It was not to be a quiet Yule at Sequarl. Grettir was pleased to receive reports from various parts of Sequarl of its inhabitants banding together to drive off orcs and ogres without his personal intervention. Much treasure over the last two decades had gone into improving fortifications and training militias. However, there was word … 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 reconaissance. Not long into their exploration they find themselves caught in an orc ambush. A score of … 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
In the Temple of the Shattered Sun the first order of business was to examine the great sword taken from Gerion’s lieutenant in the Pyramid of Ptah. Rebecca confirmed that it was a bound entity of benevolent aspect. It was clearly a very valuable artefact, but was too big for a human – even Jason … Read more
Grettir was disappointed. He had been granted a personal audience with Ptah and had rather hoped that this would be the triumphant culmination of his year long quest to find a means to rescue Nickar and the Rangers from whatever entrapped them. He had travelled to the ends of the Earth, battled armies of demons … Read more