Dark Age of Eracost Session 11

 Party

• Baron Fingol Innes, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 4

• Tavenna, Navgarine Keeper of the Stars 3

• Kilosz the Cataphract, Fighter 3

• Baron Gregoire, Paladin 3

• Saporobir Caan, Explorer 3

• Bartosz, Fighter 2

• “Lord” Kramrakir, Tratkean Thief 2

Recap

From my perspective, playing Fingol.

August 26, 427

After their swift and painless eradication of a nest of luminous beetles the day before, Fingol and Saporobir were eager to spend more time clearing the wilderness around Vigilant Keep.

Fingol’s fellow oligarch, Baron Gregoire, arrived after being delivered from the power of the cursed ring he found in the north. Fake-baron Kramrakir meanwhile, left to take care of some business in Amtolosz. Fingol took little notice, figuring it was no doubt some kind of slanderous self-aggrandizing nonsense.

In the afternoon, Sapporo spotted some hide tents. Getting closer, he found that the inhabitants were undead skeletons! The party dispatched the boneyard without issue, but the fight didn’t go as they expected. While Gregoire was able to turn the skeletons as expected, some of them also faltered as the fight began to go against them, and fled as if in fear. This went against everything Fingol thought he knew of undead.

Inspecting the tents, they found something very strange. On loose sheaves of paper was a crudely written testament of sorts.

We walked the Void, until we were torn away. Torn away by a dark power, wielded by a man. We fought against him, but he escaped, and we fled. Soon we will return to the Void, and find the Silver Fields.

It seemed that these skeletons were animated by souls taken from the Void (roughly purgatory) and remained self-aware, unlike other undead. The party decided to investigate, and Saporo set to tracking the skeletons back to where they came from.

August 27

After camping overnight, the party continued following the trail until it met the road north to Amtolosz. Here they crossed the path of a group of Tratkeans, who greeted the group aggressively. Upon hearing of the two Barons' rank, they demanded money. When Fingol warned them to back down with a display of Navgarine lightning, they showed no fear, but rather attacked, transforming into some kind of hounds.

These apparent lycans lacked the feared immunity to normal weapons, but they were quite sturdy. They may have overwhelmed the war dogs if not for a flanking attack by Gregoire’s hunting bear, and Kramrakir, who arrived from the north with uncanny timing. Fingol repaid the insults of the Tratkean leader by personally choking him with the violent wind control of his Navgarine Natural Power.

Strategic Overview

Experience

Reserve xp: 346

Fingol Keeper 4 10395 / 14560

Tavenna         Keeper 3 4114 / 7280

Kilosz Fighter 3 4811 / 8000

Domain

Vigilant Keep

Barony of 1 6-mile hex

Population: 0

Stronghold value: 60,000gp

Mercenary garrison (282gp / month):

• 10 light infantry

• 14 heavy infantry

• 6 bowmen

Notes:

• 1000gp has been invested in clearing farmland. Population should begin to grow at the end of August.

• Keep contains an alchemy lab worth 4100gp

Expeditionary Force

Fingol and Tavenna on Riding Mules

Kilosz on Medium Warhorse with backup War Mule

Animal handler with 2 hunting dogs, 5 war dogs

Baggage train of 7 draft donkeys

Mercenary squad of 3 crossbowmen