Session 33 - The Quill is Mightier than the Sword

Notes

• Discover Culchek Cave.  Uncover a nest of cockatrice and some of their Spriggan victims.
• Encounter a manticore.  Trade it a horse for some of its quills.  Attacked the next day by a manticore as well, end up fighting a large group and finding their lair in some mountain cliffs.

Session 32 - The Great Clue Hunt

Notes

• Searching the stockade and blockhouse reveals a map that reveals some nearby areas, Maegar Varn's sword, and an ancestral Nomen bow.
• In the village, they find Willas Gunderason's journal, and a torn page that reads "Found bracelet by river."
• At the inn they find evidence of a Maestro Pendrod conducting research into the discovery of a jade "bracelet" on the banks of a "river of local provenance".  They find several books and reams of notes they pack away for later investigation.
• The party departs to the southwest for a place marked on the map found in the stockade labelled "Culchek Cave".

Session 31 - The Varnhold Vanishing

NPCs

• Iosis Vemarelian - local poet
• Chamaie Lerian - local weaver
• Edrist Hanvaki - local aristocrat
• Jamery Herbasken - local chef

Notes

• All communication with Varnhold ceases overnight.
• Approaching Varnhold through a pass in the Tors, Spriggan are discovered in control of the stockade and blockhouse.
• Going through the roof, the Spriggan are slain.

Session 30 - Festival of the Beast

Notes

• One of the Drekavic is slain, and the others are cured.
• The dead patrol is found in an opened kame.  One is clutching a bronze disk with a black scarab.  A fast-spreading disease attacks the party and they decide to board up the kame.
• Kavken leads a blessing of the fields in springtime.  And Nikolai is granted the title Brother, effectively joining the clergy of Erastil.
• Sightings of the Grim White Stag are reported from several people.  A giant mural is put up in Tatzylford of the Grim White Stag.
• The Festival of the Bear celebrates the anniversary of the owlbear's death, and a grand statue is carved in the middle of Port Jackal.
• Oleg and Svetlana announce their new family.  Svetlana steps down from her leadership position.

Session 29 - Maegar Varn

NPCs

• Maegar Varn, Baron of Varnhold
• Willas Gunderson, March Warden for Varnhold
• Father Caspar Morgarion, Cleric of Erastil
• Howin Gurney, Sergeant-At-Arms for Varnhold
• Cephal Lorentus, Master of Dispatch for Varnhold
• Agafi and Yulia, farmstead families
• Daniil and Vera
• Gavril and Polina
• Lev and Ivanna
• Simon and Alla

Notes

• Meagar Varn and host visit the Red March and establish a trade agreement.
• The party investigates a lost patrol, last seen in some eastern farmlands.
• Notice a lack of children with the families questioned.  Attacked by huddled and sobbing children-sized monsters that appear out of the foggy night.
• Session ends on the month of Pharast.

Session 28 - The Thing In The Pit

Notes

• The pit turns out to be a tricky illusion with a gibbering mass of flesh and mouths at the bottom.
• An impossibly angled hallway leads to an altar and a watery hole in the ground.  Eel tries to gut himself over the altar with a dagger he finds in the ground.  A alien tendril-shaped creature erupts from the water and attacks.
• In a return trip Stone Shape is used to smother the stone from the altar over the watery hole creating an inch or two thick plug.
• Lily is recruited for the role of diplomat for Red March.
• Beagan and his four apprentice engineers promise their services to Roden.  Their total Profession (Engineering) bonus is +20, and a roll can be added to the kingdom bank every phase a building is built.
• Session ends in the month of Abadius, starting the new year of 4712 A.R.

Session 27 - Candlemere Tower

NPCs

• "Goody" Niska, midwife, priestess of the Angry Hag. (deceased)
• Katya, young teenage girl, sister to Saki. (deceased)
• Liza, mother of Katya and Saki.
• Lena, young girl. (deceased)
• Sveta, Lena's older sister. (deceased)
• Lyuda, castle washer woman. (deceased)
• Arkasha and Yulya Vladimar, parents of stolen baby and changeling.
• Sofia Fedyavich, single mother with a changeling.
• Dariya and Tolya Valentin, parents of a changeling.

Notes

• Found a baby under the altar of the Angry Hag, bearing a brand of a bloodshot eye.
• The corpses of the cultists tell them the names of families they stole babies from and replaced with changelings.
• They present the branded baby to the Vladimar family, who agree to watch both babes if Red March will help support them both.
• Olya is declared guilty of associating with a group kidnapping and murdering infants.  The Baron hands down the punishment of exile.  The names of the dead women involved in the cult are released.
• The small island in the middle of Lake Candlemere is visited via boat token.
• Everyone gets a sick feeling of unease on the island like they dont belong.
• A ghostly scene is played out as the tower is approached.  Ghostly robed humans pour out of the tower, screaming in fear and madness.  Pawvul and Shoda see things they shouldnt and flee into an ambush of the lights of Candlemere.

Session 26 - Cult of the Angry Hag

NPCs

• Olya, old prostitute.
• Ira, drunk.

Notes

• Hear of the founding of Varnhold.
• Oleg sends for owl bear trainer.
• Eel notices Akiro is no longer wearing the sword from his former order.
• Ed's spy network informs him of the possibility of a Cult of the Angry Hag active in Red March.
• Uncover "shambles" in Olya's home.  Leads to shadowing Ira.  Leads to a barn in a farmstead outside the city.
• Slaughter women under the barn, in some sort of underground altar.

Session 25 - Drake Hunt

Notes

• Discovered a small shocker lizard colony living in a small pond, exterminated.
• Ambushed by the forest drake, slew it.  Took skull as trophy.
• Found hydra lair.  Slew it and several trolls.
• Returned to Red March to take care of kingdom matters.
• Session ended on the 17th of Kuthona.

Session 24 - The Drinking Giant

Notes

• Sent note to Taras's father, along with possessions.
• Travelled back southwest into the Kamelands and found several old abandoned campsites.
• Encountered an odd creature that mimic'd Fyodor and attempted to lure Ed into a trap.  Slew it in a running battle through the rocky hills.
• Returned to the rocky tor with the enraged owlbear's lair, and cleaned it out, slaying many spiders and a couple ettercaps.
• Discovered an old, abandoned ferry station.
• Wandered upon Munguk sitting on a hilltop drinking his berry moonshine.  Eel had a "discussion" with him, filling his clay jug several times with ale.
• Ended in the late afternoon on the 3rd of Kuthona.

Session 23 - Slaying The Beast

NPCs

• Yegor, hound handler, formerly of House Lebeda

Notes

• The shrieking drew the attention of several violet fungi and a shambling mound.
• Further in the cave they discovered the armored beast over the corpse of its mate and a young cub.  They lure the beast into a bear trap and slay it, but Taras is slain in the fight, crushed in a flurry of beak and claws.
• They cut the head and claws from the beast and discover several dead humans in the caves.
• They discover a live cub and make a small cage to bring him back to the kingdom.
• Back at the kingdom they parade the head around town, leaving it at the tannery.
• Yegor is hired to care for the cub while they decide if the cub should be sold or trained.
• Sap collected from the shambling mound is sold to a local herbalist.
• The session ends on the 8th of Neth.

Session 22 - Hunting the Beast

NPCs

• Mikel and Yakov, rural drivers for hire.
• Vasili, coachman (dead).
• Tim, Port Jackal driver.

Notes

• Hiring drivers, they take the long journey back to the troll caves and recover the supplies there, adding them into their kingdom's treasury.  Vasili dies to a troll during the return trip, and his family is compensated for his death.
• During their absence, the town is assaulted by a great armored beast, wreaking havoc.
• The trail of the beast is simple to follow and leads to a tor overlooking the Little Sellen River, and a cave in the tor.
• In the cave a bewildering variety of fungi and mold grows, and as they move through the cave a shrieking noise fills the air...
• The session ends on the 3rd of Neth.

Session 20 & 21 - The End of the Troll Troubles

Notes

• After killing a two-headed troll, a fight breaks out with a rock troll on the cliff leading to the troll complex.
• Horses are found slaughtered, only Ed's and a pack horse escape.
• Trying to get some rest in the entry room of the troll complex they are attacked by an armored troll wielding a giant morningstar. Ed sees the old swamp witch deeper in the complex through a clairvoyance spell.
• After fleeing from the armored troll, and finally able to rest a bit, they return and slay the remaining trolls and the armored troll. No sign of the swamp witch is found.
• Using the wagon they return to Port Jackal with Drak's body and the two gnomes.
• Jubilost becomes Marshal.
• The session ends on the evening of the 30th of Rova.

Session 19 - Troll Troubles

NPCs

• Yevhen (local alchemist with shop in exotic craftsman block, collected troll blood for)
• Beagan (gnome follower of Jubilost)

Notes

• Gave the lizard king's trident and armor to Oleg to sell.
• Heading south and west from Port Jackal, signs of trolls feeding are found littered through the area.
• Following the tracks from a kill site they find an old complex built into a cliffside deep in the hilly Narlmarches.
• They dispose of the troll guards, and several other trolls and their trollhounds.
• A single troll escapes through a trapdoor, leaving a rock on top of it that prevents pursuit.
• Jubilost and Beagan are found and rescued from metal cages guarded by trollhounds. In a storage room, they find a spot for the gnomes to hide, and arm them with very small daggers.

Session 18 - The Lizard King

NPCs

• Galya, Sasha, and Igor

Notes

• Destroyed the isle of the lizards, killing all the fighting lizardfolk, burning the palisade down, and smashing the mud huts.
• Rescued the three children, only found human bones besides.
• Returned to Red March, and spent a week running the kingdom. Turned the three children over to Svetlana to find a home for.
• Left 200 drakes in Kesten's charge as a emergency fund if needed for some quick mercenary work.
• Session ended on the 16th of Rova.

Session 17 - Hodag

NPCs

• Piotr, patrol captain

Notes

• Discovered a pulsing red crystal in the ancient elven ruins.
• A troll came sniffing around the ruins.
• A large deadfall from the previous winter's snowstorm served as lair to a couple of hodag's, one of which who could fly! Drak was hodag food.
• Returning to Port Jackal, intercepted by patrol on the lookout for lizardfolk incursions. Lizardfolk stole a family away. Rumor is heard that the patrol's have seen a serious increase in troll sightings.
• Drak's dead body is taken to Restov where Eel agrees that the Red March's ruling council will owe a debt to Jamandi Aldori for returning Drac to life through the Church of Erastil.
• Session ends on the 6th of Rova.

Session 16 - The Forgotten Keep

NPCs

• Corax, lumberjack
• Melianse, nixie
• Tiressia, dryad

Notes

• Deal with a situation between a local lumberjack, Corax, and a nixie, Melianse, protecting her home. Corax is sent north to Tatzlford where more coachwood trees grow. Five magical tree tokens are used to restore the trees the lumberjacks fell.
• Made deal with a dryad, Tiressia, that her woods would be left alone in exchange for the five magical tree tokens used to restore the Mel's trees.
• Discover an ancient elven keep deep in the Narlmarches. End up in a fight with an amazingly fast fey, and another grim monstrous fey and its pet assassin vine. After a night's rest the central tower is explored and the dancing lady is slain.
• The session ends on the morning of the 3rd of Arodus.
  

Session 15 - Isle of the Lizards

Notes

• The tanned worg hides are hung up in the Red Keep along with Stuch's great sword.
• Worg fur coats of office are commissioned to be delivered on the 29th.
• West of Candlemere Lake an isle of lizardfolk is discovered. Through some spell trickery they realize the lizardfolk have Tig and intimidate the lizards to hand him over.
• Tig is returned to his family, but seems to be in a permanent state of shock
• The session ends on the 26th of Erastus.