Introduction
With the previous session’s characters in training the group returned with the original bunch, fresh from training themselves.
Jack, Erikos, Bharat
8 Light infantry, 10 crossbowmen
They travel to Samichi, cross the river at the ferry, and head across the prairie toward the hidden temple. Reaching the Serpentine, they decide to follow it north and see if they can’t find the Ghost Town and follow up on a rumor of finding Sleepflower vines blooming. The flowers themselves were quite valuable..
After a few more hours they arrive on a hill overlooking the shallow vale of the abandoned village. They can see many ruined wooden buildings, three ruined stone structures, and a collapsed temple. As it is late, they decide to camp, then approach the ruin in the morning.
19 April
In the morning the Sons of Mithra used their dogs to track Goblin scent down in the vale, in the area of the collapsed shrine and ruined tower. They discovered the shrine was lousy with scorpions.
They next investigate the tower, and get into a fight with Shadow Rats, one of the dogs is bitten, its hindquarters are dragging.
They find a few coppers and silver coins, plus a small, crude iron knife. Beneath some rubble they find a small, two feet in diameter, hole in the ground. There is a stake driven into the earth nearby, with a rough rope tied to it. The rope leads down into the hole. Thus alerted to the presence of someone, they ride around the ruined town, scouting the rest of the places.
In a couple of the buildings they find overgrown Sleepvines, and some with holes in the floor to basements. Two of the ruins have movement within. These are singled out and covered by Horse Archers.
One of the buildings turns out to be a hiding place for goblins, ten are killed in fighting, the other four captured and tied up. The other building that showed some movement turned out to be a nest of stirges, and in this fight an Infantryman was killed and a cavalryman severely wounded (the next day his wound became sorely infected and he died). The last building held some flickering shadows, and investigation revealed nothing, but the ghostly tinkling of tiny bells and a screeching sound like nails on a chalkboard.
Erikos raises his javelin when he sees movement in a shadow, the javelin turns into a snake!
One of the archers saw his bow change into a bugle, which then blew shrilly, deafening everyone within 30 feet before it crumbled into tiny pieces.
The Sons decided to leave this one alone until later.
They returned to the interrogation of the goblins. Erikos speaks their language and parleyed with them a while. They offered the goblins work, exploring the holes for them.
They chose one to explore the hole under the tower. They pulled up the rope and tide it around the goblin’s waist, then started lowering him down.
He got about 10 feet down when he was attacked by a stirge and started screaming. Erikos let go of the rope.
The sons discussed options for a bit and chose to continue with harvesting the Sleepflower blossoms. They followed the instructions of the alchemist to the letter and smoked out the vines. They became still and docile, allowing blossoms to be cut free. They also bound one of the smaller plants with ropes and dug up its root ball. They put some dirt in a large sack and bagged the entire thing.
As the day was getting on, they decided to travel south along the cliff and look for another campsite. They found a triple cave entrance that led into one large chamber. They brought the remaining three goblins to sell at the market.
20 April
In the morning, Jack is awakened by serious itching on his legs, and examination reveals many tiny bug-bites. They returned to Samichi, then to Sojenka without issue.
Downtime begins 21 April
They sold the goblins to a sleazy merchant named Jadranko.
They sold the Sleepflower blossoms to the alchemist Lord Davorin.
They sold the plant to an herbalist named Adelheide.
Castile, Mithra's Bastard
10gp, 2 days, 1 successful rumor for Castile, about the Red Wyverns adventuring company: They made a pilgrimage to an ancient temple of the Earth Goddess, to ask the gods to bless a magic sword, the one called Branko got from a dragon in the Salt Marsh
Castile, Mithra's Bastard
They being the red wyverns, who is he?
The Dungeon Master
Sorry, "he" is a Spire-bred, Kordu aristo named Branko
Castile, Mithra's Bastard
Did Branko survive and bring this sword out?
The Dungeon Master
You learn the Red Wyverns were once led by a priestess of Demeter, but she was killed in the Serpentine and they have retired or gone on to other things. There is a Sergeant Zeljko that may know more, he's trying to form up a new troop of soldiers
Tuesday XP Log - 18 April
Jack - Grade 1
Erikos - Grade 1
Bharat - Grade 1
Liquid Loot: 4 cp, 2 sp, 1560 gp
Combat: Shadow Rat Swarm, 10 Goblins, 4 Stirges, 2 Sleepflowers - 175 XP
Total: 1710 XP
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