On the Trail of Tersites In the spring Grettir makes ready his great ocean-going longship, the Stigandi, for a voyage to the far North where lies Skagnar This icy isle was the last known whereabouts of the sorceror Tersites, whose lair the party discovered and looted the previous year (D20). According to legend Skagnar was … Read more
A Voyage in the South Seas After a quiet winter in Sequarl, Paradoxides teleports Grettir with his usual comrades and a couple of huscarles to Kos to rendezvous with the Kistin. With them was Xephanos, his doctor, who was keen to visit his family in Ianda, and the odious but useful alchemist C’tholos with his … Read more
Grettir and the crew return once more to the Southern Seas and join the Kistin, still in Anango. They take a commission to deliver a package to Asperiche and agree to sail in consort with another sloop called the Green Serpent, under the command of one Zamaran of Kasra. At Asperiche Paradoxides leaves the company … Read more
On his return from Basi, Grettir sets his mind once more to the Protectorates. Two remain: Sleat and Garstang. They are the most northerly – closest both to Sequarl and the Wood of Itaen. Initially Grettir favours an exploratory raid on the Orc Mound in the Wood of Itaen to find out what had happened … Read more
It was only July but in this the Ice Year, Grettir was already fretting about winter. Last year a strong party of Frost Giants had suddenly appeared in Sequarl Town. This year, with no reconnaissance support from the Rangers, he feared the same or worse in the even colder winter in prospect. He was therefore … Read more
After disposing the loot from the previous venture (F29 – A Tale of Two Griffins), Grettir went straight out again, to the same area with the same companions, but adding a dash of dwarven grit and lore in the form of Ranulf. Although it was still July he was aware that the adventuring season (at … Read more
Wilf and Jason were keen to get another trip out of their river boat this year. Away from the Far North, there was still a month or so in the campaigning season left in the Ice Year. So the party decided to take a trip along the West Otanga again, and continue west rather than … Read more
Barely a week after their previous visit (F31 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), the party teleported back to the ruined villa on the banks of Long Lake. The party this time did not include Aderbarg or the boat crew and Jason had found something better to do. However, the elven druid Girindor joined … Read more
After a short trip to Basi to apprise Paradoxides of the latest elven machinations, Ubaron and Kolgrim teleport the party back to the ruined villa they have been exploring. They determine to try to find the lost dwarven settlement, the Mines of Azov, from whence the seven dead dwarves found at the villa were deemed … Read more
It started as a further exploration of the great ice mountain they had found in the northlands on the edge of the Breaking of the World – the mountain that Valakar had called Denali and described as the Bones of the World. It turned into something completely different. They teleported to the Werewolf Cave discovered … Read more