2011-03-11

Day 5

• The prisoner was found not to have a pass however he did have half of Tobel's Romance Novel.
• Ajar's house was investigated and nothing suspicious is found.
• The party then questioned the prisoner.

• The prisoner's name is Kimral and he is from the same clan as Worl.
• He entered the town via the river route and thus has no pass.
• It turns out this route is widely known.
• Worl wanted Kimral's help but wouldn't say why. Worl died before they had a chance to meet.
• Without anything to do, he accepted the job from the cloaked figure in the Eternal Flame.
• Knows of Ajar and decided to use his house as a hideout because Ajar was out of town.
• Kimral came for us in the Inn because an elven woman told him the gem was hidden there.
• Holy Crap! Aome is going to take the gem! (We really should have seen this coming)
• The gem forms part of a story which is very quickly read to us though we can only remember snatches.
• Before Kimral can be questioned further, he bursts into flames. WTF!?!

• The party leaves the burning body in the capable hands of the priests and rushes back to the Jackrabbit in order to catch Aome before she escapes.
• Aome left the Jackrabbit half an hour ago in the direction of the merchant's quarter.
• We trace her to the Merchants' Jettys, Ironhedge Bridge outside town.
• Culain has a fanclub!
• Aome is tracked to a passenger compartment on Ferrod's ship.
• Aome attempts to escape but is captured almost immediately.
• The gem is retrieved along with a trashy romance novel and a scrap of The Story.

• Aome is taken to the keep to be imprisoned.
• The party sees Sir Reldler and brings him up to date.
• The Story comes from the north but Culain is unable to properly remember it.
• There are reports of trouble in the north and a food shipment is late.
• The party decides to go north to investigate.

Day 6 - 11

• In transit to the village of Pondcrest.

Day 11

• Party reaches Pondcrest and is confronted by a ruin.
• The village has been burnt to the ground and the villagers slaughtered.
• All the village's crops have been stolen which indicates an invasion rather than a raid.
• The guards turn back to inform Ironhedge Bridge.

• The party stays in the ruins overnight while looking for signs of the enemy army.
• Cooking fires are spotted to the east.

Day 12

• The party goes in the direction of the cooking fires and finds a freshly destroyed village, Summerhill Downs.
• Tracks are followed from the ruins.
• The party runs into fog.
• Harold's horse trips and Harold finds a cloud of solid mist which is used to sharpen and bless Tobel's Sword Blank, transforming it into Tobel's Sword.
• A space where a wizard's tower should be was found.

• The party catches up to a large group of soldiers from Norwynn who are carrying away the crops from the latest raid.
• We bluff our way through and move on toward the main enemy camp.
• The enemy camp seems to house roughly 10,000 men.

• The party decides to kidnap a sentry that night and find out what is going on.
• The best target for abduction turns out to be a priest.
• The abduction is spotted and the party runs away with an unconscious priest of Bane.
• Sentries give chase.

DM's note: *cue dramatic music!*