The Ring & Wren

CXXXV. Amari's Last Wish

CXXXIV. Battle of Marketport

CXXXIII. Homecoming

CXXXII. Council of Fate

With all of the shards of the Astral Diamond collected, the Ring & Wren hold a council to decide what their fate should be as Felstadt prepares for Dhor's imminent attack...

CXXXI. Lead Astray

The Ring & Wren return to Felstadt and get some information from an old friend...

CXXX. Astral Asskicking

With most of the shape's minions dealt with, the Ring & Wren face off with the Terror itself...but will Jager, who now possesses two shards of the Astral Diamond, prove to be a greater threat?

CXXIX. Terror on the Mountaintop

The Ring & Wren face off with the Hierotitan's former followers, who have submitted to the will of the Astral Terror looming above the battlefield...

CXXVIII. The Ascent

The Ring & Wren climb the legendary Primordius Mons, but something terrifying awaits them at the top...

CXXVII. Legend Lord

With Prince Regen installed as King Regent of the Iron Islands, the Ring & Wren research a way to get to Primordius Mons and collect the next shard of the Astral Diamond...

CXXVI. The Siege of Ironrock

The Ring & Wren meet up with Regen inside Hammerhead Keep and move forward to challenge Roak in the throne room...

CXXV. Fishing for Danger

With orders set to battle Dhor's forces in Felstadt in seven weeks, the Ring & Wren take the fight to the Iron Islands, infiltrating Hammerhead Keep via the sea caves below...

CXXIV. Mustering Allies

The Ring & Wren spend a week preparing for their assault on the Iron Islands, playing politics and gathering allies for the inevitable invasion of Dhor--which by their estimates, is only seven weeks away...

CXXIII. The Hounds of Stal

Having freed Durssundrr from Dhor's influence, the Ring & Wren return to Felstadt to decide on their next course of action. It seems a meeting with Governor Gerdemaine is in order...

CXXII. Battle for the Eldinghart

Having freed the last of the prisoners from the Storm Cells, the Ring & Wren make their way to the Eldinghart with Quintessent Rota Sturmdottir to battle Fyodir Karkorum for control of the city...

CXXI. A Familiar Face

The Ring & Wren continue their quest to free the Storm Giant leaders from the Storm Cells, pushing through to the General Cells where Jager meets someone from his past...

CXX. High Voltage

The Ring & Wren run into trouble with super-charged lightning in the processing room of the Storm Cells...

CXIX. Storming the Storm Cells

Having freed the enslaved storm giant warriors from the Durssundrr Quarry, the Ring & Wren continue their quest to free the city from the influence of Dhor by freeing the storm giant military leaders from the Storm Cells...

CXVIII. Taking Back the Quarry

The Ring & Wren begin their attempt to free Durssundrr from the clutches of Dhor. First order of business is to recruit some allies imprisoned in the Eldingite Quarry,..

CXVII. Egar's End

The Ring & Wren pick up after a one-year hiatus in the Hall of Egar on Hammerhead Isle...

XXXII. Epilogue

With their quest completed, Achilla and the Shields go their separate ways...

XXXI. A Terrible Choice

When Nedylene manages to bring the Ashmaker to Ivargrad's central square, the party does everything they can to try and prevent it from detonating...

XXX. The Offer

The party considers whether or not to take up a nauseating deal offered by a pair of Mind Flayers...

XXIX. Wrath of Chargrax

The party must face a group of Drow and Bauzamel's mate, Chargrax, before they can continue through the subterranean caverns beneath the Fire Giants' fortress to try and prevent the Ashmaker from making it to Ivargrad...

XXVIII. The Heat of Battle

On their way to try and prevent the Drow from getting to Ivargrad with the Ashmaker, the party must pass through the lair of King Snurre's Red Dragon allies...

XXVII. Swords of Light, Swords of Darkness

Lady Kohinoor and Valoryn are both reunited with their true blades...

XXVI. A Song to Raise the Dead

Valoryn, Achilla, and Kohinoor fight their way back to their friends' corpses in a bid to resurrect them. Along for the ride are fellow prisoners Song, an Empyrean, and Mathazar the Conjurerer, an Imperial Battlemage.

XXV. Battle for the Ashmaker

King Snurre, attempting to negotiate a laying-down of arms, introduces the party to the Ashmaker: an explosive capable of catastrophic destruction. The party engages him in battle anyway, with dire consequences...

XXIV. A Broken Thread

Valoryn recieves a vision of his greatest desire, and the party gets the drop--literally--on King Snurre...

XXIII. Snurre's Footprints

The party battles through multiple foes as they give chase to the retreating King Snurre...

XXII. Reunion

The party is reunited with Valoryn in King Snurre's throne room...

XXI. Storming the Hall of the Fire Giants

The party teams up with Yrsa, Vy'Thek, and their forces to breach the entrance of King Snurre's fortress...

XX. The Jarl's Tournament: Round 2

The party abandons their original plan of exposing Jarl Grugnor after the tournament when Xuom steals Waythe back during their second match...

XIX. The Jarl's Tournament: Round 1

With Valoryn missing, the party must continue with their entry in the Jarl's Tournament. They are joined by Regen Wakerock, who the party found imprisoned beneath their room...

XVIII. Wrong Lever

The party meets Yrsa Trollsbane, the daughter of the previous Jarl and rightful heir to the throne. When the party goes searching for proof of Jarl Grugnor's treachery, Valoryn pulls a lever and disappears...

XVII. Just Meph Me Up

The party signs up for the Jarl's tournament under the name "Achilla and the Shields" after gaining a token (and an Ice Mephit) from a hag...

XVI. Party Crashers

The party continues to explore the lower level of the Frost Giant fortress...

XV. Ice Hunting

The party enters the lower levels of the Frost Giants' fortress...

XIV. A Deadly Meal

With the first leg of their quest done, several members of the party leave and new members take their place. Things come to a head when one of the new adventurers, Valoryn, poisons Chief Nosnra...

XIII. Kharghark!

The party does battle with Chief Nosnra and his allies in the Hill Giant Stronghold...

XII. War Party War Chant: Kill the Hill

The allied party, Orcs, and Dwarves begin their assault on the upper floors of the Hill Giant Stronghold...

XI. Fight in the Forge

Having freed the Orcs, the party moves into the forge in the south of the caverns to free the Dwarves being forced to work there...

X. Jailbreak

The party dodges and eliminates Tusk Taker patrols to free the Orcish prisoners in the caverns beneath the Hill Giant Stronghold...

IX. A Fine Blade

The party meet with Vy'Thek, the leader of the escaped Orcs, and together they make a plan to free them from the Hill Giants...

VIII. Shugluk Elf-Butcher

The party meets a new ally among the orcs...

VII. Farewell to the Bachelor

Cornered by the Hobgoblins, the party flees straight into another threat that takes the life of Gault...

VI. Hobgoblin Ambush

The party runs into deep trouble when they catch the attention of the Tusk Takers in the dungeons beneath the Hill Giant's fortress...

V. Why Does the Caged Bird Sing?

The party finds Waythe, a sentient greatsword, among a giant's things in the guest chambers...

IV. War Room Secrets

The party finds a clue to the "hidden hand" hidden in Nosnra's war room...

III. Story Time

When the party walks into a room full of young Giant children, they struggle with the terrible choice of whether to slay them or risk being caught...

II. Nasty Old Matron

The party continues to sneak around the perimeter of the Hill Giant's Steading, slaying any giants that find them prematurely...

I. Beefy Smacks

Elsewhere, a band of heroes is called upon to defend the Empire from Giant attacks...

CXVI.

The Ring & Wren have a private audience with Egar...

CXV.

The Ring & Wren must defeat Rota Stormdottir, the unwilling guardian of Egar's Hall...

CXIV.

Following their crushing defeat by Roak, the Ring & Wren find themselves on the beaches of Hammerhead Isle...

CXIII. Bitter are the Wars

The Ring & Wren are interrupted on the way to the rendezvous point by Roak Ironbeard and his fleet. The ensuing battle goes very poorly, leaving the Imperial Armada destroyed to a man and the Ring & Wren saved only by a Wish...

CXII.

The Ring & Wren set sail for the Iron Islands, accompanied by the Imperial Armada and the Storm Giant refugees. On the way, they run into a Dragon Turtle and a Leviathan.

CXI.

The Ring & Wren meet with Governor Gerdemaine and propose their plan to take back the Iron Islands.

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CVIII.

The Ring & Wren help save the Dwarven kingdom and re-open the Soul Forge...

CVII.

The Ring & Wren catch up with and re-engage with the Balor...

CVI.

The Ring & Wren try to help the Dwarves retake their city by fighting a Balor...

CV.

The Ring & Wren fight a balor...?

CIV.

The Ring & Wren finally find Jager in the Gloomspire...just as the entire thing begins to fall apart!   Jager got polymorphed into a goldfish by the goddess Lolth. The Ring & Wren level up to level 17 at the end of this session.

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CI.

The Ring & Wren free a minotaur to create a distraction outside the main building in their quest to free Jager from his imprisonment in the Gloomspire.

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The Ring & Wren disguise themselves as Drow and infiltrate the city of Gloomspire to try and rescue Jager...

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XCVIII.

As the Ring & Wren discuss plans to deal with the Drow, their enemies take a page from their playbook and drag Jager through a Gate.

XCVII.

The Ring & Wren fight the lich of Indred Stal beneath the Adjudicant's Headquarters...

XCVI.

The Ring & Wren are forced to flee to the Shadowfell when Hessen arranges for Drow assassins to ambush the party in their home...

XCV.

On their way back to the surface, the Ring & Wren meet Hessen, a Drow betrayed by his own kind. They decide to try and help him get back on his feet, so bring him to their home...

XCIV.

The Ring & Wren meet Enki Adda and are gifted the sixth shard of the Astral Diamond...

XCIII.

The Ring & Wren enter the temple of Enki Adda and find that it has been overrun with strange, reptilian creatures...

XCII.

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The Ring & Wren come upon a group of Drow posted in the sewers beneath Felstadt...

LXXXIX.

At the request of Governor Gerdemaine, the Ring & Wren descend into the sewers beneath Felstadt to try and root out the Drow and find the temple of Enki Adda...

LXXXVIII.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVI.

The Ring & Wren return to Felstadt, where Jager and Roger have been working with Storm Giant refugees...

LXXXV.

The Ring & Wren use up all three wishes on the Luck Blade; their first and foremost, to resurrect Amari.

LXXXIV.

During their travels, the Ring & Wren stumble upon a Luck Blade and debate what to use their wishes on...

LXXXIII.

LXXXII.

The Ring & Wren fight a necromancer to avenge Amari...

LXXXI.

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LXXVIII.

LXXVII.

LXXVI.

At the end of this session, the Ring & Wren leveled up.

LXXV.

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LXXIII.

Embarking on a mission to try and resurrect Amari, the Ring & Wren meet Tuck, Baku, and Milo.

LXXII.

Amari, who was left to fight the beholder by himself, was disintegrated.

LXXI.

Wynna summons a celestial vassal of Enki Adda...

LXX.

In this session, Amari "died but then came back".

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At the end of this session, the party found the Sun Sword.

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LVII. Night of the Living Shadows

The Ring & Wren are disturbed to find strange shadows attacking Felstadt when they return from the Shadowfell. Taking refuge in the Temple of Egar at The Rocks, the party is introduced to two new allies: a pirate by the name of Ratcatcher Roger and Torryn Songheart, a paladin of the Mother...

LVI.

The Ring & Wren face off against the Vampire Baron von Krauss in the Pit of Shades...

LV.

In the Shadowfell, the Ring & Wren are joined suddenly by a cleric of Egar who bears a striking resemblance to an old friend...

LIV.

The party enters crisis mode when Krux, egged on by the beholder trapped inside, steals the Staff of the Magi from Amari...

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The Ring & Wren are joined by a new ally: Wynna Cannari...

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XLVIII.

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The Ring and Wren level up!

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XXXVIII.

XXXVII.

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XXXV.

The Ring & Wren meet a new ally, Ruvak Wildmane...

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XXVIII.

XXVII.

The Ring & Wren meet two new allies, Krux McClain and Soora Huine...

XXVI. The Reach of the Deep

The Ring & Wren are joined by a new ally in Diana, but tragedy strikes when they hear that Garish is rowing out to sea...

XXV.

The Ring & Wren say farewell to their friends Luna and Vasya...

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At the end of this session, the Ring & Wren leveled up to 5th level.

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XI.

The Ring & Wren meet a young witch named Vassya...

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The Ring and Wren battle a giant scorpion and lose an ally...

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The Ring & Wren meet a new ally in the form of Luna...

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A group of misfit adventurers band together to try and uncover the fate of Andrick the Potioneer...