Wilderness Exploration

About 6 short adventures exploring the Sand Lands and the Valley of the Kings. The loot includes a Wand of Petrification which unfortunately has to be traded to a Chittagong Magician’s Guild Master called Llangwellan the Blue, in return for de-petrification services. Ref: A2 OE Date: 672 Characters: Sho Rembo, Grettir, Silden, Aradan, Frekki, Gerindar, … Read more

Voyage to the Ivory Coast (and back)

Yog the Beast and Kiness the Cunning buy and fit out a small cog and take a voyage to the Ivory Coast, way to the south. They hire a professional helmsman called Orr Half-ear and recruit a large and multifarious crew that includes Grettir, the berserkers Eric, Clarence, Grunt and Brodin as well as the … Read more

Tomb of the Old Chiefs

A trip to the Sandlands. Apart from the eponymous Tomb, the party encounter giant ticks, forest trolls and a hill giant. Ref: A15 OE Date: Summer 675 Characters:  Sho Rembo, Grettir, Marna, Silden, Frekki, Dorlas, Shizarem.  NPCs: Gadan Real World: When – Autumn 1980 (1st Term); Where – St Andrews The expedition is taken out … Read more

Return to the Lodge of Hakkar the Swift / Grettir’s Wedding

This was really two separate trips with slightly different personnel. The initial trip is a re-exploration of the lodge of Hakkar the Swift (see A6). The next trip takes place on the eve of Grettir’s wedding to Kisten the middle daughter of Yithmak the White, Lord of Sequarl. At his betrothal, Grettir had been presented … Read more

The Sequarl Dungeon

Sometime after Grettir’s nuptuals, the party return to the exploration of the secret dungeon under Sequarl. This time they go with the blessing of Yithmak, who is no fool and negotiates a half share of everything found down there along with all artefacts associated with the House. They discover the Old Imperial Treasury of the … Read more

Vulcanheim

Nickar reveals that he has the power to travel between the planes of existence.  By way of demonstration he transports the party to the fiery plane of Vulcanheim, where they land on a desolate moor. There the party encounter a hunting party of Fire Giants with Hellhounds.  In the ensuing combat the Fire Giants and … Read more

Mountain Troll

The party encounter a fearsome mountain troll and despite its speed, strength, cunning and viciousness manage to slay it.  Most of the damage is done by Grettir, Aradan and Silden.   Ref: A23 OE Date: Late Winter 677 Characters: Grettir, Aradan, Marna, Larna, Frekki, Silden.  NPCs: Eargh, Huron Real World: When – 2nd Term 1981 … Read more

Hill Giant

Exploring around the Chittagong area, an encounter with a hill giant was the highlight. However, the party also met with orcs, goblins, a huorn, and a draugr. This was the first trip for a martial monk called Rigon.   Ref: A26 OE Date: April 677 Characters: Clarence, Rigon, Grunt Monoslab, Alberic, Salrod, Marna.  NPCs: Real … Read more

The Wood of Itaen

The party explore the Wood of Itaen.  Aradan and Gerindar are mortally wounded in a mighty struggle with six ogres and three Kur in the Wood of Etain. They are brought back from the brink of death by Eggo who is fetched from Chittagong by Sho Rembo using her teleport spell.   Ref: A27 OE … Read more