No longer updating this thread
As you can probably guess by the fact that this thread is now two sessions behind the campaign journal on
3d6.org, I am no longer posting updates here.
There are two reasons for this. The main reason is that posting once a month means that almost no one actually sees the thread -- and that's no fun.
The second is that if I opt to break each update into smaller pieces and post them once a week, there'd be no point in waiting for them (since you can just go read the full journal on the campaign website).
Broccli_Head, GrassyKnoll and thedangerranger, thank you for posting your comments here. Broccli, your initial -- and continued! -- interest is part of what kept me engaged in writing these journals. I hope you'll drop in at 3d6 and keep reading them.
If you want to keep going with the story, you can find all of the updates here:
http://3d6.org/journals/. I'm still having a blast writing them.