Underworld Adventurer

Those close to Orm's adventuring community are often gossiping about where exactly these week long expeditions are disappearing. Such exotic items like the automated stalls vending a depleting supply of snacks and cool drinks have would-be profiteers wondering about where such treasures are to be found. It seems like the supplies are limited as new snacks have appeared not wrapped in the mysterious sleeves of the original offerings and some drinks varieties have run out with no replacement as of yet. These treasure-driven ponders are not the only topics the people of Orm are discussing. Here is what else folks are talking about: Orm is for the Ormens! A growing nativist sentiment in Orm is making it harder for the city-state's assorted dungeon refugees, time-lost freed prisoners, and marooned elves to forage a new life. The talk around the Burning Witch is that these troubles are tied to the anti-adventurer sentiment that has been fostered since the sacking of Orm. Others...

 A new of new faces, hungry for the gold and glory of adventure, wandered into the Burning Witch. They wandered up to a table of adventuring sorts and introduced themselves. A human woman with a sickly pallor to as "Maevra Lun " while a vat spawn with indigo skin and min green eyes identified herself as "Bex". They were offered up spots at the table and given a chance to weigh in on the tavern's gossip. A handful of Burning Witch regulars left three weeks ago for a place called the "Great Cavern" and have yet to return. A dwarven chef at table, Bludoon, claimed to have been in the aforementioned cavern. Any details beyond how dangerous the place is were left undivulged by the culinary artist as he quickly got lost in describing the collection of mushroom's he had acquired form a large, sentiment mushroom he had encountered in the vast wilderness of the Complex's fourth level. Another at the table, the cleric Dawg Dog, leaned in and in a hush vo...

 The Dragon Slayers had returned to their table at the Drinking Crow after a long absence. The adventurers claimed that for them, it had been not even a full day since their expedition into the territories of the elves. To the regulars at the Crow, it had been three weeks. Most of the group spent their time stewing over whatever misfortunes had befallen them in that missing time. Armeen, however, let his share of the parties' treasure haul flow freely as he traveled off to the Twilight Shores to caroused in celebration of the group's exploits in that fey realm. When Armeen and the retainer Agera returned to their fellow adventurers, a handful of the Dragon Slayers burned with the embers of purpose. The antaur Copra Kaan declared that the must return to the caverns of the Nightmare Court and obtain the Rillis Atamar Kerym . Whether this was to fulfill their quest for the Lunar Elves camped on Level 3 of 'The Complex' or if it was to meet his own loudly proclaimed desire...

 The Dragon Slayers had let word drift towards the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun that they were interested in a meeting of minds between them and one of the library's founders, Phasmo. The adventuring crew had a growing fascinations that aligned with the magic-users interests: experimenting with the water that flowed upwards in the Complex, a long simmering poison plot against the forces of the Eye of Terror, and the mystery of the strange mirrors beings haunting Level 3 of the Complex to name just a few.  While the Dragon Slayers awaited for Phasmo to make the next move, they turned their eye towards other concerns: Rillis Atamar Kerym and the Caduceus Staff. Armeen of the Two Rivers had approached ShopShop proprietor PakPak about the Caduceus Staff. The cleric left his conversation with PakPak with promise of future rates or price of purchase forthcoming. As for Rillis Atamar Kerym, the flaming sword was lost when the blade's last weilder, the duelist Wolfgang, was temporarily ...

 Talk around the The Burning Witch continued to buzz around the mysterious "Great Cavern". While its existence is a growing open secret among the adventuring community, how to access it remains more tightly controlled by those few determined to be in the know. A trio in the know- Journeyman Crannoc, Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier, and Kiddo- plotted a follow-up to their previous expedition along with a pair of lesser-experienced party members. The following party was seen heading in the direction of the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun: Bludoon (Level 1 Dwarf) Exodi Errai (Level 1 Fighting Gensai) a wardog Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 5 Bard) Peaches (Level 4 Thief) Freedom (sapient cat) DT (dungeon terrier) Ferris (Level 1 hireling) Journeyman Crannoc  (Level 5 Magic-User) Spike (wardog) Kiddo (Level 3 Magic-User) Late the next evening, the party returned covered in mud and smelling of vegetation rot. Here is a recapping of events provided by Fancy's player Josh: A bit of j...