I had hoped for more....
more time to do this in a nice PBEM with everyone
more time to post it up nice for everyone
more time I didn't have... Sorry... I'll get better with it...
So instead, in the interest of making sure everyone is up to speed as fast as possible and all on the same page as we begin the gameplay...
Here's the quick and dirty recap of what happens to each of you as you went about your seperate ways and then came back together at Ramney's brother's potion makers shop. (other things than what is described in here can have happened if you want to say you've done something else as well)
Lorin:
Pilin and Ramney went to the Druid's Grove to retrieve the artifacts from the keep at Galath's Roost and the big inverted spike area of the dungeon that were entrusted to the Druid Jaroo. There is no sign of Jaroo, but there is a bear laying sniffing at the ground with a young man there weeping. The boy identifies himself as Jaroo's apprentice and that Jaroo had been acting very strangely the last half year or so and he just thought it was the old Druid becoming senile or volatile like the weather can be... The bear is Jaroo's animal companion... The boy has found, because the bear dug it up, the body of Jaroo and it looks like it has been decomposing for quite some time. The boy has determined that the bear has been staying away from the grove and is just now taking advantage of the 'Jaroo' you gave the artifacts to being away to poke around.
Ramney is greatly disturbed when he gets more information about what the scroll that you relate it's findings as you recall... (seeing as you turned it over to 'Jaroo' along with everything else) says about the artifacts being used for some foul ritual and the end of the world and starts mumbling something about Flight of Dragons and Sammaster in a self questioning manner......
You spend some time consoling the poor boy and perhaps promising to return some day and take him as an apprentice?
NEXT!
Joel:
Corwin goes back the Inn and quesitons Marisoden more about things...
She gets rather annoyed when you start asking about Chat and the Moathouse and she asks if you've been to the moathouse as Chat is always trying to talk people out of going there or accompanying them if they decide to against his advice. She thinks Chat is a coward and just wants get any treasure there is in the moathouse but fears going there himself or fears someone else going there before him and getting the treasure so he tries to attach himself to any group willing to go there and will probably betray them at the first opportunity if there any signifcant treasure to be had. She also admits that she will flirt with him from time to time but is just stringing him along and it amuses her to flirt as such it's just a game to her to pass the time when things are slow in the inn. (much to the annoyance of the inns owner) She also finds it interesting that everyone is so suddenly interested in Chat, as a couple of wild elves came looking for him just a little while before you came... and thus her annoyance at all the fuss over Chat. She starts to question you about if you've been to the moathouse and why you are asking all these questions of her.... What do you tell her? No matter... you guess that she's pretty sure that you've been to the moathouse even if you deny it and that she's not buying any other story but won't press the matter any further at the moment.... as she says she suddenly remembers a pressing errand she needs to run and quickly departs from the inn.
Next
Jared:
Alteru and Tari go to the inn and ask Marisoden about Chat. She says that she doesn't know where he is and hasn't seen him for a couple of days.... She asks what's all fuss about and seems unconvinced of any answers you try and say or deflect the question... but let's the matter drop. She says that he can usually be found staying with some friends at the mill house if it's pressing business and that she'd be willing to take a message for him if they'd like as she expects he'll be around some time in the near future.... Any other questions you ask she's rather sarcastic about and says that she has work to do....
You overhear some elves and men at arms types in the inn talking about the Drow problem and how the raids seem to be more frequent but not pushing an offensive, more of scouting parties testing the limits and strengths and weaknesses of the surrounding areas. They all seem worried.... some of the elves you overhear say amongst themselves in elven that some are thinking they are sad so many elves listened to the icall of the Retreat because now they have a lot more work ahead of them and the Drow are in Cormanthor is an insult they are just not willing to let stand... You talk with them at length (elves are known to do that when they are talking about elven things) until you decide it's time to leave.
Next!
Sara:
Edynn spends a good deal of her time preparing her spells and looking over the library at the Temple and investigating the previous history as it's known amongst the locals. She also consults in depth with Ramney. She learns a few things and feels that she is on the right track for what she is pursuing. (The rest we've already discussed.)
Next!
Scott:
Barr goes with Azarr and sells the stuff that Ramney has brought along and anything else he wants to sell trying to help him with making sure he doesn't get ripped off on the prices he is offered by helping with appraise on non weapon items. you continue to teach him some dwarven songs that you know and decide it's time to spend a bit of the funds that you've acquired in a local tavern on some well earned refreshments and see if you can hear anything of interest. You hear a song that's sung fairly well that sounds interesting to you...
The Ballad of Emridy Meadows
Harken now to my words of sadness
learn about the downfall of madness
How the sacrifice of one was a boon
for the land of the crowns and the crescent moon
In the days of Emridy meadows
An evil and fearsome power arose
In a house of worship, now avoided by most
It corrupted poor souls, deceiving them all
Intending to bring Cormyr to fall
In the days of Emridy Meadows
Refrain:
Corymry, pearl of the heartland realms
shining jewel of the north
changed your face forevermore
when your prince was to sally forth
Lured to the new god by promise and lies
Many sold their faith, never knowing the price
Held fast in the grasp of insanity
they started a war that should not be
On the fields of Emridy Meadows
While battle raged the darkness grew
Like a chill of winter the northern winds blew,
And the souls of the brave and the hearts of the fair
Soon were filled with doom and despair
On the fields of Emridy Meadows
(Refrain...)
Down came the prince with the valiant heart
His sword split the night cutting deep through the dark
He fought like a titan, an angel of light
And single-handedly turned the tide
That night at Emridy Meadows
Then the morning mists faded and the light of the sun
heralded a peaceful time to come
Still the victory was bitter-sweet
Cause the prince disappeared soon after his deed
That night at Emridy Meadows
(Refrain...)
Oh, Thrommel my lord, what happened that day
Did you abandon us or drown in the fray
Now the nights are long and the days are cold
And people still missing their prince of old
Since the days of Emridy Meadows
(Refrain...)
When you ask the singer about it. He says that there the legend is about a group of knights and paladins from Cormyr that went to destroy a great evil that had arisen in the forest that threatened everyone and that the leader of them was a Duke from Cormyr... 9 of the 12 of them were killed, the Duke, called a prince in the ballad because he was so loved by them all was lost as well as his lieutenant and companion and only one of them actually made it out of the battle after destroying the evil alive to tel the tale... The people from where Duke Thrommel was from were devastated by the loss as was the royal family of Cormyr.
Ask if you have more questions! Bardic knowledge checks are cool...
Next!
Jaren:
Azarr as mentioned above has gone out with Azarr and sold off items and gone to the tavern with him. You also hear a dwarven ballad that Barr sings for you that seems to warm your blood and bring a smile to your face. Unfortunately it loses quite a bit of the flavor and feeling when translated from the pure and mighty language but here's a rough translation in common follows as can best be expected of mere humans:
Here I come,
Mine axe unslung,
Yer head I go to take,
So best ye run.
Battles have I fought,
Mighty foes have I sought.
By the edge of mine blade,
to them death have I taught.
Flee if thy will.
Only to delay mine kill.
For suren enough,
Thy blood will spill.
The rage is upon me.
Defense is folly.
Put away thine weapons,
Cause yer just another body.
Madness in mine eyes gleam.
Point of my spike keen.
None of mine enemies,
Have the next dawning seen.
Yer armor I rip asunder,
With a sound akin to thunder.
Feel my steel,
And yer six feet under.
Yer chest is gonna part,
For mine skill is an art.
Stop will I not,
Till my hands hold yer heart.
Even witches and mages,
With tricks upon thy pages,
Can be found in the ground,
When they trifled with my rages.
Battles have I fought,
Mighty foes have I sought.
By the edge of mine blade,
to them death have I taught.
Flee if thy will.
Only to delay mine kill.
For suren enough,
Thy blood will spill.
Flee if thy will.
Only to delay mine kill.
For suren enough,
Thy blood will spill.
Madness in mine eyes gleam.
Point of my spike keen.
None of mine enemies,
Have the next dawning seen.
Yer armor I rip asunder,
With a sound akin to thunder.
Feel my steel,
And yer six feet under.
Yer chest is gonna part,
For mine skill is an art.
Stop will I not,
Till my hands hold yer heart.
Even witches and mages,
With tricks upon thy pages,
Can be found in the ground,
When they trifled with my rages.
Fear have I none,
Of the deeds thou hast done.
For thee have yet to deal with me,
So here I come!
After putting away far more 'refreshment' than the management of the tavern would care you take but had no problem in taking your coin for you got into an altercation that at first seemed to be smoothed over by Barr but then escalated into quite the fracas... no one was seriously injured but let's just say your purse was a lot less weight in paying for damages... which the men at arms that arrived to break things up accepted as well to let you go on your way.
That's all for now folks.... Let me know if you have any further questions. Please forgive the spelling errors... I'm in a hurry)