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
Paradoxides tires of the laboratory and the stifling heat of Basi and expresses a wish to breath the cold air of the Northlands once more. He is intrigued by the tale of Kolgrim’s near miss – being nearly snatched off a ledge by a dragon in a snow storm (F30- Words of Iron). He dusts … Read more
The party returns to explore the Mines of Azov. Paradoxides goes back to his books in Basi, but they are reinforced by Wilf and are joined by the dwarf Ranulf, who has a special interest in Azov where he still hopes to find a lost enclave of his people. He brings with him another dwarf … Read more
A few days after the slaying of the Lizard King (G6), the party returns to the Mines of Azov. This time Girindor stays behind and they are joined by Jason. At first they cover a lot of old ground. They slay a party of troglodytes, who appear to be roasting their recent boss’s lizard steed … Read more
Courtesy of Ubaron and Kolgrim the party teleport to Basi. Grettir is keen to take counsel with Paradoxides about developing a magical protection that might help Yu-Chi and Demeetha operate more easily in the Sunlit Lands. Yu-Chi has also been begging Grettir for a chance to replace her spider mount and he reckons the far … Read more
Back to a very cold Sequarl in the run up to Yule. Word comes in from Meriad, an outlying settlement in the south west of Sequarl under the stewardship of Grettir’s sister-in-law Sitrin and her husband Vahn, of an attack. Grettir wastes no time in gathering his companions. Paradoxides, Ubaron and Kolgrim summon the Night … Read more
Following hard on the heels of the slaying of the Frost Giant Shaman at Black Orc Rock (G10b), Grettir mounts an expedition to pursue a mixed, group of orcs, hobgoblin wolf riders and what they take to be half orcs seen in the vicinity. They have sledges and are not hard to track in the … Read more
In the night after the events of Eagle in the Snow (G11), the Legate of the 20th Legion comes a-calling. His arrival is not entirely a surprise. While investigating the bodies of the Imperial Hand Paradoxides notices that some sort of communication has been sent off at midnight. It seems to be linked to the … Read more