Underworld Adventurer

 The adventurers that gathered at the Drinking Crow were in a somber mood. Amu Iben was dead. His retainer Rex had made off with all of his worldly possessions. Father Bert has off preparing for Amu's final rites and burial. This is the state that a young green cleric of Danu named Armeen found the group. The acolyte was only now arriving in Orm on assign to take of the duties at the shrine founded by the deceased Rustam of the Twin Lakes. The very average cleric of Danu: Armeen The party was eager to introduce Armeen to the adventuring life. While they had plans to try to kill the Eye of Terror themself and other plans to poison his forces on Level 1, they were wearing of taking on both tasks without Father Bert. Joining them would be the mutant they saved on their delve, the gray-blue furred Agera who Crambo has taken under his wing as a retainer. The following group forgot a pair of dungoen terriers at the Burning Witch as the left towards the Iron Gate of the Rani discussing d...

 The last few weeks, a group of adventurers from the Burning Witch have been stockpiling supplies-food and drink. No one else quite sure why. After feeling like they had gathered enough, they decided to head out from the Burning Witch towards the ruins of Orm-Of-Old. No too long afterwards, they were seen in the lobby of the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun playing around with a pair of 'stalls" that have been sitting around for the last week or so. After depositing 3gp between the two machines, the party ended up with a bottle of a bubbly drink called 'Fizzy Fizz', a second bright green drink called 'Power Sip Bold' and a pair of cakes or buns packed together under a clear film of some sort. The strange writing on the packages were translated by GaWoosh. The gnome and Hate Pit were overheard saying that they were going to save their drinks for those "Lion-dudes". The following group was then spotted going further into the Athenaeum: GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome)...

Another week and another plan to defeat the Eye of Terror by the Dragon Slayers that frequent the Drinking Crow . The group decides to try to make good on their promises to the Brothers to slay the eye of terror. They party is one adventurer larger. The following group is seen grabbing a barrel of sleeping gas from Sweet Dreams' inventory on their way towards the beach and the Iron Gate: Amu Iben (Level 1 Half-Elf) Rex (Level 1 Ne'er-Do-Well retainers) Akash and Avani (a pair of dungeon terriers) Copra Kaan (Level 6 Vat Spawn) Crambo (Level 3 Magic-User) Axel (Level 0 Man-At-Arms) Father Bert (Level 2 Errant Friar) Chauncey (Level 0 Orphan hireling) Petra P (Level 2 Elf) Yeoman Klang (Level 2 Thief hireling) The group returned with the bodies of Amu Iben and Axel. Amu with a deep sword wound in a joint of his full plate while Axel run through with a spear. Also with them is a very hungry and very tired mutant with blue gray fur named Agera. Before Amu is even in the ground, Rex...

All the tales floating around the Burning Witch of a renaissance in delves into dungeon underworld known around the tavern as 'The Complex' had a trio of members of the Athenium of the Dying Sun  plotting a return to the adventuring life. While they had no deeper plan than once again tempting fate in exchange for adventure, their talk of harassing the Eye of Terror and their territory through the use of an elevator accessible through the Great Cavern inspired a four-armed Mutant Formerly (and Currently) Known As Krang to join them. The following party was seen heading north into the ruins of Orm-Of-Old and egress into the Great Cavern: Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 4 Thief retainer) Freedom (the sapient cat) Souz'awn (Level 1 Fighter hireling) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 5 Magic-User) Uscha (fey servitor) Ferris (Level 1 Living Harness hireling) Kiddo (Level 3 Magic-User) The Mutant FKA Krang (Fighting Mutant Level 1) Later in the week, members o...

The Dragon Slayers finally had their poison to use against the forces of the Eye of Terror. Petra P., though had doubts about how the rat poison was easily detected. The elf was much more interested the magical auras she was seeing thanks to a strange draft she downed while carousing along the Twilight Shores. She pushed for seeking out magical treasure over a poisoning of the alcohol the gnomes Tipsy Tom and Petunia provided to the Eye of Terrors guards. The rest a trio of Dragon Slayers were convinced. The following party were notated in the logs of the 111th Company entering through the Iron Gate following Petra's magically attuned lead: Amu Iben (Level 1 Half Elf) Rex (Level 1 Ne'er-Do-Well retainer) Copra Kaan (Level 6 Vat Spawn Antaur) Father Bert (Level 2 Errant Friar of Arisham the Judge) Petra P. (Level 2 Elf) Sunya Strong (Level 2 Fighter hireling) The party returned battered and bruised through the Iron Gate. They paid a 15gp tax to the Rani for three barrels of wine...

Here are the extended downtimes for characters controlled by Ben and Cullen. Ben- Phasmo and Lirazil Take Refugee in the Twilight Court In the comments to the original "What Have You Been Up To All This Time?" post , Ben presented the following scenario for the magic-user Phasmo and his retainer Lirazil: Phasmo and Lirazel spend the time in the Twilight Shores, where they are granted a temporary amnesty by Lady Blackmarsh despite Lirazel's heritage. In the Twilight Shores, Phasmo studies the urns and boxes from the Tomb of the Third Warden to master the ritual required to banish the Oloth El'gg Ssusson. While he is there he also draws on elvish lore to understand its nature better. Meanwhile, Lirazel haltingly, with stubborn hesitation at times, tries to establish some kind of connection with her kind. Mechanical effects: Phasmo learns the ritual to banish the Oloth El'gg Ssusson and learns something more about its nature. Failure: Lirazel offends the Court of Lad...

 The Dragon Slayers much of the week after the Summer Solace around a table at the Drinking Crow ruminating on their growing intelligence about the Eye of Terror while their newest member,  Amu Iben, spent time trying to track down some poison. With Amu needing more time to work his supply connects, the following party decided to return to the Complex is search of coin: Amu Iben (Level 1 Half-Elf) Rex (Level 1 Ne'er-Do-Well retainer) Copra Kaan (Level 5 Vat Spawn) Father Bert (Level 2 Errant Friar of Arisham the Judge) Petra P. (Level 2 Elf) Records show they paid 249gp, 2sp, and 2cp in taxes at the Iron Door. Among their number were a pair of gnomes, Flynn Little and Merry Havillin. The hill dwarves only part ways with the Dragon Slayers after they collected a share of proceeds of the treasure sales. Amu quickly broke off from the party to return to his acquisition of poison. Copra Kaan was seen sporting a new set of bull-like horns. The following note had found near the Drag...