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Gemhallow Courier Run

Submitted by dracon on Wed, 11/08/2023 - 22:09
Rochtag, 2nd prime post-Apastron 1056
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Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
3 days
Archive Entry
  • Arnari Rilynn’sithek deputized Dominic Holyarm, Minji, Carmen Granau, and Ricardo Monroe on the courier run to Pembroke, with news of the interference in the Demonstration of Prowess earlier in the prime.  Ricardo carried the courier pouch.
  • The Freelancers traveled to Gemhallow on the air elemental airship Tugendhat, captained by Letitia Herohouse.
  • The Tugendhat was almost to the Pembroke boundary when it ran afoul of a hatzegopteryx pursuing 4 crested pteranodons as prey.  The Freelancers drove off the hatzegopteryx and captured the two fastest crested pteranodons.
  • Ricardo delivered the courier pouch to Einkil Logehr, leader of the Gemhallow Freelancers, who paid the Cliffshadow Freelancers a fee of 100 eagles each, and requested they bide a day to take back his responses and other correspondence.
  • The next day, Einkil gave the Cliffshadow Freelancers a courier pouch for Arnari, and arranged return passage on the fire elemental airship Pandion, captained by Nolan Mountainbond.  Ricardo carried the courier pouch, and travel was without incident.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern in Cliffshadow on Oriotag morning, 2nd prime post-Apastron.
  • In Cliffshadow, Ricardo delivered the courier pouch to Arnari who paid the Cliffshadow Freelancers a fee of 100 eagles each.
Loot
  • Mission pay:  2x100 eagles each
Tags
courier
mounts
airship travel
Session Dates

Roster Change

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 10/28/2023 - 23:42
Petraag, 2nd prime post-Apastron 1056
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Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
0 days
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  • Latae, a Wild elf guide from Mantzur, joined Freelancers Guild
  • Sofiya, a firbolg barber from Hindmarsh, joined Freelancers Guild
  • Tui Toodles, a human courtier from Sullimany, joined Freelancers Guild
  • Nahele Amaru, a Rain sagani adventurer from Three Rivers, joined Freelancers Guild
  • Beck & Bock Hudson, twin human mercenaries from Redbridge, joined Freelancers Guild
Session Dates

Demonstration of Prowess

Submitted by Clara on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 21:53
Petraag, 2nd prime post-Apastron, 1056
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Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
1 day
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  • The Freelancers put on a demonstration of prowess for the entertainment of others in Pegasus Square, in an arena set up by the Academy of Magic.
  • The battle was a Free For All. It included Dominic Holyarm, Manu, Peb Pebbles, Aranel Neras-Dumaren, and Kairos Greybeard.  Peb took first place, with Dominic second, and Manu third.
  • All participants received a prize of 100 eagles, with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd awarded additional prizes of 300 eagles, 200 eagles, and 100 eagles.
  • Upon reviewing the combat later that afternoon, it became clear to Freelancer and Academy of Magic leadership that the arena integrity had been compromised, both diminishing the entertainment and calling the prowess of the participants into question.  Both organizations embarked on investigations.
Loot

Prizes:

  • 1st place = 300 eagles for Peb
  • 2nd place = 200 eagles for Dominic
  • 3rd place = 100 eagles for Manu
  • 100 eagles each for participation
Tags
arena
Session Dates

Marsh Counterattack

Submitted by dracon on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 21:30
Remitag, 1st prime post-Apastron, 1056
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Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
16 days
Archive Entry
  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Minji, Peb Pebbles, Tim Jolly, and Ricardo Monroe accepted a mission from House Ha'aheo to take out an encampment of bullywugs in the marsh who had started hassling their herb gatherers.
  • The Freelancers travelled 6 days without incident, flying direct from Three Rivers to Hindmarsh.
  • The day after arrival, the Freelancers visited Vaughn Quickrein, in charge of House Ha'aheo's warehouses in Hindmarsh, who directed them to work with the guide Hirrithak to find the bullywug encampment in question.
  • With Hirrithak's help, the Freelancers took two days to find the bullywug encampment.
  • Leaving Hirrithak away from any combat, the Freelancers laid waste to the structures there, slaying everything but one bullywug caster, who fled.  The slain included a young hydra that severely injured Minji.
  • Inspection of the camp before firing it resulted in finding a large amount of coin but not much else.  Acquired:  542 eagles, scroll of erupting earth, +1 mace.  
  • On their return to Hindmarsh, Vaughn paid the Freelancers 150 eagles each mission fee.
  • Return travel was 6 days without incident.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Sieratag, 2nd prime post-Apastron.
Loot
  • Coin: 542 eagles (90 eagles each, 2 eagles to Hirrithak)
  • scroll of erupting earth (3rd level) - Tim
  • +1 Mace - Peb
  • Mission pay: 150 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
bullywugs
Storyline
House Ha'aheo
Herb Gatherers
Session Dates

Hippogryph and Eggs for House Aldous

Submitted by dracon on Mon, 09/04/2023 - 22:48
Petraag, last prime post-Planting 1056
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Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
7 days
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  • Dominic Holyarm, Ka Kekoa, Peb Pebbles, Aranel Neras-Dumaren, Damian Galanis, and Colt Cunningham accepted the standing mission to hunt hippogryph eggs for House Aldous.
  • Using flying mounts, the Freelancers took 3 days to travel without incident to Haven.
  • In Haven, Dominic set up a contract with Bertana Plumblossom to fund free beverages for Freelancers at The Local Flavour for a year, in exchange for his enriching the land in one of her struggling orchards.
  • While availing themselves of this largesse, Ka and Aranel made the rounds to learn where to find hippogryphs.  Locals informed them the hippogryphs to the southeast had gotten bold and dangerous.
  • The next day the Freelancers flew in the direction indicated by field hands, and came across a large hippogryph nest nurtured by four hippogryphs.
  • The Freelancers waited for two to fly off, then slew one hippogryph, captured another, and retrieved 16 eggs from the nest.
  • After staying in Haven overnight, the Freelancers returned to Cliffshadow albeit with more effort because of the captured hippogryph.
  • Upon delivery to House Aldous, Odo paid the Freelancers 600 eagles plus a trained gelding hippogryph for the eggs, and 1500 eagles for the captured hippogryph.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern during Celebration of Apastron.
Loot
  • Wild hippogryph (sold for 1500 eagles)
  • Mission pay:  600 eagles (split), trained gelding hippogryph (Damian)
Tags
eggs
wildlife
fetch request
alcohol
Storyline
House Aldous
Session Dates

Courier to Mantzur

Submitted by dracon on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 21:38
Sieratag, last prime post-Planting 1056
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Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
2 days
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  • Valan Naidon was dispatched by Arnari Rilynn’sithek to transport the hydra goose egg to Mantzur, with a request that Korfel Goltorrah evaluate it as a product of nature and whether the hydra geese Freelancers had been encountering were a breeding population.
  • Valan took most of the day to fly directly to Mantzur.  His arrival surprised Korfel, who had just sent other Freelancers back to Cliffshadow with a message for Arnari.
  • With Valan observing, Korfel verified that the egg had a viable goose hydra offspring inside.  He also confirmed it was a pollution-caused monstrosity, with no place among Āhua’s creatures, and destroyed it.
  • Valan stayed the night in Mantzur and flew back the following day.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Petraag, last prime post-Planting.
Tags
mutants
Storyline
Pollution Consequences

Water Elemental for Church of Ua

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 08/26/2023 - 00:18
Vrontag, last prime post-Planting 1056
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Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
3 days
Archive Entry
  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Ka Kekoa, and Peb Pebbles accepted the mission from the Church of Ua to capture a water elemental for use in creating a Blessed Fountain.  The Downpour Anuhea graciously loaned Freelancers an Elemental Flask of Water for this purpose.
  • The Freelancers flew to Mantzur to consult with Korfel Goltorah, leader of the the Children of Āhua there, on where best to find a water elemental.
  • The next day, following Korfel's instructions, the Freelancers went upriver on the eastern fork of the Haven River until they came to a pool populated with a mix of water elementals and mist mephits.
  • The Freelancers provoked one of the mist mephits and captured a water elemental who responded to the provocation, then fled back to Mantzur.
  • The mama bear who had been re-wilded in the Haven Hills from Freelancer stables has produced more cubs, and the Freelancers persuaded Korfel to allow some playtime with the bear cubs.  This persuasion was easier since Ka's mount, Ohenui, is already one of her progeny.
  • The Freelancers returned the Elemental Flask of Water to Anuhea and were paid the mission fee of 100 eagles each.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Sieratag, last prime post-Planting.
Loot
  • Mission pay:  100 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
elementals
fetch request
Storyline
Duquesne Goodwill
Session Dates

Breeding Pair of Hydra Geese at Pirates River

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 08/19/2023 - 14:33
Oriotag, 3rd prime post-Planting 1056
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Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
4 days
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  • Manu, Minji, Maghris Bloomfield the 18th, Peb Pebbles, Carmen Granau, and Vinegar Tom {Vin} accepted the ongoing mission from the wizard Gwidion to clean up altered wildlife along Pirates River.
  • The Freelancers took 2 days to fly directly from Cliffshadow to the river feeding Mossey Lake and camped there for the night.
  • The next day, they found no mutants on Pirates Dream river, but as soon as the Freelancers started searching up Pirates River, they were stalked by two hydra geese, which they slew.
  • The Freelancers harvested the feathers from the hydra geese, then tracked them back to their nest, which had 3 eggs within, and filth-encrusted remnants of an adventurer.
    • Acquired:  600 eagles' worth of feathers, a pouch with 50 eagles, 1 short sword in bad condition, and adamantine chain mail.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Chaostag, last prime post-Planting.  To the horror of us all, the Freelancers brought the eggs back when they returned.
  • After a debate with Arnari Rilynn’sithek and each other, the decision was taken to sell 2 eggs to the Academy of Magic, and send one to Mantzur to determine if the hydra geese were a breeding population.
  • The following day Minji, Manu, and Maghris spoke to Garth Nimblefingers, Dean of the Academy of Magic, who paid 300 eagles for 2 of the eggs.
Loot
  • Coin: 50 eagles
  • 600 eagles' worth of feathers (split)
  • 3 hydra goose eggs (2 sold for 300 eagles, 1 disposed of by Freelancers)
  • 1 short sword in bad condition (Peb)
  • adamantine chain mail (Carmen)
  • Mission pay:  90 eagles each; oil of slipperiness (Maghris); potion of fire breath (Vin); potion of hill giant strength (Manu); potion of poison (Carmen); potion of cold resistance (Peb); potion of water breathing (Minji)
Tags
mutants
wildlife
Storyline
Pollution Consequences
Session Dates

Awakened Plants in House Drogo's Garden

Submitted by dracon on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:18
Okeanostag, 3rd prime post-Planting 1056
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Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
1 day
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  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Meurig, Maghris Bloomfield the 18th, and Peb Pebbles accepted the mission from Lady Sonya of House Drogo to deal with her garden's problem of aggressive rosebushes.
  • The Freelancers visited House Drogo, only to be told by Lady Sonya that the garden is so aggressive people cannot enter without being attacked; and informed by the Rock sagani gardener Boleck that he's been fertilizing the roses with leftover fish.
  • Upon their entry into the garden many plants attacked the Freelancers, not just the rosebushes.  The Freelancers killed the awakened plants.  As collateral damage, which they'd told Lady Sonya to expect, about ⅓ of the garden was burned and ¼ of it subjected to erupting earth.
  • Upon investigation, Lorcan confirmed the problem is from the magical pollution upstream of Lakeview, and recommended not burying fish from there under the plants.  Peb offered to help with fertilizer.
  • House Drogo paid the Freelancers the mission fee of 100 eagles each.  Upon their return to Freelancers Tavern, Meurig convinced Arnari Rilynn’sithek that since this cleanup was a pollution mission, they should get an uncommon potion each.  The potions issued were:  oil of slipperiness, to Dominic; philter of love, to Lorcan and Meurig; potion of water breathing, to Maghris and Peb.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern the same day.
Loot
  • 100 eagles' worth of iris pollen blinding powder Lorcan
  • Mission pay: 100 eagles each (10% cut to Freelancers); oil of slipperiness (Dominic); philter of love, (Lorcan and Meurig); potion of water breathing, (Maghris and Peb)

 

Tags
awakened
Storyline
Pollution Consequences
House Drogo
Session Dates

Backtrack Daystar Lotion Drop in Stormhaven

Submitted by dracon on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:09
Fysitag, 2nd prime post-Planting 1056
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Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
13 days
Archive Entry
  • Minji, Ka Kekoa, Aranel Neras-Dumaren, and Petrichor accepted the mission from Waiola Vaina, Typhoon of the Church of Storms, to investigate who in Stormhaven was selling Daystar lotion.  From interrogation of the Wolfkiss miscreants, they knew a bartender at Twin Lamps tavern was the middleman.
  • Using their flying mounts, the Freelancers travelled in 5 days without incident to Stormhaven, and took rooms at The Gallant Gryphon.
  • The following evening, the Freelancers visited Twin Lamps and resolved to enjoy the ambience whilst keeping watch.  Unfortunately Minji drank overmuch, and made an ass of herself, drawing much attention.
  • Ka observed a tanned human woman dropping off a large bottle of lotion at the bar.  He convinced Minji to pester the woman, which resulted in her exiting the tavern early.
  • Petrichor tailed the woman, and was not seen, but lost the trail in Stormhaven's passages.
  • The next day the Freelancers cased the neighbourhood surrounding Twin Lamps in search of the woman, to no avail.  They spend time at a different tavern that evening, The Golden Thread, to avoid the appearance of targeting Twin Lamps.
  • The following day the Freelancers used their flying mounts to scout the area around Stormhaven, and found a small trail, but too large to be a game trail, heading west.  Following it, they discovered a well-defended compound housing many Daystar cultist heretics, as well as an alchemical facility to generate their vile lotion.
  • Entirely outnumbered, the Freelancers immediately removed themselves from Stormhaven and returned to Cliffshadow, which was again 5 days' travel without incident.
  • Upon their arrival in Cliffshadow, the Freelancers reported their findings to Adrian Bryant of Church of Storms, who was displeased at this news but paid their mission fee of 100 eagles each.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Rochtag, 3rd prime post-Planting.
Loot
  • Mission pay: 100 eagles each (10% cut to Freelancers)
Tags
investigation
Storyline
Daystar Worshippers
Session Dates