Date: 7th of August
Participants:
Zain - Daniel N
Anaris - Brian H
Allen - Ryan G
Bryseis - Cheryl K
Dundee - Johnny L
Vilroy - Shaun S
After resting up, the party sets off to seek the aid of Noble House Carravone in order to face the threat posed by Maggrot's goblin horde with exception of Azool. The Barbarian having expended too much energy in the fight earlier on fell into a deep sleep and none of the party members could wake him up. Seeing that he is in the company of the Green Knights, the party felt that he should be in a safe spot and so decided to take off first. Accompanying the party is Larson Macgee, a Green Knight who will guide the party to the Carravone's Summer Retreat in Forest Calden.
After several hours of traveling, the party sensed not so subtle foot steps approaching their position and readied themselves. Dundee & Anaris weaved protective magic over themselves and their allies while the rest took defensive position. It was not long before they found themselves surrounded by Bugbear Assassins dispatched by Maggrot to bring the party in. The party has been encircled by the bugbears.
As the bugbear leader sized the party up, he barked at them and attempt to intimidate the party into submission. But the party would have none of it and returned with witty retorts. This incensed the bugbear leader who commanded his henchmen to singled out specific party members, especially Anaris & Allen, who were responsible for the most of casualties sustained by Maggrot's goblin horde.
The battle began in earnest and Anaris was the first to fall, followed by Larson, Gibbet and eventually Zain. All the while, Vilroy stood his ground while keeping the bugbear leader focused on him. The battle grew more desparate and both Dundee and Bryseis channel their divine and musical magic to heal their allies which slowly turned the tide of the battle. Vilroy called upon the divine might of Saint Ardenn and struck a fatal blow to the bugbear leader and Allen ignoring the bugbears wailing on him finished off the leader with an arrow to the head. Eventually the bugbears lost the moral and began to flee from battle. One was not so lucky and was captured by the party. The party interrogated him for a brief moment before deciding that the bugbear would be more of a hindrance and at the behest of Vilroy and Dundee. They decided to tie the surviving bugbear to a tree.
Seeing as the Carravone's Summer retreat is not too far, the party decides to push on despite their injuries. As they got nearer to their destination, they began to hear sounds of fighting in the distance.
After some preliminary scouting done by Zain and Allen, the party arrived to intervene. Their presence drove off the goblins. After witnessing the armed men finishing off a defenseless hobgoblin lying on the ground they grew suspicious of armed men and began questioning them.
The armed men claimed to be working for Carravones but could produce no proof and became agitated when questioned. The leader of the armed men eventually left with their wounded in anger while the party continued down the trail towards the Summer Retreat.
The party arrived and expected to find armed retainers of the House Carravone guarding the entrance. But what they found was more of the armed men who is now having a stand-off with what appeared to be the Carravone siblings and their retainers. Making the presence known, the party wanted both the Carravones and the armed men to cease the stand-off. When it was apparent that the armed men would not comply, the party requested them to leave.
This turn into a shouting match where the leader of the armed men and his companion a slick haired men with thick Corawynian accent to hurl insults at the party. Bryseis relished in hurling insults back at the armed men while Vilroy tried to be a voice of reason. Dundee participated by being patronizing to the armed men. This continued until the armed men that the party met earlier has caught up with them. The party having expended much of their energy fighting the bugbears earlier proposed to the armed men that they should settle this mano-a-mano, instead of senseless blood shed.
Secretly, the party was buying time and hoped that Azool will wake up from his slumber and rejoin the party. Meanwhile, the armed men considers the party's proposal....
Campaign logs with details can be found here.
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