Chapter Four

Between Chapters Three and Four the group travelled about 200 miles. The following summary was given:

"The Long and Winding Road to Nowhere"

22nd Decembus 343IC

• So that all the player characters can process the events of the previous session (and to stock up on rations and horse feed) they stay a night in the "Blessed Retreat" inn in Turvin.

23rd Decembus 343IC

• At Gnarvak’s insistence the group take the road to Larenfast in order to leave the Welcome Hills.
• As well as avoiding an entire level’s worth of plot in Hammer Hold, this path takes the group off into the wilderness, forcing them to camp out.
• Myles introduces the group to his new friend, a crow named "Dwolian".

22th Decembus 343IC

• Myles starts to complain about the weather but is, rightly, ignored.

25th Decembus 343IC

• Myles is now joined by Starr complaining about the weather.
• The group push on for a couple of long days despite the weather getting noticeably worse with increasing altitude.
• They go past Fort Basilisk.

26th Decembus 343IC

• Myles, Starr and now Scylla are regularly complaining about the weather.
• The group crosses into the region known as "the Amber Falls" and then the "Sunlit Highlands".

27th Decembus 343IC

• Titus joins in the complaints as he can now feel the cold through his armour.
• There is a thrilling encounter with a pack of wolves which occurs 'off-screen'. No one dies.

28th Decembus 343IC

• Now everyone is complaining about the weather, even Gnarvak.
• By mutual consent, the group decide that they will have to stop at the next town.

29th Decembus 343IC

• Group picks the nearby town of Kiessel to sto off at and resupply.

30th Decembus 343IC

• Party arrives at Kiessel.

31st Decembus 343IC

• Party still at Kiessel.

32nd Decembus 343IC

• Party still at Kiessel.
• Lennox gets really bored and picks a fight with a local. There's minimal bloodshed.

33rd Decembus 343IC

• A break in the weather enable the party to continue their journey.

34th Decembus 343IC

• With the Dwarf Road once again passable, the group follow the route into Grindivar.

35th Decembus 343IC

• The group passes through the town of Tüdesheim.
• Several NPCs try to offer them quests but all are flatly declined.
• The GM looks depressed at this but the party continue quickly into the Borstheim Plains.

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Session 23: "The Strange Case of the Missing Graves"

38th Decembus 343IC

Session 24: "Adventurer Accountants Assemble!"

40th Decembus 343IC

Session 25: "Enraged Evistro Eviscerates Enemies"

42nd Decembus 343IC

Session 26: "Who Knew What, Why, How and When?"

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