Vaer, Endings 18th
Arrive late night at Kurtle
Still no word on the trackers looking for Caden survivors
Drommer, Endings 19th
Anton is done forging
We discuss our future plans
building an alliance could create more tension between cities
one may feel threatened
Building a ship and trying to get home doesn't seem like a plausible idea
Maybe sailing along the coast of this bountiful, new land would be more within our means
Marcellus wants to use the night sky and stars to try and determine our position relative to Caden
we will need a professional to do this
We decide to head to South Kort
look for a shipmaker and navigator
we'll have Jurgen guide us again
Galskap, Endings 21st
Arrive in South Kort
About the size of Waite
Lots of stonework
Jurgen will go in ahead of us
he got us a meeting with Spirit Guildmistress Sesha, priestess of Gorschon
A couple of guards escort us to our meeting
Sesha is pleased to see Anton worships Gorschon
There are not a lot of history books the city, for us to learn of the Folrein
This are is at the edge of the Haedrean empire, so not much Folrein activity here
here briefly then left to the NE
The Empire was very aggressive, and during their expanding they encountered the Folrein at the tower
They engaged them in combat and lost badly
This is the only instance, that Sesha knows, of the Folrein in this peninsula
Trifinian has been more aggressive since their new King
she has not heard of any impending war though
We go to the Inn that Sesha recommended to us
it clears out pretty quick
there's also a screaming old lady outside
going on about something that where ever we go there will be piles of gems and rivers of silver
the runes told her so
Coletrane ignores this insanity and goes into the Inn
the rest of the party shamelessly give her a platform for more of her rantings and have more runes read
We rest at the inn
Styrke, Endings 22nd
Our meeting with the council
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Wood Guild - Guildmaster Cerenog, Orc
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Iron Guild - Guildmistress Elashor, Gnoll
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Water Guild - Guildmaster Bitirmek, Orc
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Earth Guild - Guildmistress Gaelira, Orc
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Spirit Guild - Guildmistress Sesha, Hobgoblin
Rakak, bugbear head of watch, is there too
They are receptive to our alliance and a mutual beneficial partnership on the mine
They are also ok with us checking out the old city, abandoned 75 years ago
On the condition that we would assist them should Trifinian should ever attack
We agree on the basis that we do not want any conflict and prefer peace
but are willing to defend those against anyone that does not share this philosophy
We discuss the details of the mine
upon informing them of the undead we killed within, they appear concerned
We will accompany a survey team to the mines to appraise it's value
Rakak will come too
we depart later that day
Back to the mines
The haunt is still there, but Marcellus dispels it
he hears the haunt sigh, "bury us"
We should probably bury what remains of the miners
Rakak has only recently been dealing with undead
started appearing about a month ago or so
some miners and soldier skeletons, a few ghouls too
there's a forest across the river that has rumors of dark things happening there
At the secondary mine there appears to be more recent flowers now
Anton finds recent foot traffic in the area
Looks like more Boneminers and ghouls
we follow them, but after a while they scatter in 5 different directions.
we mark the area and go back to the mine
We bury the dead and hear a faint "Thank you"
Rakak and the engineers will go back to South Kort
the rest of us will stake out the area where the tracks split
A ghoul (19) attacks at night
we kill it
Veksle, Endings 23rd
Anton tracks the ghoul
came from same direction as the others. Dropped off a flower too
Rakak comes back, with 2 guards
he spoke to Sesha about the flowers.
She said that decaying flowers could be a symbol of Selleren, god of Corruption, Deceit, Seduction and Self-Sufficiency. A cult could be involved
We attempt to track these creatures again
the set we follow heads south, towards South Kort
leads to a small farmhouse outside of town
The old lady living there had a husband who recently passed
the body went missing
He never had anything to do with that mine