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Vítday, 1 Frosbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The Rose is buffeted by powerful winds.
- The inexperienced crew do their best, but it is an uphill task.
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Terday, 2 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- Kaylas collapses from fatigue while the rest of the crew battle
onwards.
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Zephday, 3 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The Rose reaches the unscalable cliffs of Arrock and
continues past further into the bay.
- The ship inadvertantly strikes a zeuglodon (a dire whale) and
Kaylas falls overboard.
- After a tense few minutes Kaylas escapes back to the ship, although
the zeuglodon nearly swamps the ship.
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Caladay, 4 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- Fatigue begins to bite on many of the Companions as they continue
to sail and bail across the bay.
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Sharday, 5 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- A storm is moving in from the north and bringing with it extremely
strong winds.
- Thorn orders full sail in an attempt to make up time by running
ahead of the storm.
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Morday, 6 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The storm strikes The Rose. Sails are taken in and the
ship weathers the storm as best it can.
- A dozen unseen servants hold the tiller while the companions
shelter below decks.
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Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Gunstadtan > Kûlhazan:
- Brack and his companions return to Kûlhazan. There is
much rejoicing.
- Brack's clan name is reinstated and Brack is no longer an outcaste.
- Brack becomes the head of Clan Kurast - currently a clan of
one.
- Xyleria Maerimydra takes up residence in Brack's clan hold as
his resident wizardess and companion.
Sunday, 7 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The storm abates at lunch time and The Rose once more
gets under way.
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Vítday, 8 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- Raza, Arvan and Nicos arrive on the borders of Caldorath and
discover that Enoch has already broken through.
- The Moonhunters meet up with xenophobic Salmayan general Aldermater
who believes the country can still be retaken. An uneasy alliance
is formed.
Terday, 9 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- The first true clashes between the Moonhunters and the lycanthropes
begin.
- The training of the Moonhunters show through and several victories
are theirs.
Zephday, 10 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The Rose skirts the southerly tip of Calsinor and begins
to head north-east toward the Great Sea.
- The companions spot a pirate vessel in pursuit and send a summoned
giant eagle to shred its sails.
- A pirate mage tries to destroy the eagle with lightning bolt
and succeeds in blowing the top off his own mast.
- The Rose puts on full sail and accelerates away.
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Caladay, 11 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Bay of Bereavement
> En Route: Bear's Reach to Jeston:
- The Companions receive a letter from the captain of the pirate
vessel politely demanding their surrender.
- They send back a message trapped with a sepia snake sigil
in the hope of severely inconviniencing him.
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Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- The Moonhunters take two strategically important fortresses
on the border of Caldorath: the abandoned monastery of Zephyre
at Symblach that overlooks the Faldoran Pass, and Castle Kargumak
to the south.
- A huge lycanthropic force is massed against them beyond the
Faldoran Pass.
- Raza believes that pressing on further would be suicide. Arvan
counsels against using the pass in light of worsening winter weather
that is coming out of the north.
- General Aldermater sees caution as cowardice and prepares an
assault on Caldorath.
Sharday, 12 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- General Aldermater leads the remains of the Salmayan army through
Faldoran Pass to meet the lycanthropic threat.
- Raza chooses not to aid him in this stupidity but instead strengthens
his hold on the land he has already gained.
- A great battle begins at the end of the Faloran Pass.
Morday, 13 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- Extremely heavy snows move into the area. The winter seems almost
unnaturally sudden and severe.
- The Pass of Faldoran is blocked in less than four hours.
Sunday, 14 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Underdark > Domain
of Qatathak:
- Syrah Pendragon and Warmi are interrogated by the horned devil,
Chargomel.
- Chargomel believes that that pair are worshippers of the demon
lord Orcus.
- He gives them over to his diabolic torturers, the Kocrachons,
to discover the "truth".
Vítday, 15 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- After two days of continuous snow, the weather clears (albeit
briefly).
- Arvan wildshapes into a bird and flies down the pass to discover
what happened to Aldermater and his army.
- Late in the day, Arvan returns with a mere thirty Salmayan survivors.
Aldermater is not among them.
Terday, 16 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Salmaynak > Caldorath:
- The winter weather has put an end to any further conflict.
- Enoch has now taken Caldorath but his army is trapped there
until the snow clears. The snow also prevents any sizeable force
from getting to him.
- Raza decides to return to Gelpar and fortify for the winter.
He is still in control of Symblach and Kargumak which gives him
control of the Faldoran Pass (the easiest route between Caldorath
and Genbasson).
- Raza, Nicos, Arvan and a force return to Gelpar.
Zephday, 17 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Bear's
Reach to Jeston:
- The Rose crests the tip of the sourtherly Arm of Uros
and begins to turn south-west.
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Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Jotan's
Point:
- The remaining members of the coven of eighty harpies cease hostilities
and demand parley with Elias.
- Elias speaks with Tears-at-Flesh, the harpy matriarch.
- Elias proposes that he allows the harpies to live within Jotan's
Point as long as they acknowledge him as their leader and obey
his laws. Drasha does not think this is a good idea.
- The harpies will not accept any control from the clanlord unless
he can be seen to "understand" them. After a brief discussion
Elias volunteers to dwell with the harpies for four weeks and
live as they live. When asked afterwards, Elias can't for the
life of him remember how this happened.
- Elias has also agreed to move to this aberrant kibbutz the following
day. Suddenly his timetable has to be rewritten. He realises he
has to follow through with his promise to the Teeth of Io to curtail
the worship of Io in the town.
- He has a solution that he will present to the religious leaders
in the morrow. Drasha doesn't believe in inventing religions (or
even reinventing them) and she doesn't approve of her husbands
actions.
- However, she does stand by him, although she insists that the
importance of the Moon Gods should not be overlooked.
Sharday, 19 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Jotan's
Point:
- In the morning, Elias meets hastily with Marris Gowenbourne
and the shaman, Lestus.
- He tells them that their true faith was perverted long ago
by Shalnazara. He says that the people of Raith should never have
worshipped the dragons, their true god is the sun, Helian. He
speaks of the Elyastic faith that he shares and tries to tie ancient
Hadradan beliefs to it. The religion is largely unchanged, but
the nature of the deity has been redefined.
- Following this, Elias turns over the running of the clanhold
to Drasha. He promises to hold his grand conclave when he returns
from his sojurn with the harpies.
- At dusk, Elias presents himself to Tears-at-Flesh.
Sunday, 28 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Jeston:
- The Companions arrive in the city of Jeston, and dock their
craft with the aid of a snowdrift and two earth elementals.
- They split up in their search for the Longbarrow: Kaylas heads
to the Church Ward and the rest go to a nearby pub.
- Eventually they locate the Longbarrow, but Madame Thiesson is
not fortcoming with information.
- However, Thiesson's grand-daughter (also the grand-daughter
of Galen Thorn) is Nan, and she will help the party.
- Meanwhile Antonion Peccato's pirate ship arrives in the port.
- Returning to The Rose the companions discover that Captain
Peccato has a beautiful prisoner, and they plan to rescue her.
- However, she is taken and locked away in Sir Jackmel's Slooth's
estate before they can act.
- Krais, Kaleena, Illyan and Thorn carouse with Peccato's pirates
to find more information.
- Krais fights the pirate, Groar, and bests him. He then runs
for his life.
- Nan tells most of the party that Galen left Jeston eight years
ago and never returned. They have the name of a man (Barundi Tivner)
who might know where he went next.
- Bosun Hans Retch discovers Illyan is part of the crew of the
infamous Thorn Njedelstrom.
- Illyan is over-powered and captured by the pirates.
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Vítday, 29 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Jeston:
- While Illyan is left to rot in cells beneath Sir Jackmel's townhouse,
the rest of the party get on with the plot.
- Kaylas visits crippled fisherman Barundi Tivner, and discovers
that Galen sailed to the Devil's Fingers in pursuit of Alistair
MacBride nine seasons ago.
- Illyan makes the acquatinance of Inara Zuul, and learns of a
curse that is hanging over the head of the Slooth family.
- Captain Peccato agrees to have dinner with Thorn and his crew.
He takes Illyan.
- Over dinner the revellers are attacked by a monstrous black
dog-like creature that grabs Peccato and tries to kill him.
- The companions and pirates chase the beast to Jackmel's town
house where it dissolves.
- The party learn that the beast is an ancient curse on the family
that has been released because Inara stole the Slooth Seal.
- Kaylas talks to Inara and learns that she was hired by Sir Worrin
Wilton.
- Peccato's forces and the companions team up to look for the
seal. The companions head to the Agiostic Church.
- The party try to slip quietly into the temple, but a fight ensues.
As Krais discovers Wilton's treasure room and the Slooth Seal,
the rest of the party battle Agisotic priests. One of the priests
is killed by Illyan's spell.
- Fleeing the scene the party are set upon by the black beast
(the Skallgrigg). Thorn blows the Horn for help.
- The barbarians easily despatch the beast. At Kaylas's suggestion,
Thorn turns the barbarians onto the Sir Wilton and the Agiostic
Church. As the party escape the barbarians massacre every member
of the clergy and Wilton's family.
- See also
Terday, 30 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Jeston:
- The Slooth Seal is returned and the Skallgrigg banished once
again. The party gain the favour of Sir Jackmel.
- Peccato realised the barbarians are under Thorn's command and
determines not to cross him again.
- The Rose sets sail in the early afternoon for the Devil's
Fingers. Nan Thiesson joins the party.
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > The
Devil's Fingers:
- Leaving Nits on the ship, the rest of the party row through
the dangerous rock-filled waters.
- They discover a large island with a look-out tower and a jetty.
They head to the tower.
- Kaylas reads the journal of Ulysses Kenchun who writes of the
undead engulfing the pirate island near-by.
- The party barricade themselves in the tower for the night.
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Zephday, 31 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > The
Devil's Fingers:
- The companions discover a deserted city in the hollow pirate
island.
- There is no sign of life besides a collection of well-tended
plants.
- They also find the dismembered parts of an undead creature scattered
around the city. The party assume this is Alistair MacBride.
- The plants are tended to by a zombie gardener called Porthauma
who used to serve a priest of the Lifebane Church.
- At dusk, hundreds of zombies crawl out of the ocean and attack
the party. They escape by porpoise and on a catamaran contructed
from two up-turned tables.
- They spend the night on the look-out isle.
- See also:
Caladay, 32 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > The
Devil's Fingers:
Terday, 37 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Gelpar:
- Raza and his companions return to Gelpar. In their absence more
than four thousand refugees have arrived in the area.
- Fortunately, the work of the increasingly mad Brosh Dväalzkhiin
has enlarged Gelpar to such a size that it can physically accomodate
all these people.
- In Raza's absence, Alberdark has stored an enormous quantity
of dry food but it may be insufficient for everyone.
- Arvan agrees to talk to the Genbassi druids about finding a
source of food for all these people.
- Rio tells Nicos that Amarice wants to return home to Norandor,
and that she wants to go with him. Faced with spending the winter
in a freezing Genbasson, Nicos agrees to accompany them.
- Nicos quickly decides to create a hat of disguise to
wear while in Norandor.
Zephday, 38 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Gelpar:
- Arvan returns with Druid Gylfi who agrees to act as a liaison
between Gelpar and the Genbassi Circle.
- The druids are not about the see the refugees starve, but they
are undecided as to what stand to take against Enoch himself.
The matter will be discussed at their moot on Midwinter's Day.
- Arvan tells Raza that he must return to Norandor to attend the
moot of the Norandon Circle. Their numbers are gravely depleted
and Arvan is needed there. Raza understands. Arvan says that he
will try to return and help Raza if he is able.
- Arvan leaves Raza with seven potions of cure serious wounds
and is sorry he could not do more.
- Nicos quickly arranges to leave Gelpar with Arvan to maximise
the chance of him finding his way to Norandor (Arvan just can't
seem to shake him off!)
Caladay, 39 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Gelpar:
- Arvan, Nicos, Rio and Amarice Shai'ir (in a box) leave Gelpar
to make the long trek to Norandor.
- The weather continues to get worse and it will be a slow and
difficult journey.
Zephday, 45 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Gelpar:
- Under advice from Alberdark, Raza decides to use the winter
to strengthen his position still further.
- A series of disused border forts link Gelpar to Raza's holdings
on the eastern end of the Faldoran pass. Each fort marks the old
position of the border between Salmaynak and Genbasson and fell
into disuse each time the Salmayans advanced the border.
- Raza sends out forces to reclaim these forts. Among the soldiers
is Brosh Dväalzkhiin whose obsession with rebuilding things
will be put to a more productive use.
Sharday, 47 Frostbite 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- It is the last day of Elias's "getting to know you"
holiday with the harpies.
- In this time, he has been forced to live in squallor, to eat
raw meat and drink blood. He has learned what it means to be a
harpy and he's not very happy about it.
- But he has earned a harpy name. To the coven he is now: Winces-at-Meat.
- Covered in blood and ichor, a truly disgusted Elias limps home
to Drasha.
Onto Blacknight
204 LE
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