Gwen's Logbook

Adventure 1

Beast of Bishopshill Dugin (Matt) Roark (Brian) Dr Kovind (other Brian) Maron (Kimberly) Gary (Mike) Gwen (Julia) We began our adventure in the pub, wondering about what happened to the Heros. As we were trying to get information Gary picked a fight with a ruffian.

Maron joined the fight drawing her sword which caused the constibles to be called. In a panick Gary, Maron, Dr Kovind and Gwen all fled the pub. Roark and Dugin stayed behind. There is an earthquake and a flash of light.

In the street those who fled are met by a procession. They are collecting money for the Cult of the Dark Cloak. They are going on about a beast bringing And the sixth star as a sign of his return.

Dugin and Roark join the group with some intel that causes the group to decide to go to the Bell Freehouse.

On the way the gang encounters 2 swollen balloon like creatures. They seem to be humans from the town that have been poisoned. In the distance there is a creature watching and taking notes, and watching from behind is a barmaid. The first of the gelatinous humans explodes on Maron and Gary, and Dugin shoots the second causing it to explode on the pair also. The pair is largely unharmed and washes the poison off in nearby jugs of water. Both onlookers flee.

The group goes to the Bell Freehouse and Dugin breaks through the window to steal a sword that he believes to be enchanted. , Maron and Roark stay behind to smooth things our with the shop owner. The others sneak around back to investigate a creaking sound.

The sound came from an upstairs room where they encountered an animated stained glass window of a knight wearing a magic ring. The knight did considerable damage to Dr. Kovind before the rest of the group ran up and defeated the monster. Gary stole the ring and slipped it to Dr. Kovind.

After this the group found a note left by the heros and decided to go to the Bishops Spire.

With difficulty the team made it up the spire and entered the Bishops Chapel. It is a sacred and peaceful place with stained glass knights all around and a statue of the Bishop on the far end. There is, however a large crack in the floor leading to one of the windows, and rater than housing a stained glass knights the window is empty.

Gwen runs up to the statue of the Bishop and pours 40lbs of dust over him thinking that the dust is magical and will bring the statue to life.

Gary, standing in the chapel entrance is met by a dark winged creature, which he believes to be a dirty with his cult and begins doing homage to the beast. The beast attempts to kill Gary, but Dugin pulls him in, slams the door and holds it closed against the beast.

At that moment there is another earthquake and a crack forms leading to the second stained glass window.

Adventure 4

Begin at the Broken Crown. With bodies of 2 heros and Ella, the waitress. Ella smells like the priest (or rather the priest smelled like Ella's perfume).

Rorik goes to his room.

We are sat at the heros table.

Dugan and Gary take dead bodies upstairs to the rooms.

Dr Kovind talks to Ella about the priest. Ella's eyes flicker with surprise, but afterwards glazes over. Ella says that priest doesn't drink and she doesn't go to church. Just says that he has a good reputation.

Porridge, bread, cheese. And beer.

Learn from Ella Artith the Hammer hasn't been seen. But is likely to be back later.

Take food and tip her well. Ella notices the bodies before leaving.

Gary unwraps Sunny's body. Wax fully intact. Cloth bandages are normal. Body is bloated. Puncture holes, possibly dart holes. Body is dressed in street clothes. Gary finds folded note.

Dr Kovind sees Ella talking to barkeep barkeep says "if you have to go ahead and take some time" Ella tosses apron and heads to front door. Dr Kovind watches Ella head North from the pub. Marin, Gwen and Dr Kovind follow.

Gary and Dugin stay with body.

Barmaid was with guards. Another moment there is another guard jogging away. Guard notices following. Kovind runs toward guard. Guard pauses group sees that the guard is Ella, but also the guard.

Ella/guard/person runs in another direction. Dr Kovind does a magic stripping spell. Guard turns around appears to be elderly man then does a wave of hands. Body turns to smoke and disappears. This is a teleportation spell.

Go around corner and see old man heading up the street. Toward orphanage then spots group. Sees burning orphanage and is unhappy. Dr Kovind Hales him, he says he will talk another time, teleports inside. Is looking at the bodies that we left behind.

Dr Kovind and Marin run into building. Gwen stays in street (scared of fire). Dr Kovind tries to talk to man. Man asks "Did you do this?"

Dr Kovind says , "we were attacked by halflings, we followed them here and the place was booby trapped when we showed up." Man grimaces, says "stop following me"

We return to bar. Ella is there. Smells like Ella and smoke. Bartender is confused when questioned. Says that we and Ella have not been gone long and that she showed up again just before us.

Gnomes and cleric go back to room. It is empty besides. 2 bodies are on bed with Rorik, no one is there.

Dugin and Gary come back with a slight woman named Romanitza Albu is a gypsy. She says that she is here to offer her services.

Gary explains that she can speak to the dead and searched her out. On a ship called Guilded Lady, from the great port. Her speciality is talking to the dead.

Gary reads note and the bodies of the dead and nudges the bodies to make them shake.

Team asks them "What is third challenge?"

Albu answers in Storm's voice "Beyond the hall of heros lies Bishops Hell, which is a test to see who is telling the truth and who is deciding you. There are 2 statues one will raise the bishop and the the other will release the beast.

What happened to other heros?

"gathered at heros hall, many things were happening. Vivian went to research the demon and earthquake, fox and dede followed prospector to see if treasure to see if it was needed. 

Sunny and I heard of a plot to kill Melody Murphy. When we left the heros hall was the last I saw of my companions."

Meoldy- because she whistles while she kills people.

Who killed you?

We had a beat on the assassin's, hobbits who were out of place. These were moving in groups of 4. We were on the roof, we were darted. Our hearts were racing then we died.

If the beast was released is there another way to put the beast back or release the Bishop?

"That is a question only Vivian would know. "

Vivian would most likely be in library at the milby school. The woman who runs library Lucy Milby, wife of the headmaster. Dugin had a very special relationship with Lucy Millby. He wants to go straight to her.

"Do you know anything about Ella shape changing?"

I have no idea what you are talking about.

If you were still alive what would your next move be?

After splitting up we could re convince at the heros guild. Our top priority would be to thwart the plot on Melody's life.

Who do you work for?

We work for the good of the people, we are bound to the town. We will live or die with the town.

Who is Melody loyal to? As common knowledge we know that Melody Murphy is not loyal to anyone other than the town.

Where can we find Meoldy- Murphy? Most likely at Dirty Dicks pub.

Heros go out on the heros pire, on the next holy day.

Romanitza slumps and says. My work is done, fingering ring. You know where I am and what my price. I know all about you. Come back if you need me again.

Everyone chooses to sleep. Dr Kovind keeps watch. People come in at 4am. Singing songs of their victory over the fire.

Staff is busy, people coming for a quick beer. Kovind wanders through crowd to look for anything out of the ordinary.

Ella is doing her duty, asks if you want a beer. No special connection. No one smells like Ella. Guard is nailing a notice to the notice board outside the pub.

Search the pub. The area around heros table is cleaner than rest of bar. Don't notice an egg. Group of people are rushing towards the main gate of the city. Gwen and Gary rush after the crowd.

Rest stay to search around heros table. Table and floor seem to be cleaned with alcohol.

Outside, as the sun rises to the south of town on the road that runs to Walworth. Gary stops to tell me about the shooting star, a lone tent, like a traveling merchant tent. Flies plain white banner. See clearly the figure of gnome or small folk reclining. Second chair is empty. A hill giant sits near a fire drinking coffee. Hill giant is dozing. White flag is a flag of parlay.

At lift there is and elf as captain of the guard. " Melody is coming for official parlay. "

Gary jumps over cliff with ring of feather falling and Geen on his back. Land at the bottom. Everyone is watching

Begin walking toward the tent. Figure in tent is goblin holding a staff in his hand. Is concerned, whistles and giant stands up

Gary convinces him we just want to talk- to exchange information. Gwen blurts out everything about the beast, the dwarf with fire elementals, the plot to kill Melody.

Goblin is klagg. Gary suspects that the dwarf has the dragons egg.

Klagg says "it is nice to meet you Gwen" , don't remember giving him our names.

Klagg is looking at helmet.

Offers us anything. Gary asks for boat. Gwen wants to put beast back- so the townspeople don't find out and hate her.

Klagg says that he may be able to help after we find the egg.

Has knowledge to put beast back, but until he has the egg he won't tell us. He says he has a way and we believe him.

Klagg teleports us to the chapel, using the bishops staff.

We appear on the spire. Outside chapel is chanting, a mob is chanting, on top of the spire. Chapel is in decay. Crowd has gathered with signs saying welcome dark cloak. The cloak people recognize Gary. Gary asks them if they have seen blue orb/egg. Tobias Trig (old leader) is scowling and coming after us.

Gary initiates combat with Tobias. Dissipates but Tobias hates us.

See lift and Melody Murphy has come out of Dirty Dicks pub and gets on lift alone. See her walking toward tent. Has coffee with Klagg. Melody begins to talk. Walks away and Klag uses staff to disappear.

Tobias is giving henchmen orders and henchmen go to rope ladder. Gary hears Tobias say destroy the egg. Gary goes after Tobias to "finish him off". Kills Tobias, Gwen tries to bribe the henchmen. Critical fails, henchmen try to push Gwen over the edge. Gwen entangles and binds them. Gary kills one henchmen and 2nd henchmen is incapacitated by vines. Then sweats to protect Gary as his bodyguard.

Gwen takes Tobias' locket. Has a picture of elf woman. The woman is the true Oracle, but has been hearing too many voices and has gone crazy.

Gary and Gwen return to broken crown and meet up with the rest of the group. They have Vivians body and pay the Gypsy to talk for her again.

Adventure 5

Rorik awakes to 3 naked dead bodies, 2 men and a woman with arms wrapped around him.

Comrades come in jovial with magic items. The bodies are heros, put in bed with Rorik.

It is early afternoon on Tuesday. The bar is parsley populated.

Group decides to go to the 300 steps. The stairs frovide passageway, it is the only way down besides the lift. The animals are in the grotto at the bottom. The shaft takes twists and turns, the workmanship is remarkable but unadorned.

Dugin takes the Xorn stone in his hands and feels the steps.

Gary and Gwen and Maron go towards merchant market. There are several burned out sections, there are a bunch of shady people. In the doorway of a burnt building.

Maron doubles around in disguise toward humans the thugs notice that Maron is not human, he steps in front of the entryway and stops her. Maron is deterred by a thug. She sees a bathhouse with fire damage. She hears bits of conversation "we are going to hurt them all; but shhh someone is close. "

2 more shady people in shadows.

Get to merchant market and sell Amulet of Natural Armor. Tobacco offers 32,000 gold for Amulet of Natural Armor. Gary takes 28,000 and leaves 4,000 credit for later. (933 platinum to each of 3 heros present). Gary pays 33 platinum to throw a party for the followers.

Maron asks Tobacco (Sebastian) about Trixie. He seems to know more than he lets on.

Group heads to Trixie on the Spire. Spire is mostly empty. Gary's followers take us to Trixie. There is a guard at Trixie's tent. The 3 go back into Trixie's tent. There is a woman lightly bound to a cot. The is writhing on the bed. We put the Necromantic helmet "Flowers are red...just to watch them die when the aura of Friday begins thus starts the ending beware storm clouds on the horizon a sea aof yellow rides the Maribor as death walks the street a green man follows it's been a long time since I rock and rolled. Give peace a chance" Look around for clues. Find some personal effects around, but no clues.

See a large group of soldiers with water toward the steps and the animals in the grotto are being evacuated. Smell smoke, there is a bucket bregade, a wagon cought on fire at the bottom of the stairs

Go to Dirty Dicks to talk to dwarf. Figrear Forgebeard. Ask if the dwarf talked to Dede and Fox, they were asking about the steps, the lower steps. The landing 42, and the dwarf door they left there. "there is not a whole lot to tell. When we were building the steps we found another passage and walled it up to keep people from wandering in. They weren't dwarven work. Arched Xorn are elementals that eat precious metals, cannot be killed with fire, can sometimes be appeased with precious metal. But not aleays Dede was asking about it too. Passage led to a room that was like 80 feet in diameter.

Ask about how to enter dwarf doors, he doesn't know about that door.

Doesn't know about the blue egg. Heard it was a dragon egg.

Sense that he was lying about not setting up the secret door. Since we are not dwarfs.

Maron disguises herself as a female dwarf "Anchora". Try to get Figrear to talk about the door in the wall. Gary and Gwen leave to allow "dwarfs" to talk. On 42 was something substantial that we wanted to go back to. I told them I had nothing to do with it. But I set up the key, it was a clever math problem that no one will ever get it. I can't even do it. But it was really clever. I won't leave the bar." Learn the general area to activate the puzzle, but will need to solve puzzle."

Anchora leaves. Group goes down to the 42nd landing humans create a shield and gnomes transcribe puzzle.

Go back to dirty dicks to solve puzzle.

Back to landing 42. Solve door lock. Square opens, a round tunnel, crank mostly closes the door behind. Gary pulls out Ever Burning Torch. Look at shaft in front of us, shaft emptys into an 80 foot room, boards look collapsed, there is a jewel, hundreds of holes drilled into ceiling, can feel air and a whooshing sound of a large fan. The air smells like death.

Gary walks in and the Ever Burning Torch goes out, floor creaks. Gary steps back. Gwen casts a light cantrip on a copper coin and tosses it into the hole. As soon as the coin is in 4-5 feet the light goes out and we hear a clang-clang. Suspect that magic doesn't work in that room. Gary lights candle and takes it into the room the wood creaks and candle stays lit. Gary tries to get jewelry and the floor around him gives out. Gary falls. 40 foot drop and gets hot by a fan.

Gwen uses a rope to go after Gary. Gets far enough to see if he is alive and gets pulled back up before the fan hurts her.

Dead bodies around Gary.

Dugan recognizes magical fan that will never fail from the first age. Is necessary.

Use magic to stop the fan. Maron gets bodies of heros and Krib the , the egg and the cloak.

Follow blood to the top of the hill. Notice that blood is coming down main street. It is late on the afternoon.

Go back to the broken crown. Ella gone. The barkeep says she left a few minutes ago. Romanitza isn't in the pub.

The grotto had another fire.

Dugan goes with Rorik and Gary to Fr Dunhurst to ask to be healed.

Romanitza is set up on the Spire. Wants us to bring the body to her.

Someone saw a woman carrying a large package. To the lift.

The Phoenix aka Tobacco (Sebastian) has been taken home.

Notice lots of people are wretching (from the poisoned water) guards have found that there were bloated bodies in the water supply.

Krib the prospector

"Why did you steal the egg" It is valuable, a translucent egg is the most valuable" How did you die? "I was leaving town was waylayed on landing 42by 2 members of the cult of the shooting star, shortly after they were dead too." "Stole the egg from a blue dragon in the mountains to the east, I was going to lay low and go north to sell it" How did Melody know you had stolen the egg? I was persued by Longtail (dragon) and orcs and giants, I assume they told Melody. Only 1 in 1,000 dragon eggs is clear. These are the rarest

Question Fox How did you die? We killed ourselves by accident. We were following cult members. Saw them enter tunnel, at the end we saw them fighting and the floor collapsed and we all died.

What do you know about the cult? They are a bunch of crazies, except for Trixie.

Do you know anyone who fits the description of the lady carrying the bodies. Vivian said she had a Baron Walworth was associated with earthquakes Aliya been (captain of Barons guard) matches that description. Was in love with Barons son who is dead.

Adventure 6

Klagg is summoned to the party. Magically adorned.

Gwen and Gary decide not to believe the dwarf and hide the egg with Maron. Klagg knows the egg is with Maron. But is hit hard by Dugan and Rorik. He disappears and we see a flash from a ring. Says "enjoy Longtail"

Notice that to the SW of town there are lights (like a town, but there is no town). Light looks like a column of fire.

Storm is getting worse. Lightning is collecting around Fr Dunhurst chapel. Team goes to the chapel, 4 heaps of stone around the chapel. Front door blocked my stones.

Gwen casts to dispel lightning. Dugan and Rorik look for another way in.

Stones become giants. Villagers have been crushed- the giants. We fight the giants and defeat 3- then notice that their eyes are glowing blue gems, blue flashes from inside the chapel. The blue flashes get much dimmer.

Dr Kovind sees that the gem allows him to see a different scene.

After defeating the giants there is an argument inside. A number of people are in chapel, hear armor.

Alter is cleared, religious artifacts in a heap. 2 men (fr Dunhurst and a young man on altar, Dunhurst is bleeding out. Next to sword and shield is an ebony staff. Blood runes around room. Air crackles from white staff. Staff is bound to Klagg (was in a trance) but now arguing with a knight with sword drawn.

4 knights near the front door (one is recognized as woman carrying bundle)

Hear "you promised he would come back to life" (king or barons son may be dead)

Gems are Gems of true seeing (see through magic)

Dude with Klagg is the Baton of Woolworth. Alia Bern (in love with Barons son)

Group attacks the altar area, Klagg is defeated.

Gary allows Barons procession to pass. Baron says that the city will be spared.

Magical boots. Headband, potions etc.

Touching the staff. Filled with warmth and power. Ghost of bishop smiling and shows a Stern countenance and holds out hand to hey staff.

I hand the staff to bishop. He elongates and staff becomes light. Form is gone through the roof. Sky visably brightens. Storm seems ordinary. Cheers from townsfolk. Fear in streets gone. Bishop form near center of town. Staff bathes the town in light. Stands resolute and scans the sky.

Staff of necromancy, Boots of levitation, Headband of major mental superiority, Ring of major protection, Potion of invisibility, scroll of greater teleport.

Dark cloak is coming, party is happy.

Hear a cry from the sky and see swirling black creature. Orlyth Longtail dives, catches egg mid air and flies away.

Trixie says he is here, the time has come.

Room of the third challenge is gone, but we are still the hero's.

Tell Bishop to allow the demon through.

We defeat, and a dark cloud drifts southwest