Queen for a day

The group Hitches a ride on the Song Dragon "Sonata" and heads to Mikas. Sura's mother is unwell and the kingdom crown's Sura as queen. Sura's daughter "Sera" is full grown now (wings & tail and all). After speaking, Sura admits that there is more in this world she wishes to do and see. She abdicates her throne to her daughter. Sera tells her mother that she is quested with bringing home a new heir (get pregnant again). They leave and head back to Hilltown.

Murphy and Sonata fly out to do some recon work on the army and find that their is in fact more to the story. They are being lead by a female Satyr who is claiming Surnoth as hers and naming herself Queen. "Queen Hellmyra". She is sending out scrolls to all communities saying to join her or be enslaved under the new kingdom of Surnoth. They also find that she has a second in command which is a Centaur by the name of "Lyiam Darkfoot". She now has an elite strike force of Minotaur's that look quite battle-hardened as well as 4 quite large Blue dragons in their ranks now. The Army is rapidly growing.

Much to be discussed at dinner at the Wyrmwood Inn....

The Song Dragon

The group travels North. Before they reach the next village, they encounter a large (+2,000) Orc army encamped in the hills. They turn around and head back to Hilltown to warn them . On the way back they find a strange "sewer grate" covered in rock and mud. Murphy melts the earth and they open the metal grate. A beautiful half elf emerges and Panarus is immediately enamored. The two head off into the forest and much music can be heard. A few hours later the group finds Panarus naked in the back of the cart huddled in the fetal position. He is not trembling in fear but in shear adrenaline/ excitement/exhaustion. He tells the group that the woman is actually a song dragon (quite rare) and they in fact made love and music together. He says it was the best moment of his life!

The group heads back to Hilltown and warns them of the massing Orc army to the North. They catch a ride from the Song Dragon "Sonata" so Sura can get back to her mother in Mikas. Sprock takes Delvin's Wyvern to re-route the ship back to the port in Diamond bed city.

Interrogation complete!

Jin is left alone and interrogates Sir Jonathan extensively. He eventually gets the knight to confess. He took on a job for the Mercy Killer Guild in the planar city of Sigil to kill the adventurers. He has been jumping in and out of time portals and killing chronomancers along the way to find the group and kill them. Jin finds a sack of broken and bloody hourglasses & the wanted/reward posters for the group in his possession. The knight admits he has failed and wishes to die. Murphy provides him with a poison.

They find a door in the basement which leads them to a wounded frail man. He is missing his foot. It turns out that he is the high cleric of Xeroxen from Furnoth, but from a different time. The group fights 2 suits of animated armor, they also find a nasty torture room with hanging limbs, & and ultimately, find a fireplace which has a portal to send the high cleric back to his own home/time. The group also finds a door which they can't open but somehow they think is part of the mud sorcerer's tomb which is halfway around the world! They leave the Wryrmwood tavern basement and make plans to head back to Diamond bed city to go investigate the Mud Sorcerer's tomb.

A dinner gone bloody...

The companions make their way back to Hilltown. The town has grown substantially since last they were back. Delvin's Barn is filled with new massive horses, Sprock''s workshop next door, is still under construction... The Wyrmwood Inn which forever ago the group helped Gertrude build is thriving. She greats them enthusiastically and summons her staff to prepare a major feast. All is well and the group finally feels a sense of relief. They delivered Sura's baby home, saved their friends soul from Hell, and became luxury ship owners... life is good.

Before the blood pudding could be served, the door slams open and men in chain mail and armed to teeth start firing cross bows at the group. A great battle in the Wyrmwood Inn is about to go down!

Thunk almost dies, one guy runs away and Clyde follows after him into the streets and eventually knocks him out and drags him back, only the squire. They leave the last guy barely alive. The Interrogation begins....

 Sir Jonathan Argenti of the knight's of Torinklar

• Knights of the free realm
• Anti-Paladin's of Xeroxen
• Protectors of the Free State
• Assassins of Demons & Devils
• Guardians of the Portals

Ride by Attack!

The group heads out of Diamond bed city to make their way back to Evonmar. Their quest is to save their friend Panarus back from the depths of Hell!

Halfway through the journey, they are ambushed by a band of orcs. Rather then parlay or engage, they ride faster. Fyorn and Thunk cast spells at the orcs killing most as they ride by. The arrows and spears hurled at the war cart do nothing, money well spent...

They arrive in Evonmar and speak to all of the high Clerics. They retrieve Panarus's body (on ice) and the Clerics prepare a ritual to send back to hell.

They arrive in a strange place with swirling mists and limited visibility. They are attacked by shrieking ghosts of some kind but manage to keep them at bay as Panarus' body violently flails around as his soul transitions back into his body. 

Panarus is back, but the group quickly realizes that Koa (the spirit walker) is gone. When they speak to Panarus and mention Koa, they find out that it was his imaginary friend as a boy and shows them his children's toy he always keeps with him. It is Koa indeed with fiery wings. The spirit walker (maybe Panarus' guardian angel) is all but a small figurine. 

They head back to Zearth leaving Hell behind. 

The group mounts up and heads back to Hilltown. It has been a long time since they have been back home for most. 

The Journey home

The group arrives at Squint-town. After the ship crew has headed to town, Jin gets the word through his coins to take out the captain. He (captain) is found trying to create new glyph's & wards to summon more demons on the ship. Jin kills the captain and with no one on board to hear any screams, sneaks out quietly.

Jin and the group meet up at a tavern and compare notes. Just then, several large demons (most likely pit fiends) attack the ship and set it aflame. They fly off only after confirming it is destroyed.

Late in the night, a Very Large ship arrives (The Xavier). The crew and passengers head into town. The captain has a few drinks with Clyde and eventually confesses that he hated his life & sells the group the Xavier only if they make it a point to throw all of his current rich passengers belongings overboard so he can watch!

The group, along with their crew from the previous ship head out on their Grande new vessel "The Xavier". The previous crew agree to take the ride with them to Diamond bed city and show everyone the ropes on how to man the ship properly. 

They arrive back in Diamond bed city. They hire a captain (Octavior Desaclyse) and a 1/2 orc security officer (Goodock Greenburr "goodie") and a Madame (Ellousa Diavalia) and her 8 maidens (previous prostitutes eager for a new life).

Sprock greets them warmly and immediately gets to work on modifying the ship to handle the war cart and the groups other animals (including a hatch for the Wyvern to get out and fly and fish each day to keep his wings strong). 

They spend some time in the city. Delvin reunites with his father and all is well. Jin does some real-estate shopping and Fyorn checks the great library for new spells. The rest of the group does some shopping.

They mount up onto their war cart (joined by the witch and her daughter) to take the journey back to Evonmar. 

The queen of Amonzonia

After a few uneventful days the group arrives at the port of the great city of Amonzonia. Before they can even get to dock though, they are greeted by several small ships sailed by large Amonzonian female warriors. They board the groups ship and then the queen (Sura's mom) comes aboard. She seems to care little about Sura or the group and demands her grandchild. She refuses to let Sura come ashore. She does give the group new provisions but sends them on their way.

Back at sea, the group discusses the Jin situation (without Jin present of course). Delvin explains that he swore an oath to make sure all of these ancient beings (bortasheta) are sent back to their native planet. Delvin uses the sand portal magic to head back to the planet and bring back the coffin containing Gary. They store it in Fyorn's state room. They devise plans on how to best get the being out of Jin and back into the coffin.

Ultimately Murphy suggests that they try and talk to Jin instead of attacking him. Jin eventually concedes and the group helps him transfer his essence back into his body and put Gary's essence into the demon box. The sarcophagus takes off into the sky. Jin, back to his original self feels lonely and empty. He already misses his symbiotic relationship with the creature. 

Coming clean

The group continues their travels over the high seas. They come upon a strange barge coming towards them. It looks to be a pit fiend but waves friendly gestures. Jin has some telepathic words with the creature. He then comes clean on what he is.....

Jin explains that back when Gary first opened that first sarcophagus long ago the ancient being known as a Bortasheta possessed his body. After Gary's public death, the being inhabited a new body, Jin. Jin quickly found the adventurers and befriended them and has been with the group ever since. 

The group helps this other Bortasheta in the pit fiend find its sarcophagus (stuck on the ocean floor). They release his essence back into the coffin and Jin traps the pit fiend into his demon collection box. The Sarcophagus shoots into the sky back towards its home planet.

Ghost ship!!!

Finally hitting the real ocean! 

After a few days they see a ghost ship adrift at sea. They approach. Getting onboard proves to be quite deadly as Thunk is dropped to the ground dead by powerful undead sea farers almost immediately. Black Eyed Delvin grabs his body and retreats.

Delvin prays to all the gods for help and his prayers are answered. 

Thunk is alive! Though Delvin looks weakened...

Jumping ship...

Late in the evening, the crew and Captain Grekon make their way back to the ship. Grekon seems confused. The companions question him on what has happened. He explains that he fears the ship is cursed. It was him that scrawled the evil wards beneath Sura's baby's crib. He couldn't control himself. He thought that if he burned the ship, we can be free from this curse.

The group makes haste and switches the name plates of the boat docked next them (same class and model). They load all of their cargo onto the boat and leave the cursed ship behind.

As the new "Termatoor" hits the high seas, we can all see a great blaze of light from the docks at the city...

The Mud Sorcerer'sTomb

The "Termatoor" drops anchor. Delvin tracks the wererat but the rat must of have jumped overboard so the trail is cold. Meanwhile Sura heads into the water with her water breathing helmet. She finds a glow at the bottom of the ocean and goes to check it out. After further investigation and getting the rest of the party involved, they determine it is the fabled "Mud Sorcerer's Tomb". They decide to investigate. Once they gain access inside, it has breathable air and they find themselves in a chamber with 4 large statues with various weapons in hand. In the center of the room is an empty cauldron. Then a sinister shape shifting undead appears and a battle occurs. They destroy it after an epic battle.

Sura suddenly gets a feeling her daughter on the ship is in trouble and heads back to the surface.

The group determines that the weapons fit into the cauldron and that they open different doors depending on what is inserted. They open up one hallway which is filled with water. Murphy shifts to a water creature but is hit with a horrible water poison that almost kills him, The other path is riddled with swinging blades and also under water. Both hallways have locked doorways at the end.

Sura gets back to the surface and boards the "Termatoor" followed by Delvin. They head to the baby's chambers. Sura swears she saw a strange black mist like aura above the baby briefly as she entered the room. Delvin and the rest of the group investigate and find a pentagram and ward symbols scrawled into the floor boards beneath Sura's baby's crib. Clyde determines it is a summon spell for that nasty devil they dealt with before arriving in Diamond bed city. 

The "Termatoor" arrives at the Free city of Jostlin on Mikas. Everyone is having a great time at shore. The group overhears some type of a commotion with a few locals and their captain "Grekon" at the local pub. They decide to follow the group. The ruffians head towards the "Termatoor" with Greek fire and appear to be ready to destroy it. The group attacks and kills all but one for questioning. The survivor states that the Captain "Grekon" hired them to burn the ship, saying that it was cursed........

Warm reunion and on to the High Seas!

The group enters the great City of Diamond Bed . They make their way around and eventually come to Delvin's Father's newly established horse farm. Several barns are still under construction but in the few months since he has been there, business is thriving. Delvin is asked to seek out and hire a horse trainer. Meanwhile Fyorn visits the great Library and "borrows" a book called "The book of the travelling Nomad". Jin heads to village hall for some personal matters. The rest of the group does some shopping and then makes their way to the dockmaster to secure passage across the seas. They meet the Harbor master David Longbridge. He finds a ship heading out soon to Mikas called "Termatoor" with captain Grekon Ropetight. Upon meeting the captain, they come to an agreement and are ready to set sail. Delvins father brings gifts for Sura's mother. Two Wyvern eggs and two great horses from the latest brood. Murphy speaks with the druids about the flesh helmet found in the cave of the ooze demon. He is instructed to put it on and also the flesh armor in the other chest. They say that it is cursed but is important and that he will become a greater ally for nature and the world. He puts it on and his skin becomes darker and "Bark like". He gains new abilities including now being able to shape shift into trees. The group leaves port and heads out to the high seas.

On board the first evening, the cook is seen bringing out a large pot of stew when a rat startles him and he spills the soup all over him causing severe burns. Dinner is lost, but Murphy makes good with numerous good berry spells to keep the crew (18 + the captain) well fed. He also heals the chef. The captain reveals his real name is Viktor Blackwater. He is not well liked in town so thought it best to use a fake name within Diamond Bed city. 

The rat that scared the chef was a strange creature with red eyes. They kill it and wrap it in leather. As soon as it is wrapped up it immediately changes weight to about 30 pounds....

The battle that wasn't to be

Not too far from arriving in Diamond Bed City, the group rests for the evening. While having dinner around the fire, a grotesque looking creature stumbles into camp and asks for medical aid. 

Murphy cures his ailments with numerous spells. The creature asked for help, saying that some dark creature is killing his village and they need help. Murphy changes to a bird to investigate. He sees the village in flames and the remaining population fleeing on the backs of these large Sloth like looking creatures. 

Murphy lands on the back of one and speaks with the riders. They describe a dark creature with intense powers. Murphy is actually harmed through a vision. He reports back to the group that this creature might be too powerful for them to confront.

The group discusses and decides to decline helping them. On the way into the city they alert the town guard to assist the fleeing creatures and where to find them. Best they could do.

Journey to Diamond Bed City

The group is given tons of provisions by the Glamdrin church for their journey to Diamond Bed city. From there, they will charter a ship to take Sura and her baby home to Mikas. Two days into the trip, Koa stops the caravan to say that there is a "bad spirit" near by. The group investigates and come across a gross, bloated demon violently masturbating in the woods. 

A great battle ensues, and they are able to vanquish the demon and trap into Jin's box. A few days later, Koa again stops the group to say he senses another dark spirit close by. They find a small cave and encounter a strange ooze like demon. They kill the demon without too much trouble. 

Earth, Sand, and Water then, let's kill the kid....

The group comes across numerous chests with treasure inside (scrolls/potions) in the cavern. Multiple difficult doors and traps are endured (room filling with water/sand along with Trap doors, flaming cauldrons, etc.). They kill the enemy, secure the soul of the lingering demon (face stealer) and move forward, joining the rest of the the group. The group arrives back at Evonmar to a great celebration.

Sura is ready to give birth and is brought to the Church of Glamdrin where she is treated with much honor and respect. She gives birth to a male (not acceptable accordioning to the Amazonia order) but also has small wings and a tail (probably being tainted by spending time in Hell). Seeing this as an abomination, Sura throws her spear at the child being brought away by the midwifes, killing it. 

Sura returns to the rest if the group in the tavern to discuss what has transpired when an angry mob amasses out front brought on by the two fathers of Sura's baby's calling her a child killer....

Meanwhile the high priest of Glamdrin has been apparently murdered...

More news as soon as it becomes available.

To Evonmar we ride!

Delvin's father tells his son that he is going to head to Diamond Bed City to set up another Delvin horse farm. Murphy meets a new friend. A native of Mikas, he is one with the earth and the spirit world. After a long and enjoyable venison stew feast at the Wyrmwood Inn, they invite the new traveler "Koa" into the group. It seems that his "spirit guide" might very well be the spirit of Panarus. Koa tells Delvin that there is a message for him inside of Panarus' flute. The message asks Delvin to set up a university of music here in Hill Town. He has left his life's work (10,000 flutes) in warehouse here. Delvin makes arrangements to get his deceased friends dream a reality. (Panarus died in Hell and cannot be brought back by magical means. He remains "on Ice" in the cathedral of Darkenday in Hill Town until the group can travel back to hell to free is soul).

The group takes the war cart back out on the trail. They are headed to Evonmar to brief the high clerics of their quest. Two days on the road, Koa asks the group to stop as he feels there is an evil spirit close by that must be vanquished. They find the rubble of a once great citadel. They are attached by (3) undead (animated armor/ doom guards). There is a sinister undead who's face seems to shift that only Sura glimpsed for a moment during combat, but slipped into the cavern below. 

The group kills the last of the doom guards and rest on the surface before preparing to check the chambers below the crumbled tower and look for the face shifter. 

Rescue complete!

The adventurers finally prevail over the giant skeletons and make it into the cavern. The demon that gave Thunk the Glaive is in there next to a bound Xeroxen shackled to the wall. Thunk uses the glaive to break the chains and frees Xeroxen then hands the glaive back the demon. The demon dissipates. The angel returns and opens a portal for the group to get home. Clyde takes the unconscious Xeroxen and jumps through. The limp body of Panarus is brought back home as well.

The group finds themselves in the forest. After determining their location they decide to head back to Hill town. When they arrive, they realize that 3 years have past. They find Sprock and the witch (& daughter) along with the carts, horses, & wyvren. They are greeted warmly by friends and family. 

Clyde now bears a symbol/tattoo of Xeroxen on his shoulder where he carried Xeroxen through the portal home. 

The battle in Hell that never seems to end....

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battle session 3

To Hell with all of you!

The group travels to the city of doors known as "Sigil". Not long after walking the streets, people with similar tattoos like Thunk approach and guide them to the first portal. They travel through many different portals. With each portal another tattoo on Thunk disappears. Eventually they are greeted by an Angel (Thunk no longer has any tattoos left). Giving no names, he said he is here to help guide them to their final detitanation... the 643rd layer of Hell. It is there they will need to rescue their captured god Xeroxen. 

There is a Demon trapped in my Package...

Sprock gets the wall demolished and gets the cart on its way out of the tunnel. Scouting ahead, it appears the group is about to be ambushed by about 60 thieves. Sprock uses some of his explosives to rig the cave under the ambushers. After detonation, the group traps the survivors in the pits and burns them to a crisp. 

Once out of the tunnel they are greeted by Drow Wyveryn riders who have come to expedite the groups arrival to Evenmar. Sprock stays behind to get the cart back safely and the rest of the groups flies fast back to town.

Once back in town, they speak with the high clerics. They determine that the group must travel to the depths of hell with the help of the "chosen one" (Thunk) and rescue the god Xeroxen who has been captured and being held hostage by demons. 

Tattoo Parlor

 The group licks their wounds after the worm battle and further investigates the rest of the cavern. They encounter 7 ferocious creatures known as "Grell". Their barbed tentacles inflict major damage to the party, but they eventually prevail. 

Further in the tunnel, they come upon another "other worldly" sarcophagus. Inside is another creature which after some conversation lets the group know that the Dwarf, Thonk needs to head into the next room alone. He does so and emerges covered in strange tattoos (magic rune symbols and others not recognizable). 

"Alright, who get's the magic carpet?"

The group makes their way into the tunnel. They find that it has been bricked up with only some smaller tunnels to explore. The group leaves Sprock and the Witch behind with the cart and head out to check out the rest of the cavern. They are attacked by some gigantic slug like creatures. The are roughly 2' in diameter by 25'-0" long!

After some horse trampling, soften earth spell, harpoons & flaming spheres, the group manages to kill the slugs. They find a few chests of treasure. The one chest is poisonous and almost kills Jin, luckily Delvin was able to save the day. They find an Iron necklace, a strange window shutter that has an inscription "keep", and a flying magic carpet. 

Who get's the carpet?

Under the bridge

When the group arrives at the river, they find that it is fully under construction (being replaced) and is not accessible. They have to use the old tunnel which runs underneath the river. In a side ditch, Delvin sees a strange (robotic) creature stuck in a ditch stuck in a foot or two of mud. 

He advises the group to leave it alone and move forward. They get to the opening of the bridge and are about to enter when a huge creature emerges and attacks. 

It is a brutal battle but they are able to kill it and move forward. Luckily it vaporizes upon death so they didn't have to move it out of the way to get the large cart and horses through.

Insignificant Mortals

The group is in a strange place they come to find. Time is still not the present it is 2 years after they wandered from the camp.  Delvin decides to use his ring to go back in time to warn the group not to open the genie scroll. They take his warning and fill in the holes. Jin draws the symbol of Koanatee on the burial site and asks Koanatee to protect the area. As the group continued to travel south Jin becomes sicker and sicker the closer he gets to the destination.  He figures out that its the box that is making him feel this way and passes it off to Clyde who then starts to shimmer like a demon.  Jin gets the box back, Clyde stops shimmering and now Elga starts to shimmer. The demon is body hopping. But as bad luck seems to persist lately, this was the trapped demons plan all along and escapes the box. Elga tells Jin that the demon switched out the boxes when he escaped and the broken box he has is a fake. 

The group finds an army of 500 demons eating babies in the forest. They await Delvins return. A decision needs to be made... either continue south to the destination and possibly be annihilated or return to the town and report back to the high cleric of Koanattee?   

Where is my Mommy & Daddy?

The group sets up camp in the forest. Later in the day a scream for help is heard in the distance. Jin, Thunk, Clyde, & Delvin leave the camp to go investigate. They come to an excavation site with two large holes. As they are investigating they can tell that the screams came from some humans which are all dead at the bottom of the hole. Then, a skeletal hand reaches up from the dirt and grabs at the their feet. Before long a skeleton covered in a strange green ooze emerges. As they fight this thing, the ooze splashes off and onto them with each hit. They eventually kill the the ooze. They realize that the skeleton was not undead after all and somehow animated by the ooze itself. 

They investigate the holes. The one hole has a coffin in it that has been pried open and remnants of the ooze can be seen all around. Jin finds a secret compartment in the sidewall of the coffin. It contains a scroll case. Clyde deciphers the script and it reads "do not open, Genie inside"

Jin convinces Clyde that he has to open the case "we may get wishes" He can't resist... He opens and reads the scroll. The Genie within takes over Clyde and offers the group a way to save their friend Clyde or lose him forever as he would be possessed by the genie demon. They must find another host. 

The group finds a farm not too far off. They use the farmer (dad) to get the Genie out of Clyde. The "Genie" show their true form and Jin attempts to capture him in the box the witch gave him but he takes off into the sky knocking the box out of Jin's hand (used to take demon's souls). The box looks broken. The "Genie" escapes.

 Jin heads back and finds another Genie scroll at the dig site.  The second genie needs a host as well. The farmers wife of course...The daughter comes running after the transformation and runs into Jin's arms and says " Where is my Mommy & Daddy?"

The good genie demon brings the group back in time a year to the exact moment they left.  After yelling at Jin about releasing her husband the bad demon she takes off after him.

Jin speaks with the witch Elga. She tells Jin that he was been given the "bait and switch". The broken box he has indeed a fake. The Genie stole his box of demon soul collecting.