Elf-napping Grettir and Paradoxides were still on Basi. They were joined there by Ubaron, Wilf, Jason and Girindor who had tired of the snow and ice of the northern world, and by elements of Grettir’s family, including his wife, Kistin, and his fiesty twin daughters Signy and Katla. They were housed as honoured guests of … Read more
The party return to Magdalen to investigate a tale told them by Jusper Herath of the Sable King. The Sable King was said to be a powerful magician who could transform himself into a Manticore at will, but who had lost his reason in the process, turned upon his own people and become a recluse. … Read more
Wilfred Stephson has long been an adherent of the God Mitra. While on Basi, as he receives the adulation of the Bright Kingdom for his public victory in the chariot race, he receives a summons to attend the Temple of Mitra in Telnus on Kos. Paradoxides provides the transport and conveys him there magically. There … Read more
Though it be the beginning of the coldest year, there should have been at least a diminution of the winter snows by the end of February. However, Sequarl finds itself in the grip of an unprecedented cold snap and the wise pronounce it a Fimbulwinter born of the curses of the Jotun. Grettir summons his … Read more
It all started with a bar room brawl in a seedy dockyard tavern in Chittagong where Yspadadden, Ubaron and Ranulf were trying to have a quiet pint. The local enforcer was an extremely short, wide fellow who looked like a dwarf, except that he didn’t have a beard. He was remonstrating with a large group … Read more
Dingradur found itself under assault from a large warband of orcs led by an orcish shaman of some power who they later learnt was called Zargon. Their attackers proved to be well equipped and well organised. Their initial assault force took control of the area that the dwarves referred to as “The Porch”. It was … Read more
Not long after Zargon’s attack upon Dingradur, one of Yspadadden’s regular customers arrived in the Porch and called up for Yspadadden. The dwarven smith came to the gallery and could see no-one there. This was not surprising since the visitor was the Invisible Man and was only ever encountered as a disembodied voice. He was … Read more
The Rangers have disappeared. Nickar has gone with them. Enquiries with Ivar Forkenbeard, whose halls at Ringrond are linked to their base by a teleport ring, suggest that whatever happened was not entirely a surprise to the Rangers. There had been some sort of recall message and those Rangers who had been in Ringrond suddenly … Read more
Ubaron arrives in Dingradur to equire whether his armour is yet ready. It isn’t, but Yspadadden and Ranulf avail themselves of Ubaron’s transport magic return to Chittagong with him. There they meet up with Wilf, who like Ubaron is waiting for Paradoxides to finish his sums so that they can go with Grettir to find … Read more
It is almost half way through May and Paradoxides is still doing hard sums in a tower in Basi. Grettir grows impatient. He thinks there is no harm in having a bit of a reconnaissance to Uskedir. Ubaron teleports himself to Atlanis with Grettir to arrive around midnight in local time. They are still a … Read more