HISTORY
11/22/2015
Episode One: Greenest in Flames
Heroes arrive to the town of Greenest, It is under attack by a dragon and a cult known as the Cult of the Dragon.
They head for keep, rushing into the besieged town.
They run into a family running from a group of cultists. They fail to save the woman, but help lead to rest of the family to the keep.
Once they reach the keep, they meet Govenor Nighthill. They are asked to go back out and assist his town. They agree, and using a secret tunnel (which is full of swarms of rats that they manage to fight through) they head back into the fray.
First, they hear of a Mill attempting to be burned down. The heroes rush in to save the day. When they feel they have succeeded, they are jumped by cultists. They manage to hold off the ambush, even keeping one who called herself Amanda alive. Amanda ends up assisting the heroes in their attempt to save the town.
After they succeed at the mill, they hear of a chapel where tons of citizens are trapped. Facing deadly amounts of cultists, they sneak into the chapel and manage to help save the people inside, even with a few screw-ups along the way (Adrik).
They rush the townsfolk back to the tunnel, holding off cultists. Once inside and they feel safe, the keep is overrun with two waves of enemies. They barely manage to fight it out, many of them close to death at the end.
They heroes face another challenge, the dragon attacks. However, with an amazing shot with one arrow, the dragon flees, flying off, deciding the fight wasn't worth his effort.
Just when the heroes believe their hardships are over, a half-dragon named Cyanwrath demands a one-to-one duel in exchange for the lives of prisoners he has captured. Adrik goes in to fight, and even though he puts up a fight, he is ultimatly defeated.
The prisoners are safe however, and Adrik is healed back to health.
With that final battle, the night is over. The cultists have won, and they slowly leave the camp with all the loot they could carry.
1/21/2016
Episode Two: Raider Camp
The trio head out, Amanda leaving them and heading back home. As they begin their adventure, they are aproached by an Elk. The elk happens to be Navarra, a human driud who joins they're group.
As the four track the cultists, the come upon a group of stragglers. They manage to talk their way out of a comflict and continue to head out towards the camp.
They are ambushed by the rearguard to the cultists. They get slammed with bouldiers before a large battle ensues. They come out battered and rest to recover.
The group now has reached the camp. They're inside, pretending to be cultists as they move thorughout the camp. They've been getting close to being caught, however they are still under cover. They have discovered the location of the prisoner they have been sent to rescue.
To be continued...
1/22/2016
Episode Two: Raider Camp
Through many rough patches of attempting to reach the prisoner in the daylight, such as causing musical distractions, starting fires, and being approached by cultists on many occasions, the party decides to wait till nightfall to attempt the rescue. Silvertonge goes to the bar and gets wasted, leaving the trio and a new comrade, a spy in the ranks of the pirates, to solve the issue on their own. Again with a few hiccups such as tripping over barrels, killing a few guards, and attempting to walk out with nine prisoners, they manage to not only free Leosin but eight of the prisoners as well.
The also learn a lot of information on the cult and its leaders and gain strength and they rest the next few days at Greenest.
1/26/2016
Episode Three: Dragon Hatchery
After a few days of rest, the heroes are asked by Leosin to check on the camp and get valuable information and report back to him in Elturel. At this time, Navarra splits from the partym, stating she would rather work alone but will probably cross paths with the heroes once again. The heroes do some shopping, using thier heroism to gain some discounts and they upgrade and purchase new armor.
The team then sets out, finding out the camp is abandoned. They move up to the cave and attempt to talk their way through the situation. However, this plan goes south and end up killing the two guards in the front of the cave. This alerts tons of guards and cultists to the presence of the heroes, who again attempt to talk their way through the situation.
Mr. Sketl manages to convince one the guards to let him past, but in doing so blindly triggers a trap that throws him into a path of violet fungi. The fungi attack, hurting him greatly before he manages to escape. One guard had left to go get Cyanwrath's approval, and had not returned.
At this point, talking had begun to crumble. Mr. Sketl thuderclaps, killing two of the cultists and pushing others away. The fight unflolds from hero, and hold of the group with another thunderclap and others killed by Silvertongue and Adrik.
Once the fight was over, the bodies were dumped into the fungal pit and the party moved through the safe side of the fungus. They come upon a cave filled with bats. Due to terible sneaking, the bats fill the cave, blinding the party and hiding a group of stirges who jump the group. They suck enough blood to drop Tyrion to the ground, putting him at the edge of death. The others hold of the swarm, taking a lot of damage but managing to kill the swarm of bloodsuckers.
Tyrion is revived, and the heroes manage to gain an hour of rest. The bats calm down, and the group is ready to move on.
To be continued...
1/28/2016
Episode Three: Dragon Hatchery
The group moves on from the bat cave. They have three paths to go, one to the west, to the north, and to the east. Mr. Sketl first checks the eastern path. It ends up leading to a cold cave used to store meat. The tarp that covers the room is covered in poison barbs. Silvertongue checks the north, which leads to a twenty foot pit of garbage and random objects. Adrik checks to the west, and discovers a room of kobolds and guard drakes.
Mr. Sketl explores the trash heap. He is jumped by four troglodytes. He manages to escape however, and inform the party of the threat. They then move into the room of kobolds. They fool the kobolds into checking out the trash heap. They are shredded by the troglodytes, but two flee. The troglodytes follow and end up attacking the party.
The party manages to hold them off, and even kill the remaining kobold for good measure. They head into the room again where they split up. Adrik and Tyrion head down a stairway while Mr. Sketl and Silvertongue investigate the guard drakes.
Adrik and Tyrion find a room of twelve kobolds. They manage to bluff their way out of the situation when they are noticed and head further down into the cave.
Mr. Sketl and Silvertongue head back and grab meat from the meat storage room. They begin to feed the guard drakes as Mr. Sketl heads into their cage in an attempt to tame one.
Adrik and Tyrion stumble into the shrine dedicated to Tiamat. Here, Cyanwrath, the blue half-dragon that killed Adrik at the end of the raid on Greenest, threatens him to another duel of honor. Tyrion runs, heading back to find the others. Adrik accepts the duel, and two beserkers block the escape route as the two position themselves. Adrik then demands that they fight with honor, only fists, no weapons. The half-dragon loves the honorable challenge and throws his weapons aside.
At this point, Mr. Sketl is in the cage, holding his hand out to a calming Guard Drake as Silvertongue feeds the other beasts. Suddenly, Tyrion rushes into the room, yelling that Cyanwrath is fighting Adrik. The Guard Drake gets startled and attacks Mr. Sketl. He manages to escape and slam the door shut behind him.
Tyrion sees this unfolds and backs off down te cave, leaving his healing potion on the ground as an apology.
The fight continues down in the shrine. Cyanwrath makes the first move, punching Adrik across the face. Adrik attempts to use magic to his advantage, firing an arcane bolt but missing. Cyanwrath is furious at this dirty action, and he backs off to pick up his sword before slamming Adrik with a lightning bolt.
Meanwhile, Mr. Sketl and SIlvertongue catch up with Adrik. My. Sketl demands to know where Adrik is before bolting down to help him. He thunderblasts his way into the shrine, knocking the two beserkers back. Silvertongue and Tyrion dash to the side of Mr. Sketl.
Cyanwrath charges Adrik with his sword, continuing the battle. As the others fight their way in, Adrik holds of Cyanwrath's blows as he attempts to survive. The beserkers recklessly attack, sacrificing defence for offence. Finally, after a few hits from SIlvetrtongue's bow and a massive critical hit from Adrik, Cyanwrath falls. The two beserkers put up a bit of a fight but in the end crumble at the feets of the heroes. However, they did not fall before dropping Mr. Sketl who exploded into pieces on the verge of death.
The heroes rejoice their victory. Mr. Sketl stablalizes and is healed and the party observe the room. They also pick the teasure chest and manage to open it. Sadly however, SIlvertongue was not very skillful at the lock, and a trap is triggered. Acid sprays intothe rom, dropping both Adrik and Tyrion. The other two pull their friends to saftey, but have no way to heal them. Luckily, Navarra shows up, healing the party as she had decided to come help the heroes, regretting her choice to leave.
The heroes now sit in a small tunnel. One way back to the shrine, the other to a dozen kobolds.
To be continued...
1/31/2016
Episode Three: Dragon Hatchery
The heroes resume their quest. They head back into the shrine and split apart, each deciding to check the different pathways. Adrik and Sketl walk down a small tunnel that leads to a ladder. Navarra follows while Silvertongue and Tyrion head off into another room to the right. Adrik, Sketl, and Navarra emerge into a small room that is completely covered in nice carpets. Tables and chairs are set up around the room, and a single woman in purple robes stands in the center weilding a halberd.
Tyrion and SIlvertongue move further into the dark room. A fifteen foot drop is off to the right. It the darkness below they can pick out some eggs, roughyly 3 feet tall, They notice blood stains along the edge of the cliff.
At this moment, the fight has started in the other room. The woman who they discover to be Mondath is putting up a fight, but she is getting surrounded and wounded. She turns to run, cutting Sketl down as she runs away.
Silvertongue and Tyrion run into the room with the fight, Tyrion being slowed down with Cyanwrath's head. The party searchs for Mondath, but she is gone.
They head back to the room with the dragon eggs. Adrik goes on ahead and is secretly attacked by a group of kobolds throwing glue and fire bombs. The others rush in and help, but Adrik has taken a beating.
Sketl pushes Tyrion into the pit, who is saved by Navarra. At this point, they being to talk to a Roper. They convince him to move on and get some meat, and the party checks out the eggs. Adrik smashes the eggs while Sketl protects the other two. At this point, Navarra yells at Adrik. It was her task to get these eggs and she is pissed. She stomps off, demanding the party head back to Greenest to drop off the eggs.
The party leaves the cave and soon after runs into a merchant cart with a broken wheel. However, the party soon runs into another encounter as the cart is really a cultist caravan cart that had gotten stuck.
The party deals with these cultists and then moves on the Greenest where they spend the night.
2/3/2016
Episode Four: On the Road
The heroes awake the next day and after recieving a note and shopping for a little bit they grab their horses and head out. Before they leave however, the come upon Navarra who ends up taking the remaining eggs.
On the trip to Elanthar, they deal with crappy weather, gnolls, and goblins. Silvertongue's horse ends up breaking its leg and dying as well. When they finally reach Elanthar, they find that Frume is throwing a festival.
The adventurers partake in the festivities, and even earn themselves some new magic items. Tyrion gains the clap and Jeremy makes a new friend, Ontharr.
After some final shopping, the adventure will continue...