The Bowling Alley

The party go exploring in the Edgewere Mountains.  They find a large cave inhabited by a Stone Giant that rolls huge boulders at them (the bowling alley). They eventually slay the giant and from its hoard Grettir wins a magic elven-wrought longsword called Troll-biter. Shortly after this, the elven blade warns him that two snow … Read more

The Chittagong Sewers

Grettir, Ivar Forkenbeard and Yog the Beast hear about the possibilities of monsters and treasures beneath the city of Chittagong and mount an exploration of the ancient sewers. They return somewhat smelly but carrying plenty of loot.   Ref: A11 OE Date: Winter 674 Characters:  Grettir, Ivar.  NPCs:  Yog Real World: When – Summer 1980; … 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

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