The Widening Gyre
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Coldhaven
The City of Coldhaven, on the continent of Ehrethir. -
Aetregyr World Map
Showing all known lands and oceans.
Supporting Cast
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Harbormaster Aelef Mayfair
Harbormaster of Fleet Town. Gruff but good at his job. Helpful if you aren't there to waste his time. -
Arlo Fyke
Innkeeper of the Snowy Owl Inn in Burfell. Passed the Inn down to his son, Kelso, in 1316. -
Atzi Idrakazx
A brutish, lizardfolk warlord, allied with the Midnight Thicket. -
Merchant Prince Aubreck Drallion
Merchant prince, fallen on hard times. Seeking to regain what he has lost. Proud and shrewd. -
Deloy Elliott
A bitter, angry man who works as the barkeep down at The Whistling Wizard tavern in Driftwood Row. Deloy is prejudiced against many non-human races, especially those who might not resemble humans very closely, or could be described as "monstrous". -
Professor Emersen Waynwright
A handsome, dashing, and ambitious young half-elf scholar. Emersen Waynwright is an up-and-coming archaeologist hunting for relics to make a name for himself in the academic world. He has an easy-going charm and a taste for adventure. -
Abbot Ferol Sal
Ferol Sal is the hyper-protective, over-zealous leader of the Monks of the Frozen Blood. While not malicious in spirit, Sal's unwillingness to accept responsibilities for his failures put the monastery at risk when one of his own, Hrothgar the Packlord, went mad and ran amok in the area of the Thinveil where his monks reside. Sal believes that every man has a peaceful spirit inside him, even the most troubled and violent offenders, and his order is dedicated to cooling the emotions of those whose blood runs hot. -
Madame Grelda Maschinka
A fortune teller with a halfling caravan. She reads palms and portents from a crystal ball for 5 sp each. -
Hrothag
Hrothag was a large hirsute man with a long flowing white beard. He only had one eye, and though he had a magic eyeball to replace the one he lost, he often preferred to go without it, proudly displaying his empty socket. -
Mayor Ilvras Adalautar
Veteran elf overseeing the town of Burfell as its appointed leader. Once an adventurer himself, he has traveled far and seen much in the northern wilds. Pragmatic and wise, Ilvras works dutifully to protect and serve his people. -
Izzarik Delzomen
A disgraced human wizard, Izzarik Delzomen was forced to leave a prosperous guild in an ancient city after he was caught experimenting with the simulacrum spell in ways forbidden to guild members. He left for the frozen hinterlands of the Nevermelt where he could ply his evil trade in relative peace. He was finally defeated by his own hubris, and his Iceforge has since laid cold, dormant and forgotten. -
Jarrod Zala
A frustrated young artist, looking for a patron to save him from a life of drudgery. -
Jorg Delvrus
A grizzled, veteran explorer, who sometimes gets in over his head. Not always the best judge of character or ideas. -
Kelso Fyke
Kelso Fyke is the current proprietor of the Snowy Owl Inn. He inherited the inn from his father in 1316. -
Khoell
A young, brave warrior of the Snowbear Tribe, Khoell is not very big compared to the others of his war party. But he is quick and nimble, able to safely dart in and out of trouble. He is also a burgeoning artist, learning to carve images into the cave walls in the tradition of his people. -
Koran
Koran is the former consort of Ulvanu. She was wife of the previous chieftain until Ulvanu killed him. She was all too happy to turn on Ulvanu, and to give up his secrets. -
High Chronicler Leonhel Evellar
A frazzled, old, bedraggled scholar and priest of Julesev. His interests pertain to natural phenomenon such as weather patterns and geological formations. He seems disorganized, but he manages to know exactly where everything is in his mess of an office. -
Locksley
Locksley is currently a talking fox, but he's also a human trapped in a magical prison of his own making. He stole from the wrong hag and wound up imprisoned in Baba Yaga's hut, transformed into a fox, until the Companions helped him escape. In reality, Locksley is a daring thief, charming but also an insufferable braggart, willing to put himself in extreme peril when he has an audience, confident that his speed and cunning will carry him through. -
Lyria Vale
A deadly mercenary and explorer, she has been living with the Snowbear Tribe for then last month or two. No one is really sure why, her reasons remain her own. -
Midvauvaleth The Crone
Midva the Crone is the leader of the corrupted druid circle known as The Midnight Thicket. She is a vile entity, an Annis Hag that often disguises herself as a human woman, or as a verbeeg. Her aim is to destroy civilization, and if humanity were to perish with it, she would not be opposed to that either. She, like most hags, is exceptionally long lived, meaning she has many lifetimes of experiences that make her very deadly. She is tricky and clever, she likes to make deals that favor her, and she loves to call in favors when it will cause the most misery to the other party. -
Palmer Stareg
Rebellious, hateful, old wizard who wishes to overthrow Marcount Uthric Nevereld and return practice of the arcane to a place of prominence in Coldhaven. -
Lord Revin Slatewater
A stately, reserved noble, Revin Slatewater is one of the Law Lords of the City of Coldhaven and the High Steward of Ehrethir. -
Rinn Tallmantle
A warrior maiden, trapped for centuries as a ghost. -
Techsmith Rondo Dimbuckle
Rondo Dimbuckle was a gnome, chosen to represent the gnomish people in Geltheim. His skill, like so many of his cousins, was artificing and tinkering. More specifically, he was a Techsmith, devoted to the development of constructs and automatons in the name of the god Bruch. He immediately began constructing several mining automatons thinking they would enhance productivity in the mines. He was killed by an orc scouting party that raided his home before the invasion of Geltheim. -
Lorefinder Seladon Nevrindir
Inquisitive, scholarly elf, who holds the secrets of her people. Upon entering the Fey Realm she has begun to change from a high elf into an eladrin. She has also changed from male presenting to female presenting. -
Spex
A kobold druid, who would do anything for her daughter. -
Shaman Tark
A grizzled, old druid, who has a rapport with the savage beasts of the Nevermelt. He is the spiritual leader and shaman of the Snowbear Clan. He is noble and honorable. -
Chief Ulvanu
Ulvanu was the cruel and opportunistic leader of the Snowbear tribe, using stolen ice magic and weaponry to force his kin into submission. The other werdol grew to hate Ulvanu, but each time one of them tried to act against him the punishment inflicted by Ulvanu was swift and terrible. He led his people with a brutal hand until his death at the hands of outsiders. -
Marcount Uthric Nethergrey
The highest ranking lord of Ehrethir, who rules the continent in the name of King Godred IV of Avateyne. Prickly, demanding, and old-fashioned, he has taken a distaste to arcane magic practitioners and people of races who do not hold a close resemblance to humans. -
Vertheg
Aubreck's butler. Tall, lanky and awkward. A single tusk juts from his lower jaw, and his green, warty skin contrasts with his fine, neat clothes. -
Grand Helion Vessla Shollbrook
Proud, confident high-ranking priestess of Sola in the city of Coldhaven. -
Vip
Vip is a Bruchsman familiar, a clockwork automaton. His name Vip, is short for "Vice-Grip". Vip has been imbued by Bruch with a certain amount of sentience, and although he cannot speak, he has the ability to communicate with gestures and writing. He is Dimbuckle's only real companion and his most important creation. -
Captain Wolgar Windrune
Captain of The Soul of Winter. Runs a tight ship. Takes no guff. -
Wystlin Gildain
Brave and noble captain of a platoon of Coldhaven elite guardsmen. Helped the Companions defeat the Midnight Thicket by holding off the lizardfolk warriors who were defending their evil rituals. -
Xavreia Velgareth
A cunning scourge elf sorcerer. -
Xerahl Velgareth
A fierce scourge elf warrior.
Scheduled Sessions
Test Session
Sessions Archive
Session 47: The Fall of Geltheim
In which the Companions find themselves escaping in the nick of time...
Session 46: The Battle of Geltheim
In which the Companions introduce a new member and find the dwarven city less accommodating...
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Session 45: The Geltheim Mines
In which the party finds a new companion, and loses another...
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Session 44: The Stoneclave
In which the Companions find themselves in Anvil's Heart, and enter the industrious world of the dwarves...
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Session 43: Return to Aetregyr
In which the characters return to the material world, and descend from the mountain peak...
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Session 42.5
The players decide what to do with their wish and where to go next...
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Session 42: Jabberwocky
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Session 41: Eventide Palace
In which the players attempt to lbreak the spell over Queen Eleanora and her palace...
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Session 40: Eladra
In which the party journeys to the city of Eladra...
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Session 39: To Defeat a Hag
In which the Companions confront Bavlora Blightstraw, one way or another...
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Session 38: Bavlorna Awaits
In which the Companions make their way to the hag's lair...
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Session 37: The Soggy Court
In which the Companions search for the hag Bavlorna in the town of Downfall...
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Session 36: Hither
In which the players travel ito Mag Mell, into the Yewdale...
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Session 35: The Acorn Queen
In which the Companions finally meet Timoo's mysterious benefactor...
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Session 34: Nightmares
In which the characters find themselves thrown into the fire...
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Session 33: Deja Vu
In which the Companions wake up somewhere familiar...
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Session 32: The Fey Realm
In which the players travel through the land of the fey in search of the City of Eladra...
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Session 31: Through the Looking Glass...
In which the gate to the fey realm is opened...
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Session 30: The Road Goes On...
What lies next for our adventurers following the exciting end to the Festival?
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Session 29: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 10
The Festival finally comes to a close with a night of revelry that won't be soon forgotten...
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Session 28: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 9
In which the Companions battle the Starbeacons for the championship...
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Journals
Session 27: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 8
In which the Companions close out the festival...
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Session 26: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 7
In which the Companions battle monsters for the title of Battle Royale Champions...
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Session 25: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 6
In which a Spellduel occurs...
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Session 24: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 5
In which the Companions fight battles big and small...
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Session 23: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 4
In which the Companions engage in a pie eating contest, and more frivolity...
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Session 22: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 3
In which Harvestpeak continues, and the Companions are part of a talent competition...
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Session 21: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 2
In which festival week continues...
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Session 20: The Harvestpeak Festival Pt. 1
In which the adventurers receive some much needed downtime and attend a harvest festival...
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Session 19: The Hag's Lair
In which the party face off against the hag in a final showdown...
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Session 18: The Midnight Thicket
In which our player confront the great evil that lies behind the assault on Coldhaven, and either save the day or fall to the shadow...
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Session 17: Thunderbolts and Lightning
In which the players continue to investigate the deadly lightning strikes in the Shard of Night...
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Session 16: The Lightning Strikes
In which the players investigate the odd weather plaguing the city of Coldhaven...
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Session 15: Arrival at Coldhaven
In which the companions voyage to the cosmopolitan city of Coldhaven...
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Session 14: High Seas, Part II
In which the Companions continue to search through the undead infested ship...
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Session 13: High Seas
In which, the companions have agreed to pay for their ocean voyage with a good deed...
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Session 12: A New Apprentice
In which the characters finish their business in Fleet Town and arrange for passage to Coldhaven.
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Session 11: Southward Bound
In which Hubear's Companions attempt to reunite a spirit with its physical form, and they journey back south from the far northern edge of the world...
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Session 10: Threads of a Soul
In which the party must reconnect the lost threads of Rinn's soul to bring her back to life...
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Session 9: The Dragon and the Lady
In which the party fights a simulacrum of a white dragon, locates the professor once and for all, and a sneaky halfling reappears...
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Session 8: The Iceforge
In which the party aids some Neanderthals, and edges closer to finding where the missing professor went...
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Session 7: Memento Mori
In which the party encounters new potential allies, and potential foes...
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Session 6: The Hydra and the Goblin King
In which the party battles deadly foes on the glacial mountainside...
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Session 5: The Ice Goblin Lair
In which the party fights a horde of angry ice goblins...
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Session 4: Across the Ice
In which the party travels to Fleet Town and beyond...
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Session 3: The Wolf's Lair
In which the party finds the source of the nefarious disease plaguing Ehrethir...
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Session 2: A Frigid Disease or A Journey to the Nevermelt
The party prepares for a polar expedition to the frozen wastes of Blakkgarde. Will they find a cure for the frigid woe? Even if they do will they return with it in time to save lives of those with the disease? Now where did that sneaky halfling get off to?
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Session 1: Introduction or "The Crew Assembles"
In which we encounter several persons of some skill and merit...
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Session 0: Character Creation Session
D&D! Drinks! Grilled Cheese! A session to have fun and coordinate character generation.
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The Protagonists
Yarpen Zigren
Meeka
Howe Irontoe
Timoo Timbertown
Theo Bumblebrook
Tarin
Kerrick Weaver
Narrassah of the Twirling Spear
Adar of Ikaan (Deceased)
Jerome
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