On
Friday eve Stormwin, Lord Balladan’s advisor, discovered that Lumberton’s
Earth circle was flawed. During his investment of Morgan Scenarius into the
circle he sensed that the circle was an Earth circle/chaos rift and that undead
could use it to enter this plane and seek prey. Shortly, he gave to Morgan and
Artimus the necessary items to perform the Formal ritual to destroy the flawed
circle and create a new one. The
feathers of the red-crested fallow bird were found in the lair of the Naga,
where four brave adventurers took a death in the fighting.
The Rod of Marshwalking was found there later on by a wandering dwarven
explorer who brought it to town and sold it.
The needed pine cone was easily gotten from the local forest.
Some time Saturday a farmer was chased into town by some orcan raiders.
The farmer know of the existence of an ancient Barbarian healing potion
called the Fire Root Elixir. The
farmer studied his great-grandfather’s journal and then led the adventurers on
their quest for the elixir. On the
way they encountered and fought a troll and three hobglobins.
A short time later the party entered a valley filled with cobwebs.
There they encountered a giant spider which webbed Falgar and Breelen and
dropped Sgt. Kelindil before it was defeated.
At the end of a trail in a magical part of the forest to the south of
Lumbertown the adventurers encountered what appeared to be a living plant.
With its grappling tentacles, the plant pulled in several members of the
party and began to consume them. After
defeating the plant, the group found an elixir and some copper. When a group of celebrating gypsies arrived at the tavern
there was a touch of dread in the air, but as they bought ale for all and spoke
of the reason of their celebration, the eyes of all began to sparkle.
The gypsies had found the gem which their founding father had
created...the Jewel of Rabidian, the last missing component to reform the Earth
circle. After bargaining with the
gypsy leader Bigger Jake, Lady Morgan and Artimus made a trade to gain the use
of the gem. When Bigger Jake
discovered that Lady Morgan had been the one that his cousin had cursed earlier
that day, he left with heavy threats against Lady Morgan should any harm befall
the jewel. After getting the
advisor, the ritual was begun. As
Stormwin performed the ritual, undead came pouring out of the flawed Earth
circle. The adventurers in the area
fought well and defeated all of the undead moments after the destruction of the
flawed circle. As the flawed circle
sealed and disappeared an explosion took place which damaged all in the area.
A surprise to the town was that the new circle was not visible.
Stormwin caught wind of it and realized that the explosion of the
Earth/Chaos circle caused a flawed effect upon the new circle.
The next night Stormwin returned under the cover of night and spoke a
single word which gave form and visibility to the new Earth circle. Stormwin
then checked the new circle and saw that the circle itself had not been flawed
by the explosion.
Lord
Balladan visited on the weekend of the 21st.
That evening he met with Morgan Scenarious and Artimis Silvertree and
discussed the problems that faced the newly established town.
After this meeting, Lord Balladan went to the tavern to speak with the
citizens, at this time, he name the town Lumbertown Shire in honor of the
Hobling’s mining operation and named the lake above the healer’s guild Lake
Scenarious in honor of Morgan Scenarious. Shortly
after this, undead believed to be under the control of the Overlord Tilicaf
attacked the lord and infected him with a dread disease. Lord Balladan didn’t
recover fully until Saturday evening. At the time, he named Morgan Scenarious a noble in his lands
and presented Breelen Silvertree, Sarathan Ebonbert and Sgt. Kelindil, with
medals for excessive bravery in the face of extremely difficult situations.
Lord Balladan left for Stonegate Keep later that night.
In
the afternoon of July 22, a group lead by Morgan Scenarious, Artimus Silvertree
and Sgt. Kelindil, went to investigate a report of an orc attack on a farmer’s
home stead. Upon arriving, at the
farmhouse, they encountered a large group of orc and their catapult.
They did not use it, however and were defeated quickly.
This was done in part to the fighting skills of two initiates from the
Order of the Raven. Deven disarmed
the orc leader while Rhea Skylark dispatched him.
Their bravery was equaled by the dwarf Sarathan Ebonbert who volunteered
to open the chest found at the base of the catapult.
Only his dwarven fortitude allowed him to survive the gas released from
the trap. In the end, Artimus set
the catapult a flame, thus ended its threat.
Lord
Ballandan’s visit was cut short by a group of undead who entered town on the
night of his arrival. These hideous creatures cut down many of the townspeople
and eventually infected Lord Balladan with a fatal disease. The advisor Stormwin
diagnosed the affliction and worked diligently to keep Balladan alive. He could
not cure the sickness without acquiring a certain extremely rare herb. This
plant could only be found on another plane of existence and the adventurers
needed to find a key to open the door to that plane.
Through
the course of events which occurred next it was determined that this plane would
be an underwater world. Five artifacts were collected which would be used to
allow underwater breathing for limited periods of time. The limited number of
items necessitated that only five could go, but there was still the problem of
how to get to that plane and time was running thin.
Soon
an ancient Dwarf came with the story of a horn which might be able to open the
gate to the water world. He knew where the item could be found and led a sturdy
group of townsfolk under the leadership of Falgar Shinglefoot to the ruins of
some ancient chambers. Within this place the group encountered falling debris,
slimy living puddles, living statues and a giant serpent with a humanoid head.
The only member of the company to return intact was Sergeant Kelindil, the
commander of the Lumberton Shire garrison. He had acquired the horn.
After
some discussion the group to travel to the other plane was chosen. These five
brave men used the horn to summon a boat which would take them through the
portal. On the other side they encountered creatures made of mud, fish men. As
the party descended into the depths of the water world the adventures lost what
little light they had. After some time of searching the adventures discovered a
narrow cavern and began to search it. The cavern was so narrow the adventures
had to craw in and out of the various cambers.
Breelen
was attacked by a large crab with powerful pinchers in one of the small cambers.
Breelen fiercely over powered the crab and discover the herb growing near it’s
nest. The party rushed back as the old artifacts were wearing off and under water breathing was becoming very difficult. As the
party reached the water front they stepped out of Lake Scenarious victorious.
Lord Balladan was saved and the threat had been defused for the moment.
I,
Falgar Shinglefoot, am pleased to announce that the Earth Caster Devin has
chosen the path of chivalry and has become an initiate to the Order of the
Raven.
We
Shall Never Forget
Falgar
Shinglefoot
Order
of the Raven