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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5441243" data-attributes="member: 16069">HS1 The Slaying StoneSession 9 Part 2The bodies of the Orcs are picked over, Vohx has a great sack of gold coins, a thorough search of the leader turns up a note, or else a scrap of paper- with one word written on it, 'Dreus.'Which is enough, the Severed Eye were sent it seems by Dreus, the former worker in the magical repository with Treona and Tyristys. The PCs must report this to Treona.The Orc Slasher prisoner is questioned, the creature is surly and uncommunicative, content to threaten the PCs at every opportunity, the creature knows little- a follower rather than a leader. After an extended discussion the PCs eventually bow to Drake's wisdom, the Orc is freed...Neb however is having none of it, he wanders a little away from the group and takes down the fleeing Orc with a Magic Missile, Drake sees this- he looks, crestfallen.The PCs decide that they are going no further, they head in to the woods and make camp and rest up- divide the gold, and generally ease their hurts. They even manage to hunt down a wild boar piglet for tea.The next day, after a fairly miserable march through the drizzle, the PCs reach Treona's tower, they're back- victorious, of a sort, soon after the used Slaying Stone is handed over to the mistress of the tower, and the PCs story is told.Treona interrupts at several points, confesses that the magical Staff of Earthen Might that had short circuited and opened a portal to the Elemental Chaos was all her fault, she figured it would be a simple matter to finish off the staff when Kiris Dahn, and the Nentir Valley, were beset by the Shadow. The staff was forgotten when she fled the town with the Goblins arrival, she will repair the staff to its full function, and then return it to Neb.Treona also tells the PCs what she knows about Dreus, it seems the young man- an Elementalist, had indeed broken the rules of the group- he had been dabbling in a kind of Necromantic with Elemental mix of magic. Treona is obviously concerned that Dreus should be located and stopped (from doing whatever he is doing), she knows when the Shadow came he fled to Fallcrest. As Maldor (Bob) states on chat-'So now you want us to find Dreus...'And Neb (Christer) adds-'He is certainly up to something bad.' Treona begs the PCs to continue the quest, to return to Fallcrest and find Dreus and put a stop to whatever foul plan he is brewing. The PCs of course agree.Midway through the above conversation something beautiful and terrible happens- the Stirge eggs hatch, and two baby Stirges are born, one of them confuses the Githyanki Jeb for its mother...Which causes confusion in the chat window-Maldor- 'Jeb has a pet...'Maldor- 'Squash it! Squash it now!'Neb- 'It's hungry- feeeeed it.'Jeb- 'Wha...'Maldor writes- Maldor ask Treona if she can lend him a big-ass fly swatter. Jeb- 'Charisma 8 just got new meaning.'Drake- 'The days just get weirder and weirder...'The result of which is Jeb has a baby Stirge about his person, which feeds on the Githyanki once a day, as in drains his blood. Treona is given the second Stirge to look after, she's not quite sure what to do with the creature.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/5388587144/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5388587144_36b8ced8f3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Back in Treona's Tower.The conversation goes back to the Thursday Knights adventures in Kiris Dahn.Treona also asks a myriad questions at the mention of Channoa, the Brass Dragon, she knows nothing about the creature and is surprised that such a wondrous beast had been guarding the stone- clearly other forces are at work here.Treona is also over-joyed to see Kiris Hoyt, alive... although terrified about his present predicament, the two clearly have a connection. She urges the PCs to keep their promise to head to Fallcrest and find the cure.The Ritualist makes good her promise to the PCs, she has crafted for them a wondrous item which will help them on their journey, a Bag of Holding, she also opens her books to Drake and Neb who learn a few more rituals each. She also resizes the armour found by Resolute on Boontah the maniac, he know has a set of +1 Scalemail.The PCs rest and plot, Treona fixes the Staff of Earthen Might, and two days latter- before the PCs head out for Fallcrest she hands over yet another gift, a set of Amulets she made back in Kiris Dahn. A commissioned item for a Dwarven group calling themselves the Shadowed Chain, the items were destined for Hammerfast, she figures the PCs should have them- they are +1 Amulets of Protection. Treona waves them off, the PCs head for Fallcrest.Next Time... Structure, a note about Films and Adventures.</blockquote>

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