Underworld Adventurer

 Here is a drawing from my sketchbook of the quartet of Lunar Elves a party brought to the Burning Witch after Session #60 . While Kerdrim Sarya and her subordinates Taar Zandro and Kintiar Naevys currently stand vigilant over a portal to Lonar somewhere on Level 3 of the Complex, Kintiar Ruvan perished on the groups return to the Complex in Session #62.

  It has taken a year, but news of the wonders brought up from the underworld known to the adventurers in Orm as 'The Complex' have reached across the Cerulean Sea to the courts of the Holy-Empire-That-Is. Some speculate that it was through missives home by the now-deceased Sir Rolf Van Pattyn. Regardless of the rumors origins, they caught the interest of the Order of the Curopalate. In the months that the adventuring population of Orm have scattered themselves to the wind around Ur-Dun, a plenipotentiary from the Order has arrived in the City-State and have set up in one of the ruins closest to the settlement-proper. The visitor is reportedly Clavis, Duke of Far Anterra. The Duke, like all in his order, is a devotee to the Seven Archons of Law. He is interested in any relics related to the Church of Law or its Archons as well as exotic arms and items pertaining to the study of the heavenly bodies above. The bard Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier has gained the notice of Clavis with...

 It took a lot of labor but the treasure hunting quartet of Crannoc, Fancy, GaWoosh, and Phasmo were able to get out cart loads of treasure from the Tomb of the Third Warden. To recuperate from delve into the Tomb (here in Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 ), the group spent some downtime in Soot Hill where they stayed at the old Woosh Stead. Crannoc and Phasmo tried their hand at mushroom hunting in the nearby hills with mixed results. Fancy trained Phasmo's horse Cadmium to come when called with a special whistle. GaWoosh began to study the song written on the blade of his magical dagger with his father, PaWoosh. During this time, the party came into the company of a local druid named Hirsch who decided to join them in their travels south from Soothill. The group decided to travel by the old imperial road that runs through Sourwood Marsh to avoid possible run ins with the blood drinking raiders that plague the region's water ways. They quickly found out from the locals of Soot H...

It had been a long time since anyone had ventured into the Complex. With adventurers traveling out to the City-States of Kouz and Barbasso, heading north to Soot Hill, and to the Twilight Shores; there just weren't enough of them in Orm to mount another expedition. It wasn't until a group returned from the Twilight Shores, heavy with the news of Scamandros' death, that it changed. With Scamadnros' passing came the arrival of his cousin, the holy man Kasalkor. Adorned in animal skins and bearing a mark that identified him as Scamandros' heir, the cleric of Gmork was ready to take up his deceased relatives line of work. In the Burning Witch , he found a handful of idle adventurers ready form the following party: Betina (Level 4 Fighter) Murfy (Level 1 Magic-User hireling) Dogmouth (Level 3 Thief), deceased Merry Mako (Level 1 Fighter hireling) Kasalkor (Level 1 Cleric of the Gmork), deceased Chancy (Level 0 Orphan hireling) Frim Frimerson (Level 3 Fighter) The group r...

The following party stood gathered around a cavern hidden by a heavy gray curtain: Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 2 Thief retainer) Freedom (Sapient Cat) DT (dungeon terrier) Forrest (ghost hound) Smokey Proag (Level 2 Halfling Hireling) Palla (Level 0 Amazon Hireling) GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Uscha (Fey Servitor) Spike (war dog) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User) Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User) Lirazil (Level 1 Elf retainer) In the cave, six skeletons in dark robes occupied a ring of seats around a stained fire pit. One seat as open. Crannon found a rock of pink crystal in the robes of one of the deceased. He decided to take his place in the empty chain as he inhale the fumes from the heated crystals. He found himself drifting off to a strange real that mirrored the space the party was in. From here, the notes of GaWoosh's player concludes the underground delve... The party methodically hauled out the assorted treasures from the dungeon because using the...

 A quartet of adventurers, bound in a blood pact, lead the following party in exploring an underground tomb near the gnomish settle of Soot Hill in hopes of finding the treasure promised by a map they found : Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 2 Thief retainer) Freedom (Sapient Cat) DT (dungeon terrier) Forrest (ghost hound) Smokey Proag (Level 2 Halfling Hireling) Palla (Level 0 Amazon Hireling) GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Uscha (Fey Servitor) Spike (war dog) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User) Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User) Lirazil (Level 1 Elf retainer) Their previous parts of this exploration can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2. The group had just defeated some crawling abomination in a room with human-sized glass cylinders in it. As the retainer Lirazil wiped the gore from her magic war hammer, the group doubled back in the underground tunnel. They had wanted to take another peak at condensation that had built up on the wall behind a statue of the Archon o...

Last time , a quartet of adventurers based out of the Ormish tavern the Burning Witch  lead the following party north into the Gloaming Hills following a map to a hoard of treasure worth 18,000gp: Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 2 Thief retainer) Freedom (Sapient Cat) DT (dungeon terrier) Forrest (ghost hound) Smokey Proag (Level 2 Halfling Hireling) Palla (Level 0 Amazon Hireling) GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Uscha (Fey Servitor) Spike (war dog) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User) Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User) Lirazil (Level 1 Elf retainer) The party stopped by the gnome settlement Soot Hill to gather some intelligence before heading northeast to ancient monument. After traveling through a secret door, the group found an entrance into an underground complex buried under 10 ft. of gravel. Here is where the notes of the gnome GaWoosh's player Curtis pick up... To be continued...

The adventurers Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier, GaWoosh, Journeyman Crannoc, and Phasmo found a treasure map several sessions back . The quartet made a blood pact to pursue the reported 18,000gp on the itemized gnomic list together. Since then, there had been constant traffic between the Burning Witch, the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun, the stables of Orm, and the Hall of the 111th Company as the group worked towards launching an expedition to go on a treasure hunt. The follow group was joined by a team of pack animals and mercenaries on this quest: Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 2 Thief retainer) Freedom (Sapient Cat) DT (dungeon terrier) Forrest (ghost hound) Smokey Proag (Level 2 Halfling Hireling) Palla (Level 0 Amazon Hireling) GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Uscha (Fey Servitor) Spike (war dog) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User) Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User) Lirazil (Level 1 Elf retainer) I am going to let GaWoosh's player Curtis' notes from the session ta...

Fancy Jean Yves Beauvolier, GaWoosh, Journeyman Crannoc, and Phasmo had left Orm to travel north on business unknown to the rest of the regulars of the Burning Witch . While the imaginations of the tavern's adventuring regulars became possessed by wild hypothesizes about what the quartet were up to, events of recent months had been too large to be forgotten. Whether is was talk of the Wolves Den still being over run by the Rashers or talk of the Athenaeum's recently uncovered secret stair or the Eye of Terror's hold on Level 1 of the Complex; it seemed never before had Witch been filled passionate conversations centered around the Complex and its adventurers. A new party to Orm, the Illustrious Company of Khourau , even delivered news worthy of gossip at the Burning Witch . The group had been hired by GaWoosh (before he left town) to perform surveillance around the Well on the Complex's Level 1. Under the Gnome Hero's instructions, the Illustrious Company shared t...