Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Hanno Okohei, Peb Pebbles, and Fulo took the mission from Lizzie Brannan to unblock the Cliffshadow sewers. Peb was excited by the prospect, the others less so.
The Freelancers visited Lizzie Brannan at the Mayor's offices to get the map to the blockage. Lizzie informed them the blockage would fight back, which is why they needed Freelancers.
The Freelancers visited the station at the entry point to the Cliffshadow sewers, with Peb bringing the workers coffee and doughnuts to engender goodwill.
From the station, the Freelancers descended into the sewers to find a dam made of waste, apparently maintained by sewage elementals.
The Freelancers fought these elementals, which kept spawning new ones, and which had abilities that made them puke. In the end they slew all but one, which Peb "collected" into 5 mason jars.
The Freelancers checked the dam, but it was an uninteresting simple blockage, without the elementals to maintain it. They returned to the entry station, who helped them get somewhat clean.
They returned to Lizzie Brannan, who paid the mission fee of 100 eagles each. They then reported to Tomtom Evans at Freelancers Tavern. Both Lizzie and Tomtom advised Peb the samples were unwise, but the Freelancer retained what they'd collected.
Rock sagani [half-orc] barbarian from near Marshfork
Days in Game
25 days
Archive Entry
Sabah Banu, Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Vinegar Tom, and Peb Pebbles agreed to travel to Hindmarsh for House Ha'aheo and do something about the bullywugs attacking and possibly capturing people in the nearby marsh.
The Freelancers travelled to Hindmarsh in 10 days without incident. One the way, Peb was very reluctant to pay for inn stays, preferring to risk sleeping in their cart on the streets. Once in Hindmarsh the Freelancers took rooms at The Anchor & Plough, pressuring Peb to stay with the group.
At loose ends for half a day, the Freelancers listened in the tavern to hear rumours about problems in the marsh. Lorcan, Sabah, and Peb attended the fights in the gladiator arena, where Sabah and Lorcan heard rumours of two pirate airships, the Osprey and the Chlorinde.
The following day the Freelancers met Vaughn Quickrein, House Ha'aheao's warehouse manager, who sent them into the marsh under the guidance of Hirrathak.
Their first night in the marsh proper, Peb realized the overnight croaking they heard is probably a language, and Sabah confirmed it.
The next day the group encountered a bullywug ambush. While Hirrathak took cover, the Freelancers slew 4 bullywugs and a giant toad. They were unable to determine from where in the marsh the bullywugs hailed. Acquired: 75 eagles, and a jade statue of a frog worth 25 eagles.
Hirrathak led the Freelancers back to Hindmarsh, where Vaughn paid the fee of 150 eagles each.
Travel back to Cliffshadow took 10 days without incident.
Returned to Freelancers Tavern Nemostag, 3rd prime post-Cat.
Manu, Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, and Maghris Bloomfield the 18th accepted a mission from Casimir Lightforger, Mayor of Marshfork, to investigate again whether the grblin caves to the north had been reoccupied.
The Freelancers journeyed to Marshfork without incident, four long days' travel on courser pegasi.
At The Cantankerous Goose, the Freelancers listened for rumours of grblins, but news was light. Lorcan heard word of game scarcity to the northeast, but the cave is to the northwest.
The Freelancers confirmed the cave in question is abandoned, but in the process startled several swarms of bats, most of which they killed.
Concerned by work of game scarcity, the Freelancers flew further north and checked the other cave for activity, which Manu did see.
The Freelancers reported their findings to Casimir, who paid a bonus 50 eagles to their fee of 100 eagles each.
Travel back was also without incident.
Returned to Freelancers Tavern Remitag, 1st prime post-Cat.
Loot
Mission pay: 150 eagles each (10 eagles each to Freelancers)
Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Minji, Ka Kekoa, Dominic Holyarm, and Kairos Greybeard accepted a mission from Kailani of House Liona to acquire wild gryphon eggs from the Northridge Mountains, north of Three Rivers, to augment the House breeding lines.
The Freelancers doubled up on Ohenui, Ka's flying bear, and Catherine, Kairos' pegasus, and travelled to Three Rivers without incident. Once there they spent the evening in The Mule's Rest tavern, listening for gossip about who and where anyone had encountered gryphons to the north.
After a day and a half travel upriver, the Freelancers found two martial gryphon nests and acquired 18 eggs before one of the martial gryphons returned.
The Freelancers flew off as fast as they could, and the martial gryphon gave chase. As they fled, the group tried to distract it and warn it off, but merely slowed it. After they crossed some boundary known only to the gryphon, it fell back and let them go.
That night as they camped, Lorcan and Dominic were so wound up from their adventure, their jumpiness on watch caused the entire group to oversleep, and they returned to Three Rivers very late.
House Liona paid a 10% premium for the eggs, rewarded the Freelancers with a bald eagle gryphon, and covered the Freelancer fee.
Minji diced with Dominic to win the gryphon.
Returned to Freelancers Tavern Chaostag, last prime post-Harvest.
Loot
Mission pay: bald eagle gryphon gelding (Minji), 1170 eagles (split between Lorcan, Ka, Dominic, Kairos)
Djogeon halfling following Way of the Four Elements
Dominic Holyarm
Level
2
Pronouns
he/him
human druid from Commerce
Kairos Greybeard
Level
2
Pronouns
he/him
Holder dwarf Ranger from Pembroke
Days in Game
5 days
Archive Entry
Manu, Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Timmy, Dominic Holyarm, and Kairos Greybeard agree to check out the Pirates River as part of the ongoing mission from the wizard Gwidion to clean up wildlife altered by his potion pollution.
The Freelancers took a day and a half to travel to Lakeview without incident, by doubling up on flying mounts.
The next day, the Freelancers searched the north shore of Lake Mossey to find nothing unusual.
After camping for the night, the Freelancers flew up Pirates Dream river and encountered a grell.
The Freelancers fought and slew a grell and two chiminimeras, but not before the grell took down Dominic, who had to be revived with a healing potion.
Dominic found an unusual stone on the grell's corpse, that Manu determined to be a Feywild Shard.
Upon their return, Arnari Rilynn’sithek paid them 90 eagles each and dispensed potions: potion of poison (Dominic); potion of water breathing (Kairos); potion of fire breath (Lorcan); potion of lightning resistance (Manu); and a greater healing potion (Timmy).
Returned to Freelancers Tavern Nemostag, 3rd prime post-Harvest.
Loot
Feywild Shard
Mission pay: 100 eagles each (10% to Freelancers): potion of poison (Dominic); potion of water breathing (Kairos); potion of fire breath (Lorcan); potion of lightning resistance (Manu); and a greater healing potion (Timmy).
Cloud elf Arcane Archer from Cloudworks on Coldstream
Osric Torunn
Level
5
Pronouns
he/him
Holder dwarf Shepherd druid from Bandolier
Nix Frostshaper
Level
5
Pronouns
she/her
human Witch from Sheerness
Kaelani
Level
5
Pronouns
he/him
Rock sagani Paladin of Ua
Kaikoa
Level
5
Pronouns
he/him
Wind sagani Cavalier
Days in Game
21 days
Archive Entry
Ondar Thundercaller, Glesni Bōhatei, Osric Torunn, Nix Frostshaper, Kaelani, and Kaikoa had been dispatched by Arnari Rilynn’sithek on a search-and-retrieval mission for the divine weapon Bright Thunder, stolen from the Church of Storms by the heretical Daystar cultists.
The Freelancers took passage on the Aakshi, a fire elemental airship captained by Dedroza, a human woman, to Waypoint Whim.
On the way there, the Aakshi encountered a roc, which the Freelancers slew with some help from the Aakshi's ballistae. The Aakshi was also attacked by drift of 5 golden eagle gryphons and 1 martial gryphon. The Freelancers captured all but 1 golden eagle gryphon. With the Aakshi thus burdened with extra creature transport, Captain Dedroza demanded one as Ship's Cut.
On Waypoint Whim, the Freelancers sold the gryphons they'd acquired. They settled in the tavern, looking for any of the 5 Daystar cultists they were pursuing. Overheard gossip was discussing tourists and aspiring bards going to Waypoint Fame, and when Nix followed up on it, confirmed that Gillian and two others, one of whom was presumably Petersen, had headed there on the mechanical airship Dondelias.
The air elemental airship Lacks, captained by the Holder dwarf Ferolie, was heading to Waypoint Fame, and Osric, who had gotten drunk, convinced the dwarven crew to take on the Freelancers and their mounts as passengers. Given the late notice, the price was exorbitant.
The Lacks, with a large passenger contingent of bards, encountered a major storm one day out of Waypoint Whim. When the storm cleared, Kaikoa and Ondar spotted a young silver dragon in distress, and the Freelancers helped it land on the Lacks' observation deck.
Captain Ferolie formally offered the young dragon, Hiripa, assistance, feeding it and providing shelter when another major storm was encountered. The Freelancers watched over it as Hiripa slept off its exhaustion, fending off the bards grown wild with curiosity.
Before that storm was encountered, a wyvern attacked the Lacks, and the Freelancers captured that too. Ondar paid Captain Ferolie the Ship's Cut of the wyvern's value.
Upon arrival at Waypoint Fame, the Freelancers offered to be Hiripa's escort, which the young dragon accepted delightedly. They explored the waypoint, but saw no sign of the Daystar cultists. Hiripa wished to see the Carnivale show, and afterwards, the Venerated Heleceleb, Hiripa's parent, arrived to take the young dragon home.
The Venerated Heleceleb, in gratitude, declared he owed the Freelancers a favour. Upon discovering their purpose of recovering Bright Thunder, he warned them of a disastrous event coming the following Daystar zenith. He then departed with Hiripa, who declared the Freelancers a friend.
The Freelancers went to Howl, a tavern on Waypoint Fame, to learn of known events for the following day. Osric cast locate object, searching for Daystar "holy symbols", but found nothing. Two performances were scheduled at Daystar zenith, and Nix cast augury to determine which performance was most likely tied to the Venerated Heleceleb's foretelling.
Nix's augury results pointed to the performance of one Tory, so the Freelancers spoke to Coban, the amphitheatre manager, about security assistance. Coban was dubious there would be a problem, but granted the Freelancers free reign of the amphitheatre for the duration.
The Freelancers positioned themselves for the performance, which turned out to be none other than Petersen, the Daystar cultist bard that Julian had captured and who'd been broken out of Church of Storms.
The Freelancers interfered with Petersen when he started singing about the Daystar, and a battle ensued in which two of Coban's security and also Gillian and Ethan joined. Upon their defeat, Ondar recovered Bright Thunder from Ethan, and the holy weapon showed signs of corruption.
All three cultists died to become "Daystar elementals". The Freelancers destroyed the elementals, but not before Kaelani was gravely injured, as were much of the performance audience.
Ondar, Glesni, and Kaikoa reported the Goose of Sabotage actively helping with the battle. Ondar, Glesni, Kaikoa, and Kaelani all reported signs of approval from primordial gods afterwards. What is this Daystar cult, which commands attention from the primordial gods? Surely no mere heresy.
Ondar turned over Bright Thunder to Kaikoa, a follower of Whatitiri, upon which the corruption cleared. Kaikoa used the holy weapon to destroy the Daystar "holy symbols".
After a day layover in Waypoint Fame, the Freelancers took passage on the sail airship Tone, captained by the half-elf Choquette, to return to Cliffshadow. Travel was 9 days without incident.
On their arrival, they went with Arnari to return Bright Thunder to Waiola Vaina, Typhoon of the Church of Storms. Adrian Bryant paid the fee of 750 eagles each, dispensing the Freelancers' Cut directly to Arnari.
Returned to Freelancers Tavern Chaostag, 3rd prime post-Harvest.
Arnari informed the six Freelancers that their skills and talents would be better used in Ripa Daneo, and she had arranged for passage to Commerce on the fire elemental airship Woerlitz, captained by the Fire sagani Gatukuza.
Loot
Coin: 81 eagles (split)
Materials: 20 roc feathers (Glesni 8, Nix 12)
Sunstone arcane focus (sold for 120 eagles)
Ridable creatures acquired (disposition):
4 wild golden eagle gryphons (sold for 1000 stars)
Aranel Neras-Dumaren, Kairos Greybeard, Vinegar Tom, Leafshadow, and Peb Pebbles were sent by Arnari Rilynn’sithek in a search for Amar, a panhandling, alcoholic friend of Wymar Adelard who had gone missing.
The Freelancers visited pubs and performed some quality day drinking in their search for Amar. At the Aftburner, famous for selling drinks on fire, they learned Amar had not been seen for a couple primes at least.
The Freelancers also visited The Gull and The Dredge Dump. At the latter, Kairos was sure he'd spotted Amar, and followed someone out the back door, to discover a press gang in the midst of action.
Aranel and Kairos interrupted the press gang trying to impress a person, and a nasty fight ensued with all the Freelancers participating. Five of the gang were subdued and one fled, but Leafshadow was badly injured.
The Freelancers stabilized the unconscious pressgangers, and Kairos fed a philter of love to their leader Klepperish, who then told Aranel everything they need to know: Amar had been impressed into the crew of the airship Clorinde.
The Freelancers transported the press gang to Wymar in the back of Peb's dung cart, and Wymar paid them the mission fee of 80 eagles each.
