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 We start off our adventure in a small town named Kendrik. Morning arrived and the group woke up for a simple breakfast made by Grenwalis. Elarie having difficulty taking up. After they start traveling the group noticed a bit that Elarie straggled in the back. They started traveling onto the north. At lunch Kiershoun noticed that Elarie appears to have been leaving a trail behind them. Giving directions to their destination. After questioning they find out a bit more of the story. Elarie is the kidnapper's brother. They also find out that the kidnapper's name is Krim. The Duke told Elarie that Krim was an evil man and she wanted to bring her brother to justice. They finish lunch and continue forward with Elarie near the front. No longer leaving a trail behind apparently. As they continue they see another tail intersect their path. It was a well-trodden path that appeared to have been made by goblins. They followed the trail and attacked a group of them from the rear. It was going to be a short battle until their leader stepped forward. A bit bigger than normal goblins he crushed his own ally to increase his power. Then he attacked. Several strong blows were landed. Jack found himself on the ground and after a mighty swing the bigger goblins mace threw out a wave of evil that hurt everyone around. After the battle was over the group noticed that the ground around the mace had wilted. The mace apparently pure evil was deadly to touch. Jack wisely wrapped it up and carried it with him. They kept heading north and got to the cabin. Kiershoun still wary of Krim and his innocence stealthily approached the house. It had drapes over the windows and he was able to hear chatting inside the house. He went back and informed the group. They all arrived and spoke with Krim. The gruff Grenwalis eager to find out if this boy was innocent or not kept pushing for Elarie to get her job done. Krim was hesitant about relinquishing his armor for any reason when danger is near. For Lil said her wolf had spotted some horsemen to the south about an hour or so away. Elarie activated her magic item to find out if Krim had done the evil she had heard. The results came back and proved Krim's innocence. With that Krim put on his armor and they headed out from the cabin. Out in the forest they choose their position as 7 horses rode upon them. The Duke with his cronies and tracker. The Duke asks Sara to come back and she refuses. Saddened the duke paid the group and warned them to never return to his town. As they rode off and got a good distance away the duke shouted, 'If I cannot have her no one will!" and fired an arrow at Sara. Kiershoun prepared for something to happen jumps in front to protect the girl. The duke rides off into the woods. When asked what he was going to do Krim tells them vengeance is not his path. More pressing matters needed attending. The frequent goblin attacks had a few people concerned. The group decided to go to the northern town and find out more information. The group travels together for a ways before night sets in. They see off in the distance a large fire. Kiershoun scouts forward and pulls down a scout after taking a count. They make a plan of attack with Kiershoun trying to get behind the camp. One of the goblin leaders notices him and speaks a message to an underling. Then he follows Kiershoun out into the woods. The group advances on the camp as well as they could. The goblins have some notice by the reflection of the breastplate of Krim. Battle is quickly joined as some goblins are roused and the leader who went off in the woods comes back after losing his prey. Jack with his mighty sword pulling down a few. Seeing a man with a huge sword though drew some arrows to him. Krim showing he has some skill pulls down a few. During battle with goblins Kiershoun sneaks into a tent and attacks a goblin leader who was lying there. With careful observation he notices the leader was not sleeping. He attacked it while it lay there. His goggles let him know it was near death so he kept attacking till it was dead. The other leader stood his ground and Jack met the challenge. Krim also joined battle with the leader. Arrows bounced off of Grenwalis's stone armor and Krim's breastplate. Jack however found that they easily pierced his thick leather Jacket and was heavily injured. Kiershoun threw some shuriken at the leader. From the back comes some blasts of magical energy as a magic missile flies through the air. First set hitting the goblin leader. A few seconds pass by as the second set flies and hits some goblin archers nearby. Then a scream is heard. It appears the group has been attacked from the rear. 4 horses are seen, as it appears the duke has grabbed Sara's hair and was trying to pull her up to his saddle. Thinking quickly Lil casts entangle to stop their retreat and slow them down. Jack runs over and throws her a shortsword. She is able to catch it in midair and quickly strikes at the duke. Duke gets pulled from his horse. Sara attacks the duke who struggles to get up. Duke gets up while Kiershoun leaps and kills one of the guards. He then jumps down behind the duke. Duke attacks Sara and she falls. A scream pierces the air. Duke goes for coup de grace but Kiershoun attacks him from the rear. The duke now hurt mortally falls forward. He falls onto the girl blade first. Krim while fighting the tracker hears the scream. His longsword turns black and he drops it and the dagger. His hand reaches back and grasps the huge bastard sword he carries. Is it pulled free and its blue blade digs into the chest of the tracker. He hurries over to the body of his love. The duke was already dead when he got there. He sheaths his sword and carries his the body of his girl off. Not stopping to retrieve the longsword and dagger he dropped. The group takes the horses and rides that night into town. They arrive the morning of the 7th and enter the town. Kiershoun lays claim duke's house and enters it. He notifies a guard of the change in leadership now and the guard runs off. Kiershoun heads upstairs and finds the captain of the guard. Kiershoun informs him the duke is dead but the captain stands his ground. Honor holding the captain to his ground as Kiershoun attacks seeking to subdue rather than kill. The captain attempts to strike but misses. After a quick fight the captain falls and Kiershoun ties him up. Then searches the house for money and treasure. Outside the house Grenwalis attempts to keep the peace and announces there will be an election held and the people will setup new government. Grenwalis finds out that the guards are well trained as he tries to get the bartender released. He informs the captain who gets him released. They stable the horses at the stables and Jack gives the boy 4 platinum. Then comes sleep with one of the captain’s guards guarding the duke's house. The next day Kiershoun goes over to the stables and notices the boy had a black eye. He asked what happened and the boy told him a horse kicked him. Angered that the young man would attempt to lie he tells him to never lie to him again. The boy then informs him that where he got the black eye was none of his business. The kid works on hacking at a moving piece of wood now in the yard. People gather at the bar for the elections. The head of the temple agrees to be a neutral party though he would rather not get involved. When Grenwalis spoke with him the previous day he mentioned that sometimes the people do not know what is best for them. Still thinking this is the best course of action Grenwalis pursues it. The votes are cast. The results are not surprising. The Captain Roja Camisa is elected to hold until the nephew claims the title. The group finds out the little stableboy is the duke's nephew and his father is a drunk. Kiershoun attacks the drunk in the bar though the drunk is not able to fight back. The group quickly leaves after the vote is settled for the northern town of Tordek. Grenwalis was offered free beer at bar and he took full that. The group tied him onto a horse and rode until dark. That night during watch Jack was met by Krim who passed by bleeding and looking very tired heading to the town of Kendrik. Krim told Jack he had ran into some goblins up north. He refused the offer to rest there and kept going in the direction of the town. That morning the 9th of Eomond group notices a trail of blood heading south. Jack mentions that Krim passed during the night. The group goes off north and finds quite a few goblin corpses. They keep traveling and get to the town of Tordek. They find a bar named The Staggering Dwarf. As Kiershoun enters he notices it is ran by a big half-orc named Griff. They sit and eat some food while waiting for Grenwalis and Jack to return. Grenwalis sees the sign and is appalled when he finds out the bartender is a half-orc. Kiershoun brings the back the dwarf and is greeted in prefect dwarven by Griff. Gremwalis questions the drinks available and finds out about the Dwarf challenge. He takes the dwarf challenge and sadly fails. As he passes out on the floor Griff mentions he should try the elven wine instead. Grenwalis gets carried out and put in the Sleeping elf inn with Jack. Kiershoun and Lil go off into the woods to rest instead. The rest of the day passes by uneventfully. Next day the 10th they eat and bathe and shop then find out the Griff is worried about his cook. The group feeling restless and the threat of the bar closing for a short amount of time agree to go check on the cook. They head off to the south and then turn and find the boy’s house. They find massacre with goblin corpse's and a girl's corpse's. Cuts were however clean like a well made blade made them. Also a trail of blood like Krim's lead off into the forest. They follow the trail of blood and come across the boy's body. They take bodies to town and leave them at sheriffs. The sheriff informs them that due to the attacks they get that he cannot spare any guards to follow up on this. If they could find the murderer and bring them to justice they would appreciate it. The group quickly heads out back to the trail of blood. They follow it during the night. That night they encounter a few more goblins that they quickly dispatch. In the morning the trail leads them to Kendrik. On the 11th of Eomond they arrive at Kendrik. Bodies of guardsmen at the gates and a burnt down house. In ashes is kneeling Krim holding a bloodied bastard sword with both hands. Kiershoun shouts a warning to Krim to surrender and Jack charges. Jack swings and hits the kneeling Krim but he does not seem to notice it. Battle ensues as Krim says that no one is truly innocent and strikes at their weapons a few times. Krim does not appear to be trying to kill as he would hit someone and rather than go for a killing blow he would go after someone else. Seeking justice the group keeps attacking trying to bring this monster down. Many of the strikes would hit and dent the armor but Krim appeared to ignore it. The blood on the sword never seems to cease and when it touched anyone it would burn. Lil helps out by casting a heat metal spell on Krim to attempt to distract him. Even as the metal of his armor burns his flesh he does not appear to relent. Kiershoun tries to disarm him and gets struck by the blade. With a mighty swing Krim hits Grenwalis and a huge amount of blood is splashed onto the group. Kiershoun manages to avoid it but Jack isn’t and his sword suffers the most. Jack’s sword falling apart as the acid burns it. Jack tried to swing with an axe he had on his back and misses. Grenwalis had fallen to the ground from the blood shower. In the end the armor as it was still burning Krim finally drops him. Battle finally over Lil heals whom she can. Some crying in the distance as Elarie is still upset that her brother could do such a thing. Kiershoun wanders off to the bar to get a drink. They find the bartender still serving drinks as "I've got no quarrel with Krim and he has none with me." While serving drinks to the battered group. The bartender informs the group that the captain got away with the boy and many of the villagers just ran off once the fire started. Also the drunk attempted to reclaim the house from Krim and found a quick death on his sword. Kiershoun tried to figure out what to do with the sword and how to turn it off. Not after their will was tested by the power of the sword. The sword still wanting blood forces Grenwalis to swing it at a rock. With some tests and trying to speak random words to turn it off Kiershoun finally gets it with "Vengeance is not my path." With that the sword was turned off. Pondering what to do with such an evil weapon Grenwalis stuck it into the practice rock and pulled out the longsword that Krim dropped. He raised it up and struck at it. The blade of goodness that was tied to Krim shattered on the blade of evil that was also tied to Krim. The blade of evil also shattered and fell apart. With both blades destroyed it was a fitting end to Krim-son of Phoenix Order. Group then eats some well-deserved food and stops there. |
Copyright Ed Buchanan 2003.