GR 06: Journey to the Plains

Having been rescued by a fishing boat after GR 5: Betrayal at Sea, Reneslar set out eastward, on a long journey to the eastern Mirriling Colonies, where he hoped to find the bearer of the Great Sword Valkstar, with the power to bring him back in time to when Grantuk the One-Eyed still possessed the Stone of Fire. With the stone he hoped that the Thurim weapon-smith known as the “Etherhammer” would be able to re-forge Elnar.
The cross-country journey took Reneslar, Balgrad and Benrall through the Becon's Crossing warzone, where western forces formed a battlefront against the Galdean forces of the Witch. There they met the weapon-smith Rienczek, who made a new scabbard for Elnar. They went on to the Thurim Citadels, where they were received as honored guests by the Thanes. From there they were joined by a Thurim emissary, Tharl, and a Teurgan mercenary named Bargona, who led them to the plains of the Lurvite horseclans. Here Benrall was revealed as successor to the leadership of the Ostwein clan, with visions of conquering the Great Kingdom.
OUTSIDE GAME-TIME: Though the campaign ended among the Lurvite tribes, Reneslar continued his journey to the Mirriling Colonies, where he met his second wife Kari. Eventually, he made his way to Gratunk where Elnar was re-forged. Meanwhile, as Chieftain of the united Lurvite clans, Benrall did indeed lead them against the Federated Cities of the Prial-Gillia, inflicting major damage on the realm.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS: This campaign continued the history of the War of the Witch, and was the first to include mass combat directed by players, and the engagement of armies in battle. It also introduced the traüllish Teurgans as a human race, having earlier been seen only as “monsters”. Throughout the game, the unarmored Balgrad insisted on entering into hand-to-hand melee combat, resulting in his predictably inevitable death in a head-on battle with a giant stag beetle.

CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
Gaming Data:
Dates Played: Winter - Spring 1983
Play Sessions: 12
Session Venue: King House - St. Paul, MN
Rule System: Adv. Dungeons & Dragons
SpiritQuest Setting:
Era: Age of Exile
Time Frame: 3235 S.R.
Region: Neørdewessa
Origin: The Greenwood
Destination: The Eastern Lurvite Horseplains
Player Characters:
Reneslar, Vainite Hunter - Scott Renstrom
Balgrad, Vainite Etheric - Tom Forliti
Tharl, Thurim Fighter - Greg Krenz
Important Non-Player Characters:
Benrall Ostwein, Reneslar’s Squire
Rienczek, Weaponsmith at Becon’s Crossing
General Gondek, Thurim Commander of Diahrzab
Thane Gundin II, Thurim Overlord of Diahrzab
King Thurin IV, Thurim Overlord of Bazadunar
Bargona Ironjaw, Uruk-Teurgan Mercenary