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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4067521" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 22, "The Conclusion", July 22nd, 1005: The group find wanted posters at the border, reading: "10,000 Pieces of Gold Reward - The Noble Kinge of this rich and mightie land doeth seeketh eight grim criminals wanten for the slaying of..." The list goes on to mention some 185 men, along with the dates and locations of their deaths. It then mentions four "attempted slayings" including Kynge Kohlorahdooh and his brother Phillip. Upon reading the list Kharole comments that "there are some here that we had nothing to do with." Hherrmyie adds "Yeah, you're right. Only about 150 of these are ours. We ought to file a complaint." The poster then lists names and descriptions of the party, calling them "Klaaze, also known as Clarence and Kormac," "Silas," "Mojo," "Vilicus, also known as Augustine," "Tymothie," "Annie, formerly called Natashia," "Mellie, also known as Adajia," and "Dessy." "Boy, they sure screwed up on most of the names," comments Mark. The rest of poster says to report any sightings to SIMON, of the King's Green Battalion, at the manorhouse in the town of Grammel. [DM's Note #34: While I never got to do a cross-over game between my two gaming groups, both teams had at least managed to simultaneously make themselves criminals within in the Lordholding, which accounts for the various names on the poster.] July 23rd, 1005: The group stops near Grammel. Tao, Phuddi and Hherrmyie sneak into the town, which is heavily patrolled by the occupation forces of Kohlorahdooh. Narg returns to the rest of the group. Tao and Phuddi find out that Lord Toronas is mounting an army to retake his town, but that the Kohlorahdooh forces are prepared for them. Tao and Phuddi are stopped trying to leave the town, and wind up killing seven soldiers, a human and six lizardmen, before getting away. Hherrmyie is also caught by a group of soldiers. He tells them that he is a Grammel fisherman who just returned from the sea that morning. They believe him, but instead of letting him go they conscript him into the Kohlorahdooh Navy. July 24th, 1005: Hherrmyie still hasn't returned by dawn, so the group decides to move on without him. Narg, Phuddi and Tao decide to scout out ahead. The group travels along the ocean road rather than the desert. At mid-morning the three scouts ride around a bend in the road, to find themselves ambushed by half of the crew of a Kohlorahdooh Navy ship docked alongside the road. The three start to attack the enemy, who have them greatly outnumbered, consisting of 13 hobgoblins, 13 gnoll, and 2 human leaders. After about ten rounds half of the enemy are slain, but Tao is unconscious and both Narg and Phuddi are down to single-digit hit points. The cavalry then arrives, with the others literally riding down the remaining enemy forces. Klaaze once again uses the Rod's prime power, killing the ship's captain. The backlash also kills two gnoll, 3 hobgoblins, and his own horse. The second human leader is then killed, and the remaining six gnoll and hobgoblins run back to their ship. The party starts to follow, until they see a group of twenty-one orcs and another human coming from the ship. The party rides off as quickly as their horses will carry them. After about an hour they see the ship following them in the water. The ship starts to overtake them, and the party starts to plan to battle them, although they are in no shape for another fight. Luck is with them, as the party rides right into the advance troops of Toronas's army. The ship turns around, and heads back to Grammel. The group tells the leader of the army troops, Colonel McFarley, that they are working for Toronas, and that they have to get to him as quickly as possible. McFarley says that Toronas said to be on the lookout for the party, and to help them in any way possible. The battalion turns around and heads back to Halla. July 25th, 1005: The group of Serita, Narg, Kharole, Klaaze, Mark, Tao, Natasha, Phuddipeduzh, Lysdashi, and Boz meet with Lord Toronas. They give him the Rod of the Seven Parts, and tell him what they know about it. He serves up a feast for them, and they give him the assorted details of the mission. He then pays them 2,000 gold pieces each. He leaves, telling them that he is off to battle for his town of Grammel. [DM's Note #35: I will continue this Campaign Journal with the three short modules that comprise the rest of "Silver Moon: Year One" (including two from TSR).]</blockquote>

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