New Life
Eethyl placed a hand on the side of the cast iron feeling its warmth as his mind raced. He looked inside again at the small sludge along the bottom. He wasn't sure it was enough. He pushed the unseen servant that had assisted them aside and made for the alchemy table. AerNen's bare steps could be heard right behind him as the small humanoid followed him. "We need a base for the broth. The Ochre Jelly we were using for the beer will work I think. It should work like carrier oil" the gnome said more to himself than his assistant.
Eethyl pulled the top off of the copper alembic still off pulled an oversized demijohn over. The ooze inside the large glass vessel shifted inside at being disturbed. AerNen levitated up with a couple "steps" to the table and stood on the work bench helping the gnome maneuver the large glass vessel onto its side. As soon as they had it on its side the Ochre Jelly inside moved toward the neck of the container. Before it could make its escape though the two tilted it up on end over the edge of the cucurbit bottom. The yellowish ooze hung for a moment from the glass neck before it touched the bottom of the copper vessel and recoiled at the sizzling contact. With two shakes the two figures had freed its hold on the glass and it hit the basin. It trembled and jumped as an egg hitting a hot pan at the heat of the metal basin. The gnome quickly fit the head of the still back on and applied the clamp to reseal the lute seam.
"Alright...we want to start it off on the right foot as much as possible. Lets see..." The gnome climbed up to the top cupboard on a stool and opened it to reveal two neat rows of wax skulls, pulling two down and handing them to his pale assistant. "Best butter on the sword coast. These will do perfectly." AreNen walked the two wax skulls over to the cauldron and glanced back at the gnome for direction before shrugging to himself and tossing the whole skulls in the cauldron before pulling at his oversized ears to wipe his hands as he made his way back toward his master.
"We will start with those rabbits I had cleaned for our new friends, then get the grains from Qelline's, the licorice root, cowslip tubers, and we can put in some of the mushrooms. You work on that and I'll gather the items from the depository." AerNen gave a nod and made for the staircase as Eethyl, satisfied, made for the door that kept the more unusual ingredients he had managed to acquire sense his freedom. He had been hoping for an opportunity like this. Opening the door he waved a hand and spoke a word of Gnim to light the space revealing rows of jars with peculiar contents. He pulled the small cart in, its metal wheels protesting, and began to load jars and tins from the shelves. "Let's see here..."
"Griffen come here." the gnome called out for the unseen servant. "Take this cart to the cauldron then help AerNen." the gnome commanded as he made his way to the tool bench, selecting a pair of pruners. The gnome looked grim as he made his way to the stairs. He needed to prune the fledgling Golthias tree anyway. "Can't let that get out of control or we are going to have a problem..." Eethyl muttered to himself. "If there is one thing I learned from Faerie, it's to make sure you tend to things regularly." As he worked his mind cataloged the events of the day and over the group from Faerun. They did seem to be an odd bunch. It was great to meet a Tortle finally. They seemed like accomplished adventurers. As he set a couple of the squirming limbs of the shrub aside his mind wrestled with itself. If they were going back to Faerun it may be a much shorter trip than traveling clear through Isan Meidan's cold north and back through the spine of the world again. It would mean company and better yet he would be able to glean from the trouble a group like this would doubtless find. The gnome sighed as he made his way back to the cauldron where AerNen and Griffen were stiffing the cauldron with large paddles and tossed the clippings into the pot with a sigh. "Well... I guess I better get ready for some trouble. You two make sure this stays warm. AerNen, make sure you add 15 ml of that oil ever few hours." The small humanoid nodded without a word and watched as Eethyl made for his bureau.
Eethyl's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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Oh grasshoppers. Progress from chaos though!
01 Apr 2022 01:02:24
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Distracted from the goal?
01 Apr 2022 01:04:49
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"Safe" Places
01 Apr 2022 11:49:00
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Celebrating the day
14 Apr 2022 04:33:37
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Time to go
12 May 2022 03:01:07
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He gave up more than he knew?
30 May 2022 02:05:03
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Lost Company
30 May 2022 02:06:37
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Carefully laid plans.
09 Jun 2022 12:08:10
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Just Looking
15 Jun 2022 06:13:26
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Crowning Glory
17 Jun 2022 12:45:01
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Dragon Hunting?
26 Jun 2022 05:35:59
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Preparations in Phandalin
19 Jul 2022 05:24:54
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Heart Sight
25 Jul 2022 05:00:04
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Grandfather
12 Aug 2022 12:59:17
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Wind down
22 Aug 2022 12:09:58
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Tinker
05 Sep 2022 09:12:36
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Acceptable
06 Sep 2022 05:27:37
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Into the Abyss
08 Sep 2022 11:34:18
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Powders
12 Sep 2022 08:39:09
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Blame
16 Sep 2022 05:53:36
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Core
02 Oct 2022 06:40:33
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Off the spine
03 Oct 2022 03:34:20
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The rattle of bones
30 Oct 2022 02:53:56
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Cauldron
04 Nov 2022 03:48:00
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Kitchens
19 Jan 2023 05:27:21
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Broken Glass
21 Jan 2023 06:17:39
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Reach for the stars
03 Feb 2023 01:18:41
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New Life
21 Dec 2023 07:49:03
01 Apr 2022 01:02:24
01 Apr 2022 01:04:49
01 Apr 2022 11:49:00
14 Apr 2022 04:33:37
12 May 2022 03:01:07
30 May 2022 02:05:03
30 May 2022 02:06:37
09 Jun 2022 12:08:10
15 Jun 2022 06:13:26
17 Jun 2022 12:45:01
26 Jun 2022 05:35:59
19 Jul 2022 05:24:54
25 Jul 2022 05:00:04
12 Aug 2022 12:59:17
22 Aug 2022 12:09:58
05 Sep 2022 09:12:36
06 Sep 2022 05:27:37
08 Sep 2022 11:34:18
12 Sep 2022 08:39:09
16 Sep 2022 05:53:36
02 Oct 2022 06:40:33
03 Oct 2022 03:34:20
30 Oct 2022 02:53:56
04 Nov 2022 03:48:00
19 Jan 2023 05:27:21
21 Jan 2023 06:17:39
03 Feb 2023 01:18:41
21 Dec 2023 07:49:03
The major events and journals in Eethyl's history, from the beginning to today.
Reach for the stars
"Reach for the stars and you'll hit the sky Ethyl" his mothers voice still range in his head as if she had said it yesterday. Thalivar must have had similar encouragement in his life. What was he trying to do here? That wasn't a summoning circle that ...
01:18 am - 03.02.2023S02E06 Thalivar's House on the Hill
06:45 am - 27.01.2023S02E06 Thalivar's House on the Hill
06:45 am - 27.01.2023S02E05. Merely a Lost Patrol
06:44 am - 27.01.2023S02E05. Merely a Lost Patrol
06:44 am - 27.01.2023Broken Glass
It must be true then that they exist in the underdark caves. These few would not likely last well enough if their presence was discovered. As he lifted a boot, caked in clay, water slowly crept into the print and pulled the disturbed fines into a s...
06:17 am - 21.01.2023Kitchens
Eethyl ran his hands along the edge of the cutting block counter top admiring the girth of the aged hardwood. It could use a new coat of the three part rosin gloss Walt used to make for the furniture in the burrow. He would have to set harvesting back u...
05:26 am - 19.01.2023S02E04. A Marsh Unmellow
06:21 am - 13.01.2023S02E04. A Marsh Unmellow
06:21 am - 13.01.2023S02E03. Let's Get Kraken
07:37 am - 06.01.2023S02E03. Let's Get Kraken
07:37 am - 06.01.2023S02E02 Something Wicked Continues
07:36 am - 06.01.2023S02E02 Something Wicked Continues
07:36 am - 06.01.2023S02E01 Something Wicked
05:08 am - 23.12.2022S02E01 Something Wicked
05:08 am - 23.12.2022Moon Festival
* Disclaimer: you are only getting a first draft. I waffled back and forth between writing it as a GM as I would if running a game, or as a bard, or as Eethyl. None fit perfectly but I had fun playing with it. /shrug “My friends we gather around t...
02:30 am - 18.11.2022S42. Cryo-NOT-IN-vain
06:51 am - 04.11.2022S42. Cryo-NOT-IN-vain
06:51 am - 04.11.2022Cauldron
Eethyl sat on a post looking over the fields behind the cottage and imagined home. The fields reminded him of the sprawling pastures north of the burrow just after the spring rain radiated out over the land and painted the bright greens and pastels of ne...
01:11 am - 04.11.2022S41. Ice Cold Pipcycle
02:39 am - 03.11.2022S41. Ice Cold Pipcycle
01:02 am - 28.10.2022The rattle of bones
Eethyl removed his pack and greeted his friend with a warm embrace. “How many now?” his anxious tone inquired past a furrowed brow. The old dwarf pursed his lips and met Eethyls desperate gaze. “Only eight so far. Mostly the little ones and tw...
12:52 am - 28.10.2022S40. Save Pip...Hold On...
07:04 am - 26.10.2022S40. Save Pip...Hold On...
07:04 am - 26.10.2022S39. Phandalin Loses a Pip.
06:06 am - 13.10.2022S39. Phandalin Loses a Pip.
06:06 am - 13.10.2022Off the spine
Eethy strained looking out over a forest of mountain peaks before him. It didn’t look any different really. The peaks extended in both directions and extended as far as the eye could see. He shielded his eyes from a gust of snow the wind whipped up f...
03:23 am - 03.10.2022Core
“Firo, the land will compel you even if he doesn’t ask.” Sila addressed the small hairy humanoid as if it were a stubborn child. “Eh no ask en pussobly eturn to dun ocks eforn he will ush to go.” He cast an innocent smile and twisted to ign...
06:20 am - 27.09.2022Into the mushroom ring. Imagine courtesy of Shawna.
01:10 am - 25.09.2022S38. Moesko
01:04 am - 18.09.2022Blame
“In short, your methods are crude, your ingredients suspect, and I question the source of your recipes.” Corvalor, the distinguished guest speaker from Baldur's Gate, a half elf in his late years, decreed. It wasn’t unexpected but the words still s...
05:48 am - 16.09.2022S38. Moesko
01:02 am - 16.09.2022Powders
He couldn’t hear any other voice besides hers and the teachers’. That was different, most were introduced to the teacher by an elder. Maybe she is older? They weren’t long, as the instructor knew not to leave his gnomish pupils squirming on their...
06:11 am - 12.09.2022S37.
05:27 am - 09.09.2022S37.
05:27 am - 09.09.2022Into the Abyss
There is a scattering of bare feet on loose gravel and a yell. The bottom of my stomach drops out even though I wasn’t the one that leapt off the ledge. A few long seconds and there is a sickening slap as flesh hits far below. Oh, I can feel the stin...
11:34 pm - 08.09.2022Acceptable
“No you foolish gnome, don’t you see? The moment you step foot back on Toril time will catch up with you. Think again about what I taught you yesterday about the river.” The gnome looked at the small blue figure with doubt, wondering if this was ...
05:24 am - 06.09.2022Tinker
Ethyl looked up at the northern outer wall as he passed through the outlying farms. The parapet was nearly finished. The details list always took longer than the controllers expected. It would surely be another couple months. No more than that though....
05:09 am - 05.09.2022S36.
05:59 am - 02.09.2022S36.
12:56 am - 02.09.2022S35. Thunder, Thunder, Thunder
04:41 am - 26.08.2022S35. Thunder, Thunder, Thunder
12:38 am - 26.08.2022S34. Thunder Boaring Down From Above
08:15 pm - 21.08.2022S34. Thunder Boaring Down From Above
08:15 pm - 21.08.2022S33. The Shocking Truth?
08:13 pm - 21.08.2022Wind down
Stepping into the space he felt the weight shift and he barely managed to catch himself before the piece clattered to the floor and against the wall. Pulling his forearms out of the straps he un buckles the belt from his waist and moves to inspect the pi...
04:57 am - 21.08.2022Grandfather
“Eethyl what happened to you?” The old gnome asked. “I was trying to help in the herb garden. The badger came back though.” The young one responds, holding a somewhat bloody rag against an elbow clutched close to his chest. “Here let me see it...
12:56 am - 12.08.2022S33. The Shocking Truth?
12:35 am - 12.08.2022S32. Assault on the Manse
12:35 am - 12.08.2022S32. Assault on the Manse
12:35 am - 12.08.2022S31. From Falcon's to the Manse
12:34 am - 12.08.2022S31. From Falcon's to the Manse
12:33 am - 12.08.2022Letter sent with Gwaur from the manse, prior to engaging with Half-Orc casters.
05:44 am - 30.07.2022Heart Sight
[After walking to the farm] Eethyl closed the barn door and thuds his forehead against it, flattening the brim of his hat down over his closed eyes. He fumbles with the necklace after a few minutes and, walking to the back of the barn, hangs it on a nai...
03:13 am - 25.07.2022S30. To Falcon's and Death
12:30 am - 24.07.2022S30. To Falcon's and Death
12:30 am - 24.07.2022Preparations in Phandalin
Eethyl lifts the first chest with a "umph" and steps forward. Qelline Alderleaf Steps places a second chest on top of the first and the gnome nearly drops both. Glancing behind himself he quickly steps back and leans against a sawhorse. His voice stra...
02:39 am - 04.07.2022S29.
04:08 am - 01.07.2022S29.
01:26 am - 01.07.2022Dragon Hunting?
Sila, I really want to go dragon hunting with them. Examining that organ behind the heart that absorbs and stores their strength and power would be incredible. Did I tell you about that? Grandfather explained it to me. It's how the dragons can launch ...
06:06 am - 25.06.2022S28. Dragon Their Feats
04:10 am - 24.06.2022S28. Dragon Their Feats
04:09 am - 24.06.2022S27.
04:48 am - 17.06.2022S27.
04:48 am - 17.06.2022Crowning Glory
*Eethyl stands next to a thick wooden workbench with one hand on it and his smile fades some. He crosses the space and grabs the wrought iron handle on his desk top and rolls the cover up. He plucks a leather bound journal from one of the desks' many she...
12:44 am - 17.06.2022S26. Can I Barrow That Dragonslayer?
11:50 pm - 10.06.2022S26. Can I Barrow That Dragonslayer?
11:50 pm - 10.06.2022Just Looking
Well by Glittergold’s goodness…Look at all these books! I could just live here. Let's see let's see… ’Sailing Songs from Trade Crews’ [i]If the quartermaster won’t give the tot/ Throw him off the boat and drink all you’ve got/ We’ll dri...
05:24 am - 09.06.2022Carefully laid plans.
I see a wagon pulled off the side of the road. Just two figures seemed to accompany it. A human by the looks of the one tending the fire. Just beyond he could see the familiar form of Tiefling horns laying back for the night. I make my way forward slo...
07:25 am - 31.05.2022Consequences
Eethyl could see a wagon pulled off the side of the road. Just two figures seemed to accompany it. A human by the looks of the one tending the fire. Just beyond he could see the familiar form of Tiefling horns laying back for the night. Eethyl makes h...
03:35 am - 31.05.2022S25. Logger's Camp
04:30 am - 27.05.2022S25. Logger's Camp
04:30 am - 27.05.2022Lost Company
The pins points of light in the night sky wink out one by one until the night is black. Still there is motion. It feels as if I'm being carried about in a stream that tumbles and turns around tight bends, bouncing off the back of a dark mass. As the cr...
05:00 am - 26.05.2022S24. Will Slay Dragons For Food
04:34 am - 20.05.2022S24. Will Slay Dragons For Food
04:34 am - 20.05.2022S23. Lighting the Way Out - Trial of the Titan
03:54 am - 13.05.2022S23. Lighting the Way Out - Trial of the Titan
12:49 am - 13.05.2022Time to go
Time really is an interesting thing. You would think it is powerful enough that it warrants its own diety. I mean...what kind of power created time? Does it take more energy to create time than mass? How do you control it? Through the weave? Is ther...
06:34 am - 12.05.2022S22. The Seasons
05:34 am - 06.05.2022S22. The Seasons
02:09 am - 06.05.202220.5
03:15 pm - 29.04.202220.5
03:15 pm - 29.04.2022S22.
02:55 pm - 29.04.2022S22.
02:55 pm - 29.04.2022S20. All about town, the off again!
12:54 am - 18.04.2022S20. All about town, the off again!
01:14 am - 15.04.2022Celebrating the day
Well this turned out ok. The keep here would be a nice place given some work. And a proper old shrine to Moradin. You could raise a whole family here I dare say. [i]I run my hands down the stone work wall[/i] "Oh my dear, I'm sorry I wasn't there to ...
04:33 am - 14.04.2022S18. Axeholm Run!
05:13 am - 08.04.2022S18. Axeholm Run!
01:03 am - 08.04.2022"Safe" Places
Dwarven Fortress. Very nice work. They always do fine work. So asymmetrical and well designed for defense. Heck I think the villagers themselves could defend against a young dragon in this place for a time. They really do need some food reserves thoug...
11:49 pm - 01.04.2022S17. Axeholm
04:14 am - 01.04.2022S17. Axeholm
12:49 am - 01.04.2022Distracted from the goal?
Wilmanric showed up today. I'm not sure I liked what I saw. All flash and show. And fairly inconsiderate with that one he used for a demonstration. Not much of a warm welcome either. I mean he offered a discount and that would be nice but even t...
04:52 am - 28.03.2022S16. Where Do We Go From Here?
04:27 am - 25.03.2022S16. Where Do We Go From Here?
04:24 am - 25.03.2022S16. Where Do We Go From Here?
01:32 am - 25.03.2022He gave up more than he knew?
I worked on the mage from the ravine today. I'm really disappointed by my findings. This was a person that grew and mutated into this thing over time. He must have been cursed or carried a cursed item? This was by far one of the strongest curses or ma...
02:54 am - 24.03.2022Removed the Red Cloaks
05:09 am - 18.03.2022Removed the Red Cloaks
05:09 am - 18.03.2022Oh grasshoppers. Progress from chaos though!
It grows a lot faster with warmer wet temperatures. It much prefers flat wide areas. I'm fairly certain that thing is malevolent. Really need to figure out why Morie's trick for seeing its spirit doesn't work. Best butter ever by Glitter Gold's bear...
08:36 am - 13.03.2022The list of amazing people following the adventures of Eethyl.
Grandmaster
GameKn1ght
Jim "GameKn1ght" Dickinson
Social
Birthplace
The burrow below the south face of that outlook above the north wood.
Honorary & Occupational Titles
"Little Shit" - Damaia
"The Gnome" - The Captain