Underworld Adventurer

 *Sessions 77 & 79 involved the Red Riders adventuring in the Black Pyramid and will be recapped when they return to Orm). "I doomed society for friendship." Bors the Bald The following session covered Bors the Bald traveling to the Twilight Shores with fellow patrons of the Drinking Crow. They aimed to strike a deal with the Eventide Queen to return Bors' comrade and Drinking Crow mascot Fredrick Featherstone back to living, breathing flesh years after being turned to stone by a monster from the Imperial Mother's holding pens. They made a very different deal instead. Here is the party from the session: Bex (Level 3 Vatspawn) Bors the Bald (Level 5 Dwarf) Sunya Strong (Level 4 Fighter hireling) Edouard 'The Human Grapping Hook' Thesz (Level 1 Grappling Berserker) Rumble Beerforged (Level 1 Dwarf) Here is what Bors wrote about the events in his journal (as provided by his player Shahnawaz): What have I done? Have I doomed the world? Or should I say have I h...

 Agera wanted to know what her employer's fellow adventurers had been up to. She had spent the week running errands for Crambo while he continued to develop his new spell in relative seclusion. At the Drinking Crow, the Child of Permoa found that Copra Kaan was still absent--offering his services to the 111th Company. Bludoon still toiled at the Last Meal . Armeen still focused on the Shrine of Danu. This, though, isn't to say that she didn't know any of the adventurers posted up at the tavern. She joined the victorious party from last week raised glasses to a job well done. They also drank to Petra P finding a way to stand out from her copy cat street performers through the incorporation of floating glass spheres into her act. The groups' cups were being kept full by an adoring shadowkin youth named Teela Rin. As thoughts turned towards future adventures, Bors Redbeard seized the moment to share a lead he had gained from the duelist Wolfgang over at the Burning Witch. ...

Characters and elements from the sessions drawn by Rob A. *Dm's Note* In an unusual bit of time keeping, these session take place before Sessions #96 &97. Due to a book keeping error, two NPCs involved in these two session were involved in the Against the Eye of Terror campaign and had to be on the surface when it was conducted. The tables of the Burning Witch were a buzz with talk of the Great Cavern. The kobold PakPak, the gnome GaWoosh, and the vat spawn Hate Pit had ventured there many times before. They pressed allies old and new to return with them on another delve. Their friend, the mush man Callimonte, longed to return home to the Mushroom Forest and they now the way to lead him home. When the pre-agreed upon hour came, only this trio arrived with there hired hands. The long-retired Sergio Crankersore found himself unable to pull himself form the stacks of the Athenaeum. Wolfgang's vat-created body lay dormant (while who knows what Wolfgang got up to down in the est...

 The following party was seen exiting the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun covered in dirt, leaves, and sweat transporting a bright pink-skinned naked being in a wheelbarrow: Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier (Level 6 Bard) GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 5 Magic-User) Wolfgang (Level 4 Duelist) As to what this group was up in the weeks since they went missing, curious souls will have to ask them directly. All that is known is that the group, especially Fancy, are very concerned about the missing Peaches, Freedom, and dogs from there delving party. Observant onlookers have taken note that Wolfgang is especially involved in the care of this indugent being in the wheelbarrow. The duelist may find their attentions spilt as his superiors at the Wolves Den are not too pleased with his multiweek absence at no notice. They claim it jeopardized fights for the Festival of Flowers. Write-ups, art, or maps submitted as play reports for the session earn 100 x PC Level XP. Let me know of ...

Kiddo's player Cullen shared this image during the session the Frieze of the Seven Archons was discovered. How could I not let the magnificence of its design override my more Greek-inspired conception of the wonder the party had discovered?   On a previous delve into the Great Cavern below the complex, a party of adventurers based out of the Burning Witch discovered a magnificent work of holy art: The Frieze of the Seven Archons of Law . One of the party members, Bludoon, was able to surmise from his observations from his time cooking for some dwarven construction teams that it would take a skilled construction team under the guidance of a seasoned engineer to pull off the transportation of the Frieze to the surface. Another of the group's number, the bard Fancy, met with his patron the Duke Clavis of Far Anterra  about sponsoring such an expedition upon the parry's return to Orm. It took Duke Clavis a but of time to assemble a crew for such an unusual project. It was dif...

In quite conversation, a quartet of adventurers discussed a return to the Great Cavern. Their fasciation with this vast section of 'The Complex' just continued to grow with each delve. Their mushroom friend, Callomonte, talked about seeking a "mushroom forest". The group settled on trying to aid their friend as they explored. They recruited a few of the residents of the Container to accompany them before heading off into Orm-of-Old. The following group was seen travelling in the direction of the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun: GaWoosh (Level 4 Gnome) Groove (Level 0 Vat Spawn hireling), deceased Hate Pit (Level 4 Vat Spawn) PaPak (Level 5 Kobold) Wolfgang (Level 4 Duelist) Party (Level 0 Vat Spawn hireling), deceased It was four weeks before there was any sign of the party. In that time, the ShopShop remained closed and his negotiations with the Dragon Slayers remained unfinished. Glow Pit was left on their own to navigate the growing protests outside the Container. The...

 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...

That the Burning Witch , the adventurers PakPak and Journeyman Crannoc were over heard swapping stories about recent delves into a mysterious "Great Cavern". The wild stories caught the interest of the gensai Exodi who thought it better to test himself in delves closer to the surface than get mixed-up with a party exploring this expansive but dangerous underworld. Were these conversations the prelude to an expedition to this cavern jungle that seems to unreal to be truth? One was not seen leaving from the Witch . Four days ago, the pair were seen as part of this group at the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun which surely did look like an adventuring party: Journeyman Crannoc (Level 5 Magic-User) Uscha (Fey Servitor) Ferris (Level 1 Living Harness hireling) PakPak (Level 5 Kobold) Phasmo (Level 4 Magic-User) Lirazil (Level 2 Elf retainer) Souz'awn (Level 1 Fighter hireling) That evening, the group was seen covered in grime and smelling of jungle rot yet without ever been seen lea...

 

**This recap took place before the Sacking of Orm Session 1**  Since Journeyman Crannoc returned to Orm from his adventures in the Gloaming Hills, he had been deep into research in the Athenaeum's stacks. Well, when he was not with his tutor Sharune studying a new spell that marked his ascendency to the 5th Rank in the Transcendental Congress of the Aureate Precepts known as 'Philosopher'. Crannoc's research turned the magic-user's attention to the 4th Level of 'The Complex' often refered to as the Great Cavern. He convinced the following party to join him on his explorations: Journeyman Crannoc (Level 5 Magic-User) Uscha (fey servitor) Spike (wardog) Yeoman Klang (Level 2 Thief hireling) PakPak (Level 5 Kobold) Smokey Proag (Level 3 Halfling hireling) Wolfgang (Level 3 Duelist) Ur-Kel (Level 2 Vat Spawn Knight hireling) The party returned over a day later lugging a crate with them. The hirelings Yeoman Klang and Smokey Proag went off to to celebrate another...

Update Map of the Great Cavern  The Riverborn Scamandros, fresh from a wild round of carousing along the Twilight Shores, returns to the mortal realm eager to revisit the Great Cavern last explored two fort nights ago. The Great Cavern being a vast unexplored area, it was not hard for the Magician to pull together a crew to join him. The following party was seen walking along the beach headed towards that peculiar patch of black grass:  Abraxis (Level 3 Fighting Mutant) Frim Frimerson (Level 2 Fighter) Hate Pit (Level 3 Vat Spawn) Journeyman Crannoc (Level 4 Magic-User) Scamandros (Level 4 Magic-User) Kiddo (Level 3 Magic-User) The party returned over a day later, exhausted and smelling like an odd combo of stagnate vegetation and fried food. They were carrying more strange arms and armor too large to fit members of the adventuring population of Orm. Currently, the party seems pretty mum about the details of their expedition though Frim Frimerson will tell anyone about how g...