan - berserker) late
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)

  not present

    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)


### 576-05-20
They descend the stairs, go into a room with white and black
tiled floors.

They get to another door that Emmett opens and sees at least
1 skeleton and 1 ghoul. They move towards him and he sees
a second skeleton.

Emmett swings his halberd, missing wildly and grievously
wounds Verg.

The ghoul was wearing a gold crown set with gems. One skeleton
was wearing an ivory bracelet, and somehow the second skeleton
was wearing a gold brooch.

Around the statue is piled 750gp and some rolled up leather.

The leather is unrolled and a map is found along with a rod. The
map has written in the margins in atlantean: "Necromancer fortune awaits"

They get to a room with a ruined siege weapon and mural on the ceiling
of chimera and other legendary beasts.

Going back past the toppled statue a skeleton wanders upon the party.
Kallisto takes care of it.


They pass a party. It is an amicable event and no one gets hurt or
messed with.

Stairs down are found and taken. It dead ends quickly at the
bottom of the stairs.

Emmett finds a secret door triggered by turning a sconce.

Inside are a bunch dudes that tell them to leave.

Xarazir doesn't oblige. As he enters the room he is hit with a hail
of arrows and goes down. Tor heals him and Xarazir gets up mad.

He takes out 4 and on the fifth he manages to slip on some blood and
fall on his sword, killing himself.

The party is able to exact a measure of revenge on the mooks.

4000 sp, 4000 cp is looted from the dead bodies and their stash.

Emmett finds and deactivates a trap but couldn't unlock the door. He's going through some stuff right now.

They find a room with an iron chandelier and a ruined gauntlet.

Emmett sabotages the portcullis to always stay open.

The door beyond is stuck such that no one can open it.

They tire and go back top.

Emmett makes arrangements for Xarazir's remains.

 

2021-06-24 (fixed session date)

  Present

    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)

  not present

    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Chris (Arsalion - death soldier)



### 576-06-23
Start the trip to Swampgate

23rd is pretty chill.

### 576-06-24
24th run into 4 giant ferrets. Aren't too challenging. However
Emmett goes into a kinda berserker rage on one of them. Working
out some issues.

The pelts of the other 3 are taken.

### 576-06-25
25th 4 large, rusty-orange lizards in trees are noticed before
they attack the party. Even after taking some shots they all
glide down and attack the group. Three are killed before the
fourth runs off. Verg convinces folks not to skin them for
I think aesthetic reasons.

### 576-06-26
26th chill day of walking

### 576-06-27
27th a giant ferret is quickly shot and killed by Aldi and Kallisto.
Its pelt is also taken.

Emmett tells the guard at the gate they are hiding out in Swampgate.
The guard takes this well.

"Since you seemed to be so honest with us I'll be honest with you",
says the guard. He then rattles off a variety of offenses and their
penalties. For some reason Emmett looks at Verg when sedition is
mentioned.

They spend the night at the inn.

### 576-06-28
28th the talk with Muireall and get some info. See thinks there
was a new development last night and they go talk to her boss,
Agricultural Councilor Renarra Xall.

Renarra says they have been attacking livestock and last night
they got news peat cutters have been attacked. The militia has
tried to find them but lose them in the bogs. The Rangers were
even convinced to try and they also eventually lost them in the
bogs.

She also says there isn't much money left in the coffers to
pay the party adequately.

Emmett asks about maybe getting paid with a house. She thinks
this might be reasonable.

Renarra will try to get the council together tonight.

The group kills some time trying to find a peat cutter and get
what info they can. They do find out that peat cutters were
attacked by there were no casualties on either side.

Later at the meeting house they find Muireall outside and she
says they have been talking and waiting for group.

The council and mayor agree that if the problem can be dealt
with a house would be given as payment.

A squad of militia will also go. They won't go into the mound.

The mayor informs the group that the Rangers won't provide help
but they are free to ask the commander, Cunobelinos, if he would.

They try and it doesn't go well enough for the Rangers to help.

Talking with Cunobelinos doesn't convince him to send some rangers
with the group

Last edited by gizmomathboy (10/24/2022 7:02 am)

2021-07-08

  Present

    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)

  not present

    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Chris (Arsalion - death soldier)


### 576-07-03
It is decided to wait for the Hold to wear off and
give Emmett time to work through his tantrum.

The mine is slowly explored. Skeletons with crappy
tools and rusty helmets with red crests are found and
dealt with. Verica and Toran take their newly learned
turning skills out for a spin...and fail.

Kallisto is there to beat them down along with the rest.

A door is found. Tor checks for traps and finds none. He
attempts to pick the lock and fails. Emmett steps up, picks
the lock, and opens the door. This triggers a stone block
to fall on him. He is unable to avoid it.

The opened on to a skeleton wearing banded/laminated armour,
brandishing a morning star. The red crest on his helmet
goes on a line from ear to ear, unlike the front to back
that the other skeletons have had so far.

Emmett has the reaction to throw some greek fire on it. It
makes good contact and sets it ablaze. The flaming skeleton
swings its flaming morning star and it sails out of its grasp
and lands behind Emmett.

Emmett stands up and pokes it with his halberd as it falls
more lifeless to the ground. He steps over it and goes into
the room.

Verg is left to strip the armour, that didn't seem to be any
worse for the fire wear. He also finds a golden ornament that
is 8 inches tall. It is an eagle.

The found rooms are searched and a bed of moss with the largest
shed snake skin any have seen are found. In it is found 110cp,
68 sp, 80 ep, and 22 gp.

It is decided to rest for the night in a place that has
two lockable doors.


### 576-07-04
The next morning the second door is checked. A trap similar
to the other door is found but couldn't be disarmed.

Emmett picks the lock and opens the door. He is able to
dodge out of the way of the falling stone block.

They find a tunnel, adit by definition, that leads to the
surface. It ends in a door that is blocked on the other side
by heavy bushes.

They turn around, explore the rest of the caverns, finding
nothing.

They get out of tunnels by nightfall and are greeted by
some surprised militia members. They are most intrigued to
hear about the mine as much as the lack of bad guys.

### 576-07-05
The next morning 3 of the party go down into the caverns,
out the adit, and circle around to find the rest. The
adit entrance is about 300 yards to the northeast of the
Dagon's Mound entrance.

Then everyone leaves to head back to the farms.

Utla waves to them as they pass by. Emmett waves back but
keeps on walking, seems to not want her company or her
potentially spiked tea.

Get to the Macc Cathal's and spend the night

Some time in the night Laoise disappears. As near as the
party can tell, their pockets aren't any lighter.

### 576-07-06
Get back to swamgate and schedule a meeting with the town
council

### 576-07-07
Meet with the council. They are very interested to hear
about a potential mine in the area.

They agree to give them tax breaks

2021-08-05

  Present

    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)

  not present

    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)
    - Chris (Arsalion - death soldier)





### 576-07-11
Traveling back to the North Road to Khromarium (a few days in the Lug)

The first day of the walk back goes by uneventfully.

### 576-07-12
Etain says good bye early in the morning.

A few hours later a black bear is happened upon and Aldi decides he wants to subdue it.

Aldi puts to arrows into the bear, it is enraged and charges Aldi. Aldi is able to ensnare it in the net. Then, 11 rounds of wrasslin' later Aldi tries to assert dominance on the bear but fails.

Several rounds later it escapes the net and runs off.

As the group pulls into the rest they recognize the gait of a figuring leaving. Taking a closer look it is Laosie.

Verica says, "Hey, Laosie can you play us a song?"

She turns, "I have to push on through the night to get to Khromarium." She didn't appear to recognize the party.

Verica and Tor ask the bartender about her, "Photine was her name, didn't seem to be a bard"

### 576-07-13
Get back to Khromarium

take a day to identify stuff

### 576-07-14

The armour was identified as +1 laminated armour.

Kallisto seemed to best candidate for it unless someone else would
like it.

Verica levels to 4th, HP roll 3 and starts training for 4 weeks on the 15th.

Verg and Kallisto cased the Garros Manor. The guard and dog levels are the
same as they were when the place was pillaged. During the day (as Verg and Kallisto were eating and drinking on a fine Saturn day), 4 folks visited Saivaia. She met them outside eventually went into the manor in the big dining room (room 10). Sometimes they left they room but Verg and Kallisto couldn't see where they went. It was 3 visits. Two with single individuals and 1 with 2.

Verica and Tor went off and did skullduggery.

Aldi is interested in going back out into the wilderness to find an
animal to subdue. Tor, Kallisto, and whomever else are interested in
witnessing such a thing. We are assuming Verg would join as well since
what Viking wouldn't want to watch someone wrestle a bear or some other
creature?

 

Last edited by gizmomathboy (10/27/2022 9:41 am)

2021-08-26

  Present

    - Dave (Torcan-purloiner)
    - Marge (Verica - purloiner)
    - Yanick(Verg-La -cryomancer)

  not present

    - Mark (Emmet Slaan - gadgeteer)
    - Chris (Arsalion - death soldier)
    - Jason (Aldsvider - huntsman)



### 576-07-16
The two eastern doors are explored. The southeastern door had
some broken pottery. Emmett checks it out finding old dust and
stains on the inside of the shards.

In the northeastern room there is what looks to be a human body
wrapped in old cloth on a stone table. Emmett pokes at it with
the halberd with some greek fire at the ready. His poking exposes
what look to be foot bones.

Verg checks out the southern door. Inside is a pile of debris.
Broken furniture, the stuffing from inside it, papers, shreds of
papers, some leaves. He shuts the door and moves on.

Beyond the northern door is a long, long hallway.

It ends in a door. Tor tries to open it but it doesn't budge.
Tor give it a mighty kick. The sound of splintering wood is heard.
In the room are the 4 people from his temple he pursued yesterday.

They greet Tor with 4 thrown daggers that all miss.

Tor, Kallisto and Aldi enter the room.

During the fight Aldi overswung, tripped, and fell down. Kallisto
makes good use of Emmett's halberd. Even Verg gets a good cut
in with his handaxe.

Eventually the 4 are killed.

Tor decapitates them and puts the heads in a bag.

20gp, 4 prayerbooks, and 2 scrolls are found. They all are the same
religion as Tor.

On the way out the copper pieces are grabbed along with the electrum
and silver.

By late afternoon the sub-basement apartment in the Silvery Eel is
reached. Tor and Verica take the heads to their temple leader. They
return later with a bag of gold.

They relate that their temple is willing to pay everyone 200gp each
to map the rest of the area under the crematorium.

### 576-07-17
The day is spent relaxing and healing.

Tomorrow is the peak of Bealltainn.