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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 6121597" data-attributes="member: 893"><p>Fourth Session </p><p></p><p>March 24, 2013 10:58</p><p></p><p>As the party gathered their wits after the wild ride through the caves they attempted to get their bearings. As they were in the bottom of a canyon this was more difficult that it first seemed as they could not get a good view of the sun. Jarbosh and Carlos the Clumsy constructed a travois to carry the mummified corpse of the Star Farer.</p><p></p><p>After filling their waterskins the party clambered to the top of the ridge and saw a cloud of dust some distance away. Assuming that it may be the fortress they made their way towards it over the rough terrain. After several hours they arrived and found that the fortress had collapsed in on itself, and that their sawtooth Drexel had broken his lead and fled into the wastes with much of their food.</p><p></p><p>They began to make their way north towards the road and Transiri. That night during Eli’s watch he was startled to see two skeletal forms approach the camp. One of them had pearls in his eyesockets reflecting the light of the moon. Upon meeting its gaze Eli was scarcely able to call out a warning before collapsing into a magical slumber. The remainder of the party roused themselves and did battle with the fiends. Eli very nearly died but Marcus smashed the skull of the one with the pearl eyes, and Carlos the Clumsy slew the other. Recovering the pearls the party continued to the north.</p><p></p><p>After several more days of travel it became clear that they were lost. With their stocks of food and water running critically low things were beginning to look desperate. Salvation was found in the form of a small group of men dressed in desert robes that the party encountered early one morning. After cautious greetings were exchanged, the men revealed themselves to be pilgrims of The Leviathan and offered to share their food with the adventurers and guide them to the road. They had been traveling south to investigate the meteor, and after hearing the party’s story explained that it was likely what was known as an ‘escape pod’ a tiny space boat used to escape a larger vessel during emergencies. Knowing the passion for technology possessed by the servants of The Leviathan the party was cautious about sharing information about the treasures they found but the pilgrims seemed to have little interest in anything that would not be directly useful to their god.</p><p></p><p>Rothgar expressed interest in the cult of The Leviathan, particularly the great machine’s reputation for granting his followers powerful destructive spells and the leader of the pilgrims Brother Maynard taught him a spell that allow him to enter a bond The Leviathan and accept him as his patron.</p><p></p><p>Upon returning to Transiri the adventurers were recognized at the gate and escorted to a meeting with Geralt of Had. They elected to be up front with him and showed him both the body, and the pistol (their two greatest treasures). Geralt was interested in the pistol, but he found the mummified body extremely fascinating. He promptly offered Marcus 100 gold coins for it, and praised the group on their ingenuity and capabilities. He also gave Marcus a clay disk set with a silver emblem of the House of Had. He suggested that should they find themselves in Barasbor they should seek out his families agents and present them with the disk as they may have use for individuals with their talents.</p><p></p><p>That evening the party stayed in a modest inn frequented by merchants and mercenaries traveling through the town. They heard rumors that a group of slaves had escaped the Selkirn mines and that a reward was out for their capture or deaths. They also got a lead on a caravan master traveling to Barasbor the next morning who was seeking additional mercenaries to replace losses he had taken while crossing the Pass of the Eld. The pay was modest, but as the group was looking for reason to travel to Barasbor anyhow they elected to take him up on his offer.</p><p></p><p>The caravan consisted of 12 wagons, six other guards armed with short swords, leather armour and arqubus’ as well as 4 outriders on leapers. The first few days passed uneventfully, but on the 3rd night of travel they were attacked by a party of Orcish raiders. Two of the guards were slain by javalins almost immediately. Responding quickly Yonolind attempted to cast choking cloud, but her lack of experience showed and the spell failed. Rothgar aimed his Star-Gun at one of them and pulled the trigger, but his shot was wide. The battle quickly turned into a melee with most of the party battling in hand to hand while Eli hung around the edge flinging stones from his sling at targets of opportunity. Disaster almost struck, when Carlos the Clumsy dropped a flask of flaming pitch at his feet setting himself on fire, but his hardy constitution prevented him from taking serious damage. After a time however the battle turned and the orcs were defeated. Carlos claimed one of their heavy single edged longswords as his own to replace the shortsword he had been using up until that point.</p><p></p><p>The remainder of the journey to Barasbor passed uneventfully, and late in the afternoon the party found themselves approaching the wastes surrounding the city.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 6121597, member: 893"] Fourth Session March 24, 2013 10:58 As the party gathered their wits after the wild ride through the caves they attempted to get their bearings. As they were in the bottom of a canyon this was more difficult that it first seemed as they could not get a good view of the sun. Jarbosh and Carlos the Clumsy constructed a travois to carry the mummified corpse of the Star Farer. After filling their waterskins the party clambered to the top of the ridge and saw a cloud of dust some distance away. Assuming that it may be the fortress they made their way towards it over the rough terrain. After several hours they arrived and found that the fortress had collapsed in on itself, and that their sawtooth Drexel had broken his lead and fled into the wastes with much of their food. They began to make their way north towards the road and Transiri. That night during Eli’s watch he was startled to see two skeletal forms approach the camp. One of them had pearls in his eyesockets reflecting the light of the moon. Upon meeting its gaze Eli was scarcely able to call out a warning before collapsing into a magical slumber. The remainder of the party roused themselves and did battle with the fiends. Eli very nearly died but Marcus smashed the skull of the one with the pearl eyes, and Carlos the Clumsy slew the other. Recovering the pearls the party continued to the north. After several more days of travel it became clear that they were lost. With their stocks of food and water running critically low things were beginning to look desperate. Salvation was found in the form of a small group of men dressed in desert robes that the party encountered early one morning. After cautious greetings were exchanged, the men revealed themselves to be pilgrims of The Leviathan and offered to share their food with the adventurers and guide them to the road. They had been traveling south to investigate the meteor, and after hearing the party’s story explained that it was likely what was known as an ‘escape pod’ a tiny space boat used to escape a larger vessel during emergencies. Knowing the passion for technology possessed by the servants of The Leviathan the party was cautious about sharing information about the treasures they found but the pilgrims seemed to have little interest in anything that would not be directly useful to their god. Rothgar expressed interest in the cult of The Leviathan, particularly the great machine’s reputation for granting his followers powerful destructive spells and the leader of the pilgrims Brother Maynard taught him a spell that allow him to enter a bond The Leviathan and accept him as his patron. Upon returning to Transiri the adventurers were recognized at the gate and escorted to a meeting with Geralt of Had. They elected to be up front with him and showed him both the body, and the pistol (their two greatest treasures). Geralt was interested in the pistol, but he found the mummified body extremely fascinating. He promptly offered Marcus 100 gold coins for it, and praised the group on their ingenuity and capabilities. He also gave Marcus a clay disk set with a silver emblem of the House of Had. He suggested that should they find themselves in Barasbor they should seek out his families agents and present them with the disk as they may have use for individuals with their talents. That evening the party stayed in a modest inn frequented by merchants and mercenaries traveling through the town. They heard rumors that a group of slaves had escaped the Selkirn mines and that a reward was out for their capture or deaths. They also got a lead on a caravan master traveling to Barasbor the next morning who was seeking additional mercenaries to replace losses he had taken while crossing the Pass of the Eld. The pay was modest, but as the group was looking for reason to travel to Barasbor anyhow they elected to take him up on his offer. The caravan consisted of 12 wagons, six other guards armed with short swords, leather armour and arqubus’ as well as 4 outriders on leapers. The first few days passed uneventfully, but on the 3rd night of travel they were attacked by a party of Orcish raiders. Two of the guards were slain by javalins almost immediately. Responding quickly Yonolind attempted to cast choking cloud, but her lack of experience showed and the spell failed. Rothgar aimed his Star-Gun at one of them and pulled the trigger, but his shot was wide. The battle quickly turned into a melee with most of the party battling in hand to hand while Eli hung around the edge flinging stones from his sling at targets of opportunity. Disaster almost struck, when Carlos the Clumsy dropped a flask of flaming pitch at his feet setting himself on fire, but his hardy constitution prevented him from taking serious damage. After a time however the battle turned and the orcs were defeated. Carlos claimed one of their heavy single edged longswords as his own to replace the shortsword he had been using up until that point. The remainder of the journey to Barasbor passed uneventfully, and late in the afternoon the party found themselves approaching the wastes surrounding the city. [/QUOTE]
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