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Investigate Daystar Cult on Waypoint Tremendous

Submitted by dracon on Sun, 03/31/2024 - 22:18
Remitag, 1st prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Estarai Grayaere
Days in Game
13 days
Archive Entry
  • Damakaios, leader of the Ripa Daneo Freelancers, sent Dryali Tezbeth, Lorilla Anahera Amaia Turen Itu {Ana}, Quelenna, and Tuala to Waypoint Tremendous in order to learn of the disposition of any Daystar lotion shipped there.
  • The Freelancers took the Barucci, a mechanical airship out of Grafton captained by Fir Blackstone, a quinametzin.  Travel to the Waypoint took almost 5 days, having been thrown off by encountering weather issues and a large insect swarm.
  • Upon arrival, the Freelancers settled in at the waypoint station, and had breakfast.  To their eyes, nobody appeared to be Daystar cultists, although they noticed two people with fading tans, and only one server for the entire tap room.
  • With the tap room providing no clues, the Freelancers took their mounts to look for signs of Daystar lotion at the station and in the forests of the Waypoint.  They finally found what they sought in an abandoned clearing 4 miles away.  
  • When Dryali poked the crate of lotion with his pole of collapsing, boars manifested with lightning on their tusks.  One of the boars was larger than a gryphon.
  • Dryali concluded the boars are from the storm gods, Hau and Whatitiri.  Unfortunately they remained boars, and did not understand language, creating a stalemate.  Ana resolved the situation by destroying the Daystar lotion, and the boars withdrew into bolts of lightning.
  • On inspection, the Freelancers realized the crate had been stashed in a shrine to the storm gods.  Dryali took the time to refresh the symbols carved thereon.
  • The Freelancers returned to the waypoint station, and sought out the two people with faded tans to learn what happened.  They found out the station had many Daystar cultists, but the boars had slain the others.  These two people survived because they hadn't taken it seriously in the first place.
  • The Freelancers returned to Ripa Daneo on the Volland, a fire elemental airship out of Coldstream captained by Oret, a Cloud elf.  Once docked, they reported to Tempest Addis of Church of Storms, who, like me, was amazed and impressed to learn of direct interventions from Primordial gods.  He paid them their fee of 300 eagles each, and noted a determination to staff the shrine at the waypoint.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern in the wee hours of Chaostag, 2nd prime post-Calm.
Loot
  • Mission pay:  300 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
airship travel
active god
investigation
Storyline
Daystar Worshippers
Session Dates

Tracking Down the Rat Headquarters

Submitted by dracon on Tue, 02/20/2024 - 22:27
Remitag, 2nd prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
1 day
Archive Entry
  • Peb Pebbles, Carmen Granau, Elwin Sarberos, and Beck & Bock Hudson took the mission from Martin of Kowiri Music & Tavern to track down the origin of the rats attacking his tavern.
  • The Freelancers headed over to the western Trade District, and found some rats.  Carmen and Peb used speak with animals to ask them about the organized rats, but these rats ran away when Peb shaped a dire rat.
  • The Freelancers wandered in the direction provided to find an alley behind a bunch of specialty food shops.  In the alley, very orderly rats were raiding the refuse bin of Ye Olde Ice Creame Shoppe.  Peb, still shaping a dire rat, joined their line, trying to get more information.
  • The Freelancers, other than Peb, were swarmed by the rats, including two big ones.  Carmen invoked Āhua to charm them, and again cast speak with animals, to learn how they had become organized.
  • The rats told Carmen that "rat people" had been teaching them to raid in this fashion, in exchange for their sometimes attacking Kowiri.  He also learned that the "rat people" were sometimes people and sometimes rats.  Expressing the Freelancers desire to meet these "rat people", he procured a promise from the rats to bring a note.
  • Peb remained with the orderly rats until they arrived home, to find it's a very nice place: clean, well-stocked, comfortable.  Once there, Peb negotiated with the two big rats, using some cheese they'd been carrying as a rat bribe.  The big rats agreed that Peb could meet the "rat people" but were unaware Peb was with the other Freelancers, and demurred at having everyone meet at once.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern same day.
Loot
  • Mission pay: 100 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
investigation
Storyline
Union of Rats
Session Dates

Lions Raiding Ophelia

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 02/10/2024 - 23:25
Vrontag, 1st prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
9 days
Archive Entry
  • Shimni Ioelena Qinyarus, Ricardo Monroe, Tui Toodles, Nahele Amaru, and Elwin Sarberos accepted the mission from Sinéad Willowsteal, Mayor of Cliffgate, to visit Ophelia and stop the lions that are raiding their cattle.
  • The Freelancers travelled to Ophelia without incident, mostly on foot, getting there on the 4th day.  While in Cliffgate, they visited the Mayor, who gave them more info and promised to pay them upon return.
  • Upon arrival in Ophelia, the Freelancers spoke to Routh Girikima, a human woman, about the lions.  She offered hospitality and dinner and suggested they go after lions on the morrow.
  • The next morning, Embu Girikima told the Freelancers where to find the lions, and following his directions, they found three large lions:  a male and two lionesses.
  • The Freelancers fought and slew the lions, but sustained slashes themselves from the lions' claws.
  • With assistance from the other Freelancers, Nahele determined there were no other lions, and skinned the ones they slew.
  • After another night in Ophelia, the Freelancers headed back to Cliffshadow.  The Mayor of Cliffgate paid their mission fee of 100 eagles each on the way back, as promised.
  • Return to Freelancers Tavern Kenostag, 1st prime post-Calm.
Loot
  • Mission pay:  100 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
  • 3 lion pelts:
    • Mediocre pelt, mostly leather, worth 100 eagles
    • Nice lioness pelt, worth 150 eagles
    • Decent pelt from the fluffy lion, worth 200 eagles
  • Lion teeth & claws worth 114 eagles

Lion item were sold, so each Freelancer got 112 eagles 8 cats.  But, Ricardo bought the fluffy lion pelt so in reality he spent 87 eagles 2 cats.

Tags
wildlife
Storyline
Duquesne Goodwill
Session Dates

Housekeeping note

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 02/10/2024 - 23:22
Okeanostag, 1st prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Archive Entry
  • Freelancers Tavern purchased 3 mounts from members detaching to Commerce:
    • Trained courser pegasus, "Nāhōkū", from Manu
    • Trained giant bat, "Robin", from Dominic
    • Trained dire wolf, "Grgnak", from Dominic
Tags
mounts

Roster Change

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 02/10/2024 - 23:18
Okeanostag, 1st prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Archive Entry
  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Minji, Murai, Mia Taumata, and Manu are detached from Duquesne Freelancers, to transfer to Commerce Freelancers in Ripa Daneo.
  • Mounts and pets also went with them except as noted in subsequent Housekeeping note.
Session Dates

Confirm Gwidion's Pollution Has Ended

Submitted by dracon on Sat, 02/10/2024 - 22:53
Kenostag, last prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
8 days
Archive Entry
  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Minji, Murai, Mia Taumata, and Manu were sent on a mission from Mayor Kaiea Tihani of Cliffshadow to visit the wizard Gwidion in the Northridge Mountains, and confirm he was not continuing to pollute the Pirates River.
  • The Freelancers took flying mounts and travelled to Pirates Dream river along the treeline without incident, arriving in the afternoon of the Contemplation of Calm.
  • From there the Freelancers flew upriver, keeping watch for mutated wildlife, but were still on Pirates Dream when they encountered swarms of froggoths.  The swarm concentrated the hallucinatory effects, but the Freelancers slew them and took samples to display for the wizard.
  • After camping overnight, the Freelancers arrived at Gwidion's Tower the afternoon of the following day.  They scouted the area and confirmed slight traces of magic mixed in the water, but did not see any brightly coloured effluent.
  • The Freelancers knocked on the door of the tower, and announced themselves.  Gwidion spoke with them, revealing he'd contracted with an artificer, Futsu Blackrind, to create a purifying device for the effluent.
  • An argument ensued, in which the Freelancers disbelieved the efficacy of the machine.  Gwidion offered to provide them with an "extreme shrinking" potion, which they could use to examine the machine from the inside.  The Freelancers trusted this proposal even less.
  • Eventually an agreement was reached, in which Blackrind also went with the Freelancers, and the potion would be adjusted to prevent problems returning to normal size.
  • The following day Gwidion turned off the machines, and the Freelancers and Blackrind took the potion and entered the purifier machine via a drainage pipe.
  • The Freelancers and Blackrind encountered various hazards one might expect in a drainpipe.  Once they were in the machine, on Blackrind's suggestion they headed to the machine exit to see if it was overspilling.
  • The Freelancers found a creature had mutated and created its own domicile in the machine egress, so of course it had been overspilling.  They slew the creature and spent the rest of the day clearing the exit.
  • Once finished they inspected another machine for damaged filters, but concluded Blackrind could do that once normal size.
  • The Freelancers returned to normal size and reported their results to Gwidion.  With Blackrind and Gwidion, they drew up another contract to revisit for overspill once an eighth.
  • The next morning Gwidion, pleased at dispatching the last of the pollution problems, gifted the Freelancers with potions before they took their leave.
    • Lorcan, elixir of health & potion of stone giant's strength; Dominic, potion of heroism & potion of mind reading; Murai, potion of divination & potion of mind reading; Minji, potion of stone giant's strength & superior healing potion; Manu, potion of clairvoyance & superior healing potion; Mia, potion of divination & superior healing potion.
  • On arrival in Cliffshadow, the Freelancers reported these events to Arnari Rilynn’sithek, and delivered to her the new contract.  She paid them 225 eagles each for the mission and 50 eagles each for the finder's fee.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Petraag, 1st prime post-Calm.
Loot
  • Quest fee from Gwidion: 300 eagles each
  • Potions from Gwidion:  elixir of health & potion of stone giant's strength (Lorcan); potion of heroism & potion of mind reading (Dominic); potion of stone giant's strength & superior healing potion (Minji); potion of divination & potion of mind reading (Murai); potion of divination & superior healing potion (Mia); potion of clairvoyance & superior healing potion (Manu).
  • Mission pay:  250 eagles each (10% to Freelancers) (on badge)
  • Finder's fee for ongoing recheck mission:  50 eagles each (on badge)
Tags
investigation
mutants
multisession
Storyline
Pollution Consequences
Session Dates

Investigate Sabotage at Kowiri Music & Tavern

Submitted by dracon on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 20:28
Remitag, 1st prime post-Calm 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
2 days
Archive Entry
  • Ricardo Monroe, Sofiya, Nahele Amaru, and Elwin Sarberos took the mission from Martin, owner of Kowiri Music & Tavern, to discover and stop the cause of mysterious holes appearing in the walls of the club.
  • The Freelancers visited Kowiri that afternoon.  They spoke to a barkeep and Martin, who showed them the holes and accompanying sabotage, and answered various questions about timing and extent.
  • The Freelancers devised a plan to watch over the course of the night.
  • While the club was open, Nahele and Elwin watched outside, Ricardo and Sofiya watched inside.  Some rats showed up; then, realizing they were spotted, withdrew.  Nahele tracked them as far as Trade District.
  • After the club closed Elwin watched inside, the others outside, and an organized mob of many rats, including two giant rats, arrived.
  • Ricardo cast suggestion on the giant rats, to expose if they were druids.  This did not work, so the Freelancers slew 2 giant rats & 3 rat swarms, but were no closer to solving the mystery.
  • The next morning, the Freelancers showed the giant rats to Martin, who claimed no knowledge.  He did pay the Freelancers 100 eagles each and requested another mission from Freelancers.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Chaostag, 1st prime post-Calm.
Loot
  • Mission Pay:  100 eagles (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
investigation
stake out
Storyline
Union of Rats
Session Dates

Roster Change

Submitted by dracon on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 00:17
Kenostag, last prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Archive Entry
  • Elwin Sarberos, Cloud elf scholar, joined Freelancers Guild.

Housekeeping note

Submitted by dracon on Fri, 01/05/2024 - 00:48
Rochtag, last prime post-Apastron
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Archive Entry
  • Ricardo Monroe's pegasus "Legend" is no longer in Freelancers Stable.
Tags
mounts

Blessed Fountain for Waypoint Resource

Submitted by dracon on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 23:40
Fysitag, 3rd prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Archivist Entry
Recordkeeper
Nyls Ardeni
Days in Game
13 days
Archive Entry
  • Lorcan Puddingrass Pasternack Tuinstra, Dominic Holyarm, Minji, Peb Pebbles, Timmy, Shimni Ioelena Qinyarus, and Ricardo Monroe accepted the mission from Anuhea, Downpour of the Church of Ua, to deliver a Blessed Fountain crafted by the Church of Ua to Waypoint Resource and install it.
  • The Freelancers took a cart to the Church of Ua, where the Downpour instructed them on the installation of the Blessed Fountain, then gave it to them for delivery.
  • The Freelancers put the Blessed Fountain on the air elemental airship Tugendhat, captained by the human Letitia Herohouse, then retrieved their mounts and boarded.  They reached Waypoint Resource after 5 days of travel, which was somewhat turbulent. 
  • Upon checking in with the stationmaster, Levtri, the Freelancers learned he had intended to install the Blessed Fountain inside the underground station.  They informed Levtri that was against the Downpour's instructions and a more appropriate place, outdoors, was selected.
  • The following morning, the Freelancers and Levtri moved the Blessed Fountain to the selected location.  Minji and Shimni did not accompany them.  Timmy began the installation, and supernatural giant scorpions materialized and attacked, slaying Ricardo's pegasus, Legend.
  • After defeating the giant scorpions, which glowed in the way of aquatic creatures, Minji and Shimni arrived, and Peb resumed the installation.  Another giant scorpion materialized, as well as swarms of flying scorpions, with similar markings.  These were also defeated.
  • Peb resumed the installation, but failed, as they injured themself in the process and Ua rejected the attempt.  However two more giant scorpions and three swarms of flying scorpions attacked.
  • Once these scorpions were defeated, the Freelancers moved swiftly to complete the installation.  Lorcan continued it, then Dominic tried but was unheard by Ua, then finally Peb completed it
  • Upon completion, the glowing marks faded and the giant scorpions decayed in the heat of the Daystar.  The Freelancers, upon examination, concluded they'd been sent directly from Moana, who was displeased Ua was thwarting some plan for the Resource skylith.
  • That evening, the Waypoint station had a ceremony to celebrate the fountain, and commemorate the slain pegasus.  The Freelancers kept watch for more scorpions appearing, but they did not.
  • Two days later the air elemental ship Braidwood, captained by the Mikumwes Yacuanquer Constellation, picked up the Freelancers for their travel to Cliffshadow, which was 5 days without incident.
  • On arrival the Freelancers reported these happenings to Anuhea at Church of Ua, who paid their mission fee of 150 eagles each.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern Rochtag, last prime post-Apastron.
Loot
  • Mission pay:  150 eagles each (10% to Freelancers)
Tags
airship travel
courier
death
active god
multisession
Session Dates