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Saturday 20th September

Xoden comes round and is interrorgated by Bran

Has two other firends in the area
All three work for the Blue Duke
Blue Duke is described by Xoden as an Ogre Mage
The Half Orc soldiers were going to be used to augment a nobles personal guard
The Half Orcs were to be sneaked through the tunnels that came out in Oraks Bath House to avoid detection
Things are going to be changing in Cauldron
There was an agreement between Drakthar and the Blue Duke regarding the use of the tunnels and non-interferance with the Blue Duke's personnel

Drakthar was trying to be a player
Over stepped the mark with the Goblin raids into the City Of Cauldron

Attracting the attention of the Town Guard
Bringing The Righteous Others down upon him, his hoard and disrupting the plans of the Blue Duke

Xoden asks if we would not mind letting him go

The request is declined

We leave with Xoden, the head of Drakthar, evidence of the half-orcs and the Goblin ears.

The journey takes us through a the lightly wooded upper slops of Cauldron mountain.

Spot baboons watching us in silently and then chattering once he had passed

This had happened before, on the journey, when we first came as a group to Cauldron

Enter the City

Town Guard give us strange and worried looks at the sight of Drathars head on Cass' new spear

We go to the Church of Pelor

Their nervous looking cleric can't help Cass
Suggests Wee Jas

We go to the Church of Wee Jas

Visit Ike Iverson for a cure for Cass

The cure of the Vampiric drain costs the party 470gp
Ike gave discount as Cass worships Wee Jas

While going to the Churches or Pelor and Wee Jas we took the most circular routes all the time parading the head of Drakthar.

Head to the office of Terseon Skellerang

Large crowd of people visiting
Get 370gp for the Goblin ears
Thanks for stopping the incursions
Hand over Xoden

Explain what was afoot under Cauldron

Thanks for the prisoner
He hand of Drakthar's head for 500gp

Skellerang agrees to have it placed on a spike at a city gate as a warning to any fiend
He also agrees to have a sign placed underneath stating the it was The Righteous Others that disposed of the Vampire

We return to the Drunken Morkoth

Feast laid on for us!

Recognition of:

rescuing the kidnap victims
shutting down the slaving ring
stopping the goblin incursions
killing the vampire Drakthar

Paid for by Lady Knowlern the owner of the Drunken Morkoth
We send Urchin Mail with invites mentioning the free food and drink to the:

Tipped Tankard

Stormblades "home" bar
Empties the inn for the night
Boosts our reputation with the customers

Town Guards barracks

All off duty guards turn up
Aids our reputation with the Guard
Tyron leads the guards through the doors

Bran plays and tells stories

Monies are paid

Anari does acrobatics
Owyn joins in with the display of acrobatics

Throng whistle and cheer the display

Cass changes into Annah

Proceeds to lampon the Stormblades
The crowd roar with laughter

We have a drinking competition

Cass beats Owyn and Bran
Anari looks on in amusement
Kellen looks on with pride

The party the Drunken Morkoth and The Righteous Others are the talk of Cauldron for weeks afterwards

Sunday 21st September

We wake in late afternoon with headaches and ill tasting mouths

The Drunken Morkoth shows no sign of the feast last night appart from the unscheduled delivery of ale

A letter awaits us addressed to The Righteous Others

Lord Vhalantru extends an invitation to us all to visit his estate

I go to rouse the late slumbering Khandalar

Bed not slept in
His stuff is gone

I tell the others

Kellen say that he saw him slipping out of the feast during the drinking competition

He head to Vhalantru's estate

The building is very ornate with inticate wood carvings

Not really my taste but I don't live here

We are escorted to the rear gardens

Very nice gardens
Vhalantru is enjoying the afternoon sun sipping chilled water from a tall crystal glass
He thanks us for sorting out the Goblin issue and for also removing the threat of the Vampire Drakthar.
He also says he is pleased to hear that our fame is spreading through out the city
He informs us that he has purchased Ghelves Locks from the city
He offers it to us, rent free on the understanding that he can call on us when he needs our services
We agree and thank him for his generosity

The servant takes us back to the gates of the estate

We go to Ghelves Locks

Town Guard are outside as we approach
The Stormblades exit as we approach the door

We demand to know what they are doing in, now our property
Haughtily they respond they were on an important mission for the city
We ask:

More so than rescuing the kidnap victims
More so than clearing out Jzadirune
More so than stopping a slaver ring
More so than encountering a Beholder
More so than stopping a goblin invasion
More so than removing and clearing a vampire from under the city

They were collapsing tunnels into the underdark and Jzadirune
The guards confirm the story behind ill hidden mirth
Owyn comments, in a stage whisper, that they are just construction workers
More stiffled laughing
Stormblades leave to the sound of laughter behind them

Inside the building has been cleared of all furnishings
The enterance to Jzadirune has been closed by the Stormblades

Monday 22nd September

Share out equipment gathered:

Anari - Mithril chain shirt
Bran - Quiver of Ehlonna
Cass - Spear with silver tip and necklace of fireball type 2
Kellen - Longbow (Str+3)
Owyn - Masterwork rapier

Sell equipment and goods salvaged from the last adventure

Share out 2,000 pounds to each person present from party gold

We visit the bank and I update the accounts

Khandalar still doesn't return

Tuesday 23rd September to Monday 27th October

Anari

Starts a private fight club with Cass and Kellen

Profits go to party funds

Bran

After dinner speaking upon the exploits of The Righteous Others

Earning money for the group
Enhancing the reputation for the group

Continues to search for information about the girl from the roof tops/street
Tries to find a trail for Khandalar

Worry at the lack of news

Cass

Starts a private fight club with Anari and Kellen

Profits go to party funds

Does more research into magic

Kellen

Starts a private fight club with Cass and Anari

Profits go to party funds

Khandalar

Still no word from him

Owyn

Street performances, involving cards

We assume all the monies earned go to pary funds

Gets his new rapier silvered

Group

Establish ourselves within Ghelves Locks

Owyn makes it secure with assitance from Anari and Kellen
Turn it into a residence

Tuesday 28th October

Seriously heavy rains begin

There is a city wide announcement that the Flood Festival has started and will last for two weeks

Flood Festival activities

Vedors offering a Flood Festival Sale

Anari - commissions a new cloak to be made
Bran - buys a Wand to Cure Moderate wounds with 25 charges for 1800gp from party funds
Owyn - buys magical studded leather armour

Drink Down The Flood

Bran, Cass and Owyn sign up
1 pound enterance fee paid from private funds

New event Crater Monster Hunt

Starts at 09:00 on the 29th October at the Crater Lake

Drink Down The Flood - Round 1 at the Coy Nixie

Owyn vs Manly looking woman

Owyn passes out after the first drink
Owyn out of the competition

Bran vs Tyron

Tyron passes out after eight drinks
Bran continues to round 2

Cass vs landloard of Tipped Tankard

The landlord passes out after three drinks
Cass continues to round 2

It is announced that round 2 will be held on the 29th October in the Drunken Morkoth

We head home to Ghelves Locks to sleep of the drinking competition and Kellen and Anari carry Owyn as Bran and Cass struggle to carry themselves.

Wednesday 29th October

Flood Festival activities continue:

Crater Monster Hunt

Arrive at Crater Lake at 09:00
A sign up fee of 1 pound
There are hundreds of boats in the lake
You swim around placing a token in a boat and if you find the right boat you win
Bran refuses thinking it is in extremely bad taste and highly dangerous
Cass, Kellen and Owyn all sign up paying the enterance fee from private funds
The competition starts

Cass enters the water but is soon struggling in the waters and is rescued
Owyn laughs at Cass efforts and then finds himself also having to be resuced from the cold waters of Crater Lake
Kellen after ensuring the safety of Cass dives into the murky waters

Kellen puts a token into 21 boats

Another swimmer puts a token into a boat and a huge aquatic monster rises up and dives at the swimmer before vanishing
Everyone looks on shocked and horrified

The students cheer the winner
The winner is rescued from the lake, after throwing up he is still green and has wide staring eyes when a tiny cup is placed into his hands.
Bran gets into an arguement with a student of the whole competition and the lack of taste and decency

The argument ends with Bran pushing the student in the lake
Anari pulls Bran away

Coconut Shy

Owyn takes ages before he finally knocks a coconut off the stand
Cass removes a coconut on her second try and proceeds to tease Owyn
Bran also removed a coconut of his second try and joins in with Cass' gentle teasing of Owyn

Test Of Strength

Anari smiles sweetly at the owner as she win at the first go
None of the other members of The Righteous Others decide to have a go after that

Drink Down The Flood - Round 2 at the Drunken Morkoth

Bran vs Todd

Todd passes out after seven drinks
Bran continues to round 3

Cass vs Cora

Cass passes out after four drinks
Cass is out of the competition

It is announced that round 3 will be held on the 30th October in the Tipped Tankard

The Stormblades led by Cora#start making jokes about Cass not being able to hold her drink.

I point out that Todd is in the same position
Todd pushes me over and calls me a dirty half breed

Drunken Mortkoth goes silent

Forgetting the The Old Code for a moment that at least I belong to an adventuring party and not a group of common labourers that are only trusted with collapsing old tunnels
There is laughter from areas of the Drunken Morkoth
As Kellen and Tyron help me up the Stormblades leave shame faced
I doubt we have heard the last of this
The door closes and the music and frivolity begins again

Ord rushes in with a urgent summons for us from Jenya

When we arrive at the Curch Of St Chuthbert we are ushered into Jenya's office
There seem to be more than the usual number of cleric present in the church for the time of night

Jenya is pacing her office and looking gravely concerned
She smiles wanly at the sight of use and says she has disturbing news
Sarcern the high priest has been in in Sasserine officially on business of St Cuthbert but this was a ruse

The was trouble getting the other churches to produce wands of control water to fight back the floods
This wand shortage was kept secret as not panic the poulace
Eight new wands hae now been procured

Sarcern was on his way back to Cauldron when the party stopped at the Lunkey Monkey
It was at the Lonkey Monkey Sarcern sent Jenya a sending
Jenya shows us the sending:

It was half an hour since the sending was received
We immediately say we will go to the Lucky Monkey to aid Sarcern and bring back the wands
We ask for mounts to get use there faster
Relief shows at the edges of Jenya's face as she thanks us and says that five mounts are awaiting us in the stables
Jenya also supplies us with a potion that will cure moderate wounds

As we leave Cauldron for the Lucky Monkey we:

Procure a the floor plans of the establishment for 5 pounds
Send Urchin Mail to:

Ana - saying we are going out of Cauldron on Church business and we while be back tomorrow
Vhalantru - informing him that Sarcen is in trouble at the Lucky Monkey and we have been dispatched by St Cuthbert to aid him

Uneventful journey

Spot several troops of baboons watching us in silently and then chattering once he had passed

This had happened before, on the journey, when we first came as a group to Cauldron and just after defeating Drakthar and escorting Xoden back to the city

Thursday 30th October

We arrive at the Lucky Monkey at 05:00, when get get closer be observe and hear

Sounds of destruction coming from inside
Broken windows
Blood on the outer walls and the ground
Churned up dirt
Signs of fighting
Signs of dragged bodies

We pause for thought and to plan

Bran Journal Session13