Session 1Aug 01, 2025

Escorting Quelis

Agitelen 5th, Turadras

We travel south from the town of Laurisa, toward the capitol of the borderlands Cyfaraun. As the sun dips below the horizon, we hear the gates of Cyfaraun close. To our left, the Mirmen river flows into the city. After unsuccessfully trying to bribe the gate guard with beer, we are directed to the south side of the city to an inn called Outside the walls. After a brief walk, we enter to find a Tavern on the lower level with two tavern workers and three barmaids serving size patrons. There is a flutest entertaining the small group. The innkeeper, Valen greets us, and lets us know private rooms are 5SP. We order food, Valorian gets Aurelia some extra food to supplement the meager food she can afford. Taliesin feasts on the best of food stuffs. After our meal, we go to the river to wash. Aurelia is startled when a sheep comes out the reeds she is washing in. Back in the inn, Quellus introduces himself to Titania and offers employment to our band. He is trading salt, oil, ale and wants an escort to Siadanos, and further to Turos Tem if we are willing. We agree to go to Siadanos and sign the a contract. We will be paid 12GP 5SP each, upon safe entry of the wagons into the city of Siadanos.

Session 2Aug 08, 2025

Agitelen 6th, Iannadras

Quellus wakes us and we head outside the inn to a food cart which is selling food to workers outside the city. As the sky brightens, Quellus brings out a cart laden with goods. Quellus is an inch taller than Titania, athletic, and clearly able to handle himself. We depart and travel for many days without major event, except for the 5th day when we are passed by Lanista Maximus Argentum (recognized by Quellus) a gladiator trainer who is rumored to have killed a werewolf with a silver spear. (I believe he was a famous gladiator who made it all the way to the capitol Aura, and married some famous woman before returning to the borderlands single, and starting a gladiatorial school. He is known as Argenturn Strong Silver, and is quite the celebrity).

Agitelen 15th, Ammonadras

We arrive at Turos Quell in the afternoon and find an inn to stay at 2sp/4sp and replenish our supplies, before heading out. We continue on to Siadanos. Along the way we encounter some goats. Aurelia valiantly slays one with expert skill, and other party members also get a goat or two I guess. Uthman captures a goat, and 2 girl kids and a boy kid follow along after their mother. We butcher the goat and Quellus provides salt and ale to enhance our evening. A couple days later we see Lanista Maximus Argentum coming back up the road with a few other armored men. They have two beast men in chains.

Agitelen 25, Istreudras

The rest of the trip passes uneventfully and we arrive at the northern gate of Siadanos, Pilos Orian. Quellus pays his duty to the tax man, and our payment of:

He informs us that he will be staying at The Stone Tankard, and will be staying in Siadanos another day. We head over there find 9 patrons, 2 tavern workers, 3 prostitute. We order food. The server says that Aurelia could be a whore if she ate more food, and she attempts to punch him in the balls. He blocks it with a granite plate, and Aurelia settles down to nurse her hand with no further confrontation.

Taliesin buddies up with the musicians, and they share a song which contains a rumor:

There is a red dragon of great age which slumbers away in the steep rocky hill known as Dragon's Tor.`

Session 3Aug 22, 2025

Taliesin and Aurelia order a few more drinks and get drunk. The server from earlier brings Aurelia a drink, on the house, "for the hand", which she very happily accepts.

It is late enough in the day that the baths are open for all, so we head there. Titania and Aurelia head to the hot-water plunge, and Valorian, Taliesin (and Uthman) head to the the sauna. Aurelia drunkenly agree to an oil scrape afterwards, administered by Titania, and Taliesin longs for branches with which to whip each other's back.

After the bath Aurelia immediately returns to the Stone Tankard to find the server and more wine. He finally introduces himself as Mandonio and Aurelia successfully flirt with him and makes out with him in the common room. At some point in the evening, he tells her a rumor:

The Imperial Vanguard donated an entire treasure haul to the orphanage of the keepers.

Agitelen 26, Turadras

In the morning, we inquire about the Imperial Vanguard from the proprietor, Bartos Stonehewer, who informs us that they are an adventuring group who style themselves as heroes. They typically work around the Krysivor. Bartos directs us to the Mercenary Guildhouse if we are looking for work. We head there and find a job board with listings:

The acclaimed and triumphant adventuring company known as the Imperial Vanguard seeks shieldbearers, squires, and other retainers. If you think you have the honor, discipline, and courage to serve our company, leave word for us with Guildmaster Stodius Mal.

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By order of Legate Ulrand Valerian of Türos Tem, a reward of 2,000 gold pieces shall be paid to whoever puts a stop to the beastmen raids that have plagued his territory. Adventurers seeking to claim this reward should bring evidence of their success before the Legate at his Office in the Villa of Türos Tem.

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The Guild Merchant earnestly seeks word of the whereabouts of two of its members, Daros Thenes and Odysios Panas, gone missing along the highway to Siadanos. Those with knowledge of their whereabouts should speak to Peristo Pontivorus at the Merchant Guildhouse.

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Hobgoblin raiders have been spotted near Dragon’s Tor. By order of the Palatine Theremus Augilian, adventurers who dispatch these creatures shall be entitled to the spoils of their victory free of Imperial taxation.

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Undead wandering north from the Lusaun Forest have terrorized the hardworking farmers of Patrician Acerus Sefrenian. The august patrician has offered a reward of 500 gold pieces to adventurers who can cleanse whatever sinkhole of evil is yielding this crop of horror! Bring proof to the villa of the august Acerus at the Sefrenian estates.

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Wanted! A band of brigands and chaotic cultists in league with the notorious deserter Drusus have begun to raid the peaceful villagers near Türos Tem. The band disguises itself as a party of adventurers, but it counts 12 members – one for each of the chthonic gods – and is led by a Zaharan most foul. 125 gold pieces per head is offered to whomever shall slay these villains. Collect your bounty at the Office of the Legate in the Villa of Türos Tem.

Based on these opportunities, and their proximity to Quellus' path, we decide to continue on to Turos Tem with him.

Agitelen 27, Iannadras

We head out and encounter four pilgrams on the road. They are on relequary of the captain of the underwatch, a little known paladin. He battled rats in the sewers of Cyfaraun. The pilgrams came from the region between the Naungolle forest and the Krysivor River. They have a were-rat problem in all the villages in that region.

Agitelen 28, Mityaradras

We encounter a heard of horses

Innelen 1, Ammonadras

Nothing eventful.

Innelen 2, Nauridras

We encounter a heard of goats

Innelen 3, Calefadras

Nothing eventful.

Innelen 4, Istreudras

We come across a lone man sitting on a short stone wall. Titania senses evil intentions from the man, and alerts the group. Valorian immediately casts slumber upon the man. Seeing the spell cast, he quickly jumps up and fires an arrow towards Valorian, but the range is too great and the arrow falls short as he collapses to the ground asleep. The party rushes up to him to find five more bandits asleep behind the walls. We quickly kill the five behind the wall, and tie up the man who was sitting on the wall for questioning. Before we wake him, we search all of them and find

Innelen 5, Turadras

Nothing eventful

Innelen 6, Iannadras

We encounter cavalry from the Auran Empire on patrol. They are on their way back from the border, though they hail from Turos Drav. They mention that Drusus is a deserter, and his gang have military training.

Innelen 7, Mityaradras

Nothing eventful

Innelen 8, Ammonadras

Nothing eventful

Innelen 9, Nauridras

We arrive at the gates of Turos Tem.

Session 4Sep 07, 2025

For finishing the the escort duty we receive
- 12GP 5SP
- (13XP ea) Escorting Quellus to Türos Tem
Türos Tem amenities:

Note: Türos Tem does not have a large enough market where we can sell our goods gained from defeating the bandits. After bathing, the party agrees to stay at The Travelers Inn. The innkeeper, "Dominus," a fat lout, is disgusted by the cheapness of the party for only paying to stay in the courtyard.

Drusus's Demise

Innelen 10, Calefadros

clear skies, balmy, strong wind

As we awake, the inn's cook can be heard singing bawdy songs. During breakfast six other patrons are at the inn. Of the six, three sit together. One is a centurion, his subaltern, and a middle-aged man with a magisterial bearing. The Centurion's name is Axios Ilarion. He lets us know where Drusus and the raiding beast-men can possibly be found in the Viaspen Forest. He also tells us where Dragon's Tor is located (added to the map). We also speak with the local Merchant Guild and learn the two missing merchants made it to Türos Tem before departing. We decide to locate either the bandits or beast-men in the Viaspen. We depart and scout the edges of the forest before setting up camp.

Innelen 11, Istreudras

warm, drizzly, very strong winds

We continue to skirt the edge of the Viaspen Forest for half of our marching day before entering the forest. Uthman Bet leaves marks on trees to aid in finding our way out in case we become lost. We make camp for the night. Uthman attempts to forage for food fails, while Taliesin and Titania look for firewood. During Uthman's watch the sounds of battle can be heard west of the camp. During Aurelia's watch a band of twelve dwarves are encountered. They are led by Stahlur, who confirms the direction of the battle we overheard. Stahlur also tells us he and his band saw beast-men entering a large cave atop a hill north of our camp. Uthman buys a skinning knife and fails to learn anything else from the dwarves.

Innelen 12, Turadras

warm, mostly cloudy, still wind

We agree to check the battle site before heading towards the cave. Along the way we encounter and slay a mutated "Dire wolf." Taliesin fears the beast might have been warped by sorcerous means. We discover the remains of the battle. A total of ten men were slain, and all valuable items were taken. We also find footprints heading north. We follow the tracks and come upon the hill cave mentioned by the dwarves. Atop it is actually a 350 ft. tall black granite dome. The Dome has a large hole forming the mouth of the "cave." Inside we can see a dark stone ziggurat. Uthman confirms it is Chthonic in nature.

Session 5Sep 12, 2025

The opening into the dome is 130 wide is 30 tall. The ziggurat is 380ft wide 500ft long, wall around temple is 12.5 ft tall, top of the ziggurat is ~50ft. There is a glazed brick mosaic depicting a two headed winged serpent circling the earth. In the center there are two bronze doors flanked by two large statues.

As we approach, four kobolds appear and yap at us in common. Uthman intervens and prevents a fight starting out. He convinces them that he serves their masters and interrogates them. They explain that they are ruled by a King, Urza. They are there to guard what is inside. There are other races which come into the dome, and they stay out of their way when they return. The have heard of a higher leader, "the lady below", but never seen her. Questions exhausted, Uthman turns on them and a battle ensues. Other than a lucky strike against Titania, the kobolds are quickly dispatched. Uthman and Aurelia conceal the bodies. We loot

We enter the doors to the temple. In the entrance hallway there are four frescos - two on the left and two on the right.

Session 6Sep 19, 2025

We enter the double doors on the right, and surprise the men we had heard. All 6 are dispatched quickly without landing a single blow on any of the party. We enter an adjacent room and in a reversal of roles are surprised to find another group of five men sitting around a table. They last scarcely longer than the first 6. The room also contains several sacks of grain, 80 stone each. Suspecting them to be members of the Drusus gang, we decapitate them. Taliesin dumps out one of the bags of rice so we can use the bag to carry the heads. We loot the bodies and find:

We explore a little further and find Drusus, casually sitting on a chair. He offers to hire us to replace the "disorganized band" we just dispatched. Aurelia briefly entertains his offer before Titania and Uthman charge forward and kill him before he can rise from his chair. On his body we find:

Behind his chair is a door which has been spiked and boarded off. We decide not to open it. We leave and get to the edge of the forest before making camp.

Session 7Sep 26, 2025

Correction from last session: we also cut off the heads of the 4 kobolds we encountered at the entrance

Innelen 13, Iannadras

Hot, partly cloudy, moderate wind

Early in the dawn during the third watch Aurelia notices a group of roughly 25 people making their way towards the forest from the general direction of Turos Tem. Aurelia attempts to get close unnoticed but is quickly spotted. A man heads her off and eventually introduces himself as Gundus, leader of a group of villagers from a small unnamed hamlet who are foraging in the Viaspen forest. Gundus disapproves of a girl as young as Aurelia and offers her an exit from this line of work by marriage to his son, which Aurelia scoffs at until she sees the handsome Zelicus, who brings gifts of bread, sausage and wine. Aurelia gives him her number.

We enter into Turos Tem

There is a paved avenue from the gatehouse to the headquarter building. A young and vivacious subaltern Mirim with golden skin and slightly pointed ears is stationed at the avenue. We inform her that we have come to collect the bounty and she records our names and escorts us to headquarters. On our way to the quartermaster's office we pass a posting board with a variety of bounties:

The Guild Merchant earnestly seeks word of the whereabouts of two of its members, Daros Thenes and Odysios Panas, gone missing along the highway to Siadanos. Those with knowledge of their whereabouts should speak to Aeropos Karanos at the Forum in town.,

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Join our band! The Fierce Brethren, captained by the legendary Quintus the Rager, Vestus the Unlikely, and Zaira the Beautiful, are recruiting bold comrades for expeditions into the Viaspen Forest! Find us at the Traveler’s Inn in town.,

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Wanted: The brigand Drusus for desertion, drunkenness, kidnapping, manslaughter, mayhem, murder, robbery, and other outrages againstthe Empire! 750gp shall be paid by the Quartermaster to whomever brings this outlaw to Imperial justice, dead or alive.,

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Soldiers accursed by nightmares should seek sleep draughts or invocations of salving rest from Priestess Genelen at the Hospital. Sleeplessness is no excuse for dereliction of duty!

We are introduced to the quartermaster, Koinos Thales, and after presenting the heads are awarded with:

Aurelia uses her newfound wealth to buy a Heavy Draft Horse -40GP aurelia (stippled grey, gelding), and Taliesin buys a light riding horse -75GP Taliesin (mare). Two elite legionnaires approach us and after confirming we were responsible for bringing Drusus to justice, invite us on behalf of the Lady Celena Valarian to a party at the villa of the Legate.

Titania inquires about one skilled in magic, and is referred to Malyn the Misshapen, who can be found in the chapter-house. We will need to request an audience to see him. We head to the bathhouse -2cp ea to clean up before heading to the villa. We see a number of people, several we had seen before, including the toothless subaltern and Mirim. We also see Ulrand Valerian, the Legate himself at the bath and he relays a rumor to Taliesin:

Ever since the earthquake a few years ago, the beastmen raids have been worse.

We make our way to the villa. We are assigned a servant who washes our feet and gives us a massage, before we are brought to Lady Celena and Legate Ulrand Valerian who graciously greet us. We eat baked chickpeas with almonds with a Krysean mulled wine spiced with saffron and cinnamon, baked grape leave with mackerel and cheese, and more. Our entertainment consists of a group of bladedancers come and perform a martial dance. After the lengthy dinner, we are invited to stay in one of the empty stable barracks (separate for men and woman) which we graciously accept. Aurelia wriggles on a pile of gold. Taliesin dreams of a bloody red heart beating in darkness and is filled with dread.

The False Start

Innelen 14, Mityaradras

Sweltering, clear, moderately windy day

We wake up and head to the chapter house which is locked. We knock and a guard answers and escorts us to one of the rooms and introduces us to Malyn the Misshapen. He is of no help identifying the magical objects, but offered to research the evil in the forest which Celena mentioned. We tell him we will call on him once we get back from Siadanos.

Session 8Oct 03, 2025

Taliesin heads to the hospital to talk to Priestess Genelen of Mityara. He is directed to a courtyard where he finds Genelen who listens to his description of the nightmare, and asks him to report back to her if he sees any more. In the meantime Aurelia buys feed (5 days of feed -2GP/4GP)for the horses as well as Saddles and Tack -10GP. We also buy food for the journey -1sp Then we head towards Siadanos.

Along the way we hear a birdcall which is clearly man made and are ambushed by a band of 16 bandits. Aurelia reacts quickly with a loosed arrow and kills their leader, before being felled by an arrow herself. Taliesin fells two others, and Titania is struck by two arrows and is downed. Valorian successfully casts Slumber on 4 of the remaining and this breaks the rest and they flee. The party does not pursue and quickly acts to stabilize the wounded and loot the dead. We find:

We decide to head back to Turos Tem to get help from the hospital in healing Aurelia and Titania. Aurelia suffers a puckered scar from a puncture wound on her left leg, and titania suffers an injured eye (-2 missile attack at med/long range).

We arrive at the gates of Turos Tem after dark and convince the guards to allow us in by name-dropping the Legate. They escort us to the hospital where we find the priestess and novices praying. A couple of the novices interrupt their vigil to speak to us. They cannot help that night since they must maintain the vigil, but the courtyard is a nexus of good and will aid in healing. Aurelia and Titania are laid out in the courtyard and spend the rest of the night there. We make plans to rest for a week.

Innelen 15-20, Ammonadras

Taliesin continues his conversation with Genelen and she confides that she believes that there is some curse or dark power is at work with these nightmares. Taliesin gets to know the novices better: Hyapse Hyatavie, Nauriva Nuvicerres and Syrena Suromus. Nauriva shares a rumor:

The black fang and red eye knoll war bands are the toughest in the area.

and Syrena shares another rumor:

When a dragon's scales turn purple, it means the creature is diseased and near death.

Session 9Oct 10, 2025

Titania has a dream: She is suspended in a pool of darkness. She hears a steady beating which grows louder. She sees a bloody red heart pounding which permeates everything and is filled with a righteous anger.

Uthman has a dream: He is walking underneath an oppressive darkness. He hears a beating rhythm. He comes across a stream which flows with the beat. Many of these streams originate from a ziggurat with a heart beating above it. He is filled with a lust for power.

Taliesin buys the Moonstone from the group -10GP Taliesin, +10GP Everyone else

The Festival

Innelen 21, Mityaradras

Sweltering, overcast, still winds
The day is uneventful other than encountering the spiked heads of the bandits which the legionnaires had posted.

Innelen 22, Ammonadras

Warm, Drizzly, moderately windy.
We encounter some shepherds in the morning, and some merchants in the evening. 10 wagons, 20 guards. The second group of merchants has 40 wagons and more guards

Innelen 23, Nauridras

Sweltering, Drizzly, Still
Nothing of note.

Innelen 24, Calefadras

Hot, Rainy, Moderately windy
Nothing of note before we reach the gates of Siadanos.

We go to visit Mandonio. Aurelia gives him a gold piece -1GP Aurelia and he returns the favor by giving the proceeds for the goats he sold +1GP Aurelia, +2GP 3SP Uthman.

Titania finds a boat-worker and inquires about a barge heading north. Farhad says he is not leaving today, but knows someone who is and offers to help us find passage today. We quickly board and pay our fare. -1GP Titania, Valorian, Uthman. -3GP Aurelia, Taliesin

Innelen 25, Istruedras

Balmy, Rainy, moderately windy
We make fast speed and make it to Turos Quell by nightfall.

Innelen 26, Turadras

Warm, drizzly, gently windy
We make it to Cyfaraun around late in the day, after the chain has been raised. We stay the night. We get rooms at Outside The Wall, Aurelia bunks with Titania in a private room -4SP Aurelia, -7SP Taliesin, -5SP Titania, Uthman, Valorian. Taliesin asks Aurelia to help with a book before heading down to dinner. Valorian pays for everyone's food (-3GP Valorian). Taliesin sings a sad song.

Innelen 27, Iannadras

Sweltering, Clear, Moderately windy
We wake early and get food at the stand outside the shop which is quite busy. (-4CP Taliesin, -2CP Titania, ) Uthman is recognized by the stand owner - apparently he invented a sandwich which has become very popular. He receives his food for no charge, and considers an investment in Destrio's business. After eating, we head into Cyfaraun and check the markets.

The nearby stadium erupts with cheering. After some questioning you find out that it appears that after a grueling combat the retiarius had defeated the tigers which had been loosed upon them.

We find the horse market and Uthman gets a Steppe Riding Horse -60GP Uthman, Titania, Aurelia and Valorian get Light Riding Horse -75GP Aurelia, Valorian Aurelia gets a Stallion (grey, dappled), Valorian gets a mare (painted brown and white). Titania gets a heavy draft horse -40GP Titania. Then the group heads to the armorers and Titania gets plate mail and a heavy helm. -80GP Titania

Titania talked to the vendors and one offers to pay for credible information about threats to the empire from that direction.

Session 10Oct 24, 2025

Innelen 28, Mityaradras

Sweltering, Drizzly, Moderately windy

After consulting with a helpful citizen of Cyfaraun, we head to the Plaza District to find a map and a place to stay inside the city. On the citizen's suggestion we look for an inn in the Old District where they have plumbing. After being laughed at by a rude map maker we give up on finding a map and start meandering to the Old District. Along the way we see a man who had caught a large catfish, to the applause of a small crowd around him. We ask around and head toward the middle of the three bridges and eventually find Myrdin's Bridge just beyond the imposing Ammonturium. We stop to look at the Ammonturium but Taliesin seems upset and wants to leave quickly. We cross the bridge which is a 100ft long, 25ft long white granite beam bridge. On the other side Taliesin ask a street urchin named Roben for directions to a brothel -2sp Taliesin. Roben leads us to a tavern called The Mink where Taliesin promptly hires all three whores -6sp Taliesin and pays for Roben to eat -2sp Taliesin. Taliesin comes down after a while and starts drinking with the whores -2GP Taliesin. Aurelia starts drinking with Taliesin but stops when she realizes Taliesin is drinking his feelings and the gang convinces him to leave. Roben, waking from his tryptophan slumber, leads us to The Gilded Lyre where there are rooms for 5sp/night. The inn keeper, Peristo is gracious and finds rooms for all of us -5sp All.

We head out to the baths. While we are walking through the street a bolt flies across the street in front of us and strikes someone nearby. We spot the assassin and quickly charge after him and slay him. On his person we find:

Shortly afterwards the city watch arrives and we explain what occurred. They confiscate the poisoned bolts that Titania had collected from the assassin, but Aurelia keeps the bolt which had been shot at Hunter and missed. Aurelia finds a Red Skull on black insignia and covertly removes it from the assassin's armor - she does not tell the party about it. We ask where we can find more information out once they have investigated and are directed to the City Watch's headquarters, in the Old District near the Mink.

We finally get to the baths -2cp All. We do not meet anyone of note at the bath, and have a delightfully uneventful evening, getting rest before the first day of the festival.

Session 11Oct 31, 2025

Nethelen 1, Ammonadras

Brisk, Clear, Moderately Windy

We are greeted by an excited Peristo as we come down from our rooms. Titania and Valorian head off to the Ammonturium. They find hundreds of congregants as they get to the entrance. Inside they find a massive statute and an oculus, open to the sky. There are many marble statutes of past Tarkons, including a half finished statue of the current Tarkon.

Meanwhile Aurelia, Uthman, and Taliesin head to the Thieves quarter. We luckily spot Roben and Aurelia offers to pay him for information about match fixing. Aurelia forgot her coin purse and borrows the money from Taliesin -5GP Aurelia. He leads us to a secluded location and tells us that east of the river, things are run by the Argollean family. The Sand and Bones guild runs the west side of the river. However, the amphitheater is owned by the public administered by the censor, but the grounds are managed by Maximus. (The retired gladiator we met on the road several weeks back.) If there is match fixing going on, either the Sand and Bones guild or Maximus would know. I thank him and leave. On the way back to the inn, Taliesin stops to talk to a proselytizer who rewards his listening by performing an augery: Taliesin asks if he will be successful in meeting Maximus if he goes to the games in the next half hour, and is told that his prospects are poor. Undeterred we head to the Ammonturium after a quick stop by the Inn to get Aurelia's coin purse.

A short while after we arrive, Titania and Valorian exit the Ammonturium. We head to the amphitheater and get lost on the way. Titania asks directions and an average looking, butenamored man Gundus leads us all the way there and tells her:

Adventures who want to prove themselves in combat should try their luck at the Silk Pony, a great way to earn coin if you don't mind getting your hands dirty.

We get to the arena and Aurelia buys two honeyed meads -2SP Aurelia from a concession stand, and Gundus buys Titania several different food stuffs from the concession stand. Aurelia and Valorian do their best to cockblock him. After being scolded for arguing during an oration, Gundus (called Gooner) gives up and sits near, but not next to Titania. Taliesin drinks as much as he can -5SP taliesin and buys others drinks -?SP Taliesin. Aurelia puts some money down on Uxentio for the upcoming fight -2GP aurelia Valorian inquires and is told that contestants in the games are winners of non-festival games. There are a number of events including Javelin and wrestling. He puts money on Abedsh -2GP Valorian.

Abedsh wins and Valorian get his payout +3.5GP Valorian. Taliesin gets plate mail -60GP Taliesin and a heavy helm -20GP Taliesin from some manire dwarves. Titania ditches Gundus.

Session 12Nov 07, 2025

Nethelen 2, Nauridras

Brisk, Clear, Very strong winds

Titania and Valorian head out early to the Ammonturium to attend the morning rites. Aurelia and Uthman head to the thieves quarter to look for Roben and a sap. Unable to find Roben, Uthman asks a prostitute where he could find a sap. She leads him to her pimp and he sells a sap for 8sp, in addition to the 1sp he paid the prostitute. He also pays the prostitute another sp -1GP Uthman.

Taliesin wonders off lost in his thoughts. Aurelia spends the mid-day looking for Maximus at the Ammonturium and is able to lip-read a couple bookies talking about how the second game on the fourth day is going to be fixed in favor of Maximus. Uthman finds a food stand selling Serenwiches, and does his best to defend his brand by freakishly staring her down and mimicking her. He successfully gets her to change the name to Uthmanwich. As he walks away with a free Uthmanwich, he uses a power move look behind and is doused in human refuse.

The rest of the gang chills till the evening and then we head to The Silk Pony Inside are 3 tavern workers, 9 patrons, 5 bouncers, 4 prostitutes. Taliesin gets a pitcher of wine -5sp Taliesin, and the rest of us get drinks and food -1.2sp everyone else. Taliesin pays a prostitute Saphira to sit with him (-1GP Taliesin).
She tells him a rumor:

Don't trust the regent who runs the chapter house. He purposefully recruits naive adventurers, sending them out into the wastes condemning to certain death.

She also says that the bloodmoon bouts are held on the night before the full moon. (The next fight will be the 15th)

"Greaser and Gooner WHOOAAAAAOOO"

Nethelen 3, Calefadras

Chilly, Sunbaked (dry), Strong wind

We go to sell shit 1205GP, 241GP ea:

Aurelia and Taliesin bet 50GP each on the fight (2:5 odds) and win (-50GP Aurelia and Taliesin). We win (+175GP Aurelia and Taliesin).

Aurelia looks for but does not find Roben again.

Nethelen 4, Istreudras

Balmy, partly cloudy, gentle wind

I borrow 50GP from Aurelia at (20% interest).
We head to the amphitheater. An stripper troop with castinets is playing. Maximus is in attendance, a guest in the prefect box. The first fight is between an orc and a condemned prisoner (even odds). I bet 100GP the orc -100GP Aurelia. The prisoner wears grey, the orc wears blood-red blazoned equipment. Both are given sword and simple leather armor. The orc wins +200GP Aurelia.

There is a horse race before the next fight.

The second fight is between an orc and Nuvicus' dual wielder.
Another Lanista joins Maximus in the Prefect box.
I bet 800GP, Taliesin bets 500GP on the orc. Guards carefully collect the money as the bookie write out the slip.
The dual wielder is hot. Orc too. A woman casts detect magic on them. The dual wielder seems to have an advantage, but at the last moment the orc kills him.

+800GP Aurelia +500GP Taliesin. Aurelia and Taliesin immediately head to the merchant guildhouse in the old district - at the north end of the emporium. Aurelia pays Titania back -60GP Aurelia. It's a large building made of marble which overlooks the memorial street. We go in and find the banking branch desk and are told that we only offer banking services to select clients - and we are not able to open an account. We also try to get a local jewler to act as a banker, but only frustrate him.
As we walk away we see a wagon pull into an alleyway and some laborers start unloading it into a nearby storefront. As we walk away we find an abandoned rucksack with a piece of parchment in it.

There are hidden chambers in Turos Orn that no man has seen since the imperiean war.

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Flameclad demons haunt the lonely island of lake lamon, only the evil or foolish seek it out.

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The great warrior king Belisarious "Master of the sword of fire" died in the last battle of the imperian war and was buried in a sacred cairn

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The dawn redwoods of the Istrith Forest are no mere trees. They listen and move and one day will come for us for chopping down their kin.

There is also a map of the borderlands with a star on a point of interest POI.

We make it to the Silk Pony

Session 13Nov 14, 2025

In The Silk Pony there are 3 tavern workers and 2 prostitutes serving 14 patrons and 8 muscle men. Rooms are 5sp, Taliesin hires a Nicean prostitute -1GP Taliesin, -5sp everyone else. Selene Nictorian introduces herself as the head of the bookies we got our money from and attempts to extort our winnings back. We refuse and after attempts to deescalate fail, fight ensues.

Selene runs upstairs, and her 8 goons are killed fairly easily, with only Titania and Aurelia sustaining wounds.

We head back to The Gilded Lyre On our way back we see several footpads burgling a shop. Taliesin greets them and wishes them well. We overhear one as "Is he in the family?". (Implication is that they are part of the Argollean Family, the ones who run the east side.)

Nethelen 5, Turadras

We head to the Saraos Belledoran as a group so that Titania and Valorian can participate in the rites.

Two men race through the street horses, mud splattering several of the group. We head to the baths.

Aurelia, Uthman and Taliesin pay Roben a visit, and check in on his assignment. He reports that there is a black door emblazoned with a red skull in the vagrant colony underneath the lake district. We ask about the colony and he continues to explain that there was a colony of vagrants near the temple of the hearthfire. The temple helped as much as they could but eventually built a wall. (There was apparently access to the undercity through the catacombs, but this has been walled off. (This is southeast of Nymphe zio.) After Taliesin asks who the argoleans are, a confused roben tells us that the Argolean family is a crime syndicate run by a family with elven blood.

We head back to The Gilded Lyre, pack up our things and say goodbye to Peristo, then head to The Mink

There are 3 tavern workers and 7 prostitutes serving 28 patrons, 7 security and there is a man of indeterminant age and elven ears and unkempt black hair managing the establishment. There are a troop of 4 actors performing.

Taliesin introduces himself to the manager in elvish, and he responds in heavily accented elvish, Aranth Faunus, and they converse about his elvish ancestry. He gives Taliesin some Argolean honeyed ambrosia with saffron and cinnamon and they continue to converse.

The rest of the gang get food and drink. -6sp Aurelia, -Xsp others

We each get rooms (-3GP Aurelia, -3GP Taliesin, -2GP Uthman, and -1GP Valorain). Aurelia puts a pillow in her bed and marks the door to see if it is disturbed before sleeping on the floor in Titania's room.

Late at night, out of the gambling snug, exits a patrician with a beautiful woman with platinum hair and silver eyes on his arm. Taliesin, who had stayed up immediately approaches her and introduces himself. She is Hesta Faunus, and she is quickly enamored with him and ditches the patrician, sitting at a table with Taliesin. As wine is brought to them

Her brother, Liber Faunus is no ordinary merchant. He’s one of the most dangerous men in the city. Working with him is expensive, but he’ll keep his word if you keep yours. At least he is less expensive than the tax collector. Just don’t try to smuggle any goods into the Old District without his blessing. You will regret it if you try.

She's wearing a noble gown, bright silk sash, a purse and a keychain. They hit it off very well, and she joins him for the night.

Taliesin

Session 14Nov 21, 2025

Nethelen 6, Iannadras

Warm, Sunbaked, Moderately Windy

Taliesin wakes up and immediately heads to the Emporium to buy some bling for his girl. The gang comes with.

There is a Chandlery with 25% markup, but can source anything in the city.

There is an exotic animal handler, Tlictum, with a young panther, kept inside a cage in a covered wagon. He is quite taken with Titania and shares a rumor with her.

(#16) Bargemen unloading a secret shipment were attacked by something. A Charugin swears it's a dragon. The cargo is missing.

Valorian visits the machinist, Nesto Machos, a bald dwarf who is manning a machinist stand in the middle of the emporium.

Vier is another dwarf who is an arms dealer, who sells plate armor. Titania asks about the magic sword and armor. He doesn't know anything other than it they are magical, but shares a rumor:

(#13) The order of the eclipse is responsible for the decapitated bodies in the river. Beware servants of the lady of fortune, she is an evil goddess that cares for nothing but the riches under the earth.

We head to Sheer Luxury and are interrupted by a commotion as the panther escapes. Valorian attempts to put it to sleep with a spell, but fails. Taliesin heads into the clothier and introduces himself to the proprietor, Basida, a middle aged Krysean woman. She argues that anything less than a duchess gown (which costs one thousand GP) will fail to stand out from Hesta's many suitors. After much discussion, taliesin declines to buy anything and leaves, his pride bruised.

Aurelia visits the locksmith, Tavus, and purchases an iron-bound chest of Oak that is varnished and waxed, and a lock. -22GP, -20GP Aurelia.

Aurelia also buys a cart from Geonder the cartwright. -50GP

Titania visits the House of Curiosities, proprietor Demonos. He tells her he is willing to buy curiosities if she comes by them. He explains that monster parts must be preserved

Taliesin heads to Lazar's Jewelry, but doesn't find anything of high enough quality.

Taliesin heads back to Vier and asks about masterwork. He hears the same rumor told to Titania, and commissions a 2-handed masterwork sword.

After a busy morning shopping, we head back to The Mink to drop off goods and pay for our rooms again. -3GP Aurelia, -3GP Taliesin, -2GP Uthman, and -1GP Valorian

Aurelia heads out to find the door Roben mentioned.

There are 11 priestesses of Mityara. A daughter of Mityara points me in the direction of the Shrine of the Ancestors which is the entrance to the catacombs. There are 11 citizens gathered at the shrine. We all heads down the stairs and explore the catacombs.

We head back to The Mink get supper -5sp everyone and head to bed, except for Taliesin and Aurelia who head to the gambling snug -5sp. There are 6 patrons and 4 comely prostitutes, but Hesta is not there. They do not win any money.

Uthman

Session 15Nov 28, 2025

Return to the Corrupted Dome

Nethelen 7, Mityaradras

Balmy, partly cloudy, wind is still

After a quick breakfast (-1sp all) we pack up and head out. As we go through the streets of the old district, we are passed by a group of legionaries lead by a subaltern who pass by without incident. We pick up Taliesin's armor from the dwarves in the Plaza District. We leave the city without incident and travel

Nethelen 8, Ammonadras

Hot, Clear, Moderately windy

Nothing of note.

Nethelen 9, Nauridras

Warm, Drizzly, Gently windy

Early in the day we come across four men 300ft in front of us. As we get closer Titania senses evil intent and we immediately attack. Valorian begins to cast sleep but is struck by an arrow before he can finish. Taliesin and Uthman charge forward while Aurelia drops the one who shot Valorian with an arrow in return. Taliesin and Aurelia finish off the last three.

Aurelia traces their tracks back to a tree and after careful searching finds a cache. All told we get:

Nethelen 10, Calefadras

Balmy, Drizzly, Moderately windy

We encounter a caravan of 10 wagons and warn them of the bandits we dispatched. At our request, we exchange our pile of copper and silver for gold at the cost of 0.25% (-1.55GP, -3SP - 1CP ea.)

We make good time and are able to make it to Turos Quell by the end of the day. We find food and lodging (-1GP).

Nethelen 11, Istreudras

Balmy, Drizzly, Gently Windy

Nothing Eventful

Nethelen 12, Turadras

Warm, Partly Cloudy, Gently Windy

Early in the day we encounter 18 fishermen on the banks of the Mirmen. Later in the day we encounter 30 wagons in a caravan.

Nethelen 13, Iannadras

Warm, Overcast, Gently Windy

We encounter 24 sheep.

Sheep

Nethelen 14, Mityaradras

Balmy, Clear, Gently Windy

We encounter 30 wagons.

Nethelen 15, Ammonadras

Balmy, Drizzly, Moderately Windy

The day passes uneventfully and we find ourselves at the gates of Siadanos. We stop by the Mercenary Guildhouse to look at the posting board.

Taliesin buys 10 lbs of Comfrey from Temple Row in the Plaza of the Pantheon (-100GP Taliesin). Titania gets 1lb of garlic as well. There is also a Chandler named Sigalo in another shop, a thin bald man with a comb over. We all buy a week's iron rations from him. (-4GP everyone)

We head over to the Merchant Guild and talk to them about becoming a client, but none of us mange to make a good impression and are denied.

We head to the Stone Tankard and find Mandonio and one other tavern worker along with 5 prostitutes, 26 patrons, and a troop of 6 musicians. Barto is not present. There is a closed door leading out of the parlor. Aurelia finds Mandonio and gets Krysean barley beer after greeting him. She flips him an extra silver and then sits down with the rest of the gang while she waits for him to get off work. (-0.22GP Aurelia, -1sp everyone else). Taliesin asks about gambling and is told that you can enter the gambling snug for 5sp.

12 patrons at the table, 2 tavern workers and 5 comely prostitutes. The game tonight is Lucky Sevens, and he looses badly. (-9GP Taliesin).

We head to the baths (-2CP) and then back to the Stone Tankard. We find a noble woman and a priestess of Mityara.

Aurelia lets Mandonio on first base, but is distracted by thoughts of Zelicus, and leaves him disappointed.

Nethelen 16, Nauridras

Balmy, Mostly Cloudy, Still

We head to Turos Tem.

Nethelen 17, Calefadras

Brisk, Drizzly, Moderately Windy

We encounter 8 farmers, but have an otherwise eventful day.

Nethelen 18, Istreudras

Balmy, Drizzly, Still

We broach a small hill and find 12 men at arms 130ft in front of us. They announce that they intend to rob us, and we attack. After a brutal battle, we slay all 12. Taliesin is downed in the melee, but Valorian is able to quickly stabilize him. As he wakes, he sees a ghostly vision of Saphira begging him to help her. We search the brigands and the surrounding area and are able to find a hiding hole. All told we find:

We hurry on our way. We pass 34 farmers and let them know about the brigands.

Nethelen 19, Turadras

Balmy, Clear, Moderately Windy

The party continues on healing what we can with our limited magic. We run into a herd of goats, but otherwise have an uneventful day.

Nethelen 20, Iannadras

Hot, Clear, Still

We run into two bands of farmers throughout the day before reaching the fort at night. We stay at The Travelers Inn. (-1GP all)

Session 16Dec 05, 2025

Nethelen 21, Mityaradras

Brisk, Clear, Strong Winds

We head to the market to buy iron rations (-1GP ea). Taliesin buys 3 Comfrey (-30GP), and looks for horsetail but is unable to find any. We leave the cart and horse at The Travelers Inn and head out to the Corrupted Dome. With our steeds, we make good speed and get to the dome by the afternoon.

We decided to rename the corrupted dome "The buried temple".

Nethelen 22, Ammonadras

Chilly, Clear, Strong Winds

We go into the dungeon and after hearing nothing at the door, enter the room right in front of the entrance.

We enter into a large room which extends up to the top of the dome and find a statue of a sorcerer priest in it. All the walls are covered in glazed brick veneer which is peeling off of a collapsed section, exposing splotchy ocher stone behind. The floors are fire brick embedded in asphalt mortar. As we look about the room, the door in the north east corner opens and five goblins rush in. Uthman commands them in their own tongue, and they immediately become subservient. They tell him that their kin have been recently slain and they ask Uthman for justice and revenge. Uthman introduces himself as "Lord Uthman" and in return is given the name of one of them: Abudemio. Uthman asks them where their slain kin were, and the point to the door they came back from. He asks a couple more questions before motioning to Aurelia to commence attacking them. Uthman crushes Abudemio, and Taliesin drops three with blinding flash, before rushing in and finishing off the last one with his blade.

25XP (5XP ea) Killing goblins
2.7 XP (0.54 XP ea) Gold from goblins
27sp

We listen at the door and hear the beating of wings. We retreat to a safe distance, and wait to see if something comes through. Nothing does, so Titania opens the door. Four small creatures that look across between a bat and an owl. Valorian reacts quickly and drops one with a dart. Aurelia follows quickly with an arrow, dropping another and Taliesin steps forward and cleaves through the remaining two.

24XP (4.8 XP ea)

We step through the door into the hallway extending straight and also to the right. We go straight, then into the door on the right. Aurelia listens at the door and hears nothing. Titania opens the door. There is a statute of Bel, the slaughter prince, the god of rage, violence and war. An fanged demonic figure with six arms, each bearing a curved sword. It seems to be an old arena - a place of worship for a god of battle. We continue down and around the hallway, and find the body of a goblin with three striges sucking it's blood. Titania and Aurelia recoil at the sight, while Taliesin charges down the hallway and cleaves two of them in half, and Uthman finishes off the last one.

3SP from the goblin
0.3 XP (0.06 XP ea) Gold from goblin
18XP (3.6XP ea) Killing striges

The goblin appears to have been killed with weapons, and the striges seemed to have been eating it's congealed blood. We continue down the hallway, having wrapped around

We encounter two fearsome creatures 7.5ft tall with reddish brown fur - Gnoll. Taliesin immediately charges forwards and delivers a savage blow, which is followed up by another brutal blow from Titania which drops the first before spinning into the second, dropping it with a single blow.

40XP (8XP ea) Killing gnolls
13GP from the gnolls
13 XP (2.4XP ea) Gold from gnolls

We listen at the lower left door, but hear nothing. We open it to find two stripped goblin corpses. The are bloated and decaying, and have been decapitated. Further in we find 10 butchered goblins and looted cots. As we continue to explore the temple, we find more dead goblins with signs of torture, and evidence of ransacking and searching. We begin systematically clearing the rooms. Most of them contain nothing of note - bathrooms, broom closets, and cave-ins. One room contains a fresco of Zaharans bowing to Kaleth, The Madness, cathonic god of profanity, insanity, and oblivion. One door is bared shut. After beating on it for a while, a hobgoblin comes to investigate. It sees our band and begins to run away, but is unable to escape Uthman's blade.

15XP (3XP ea)
2GP (0.4XP ea)

We go back and search the rooms we cleared more carefully. In the room with 4 tortured bodies, near the south east door. We find secret door in the southeast door and we find

We search through the debris, and find a key - an Iron key with copper paint on it.

Titania spends roughly an hour beating down a door to find a wall behind it.

After thoroughly searching the rest of the cleared rooms and finding nothing, we decide to leave and try to make it back to Turos Tem. We get to our horses and begin riding through the forest. We accidentally wander into giant peregrine falcon's nest. It greats Titania and shares some wisdom:

Reptilian abominations known as Thrasians once ruled these lands. Their immortal king still slumbers, waiting for the time when his kin shall come again.

We encounter a herd of deer, and find a small village. Aurelia looks around trying to find out if this is Zelicus's village. We find out that it is Gundus' village, and its suffering from the bloody flux (dysentery). We decide to stay and help the sick - as well as to quarantine ourselves to make sure we don't bring the illness back to Turos Tem. Aurelia works hard and Zelicus is impressed by her effort, but too busy to spend a lot of time with her.

Nethelen 23 - 33

We dedicate ourselves to helping the village for a couple weeks - using all our resources to help. They provide food and a place to stay in return - simple fare, but better than most are eating in the village.

Session 17Dec 12, 2025

Nethelen 34, Iannadras

Balmy, Clear, Moderately windy.

We finally make it back to Turos Tem.

Aurelia purchases an Arbalest (-50GP Aurelia), and takes Titania's sword. She also pays for the horse lodging (-2.6GP Aurelia). Taliesin buys two metamphora (-20GP Taliesin) and three bolas (-15GP Taliesin).

We head over to check in with Malyn. He says he has studied much

When the The empire sorcerer priests erected a profane temple in the Viaspian forest. It has a strange artifact known as the Stone of Sakkara. Using the stone sorcerers can spawn monsters and magically command the loyalty of monsters. It would corrupt mankind. It was silenced because the sacrifices stopped. It brought it's evil masters great power throughout the fell empire. During the emperian war that toppled the Zar. For centuries the stone lay forgotten. Two years ago an earthquake probably split the dome.

He doesn't want to help us, but if we swear to uphold the law, he will allow us to use his library and cast spells for us. Taliesin does not want to swear an oath to the emperian gods, and leaves. Malyn takes this poorly and begins ranting about how elves are evil. Titania's suspicion is raised and she senses evil intentions from Malyn. Uthman swears the oath to Malyn, Titania and Valorian leave, and Aurelia blends into the background and is forgotten. Titania catches us outside and lets us know that Malyn is evil. Meanwhile, Taliesin meets up with Genelen and requests a blessing and a "blessing". He accidentally talks about a stone, and relays the information we gained from Malyn to Genelen. She reacts with shock, and tells us it must be destroyed - it should not be given to Malyn or anyone. We decide to head to bed and head to the temple in the morning.

"1-6 is Sand and Bones"

Malyn visits Uthman and reveals his true, crippled form. He treats with Uthman to bring him back the stone so that he may heal himself and tells him he will give Uthman the stone afterwards. Uthman agrees to this alliance. He goes back to bed and dreams again of the bloody heart. He sees more clearly this time that the heart is a faceted red gem - he reaches out for it and sees legions of beastmen spread out before him, chanting "UTH MAN (WICH)! UTH MAN (WICH)!".

Session 18Dec 27, 2025

Nethelen 35, Mityaradras

Balmy, Sun-baked, Moderately windy.

Before we leave, we talk to Genelen and voice concerns that Malyn may spread rumors about us, and ask her to speak to the legate about him. She doesn't seem concerned - arcanists don't usually have a lot of sway in the court of the legate. We ask her if she has any horsetail (which she doesn't) and also ask her to aid us with a spell casting.

We head to The Travelers Inn to look for the Fierce Brethren. Dominus says they aren't here, but they left a bill unpaid. Taliesin pays it (-7GP Taliesin) and Omus gives him a rumor:

Ulrand Valerian has no intention of paying the bounty. He knows no one is ever coming back.

Taliesin slips him an additional gold piece which turns Omus's mood around. Aurelia pays him a gold up front to house her horse and wagon. (-1GP Taliesin and Aurelia).

We head out to the corrupted dome. Along the way we encounter some mossy stones. Taliesin inspects the stones and finds some markings carved into them - of an ancient argollean variety. It looks like it might be a map to something. After some careful inspection, we determine it is pointing to a location northeast of Turos Telle. After noting the location on our map (Mossy Rock X) we continue on.

A few hours after we make it to the forest we suddenly run into a group of 22 armed humans. Titania hails them and they respond favorably. After a brief parlay we each agree to pass by peaceably.

A few hours after that we spy 19 tall men, around 50 ft away from us. They look Jutlandic. We are greeted by Olf, son of Sigwolf. They say they serve Baleg - the same God Aurean calls Bel. While speaking with Taliesin, Olf calls Aurelia a whore, which she takes poorly. After a brief confrontation, Aurelia fires an arrow at him, and Uthman follows up with his serrated blade, killing him. The Company of the Feather turns to flea, but Taliesin is struck and killed.

Taliesin's horse had on it:

A thrall of the chaotic band of Jutlandic barbarians uses the celebration back at camp to escape, and stumbles upon the party. After some tense discussion, Titania assures the party that he has no evil intentions. After some further discussion of Yngvi's path to this place, the party sleeps. Yngvi dreams of a great bloody heart and is filled with dread.

Session 19Jan 03, 2026

Vinethelen 1, Ammonadras

Chilly, Clear, Very Strong Wind

We approach the temple and find 4 kobolds guarding the entrance again. Uthman successfully commands them to take us to their king, before attacking them. Yngvi brutally kills three of them and Uthman slays the last.

Uthman leads the way as we explore the south-west corner of the temple. We enter into a room which is empty other than a skeleton. Uthman inspects it and finds that it's clothes are actually spider silk, and it is filled with spider eggs. We carefully remove them and move on through a curtain door.

Inside we find a large number of shattered jars and 10 whole jars. On the ceiling we see two giant spiders. Yngvi throws his axe at one, dropping it from the ceiling. Titania buries her cavalry sword into the other's thorax, killing it. We search the room and open the jars and find:

The rest of the room is a dead end, so we head to another unexplored door and listen. Aurelia hears talking in what sounds like Kobold tongue. Uthman listens as well and is able to make out a few kobolds taunting someone. We burst into the room and find two guards tossing a coin pouch over the head of a smaller kobold. Titania moves forward and drives her sword through the larger as he catches the coin pouch. The smaller excitedly yaps as he gets the coin purse, realization hitting him just before titania's blade. Yngvi charges past her and sweeps his longsword in one long arc, beheading three kobolds and then turns and casually cuts the last in two. We loot the bodies and find:

We continue exploring and find another room with over a dozen beds. We find 10 kobolds who are being roused due to the noise. Yngvi rushes in and greedily slays five of them before anyone else is able to claim one. Aurelia resorts to attacking sleeping kobolds in an attempt to contribute before Yngvi kills them all.

We continue on exploring and find a room which leads to a passage way. We follow it to a medium sized room with lit braziers and two burly kobolds guarding a door. Uthman barks an order at them which is followed by a tense pause as we realize Titania and Uthman are standing in oil. The tension is broken as Uthman and titania rush forward and after a brief struggle kill both guards before they can light the oil.

Aurelia listens at the curtain door and hears nothing, then at the guarded door and hears voices and movement. We take down the curtain to soak it in oil and explore the room beyond. We find a fresco dipicting 12 couples engaging in explicit acts. We it has another exit with a curtain which we remove to soak in oil as well

We bust into what we correctly assume is the throne room to find 8 guards, a king, and a bodyguard. Surprised, the guards stand slack-jawed as aurelia sprints down the hall and buries her blade in the king, killing him instantly. Yngvi charges down to the end of the hall and takes out the bodyguard. The rest of the guards are felled after an extended fight. Uthman is struck by two javalins, but remains on his feet. We search the room and find a lot of worthless spoiled food and drink as well as:

We encounter amongst the sacks a cobra which aurelia narrowly dodges it's strike before Yngvi cuts it in two.

We loot the last room and find:

Totals from the run:

Session 20Jan 10, 2026

We make it to Turos Tem, sell as much as we can. Tim the turos tem tailor buys the bolts of cloth. We talk to Genelen who urges us to get back out to the temple, and helps heal our party. She also allows us to store items in the Turos Tem vault. We rest for the night.

20GP 5SP ea

472 XP ea

Vinethelen 2, Nauridras

Balmy, Sun baked, Very strong wind

We head out in the morning. Along the way we find a shortcut. We arrive at the temple without further incident and make camp.

Vinethelen 3, Calefadras

Balmy, Clear, A gentle wind

We enter into the temple and begin to explore a new section of the temple.

We head to a door and listen, but hear nothing. We try to open it but find it stuck.

We move to the next door and listen at it, hearing low, gruff beasts speaking inside. We search for traps and are interrupted by a trio of gnolls coming down the corridor. Aurelia looses an arrow at the gnolls while the rest of the party charges forward. As they battle the gnolls, the door Aurelia was at bursts open, and an orc grapples her. A brutal battle ensues in which Yngvi slays many orcs, and Valorian sleeps Aurelia's captor. They successfully rescue Aurelia, killing a total of 10 orcs. Uthman finds half a dozen sleeping orcs and silently slaughters them. After the dust settles, we have killed three gnolls and 16 orcs.

137 sp looted from orcs

12 gp looted gnolls

60 xp for the gnolls

160 xp for killing orcs (16orc)

Inside the back room we find

1000 cp

400sp

150 gp

in the middle room we find an armory filled with weapons and armor.

in the back room we find a pool of water. Uthman drinks some of the water and says he feels smarter (+1 int). Aurelia drinks and feels more confident (+1 cha)

We exit the temple and rest the night in the forest.

Vinethelen 4, Istreudras

Balmy, clear, strong winds

We reenter the temple and continue exploring the temple. We enter a smaller room and find two orcs eating. Aurelia and Yngvi kill them off quickly. Just after, a direwolf charges through a curtain from an adjacent room and viciously bites Aurelia. After a brief skirmish, Uthman slays the direwolf. Just as it falls, two orcs rush into the room, but are immediately slain by Yngvi. Again, an orc rushes into the room and is shot by Aurelia before immediately retreating back to his room. Yngvi chases after it and finds an orc king and three guards. He slays three of them in three quick sweeping blows. Titania steps up and rocks him on a dias.

40xp for four orcs

140xp for dire wolf

40xp for orc guards

20xp for the orc king

We search all of the rooms.

In the king's library we find a hidden door that leads to the space between the kobald king's room and the orc kings room. Inside we find 3 chest. A copper, silver and gold chest painted.

We use the painted copper key to open the copper chest and find:

Back in the king's room we find a large chest with

Amongst the bookcases,

In the kennel we find:

In the dinning room we find nothing of value.

In the sleeping quarters (just outside the throne room) we find:

200cp

300sp

We continue to explore those rooms we have not yet entered. We explore a back closet and find nothing. We use an axe to break down another door and find that it had been trapped, but contains nothing of value.

We break into another room near drusis's room and find a zombie goblin which Aurelia fells immediately with a skillful shot. We head back to the spiked door and along the way notice

29xp for killing the goblin zombie

The statue in the northeast is on a hollow base. We move it and find a stash of gems

In Drusis' room we find

We search for traps and listen at the spiked door before chopping down the door with an axe. Two desicated corpses lay near a spiral stair case which descends into darkness. We decide to re-spike the door and head back to our camp. We leave Titania and Valorian to guard our treasure while Uthman, Yngvi and Aurelia head to Turos Tem to get the wagon.

Along the way back Uthman insists that he is able to throw rations into the air and catch them in his mouth. He spoils 11 rations before Yngvi and Aurelia put an end to his foolishness.

We encounter eight pilgrims on their way to Siadanos but otherwise make our way to Turos Tem without incident. Genelen heals our wounds and helps us get on our way back to the temple with our wagon. We take the shortcut, and after a brief encounter with a patrol and some sparrow hawks we make it back to camp.

We make it back