Kreth (Quest #2)

It is effectively after the first quest was completed that the intial team broke apart.

Two members, the two that played Ethiel and Aislynn, picked up other commitments that kept them from being able to commit to the sessions.

Some time passed and I suggested that time also moved on in town ever so slightly, as I am building this as a sandbox game and enjoy having fun with it.

Ethiel, I had suggested, and Aislynn, both ended up making it into the mage academy in town. Brom dying caused a massive dissent in the team and they both ended up parting from the group after that, and forming a relationship. Gilga remained in town and started drinking a tad much.

Ethiel was also payed a visit at one point by his father, Del, who had the boy chase his raven and spellbook down using his empathic link to find them again, testing his knowledge. He advised him that the barbarian was bad news for him should he remain by his side. He then departed.





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>> New members: Brog, Aryall.  Current team:  Gilga, Brog, Aryall, Ethiel (npc).




The campaign picks up again with Marlon rerolling a new fighter, whom he suggested was broms brother, Brog. I know.. I know. He's... also a fighter. Anyway. He comes to town hearing of his death and wishes to avenge him. So his first quest in town was tracking down Ethiel and slaying him.

markis intervened however and suggested that Ethiel join him on whatever quests come to him as penance. Ethiel accepted, played from now on by me as an npc. Aislynn, I advised, is too buried in books and studies in the academy to join the party, and is hardly touched on again until much later.

Gilga has since been attacked by a small horde of assassins from an unknown source, all of which he has slain in the center of town. This is the scene that the latest addition to the party, Aryall, is privvy to, upon her entering town. (Aryall being the paladin that Nathan rolled upon joining the team).

Aryall manages to find Gilga in his pitched tent near the brumswinkle dock, and eventually manages to convince him to aid her in helping the town and brog, promising much fighting to the barbarian.




The party had been talking with the pirates at The Mad Squid tavern and it turned out they needed to raise 10,000g to help purchase a new boat so that they could return to the Midseas, and destroy the terrifying, pale, giant kraken, the White Death!

One such adventure to help raise the money, they were advised, was to go aid a friend of Kanes, Horros, the half-orc owner of the grungy inn and tavern in the south-west slums district, name of Kreth. He had apparantly been coming in to some money troubles as of late, and was requesting assistance.

After much diligent research, the party ascertained that his issue was coming from a tavern that had only recently been erected just down the street from him in the far southern end of the slums, named 'The Fat Orc'. It was pulling all of his customers away from him, and was run by a disturbingly happy halfling named Drelgo.

The group spent a few days asking both tendors questions and snooping around, and discovered that Drelgo had an old hatred for Horros, as Horros had won ownership of Kreth during the 'Innsmonth' battle season in The Hole, besting Drelgo in the process; stealing from him a victory he has always felt should have been his. It also appeared he had been not only stealing from Kreths safe, but spreading rumors and lies about the inn to all of his customers, suggesting that it was a very unsightly and disease-ridden hole; pulling a lot of attention from Kreth, to The Fat Orc.

On finding Drelgos sword in Kreths cellar, Aryall decided to bring it straight to the source and demand answers. Not realising how insanely brazen her idea was, Brog at her side, she revealed the sword in the middle of Drelgos tavern, roaring out a burning question, 'is this your sword!?'. Her answer was met with a lot more steel than she'd requested, and a fight broke out that nearly left Brog and Aryall for dead. Slaughtering most of the rogueish patrons within, the two were left bloodied and half-dead as Drelgos barely living body was carried off by an underling. Gilga emerged toward the end of the fight and
helped to finish off the remaining enemies in the pub.

Once recuperated, the three looted the place for most of its alcohol, and all of the gold stashed in the back, which amounted to a whopping 5000g! Aryall burned the tavern to the ground once they had left the building, and the gold was handed over to the pirates. Horros was in utter joy about what he'd heard, however the fight wasn't done. A message was delivered to the team, advising that Drelgo wished to settle this dispute over the ashes of his tavern, with the three and Horros.

The following day they all slowly made their way down to the blackened area, greeted by a swathe of characters flanking the small villain, along with a massive ogre carrying a makeshift 15ft long sledgehammer. The fight was like candy to Gilga, while the rest of the party took their fair share of nicks and blows. The fight was eventually won, and Drelgo was apprehended. He now works for Horros, sweeping and cleaning Kreth daily. The party all earned a permanent tab at his bar and a free place to be down should they ever need.