Oriotag, 3rd prime post-Cat 1055
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Recordkeeper
Days in Game
7 days
Archive Entry
- Fine Branch, Tai Ho'onani, Lorilla Anahera Amaia Turen Itu {Ana}, Dryali Tezbeth, and Tahu Tuala accepted a mission from Taleisin of the Orderly Stones Monastery to track down & dispatch a cave bear which had attacked one or more of their apprentices on goatherding duty. Arnari Rilynn'sithek instructed them, were they to find more than one bear, to demand 400 eagles per bear from Taleisin.
- The Freelancers took two days to travel to Orderly Stones Monastery without incident. On the way, they made a plan to bait the cave bear with one of the monastery goats.
- Taleisin, a serious monk who follows Tikanga, did not appreciate Fine Branch's trickster declaration of their need for a goat, but agreed in the end.
- The following morning, the Freelancers got directions from Fuifui, but wanted to talk to Oliver, the mauled apprentice. Taleisin stopped them from doing so, and he sent them on their way with better directions, a goat, and assurances it really was a cave bear, not an owlbear.
- The goat was unsuitable for Ana to ride, but she made the attempt anyhow and was dumped on the ground for her efforts.
- Once the Freelancers got to the place of the bear attack, Tai easily tracked the bear, but they did not find it by the end of the day.
- The Freelancers camped overnight in a defensible place, and left food out as well as the goat, but instead of a bear attack, the goat freed itself and ate the food.
- The next day, the Freelancers caught up with the cave bear, as well as another cave bear, a grizzly bear, and two bulky bears. The bears appeared to act in concert and the Freelancers slew them all.
- Tai beheaded and skinned all 5 bears.
- Fine Branch and Tahu located the bear lair in a cave. They found signs of kobold habitation alongside the bears, and a small shrine to The Snake. Dryali collapsed the cave mouth with shatter before the Freelancers headed back to Orderly Stones.
- Taleisin was taken aback that there had been so many bears, and unhappy that kobolds worshipping The Snake had been involved. He did pay the Freelancers 400 eagles per bear head. The Freelancers kept the pelts, worth 20 eagles each.
- The next morning, the Freelancers left for Cliffshadow, and arrived two days later without incident.
- Returned to Freelancers Tavern Sieratag, last prime post-Cat.
- Fine Branch left a bear pelt for Arnari as part of the Freelancers Cut.
Loot
- 5 bear pelts, worth 20 eagles each
- Mission Pay: 2000 eagles (180 eagles and 1 bear pelt to Freelancers)
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