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
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
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
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
Quite a lot of loot was acquired. Ref: A22 OE Date: Late Winter 677 Characters: Grettir, Salrod, Aradan, Clarence, Seven Foot Tall. NPCs: Uisge, Shan, Eargh Real World: When – 2nd Term 1981 ; Where – St Andrews (Warsoc) Few details survive of this one.
Expeditioning once more on Sequarl’s western marches, the party encounter two trolls. They slay one and track the other to its den where it took dies. The party then return to Sequarl Castle to examine the considerable quatities of loot. Back at Sequarl Aradan suddenly decides to quaff a potion from the loot. Perhaps he … Read more
The party track some Goblins to their den and get a nasty surprise when they find a troll there too. They overcome in the end. The dwarf priest, Silden, obtains a magic helmet from the loot. Ref: A25 OE Date: March 677 Characters: Salrod, Clarence, Silden, Frekki, Alberic, Meldor. NPCs: Real World: When – … Read more
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 party explore the Shihalion mountains a range even further to the west of the Edgewere. One night their campsite is attacked by a family of seven forest trolls – a truly unprecedented number – and matters look grave at one point. Grettir finds himself fighting off three of them with his great iron shield. … Read more
Grettir has been employing researchers in Chittagong to scour old manuscripts in the city’s libraries for mention of ancient sites in and around Sequarl. They discover that there was another noble house to the west of the Sequarl, the House of Bagurn. Unlike Sequarl, they had no Black Rock keep to allow them to resist … Read more