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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 6086406" data-attributes="member: 893"><p>1st Session</p><p></p><p>On a hot summer evening a great fireball appeared in the sky above the town of Transiri. Many people panicked, believing it to be one of the legendary weapons used by the ancients to wage war but when it passed harmlessly overhead to crash into the desert to the south some of the braver inhabitants of the town gathered what megre supplies they could and set off to explore the crash site, since the artifacts of the ancient starfarers are often worth vast fortunes.</p><p></p><p>The members of the expedition were:</p><p></p><p>Chubro, a Drakeling butcher</p><p>Chukles, a quick witted Drakeling tinkerer</p><p>Jarbosh, a rather shady looking man who’s handy with a sword.</p><p>Boris, a rather simple minded orphan.</p><p>Eli, a pickpocket.</p><p>Sandi, a homeless Drakeling, used to living rough.</p><p>Marcus, an exiled Starborn nobleman who quickly named himself the leader of the expedition.</p><p>Chuck, an apprentice wizard with an unsavory disposition.</p><p>Gianna the Loose, a Starborn herbalist with a reputation as an easy lay.</p><p>Gleb the Loved, an apprentice wizard.</p><p>Stavros the Sneaky, a smooth talking con man.</p><p>Graham the Pious, a healer of some proficiency.</p><p></p><p>During their preparations as the adventurers were busy selling anything of value that they owned to purchase equipment, Marcus was approached by a company of men wearing the livery of the House of Had led by a Starborn nobleman. The Starborn introduced himself as Gidion, a representative of the House of Had. He offered a princely sum of 60 gold coins to subsidize their expedition in exchange for first dibs on any items that they might find. Marcus eagerly accepted the deal, and now, flush with cash the party purchased a domestic sawtooth and tack to carry their equipment, and hopefully any treasure that they find.</p><p></p><p>On the first day of the expedition the party stuck to the main road to Barasbor. Jarbosh and Sandi explained the basics of living rough to the rest of the party and over the course of the day several small lizards were killed with slingstones supplementing the party’s rations. After setting up camp in an empty caravan stockade the party was rewarded with further rations when a young wild sawtooth started poking around the camp trying to steal the lizards that they had killed earlier. They downed it with slingstones and further supplemented their rations.</p><p></p><p>The next morning the party entered the badlands. Going was slow due to the difficulty of the terrain but they made good progress and bedded down for the night bellies full of sawtooth meat. During the night however a large poisonous spider was attracted to the warmth of Gianna’s bedroll and when she shifted in her sleep it bit her arm. Panic ensued as Gianna’s arm began to swell and the party debated amputation in an attempt to save her life. Chubro offered his cleaver for the task, but the idea was nixed by Graham who claimed that the shock would likely kill her. During the debate Gianna first passed out, and then died as a result of the poison coursing through her veins. Gianna’s body was rolled into a ditch, and a few rocks were piled on top of her as a makeshift cairn.</p><p></p><p>After another day of uneventful travel the party reached the crash site only to find it empty. They found a few scraps (approximately 30 lbs) of scorched starmetal that might have some value but other than that, the only thing of interested was a large series of drag marks as if something extremely heavy had been pulled along the ground. Upon closer examination it looked as though a team of men and beasts had done the dragging pulling whatever they had found along the bottom of the canyon floor further south into the desert.</p><p></p><p>Following the trail was not difficult and the party soon reached a small fortress perched above them on the canyon lip. Gleb remembered having read something about a long dead warlord who had a fortress to the south of Transiri but couldn’t remember any specifics. The drag marks led straight through the front gate. The fortress was in great disrepair, and unusually it was covered in vines and other plant life, and extremely strange occurrence in the Desert of Gol-Than. Approaching the front gate the party was attacked by two strange zombie like creatures suspended in the vines. Marcus took a hard blow to the chest, but survived and the creatures were quickly dispatched via a hail of sling stones and weapon blows. Upon investigating the bodies the party found a good stout short sword and dagger as well as a nice pair of boots.</p><p></p><p>Upon entering the gate a gong rang from above them and the portcullis slammed down nearly killing Sandi in the process though he was able to roll away in time to avoid injury.</p><p></p><p>The party then explored the interior of the courtyard. They first investigated a well. They found that the rope ended, not in a bucket, but rather a pair of manacles. Upon peering in they got an extremely creepy vibe and elected to give the well a wide berth from then on. They also investigated the door to an outbuilding. The outer frame was scorched as though a fierce fire had burned inside the building, and painted above the door was a single word “REPENT”. The party also investigated the North East corner of the courtyard which appeared to be dominated by a large sinkhole. Upon approaching it Chubro was pulled to the ground by an invisible force and began to get dragged towards the center. A frantic rescue attempt followed with more of the adventurers getting caught in the sinkholes pull. Marcus pulled the rope from the well and threw it as a lifeline. Unfortunately Chubro was not able to grasp it in time (though the others were more successful) and was dragged screaming into a strange void.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 6086406, member: 893"] 1st Session On a hot summer evening a great fireball appeared in the sky above the town of Transiri. Many people panicked, believing it to be one of the legendary weapons used by the ancients to wage war but when it passed harmlessly overhead to crash into the desert to the south some of the braver inhabitants of the town gathered what megre supplies they could and set off to explore the crash site, since the artifacts of the ancient starfarers are often worth vast fortunes. The members of the expedition were: Chubro, a Drakeling butcher Chukles, a quick witted Drakeling tinkerer Jarbosh, a rather shady looking man who’s handy with a sword. Boris, a rather simple minded orphan. Eli, a pickpocket. Sandi, a homeless Drakeling, used to living rough. Marcus, an exiled Starborn nobleman who quickly named himself the leader of the expedition. Chuck, an apprentice wizard with an unsavory disposition. Gianna the Loose, a Starborn herbalist with a reputation as an easy lay. Gleb the Loved, an apprentice wizard. Stavros the Sneaky, a smooth talking con man. Graham the Pious, a healer of some proficiency. During their preparations as the adventurers were busy selling anything of value that they owned to purchase equipment, Marcus was approached by a company of men wearing the livery of the House of Had led by a Starborn nobleman. The Starborn introduced himself as Gidion, a representative of the House of Had. He offered a princely sum of 60 gold coins to subsidize their expedition in exchange for first dibs on any items that they might find. Marcus eagerly accepted the deal, and now, flush with cash the party purchased a domestic sawtooth and tack to carry their equipment, and hopefully any treasure that they find. On the first day of the expedition the party stuck to the main road to Barasbor. Jarbosh and Sandi explained the basics of living rough to the rest of the party and over the course of the day several small lizards were killed with slingstones supplementing the party’s rations. After setting up camp in an empty caravan stockade the party was rewarded with further rations when a young wild sawtooth started poking around the camp trying to steal the lizards that they had killed earlier. They downed it with slingstones and further supplemented their rations. The next morning the party entered the badlands. Going was slow due to the difficulty of the terrain but they made good progress and bedded down for the night bellies full of sawtooth meat. During the night however a large poisonous spider was attracted to the warmth of Gianna’s bedroll and when she shifted in her sleep it bit her arm. Panic ensued as Gianna’s arm began to swell and the party debated amputation in an attempt to save her life. Chubro offered his cleaver for the task, but the idea was nixed by Graham who claimed that the shock would likely kill her. During the debate Gianna first passed out, and then died as a result of the poison coursing through her veins. Gianna’s body was rolled into a ditch, and a few rocks were piled on top of her as a makeshift cairn. After another day of uneventful travel the party reached the crash site only to find it empty. They found a few scraps (approximately 30 lbs) of scorched starmetal that might have some value but other than that, the only thing of interested was a large series of drag marks as if something extremely heavy had been pulled along the ground. Upon closer examination it looked as though a team of men and beasts had done the dragging pulling whatever they had found along the bottom of the canyon floor further south into the desert. Following the trail was not difficult and the party soon reached a small fortress perched above them on the canyon lip. Gleb remembered having read something about a long dead warlord who had a fortress to the south of Transiri but couldn’t remember any specifics. The drag marks led straight through the front gate. The fortress was in great disrepair, and unusually it was covered in vines and other plant life, and extremely strange occurrence in the Desert of Gol-Than. Approaching the front gate the party was attacked by two strange zombie like creatures suspended in the vines. Marcus took a hard blow to the chest, but survived and the creatures were quickly dispatched via a hail of sling stones and weapon blows. Upon investigating the bodies the party found a good stout short sword and dagger as well as a nice pair of boots. Upon entering the gate a gong rang from above them and the portcullis slammed down nearly killing Sandi in the process though he was able to roll away in time to avoid injury. The party then explored the interior of the courtyard. They first investigated a well. They found that the rope ended, not in a bucket, but rather a pair of manacles. Upon peering in they got an extremely creepy vibe and elected to give the well a wide berth from then on. They also investigated the door to an outbuilding. The outer frame was scorched as though a fierce fire had burned inside the building, and painted above the door was a single word “REPENT”. The party also investigated the North East corner of the courtyard which appeared to be dominated by a large sinkhole. Upon approaching it Chubro was pulled to the ground by an invisible force and began to get dragged towards the center. A frantic rescue attempt followed with more of the adventurers getting caught in the sinkholes pull. Marcus pulled the rope from the well and threw it as a lifeline. Unfortunately Chubro was not able to grasp it in time (though the others were more successful) and was dragged screaming into a strange void. [/QUOTE]
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