====== Campaign History ======
==== Early Years ====
=== Chronology ===
[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hxtBT3kg3wHx32ZUIUBUaewiWZnu7ill/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106856958548784508976&rtpof=true&sd=true|Timeline]] of the settlement and early construction of [[nexus_prime:start|Nexus Prime]].
Second version of early timeline from [[rod_halfking|Rod Halfking]]:
[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EWIY_6PzIKmIy9pig3sgVGImgDxX6fh9/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=106856958548784508976&rtpof=true&sd=true|Working Timeline]]
=== Overview ===
[[mica|Mica]], [[aragorn|Aragorn]], and [[bif|Bif]] go to Earth in the 1980's. [[mica|Dr. Wiley]] writes important physics papers, [[bif|Bif]] becomes a celebrity wrestler.
Dragon Mountain - dragon escapes
Spidermoon (The Needle) - the [[nak|Nak]] must flow!
Destabilization of Harn through excessive technology.
Collapse of Krynn, lost dragon war. [[takhisis_tiamat|Takhisis]]' ascendancy after Mica created a power vacuum by banishing Chemosh with a sphere of Annihilation. Chemosh can't return to Krynn for a hundred years, the undead armies all die. [[takhisis_tiamat|Takhisis]] intervenes on the part of at least one Death Knight (possibly [[lord_soth|Lord Soth]]?), making it human again.
The [[irda_tree|Irda Tree]], at that point the last standing tree of its forest, is rescued. [[seth|Seth]] turns it into a red haired half-elven lady who returns with [[party|the party]] to [[nexus_prime:start|Nexus Prime]].
Raistlan blows up the [[superbalas|Superbalas]]. It is raised again and used for the evacuation of Dragons and other Good survivors of Krynn to [[arda:start|Arda]].
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===== 2020 =====
- Paladin in Hell - party returns with many corrupt artifacts.
- Harmonica of Hell blown.
- [[mica|Mica]]2 turns grey.
- Gunslinger gives up on the [[party|The Party]].
- [[eltan|Eltán]] arrives in pocket plane.
- [[party|The Party]] goes to Freddy's castle.
- [[madoc_takeda|Madoc]] kills Freddy.
- Elder god awakes, drains magic, starts collapse of pocket plane.
- Mystery resurrection of Freddy.
- We flee the collapsing pocket plane.
- [[bif|Bif]] gets his curse removed, and gets a new body. Everyone now remembers [[bif|Bif]] as [[bif|Crom Thorson]].
- [[party|The Party]] detours through Asgard / Valhalla on the way home.
- [[mica|Mica "Wiley" of the Nine]] speaks with Hela in the great hall.
- [[Kane|Kane]] prays to [[church_of_aslan|Aslan]], many of our magic items are restored.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] fails to reform Freddy.
- [[bif|Crom]] Kills Freddy.
- [[mica|Mica]]2 goes [[tesla|Looking for Tesla]]
- With a party including:
- [[blayze|Blayze]]
- [[corriya|Corriya]]
- [[zalkad_of_mithras|Zalkad of Mithras]]
- [[terra_of_mithras|Terra of Mithras]]
- [[old_cud|Old Cud]]
- [[motubo|Motubo]]
- [[mica|Mica]]1 meets his daughter [[Murbella|Murbella of the Nine]].
- [[church_of_eru|Eru]] tells [[eltan|Eltán]] that Ar Pharazon and the Numenoreans have awoken, be ready! [[eltan|Eltán]] relays this to the [[party|The Party]], and founds the [[watc|W.A.T.C]] to fund building fleet strength through the creation of a merchant navy. Also begins the [[signal_company|Signal Network]], the [[fortification_initiative|Fortification Initiative]], the [[spellcaster_initiative|Spellcaster Recruitment and Training Initiative]], and other readiness projects.
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===== 2021 =====
- Intelligence gained re. [[cult_of_sauron|Cult of Sauron]] seeking the [[crucible_and_avatar_of_sauron|Crucible and Avatar of Sauron]]. The [[postmen|Imperial Dispatch]] and [[peacekeepers|Peacekeepers]] are tasked to get more information, to root out or at least compromise and infiltrate the [[cult_of_sauron|Cult]], and to find the [[crucible_and_avatar_of_sauron|Crucible and Avatar]] before they do.
- Representatives of the [[agency|Agency]] find us in [[arda:start|Arda]], invite us back to Earth to close a gate based on calculations from a paper written by [[mica|Dr. Wiley]] in the 1980's.
- [[party|Party]] goes to Earth.
- [[agency|Agency]] turns hostile, [[party|party]] escapes from Boston facility. [[party|Party]] recruits Pawn Store Owner, shops, and goes to Arkham. [[kane|Kane]] gets a fedora.
- [[party|Party]] Recruits Physicist specializing in time travel, one [[dr_mallett|Dr. Mallett]], forgets him in van at Miskatonic with Pawn Store Owner, [[madoc_takeda|Samurai Archer]] and hookers.
- [[party|Party]] meets Miskatonic Librarian, recruits his apprentice.
- [[mica|Mica]] learns Volcano Magic.
- [[party|Party]] goes to NY, looks for Dr. Strange, erases the existing sigil and leaves [[mica|Mica]]'s wizard mark as a calling card at his address (177A Bleeker Street, on the corner of Fenno Place in the heart of Greenwich Village).
- [[party|Party]] Recruits Goth Girl L1 MU with no spells.
- [[party|Party]] attacked by [[agency|Agency]] personnel at Goth Girl's apartment.
- [[bif|Bif]] knocks out both agents, and [[mica|Mica]] mind-wipes them, leaving them hyper-paranoid about the [[agency|agency]] backup personnel who are en route, and heavily armed. Probably didn't end well.
- [[party|Party]] goes to Maine, implodes the gate, and is thrown into the [[hyborean_age|Hyborean Age]].
- [[bif|Bif]] smites the invading army of apemen, and [[mica|Mica]] smites the wizard apprentice who leads them.
- Goth Girl survives implosion, Librarian's Apprentice dies, but [[eltan|Eltán]] raises dead and heals him.
- [[party|Party]] sent to [[druggie|druggie wizard]] by survivors, get alchemical preparations for time magic, take him with us.
- [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]] gives party toad that makes red astral / ethereal seeing powder.
- [[party|The Party]] discovers a succubus has been following [[bif|Crom Thorson, Count Volsung]]; [[kane|Doq'tor S. Kane]] banishes it.
- [[bif|Crom Thorson]] kidnaps a monkey man from the nearby city.
- [[mica|Mica]] wishes we knew where the evil book that the [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]] is ranting about is.
- [[party|Party]] finds [[mithra_trees|LG tree aligned with Mithra]] shielding Iron Book of Skelos.
- [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]] falls into chaotic temporal stasis after forseeing distant doom.
- [[party|The Party]] contemplates how many evil artifacts we are guarding and the [[mithra_trees|tree]] produces acorns for us.
- [[mica|Mica]] and [[kane|Kane]] find [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]]'s book of time magic, use time magic to open it, [[mica|Mica]] learns time magic.
- [[kane|Doq'tor S. Kane]] shelters the glowing temporal stasis patch around [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]] with a stone hut / dome
- [[eltan|Eltán]] Talks to the [[mithra_trees|tree]], ineffectively.
- [[kane|Kane]] gets a good Augury from [[church_of_aslan|Aslan]] about moving the [[mithra_trees|tree]].
- [[eltan|Eltán]] Apologizes to the [[mithra_trees|tree]], tells it we are taking it somewhere safe where it can protect the book.
- [[kane|Kane]] de-ages the tree while [[mica|Mica]] uses a ring of plant control to keep the roots wrapped around the book.
- As the [[mithra_trees|tree]] gets down to the age of 600 years, in the morning of the third day, a face appears in gathering clouds, yellow sheep appear at the far end of the meadow, flying monkeys gather nearby, and rats attack the party.
- [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S92kJV6sK1F70PDxLDR1GG9ZAVs5FHP9/view?usp=sharing|Map]]
- [[bif|Crom Thorson, Count Volsung]] has a plan, which works brilliantly! (10/17/21)
- We give the librarian's apprentice and the goth girl guns
- They and the Monkey Man that [[bif|Crom]] kidnapped watch [[mica|Mica]] and [[kane|Kane]]'s back
- [[eltan|Eltán]] charges the rats with flaming sword and autoshotgun. The rats being undead, [[eltan|Eltán]]'s armor glows blue and starts melting them faster than he can shoot or smite. [[eltan|Eltán]] springs back and forth (springing and striding) melting rats and occasionally shooting one.
- [[bif|Crom]] takes a three step takeoff and flys to engage the monkeys.
- Monkeys throw jars, monkeys throw poo, they miss [[bif|Crom]]. [[bif|Crom]] makes a thunderclap, knocking many monkeys out of the air.
- The jars that the monkeys were carrying break open as they land releasing black protoplasm which crawls toward the [[mithra_trees|tree]] and gathers in bigger chunks. One dying monkey manages to break his jar close to the [[mithra_trees|tree]].
- [[kane|Kane]] opens a portal in front of the small chunk of crawly black stuff, teleporting it hundreds of miles away.
- Other blobs keep coagulating into bigger chunks.
- [[bif|Crom]], being up in the air, is the first to see a giant (60') grasshopper approaching from some miles away.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] falls back, still melting rats, and unleashes a cone of cold from his dragon amulet, which does nothing the the crawly black blobs.
- [[mica|Mica]] raises a dome of force, which the black stuff starts piling up on.
- [[bif|Crom]] smites more flying monkeys.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] raises a wall of fire from his Armor of Brilliance, which does deter the black oozing protoplasm.
- Unexpectedly, a Sumerian looking wizard in a black robe on a flying carpet flies in through portal.
- He and [[bif|Crom]] look at eachother
- He points toward [[mithra_trees|tree]], and summons 6 giant skeletons with hearts of fire before flying right back through his portal and bailing.
- The skeletons charge the [[mithra_trees|tree]] on the same side as the rats, opposite the blob piling up on the dome of force.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] and [[kane|Kane]] raise their holy symbols and turn undead, reducing the skeletons to dust. The fire from their centers explodes on the outside of the dome of force.
- [[bif|Crom]] takes off after the grasshopper, flying elegantly.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] changes drums on the autoshotgun, and sets out springing along the ground behind [[bif|Crom]] to back him up.
- Black pudding nearly covers the dome.
- [[bif|Crom]] discovers that the giant grasshopper has unusual riders:
- A giant white ape
- A very large dark ape
- And riding the large ape, a woman, with a skull helmet, a rod with a monkey paw, a belt with eagle skulls, and a lot of exposed skin covered in tatoos and ritual tribal scarring.
- [[bif|Crom]] casts animal friendship on the ape, but the ape is above animal intelligence and shrugs it off.
- The giant ape throws a huge spear at [[bif|Crom]], but misses.
- [[bif|Crom]] throws his hammer at the grasshopper, cracking it's carapace and staggering it.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] leaps in and chops the joint on it's foreleg with his flaming sword, slowing it further.
- The black pudding, hungry, leaves the frustration of the dome of force, breaks up into smaller chunks and goes looking for meals.
- The giant ape throws another spear at [[bif|Crom]], but misses
- The woman in the skull helmet throws a pair of magic missiles at [[bif|Crom]], giving him a small blister.
- [[bif|Crom]] lands on the grasshopper and smites it with a flurry of blows from his hammer, nearly slaying it.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] tries to empty the autoshotgun into the grasshopper's belly, but it jams after one slug.
- The apes flee from the grasshopper's back, the smaller ape still carrying the woman.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] yells "Behave!" after them; [[bif|Crom]] pursues.
- [[bif|Crom]] strikes down the giant white ape from behind, with considerable splatter.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] chops off the leg of the smaller ape carrying the woman.
- The woman tumbles awkwardly to her feet, and [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] realize that she is very pregnant. She throws a spider at [[bif|Crom]], missing, but the spider grows and comes back after him.
- [[bif|Crom]] kills the spider.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] casts remorse, clapping his hand to the woman's forehead and shouting "Behave!"
- The woman repents, and tries to slink away.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] casts tongues and tells her to quit slinking, stand still and let him heal her before she harms her baby; gives her a lecture on prenatal safety (Including not riding giant grasshoppers around and hitting people). He heals her.
- [[bif|Crom]], in disgust, goes to finish off the grasshopper and as many of the flying monkeys as he can catch.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] takes away the monkey paw, and takes her to talk to the smart people ([[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]]). He tries to give them the monkey paw. She tells them that her master, apparently the giant ape, heard the book calling and led them to get it. She lived with her master, and has nowhere to go. Everyone tries to pass responsibility to someone else, [[bif|Crom]] by telling [[eltan|Eltán]] to kill her, and [[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]] by telling her to follow [[eltan|Eltán]].
- A small piece of black pudding tries to eat [[eltan|Eltán]], but misses; he burns it with hand fulls of fire from the Armor of Brilliance. Most of the black pudding is eating the grasshopper.
- The [[mithra_trees|tree]] is shrunk to where we can see the book peeking out from between the roots. Everyone notices that it is whispering in our heads. [[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]] start re-aging the tree as a Bonsai, trying to wrap the roots all the way around the book and cover it up completely, but the [[mithra_trees|tree]] will not Bonsai appropriately and the book keeps whispering.
- [[eltan|Eltán]] forages behind a rock, finds a nice cushion and a pot of tea, serves those interested. He makes sure that the woman doesn't have any more dangerous things, stacks them neatly together, sits on the cushion, drinks tea, and watches over [[kane|Kane]], [[mica|Mica]], the woman, the Librarian's apprentice, the goth girl, the monkey man Bif kidnapped, the Druggie Wizard, and the pile of potentially evil potentially magic things till someone has time to deal with them (monkey paw rod, skull helmet, belt of eagle skulls, ?source of spiders?, ...?)
- [[bif|Crom]] keeps killing monkeys
- The Monkey Priestess tells [[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]] that her master referred to the Sumerian wizard as a great evil.
- [[bif|Crom]] returns from killing monkeys
- [[mica|Mica]] pronounces sentence on the Monkey Priestess, and [[bif|Crom]] executes her.
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===== 2022 =====
* [[bif|Crom]] cautiously investigates and takes pile of monkey lady's items
* [[bif|Crom]] passes verdict and executes the kidnapped apeman
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===== 2023 =====
* [[blendin_blandin|Blendin Blandin]], a time wizard, appears, peacefully, and complains that the [[druggie|Druggie Wizard]] has created a time anchor; puts him in a flask, and warns that his compounds are dangerous and addictive
* [[bif|Crom]] spots a magical storm approaching, and the [[mithra_trees|Mithra Tree]] roots start to crack
* Blendin stops local time; he, [[mica|Mica]], and [[kane|Kane]] coordinate gates and time portals (with a gem of [[bif|Crom]]'s) to return us to our departure time/point in Arda
* [[eltan|Eltán]] maintains a 10'r protection from evil so that nothing sneaks through
* Various technology items are put into bags of holding or absorbed by polymorph to prevent their disintegration
* With the assistance of [[druid_circle|druids]], the [[mithra_trees|Mithra Tree]] is re-aged and planted
* possibly as part of a grove with other evil artifacts protected by [[mithra_trees|trees]] grown from acorns?
* possibly in Area 51 on [[monster_island|Monster Island]]?
* Early Spring to Early Autumn pass
* Rumors of trouble to North, non-specific
* Strange evil symbol tattooed on human skin couriered to Nexus Prime
* Searching for references to symbol, [[bishop_datlat|Bishop Datlat]] and clerks find references to Bloodstone as trading commodity mined in pass to North in Ered Ormal range
* [[watc|WATC]] builds class C trading post in Belfaux
* Baron Tranth (& daughter Lady Christine), with Town of Belfaux and Village of Sofular prepare to join Free Imperia
* Imperial party prepares to visit Belfaux for Tranth's investment as Imperial Baron
* [[peacekeepers|Peacekeepers]], possibly other intelligence services, spread through Barony Tranth ostensibly studying how best to assist in growth, doing good works
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==== 2023 Belfaux (2/26 earth, Early September Arda) ====
* The [[party|Imperial Party]] enters Belfaux mildly disguised as commoners
* Rain starts, continues two days, then freezes, damaging crops
* Grand Druid [[gabrielle_harn|Gabrielle Harn]] summoned, folded in by [[kane|Kane]]
* confirms weather as natural, but interrupts bad weather, brings sun (maximized by [[kane|Kane]])
* [[kane|Kane]] distributes 'Aslan's Sun Ray'
* Extra food shipments signaled for and arrive
* Wolf Winter rumors start
* We hear that Aldric, Priest of Bahamut is sick
* Visit Aldric, discover that he is a vampire
* Leave [[bif|Crom Thorson, Count Volsung]] on guard
* Detect evil / undead around town
* Find Lady Christine, place surreptitious guards
* Check [[watc|West Arda Trading Company]] Trading Post & Ambassador staff
* Start ritual to embed Protection from Evil on Tree (140'R) - led by Madrigan Mintsilver
* Call [[peacekeepers|Peacekeepers]] in who can make it before dark, send out quiet vampire alerts, set patrols
* [[eltan|Eltán]] charms the Lady Christine into coming to the safe zone at the Trading Post
* [[party|The Party]], apart from [[bif|Crom]], accompanies them to the Ritual at the Trading Post
* It gets dark
* Full Moon rises
* Late at night a swarm of rats moves into a shed behind Aldric's Temple
* [[bif|Crom]] Investigates
* Two Wargs break out of another shed, having apparently eaten the family there
* Party starts running, leaving Lady Christine under heavy guard
* People scream, begin to gather
* [[bif|Crom]] shoots Wargs
* Wargs kill somebody
* [[bif|Crom]] jumps down
* Wargs kill people
* [[bif|Crom]] kills wargs
* Three More wargs come
* [[bif|Crom]] kills wargs
* [[kane|Kane]] folds The [[party|Party]] in
* Crowd control organized as the local Watch and patrolling Peacekeepers arrive
* [[eltan|Eltán]] uses a holy molitov to make a flaming ring, chases rats out of other shed
* Party kicks their way into temple in time to see
* Gasseous form Vampire disappear down tunnel under altar
* Shrine with symbols all around [[kane|Doq'tor S. Kane]] recognizes as 'of Orca', simple versions of the tattoo we were sent
* [[party|Party]] Pursues through tunnel to empty graveyard, searches
* returns split between overland and through tunnel
* [[bif|Crom]] finds treasure (rod, ring, bag?) in altar
* Crowd control moves people further back
* Corpses are moved into corrupted church
* Annointed with Holy Oil
* Aragaorn casts Fireball and affect fires to burn church completely and hot
* Stands close by basking in the flames
* Baron Tranth and Lady Christine arrive
* [[eltan|Thalion Paurgiliath Arch Duke of Eltán]] Introduces himself, putting away flaming sword
* Briefs them, openly
* Schedules Brunch meeting to introduce others, described as important people
* Gets permission to augment town guard, sends signal to bring in the rest of the 600ish [[peacekeepers|Peacekeepers]] in the area, forced march keeping together
* Issues anti-vampire equipment from stores at Trading Post
* Garlic
* Holy Water
* Holy Oil
* Stakes
* Torches
* Wolfsbane Oil - Salve
* Sets low level clerics to replenishing stores - Alter Liquid, etc, import more if nec.
* Sets up guards for Baron Tranth and Lady Christine including at least 1 paladin for each of appropriate gender who can detect evil at their doorways through the night and lead the rest in if there is a problem
* Sets heavy guards for town streets
* [[church_of_eru|Church of Eru Ilùvatar]] distributes Sunrise spells, particularly to Baron, daughter, guards, guard commanders in patrols
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==== 3/5/23 Earth ====
* [[eltan|Eltán]] has memory loss
* All his equipment except armor, weapons & clothing is gone
* Much of his magic seems different & more limited
* He can't remember or find his bonded mount, but knows he has one
* Thinks he helped with a successful breech delivery, but can't remember what horse or even which lines it was in. Mare and filly were healed and well.
* Methods of cleanliness, sleep/reverie, food, drink, and pockets are completely forgotten, but no longer happen; confusion results. Lance, arrows, and holy oil making are forgotten, and the physical results are gone. He requisitions a heavy lance and saddle, as a security blanket.
* [[party|The Party]] searches the ashes of Aldric's temple, discovers that the coffin was covered in lead
* [[mica|Mica]] and [[kane|Kane]] take soil samples from the coffin
* [[bif|Crom]] closes off the tunnel to the graveyard.
* [[peacekeepers|Peacekeepers]] deploy in double watchpost/stable in center, 4 lone trees in corners of Belfaux, distribute food, encourage villagers to take shelter at the trading post, or at least remain in large groups. They patrol aggressively, keeping squads of 10 as a minimum unit size.
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* [[eltan|Eltán]] sends signals for Imperial escort & squadron for [[aragorn|Emperor]]'s big day
* Also extra anti-vamp/wolf issue kits
* Also deploys WATCH with [[vinerunners|Vinerunners]] to Heb Aaraan
* [[flame_imperishable_news|The Flame Imperishable]] headlines "Wolf Winters: Natural Cycles or Work of the Enemy"
* Nice piece about the [[watc|WATC]] and temples sending food and assistance
* Send an Imperial Beat reporter
* Magical blizzard rolls in, [[gabrielle_harn|Gabrielle Harn]] abates the snow in 4mix4mi
* Warg tracks lead toward old mine from cemetery
* [[bif|Bif]], [[kane|Kane]] and [[aragorn|Aragorn]] make excuses to avoid the Baronial Brunch
* [[eltan|Eltán]] truesight scans the Baron's companions
* [[mica|Mica]] shows the Baron his soil sample, asks about experts
* Baron Tranth shows party a Bloodstone, suggests they postpone the ceremony till after problems are resolved
* Suggests they find local dwarves to talk with
* about the mine
* about the soil sample
* [[mica|Mica]] loans [[eltan|Eltán]] a ring of flying, and [[kane|Kane]] casts free action on him; rest of [[party|Party]] dons boots of north, snow walking gear
* [[party|Party]] heads toward mine next morning
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] spots avalanche danger
* [[party|Party]] tries to sneak through
* Ambushed by snow worm
* It causes avalanche
* [[bif|Bif]] throws hammer at it, clobbers it, causes bigger avalanche, burying the Snow Worm
* [[eltan|Eltán]] battered by avalanche
* Ambushed by 10 Werewargs - waiting for us?
* [[bif|Bif]] kills 6, [[aragorn|Aragorn]] kills 3, [[eltan|Eltán]] kills 1, gets chewed on
* [[mica|Mica]] takes lycanthrope samples
* [[party|Party]] burns the bodies
* [[party|Party]] stays the night in Mica's fortress
* [[kane|Kane]] produces food
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] gathers pinecones, considers eating them.
* [[eltan|Eltán]] heals, sleepwalks with saddle, gets clean, makes pine needle tea for breakfast
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==== 3/19/23 Game ====
* Wolf tracks outside the fortress in the morning
* Press on, reach a fork
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* Follow left fork, find slaughtered wargs at
* Hill Dwarven enclave of Orothiar
* 500+, used to be 3x as many in mine
* Friendly, isolated shepherds
* Tokan - Chieftain
* Gaelin - Guard Commander
* Glorlo - Chief Cleric
* Eru
* Different names/practices
* Says everything in chant
* Used to live in mine
* Give us description of mine
* 3 entrances, all in sight of eachother
* Too big to explore in 1 day
* Mica's grave dirt sample comes from there
* Adventurers went in, never came out
* Worked with deep gnomes
* lost contact
* Dug too deep, quicksilver seeped in
* Formed lake
* Brought evil presence, drove some mad with fear
* Dark dwarves tunneled in from other mines
* Worked quicksilver
* Drove out the Orothiar
* Goat clerics
* Increased warg presence last few months
* Greatly increased last week or so
* Signal for ship
* Introduce Madrigan Mintsilver, dwarves of Free Imperia
* Bring in relief supplies
* Bring in anti wolf/vamp kits
* Spend night
* Work with security
* Meet brown bears
* Meet the clan, talk
* Head for mine in morning
* Blocked by 10 wargs
* Bif in point, Aragorn protecting casters, Eltán flying above and behind, flaming sword and shield out
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==== 3/26/23 Game ====
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] fight the ten wargs
* these look similar, but take more punishment than the last batch
* the wargs stay focused on the fighters in front
* they still die
* Proceeding for another hour, the [[party|Party]] reaches the three mine entrances
* Warg tracks come and go from all three
* Tailings and rubble make an uneven terrain, but no ambush lurks
* [[kane|Kane]] picks the leftmost tunnel to enter first.
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* Two forks lead to the right, but are nearly blocked by cave-ins
* [[bif|Crom]] further collapses the first
* No-one dies
* Through a Secret Door at a curve near the end, the [[party|Party]] discovers a dozen Stone Giants in two rooms connected by a hallway
* Giants play bowling for adventurers
* [[bif|Crom]], [[eltan|Eltán]], and [[aragorn|Aragorn]] try to fend off stiff boulder bowling on a hard turf, with some success, while charging the mound
* [[eltan|Eltán]] eats a boulder
* [[kane|Kane]]'s Staff turns one hard bowled boulder that sneaks through, making him a decidedly sticky wicket
* Giants die of highly natural causes, like [[bif|Crom]]
* The giants have a huge chest
* [[bif|Crom]] finds the key
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] move the slab lid
* Chest contains:
* 2,000pp
* 4,500ep
* 8,000gp
* 12,000sp
* Two giant sized potions, each containing at least 10 normal doses
* Loot added to portable hole
* [[eltan|Eltán]] uses 9 Cure Light Wounds from the Amulet of the Dragon to patch up [[bif|Crom]] and himself
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==== 4/2/23 game ====
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* Party explores second entrance, discovers connection to third
* Most warg tracks seem to enter and leave here from outside, not going deeper
* investigating or receiving instructions?
* Fork to right leads to vertical shaft upwards
* decayed elevator apparatus
* narrow stairway
* tunnel at top is completely choked by webs
* [[bif|Bif]] crawls through to scout, then [[kane|Kane]] casts Passwall on a cave-in to get deeper into the mine
* Room with large pool
* Strong whirlpool current
* golden light seems to be at bottom
* more than 100' deep ([[eltan|Eltán]] does a sounding)
* Good fresh water ([[kane|Kane]] tests)
* Back the other way,
* [[bif|Bif]] crawls through a cave-in and finds a dead end
* [[bif|Bif]] tries crawling through another cave-in, but it falls in
* He avoids harm, but is separated from the party at a downwards shaft
* [[eltan|Eltán]] starts digging, but stops when Amulet of the Dragon warns of ambush (glows blue)
* Warns party through mind-link
* Form Flaming Sword!
* Umberhulks burrow into both halves, and attack
* Umberhulks are both large and CE
* They totally deserved it (133HP!)
* Umberhulk tunnels connect around the cave-in
* **__We need to search for a lair on the way out!__**
* Party goes down the downward shaft
* [[eltan|Eltán]] on rusty rungs set in the wall
* [[bif|Bif]] majestically hovering
* [[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]] Featherfall
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] - ?Hummingbird?
* 20' drop into large chamber with
* Dwarven construction, unlike the shoddy work above
* Two exits
* Two statues
* Which set off the ambush warning
* [[eltan|Eltán]] pauses above chamber
* Offers to catch Featherfall-ing casters
* 2 Iron Golems
* Shaped like giant Dueregar
* Which start moving when [[bif|Bif]] lands
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==== 4/23/23 Game ====
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] smash the golems, but a fireball trap heals them
* Fortunately the Fireproofings from [[aragorn|Aragorn]] are up to date
* The golems are smashed more thoroughly
* [[kane|Doq'tor S. Kane]] dispels the fireball trap
* {{:image_2023_04_23t15_56_38_197z-1.png?direct&400|}}
* Exploring the Dueregar tunnels, the [[party|Party]] encounters guards, who bang an alarm on a gong
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] slaughter about 100 Dueregar, who refuse to surrender, more afraid of what lurks below
* Unworked pile of Bloodstone is found while searching the sleeping area
* Exploring the round tunnels leads to an incubator with three warm boulder-sized eggs dripping acid, several water crossings, and an Elevator room with a bell.
* The [[party|party]] flies and featherfalls down the elevator shaft
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* Rounding the corner at the bottom leads to a large chamber with five demons guarding a stairway. Two women and two deep gnomes are chained to the walls.
* Five more demons gate in.
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==== 7/1/23 Game ====
* The Balor Demands the key to the Demon Wing ship
* The other demons and [[bif|Crom]] and [[aragorn|Aragorn]] charge each other
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] goes into a frenzy, attacking six times a round
* More demons keep gating in
* Every time demons gate in, the red light from the torches gets brighter
* Every time a demon gets killed a torch goes out
* [[eltan|Eltán]] defends [[kane|Kane]] and [[mica|Mica]]
* The Balor continues to demand the key
* When all torches go out, the remaining demons disappear/gate away
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] passes out
* The ladies chained to the wall turn out to be Succubi, and flee when [[eltan|Eltán]] chides them
* The gnomes, rescued and healed, tell us we should come meet with their king
* Their story lines up with that of the Dwarves of Orothiar, except that they think that the Dwarves abandoned them, and they are pissed
* The path through to their people is occupied and patrolled by the Dueregar
* Gnomes look at and are overwhelmed by the Symbol of Despair carved over the far door - hopeless gnomes, but only for about half an hour
* [[bif|Crom]] wants to rest here, instead of retreating and returning
==== 7/29/23 Game ====
* [[mica|Mica]] gets tired of planning, yells "Leroy Jenkins", dispels the symbol of despair, and heads down the stairs
* The party follows
* The stairs lead down and go on for miles, emerging on a ledge beneath the top of a waterfall
* The ledge opens over a gigantic cavern with a mushroom farm
* Probably run with slave labor
* The ledge proceeds in both directions, but seems to lead downward to the left
* The gnomes say that we need to cross the cavern to continue towards their people and king
==== 8/5/23 Game ====
* {{:deepcomposite.png?400|}}
* After some planning
* [[eltan|Eltán]] casts silence 15'r on small rock, carries gnomes
* [[party|Party]] flies across the ceiling, getting a view of the cavern's salient features
* Huge lake
* Large irregular pillars supporting ceiling at diagonal crosshatch
* Cages of beasts and probably slaves at 3's
* Encampments of tens of thousands of Dueregar at 7's
* Dueregar cliff dwellings at 4's
* Mushroom farms at 2's
* Temple shaped like Orcus' head with flaming eyes at 5
* Large defensive formations of Dueregar at 8 and Southern tunnel
* 40 Dueregar with fluglehorn guarding smaller tunnel at 9 (start of red arrow)
* Using mindlink to coordinate
* [[mica|Mica]] and [[aragorn|Aragorn]] take position near yellow dot
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] take position near 9, release gnomes nearby
* [[mica|Mica]] casts a double strength/duration Brilliance at yellow dot, largely stunning Dueregar across the entire cavern
* [[eltan|Eltán]] drops into the middle of the group of 40 Dueregar, with rock of silence, and chops off the mouthpiece of the fluglehorn
* [[bif|Crom]] drops behind the 40 Dueregar and attacks from behind
* [[mica|Mica]] and [[aragorn|Aragorn]] rejoin via teleport
* 40 Dueregar are quickly and silently slaughtered
* The last fleeing right into [[bif|Crom]], and dying
* [[party|Party]] proceeds along red-arrowed tunnel
* [[eltan|Eltán]]'s armor flashes blue, presumably harming unseen undead
* A shadow flashes past
* The blue glow flickers as unseen undead test the edges
* We pass a mound of drained looking corpses
* Possibly piled on something (Negative energy gate? Item?) which drains them into shades
* With lots of coins and at least one potion visible
* [[party|Party]] continues down the tunnel, as blue glow continues to flicker
* [[eltan|Eltán]] chucks a fireball down the tunnel, and ignites his sword
* Leaping ahead as the edge of the 30' anti-undead field is tested, [[eltan|Eltán]] turns undead (to 60')
* After repeating twice all the undead seem to be gone
* [[party|Party]] proceeds to cavern at 18
* Pools of lava release sulfurous gasses here, making breathing hard
* Party is protected by [[aragorn|Aragorn]]'s fireproof wishes
* [[bif|Crom]] puts the gnomes in a portable hole to get them through
* Exploring to the right, the first tunnel continues on, probably towards 8
* The second tunnel leads to another fork
* [[bif|Crom]] releases the gnomes, and they lead the [[party|Party]] past more forks
* The [[party|Party]] hears and then encounters a marching patrol of a hundred and some gnomes
* The patrol prepares to charge
* The rescued gnomes run to them; conversation ensues
* The patrol stands down
* The patrol's cleric/shaman approaches us
* The gnome shaman casts detect alignment and detect lie before speaking with the [[party|The Party]]
* [[eltan|Eltán]] detects evil intent on the gnome shaman and patrol, waves his holy symbol at them, and informs the shaman that the patrol seem to be safe
* The patrol welcomes the [[party|Party]]. They ask how we got past the Dueregar
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] tells them about the Free Imperia, mentions the benefits of becoming a trade partner
* [[bif|Crom]] relays the story of our invasion of the Bloodstone Mine of [[barony_tranth|Barony Tranth]]
* [[eltan|Eltán]] stresses the assistance of the [[barony_tranth#Orothiar|Orothiar]] surface dwarves, and their concern for the Gnomes' well being
* The Gnome patrol leads the [[party|Party]] onwards to a large cavern at 23 to meet the Gnome King
==== 8/12/23 Game ====
* [[party|The Party]] meets Ruggedo, King of the Svirfneblin deep gnomes in his fort.
* The entire community is on an armed footing, even the young train with crossbows and spears.
* The Svirfneblin want to raid the Dueregar anyway, but can't break the Temple of Orcus
* [[party|The Party]] agrees to support their raid and use it as a distraction to attack the Temple.
* A massive teleport/scrying shield is discovered, extent unknown, separating us from the surface. It is powered by unkown magic, and protects a larger area from a wider range of magics than any we are aware of.
* A team of Svifneblin are given an [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fd40M0B0ynYVAmGn7kemVoK3ui_8hcMo/view?usp=drive_link|Imperial Deployment Directive]], maps, signaling apparatus and codes, and teleported towards the entrance with the hope that they can leave the mine and summon a major deployment.
* [[party|The Party]] takes an extra rest, and supplies the Svirfneblin
* Chest of Sieges - catapult, ammo in chest from [[mica|Mica]]
* Lots of oil from [[mica|Mica]] kegged for catapult shot
* 1200 gnomes affected with 'Courage' - make 1st morale check automatically from [[eltan|Eltán]]
* 5 Firetraps on catapult shot from [[eltan|Eltán]]
* [[party|The Party]] plans and coordinates the assault with the Svirfneblin
* Tentative elements include:
* Establish forward fort with catapult for Svirfneblin force
* [[eltan|Eltán]] casts Fortify
* Earth elementals raise walls higher, add moat
* Party teleports over Central Dueregar encampments
* Drop barrels of oil
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] controls normal fires destructively
* [[bif|Crom Thorson, Count Volsung]] uses Rod of Rulership to turn a Dueregar encampment against the one under attack by the Svirfneblin
* Party flies up ledges to assault temple
* Possible 2nd front attack if Svirfneblin scouts got through with the [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fd40M0B0ynYVAmGn7kemVoK3ui_8hcMo/view?usp=drive_link|Imperial Deployment Directive]]
==== 9/30/23 Game ====
* [[party|Party]] follows the assault plan with light modifications
* [[kane|Kane]] provides a portal for [[eltan|Eltán]] to throw barrels through
* [[bif|Crom]] uses the Rod of Rulership, amplified by casting Shout, to
* Turn the middle reserve Dueregar garrison against the two assaulting the new Svirfneblin firebase, and
* Turn the upper temple protection Dueregar garrison to assaulting the temple
* The [[party|Party]] follows the Dueregar assault into the temple, avoiding the Tests of Orcus
* {{:image_2023_09_30t14_36_42_946z-1.png?direct&400|}}
* [[party|Party]] passes a statue of a Succubus dispensing liquid into a fountain and proceeds upstairs
* The Dueregar dip their hands in the liquid
* The stairs try to burn the [[party|party]] but not the Dueregar
* Past a 20' statue of Orcus made from solid onyx with two 800,000 gp ruby eyes, and up more stairs
* {{:image_2023_09_30t14_41_42_379z-1.png?direct&400|}}
* [[bif|Crom]] Slaughters the High Priest, drunk and asleep in his bed, while [[eltan|Eltán]] kills his attendant demon
* {{:image_2023_09_30t15_08_21_733z-1.png?direct&400|}}
* Loot from his room includes:
* A mace
* Shield
* Plate Armor
* Ring
* Boots
* Journals
* Priestly Scrolls
* Book of Vile Darkness
* [[party|The party]], with [[bif|Crom]]'s Dueregar, slaughters the Dark Guard unit protecting the treasury and loots
* 1100 Gold Bars
* 4000 Silver Bars
* 550 Electrum Bars
* 280 Platinum Bars
* (Each bar is equivalent to 1000 coins, and cast with the mark of Orcus)
* [[kane|Kane]] detects and dispels a magic trap on a chest of gems containing:
* 10,000 gems, red, green and clear, with an average value of 5,000 gp
* The party slaughters the Alcolytes and another unit of Dark Guard
* [[bif|Crom]] shatters a room full of statues of undead, managing to domino them all with a nat 20
* Passing a teleporter room, with gates in each corner, the party enters a hall of undead (Zombies, Ghasts, Spectres, and Wraiths)
* One of [[bif|Crom]]'s Dueregar goes through each portal
* [[bif|Crom]] uses tracking to establish the most used gate
* [[kane|Kane]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] fail to turn the undead; [[eltan|Eltán]]'s holy symbol melts.
* [[eltan|Eltán]] begins melting undead in earnest, feeling cranky
* One of [[bif|Crom]]'s Dueregar pops in the far door to tell us there is a ritual in process at the main temple
* [[party|The party]] hurries through the teleporter
* {{:image_2023_09_30t17_21_51_467z-1.png?direct&400|}}
* 24 Priests in a circle around the 20' pool of silvery metal are working on a ritual
* 6 Demons fly down to assault the party
* [[kane|Kane]] casts Silence 15'r on the pool, and it fails magic resistance on a natural 100
* [[aragorn|Aragorn]] casts a Meteor Swarm from his ring which wipes out the priests
* [[bif|Crom]] and [[eltan|Eltán]] deal with the demons
* The Svirfneblin carry the day against the remaining Dueregar
* [[imperial_officeholders_and_appointees|Free Imperia Military]] arrives about as things are wrapping up, and provides assistance and logistical aid
* [[eltan|Eltán]] requisitions a new holy symbol
* The avoided Trials of Orcus are found to include rooms:
* producing a million plates of food via doubling of an original if all is not eaten
* with a mobile wall of annihilation
* with a dormant Tarrasque(!)
* with a sleeping Huge Ancient Black Dragon
* The silvery liquid metal is discovered to have potent gate and protection properties, and to be naturally accumulating here, not evil in and of itself, just exploited by evil
* [[kane|Kane]] takes samples
* Mixed with mortar it gives walls 60% magic resistance
* It may be able to be used to make mirror gates
* It is responsible for the teleport/folding shield
* The Svirfneblin throw a celebration, and grant each party member
* a Ring of Svirfneblin Friendship, capable of summoning one Svirfneblin within a quarter mile
* a boon of choice within their power
* They ratify a treaty, agreeing to:
* Cooperate with [[barony_tranth|Barony Tranth]] in Bloodstone mining, increasing production by 25%
* Trade their goods through the Free Imperia as their exclusive surface agents
* Cooperate with the Free Imperia in Deep Earth relations
* Allow a multi-faith religious chapel ([[church_of_eru|Church of Eru]], [[church_of_aslan|Church of Aslan]]...) to consecrate, protect, and work with the pool of silvery metal
* Cleanup begins
* Statue of Orcus broken into manageable chunks of Onyx for transport
* Precious metals will be consecrated by religious personnel and resmelted
* Discussion of acquiring an iron flask for the Tarrasque
* Plans for a portal for using the test of gluttony as charitable food supply
* Consider using the test of speed (wall of annihilation) as a gated sewage disposal chamber
* Something should be done about the dragon before it wakes up
* Vampire was never found
* Umberhulks need backtracked to their lair
* Wolf winter seems to come to natural end
* [[barony_tranth|Barony Tranth]] officially joins the Free Imperia
* Ceremony finally held?
* [[bif|Crom]] wants to get back to the Capital?
===== 2024 =====
==== 1/28/24 Game ====
* Farm:
* Gorgons - blood additive for concrete
* Anti teleport/folding
* Hydra - blood for walkie talkie spell
* Tunnel worms
* Mica's Iron Flask -
* Dump Bebelith
* Sphere of annihilation
* Capture Tarrasque
* Kill or leave for Svirfneblin to dispose of
* Ancient Black Dragon
* Two Ancient Red Dragons
* Beholder
* Block off other trials of Orcus
* wall of annihilation
* food generation million plates
* Bif's Dueregar
* Sent with his daughter Ren to train as shock troopers
* Kane studies gate/link to close/re-attune without disastrous consequences
* Madrigan Mintsilver available for assistance as necessary
==== 5/11/24 Game ====
* Resolve to pursue next part of Rod of Seven Parts, believed to be on Arda
* [[mica|Mica]] and [[theros_ironfeld|Theros Ironfeld]] make plans to build special Warforged/Golem to wield the Rod.
==== 9/14/24 Game ====
* Conclude that there are too many downsides to assembling Rod of Seven Parts
* Triangulate on next segment, establish that it isn't moving
* Mark site on map (deep in desert)
* Possibly schedule fly-by monitoring for region?
* Bury the three parts under Mithra-Trees
* At temple of Aslan/Eru in [[nexus_prime:start|Nexus Prime]]
* At main [[order_magika_mage_college|Order Magica]] tower
* At ?Temple of Bahamut?
* Assign neat freak druids to care for trees
* Start planning investigation of Eldar Moons to search for [[crucible_and_avatar_of_sauron|Staff of Power]]
* Spelljamming trip
* One ship
* Needed personnel
* Captain
* Crew
* Marines
* Planetologist?
* Cartographer
* Diviner(s)?
* Equipment
* Bulette APC
* Crew
* Bonus possibile objectives
* Possibly also scout Earendil's Star?
* Possibly also scout outer Air Bodies (Fanyamar) for gateway to Valinor
* Possibly also look for meteors to bring back for Dwarven Citadels and hidden Starfly Plant orbital hangar/greenhouse
* [[eldar_moons_expedition|Eldar Moons Expedition]]