Dark Age of Eracost Session 25

 From my perspective playing Fingol.

Party

• Baron Fingol Innes, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 5

• Kilosz the Cataphract, Fighter 4

• Tavenna, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 3

• Iazhir, Dragonman 3

• Ranenno, Navgarine Forester-Bard 2

• Karmrakir, Tratkean Thief 4

• Nalin, Assassin 3

• Gregosz, Fighter 2

• Uomir, Fighter 2

• Baron Gregoire, Paladin 4

• Frannoc Dreiwan, Navgarine Agent 3

• Llewyn, Lynx 1

Summary

The party destroys the unpledged cell in Amtolosz. The earl of Amtolosz makes the entire party his enemy due to Karmrakir and Gregoire’s drunken anti-dragonman rioting.

Recap

Oct 24, 427

Fingol was at breakfast when the Earl’s men came. The earl demanded an audience. Knowing this was the fallout of his companions’ drunken brawling, Fingol complied.

Earl Ilcarion was furious. One of his own barons inciting a riot against the dragonmen, knowing full well that the earl relied upon them. It was an outrage, and Fingol was considered guilty by association. The earl revoked his previous promise to delay levying tribute in return for help with the unpledged, yet still demanded the deed be completed.

Fingol very clearly pointed out to the furious nobleman that this was a miscarriage of justice, punishing the innocent and leaving the guilty Tratkean dog unpunished. But the earl was unmoved, and maintained his unjust orders. Left with no choice, the party accepted this maltreatment for now.

With a mission to fulfill in the evening, Karmrakir sought out the unpledged boss to calm his nerves. Fingol and Frannoc attempted to bring the pagan Iahzir to the ceremonies for the day of teaching, but the dragonman refused.

Fingol began to have serious misgivings about the situation, with two of his party known as rioters against the dragonmen, and a stubborn pagan dragonman in his employ. He resolved to continue his efforts to show the light of the Hidden One to Iahzir.

After the teaching service, Fingol brought Ranenno to the academy and set him to work learning his first natural power technique, levitate other.

Finally, night fell, and the party met with the unpledged. Karmrakir had assured the criminals that the earl’s guards would be out in force preventing riots after the previous night’s events. The boss became uneasy when they didn’t see any guards in the streets, but Fingol and Karmrakir managed to assuage his doubts. Fingol led the first squad of unpledged, and entered the palace of the heaven-daughters alone.

The earl’s soldiers almost gave the ambush away by lighting a torch, but Fingol kept hidden and gave a sign to the unpledged behind - a spark of Navgarine lightning from his fingers.

The dragonmen rushed in, and Fingol flew up to the balcony. The ambush worked to perfection. Arrows rained down on the unpledged in the entry hall, and those outside were ruthlessly cut down. Sixteen would-be assassins slain without a single injury among the earl’s men.

After the ambush, the party rushed to the country building where Karm had met the unpledged boss, hoping to take any remaining members before they heard about the ambush, but found no one there. We searched the building and recovered a substantial amount of coin in a hidden safe. Karmrakir intends to take over the building as a hideout.

Oct 25

The party met with Earl Ilcarion to inform him of our flawless victory. Despite having likely saved his wife’s life, and done so without any reward, the earl’s manner toward us did not seem to be softened. He was still unmoved from his decision to punish Fingol for the crimes of others. The entire party left the meeting filled with anger at the earl’s blatant ingratitude.

Karmrakir met with the local thieves guild, who had promised a reward for taking out their rivals, the unpledged. He secured the payment in gold delivered to Vigilant Keep.

Strategic Overview

Experience

Reserve xp: 346

Fingol Keeper 5 18127 / 29120

Kilosz Fighter 4 8653 / 16000

Tavenna Keeper 3 7100 / 7280

Iazhir Dragonman 3 5921 / 10240

Ranenno Forester-Bard 2 2309 / 3960

Domain

Vigilant Keep

Barony of 1 6-mile hex

Land value 5

Population: 86 families

Stronghold value: 60,000gp

Mercenary garrison (210gp / month):

• 10 light infantry

• 8 heavy infantry

• 6 bowmen

Alchemy lab at Vigilant Keep

• Value 4100gp

• Component stockpile 3380gp

Expeditionary Force

Fingol, Tavenna, Iazhir and Ranenno on riding mules

Renenno’s Wolf

Armored War Bear

Kilosz on Medium Warhorse with backup War Mule

Animal handler with 2 hunting dogs, 5 war dogs

Baggage train of 10 draft donkeys

Mercenary squad of 5 spearmen, 3 crossbowmen

Dark Age of Eracost Session 24

 From my perspective playing Fingol.

Party

• Baron Fingol Innes, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 5

• Kilosz the Cataphract, Fighter 3

• Tavenna, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 3

• Iazhir, Dragonman 2

• Ranenno, Navgarine Forester-Bard 2

• Saporobir Caan, Explorer 4

• Arananno, Navgarine Battlemage 1

• Ransolnan, Navgarine Battlemage 1

• Karmrakir, Tratkean Thief 4

• Nalin, Assassin 1

• Gregosz, Fighter 1

• Baron Gregoire, Paladin 4

Summary

Fallout from the death of Bartosz. Sapporo retires and is replaced by a new character, Frannoc. We return to Amtolosz with significant treasure. Preparation for the ambush on the Unpledged.

Recap

Oct 21, 427

Following the horrific death of Bartosz, the party was in disarray. Sapporobir, seemingly in a daze, took the body of his companion and stumbled from the cave.

After a quick conference between the others, Karmrakir took Nalin and Gregosz and followed after Sapporo. The battlemage brothers also followed, not having other orders from their leader, Sapporobir. Gregoire and Fingol went to the donkey train and took it back toward the cave, hoping to recover the gnoll teeth Tavenna had extracted, and store them safely in the metamphorae carried by the donkeys.

On the return trip to the cave, they ran into three lizardmen and quickly slew them, but did not pause to collect components, since they wanted to return to Karm and Sapporo as quickly as possible. Fingol thought Sapporo looked likely to do something rash.

Back at the camp, Sapporo began to leave by himself, heading back toward Amtolosz. Karm convinced him to delay an hour and travel with the party. Sapporo made it clear he wished to return Bartosz’s body to Amtolosz, not bury him in the wilderness.

Gregoire and Fingol returned with the donkey train, and it was decided to break camp immediately.

That evening, Iahzir approached Fingol and demanded that the lizardman scales be burnt as an offering of appeasement to the Wonder Sky. No one shared his pagan idea, but in order to appease the angry dragonman, Fingol gave him the scales in lieu of his share of the treasure and allowed him to burn the valuable components. Though he greatly regretted the loss of potion ingredients, Fingol considered it worth the cost to keep the powerful dragonman on their side.

Oct 22

Approaching Amtolosz, Sapporo dismissed his two battlemage henchmen, telling them that he had no further duties for them. Fingol gave them a share of the coin, and they left.

At the gates of Amtolosz, there was a brief argument between Karm and the town guards, who flatly refused to allow a giant spider and multiple war-bears into the town. Fingol agreed to keep his mercenaries and animal handler at a camp outside the town with the animals, and set Iahzir to command them.

Sapporo brought the body of Bartosz to the Church of Blessed Light, and Karmrakir informed Bartosz’s father. With the funeral set for the next day, Sapporo determined to sit in vigil over the body all night. Gregoire and Karmrakir worried for him since he was wounded and had not eaten since he left the cave. They badgered him to eat and rest until he left the church.

Oct 23

A town crier: “Duke Enodon returns from Zel Harakt!” Apparently he has brought back Tratkean soldiers, reminiscent of the ancient alliances of King Adacos. The crier also mentioned that the Talbruin tin mines were closed - a detail that sounds suspicious now that we suspect Ierocain fled to Talbruin.

The funeral was held. While the others watched the prayers, Sapporo slipped away.

After the funeral a navgarine approached Fingol and introduced himself. Frannoc, a self-described invisible broker of information, wished to join the company. Gregoire and Karm were suspicious, but Fingol was eager to trust a fellow countryman who wished to join the cause. He convinced them to admit Frannoc on a probationary basis.

Frannoc Dreiwan, 3rd level Navgarine Agent

Fingol took his leave, saying he was going to the market to sell goods from their recent expedition. First, he visited the Earl, wishing to ask about the earl’s intelligence agents, and for help setting up such things for his own barony. On the way, he witnessed the end of an argument between the Earl and a group of Paladin Protectors.

The earl was less than forthcoming on agents, but Fingol learned of the conflict between the paladin protectors and the earl over his treatment of the heaven-daughters. The paladin protectors kept heaven-daughters strictly confined. Earl Ilcarion claimed that his way honored the heaven daughters properly by allowing them to bless the town. Fingol suspected some kind of dark secret behind this, given Keeper Racisil’s apparent use of natural power to control the women. He kept his reservations quiet for now.

The party was now coming up to the time when they had arranged with the Earl to double-cross the Unpledged. The unpledged were to attack the earl’s new fortress along with the party, and slay the heaven-daughters. But the earl had been informed and was laying an ambush. This was to happen the night of Oct 24.

Fingol met with Captain Mitronisz, and established the plan, that Fingol would personally lead the unpledged into the fortress. Captain Mitronisz and his men would lie in wait on a balcony. Fingol would fly up to the balcony, and this would be the signal to rain down fire upon the unpledged.

Returning to the garden house inn, Fingol found that a full-blown brawl was going on. Gregoire and Karmrakir had gotten drunk and started fighting the local dragonmen. Wearied, Fingol walked away and sought another inn. The decision not to intervene would surely not come back to bite the party…

Strategic Overview

Experience

Reserve xp: 346

Fingol Keeper 5         17476 / 29120

Kilosz Fighter 3         8327 / 8000 advances to level 4

Tavenna          Keeper 3         6774 / 7280

Iazhir Dragonman 2 5595 / 5120 advances to level 3

Ranenno          Forester-Bard 2         1983 / 3960

Domain

Vigilant Keep

Barony of 1 6-mile hex

Land value 5

Population: 86 families

Stronghold value: 60,000gp

Mercenary garrison (210gp / month):

• 10 light infantry

• 8 heavy infantry

• 6 bowmen

Alchemy lab at Vigilant Keep

• Value 4100gp

• Component stockpile 3380gp

Expeditionary Force

Fingol, Tavenna, Iazhir and Ranenno on riding mules

Renenno’s Wolf

Armored War Bear

Kilosz on Medium Warhorse with backup War Mule

Animal handler with 2 hunting dogs, 5 war dogs

Baggage train of 9 draft donkeys

Mercenary squad of 5 spearmen, 3 crossbowmen

Finance

Pre session: 1947gp

Treasure share 1898gp

Total: 3845gp

Note, an 1898gp share is set aside for Sapporo

Spending:

15 st. of Metamphorae (75gp)

1 equipped draft donkey (24gp)

Post session: 3746gp

Dark Age of Eracost Session 23

From my perspective playing Fingol.

Party

• Baron Fingol Innes, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 5

• Kilosz the Cataphract, Fighter 3

• Tavenna, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 3

• Iazhir, Dragonman 2

• Ranenno, Forester-Bard 1

• Saporobir Caan, Explorer 4

• Bartosz, Fighter 2

• Arananno, Navgarine Battlemage 1

• Ransolnan, Navgarine Battlemage 1

• Karmrakir, Tratkean Thief 4

• Nalin, Assassin 1

• Gregosz, Fighter 1

• Baron Gregoire, Paladin 3

Recap

Oct 19, 427

Picking up mid-delve beneath the ancient Navgarine city of Blessed River, we were joined by Baron Gregoire.

Behind the blood altar, we discovered that a tunnel emerged outside into an old disused quarry. Identifying this as an easier access point to the dungeon, we left, returned to our war animals and brought the bears, and our best war dog - Esquire the Dragonslayer - into the cave with us.

An encounter with a small number of gnolls led to a chase. Fingol and Karm with their henchmen ran into a full warband. We prevailed in the fight but with a number of wounded including Fingol. Tavenna healed Kilosz and Iahzir who were the hardest hit, and we carried on. This room also contained a hastily constructed altar and a magical shield.

Across from this warband, Sapporo discovered a large root, apparently infected with the evil of Gadaszin. He tested burning it, but it showed no reaction.

We split up to clear out more area while Tavenna pulled gnoll teeth for alchemy and Fingol stood guard with his other henchmen. A viper, two giant bats and a foul attercop were dispatched easily, but our overconfidence came back to bite us when Sapporo and his henchmen ran into a scourge of giant carnivorous flies. The loyal warrior Bartosz was horribly slain, his entrails dissolved and devoured in a moment. This profoundly shook Sapporo, who openly questioned the party’s purpose in even being here.

Two more paths were identified, both leading deeper underground: a vertical shaft, and a low cliff over which the blood stream flowed.

The party agreed to pull out of the dungeon and attend to Bartosz’s funeral rites. Laden with loot, they must now consider a return to civilization.

Strategic Overview

Experience

Reserve xp: 346

Fingol Keeper 5         15372 / 29120

Kilosz Fighter 3         7275 / 8000

Tavenna         Keeper 3         5722 / 7280

Iazhir Dragonman 2 4543 / 5120

Ranenno         Forester-Bard 1 1983 / 1980 advances to level 2

Domain

Vigilant Keep

Barony of 1 6-mile hex

Land value 5

Population: 86 families

Stronghold value: 60,000gp

Mercenary garrison (210gp / month):

• 10 light infantry

• 8 heavy infantry

• 6 bowmen

Notes:

• Keep contains an alchemy lab worth 4100gp

Expeditionary Force

Fingol, Tavenna, Iazhir and Ranenno on riding mules

Renenno’s Wolf

Armored War Bear

Kilosz on Medium Warhorse with backup War Mule

Animal handler with 2 hunting dogs, 5 war dogs

Baggage train of 9 draft donkeys

Mercenary squad of 5 spearmen, 3 crossbowmen

Finance

Pre session: 1947gp

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