Session 5 - Retaking the Green Way
General Summary
A group of the bastion's volunteer militia headed by Brummelda are eager to make trade connections to the west, beyond the Green Way; the network of trade routes surrounding the plateau. Before caravans can be chartered on an expedition west, the Green Way must first be rid of the dangers that plague it, to ensure safe passage. Bandits have been growing more numerous by the year and seem to be rallying in an organized cause, attacking caravans in orchestrated ambushes. This has created a great disruption among the trade routes, and travel to Altonshire is risky at best. Brummelda's scouts report that the bandits have been rallying under a known criminal named Grazoic Dewclaw, whose bounty has been up at the Bastion for the last few months. The scouts also report that they've made base at an old mine, tucked within the forests of the Green Way. Answering the call to action was Fossil, Lou Garow, Tork, Ivangelo and Leif Fernbottom.
Early the next morning before first light, the party left the Bastion to launch an assault on the bandit's camp. The party arrived at the first of two adjoined camps, the first being on lower terrain and slightly larger, the second being higher into the mountain and built around the mouth of the mine. Wasting no time, Tork bolted toward the eastern perimeter of the first camp and leapt the height of the wall, throwing Ivangelo mid leap, whom landed atop the watchtower and proceeded to push the guard off. Unable to stick the landed himself, Tork decided to go cleaving around the back. Leading the frontal assault of the entrance was Lou in his savage canine form, Fossil skillfully wielding her rapier and Leif atop a tree with her spider silk longbow. Brummelda and her scouts followed behind and provided support to the captives of the bandit's, and before long the first camp was cleared without the second camp being made aware.
Using Fossil's pass without trace, the party snuck up the hill toward the second camp at the base of the mine, where a smaller group of only four guards stood outside the mine entrance. The shrill ring of hammering could be heard from within the mine. Making quick work of the guards outside, the party took a little time to observe their surroundings before pushing further into the cavern. Climbing aboard a mine cart on rails, Tork pushes Leif and Fossil along the track into the mine, followed by Lou and Ivangelo at his side. As they approach, the sound of hammering stops. As they enter the final chamber of the mine, they come face to face with Grazoic Dewclaw, the bandit leader and a formidable opponent who wields a large spiked greatclub.
Tork immediately rams Dewclaw with the mine cart, pinning him between two carts. Next, Ivangelo uses his gem of brightness and directs the potent beam of light directly at Dewclaw's face, blinding him. Despite this, Dewclaw manages to break free of the carts, and moves toward the party intently though still blind. The rest of the party advances, Leif using the advantage of the room to get the best angle, while Fossil uses her stealth to her advantage. Lou shifts into a beastial shape and claws ferociously at Dewclaw, while Tork brings down his glaive from behind. Finally, Fossil strikes Dewclaw's leg with her scimitar, and is able to subdue him with rope. Disarmed and unconscious, Dewclaw has been captured alive, his bounty has been fulfilled, and the Green Way has been liberated for the Bastion.
+1 Level upon the completion of his session
+1 Level upon the completion of his session
Missions/Quests Completed
Completed the bounty for Grazoic Dewclaw (Alive) for 2000GP.
Report Date
07 May 2023
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