Session I : The Body Report

General Summary

You are no longer soldiers. That life and world ended for you the night your commander died. The moment the investigation began each of you know that the careers you had were over. The eye was almost immediately cast on the officers closest to him and the thirty of you knew that you would be stripped of your rank and of you position regardless of whether or not they found the guilty part. Doubt was cast and that was enough to seal your fate in the Shone Baret.     When the inquisition into the death of Commander Schaffa was finished you were all relieved of your duties and immediately stripped of your titles. The brand they placed on the side of your throat gave some indication of how they thought of you, Untrusted.     The Shone Baret was a lifetime of achievement - you were selected, chosen, stolen, or sold at a young age and entered the Shone. You each found your way to the Scorpion. This is the only life you know. So when a former captain, Nassun Marek offered you the option to join The Broken Telson - a mercenary adventure group and mostly landing pad for those kicked out of the military you join, almost relieved to not have to find your way to civilian life.       You are riding down the road on a protection detail. Far into Uhl-Kante teritory. This is often your mission. You've been here before. Which is why, an ambush is so strange   The players defeat the ambush, using a large wind wall to block half of the assailants.   When they return to Outpost Maran, a mercenary home built into the maw of some long dead giant beast with large fangs. There Nassun Marek, the nearly half-orc mercenary commander reveals that at least two someones are looking for the body of Commander Schaffa. She tells them to find the lost outpost that the commander was interred in and get him before someone else does. She tells them to find the Orc Nurg who lives in the outskirts - he can lead them where they need to go.   They meet with Nurg and at the cost of some future favor he agrees to lead them to the fort and the tomb.   When they arrive they find that the entrance to the tomb has already been breeched and at the bottom several halflings are seen recently slain. They charge down the stairs and there they end up fighting several skeletons, a wight, a zombie, and some new beast unknown to them. They are victorious.   The creature appears to have ties to the Shone Baret.   When they investigate the tomb they see that the body of the commander has already been stolen his crypt broken open from the outside.   They pursue the culprits but lose the track. Returning empty handed they argue with Nurg and resend their deal, because "it is for a body and they did not get the body." He walks off angry. They return to Nassun and she says that she feared this would happen. She then reveals they've captured a halfling who may know something.

Rewards Granted

The Helm of Manticore The Sword of Haste ( +2 to inititive) 4 health potions