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Sat 22nd Jan 2022 02:59

Session 3 - Crossroads and Giants

by Kaito "Oreson" Brinejaw

After leaving Sir Archibald Gruff's estate we split up for a bit. Ape, Austar and Raskin went to Goldie's Pot to procure a mask for Ape so he could hide his now hairless skin due to smoking something in the Foggy Pipe the day before.
 
I made my way to an information board to see if there were any jobs available on the way to Pentareach. I was approached by a middle aged man with a long tied up pony tail that goes to his lower back. He identified himself as Alistan Preen, owner of Preen's Laughterhouse and father to Gregor Preen, who had tried to take advantage of our weakened state after Wera's Barrow. Due to that mistake, Gregor's body is now hidden in Wera's Barrow. Alistan mentioned that hardly any work gets put up on the board for sell swords. Mentioned Sir Archibald Gruff's job a few days ago. He recommended I go to Adventurers Crossroad which is found along The Royal Road about 2 and a half days travel on foot.
 
I made my way to Cloverdry Stableyard to get some information on how much horses would cost to buy or rent. The following prices the man gave me were as follows:
 
Draft Horse - 50 gold
Riding Horse - 75 gold
Pony - 30 gold
Donkey/Mule - 8 gold
 
As a group we decided to save our coin and just travel on foot. Malaphor decided to go to Preen's Laughterhouse and he was seemingly followed out from there. Not sure why he went there since we killed his son and friends...
 
On our journey towards the Adventurers Crossroad I spoke with Austar and asked what he was looking for in the world and he mentioned he had been tasked with checking and restoring old Raven Queen temples. One of them is located in The Besansir Woods.
 
We had an non eventful nights rest and continued on our way to our destination. Part way through the day we came across a bridge where Peryton Guards with Winged Obelisk symbols on their armour were crossing towards us with horse and carriage. The winged obelisk symbol likely indicates they are apart of the Royal Guard.
 
We arrived at the Adventurers Crossroad which is essentially a large tavern/inn with an attached stable yard. We found a table and sat down. Not long after we sat down a young boy walked in and went straight to the bar and passed over what looked like a bag to the bar keep. It was then announced that the new bounties had come in. The rules were simply to only take 1 bounty per group. Raskin and Malaphor both managed to grab a bounty each. While they did that I went to the bar to speak to the dwarven bar keep.
 
The bar keep was a red headed and bearded Dwarven male that goes by the name Devrin Ironjaw. The Ironjaw family are a high ranking clan within Dwarven society, but it seems as though Devrin has cut most of his ties with the family and didn't want to speak about them much. I asked him about the Words of Moradin but he didn't know too much of it and is no longer a follower of Moradin. Still believes the Words of Moradin to be a story tale. Devrin did say that if there was any truth to them, I would be able to find more information at the Stone Archives in Khulbor's Summit. An Ironjaw is the current lord of Khulbor's Summit.
 
The job we decided to do was to slay a Flab Giant which had been terrorising farmers and farms down at the northern base of the Blacktop Pass mountains which we would then need to provide proof of the kill to a Magistrate office. Upon completion we would be paid 300 gold.
 
A lot of my dreams the night at the Adventurers Crossroad, was to do with a rainbow coloured sphere.
 
The next morning we made our way along Alabasta Pass and then followed the river round before heading North. We notice some splintered trees and eventually come across a destroyed farmhouse. Not far from it was the Flab Giant we were looking for. In our battle with the Flab Giant, it eventually exploded and a ox sized boar with tentacles on the tails came out of it.
 
We took the Flab Giant's head, boars tusks and the tentacles the boar had and put them onto a cart I managed to create following a ritual I can do with metal. Some of the powers Moradin blessed upon me. Now overlooking the village of Kard with Pentareach in the distance.

Continue reading...

  1. Session 1 - New Beginnings
  2. Session 2 - Drunk and Disorderly
  3. Session 3 - Crossroads and Giants
  4. Session 4 - Lorger's Thicket
  5. Session 5 - Pentareach Beginnings
  6. Session 6 - Pentareach Rumble
  7. Session 7 - Friend of the King
  8. Session 8 - Forgotten Ruins and Mystery
  9. Session 9 - Blacktop's Secret
  10. Session 10 - Depths of the Blacktop
  11. Session 11 - Morgan's Mystery
  12. Session 12 - Visions and a Cleansing
  13. Session 13 - The Long Road
  14. Enemies
  15. Session 14 - Laelos Arrival
  16. Session 15 - A Royal Mistake
  17. Session 16 - Revenge and Truth
  18. Session 17 - Trouble and Research
  19. Session 18 - Lonely Toad and Proposition
  20. Research
  21. Session 19 - Vellsten and Disappearances
  22. Session 20 - Wear-wolves, bears and rats?
  23. Session 21 - Heroes of Vellsten
  24. Session 22 - Raven Queen's Champion
    12th of Morne Yowa
  25. Session 23 - Revelations and a Chaotic Victory
    14th of Morne Yowa
  26. Session 24 - The Manor and Word
    15th of Morne Yowa
  27. Session 25 - Isaiac's Maw
    15th of Morne Yowa
  28. Places of Interest
  29. Allies
  30. Session 26 - Manor Gains and Desert Travels
    22nd of Morne Yowa
  31. Session 27 - Hashal and Partha
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  32. Session 28 - Hashal's Rift Ki
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  33. Session 29 - Sol'Partha
    24th of Morne Yowa
  34. Session 30 - Partha's Mystery
    24th of Morne Yowa
  35. Session 31 - Odror Partha's Fall
    24th of Morne Yowa
  36. Session 32 - Odror's Sentinel VS The Paragon
    1st of Yoweth
  37. Session 33 - Asgorath Revelations & Beast Rescues
    1st of Yoweth
  38. Session 34 - An Exotic Rescue
    1st of Yoweth
  39. Session 35 - Demonic Beast and Desert Travels
    2nd of Yoweth
  40. Session 36 - Malaphor's True Self
    2nd of Yoweth
  41. Session 37 - Triumphant Winnings
    3rd of Yoweth
  42. Session 38 - Sailing the seas and Chankata
    6th of Yoweth
  43. Session 39 - Asgorath's Chosen United
    7th of Yoweth
  44. Session 40 - The Doyen's Teachings
    1st of Uthwix
  45. Session 41 - The Ninefold Rise
    1st of Uthmix
  46. Session 42 - The Ninefold Scatter
    3rd Uthwix
  47. Session 43 - Troll's Denthoum
    3rd of Uthwix
  48. Session 44 - Denthoum's Spectator
    3rd of Uthwix
  49. Session 45 - Talona's Plant
    4th of Uthwix
  50. Session 46 - Diege Entities & New Headings
    5th of Uthwix
  51. Session 47 - Poacher's & Mystery Dice
    5th of Uthwix

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