With his return to his kingdom Thorushk was eager to see his wife that was definitely showing the baby bump. “Thats one strong baby” he kept claiming to his wife as every day they could see the baby stretching her belly.
“Do you wish it to be a boy or a girl” Abigail asked Thorushk at one point. The only thing he could think of saying was “As long as it has the love and attention that I got from my parents, it doesnt matter to me either way”

Erastus
The first month that he was there, Thorushk spent most of his time by his wife’s side. Helping her and getting her whatever she required. Even though they now had servants to do these things, he enjoyed being able to spend this time with her. Due to him being so busy with his wife, he may have not taken too much interest in the Kingdom except to approve the opening of a store that sold mythical and rare creatures, and made sure the dwarves had houses built in the newly created settlement of Striken.

On the last day of the month, Thorushk met with the populace in the town hall to hear the people out. It had been a while since he had let the meeting and was glad to hear the peoples voices. When he opened the hall for the first petitioners, there was a throng of dwarves waiting. They had made the long trek down the mountains to speak in the hall.
“You Thorushk?”
“Yep”
“Might wanna build a road to yer other settlement ya know.”
Thorushk points to the scribe and motions for him to write that down. He looks back to them.
“K”
“And we want a damn smithy built in Striken. We are sick of having to trudge down here, or wait on the damn rip off merchants coming up and selling us their stuff for a fortune. We won’t have any of that.”
“Ok”
The dwarf squints and looks at him……. “Ok?!”
“Yep, I value your work and ethics. They say there is no better miners in the world and I want to make sure to keep you happy. Consider it done.”
“You sure you a Half-greenskin?”
“Yep”
The dwarf spits in his hand and approaches the chair Thorushk is sitting in “Swear to me”
Spitting in his hand, Thorushk reaches down and shakes the dwarf’s hand “I swear”
The dwarves all grumbling to themselves behind this occurence start heading towards the door, as their spokeperson reaches them he says “Damned softest hands I ever felt.” With that the dwarves start roaring with laughter and left the chambers.
Looking to the guard at the door, he wipes his hand on a cloth and says “Well one down one hundred to go. Send in the next petitioner.”

Arodus
The dwarves stayed true to their words with their work and Attin saw the most prosperous months it had ever seen. As promised he set first thing with the creation of a Tool smithy in Striken. Also he had his people clear the area south of attin and claimed another area.

After he saw to that, he went and sought out Molly Chatman. “Molly sorry to disturb you but Abigail and I would like to go for a walk with you if you have the time.”
“Of course Thorushk. Is Abigail ok?” she said with a worried look on her face. During the pregnancy Molly has been overseeing Abigail.
“Yes, yes. Please come with us”
Walking through the town to the salutations and smiles of the folk, Thorushk brings her to the town hall.
“Uh what we doing here” she stated while looking at the town hall.
“Turn around and tell me what you see”
She does and squints….. “Well a few streets down is the Smith I see. But thats it.”
Laughing, Thorushk says “Heh the lady isnt the only one with mysteries”
Abigail puts an elbow in his ribs and admonishes him with a smile on her face “Tell her and stop being a jerk”
“Fine, fine.” Coughing he composes his demeanour. “Picture this….. bricks….. walls…….doors”
“THORUSHK” Abigail elbows him again
“Heh ok. Molly I have ordered the creation of your temple to be built here close to the town hall and castle. Is that ok with you?”
She stares at him for a few seconds, then looks to Abigail who nods. Then suddenly leaps at Thorushk putting her arms around him in a hug “YES, YES” Switching to hugging Abigail.
“I figured it would be a good place. Especially at the end of the month when petitioners are lining up directly outside the church heh.”
Looking back to the spot as though she could see the Temple already. “It will be perfect”

Rova
Sitting in their parlor talking to Abigail one night . “I think I want to expand to the water to the East. Eolande says its filled with her kind and well, I think it would be good for Attin”
“Yes dear” is all she says as she is reading a letter.
“Oh and I want to grow a bulls head on my back”
“Yes dear”
Sigh…… “Abigail……. ABIGAIL!!”
“Oh what sorry, I was just reading this”
“You dont say.”
“Turns out we are invited to Restov for their festival. I am not even sure what the festival is for.”
“So tell them we can’t make it”
She turns and looks at me “Are you new???? You can’t do that. This is how we get diplomatic ties. Perhaps a foot into Restov, maybe later combine into one big kingdom”
“Sigh ok…. but you are not going in your condition. I will go. Should I bring a bottle of beer or something.”
Shaking her head she starts “I will arrange to have the gifts made. It wont be too extravigant as we are a fledgling kingdom, but around 8,000gp should do. Ok to start when you meet them you should step forward with the left foot…….” It went on like this for days. Trust me….. you don’t want to know.

Because he was so distracted. Thorushk ordered the building of a foundry in Striken and expanded to the east. After the foundry was built even though there was objections to building it, the dwarves proclaimed Thorushk and “Idjeet” as there is no water there for them. With a sigh he went to Restov to make friends.

Lamashan
Thorushk expands a little to the South east. While he is up in Striken overseeing the aquaduct being built, he noticed that there was always a cadre of Dwarves on constant rotation heading to Attin and back.
“Kaz, what is with you dwarves always heading to Attin. It cant be for R+R cause you come right back.”
“Well it be like this, ahem..(with a small voice) we need supplies”
“Sorry, what”
“We need supplies ok!”
“Oh what do you need.” Thorushk looks around at Striken “Other than you know food, clothing, you know the necessities that you are NOT carrying back”
“Cough @#er Cough”
“WHAT?”
“Beer ok….. are you happy. We are getting beer. The clean clothes, the fresh food, hell up till recently a roof over our head. These are things we can live without. Now beer. Dont even try to stop us.”
“So it means so much to you”
“Does your precious books?”
“Touche”
“WHAT DID YOU CALL ME” As he rounds on Thorushk.
“Never mind….HEY JIMMY!!! Whistles” A human walks over
“Yeah whats up boss.”
“Do we have extra materials, like wood after we do this Aquaduct?”
“Of course boss, we always bring extra and take back what we need when building in the mountains”
“Good build another building large enough to house a brewery”
“Sure thing boss” As he heads out giving instructions to the other workers
Thorushk turns back to Kaz, “There would that be better…… wait is that a tear in your eye?!”
“SHUDDUP, course not. Got some rock in my eye, thats all. Get outta my way greenie.” With that he walks away towards the mine, stopping to give Thorushk a smile before heading into the dark.

Neth
Neth came the greatest gift that Thorushk could ever give to his mother. A theatre named after her. The month had many people and dignitaries come to see her sing. Thorushk worried greatly about the health of his wife as his child was quite large in her womb, everyone thought it to be a boy considering the size of the bump. But Abigail tired easily. One day while sitting at home and getting her a glass of water he noticed that the water had little particles in it. Not being happy with this he went about seeing his Grandfather-in-law. But only seeing his Homunculus he decided to talk to it.

“I have no time for the political banter and gentleman manners to talk to you so I will be frank with you. I need to know if you have the capability to purify the water in Attin. I will not have Abigail drink it in her condition.”
The creature stared at me for a while. Then spoke “Yes, but it is not cheap.”
“Fine lets get it done I will assist in any way I can.”
“Let us begin” Thorushk reached for books that was pointed out by the Homunculus and combined magical theory with engineering. After a few days, they had the technique figured out and the everflowing spring was created in Perlivash Parkland.

Kuthona
With the birth of his daughter Thorushk didnt have time to read all the requests of his patrons. This was the first month that he or his wife didn’t hold the town hall meeting and had one of his council members do it for him. Conveniently it was Gloinus. At the end of the month when the books were getting settled my father brought me the accounts
“An inn was built in Striken son, they say they needed it to be able to house the temp workers”
“Acceptable and logical, but I bet it was really to have somewhere to drink their beer”
“Another smithy was also built there, they say there is creatures under the mountain and need protection so a weaponsmith was built”
“Fair enough”
“I hope you dont mind son but your mother and I ordered a school built. It was breaking our hearts, we held auditions for the theater and we were handing the music out to people to sing. Well they couldnt read son. So I know it wont bring you money, but it will make your kingdom stronger in the long run. People will want to move here if there is education for all classes, and not just those that can afford the academy.”
“Dad you dont need to explain. I trust you and I couldnt agree more. Besides if it puts a smile on mom’s face, its worth it.”
“Now son you must realise this wasn’t my fault”
“What”
“You see you signed it”
“What?”
“You agreed to build a brothel in Striken”
“WHAT!!!!!!!!”
“Gloinus must have slipped it to you. And with Meg being born you were kinda distracted.”
Looking around himself, Thorushk asks “Does Abigail know?”
“Not yet. But you might want to tell her before she finds out on her own”
“Ok dad…….Dad?!”
“Yeah son”
“You know how I should tell her?”
“I am not getting into this at all….. your on your own. Mystra be with you”
“Maybe I’ll get lucky and an owl bear will eat me or something first.”

Erastus began with the artisans commissioned to create a monument to the fallen Warden Liriel Larenthanil completing it. The artisans outdid themselves and created an artistic masterpiece, which Galendil acknowledged at a small memorial held for his fallen friend and comrade in arms. Word of the perfection of the monument quickly spread far and wide. Lieriel set the standards for the Wardens of Treeholme to follow and uphold. The month also saw Treeholme’s first farm begin production. Trade also continued to expand, much to Nym Nyamtharsar satisfaction, with the opening of Shadowmoons Fineries, a fine jewelry shop.

Arodus saw a tannery start up production on the edge of town. This shop will take advantage of the recently opened farms and the bounty of the forest. More farmland was again claimed to support Treeholme’s growing population.

During Rova, the Wardens expanded their patrols into a section of nearby forest. A general smithy called the Hammer and Anvil, which is run by Andrew Barish also opened it’s doors this month. His is a general purpose smithy. Flowers bloomed early all over the city. Many took this as a sign of good fortune.

Lamashan saw the people unhappy with the way things were going. A Shrine to the Seldarine was erected and blessed by the High Priestess Talaedra Amarallis. The people were much relieved and happy now that they have somewhere to go to pray and meditate. More farmland came under Treeholme’s control again this month.

An elf named Andaerean opened a weaponsmithy called Andaereans Fine Blades during the month of Neth. This shop specializes in fine elven weaponry. A farm was established on some newly acquired land while a fishery began harvesting along the Skunk River forest, now secured by the Wardens of Treeholme. The farms had a record harvest this month and there was an abundance of food.

With Treeholme’s economy stabilized and doing well, and other city states encroaching on the forest, Galendil decided it was time to act. A vast section of the forest was to be reclaimed in one mighty swoop. With the help of the Wardens of Treeholme, he extended the border north and east all the way to Eriliven. Another park was set aside for the populace to enjoy at their leisure.

It was noted by some that when Galendil was not sitting in judgement or helping the Wardens, that he spent a lot of his free time in Bellis. He was frequently seen in the company of the beautiful elf maiden Jastra Erladden. She moved to Treeholme during Neth where she hopes to return to teaching when a school can be constructed. Galendil continues to spend a lot of his limited free time with her.

14th of Sarenith – Trade meetings are adjourned and the rulers are quickly met with news from an old acquaintance. Elyn Ursage informs them that the hill giant Munguk has returned to his old habits and has been raiding trading caravans, farmlands and anything else that crosses his drunken path. He urges for justice to be carried out on the giant and Tial Loup and the others agree and prepare to put an end to his rampage.

Munguk is slain, and Elyn finally feeling free from his duty announces he will now be heading to his home in Bellis to be wed. He invites the rulers to attend as a courtesy.

15-18th of Sarenith – The rulers get their affairs in order and make the trek south through the Narlmarch forests to the lumber town of Bellis.

19th of Sarenith – The wedding festivities ensue, the rulers partake in some local traditions and sadly the wedding is interrupted by a mad gnome named Tenzekil Braybrittle. He foretells of Queen Rhoswen and her return to destroy Bellis. This sets the Rulers on a fast paced 4 day journey that takes them through the forest and into the demiplane known as the Fellnight.

The Rulers defeat Queen Rhoswen and rebuild the wardstones that imprisoned her and her plane previously.

23rd of Sarenith – The group returns from the Fell night realm and the town of Bellis rejoices, a group of Fey also consider the rulers friend for the role they played in pushing back the incursion of shadowy fey.
The next day, the wedding of Elyn Ursage and Kailah Winmede is to be redone properly, and the city and the fey attend, even the Treant Vinroot arrives.

24th -30th of Sarenith – The wedding ends, the fey depart back to the forest and the rulers of the stolen lands return north once more.

4th Abadius – 13th of Sarenith – The fledgling nations within the Stolen Lands continue to grow and thrive. There is relative quiet and trade is prosperous. Many of the rulers are happy to announce that they are expecting children and the news brings great joy to the respective towns.

1 – 3rd of Abadius – The party heads out to hunt the Owlbear responsible for destrying parts of Attin.

25 – 31 of Kuthona – Clean up Eriliven, explore plains nearby. Travel to Clearwater to rest before heading to Attin.

14th – 24th of Kuthona – Visit Wyvernstone keep to investigate it and assist in rebuilding the strategic location if required.

11th of Kuthona – A missive arrives to Clearwater to request the aid of the Stolen land Nations. The Trolls who have been periodically attacking the nearby settlements and spotted in the Narlmarches had also been stalling trade to Restov. Ioseph Sellemius and the Swordlords are requesting the Leaders of the Stolen Lands assist them in finding the route of the troll problem and eliminating it. They are offering 2000 gold and supplies to their city (10bp) if the trolls are dealt with.

With Tial and Galendil both busy managing cities and children, Thorushk Lodoz, Tyrion Blackmace, Gloinus Hammerstriker & Gaeric Moonshadow head out to investigate.

They stop near the river to camp out and as they enjoy supper a patrol of boggards who must be adventuring from the Hooktongue slough ambush them.

After a brief battle they deal with the froglike boggards and settle in for the rest of the cold winter night.

12th of Kuthona – Continue journey to the area of the forest that Munguk noted as the Trolls lair.

13th of Kuthona – The four of them eventually find what appears to be the ruins of a long lost Dwarven Outpost built into the side of a cliff. They make the steep climb up a narrow edge and find what appears to be the place Munguk mentioned.

They enter the outpost and their nostrils are met with the foul stench of trolls and its not long before they are in combat with the foul giants.

The battle continues for an hour or so as they fight from room to room dealing with various troll like foe.

In the end the four remain, battered and bruised, bloodied and beaten but triumphant.

They camp the night and return to clearwater arriving around the 15h of Kuthona to rest and recuperate.

9th of Neth – take boat to Candlemere Tower, battle wisps and nettles as well as face the unsettling aura from which hangs around the tower. Find collapsed stairwell leading down to an inert portal and also a wickedly looking curved dagger.

10th of Neth – Return to Clearwater

11 – 16 of Neth – Continued exploration. Return to Clearwater and are approached by a Half-elf Ranger who is tracking a giant from the south. Tial and Thorushk decide to assist him in his tracking as a Giant in the realm is not ideal.

17th – 19th of Neth – Exploring and searching for giant, fall into the trap of a Leucrotta who uses mimicty to lure Thorushk toward the creature posing as a damsel in distress.

20th of Neth – Find remnants of an old ferry station.

21st of Neth – Locate giant, seemingly in a depressed state, drinking his moonshine and sulking. Tial offers to give it more booze and invites the Hill Giant to Clearwater. Needless to say, the people of Clearwater flee screaming at the first sight of the thing. Tial brings him to Skunk River Brewery and proceeds to give him keg after keg of the brew. The Giant eventually agrees to leave the populace alone if he is kept well liquored (Increased Consumption for Clearwater). The Giant Munguk then heads to the foothills near Clearwater to drink and wallow, awaiting to find a mate. He also tells Thorushk of some mean trolls who have a lair in the southern part of the Forest.

22-27th of Neth – Continued exploration and mapping that nearly completes the Greenbelt (1 Hex remaining and its the area Munguk mentioned)

28th of Neth to 1st of Kuthona – General ruling of the kingdom occurs.

12th of Gozran – Travel West toward elven ruins and spend evening in Dryads grove.

13th of Gozran – Spend evening in Elven ruins and are waylaid by an owlbear who falls victim to Tials bear traps.

14th of Gozran – Tyrion joins the party in the morning and they head south to continue mapping and exploring. They find some felled trees and on further inspection battle the Hodag.

15th Gozran – Continue exploring and mapping.

16th of Gozran – Continue exploring the forest trying to find its end.

17th of Gozran – Finish exploring to the edge of the forest and as they leave a Manticore catches their scent and attacks.

18-19 of Gozran – Return back to Clearwater to get reward for killing Hodag.

20th of Gozran – Hydra attacks Clearwater Harbor as group returns.

21st of Gozran – Show proof of Hodag defeat to Stas the Lumberjack and then depart early morning to head out for more exploration. After a long day of mapping around Candlemere, the group hears the screams of a boy coming from a fortified Lizardfolk village. They proceed to infiltrate from the rear and ram into the front. The battle goes long into the night and they do not leave til early the 22nd of Gozran, with the missing child Tig. They arrive at Clearwater and return him to his family and then sleep.

23rd of Gozran to 10th of Desnus – The Plague in Attin is dealt with, Clearwater finds itself at the hands of some embarassing news and further plans are laid for cities in the future.

1 of Abadius : The kingdom of Attin is founded. An edict was declared that a holiday will be held each year on the anniversary of Thorushk’s and Abigail’s wedding. The first of which will be when they do get married.

Not long into the kingdoms birth, with the aid of scholars, one of the malfunctioning portal’s is attempted to be re-opened. It blinked open for less than a second to an unknown plane. Then shut down again. Nothing was thought of it, till less than a month later when the people started getting sick. A magical plague struck the kingdom. Many were lost and tears were shed. But with the collective mental strength of the academy, 2 libraries, and wizards not to mention the healing powers of Mystra and Siamorph the plague was stopped within the month. However, the towns reserves of money was spent freely on the populace without hesitation putting it into debt within the first 3 months of creation and him being unable to afford to pay the traders and construction crews working on the kingdom.

The population was upset with this till a wealthy benefactor loaned Thorushk the money to deal with it. Who this woman or man is, is still unknown. But some of the rumours state that Thorushk has made a deal with this person for a year of magical servitude. A price he willingly paid for the lives of his people.

We were all enjoying a nice meal when one of the militiamen came and told us that some of the outlying farms were being attacked by trolls. We quickly gathered our gear and made haste for the farms. Calvin must have gotten lost or something because he was not with us when we left.

The militia had been able to set up a bit of a perimeter and the 4 trolls were primarily focused on eating the livestock. That changed when we showed up. Almost immediately magic and arrows started to fly. Thorushk started casting something and suddenly one of the closest troll disappeared. I cast Gravity Bow on myself. I figured we needed every advantage if we were t o save what was left of the farm. I think it was the pit trap spell of his. I’m gonna have to get that one from him. Someone else cast a fog cloud to appear. That blocked my sight for a couple of them so I took aim at the only one I could see. I had Shadow stay close in case I attracted attention. The next thing I knew, Tyrion was walking by the pit. No one had a chance to warn him to stay away and his armored arse fell in the hole with the troll. I would not want to be him right about then. The militia crossbowmen kept up a continuous rain of bolts that added up. Thorushk kept up his harassing efforts by summoning his monkey swarm. They proceeded to make life miserable for the trolls. I saw Tial darting in and out of combat. I think he is the one who set the first one on fire with those magical bolts we got a while back. About this time the troll in the pit was no longer in the pit. It looked like Tyrion had put the boots to him as he fell shortly thereafter. Thorusk went over and did something. Not sure what. Then the two other came out of the fog. I went right back to turning them into pin cushions. Calvin finally showed up and charged into battle. The next thing I noticed was that he managed to somehow trip and was lying flat on the ground. That let one of the trolls attack Shadow. After a furious exchange, I heard Shadow whimper in pain and was tossed aside bleeding and unconscious. That troll had to die. The rest of the party came in and helped us finish them off. I was able to get to Shadow before he died and with the help of a wand healed him up.

The next hour was probably one of the messiest of my life. It seemed everyone wanted some part of the trolls. Blood, hide, claws and more got ‘harvested" for lack of a better term. Seems the magic folks need these parts to improve magic items. The strangest request was Thorushk wanted their “manhood”. I still don’t know why I agreed but I did. I told him he owes me big time for that.

When we got back to town, Tial decided that it was time to deal with Gregori. A newcomer to town that had been stirring things up against him. I offered to watch the back entrances in case he made a break for it. I was happy to do that as the last time Tial had to negotiate as things went sideways. After a while he was taken to the keep and placed in a cell. He revealed that he had been paid to stir up the population. After a public trial he was found guilty and executed.

The party then went back to exploring. We knew from the Gnomes that there was a cave to the SW that had a large number of bones around it and we wanted to deal with that. There had been reports of a dragon in the area. Turns out the reports were right. It was a young green dragon. It seemed able to cause the party to become entangled really quickly. When it landed it started out by hitting most of the party with it’s breath weapon. That messed up a lot of people. I was fortunate that I had stayed back at the edge of the clearing to provide cover. Thorushk was back with me as well irritating the dragon. When we saw what the acid breath could do we split up. He hit it with some sort of cloud that made it take off and circle around. I took shots at it when it was flying but it was quite a ways away so not sure if I hit anything. When it came back I did hit it and it seemed to take it personally. I found myself face to face with the beast. I put a couple of more arrows into it and it took a swipe at me. It got a good chunk of me and it hurt a lot. Shadow even landed some bites but was unable to trip the thing. Then I got a really good shot that seemed to hurt it a lot. This was followed by a blinding flash of pain and nothingness. The next thing I recall is Tial standing over me with his want of cure light wounds in hand. I’m glad my dirt nap wasn’t permanent. We found some magic loot, some coins and some gems in the dragon’s cave. I snagged a pair of bracers that will improve my archery. I also got a pretty moonstone gem and a deep blue spinel gem.

The butchering of the dragon came next. I know they are magical beasts but I didn’t know so many parts of them would be useful. I did take one of the eyes as I’ve been told I need something with good vision to increase the enchantment on my bow. I didn’t do nearly as well with the collecting this time. I’ve never done this to a large lizard before so I was unsure of what I was doing and botched a few things. I got sprayed with acid trying to collect some. Thorushk wanted another “wang”. This boy’s fondness for collecting penises is starting to make me wonder. Not sure if I’m gonna keep doing this for him. I messed it up and we got sprayed by stuff. He cleans himself of with magic and doesn’t even offer to do the same for me. Luckily there was a little pond there that I could use.

And this is where I had to Leave. I think we were heading back to Clearwater…

8th of Rova – 7th of Lamashan – City life, Thorushk meets his betrothed.

8th of Lamashan – Kundal, Liriel, Tial and Galendil head west to explore the Narlmarch Forest.

9th of Lamashan – Find a Dryad named Tiressia and her companion satyr Falchos. Tirressia is distraught over the presence of a malevolent Scythe tree that is hunting her and Falchos. The group offers to help.

10-11th of Lamashan – The group continues into the forest and finds a hermit who appears to be a druid. He invites them into his little home and offers them coffee. Galendil falls unconscious after drinking the tea and the hermit attacks Tial.

12-16th of Lamashan – The four return to Clearwater to rest and recover from their wounds. They also stay as the full moon approaches and Kundal and Tial do not wish to risk transformation.

17th of Lamashan – The group heads out to the west, they come across a gnomish expedition that seems to have run into trouble after a battle with mites. They join in and help rescue the gnome wagon and join them for an evening.

18th of Lamashan – The party leaves the gnomes in the morning and heads west to continue mapping. They run into what can only be explained as a delicate situation. A group of loggers seem to be in dispute with a local fey.

19-21st of Lamashan – Galendil heads to find out if Old Beldame can create 5 Feather tokens to help end the tense situation between the fey and the loggers.It costs a large sum, but eventually they are created.

22nd of Lamashan – The party finds the lair of the malevolent Scythe tree that has been hunting Tiressia. They battle the great tree and manage to defeat it.

23-24th of Lamashan – Continued exploration, come across a group of shocker lizards.

25th of Lamashan – early in the morning they find the ruins of what appears to be an old Elven keep. They run into an assortment of evil Fey and battle there way throughout the Keep.

26th – 31st – The group returns to Clearwater. Sick, Wounded, and scarred from the ordeal at the Keep.

1st – 15th of Neth – The city planning of Clearwater continues and on the morning of the 15th the Council is brought forth with troubling news.

18th of Arodus – Spend morning investigating murders. Galendil heads to the Inn to track down any clues while Tial summons Jhod to his chambers to talk.

19th of Arodus – Discuss the ramifications of catching murderer.

20th of Arodus – Find Swamp witch and get quest for Black Rattlecap mushrooms. Run into Barghest.

21st of Arodus – Travel East around the Tuskwater and find muddy bog filled with Black Rattlecaps, and a Tendriculous…

22-25th of Arodus – Continue exploring and mapping east of Tuskwater. Mostly rolling hills and fertile grazing/farmlands.

26th of Arodus – The party finds what looks to be old ruins long lost in an overgrown copse of trees. Thorushk casts a few spells on himself to become invisible and to fly and scouts ahead after the group had seen a light source from within. Thorushk uncovers 2 Cyclops camping around a long forgotten ruins and seemingly arguing over a large stash of treasure they had recently uncovered.

With the news of the two one eyed giants, the party discusses some strategies and tactics to take the Cyclops by surprise. With the aid of their magic and spells the group manages to lessen the potency of the giants and manage to cut them down. Being quite battered and bruised from the melee, the group decides it best to camp the night and investigate the treasure these creatures left behind.

27th of Arodus – After resting the night the party decided to travel through portal. They successfully walk through it and it delivers them to a room filled with even more portals. Different colored gates some seem functional, others inert and others seem malfunctioning. The chamber is open aired as the one time domed roof seems to have collapsed over time.

28-30th of Arodus – Prior to returning to Clearwater, they stop back to the Swamp Witch, Elga Verniex to give her the Rattlecap Mushrooms she requested. When they approach her hut and call out to her she opens the door. Once she sees the mushrooms she invites the party in. They walk past her scarecrow and into her hut. The eyes of the scarecrow seem to follow each member as they pass it. Once inside, the Witch counts the amount of Rattlecap and finds sufficient payment. She also informs the group that she will take commissions to craft magical items for them.

31st Arodus – 7th of Rova – Conduct city planning, distribution of coin and loot. Tial claims new lands, establishes a gold mine and pays to have roads constructed to better facilitate trade and movement.

1st of Arodus – Lord Tial Lupe and his council are met by its people (As is custom for 1st day of each month). A few of his citizens petition the council with some issues they are facing including: Dealing with a wild pack of Worgs/Wolves that scouts have witnessed on the outskirts of farmlands, Reclaiming a fishing spot from an ornery turtle, collecting blood from a troll, Sap from a shamblemound and finding an elven statue. The Council discusses how to take action on each of these concerns and then heads out to explore the southern portion of the Greenbelt and see if they can’t solve some of the problems.

They prepare themselves for the road and head East taking the newly built roads. They head into uncharted territory and almost immediately come across the carcasses of dead animals. They search until nightfall and then set up camp.

2nd of Arodus – The continued exploration of the hex leads to the discovery of a feeding frenzy as a pack of 5 wolves feast upon a stag. Thorushk casts a spell that casts stones from the sky that strike the creatures and causing massive pain and difficulty in moving towards their new prey. The battle begins and the Pack leader a Worg appears and also charges toward the adventurers. The group of seasoned warriors manages to exit the melee with minor wounds and more importantly no further pack of animals to harass their nation.

They collect the bodies and return to Clearwater to show the people that these creatures are no longer a threat. Aravae and Anderian release a sum of 1,200 gp from the treasury as reward and the group spends a night in the warmth of Silverhall Keep, all except Thorushk who visits Lilly Teskertin at her inn to discuss elf stuff….

3rd of Arodus – The party rides hard until the reach out and map the opposite side of the Shrike River. They explore the area known as Nettles Crossing and then set up camp.

4th of Arodus – The party heads south and spends a day exploring and mapping the area south of Nettles Crossing and then sets up camp after a long exhausting day.

5th of Arodus – The party heads Southwest and begins mapping out the area, after a few hours Galendil, Tial and Tyrion spot what appears to be a large crack in the side of a hill. On further inspection it appears to be a long forgotten Barrow of unknown age. The group begins to investigate, spooking countless numbers of bats along the way, not to mention the undead that are awoken to defend their resting place from any tomb robbers.

Tial manages to spot and disarm a potent trap and Thorushk manages to cause half a dozen skeletal warriors to fall into his pit which causes their brittle bones to crumble on impact.

After dealing with a dozen warriors, the party enters the main burial chamber where a long dead Warlord rests in the form of a wight. After a long battle, the group manages to send the warrior back to eternal rest and only Tial seems to be drained from the encounter. Thorushk does notice the broken blade the Wight wielded to be magical and the group claims it and gathers up all the broken fragments they can find.

They exit the Barrow and find a place to rest for the night.

6th of Arodus – The group heads south from the barrow and explores up to the Gurdin River before breaking camp.

7th of Arodus – They continue exploring along the northern side of the Gurdin river and about mid day they find an area that can be easily forded. Thorushk also takes the time to cast mending on the longsword. He attempts to identify its magical properties but is unable to at the time.

8th of Arodus – Angered by his inability to identify the item, THorushk prepares the proper spells needed and succesfully identifies the longsword as a +2 Feybane Longsword. The inscription on the pommel reads “the swords to be named Feybane” Not particularly original, but it seems to make sense. With the many dealings with fey in these lands the group decides that this weapon could be of importance.

They continue along the Gurdin River after breakfast and eventually find the area that Arven the fisherman described to them as his fishing spot. That same fishing spot had been overtaken by an ornery snapping turtle known as Crackjaw. Unable to spot the creature the party slowly makes its way to the beach area spooking the turtle into the shallow portion of the water. As party members wade in, the creature attacks. Thorushk summons an Octopus, but that is shortlived as the mighty jaws of Crackjaw send the creature back to his own plane. Next up is Galendil, who wades in with his Greatsword. During the battle, ol Crackjaw managed to get his jaws on the blade of his sword snapping it like a twig. Luckily for the unarmed Galendil that Thorushk approached with his Great Axe and split the turtles shell nearly in two!

Upon exiting the water they investigate an area where past victims of crackjaw laid and discovered an Elemental Gem.

Satisfied and tired, the group heads back to Clearwater to rest for a while.

9th – 17th of Arodus – Tial and his council discuss city planning and carry out their various roles in office. It is decided that a Shrine of Selune and a General Store Shop are to be erected and that the kingdoms borders will expand with new Farmland to be built to the east. All this success and progress with the kingdom is quickly halted with the news that Clearwater may have their first murderer……

1st of Lamashan – 31st of Erastus – The town of Clearwater expands, and the party settles into their new roles as rulers and advisors for the new kingdom forming within the Stolen Lands. The year itself goes without much incident. The patrols throughout the land have limited the bandit activity and the lands in the northern Greenbelt seem tamer.

On the 21st of Sarenith big news floods the streets as Tial proposes marriage to the Magister Vesper Moonshadow. The people are excited and anticipate the wedding and celebrations.

Throughout the year many interested nations send diplomatic envoys to discuss policies, trade and forge future bonds.

But as Spring falls to Summer, the adventurers spirit begins to grow within each person and it is decided to continue exploration so that further cities and towns can be safely grown.

26th Arodus – Despite summer being in its twilight today is a warm and sunny one. Olegs and the surrounding area is a bustle of activity as its surrounded by countless tents, wagons and people of all walks of life who seem to be looking forward to a new life and new opportunities. As midday approaches, you are all gathered to the centre of Olegs. Here he and many representatives from Restov await you. Oleg introduces Aravae Kadelaryn to the party and she in turn introduces the many notable guests starting with Alexandre Orlovsky and Vitali Khavortonov the two most notable nobles present. Others include a few Swordlords, who through fortune, fame or shrewd business ventures have all made a name for themselves in Brevoy and are now seeking to improve their status even further, she introduces them as Alberto Costa , Anderian Blackwood , Anthony Sommerset , Kirena Masato , and Rupert Grimwinckle . Lastly she introduces her assistant Seldanna Kadelaryn.

Aravae then unrolls a scroll and begins reading it to the gathered crowd and the adventurers who dealt with the Stag Lord.

She then hands the charter to the nearest adventurer and congratulates them she then asks them to follow her into Olegs to speak in private.

Oleg then announces that a feast of celebration will occur this night and begins ordering about some workers and poor ol Jimmy Smithson to start setting up.

Once inside Olegs Aravae speaks

“My apologize that the Lord Mayor could not be hear but he had pressing matters to attend to.”

“As you can see he has authorized and dispatched quite a few craftsmen and folks who are seeking a new beginning, they are to travel with you to the place of your choosing and settle your new kingdom.”

“The Lord Mayor has asked that I stay in these new lands to offer assistance and aid. I am more than willing to fill a position of office or to simply be part of the advisory court, but these are things we can perhaps discuss tonight during the festivities.”

“There are a few decisions that must be made to establish rule first. There are political positions which should be filled to provide guidance and order to its people, these positions consist of a Ruler ,Councilor, General, Grand Diplomat, High Priest, Magister, Marshal, Royal Assassin, Spymaster Treasurer, and Warden. As there are five of you it is likely that you will each fill one of these roles, however; there is a need for the vacant spots to be filled and these decisions will fall to you.”

“The location of your kingdom is also an important decision, from the reports we have gathered and from the map you provided our reccommendation is to settle on the Tuskwater lake as it is a central location that will stimulate commerce.”

“I am sure you have many questions, I am available now to answer any you may have, it will be a few hours before Oleg and his crew have prepared the festivities of the night.”

A discussion is held within Olegs where decisions are made and positions of power granted to each of the adventurers. Aravae pays close attention and drafts up all formal documentation so that the records can be kept and be put into the history books. With a few positions left open, the new ruler Tial has a few decisions to make. The party goes long into the night, with many new people who seemingly have taken an interest in the Stolen Lands.

27 Arodus – After a quick breakfast the party exits olegs to see that many of the settlers, tradesman and pioneers have prepped their carts, buggies, and carriages and are ready for the journey south to the location selected to found the new city.

After a uneventful day long journey they arrive at what was known as the Stag Lords Keep, here Tial declares the city of Clearwater to be founded and begins laying the groundwork for his capital city. He meets with some city engineers and his advisers and begins selecting buildings to be build and locations. The Party settles in for a while, resting and reveling in the recent success and fame that has fallen to them and they watch their nation grow.

28th – 30th of Rova – The summer eases into fall and the people of Clearwater are busy at work, building roads, renovating a castle upon the ruins of the stag lords fort, building a mill and erecting the town hall.

9th of Arodus – The morning after the assault, the group is tired but sets out to round up the stolen goods and loot recovered from the keep. Akiros Ismort further explains to the party his past and his desire to make ammends. The group finishes packing all stolen goods on the stolen carts and wagon and quickly finishes scouting and mapping the west side of the area surrounding the keep. Calvin and Akiros decide to stay within the keep for a few days to ensure no bandits arrive looking for the Stag Lord. A gem lottery is conducted prior to the main body returning to Olegs.

10th of Arodus – The party makes it to the old Sycamore that the mites once called home and camp for the night.

11th of Arodus – The party arrives at Olegs in the evening and shares the news with Kesten and Oleg that the Stag Lord has been defeated. They continue to prep the goods to be sent off to Restov, along with a letter to the Swordlords informing them of the Stag lords demise. Kesten sends word to Restov as well, requisitioning three weapons of masterwork quality for the party.

Oleg takes any equipment/material orders from the party and preps his ledgers and balances his accounts before opening a keg of his finest dwarven stout.

During the festivities Tial and Thorushk Lodoz slip off in the night unnoticed.

12th of Arodus – Oleg Departs with the Caravan, Jimmy Smithson, Andrew Holdfast & Roman Tyverton leaving Svetlana and Kesten in charge of the trading post. The group offers to stay and help out around the trading post til Oleg returns. Around noon, the party realizes that Tial and Thorushk are gone, Guard Gil Reynolds mentions that they left late the previous night stating that they had intended to head back to the Stag Lord’s keep.

13th – 22nd of Arodus – The group relaxes at Olegs, they monitor the building and when Svetlana is asked she states that a Tavern is being built along with proper barracks for the guard detachment. She mentions her sister will be coming down from Brevoy to help out with the Tavern. The Cleric of Chauntea also arrives, informing them that he has been working to re-establish the Temple within the forest and that things have been much safer, other than of course a few trickster fey who come harass him at times. The 22nd Passes and Oleg does not return.

23 – 24th of Arodus – Still Oleg has not returned, Svetlana begins to worry and seems on edge. Calvin of House Mor & Akiros Ismort Arrive from the Stag Lords Keep, they mention dispatching a small group of Bandits who had come seeking the stag lord.

25th of Arodus – Later afternoon, Oleg returns. He is not alone, with him is a large caravan containing many goods, craftsman and a large body of guards on horseback escorting them. Restov Officials and even Aldori Swordlords are present in this large caravan and to Svetlana’s surprise so is her sister, Natanya Sadovsky. The Trade post is abuzz with people, and many of the workers, merchants, guardsman and wagons are forced to set up camp on the outskirts of Olegs. At some point in the confusion, both Tial and Thorushk return and just slip back into the trading post to find their companions, they seem slightly tired and carry two large heads of what Oleg proclaims the Tatzylwyrm. Oleg mentions to the party that the Restov representative and Swordlords wish to speak with them at midday tomorrow and then he heads to his quarters with his wife.

5th Arodus – Return to Bokken, deliver fangberries and purchase potions. Link back up with Thorushk Lodoz at Olegs and spend the evening in the safety of the Trading Post.

6th Arodus – Depart to the south, find an area where the skunk river narrows enough to easily ford through and map out the area. Set up camp and are visited by a hungry pack of wolves.

7th Arodus – Pushing south the party uncovers a large mostly wooden keep sitting on a hill overlooking a lake. The spend some time attempting to discern its inhabitants but have little luck from the distance. They decide to wait until nightfall and conduct a closer recce.

8th Arodus – Assault begins.

Galendil Thalanir’s side of the battle: Well, we finally found the Stag Lords “keep”. At least, assumed it was as we have only encountered animals and brigands for the last few weeks of exploration. The party had a lengthy discussion as to our best course of action. Clavin wanted to make sure it was the SL’s place first. It was finally decided that Tail and I would recce the east side at night and see what we could see. So the two of us approach the keep from the west, using a small hill for cover. We get about 400 feet from the wall and notice some shambling bipedal figures in the field. Tial decided to try to sneak closer and find out what they were. I stayed put to discourage pursuit if things went sideways. So almost as soon as Tial sets out he trips over something, he never mentioned what, and falls flat on his face, making a whole lot of noise. I was amazed that nothing happened. The occupants of the keep must have been drunk. Tial eventually returns saying that the figures, about a dozen or so are undead. He also noted that the west wall has no guard tower. So, we return to the group and it is decided to try to sneak in and see who they are before making any decisions. Tial and I are of course first to the wall. Tial gets a grappling hook and rope to the top of the wall. He does a quick look to see if the coast is clear. He then comes back down while I go and get the rest. By the time we get back, Tial is already back over the wall. I was going to go next, but I didn’t have a good grip so it took me a moment. At this point Thorushk got impatient and grabbed the rope from me and climbed over. I went over next and took up a position at the bottom of the ramp to the top of the first building. Then Calvin crested the wall. It was then I realized the flaw in our plan, as he came crashing to the ground without the least bit of grace. Him and his armour hit the ground with with a thunderous crash. I heard someone moving around above me so I readied my bow. Calvin had that unhappy look he gets when he is in the presence of evil. In hind sight, it could have just been from hitting his head. Either way, when someone came to the top of the ramp and yelled alarm I had no qualms about putting an arrow into him. I was a little surprised when he fell over, until I noticed the hand crossbow bolt sticking out of his back. Great minds think alike. I was wondering where the crazy oracle was as he is usually yelling in celestial and no one has a clue what he is saying, except me and tial, and I rarely translate for him. After dropping that bandit, I moved to the top of the ramp to gain the high ground and look for stupid human bandits, otherwise knows as targets. I saw a bandit shooting at me from across the way, so I returned the favour. Then he hit me with an arrow and I got rather pissed off at him and hit him with one of the special arrows I had. He fell down dead. Before I fired my second shot, I noticed that it was Sneeg. The bounty did say dead or alive, so I’m happy with the outcome. Then a bandit on the front watchtower started shooting at me. I felt obliged to return the favour. Someone on the ground even tossed a dagger at me. Something hit me, not sure if it was a dagger or arrow but it just pissed me off more. After dropping the guy in the other watchtower, I looked down and saw the Oracle. He was dirtier and bloodier then when I crossed the wall, so I put an arrow into the bandit bother him. He ran. I objected and followed. I heard the sounds of combat from the other side of the building and someone saying to release his pet, but there was no way I was letting this bandit get away. So as I am chasing this guy down a narrow alley, he come back at me and sticks me with his rapier. I back up to get some space and put another arrow into him. Maybe I should have aimed for his knee, because he then proceeds to run right past me back to towards the party. Then I saw why. Another bloody owlbear. Now that shout about a pet makes sense. Unlucky for me, he catches up to me. I managed to dodge when he swung at me and I high tailed it out back the way I came. A bandit on my own I can handle. A blood covered owlbear is another matter. I managed to stay ahead of the beast and ran up the ramp. There, I grabbed the wand of healing that we have and used it on myself. I hardly felt any better, so in desperation I grabbed one of my healing potions and drank that. By this point the owlbear had come around the corner and the party was surrounding it trying to bring it down. Tyrion had done his mist thing again so my bow was useless. I pulled out my greatsword and went down the ramp to close with the monster. When I got close enough to make it out I took a mighty swing with my sword and felled the ravaging beast. When the mist cleared, there was a human bandit in our midst. The fact that everyone was ok with it confused me. I decided to… trust the paladin of Helm and just went with it. I did keep my eye on him, especially when he started talking about the Stag Lords father. He then lead us down into a cave under the keep where we were attacked by giant ants and a swarm of spiders. I shoot the honeybadger that was clinging to the ceiling a few times and then it charged us along the ceiling. It tried to drop down on the poor half-orc, but several of the party members hit it when it was falling from the ceiling. Our new “friend” gave us a quick explanation as to where he came from and we did a quick inventory or loot. Next we have to decide on whether we are going back to Oleg’s to tell him and Restov about the Stag Lord being defeated, or are we going to continue make the region safe by exploring the forest to the west. I am in favour of exploring the forest.

23rd Erastus – The party heads out to aide Calvin of House Mor in his quest to find the lost Temple of Chauntea and remove the curse as quest to the Cleric Jhod Kavken who removed his disease with a blessing. The travel deep into the forest and soon find the location, within the standing stones of the ruined temple all appears to be dead, no vegetation seems to grow and the water within the pool is filled with the odor of foul stale water. As the party nears the Temple they are greeted by a large, mangy and deranged looking bear. It lets out a menacing roar when it learns of the trespassers presence and charges.

The adventurers defeat the bear, upon the deathblow being struck the bear lets out an almost human sigh of relief as it shifts from bear to that of an old man who quickly withers away into dust. Instantaneously life seems to burst into the area, the water clears and the dead growths and withered bushes, flowers and trees all fill with life. Drinking the water in the pool is found to restore the energy or heal wounds and the party takes advantage of it to mend wounds caused by the deranged bear.

The party then decides to use the temple as a place to camp for the evening.

During the night watch, a party of bandits uncovers the camp site and begin to sneak in on their unsuspecting victims. They get within visible sight of the sentry and attempt to silence him with a volley of arrows. Luckily, Helm protects and Calvin is able to awaken his slumbering party members.

A bloody battle ensues in the dark and two of the parties horses become casualties as arrows fly through the night sky. The bandits having under estimated the adventurers for trappers and hunters are out matched and eventually meet justice at the sword (or Arrow).

24th of Erastus – Galendil Thalanir leads the party to try to track down the bandits horses to replace the loss of their own. Despite his best efforts they are unable to be found and its assumed they fled or fell to a predator of the forest.

25-26th of Erastus – The party searches and maps the Narlmarches, uncovering a foul smelling hot spring in the process. They then continue their exploration south, following the odd smelling river.

27th of Erastus – A dilapidated ruins just off the river is discovered, as the party approaches to investigate an odd looking frog-like humanoid emerges from the ruins and looks at the group in shock croaking out in poor common “Truce! Truce!” after a difficult attempt to communicate with the creature the group manages to determine that this area is the creatures home and that a large boar lives to the east of him.

28th of Erastus – Perlivash appears to visit the adventurers, he flutters about them talking about the smelly big pig and offers to lead the party to it for some “Shinies”. After taking his payment, the party is led to a clearing, luck would have it that the large boar seems to be still in his den, attempting to stay cool and out of the hot summer sun.

Tuskgutter gets a whiff of the group and rumbles out of his den and immediately charges toward the nearest man. 500 lbs of pig crashes into Calvin but the Paladin shrugs off the initial attempt to gore him. The party moves to surround the famed beast and hacks away as the pig flails about with no regard for whom or what its tusks make contact with. Tuskgutter is silenced when the Ranger makes a mighty blow with his greatsword cutting the head of the boar clear off and giving the adventurers the trophy required to make Vekkel happy.

They package up and attempt to get as much travelling as they can towards Oleg’s, the loss of the horses earlier proves to be an issue as they are slowed and must make camp just on the outskirts of the Narlmarch forest. During the night watch, Tyrion Blackmace is able to spot one of the fiercest and oddest monstrosities he has ever seen.

A 7 foot tall Owlbear approaches the camp site, smelling the boar head perhaps? or maybe the horses? nonetheless this creature slowly lumbers toward the camp site. Tyrion shouts out in Celestial for the party to awaken and defend themselves and battle ensues.

An intense battle with the large creature occurs for some time, eventually the creature is brought down, falling upon the poor Paladin whom he had in his razor sharp clawed grasp.
The Ranger and rogue decide to take some trophies collecting some claws and feathers from the great beast before heading back to Oleg’s with some stories to tell.

29th of Erastus – The group, weary from battle and not wanting the trophy of Tuskgutter to expire head back to Oleg’s. They spend the night and are thanked profusely by both Vekkel Benson & Jhod Kavken for assisting them in their dilemmas. Vekkel bestows his prized bow along with some arrows for hunting wild game. Jhod offers to bless the group free of charge for the remainder of his life (With the caveat of expensive spell components being paid for at least).

30th of Erastus – The group heads back out into the forest early in the day and arrives back to fully map and explore the area surrounding Tuskgutters old lair.

1st of Arodus – Another chance encounter occurs, once again during the sentry shift of Tyrion Blackmace. Perhaps the Red knight is testing the Oracles tactics. A lumbering hulk of a troll is heard splashing his way toward the campfire, and the familiar celestial cry of “Alarm” is heard from Tyrion. He mutters a blessing to the party and steps forth to intercept the creature. The party awakens yet again in a panic to grab gear and defend against yet again another fearsome foe. The Troll begins slashing and biting to devastating effect until the campsite is filled with a thick mist that obscures the vision of all.

Throughout the battle this mist is proven to be an x-factor as it causes the troll to miss on many would be devastating attacks. Both Tyrion and Calvin are nearly slain by the creature but with the blessings of the Red Knight on the parties side and some luck they manage to slowly bring the creature down. Galendil then quickly recalls that fire must be employed to prevent the beast from rising again and douses it with Alchemical Fire. Weary from yet again another dangerous battle the party rests.

2nd-4th of Arodus – Continued exploration and cartography is carried out on these days and then the group sets up camp and prepares for another long night…

13th – 23rd of Erastus – The party remains at Olegs. Calvin of House Mor falls ill from the disease he caught with his battle from the tick, running a high fever and sapped of strength he is bed ridden for the first few days. Jhod Kavken arrives from a brief trip to Restov and upon discovering the ill Paladin offers to cure his disease free of cost in return for a favor. Calvin agrees and Jhod asks him to purify the temple in the woods which has been haunting his dreams. Calvin agrees, but still must convince the party of his quest.

On 19th of Erastus another man from Restov arrives, Tyrion Blackmace, faithful servant of the Red Knight arrives. With him he carries the same writ to rid the Stolen lands of banditry with him. Oleg is quick to introduce Tyrion to the other adventurers and they quickly exchange stories.

On the 22nd of Erastus a large chest that bares the crest of House Mor arrives with a shipment. Also in that shipment is the latest gear and equipment which Oleg had ordered from Restov, including much lumber and some laborers.

9th of Erastus – Before the party can head to the Sootscale tribe they decide to rest. During the evening Vesper Moonshadow mysteriously disappears. Perhaps the full moon had something to do with her leaving? Upon discovering her gone the Party attempts to track her down. They find her horse alone in a field but the weather takes a turn for the worse and the rain quickly washes away any further tracks or trace of the witch. The party decides to delay the search and head back towards the Kobolds with the help of Mikmek.

9th of Erastus(Evening) – The group follows Mikmek back to his tribes cave. Upon arrival they are met by hesitant guards. Once the guards see Mikmek in the party they relax slightly and the party is then met by Chief Sootscale. He welcomes his son, Mikmek home and asks if he has retrieved the idol. Mikmek explains that the group of long leggers aided him in retrieving it from the vile Mites. A jubilant Chief nearly cheers as he asks for the idol before yelling “Death to the usurper!” Mikmek explains to the group of the shaman Tartuk and how he has been causing the tribe much strife. The group follows the Kobold chieftan and his son to confront the shaman Tartuk. A battle ensues where the kobolds lose their will to fight and flee (as does Thorushk Lodoz). Despite using his trickery and causing many in the battle to flee at times Tartuk is eventually bested. The kobolds ecstatic at being freed from the percieved curse of the idol and Tartuks manipulation begin to cheer and thank the group of adventurers. They spend the evening having a celebration where the group is held as honored guests. Chief Sootscale shows the group the wall of shinies, which they quickly recognize as a rich silver vein. The adventurers decided to broker a tentative alliance with the small lizardfolk. They also recover a ring that is believed to belong to Svetlana from the Chief.

10th of Erastus – The group heads east toward the Shrike river to continue its exploration. During the day while mapping the lowlands leading to the river they are ambushed by a shambling mound. A desperate battle between the odd creature and the group occurs and the adventurers barely defeat the creature with their lives. Battered and bruised they seek a suitable place to camp and rest for the evening. They uncover what appears to be an old bridging site, one in poor shape that appears to have seen better days. A post with a bell stands on one side but the party, too exhausted from their earlier battle just rests the night. In the morning they decide to head back to Olegs to return Svetlana’s ring and to rest a bit and resupply.

11th of Erastus – The party rides north to Olegs passing through familiar terrain. They are smart to avoid any wildlife or threats on the way and make camp in a secluded area roughly a half days ride south of Oleg trading post.

12th of Erastus – In the morning they return to Olegs. They find the guards busy at work reinforcing walls and Jimmy busy assisting Oleg with chores. They return Svetlana’s ring and she thanks the group. The party decides to spend a few days recuperating at Olegs and helping out around the trading post.

31st Sarenith – The party returns to Olegs after questioning the captured Kobolds of the Sootscale tribe. Having questioned them and learned of the location of the kobold lair the party decided to allow them to live in hopes of fostering good relations with the tribe. On the way to Olegs the party runs into a group of wild boar who’s tusks pale in comparison to that of the famed Tuskgutter yet still hurt as they impale the Paladin and Ranger before being slain.

1st of Erastus – The party while exploring the area south of Olegs uncovers a copse of trees covered in web and bones of animals. They catch a glimpse of what appears to be a bandit and move forward to investigate. As they near a large spider attacks, luckily the party is quick on their feet and none are hit by its poisonous bite. Upon the spiders death the party searches the bandit and claims another amulet depicting a stag and head to Olegs.

At Olegs the group brings the Radishes, some truffles and the boar meat to Svetlana to make a stew of epic proportion. They enjoy an excellent meal, provide Oleg with a few items to sell and then head out the next morning intent on exploring the Kamelands as far south as the river and along the edge of the Nalmarches.

2-3 of Erastus – The party explores 24 sq miles of rolling hills and fields to find nothing of note.

4th of Erastus – While adventuring, the party stumbles upon what appears to be bandits setting up camp near an ominous looking clawed tree atop a hill. The party catches the bandits by surprise and after a fierce battle the surviving bandits surrender. The party decides that they are unable to take any prisoners with them at this time and carry out justice using the tree to hang the bandits. Thus the area has become known as Hangmans tree. During the execution of the bandits, some disturbed soil is noticed. Upon further investigation and some digging an old spellbook is found wrapped within an old cloak.

5th of Erastus – Party uncovers hidden Gold vein while exploring.

6th of Erastus – Rickety bridge just south of the bandit camp is found, party avoids it and doubles back through the old bandit camp.

7th of Erastus – Party finds the Sycamore tree the kobolds mentioned. Soon they discover that it is not the Kobold lair, but in fact the mite lair. The go in fight forced to flee after a tough encounter with a Whiptail Centipede that nearly takes the lives of more than a few party members. The kobold Mikmek proves his worth as he lands the blow that kills the creature. Gravely wounded and exhausted of spells the party retreats from the tree, but not before Tial Loup sets up some of his bear traps outside the entrance. They find a place a few miles away from the Sycamore Tree and set up camp to recover.

8th of Erastus – The party returns to battle the mites in the morning, they find the traps they set to be missing, but fresh blood to be near the entrance. They follow the blood trail and find a mite weeping over another. The remaining mite jumps up to avenge his friend and is joined by a few allies and some centipedes. Calvin of House Mor manages to take the brunt of the large insects attacks and has a tough time fending off the poisonous bites. This battle is eventually won and before the party has a chance to breath more mites burst forth, accompanied by a mite riding a large tick! The tick charges for Calvin, his pinchers jabbing into him and nearly killing him. The party rushes to his aid and after a prolonged battle they find themselves victorious. They search the tree and recover some minor items, including an Ivory statue of a horned devil that Mikmek requests be brought back to his tribe immediately.

8th – 9th of Sarenith the party returns to Oleg’s to find that a celebration is underway and that quite a few new faces have appeared. The group welcomes Thorushk Lodoz to the party and learns that Svetlana is pregnant. They also meet Kesten Garess and his group of guards, who had recently arrived from Restov.

10th – 18th of Sarenith the party secures the area surrounding olegs, mapping it and checking it for dangers. Whilst doing so they uncover a strange hermit named Bokken who seems to be an alchemist of sorts. He asks the group to find him some fangberries for his potion brewing. They also run into a small party of mites who tried to sneak up to their camp and steal some supplies.

19th – 30th of Sarenith the party heads into the Narlmarch Forest and uncovers some hidden bear traps. Calvin is the lucky soul who happens to step into the trap nearly having his leg ripped off in the process. Tial then proceeded to free him and uncover a series of bear traps cleverly hidden from not only animals, but humans as well. The party continued its exploration of the forest and found the body of a hunter trapped beneath his own trap. The hunter was Breeg Orlivanch. While uncovering his body, the party heard the approach of a few bandits and set up a hasty ambush. The party dispatched them with ease and prepared to set up camp for the night. That night they were visited once again by those trickster fey. Some small tricks were played and then after some words from Calvin, the fey revealed themselves to the party and spoke about a few areas within the forest. They told the party about the location of the moon radish patch and that is where the party headed. They found four kobolds who had just finished collecting and eating a large amount of radishes and managed to capture all four alive with the intent of asking them a few questions.

On the 25th of Desnus 4707 AR following the summons of the Lord Mayor of Restov, the party is granted a charter to explore, map and tame the lands known as the Greenbelt.

On the morning of the 26th Desnus they began their journey to Olegs trade post.

28th Desnus, the party meets with a mysterious women who mentions having seen Tial in her dreams and asks that she come along to assist them in whatever endeavors they have.

30th of Desnus the party arrives at Olegs trading post. Here they are greeted by Oleg and Svetlana. The party is told that bandits had been harassing them and stealing goods. The bandits had been coming the last 3 monthes and always arrived early at the beginning of a new month.

Early morning of the 1st of Sarenith The party sets up an ambush within Olegs trade post and manage to deal with 5 bandits. One of the bandits known as Happs Bydon carried a Composite Longbow. During the evening of the 1st, Oleg asks Tial to help retrieve Svetlana’s ring from the Bandits and Svetlana asks Galendil to find some moon radish’s for a soup.

2nd of Sarenith the party attempts to track bandits and find main camp and head southwest into the Nalmarches. After climbing tree, Galendil spots a possible camp fire in the distance. But decides to set up camp for the night as it is getting too dark to navigate the forest.

3rd of Sarenith the party ventures south, and finds a camp crawling with bandits and attacks at dusk taking out many of them before the camp is alerted. The bandit leader Kressle attempts to flee but it would appear that some trickster fey intervene and in a way assist the Party. one bandit asks for mercy. And it was granted… For now. They spend the evening in the bandit camp questioning the bandit. They also prepare a broken wagon found at the bandit camp and use it to bring the prisoner and the bandits looted equipment back to Oleg’s.

Morning of the 4th the party breaks camp and begins the journey back to Olegs.