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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4044125" data-attributes="member: 2012">Another Sidetrek Adventure for the Lands of HarqualHere is another adventure plot that I never got a chance to use. This adventure idea was what was to become the Bugbear War between the Duchy of Minar and the bugbears of the Sunus Mountains. (The Barony of Wolffire becomes in volved as well.)The adventure is going to be broken up into several posts, but they will follow each other without interuption, unless someone else posts in-between my posts. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Note that this sidetrek is only an adventure outine at the most._____________________________________________ SIDETREK ADVENTURE: War in MinarDetailsIn late 749 N.C., King Brulok led his tribe of bugbears out of the Sunus Mountains and began attacking the nearby communities of the Duchy of Minar. This action broke an uneasy peace between the citizens of Minar and the Sunus Bugbear Tribe. A peace, which had lasted for seven years, that came to an end when the bugbear king’s tribute wasn’t brought to him at the appropriate time.This tribute was an awful tasting stew, which was prepared by an old transmuter named Rudwilla Grumb. Last year, the old witch was killed by a band of gnolls, which left no one to prepare the stew for Brulok. What isn’t generally known is that Brulok hired the gnolls to kill Grumb, so that he could declare war on Minar and let his battle hungry tribe raze the Duchy into nothingness.The bugbears attacked the Town of Griffondale first, capturing it, and then easily conquered and destroyed the Village of Dalveston. However, before the bugbears could lay siege to the City of Tian, the Duchy’s militia was quickly mustered, forcing the bugbears to retreat back to Griffondale and fortify their position. The bugbears are determined to capture all of Minar and dug in, over the long, cold winter, content to wait for spring.The Duchy’s militia quickly began fortifying a militia town on the crossroads between Griffondale, the ruins of Dalveston, and Tian. This new “town” has been named Wood Junction and has grown considerably with the arrival of hundreds of refugees from the rest of the Duchy. Tian’s population has fluctuated as the war drags on, as has the Village of Harnsall's near the Keep of Ewerwell. Griffondale is considered occupied. King Brulok has begun to recruit other evil humanoids including baklath, gnolls, and a few giants, as well as a “rogue” white dragon (LE).Also, a band of 50 soldiers from the Kingdom of Thallin, sent by King Varath to cause strife in the region, surprised the citizens of the Village of Severton and now control that community with an iron fist. The soldiers (who call themselves Varath’s Irregulars) are under strict orders not to reveal their affiliation with Thallin. If their identities are discovered then Minar and the other members of the Lake Nest Treaty will have the leverage needed to declare war on Thallin in order to depose King Varath.Not all the news from Minar is bad, however. The militia has recovered from its initial losses and a force from the Barony of Wolffire now holds the mountain pass between Minar and Wolffire. Fierce fighting between the remaining goblinoids in the Sunus Mountains and the soldiers of Wolffire means that King Brulok isn’t likely to receive any help from within the mountain range for some time, if ever. Minar City is relatively secure as is Stulgar Castle and the communities in the northern half of the Duchy. Several elven ranger patrols from the Town of Forestholm have begun to make life difficult for Varath’s Irregulars, and the few gnoll bands that have wandered north looking for raiding opportunities.Tian, Wood Junction, and Harnsall are hard pressed, but Minar City cannot spare any more soldiers without risking the capital. The soldiers of Stulgar Castle have their hands full with Varath’s Irregulars. There is a large force on its way to the region from Falcûne, the capital of Wolffire as the Lord Baron has officially promised aid to Minar. However, the terrain is difficult and the denizens of the Sunus Mountains have already attacked the force en masse. The army lost half of its soldiers and is in risk of having to turn around. The Temple of Inanna in Caloric has sent a small force of soldiers (30) towards the Duchy of Minar in order to learn more about what’s going on there. They are roughly half way to Tian if/when the PCs catch up to them.Key LocalesGriffondaleMinar CityTianWood JunctionOther Important LocalesEwerwell, Keep ofHarnsallSevertonStulgar Castle</blockquote>

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