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29th Nov 2020 20:00 - 22:30 In-game timeline: DR1489 Elesias 11 - Eleasias 11 We rejoin our "Heroes" after a short rest recovering from an attack of killer trees. Past experience made them very wary of corridors, trees, bushes, darkness, life in general. It therefore took them 30 minutes to progress down the next length of passageway, with Carro firing an arrow at every tree they saw (there were a number of them) and TC making sure by stabbing each one with a longsword as they passed. None of the trees reacted. Maybe they are part of a sleeper cell, triggered on exit, rather than on entry. Who knows? I do :-) When they eventually reach the end of the passageway, they came across two doors. Listening at each in turn, Carro hears nothing at the first, but possibly a little scraping noises from behind the second? Mahtis decides to investigate in her usual guise of a spider. Heading under the door, she sees the source of the scraping noises. Four goblins, one of them with purple

20th Nov 2020 19:15 - 22:45 In-game timeline: DR1489 Elesias 11 - Eleasias 11 We rejoin our "Heroes" having defeated three bugbears in relatively quick succession, and with little trouble. They enter a mushroom farm and spread out, checking out the various fungi beds. Each group of fungi seems to be growing in its own bed. Sheltered by a bush. Suspicious, Mahtis checks out one of these bushes, and seems convinced that they are very similar to the vicious bushes that they have meet on more than one occasion. Unaware of Mahtis' findings, Carro heads for the mushrooms which were yellow with purple spots - as described by Corkie. Bending over them he was a little surprised when the bush attacked! Regaining his usual poise he easily dispatched his woody foe. TC was less accurate with his attack, however, and got a branch in his face for his trouble, but Mahtis took out two more of the bushes with two swipes of her blades. With Carro, somewhat embarrassed by his scratches, taki

16th Nov 2020 19:15 - 22:15 In-game timeline: DR1489 Elesias 10 - Eleasias 11 Our "Heroes" are fresh from their level 3 training and keen to get on and find the healing pear. They pay a visit to Kerowyn at the store to ask about Belak the druid, but find out very little. TC does buy a couple of hand axes to throw at anyone he dislikes, and they sell their jewellery and gems in order to buy a couple of healing potions from Corkie at the shrine. They then all traipse along, crocodile fashion, to the mayor in order to hand him a roughly scrawled map of their intended destination, and Mayor Leng agrees to hand this to Felosial when she returns with her Watch members, even if the Watch had managed to find Bella in the meantime. The group then set out towards Belak's grove, following their map. It takes them just over a day to get there, but the trip is uneventful, and they spend the day practising their newly acquired skills on the various woodland creatures and flora that the

8th Nov 2020 19:30 - 22:15 In-game timeline: DR1489 Elesias 7 - Eleasias 10 Exhausted from goblin and dragon battles, our "Heroes" struggled with deciding their next steps. Carro argued that the important thing was to get the healing pear, presumably from Belak the druid. He revealed to the others that the ill elf back in Oakhurst, Erdan, is actually Carro's brother on some sort of secret mission and that Carro would appreciate it if this information is kept secret, at least for now. The others were keen to level up first, especially after hearing from the goblin Grenl, who was getting a little bored with their relentless changing-of-minds, that Belak had recruited a number of goblins in the past, and also had some bugbear friends. And so it was agreed that the group would head back to Oakhurst to gain more skills. Then the conversation turned towards how to actually exit the building. Some wanted to try out the Platform Room, that they had not yet visited, others wanted

  Durnn, Send your emissaries to my grove 2 weeks before midsummer to receive the white fruit, and two weeks after midsummer to receive the red. Make sure you distribute the seeds of the fruit far and wide in the land – that is your goal, Gulthias demands it. To continue to receive your payment, send me 3 workers every month. Do not expect them to return. In addition, once again send me a virginal female at each solstice. I appreciate that finding one may be difficult – I suggest you keep her away from the males after maturity, to guarantee her purity. I have deciphered the code for the Fortress’ platform. “Fire” in draconic (“Ixen”) will summon the platform and take you to the surface, and back. I suggest you take that route to and from the surface in future. Belak

30th Oct 2020 19:00 - 23:00 In-game timeline: DR1489 Elesias 7 - Eleasias 7 Having ensured the death of Meepo, our "Heroes" take the opportunity to have a short rest without being insulted by an overexcited kobold. Luckily, they manage to rest for an hour without being disturbed, but at the end of the hour a number of things start to happen. First, Trix, the brewer who they knocked unconscious earlier, starts to come round, and Thomas needed to tie him up and gag him so he wouldn't shout out and alert others. Then, the door into the pantry area, that they had previously barricaded with crates and barrels, started to move. Someone was trying to get through! When whoever it was discovered the way was barred, they started to ram the door in order to open it. The delay gave the party a chance to get ready for a confrontation. They scattered some caltrops all over the floor of the pantry, then posted TC and Mahtis just inside the pantry whilst the two elves readied their range