Dark Hedge Holly

I don’t remember what night it was in Qada, but I woke up to a group of people dragging me through the streets. At night. Oh, if Sarenrae could watch! Desna, please hold her hand in the meanwhile. We were brought to a square with a crowd murmuring. I...

The wolves were on us like locusts to fresh grain. Curie, the wild mage, was the first to fall. I was the second: "This is not the sweet embrace of the earth I wanted..." "It was day, and then it was night, and now it is day once more. Serenrae and ...

We spoke to Greg about the bandit attack. He... unnerved me, so I kept my eyes on him while the rest searched for anything that could help. Lily spotted something in the treeline, bushes pulled together to hide the bandits' tracks. "Probably a group of...

The bears let us investigate the corposes. I collected their traps as evidence, and sprinkled some wildflowers as an offering. I pet one bear. It was... intense. We reconvened at the nearby river, where a human was fishing peacefully. Had he not hea...

After thanking the bears -- one of whom joined our part under Lily's guidance -- we returned to Erta to turn in. Venrick began to ask around, about Habaz and Verdant. Both were members on Erta's council, and both held some sway. [h2]Gotta Have Faith...

The land on the way to the infested mine was rotten and corrupted. Three steps from true blight, in my opinion, and magically maligned. My intuition -- my father's intuition -- told me it was the wilds revolting against the... revolting undead. It had the...

We continued through the mines, clearing the undead we came across. Tiberius and I rested as needed, the rest of the gang investigating onwards while we refocused on our respective missions. Tiberius in combat was a welcome addition, his real spear and...

[youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=oGxAKh6Eg] We fought a minecart, a mimic posing as a cart full of coal. It sent me to the stars. For a moment, I was in communion with all the Radiant back home, with dad's family lost to time, and with hundreds ...

We continued through the unchanging soil. One of the many mine shafts had another minecart with a strange sack hidden inside it. We took it and the cart that held it, to cart our things (hopefully) back towards the surface. Venrick was the one to ident...

I came to with the rest of the group around a smoldering fire. Still underground. So I pulled Venrick and Lily to the nearest alcove and laid on my hands as my father had taught me. The faint lights of glowing mushrooms shrouded us and kept us safe. ...

Once we escaped the mines, Hebaz met up with us. She made sure we cleaned up, and then introduced us to the council of Erta: [h2]Brys Beddict[/h2] Brys walked up to each of us in turn, sized the group up. My shield peaked his interest, but I only a...

When I drink I get ape-drunk; I jump and leap about as best as any man can. And if it is with friends, join it! Existence is suffering and I refuse to suffer alone. Tiberius encouraged me, and we laughed and ran and talked about Curie enslaving other c...

Together, we made it to the old ruined fort where our bar-friend had murdered his friend. There were no doubt undead in the area. I was already shaken from what had happened in the tavern, and the stillness within the ruined walls did not help. Firs...

Not much to report. I'm starting to understand why both of dads' journals were short at times. We ventured back into the woods, and came across some goblins attacking travelers. We couldn't save them all in time, but we tried. For once in my life, I...

And so we were, underneath the earth once again digging the innocent out from the bowels of the depths. [youtube:https://youtube.com/watch?v=bApSPN-5TxQ] I took the north path to explore, finding books written in goblin and several enchanted swords....

The circus tents loomed above us as we entered the central space between them. A hobgoblin greeted us, and then vomited everywhere onto the grass. Two others met the first, collapsing from obvious exhaustion. "Are you alright?" Venrick offered. When...

We -- I should say, I -- argued with Grim Ben before we set off. He had no care, no need for others. Though the leader [i]made sure[/i] to send some of his "best" with us. We found the stump the bears had sent us too, and though it was infested with sp...

We were to speak with several of the farming families around Erta. They held a particular kind of power: they supplied the region with food, and having their goodwill on our side meant we had a lot of political power. [h2]The Calveys[/h2] First was ...

[i]We visited the Dinneen, Browne, and Cafferky families at their farms in quick succession -- overnighting with the Cafferky's dogs barking late into the night. They were amicable enough with little to mention here: the Dinneens want more oversight, and ...

We met the [i]mitisama[i], the moth-people.[br]Then, the group took me to the statues of the lost. Now, back in Erta after a night's rest, as Tiberius and I looked over our shields once more: we prepared to visit the last of the farmers. Preda, the wea...

We heard screaming from inside the Preda house, but thank the suns and stars that by the time we got back inside, Venrick and Lily had taken care of the mimic threat. We bereathed a sigh of relief, only to hitch a breath one Thorek and I walked out int...

After the attack in Erta, we made haste to our bastion, Fort Bearly. There, Hebaz and Verdant had a veritable army assembled. Grim Ben and his men patrolled the walls, and Lily's dubious contacts "The Underground" had a cadre of mercenaries and the lik...

The night came to a close with the killing of undead. It has been hours, and we now must count the living, see to our defenses, and then sleep until sunrise. It was noon once we woke up; but Tiberius had not slept, going around saying the rites for the...

As we prepared for venturing out of Erta, Verdant brought a newcomer to us: an armored folk, called Eclaire. Then we prepped ourselves. I scrounged through my items, finding some cords from Serena's family that they had gifted me on my pilgrimage, and...

We continued deeper into the lair. The psychic screams soon became louder, and we found it nestled in an ancient cistern: two gibbering mouthers, abominations screaming in this plane and in our minds. It was horrible. The psychic damage crippled Curie,...

We fought oozes, mouthers, shadows, and crabs. The darkness was the worst of the bunch, and we decided to head back to Erta to recuperate before delving further. As we left, we found an old crown, wooden. Between Tiberius and Curie, with some thinking ...