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.

36th Decembus 343IC

• The group ride through a couple of villages at the NW corner of the Borstheim Plains. They don’t stop as they can’t afford it.

37th Decembus 343IC

• The group arrive in the Tolsberg Vale. They get work escorting a caravan to the town of Helmgard.

38th Decembus 343IC

• The party spend an uneventful day travelling to the town of Flenchen.

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

39th Decembus 343IC

• The group reach the village of Blutroch - the village where Titus' parents were killed.
• Odd goings on were discovered including the graves of Titus' parents being missing.
• Various houses had been rebuilt with funds from the Cerulean Chancery.
• Rumours of caves underneath the village were said to be the cause of subsidance.

Session 24: "Adventurer Accountants Assemble!"

41st Decembus 343IC

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Direforge's "invite" to the party

• Finally, the group arrive in the city of Broogen. There is much rejoicing!
• First day of Orgilde - the Dwarven festival in honour of Dumathain.
• The group hire "Gerlin" an accountant and rent an apartment.
• Titus books an appointment at the Registry for noon on the 52nd Decembus
• Myles meets with D'Netheril and visits the Broogen branch of the cult of Damona.
• The entire group are "invited" to speak with Chancellor Direforge at the Cerulean Chancery compound.

Session 25: "Enraged Evistro Eviscerates Enemies"

41st Decembus 343IC

• The meeting with Direforge concludes with the party being introduced to their 'handler', Harcourt Fenton.
• The group are tasked with spying on the Mafistos.
• It is decided that to get back into the Mafistos' graces that the party should make themselves 'available for work'.

41st Decembus 343IC

43rd Decembus 343IC

44th Decembus 343IC

• Titus returns from the Echespalus.
• Whilst discussing the next steps they are interrupted by D'Netheril who informs them that the cult of Damona have summoned a demon.
• The group do battle with an Evistro. Titus dies during the fight, but gets better soon after.
• The cult of Damona are revealed as being the people who took the obelisk from the Rivenroar Estate.

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

44th Decembus 343IC