Heroes of Telemarch - 3129

The Second Year

Art Ward departs. Pete makes a brief appearance, and Barbara joins the campaign.


1/4/3129: The group sails from Ossana to Krell, beginning their journey to Icegate to rescue Rathbone.

1/5/3129: A storm dismasts the ship the group is on, but it stays afloat and limps into Krell the next day.

1/8/3129: The adventurers arrive in Langoust. Raang poses as a slave trader to try and get passage to Icegate.

1/9/3129: The group stumbles across Rathbone as he works down on the docks.

1/12/3129: The group stops at Widow Grue's island on their way back to Ossana. Rathbone presents her with an expensive muskrat cape as a present.

1/28/3129: The group once again enters the depths of Castle Mhelgos. They defeat nine minotaurs at the Fane of the Minotaurs, at last completing the Castle Mhelgos adventures.

1/29/3129: Skinner, a minion of the Eyeless Priest, approaches the group in Greymarsh and offers them the chance to join the Eyeless Priest. The group pretends to negotiate to buy time. Jedinna has a warning dream that the Eyeless Priest's forces will soon destroy Greymarsh.

2/2/3129: The group is in Ossana to resupply. Soujrnee buys his heavy warhorse, Foestomper.

2/5/3129: The group meets with Skinner in Greymarsh. Several members of the group agree to join the Eyeless Priest in an attempt to infiltrate his organization from within.

2/7/3129: The group meets with the civic leaders of Greymarsh to discuss the defense of the village.

2/8/3129: Roberath, Marnock, and Jedinna go to the Eyeless Priest's stronghold to enlist. They have to execute a prisoner to prove their ruthlessness. Marnock and Jedinna fall under the Eyeless Priest's mental control, but Roberath remains free.

2/9/3129: The rest of the group journey's to Halmir, where they enlist the aid of Halmir and his troops when Halmir realizes that he is the next likely target of the Eyeless Priest's army.

2/10/3129: Agatha scouts the Eyeless Priest's forward positions, but she is betrayed by Marnock and captured.

2/15/3129: The Battle of Greymarsh is fought. Hundreds of orcs, evil soldiers, and assorted monsters attack the village. They are met by the local militia and Halmir's troops, with the party and a few local clerics and fighters as heavy fire support. The battle, still the largest in the history of the campaign, rages all day. Casualties among the good guys are heavy, but the Eyeless Priest's forces are routed. Roberath provides advance warning of the attack. Jedinna is captured and the EP's hold on her is broken, but Marnock is not found. The Eyeless Priest escapes.

2/16/3129: As the party helps to rebuild Greymarsh and heal the injured a strong earthquake is felt. The group rides for the Eyeless Priest's stronghold, and find it has been completely destroyed. There is no sign of the Eyeless Priest. Marnock is also gone.

2/24/3129: The group works around Greymarsh for several days, lending help, then returns to Ossana. They decide to follow the talking skull "map" as their next adventure. Kamarn the illusionist is hired as Marnock's replacement.

2/25/3129: The group departs for Copperhame, following the skull's cryptic utterances.

3/5/3129: The group reaches Copperhame for the first time.

3/7/3129: The skull leads the group to the ruins of Aar, where they find the entrance to the Labyrinth of the Seven Skulls. The monk defenders of the Labyrinth capture and imprison the group.

3/9/3129: Santon charms one of the guards, and with his help effects the escape of the group. They recover their gear and flee the Labyrinth.

3/14/3129: In Copperhame, Santon, Stargoth, Rathbone, Kamarn, and Soujrnee decide to impersonate monks and return to the Labyrinth. The rest of the group declines this adventure. On the way there a manticore attacks the small band, killing Rathbone and Kamarn.

3/15/3219: Rathbone and Kamarn are raised in Copperhame.

3/16/3129: The group decides to give up on the Labyrinth, at least for the time being. They head back to Ossana to try the Tower of Taurinius.

3/25/3129: The group enters the Tower of Taurinius and begins to explore the maze underneath. They battle snakes, spiders, manes demons, giant ticks, and carrion crawlers. Rathbone loses a level to a wight. Agatha and Culgi are plunged to the 2nd level by a pit trap; the rest of the group saves them after a duel with some electric eels.

3/26/3129: Agatha is polymorphed into a hyena by a trap. Stargoth, Soujrnee, and Kamarn are slain by a room filled with magical hammers. Roberath and Rathbone have their minds burned out by another trap. All in all, a tough day on the job.

3/28/3129: In Ossana, Soujrnee is raised at the Temple of Thor.

3/29/3129: Stargoth and Kamarn are raised. Agatha is restored to her true form, and Roberath and Rathbone have their minds healed. The luckless Kamarn is politely invited to leave the group.

3/30/3129: The group meets Erik Crimson and Rhitah, who join.

4/7/3129: After taking several days off to either rest in Ossana or visit Greymarsh, the group heads into the badlands to investigate the Den of the Black Adders, which is supposed to hold the treasure of the Black Adders thief's group; the Adders were wiped out some years previously, but their treasure was never found.

4/9/3129: The group enters the Den. They battle giant scorpions, subterranean lizards, wights, and a bone devil. Much treasure is recovered.

4/10/3129: The group defeats a large band of ogres in the Den. Rhitah is blinded by an acid trap.

4/11/3129: Rathbone is killed in a battle with minotaurs. Erik is imprisoned within a magical globe, and cannot be freed.

4/13/3129: The group heads for Ossana. Soujrnee cures Rhitah's blindness. Soujrnee has reached his maximum of 7th level, and prays for guidance on how he can continue to advance. That night a valkyrie visits him, and reveals the tasks Thor demands he complete before his desire is granted.

4/15/3129: Rathbone is raised. The group consults a sage about how to free Erik, and then successfully do so. Soujrnee begins seeking the convert demanded as his first task. Agatha does significant damage to a room in Trooney's Spear when a trapped pouch she has pickpocketed explodes. She pays Harden for the damages.

4/18/3129: Soujrnee successfully converts Chalgt, and receives his next quest from the Temple of Thor.

4/21/3129: The group re-enters the Den of the Black Adders.

4/23/3129: Having defeated a number of tough monsters, the group heads back to Ossana with more loot. They rest and pursue separate tasks for a while.

4/30/3129: Agatha successfully completes a job for the Ossana Thief's Guild.

5/2/3129: Soujrnee sets out with Culgi, Rathbone, Stargoth, Chalgt, and six berserkers for the eastern slopes of the Mts. of Shadow to fulfill his quest for Thor.

5/4/3129: The rest of the group once again invades the Tower of Taurinius. They defeat a hydra there and recover its treasure, then head back for Ossana.

5/19/3129: Soujrnee and the others reach an evil stronghold at the base of the Mts. of Shadow. They successfully recover the artifacts of Thor they were sent to retrieve.

6/1/3129: The questees detect an ogre encampment on their way back to Ossana. They attack, and Rathbone is killed.

6/5/3129: The questees return to Ossana and the group is reunited. Rathbone is raised.

6/16/3129: A leprotu demon attacks Roberath in Ossana. It is killed by Rob and Soujrnee, but not before Rob is bitten. This inflicts Roberath with a fatal disease for which there is no known cure. The leprotu is believed to have been sent by the Eyeless Priest.

6/18/3129: The clerics at the Temple of Beniceem tell the group there is a cure, but the only one who may know what it is is the reclusive Dar-Netturion, who dwells somewhere in a dungeon in the Stunted Forest.

6/22/3129: The group enters the Stunted Forest dungeon. On the second level they battle a large pack of ghouls. Erik's fireball kills 20 of them, but Rhitah is caught in the blast through a freak accident and killed.

6/23/3129: The group forces their way deeper into the dungeon. Soujrnee and Culgi are caught in a teleport trap and both are teleported to separate locations. Soujrnee is killed by gargoyles. Culgi is captured by a band of were-rats.

6/24/3129: Dar-Netturion visits Roberath and tell him he can be cured by waters from the long-lost Spring of Hope. Jedinna, Roberath, and Erik remain in the dungeon to search for Soujrnee and Culgi, while the rest take Rhitah's body back to Halmir.

6/25/3129: Rhitah is raised in Halmir. The adventurers leave her there to recover and head back to the dungeon to aid in the search for Soujrnee and Culgi.

6/26/3129: The group finds Soujrnee's devoured remains.

6/27/3129: Culgi is ransomed from the were-rats. The group heads back to Ossana. Roberath is beginning to show signs of his illness.

6/28/3129: The group leaves the remains of Soujrnee at the Temple of Thor and ride out, seeking the Spring of Hope. With them goes a new member, Volant the monk.

7/6/3129: The group finds the ruined village of Druxton southwest of Matoch. Nearby the find the entrance to the Spring, which lies underground. They enter and defeat a large band of owlbears. Roberath is now quite weak.

7/7/3129: The group forces their way downward, overcoming subterranean lizards, giant bloodworms, an otyugh, and a small blue dragon.

7/8/3129: The group finds the Spring of Hope. Roberath drinks, and is cured.

7/15/3129: The group returns to Ossana.

7/21/3129: Agatha is killed by Eldo Leatherhand, a mage whose pocket she attempts to pick while the group rests and trains in Ossana. The group finds her and has her raised.

7/23/3129: Santon is summoned by the Council of Druids and departs the group. The party heads for Copperhame, having decided to explore some caverns they have heard about in the Trollstep Hills.

8/5/3129: The group reaches Copperhame after an uneventful journey.

8/12/3129: Edgar the raven finds the entrance to the caves. The group enters and begins to explore.

8/13/3129: They continue to explore. Roberath loses a hand to a disintegration trap.

8/15/3129: An endless maze of deadly traps begins to discourage the group. Samrith and Raang are petrified by a gorgon.

8/20/3129: The group arrives back in Copperhame seeking a pair of stone to flesh spells.

8/22/3129: A stone to flesh spell is purchased from Bug Boghouse. It is on a ring, however, and only holds 1 casting of the spell.

8/27/3129: The group reaches the dungeon and restores Samrith. The group fights its way through the maze of traps and reaches the vast cavern that holds the Temple of the Old Ones. Many undead are fought and destroyed.

9/2/3129: The group returns once again to Copperhame to secure another stone to flesh spell. While there they meet Postumus and agree to take him with them when they return to the Temple.

9/8/3129: The spell on the ring restores Raang. The group enters the cavern and battles giant wasps.

9/9/3129: The group begins to enter and explore the buildings of the Temple complex. They recover much treasure, and destroy some ancient, magical implements of sacrifice they find.

9/10/3129: The group defeats a giant slug and an ancient Guardian and find many magic items.

9/12/3129: While returning to Copperhame the group comes across and defeats a band of hobgoblins. They free the hobgoblin's prisoners. Among them is Orsnian, who ends up joining the group.

9/14/3129: The group reaches Copperhame, where they remain some days selling stuff, training, and learning new spells.

9/23/3129: The group once again enters the Temple of the Old Ones. The djinn Koland-Bey is found, released and commanded into service. Later, Agatha is teleported to another complex of buildings some miles away in the cavern. The group sends the djinn through the teleporter after her, promising it its freedom if it finds and returns Agatha. The djinn finds Agatha, who is being pursued by bugbears, and the two of them begin to search for the Temple.

9/24/3129: While the group waits for the djinn, and Agatha, Rathbone begins to have disturbing visions of some dark creature lurking nearby. An evil stone found in the complex seems to have linked the ranger and something evil. Late in the day Agatha returns, and Koland-Bey is freed as promised. Still later, Rathbone goes berserk. Orsnian drops him with a well-placed kick.

9/25/3129: As Rathbone seems recovered, the group decides to go through the teleporter and explore the Altar of the Old Ones that Agatha found. There Culgi is killed by yellow mold. As there is no chance of reviving him, he is taken outside and buried beneath a cairn of stones.

9/26/3129: The group continues to explore the Altar, finding many unusual magic items (such as the Rod of Virginity). They also find the warrior Rutha, who has been imprisoned in the form of a mannequin for many years, and free her. Stargoth is crushed to death by a Juggernaut.

9/27/3129: The group finds and reads Ehrin's scroll. This restores the evil wizard/priestess Ehrin Cindu to life. She escapes and begins to stalk the group.

9/28/3129: The group continues to explore the Altar. They fight a large group of gargoyles and displacer beasts, and Volant and Orsnian are killed. Ehrin Cindu offers the group a deal - she will cast raise dead on Stargoth, Volant, and Orsnian in exchange for the tetrahedron that is tormenting Rathbone, and a book they have found. The group agrees. Ehrin raises Stargoth.

10/1/3129: Erik, Rathbone, and Ehrin arrive in Copperhame, where they recover the book and give it to Ehrin.

10/5/3129: The trio returns to the Altar, where Ehrin raises Volant.

10/6/3129: Ehrin raises Orsnian. She takes the tetrahedron and departs.

10/15/3129: With all members of the party fully recovered and ready to travel, the group departs for Copperhame.

10/19/3129: The group reaches Copperhame, where they begin another period of reprovisioning and training. Postumus departs the group, but they have the feeling they will be seeing him again.

10/21/3129: Young noblewoman Karinda Nobaro picks up Orsnian. They have a fun night until her father, Duke Essen, barges into the Inn looking for her. Volant and Roberath smuggle her out of the Prancing Pegasus through a window.

10/22/3129: Samrith, Stargoth, and Roberath meet with Governor Arosk of Copperhame. They tell the Council about Ehrin Cindu. The Council concludes that she does not pose a threat.

10/24/3129: Stargoth buys a scarf for Samrith. Bug Boghouse agrees to clone Soujrnee in return for a year of Roberath's service when Rob becomes a full bard. The group rescues the slave girl Miri from a pandering slave trader. Roberath is fitted with a hook and other attachments.

11/9/3129: The group reaches Greymarsh after an uneventful journey. Chalgt is reunited with Myra after a long absence.

11/22/3129: The group is in Ossana. Jedinna dates the merchant Elrens. Bug arrives and begins the clone spell on Soujrnee. It will take five months to complete. The next day the group rides out for the Greybole forest.

12/2/3129: The group enters the forest.

12/5/3129: The group finds and enters the Cavern of the Pearl Swallows, an adventure created and run by Becky.

12/16/3129: The Pearl Swallows adventure over, the group enters Balimar. They stay at the Dusty Traveler. The unfortunate innkeeper Dusty accidentally blurts the name of Demogorgon. The Demon Prince appears and carries him away, accompanied by much screaming from Dusty and hiding under tables by everyone else.

12/19/3129: The group leaves Balimar and heads north, seeking an old assassin's stronghold rumored to hold treasure.

12/22/3129: A large group of bandits attacks the group. After a massive battle the entire group is captured except for Volant. Agatha escapes, and she and Volant free Roberath, who blows his horn of Valhalla. Summoned berserkers appear, and in the confusion all but a few party members are freed. A deal is struck, and the remaining captives (Janee, Jedinna, and Samrith) are released.

12/26/3129: The group enters Spineless Shiela's fortress, an adventure created and run by Richard.

12/29/3129: The group exits Spineless Shiela's castle. Dead are Orsnian, drowned in a trap, and Agatha, killed by assassins. A love potion has made Erik infatuated with Raang. The mage becomes suicidally depressed when Raang rejects his advances.

12/30/3129: Erik tries to commit suicide by levitating to a great height, and then falling, but Volant saves him with an amazing leap into the air. Erik returns to normal when the potion wears off, to everyone's relief, especially his.


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