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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tariff" data-source="post: 1543407" data-attributes="member: 18635">Starring Hyakin Monk Lvl 5 Zarathrustra Cleric Lvl 5 Brod Rogue (locksmith) /Fighter Lvl 3/2 Koshtra Fighter Lvl 5 Tealeaf Rogue Lvl 4 Torch Fighter lvl 4 Stompy Barbarian Lvl 4Session 1: Wherein the party meet once again in the pub.  Zarathrustra returns having had no luck in his aim to purchase the basement of the Bethesda church (what with it being shieldmeet and town council are rather busy).  Mordent decides to go off and do some research after talking with the red wizards about  “the weave”.  Whilst in the pub Brod mentions something about a legend he had heard concerning a great dwarven blacksmith by the name of durgaddin.  He had been a keen slayer of orcs and his hideaway had been discovered and ransacked many years ago, however, there are tales that great treasure still remains including some of durgaddins extraordinary blades.  The supposed location for Durgaddins keep was in the Greypeak mountains.. not far from Loudwater.  Zarathrustra suggests killing the homeless because “they make a mess”.  The party ignore this suggestion and decide to head off to the greypeaks (them, 3 donkeys, 1 horse & cart)…  After a few days travel the party come across a orc being attacked by two Uthgardt barbarians, they intervene and attack.  Koshtra is rendered unconscious but the party manages to defeat the barbarians.  Zarathrustra decides to poke the eyes out of the dead creatures.  They travel on (avoiding a stone giant) and eventually come to a path leading up a mountain to the “stone tooth”.  Coppice attempts to track any creatures in the area but fails, however, the party do find some orcs coming down the pass, they kill these easily and Zarathrustra once again removes their eyes.  Coppice voices objection to this and brod and hy’akin are in agreement (koshtra don’t really care), a philosophical discussion follows with the end result being that if they don’t see it they don’t care!…  The party work their way up the track.  It leads into a entrance into the mountain, the keep of durgaddin.  They manage to take out two guards swiftly (hy’akin making sure to throw the corpses off of cliff to avoid Zarathrustra de-eyeing them!), and brod manages to sneak to the front entrance, then the party are seen and are attacked by two orc guards, and arrowed from behind arrow slits in the wall.  Zarathrustra hits the deck, the guards are killed and brod manages to picklock on the front door, they enter.  Inside they discover a chasm with a rope bridge spanning it, they are once again attacked by two orcs using arrows from across the bridge, the party return fire and one of the orcs rushes forward to cut the rope bridge, he manages to cut one side before he is felled.  Koshtra manages to knock out another orc, the party now have a prisoner.Timeline: 10</blockquote>

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