Underworld Adventurer

  The Castora Cup designed by Castora's player Curtis Lorithk created by Curtis The first annual Castora Cup was held under the Hunter's Moon. Cast under the Bronze Dragon Galatea's smith, Kirathk, the trophy aims to honor the memory of Castora, the deceased Order member the tournament honors. To win the Castora Cup, each team was scored on speed, strength of the monsters battled, and the team's ability to work together towards their mutual survival. Any group bringing a torch, lantern, candle, or item with Continual Light cast on it are disqualified. Four teams, each with sponsors from the Impossible Fortress' court, competed.  The first place team wins 1000gp ea. and possession of the Castora Cup until the next Hunter's Moon. Second place wins 500gp ea. Third place takes home 100gp ea. Not all of the teams held to the five member average honoring the Dragons of the Order of the Dragon. Teams are given +500 bonus points for every member below five and -500 poin...

The Castora Cup as drawn by the deceased Castora's former player Curtis In little under two weeks time, the Order of the Dragon are going to hold the first ever Castora Cup. Teams that want to compete for the honor of winning the Cup and the 1000gp per party member purse must find sponsorship from members of the court of the Impossible Fortress. Here are members of the court that will back a team:

**This post is a continuing work in progress** In the shadow of the Impossible Keep, rests the settlement of Orm. The walled community rests where the Gloaming Hills meet Sourwood Marsh. Allowing no entry from the coast of the Cerulean Sea, Orm has commanded the marshland for Aeons. Once, durinng the peak of the Empire-That-Was, Orm possessed legendarily decadent gardens. Their ruins rest above New Orm along with crumbling remnants of structures from when the Cerulean Sea stood taller. This shell of a past grandeur, the Orm-of-Old, is visible throughout all points in the modern township and reminds its citizens that the greatest days of Orm have past. All know that the current ruler of Orm, the Rani, cannot accept this truth which is apparent to her subjects. Like many of the local petty rulership across Ur-Dan, she declares Orm a City-State. Ruling from the Impossible Keep, she commands a force of mounted knights and armored foot but rumor has it that she has not the coffers to fund 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. ...

A second full moon hangs over Orm this month. With it comes the latest news around Orm: The Black Pyramid Arrives!-- Orm's wastrels, mystics, and visionares report visions of an ethereal black pyramid when the late summer moon turned full. The profound feels of cosmic dread they all share marks one thing- the Black Pyramid now visits this realm. What exactly is the Black Pyramid, most cannot say. Beggar prophets share word of the Black Pyramid bringing increased chances of rare encounters into ones life. The Archwizard of the Transcendental Congress of Aureate Precepts has sent warning to seater holders in Orm to be cautious--signs point to profound risks being linked to this extraplanar structure. Castora Cup Announced -- The knightly Order of the Dragon is to host the first annual Castora Cup Challenge this Hunter's Moon. The contest will be held in an open air challenge dungeon constructed in the ruins of Orm-of-Old. Teams of five adventurers, each representing a virtue of ...

 The Rani, ruler of the Impossible Fortress and therefore leader of Orm, has no children. She has no consort, either. It is presumed among most of the court that one of the three young women she has taken in as her wards will be her heir. The history of these women, before they arrived into the Rani's care is a mystery thought best ignored. It is, however, widely believed that the three are siblings. The Wards are ranked one through three. While many assume it is tied to their different ages, these ranks more clearly are reflected in their level of responsibility within the dynamics of the Impossible Fortress.  The adventures around Orm are most familiar with the 3rd Ward. She served as a patron to the adventurer Dogmouth. She was known to have an interest in works of fiction, fashion, and the history of warfare. The 1st Ward of the Rani: Lyceia, the Lady Destina The 2nd Ward: Melinoe, the Lady Glamora The 3rd Ward: Trita, the Lady Valorius

A perigean full moon rose as the harvest moon above Ur-Dan. With it came the fall of an eye tyrant and magical new culinary delights along with the rest of the news around Orm.  The Eye of Terror defeated!- Four joint strikes executed by adventurers has seen the reign of the Eye of Terror come to an end. The first group in freed the Children of Peroma from the Eye collaborating leadership of Attuk and his right-hand ogre Zonk. A second saw a group press all the way down to the Pool of Life and slayed the Eye of Terror themself in battle. A third saw the crushing defeat of a pair of demons known as the Mariliths--allies of the Eye that ruled over the former cells of the Imperial Mother on Level 1. Midnight Maruaders Grizzly Battle for Life- Key to this plan was the hiring of the Midnight Marauders to deliver a barrel of Sweet Dreams to put the Eye's forces on Level 1 to sleep. The Marauders returned from their mission with Ferris the Living Harness badly damaged. Shelby the S...

 The streets of Orm are buzzing. The adventurers out of the Drinking Crow have slain another dragon and the Summer Solstice has arrived?!? Here are the items the adventuring community of Orm gabbing about along with the Solstice Events: The retainer Lirazel is spreading word around Orm that she and her employer, the magician Phasmo, are looking for adventurers interested in joining them in taking on the cause of defeating the Eye of Terror. While the pair desiring launch a longer-term campaign, in the short term they are looking to mount a raid seeking to depose the Eye-aligned shaman Attik from his position of leadership among the Children of Peroma . The Midnight Marauders have been reinstated. Surviving member of the adventuring company Souz'awn, is operating once again under their languishing charter once again. Other members bolstering their ranks include the Living Harness Ferris, former 111th Company member Many-Faced Gene, Shelby the Sibling Snail, and the Child of Peroma M...