Following hard on the heels of the slaying of the Frost Giant Shaman at Black Orc Rock (Hard Days Night – 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 … 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
In late February Paradoxides teleports Grettir, Wilf, Aderbarg and Kolgrim to the ruined city of Bysantos. Grettir has in mind to find the Temple of Ptah, but they know little about the city. So the main objective is reconnaissance. Not long into their exploration they find themselves caught in an orc ambush. A score of … Read more
Ubaron has long been a devotee of Isis. He is invited by Cassandra, the High Priestess of Isis in Chittagong to take his Eternal Vows, which will make him the Chosen of Isis – much as Grettir is to Osiris and Wilf to Mitra. He agrees and undertakes various ceremonies including receiving a tatoo of … Read more
Most of March passed while Paradoxides and Ubaron closeted themselves away in the former’s pad in Basi. They eventually appear in Sequarl with what appears to be a black silk tent and a rolled up carpet. This, they proudly announce to their comrades, is a Meditation Carpet. It will greatly enhance the range of any … Read more
Before venturing back to Bysantos, Grettir took counsel with Eshen, the senior priest at the Temple of Ptah in Chittagong. Ubaron went with him. Eshen was somewhat distracted by an upcoming ceremony in which he would be consecrated as Heirophant. Because of this no-one could really be spared from the temple to join the expedition … Read more
Grettir and his companions had now been twice thwarted in the search for a Phthet of Ptah, that might open the Void and help him rescue the Rangers and Nickar held in some strange time trap. The first Phthet was in Uskedir and held by some sleeping Demon Prince, who he had been warned by … Read more
Over the years, Grettir had come to take teleporting very much for granted. He seldom went anywhere without one of his companions – Paradoxides, Ubaron, Kolgrim, Kojar – with the power to pop him back to Sequarl at the drop of a hat. Combined with Kojar’s clever alarm system of matched runestick pairs, this had … Read more
The next task the Lydians asked of Grettir and his companions was to help them bind and banish Apep. This done, they might close the Gate securely for the first time since the Breaking. They would then be free to assist in any way they could Grettir’s quest to seek the aid of Ptah. Having … Read more
There was much idle speculation at the Temple as to what might be going on in the pyramid. It was blindingly obvious to Grettir that the only course was to go there and find out. Rebecca agreed and furnished them once more with a ship. She was keen that Ellia join them to give advice … Read more