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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eosin the Red" data-source="post: 3446949" data-attributes="member: 168">The Pit of GorgorosThere could have been thousands of messages contained within the scroll but the voices of the dead had warned Nagus of the Skull of Tzavos. In a moment of insight, it was decided that Elyion must have the Skull and that someone is trying to get it.Alas, the party was too late. Bonewalkers besieged Gorgoros distracting the defenders while the theft was carried out. Elyion welcomed Kaid and his friends but was distant and distracted after the discovery that the Skull was missing.EnvernesThe summer in Envernes was filled with intrigue and political double dealing. Kaid eventually met with the man who claimed to be the heir to the duchy and was powerfully swayed by his arguments. It helped that the butcher who was appointed to govern the duchy by Prince Rafn could not have been doing more evil if he had tried.The battles and intrigues in Envernes are many and complex. The influence of the Mendicant church is strong so close to the border of Touren [DM Note: A Mendicant Theocratic state.], perhaps even stronger than royal influence. It became apparent that the new duke allowed Patriarch Redeemers to operate within the duchy with impunity so long as they destroyed the sway of the Mendicants. Meanwhile, the man who claims to be the heir struggles to alleviate the crushing taxes and increasingly frequent and powerful trollkin raids from the Trollstone Mountains.When the companions left just before the start of winter they had faced a dragon and dozens of raids by trollkin. Though they were unable to affect massive change, they did manage to break the power of the Redeemers. However, they made a deadly enemy in the person of Father Asa Baranos a powerful and gifted Redeemer who survived. It is likely that Duke Danil Envernes [DM Note: The new duke appointed by Prince Rafn] knows of their involvement and will likewise hold a grudge. They were also able to discover that the source of the trollkin raids was a powerful wizard, or maybe a hag, known as Kamiste Caylor or the White Queen in the language of the common tongue.The Winter at OrenstoneThe travelers arrive back in Orenstone with some time before true winter sets in. Duke Wingate has given over the great hall to his nephew Andris Ragnerik and is apparently ready to openly defy Prince Rafn and King Sorin.Little of note occurs during these frosty months save for occasional envoys from distant nobles or others seeking to gain an advantageous position during the inevitable war. Nearly everyone else stays close to home during the hard winter. Kaid, Arron, Alacran, and Freya traveled on to Northrun where they stoked fires and built on their newly acquired lands. Leonidas quietly slips away for parts unknown. [DM Note: The player of Leonidas moved to Texas. The fate of Leonidas is unknown but it is believed that he fell into the grasp of Yasha the Hag.]Torean and Nagus consult with several sources before deciding to bring Toreans daughter to the druids. There is some evil pallor over her that remains despite the best efforts of many good and holy men. After rituals and cleansing, the druids tell Torean that they believe the girls soul is inhabited by the spirit of another creature. Oddly, Toreans mentor died at nearly the precise moment that his daughter was born. Lud was an Erenn and a follower of the old ways. He believed that his soul could only be free if his body was given back to the spirits of the water. When he died this information wasn’t understood and he was buried in the traditional fashion of the Great Fellowship — in the ground. Torean finds an Erenn druid who can lay the soul of Lud to rest but he fears there is a pestilence growing in the lands nearby. Torean and his friends have earned a reputation for being able to deal with these sort of things and the druid will only perform the ritual if Torean will help discover the source of the illness. Torean agrees to do anything within his power if it will help his daughter.Torean and Nagus set out in the foul weather searching for something… It doesn’t take long for Nagus to sense a shift in the natural forces of élan. The two engage Count Bailstone in a life or death battle high in the Craghorns on the narrow stone catwalks of some long abandoned monastery. The Count has the Skull of Tzavos although he obviously has no necromantic powers. Bailstone and the Skull fall from the heights to the rocky crags hundreds of feet below. However, by the time Torean and Nagus work their way down to his body, there is nothing to be found.Toreans daughter undergoes a ritual that puts the spirit of Lud to rest, freeing her from her "illness."</blockquote>

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