Nick Crouch Grettir was now the King of Telemark. That was the easy bit. Now he had to rule. Telemark Telemark Town had an impregnable castle, a large sheltered deep water harbour and a sprawl of dwellings spread out along a rocky peninsular. There was a substantial hinterland of farms and small villages sprawling inland until pasturage … Read more
Yspadadden is a powerful Diviner and has the personalia of False-Priest Harald, the villain of the previous expedition, last seen escaping justice on the back of a Nightmare (Feeling Lucky Priest?). After some weeks tracking him around the fringes of civilisation in the badlands north-west of the city, Yspadadden is most surprised to find that … Read more
Yspadadden was setting up a residence in Chittagong. He had bought what was literally a wizard’s tower from Paradoxides and was fitting it out. Trevillion was also in Chittagong and he insisted on showing the Dwarf and his companion Ranulf the sights of the city. That night he had taken them to the Cavern, a … Read more
Ashperton The party visit Ashperton the Ent, to tell him of the destruction of the Termite Mound and the removal of the great evil that underpinned it. Ashperton is delighted. He still persists in identifying Girindor as an elf from the distant past. Girindor tries to enlighten him but the Ent is firm in his … Read more
A Cunning Plan Ubaron reports the discovery of the metal canister (That Which Lies Beneath – G30 ) to his boss, High Priestess Cassandra at the Temple of Isis in Chittagong. She is perplexed and makes contact with the Temple of Mitra. Although they worship a different pantheon, they are aligned on important matters like … Read more
On the night of the Full Moon in April, the Invisible Man appears at the gates of Dingradur and is invited in for a conference. He is very interested in their tale of events in the Lair of the White Spider. It seems that he has been back in Thangoria, stirring up trouble between various … Read more
The party set out to explore the area marked “Angry Trees” on Yspadadden’s map of Galendor, draughted for him by the Invisible Man. They leave Dingradur on foot. Ranulf is riding his bear, Eira. This was the orphaned cub that had been captured some three years previously (Galendor – F22). It had since been hand-reared … Read more
Around Yule, the mysterious Invisible Man came to see Yspadadden. He had a commission for the Dwarf from Gamesh, the orc chieftain who had previously sent unsolicited gifts to Yspadadden for slaying a rival (Galendor – F22). He would pay a fair price for the forging of a morning star. Yspadadden scowled – he only … Read more
Grettir had a difficult conversation with his wife, Kistin. They had been happily married for nearly twenty years. She had born him five children and been his faithful helpmeet in ruling Sequarl. She loved him, he knew, and he had grown to love her. What he had to say was a bitter pill for her … Read more
While Grettir and Paradoxides were chasing sphinxes in the 5th Circle of Hell, Ubaron and Trevillion had been hanging out in Telemark, in a tavern that Trevillion – always a man with an eye to a commercial opportunity – had bought from an individual keen to depart town with some cash before the Imperials arrived. … Read more