A Group of Supposed Adventurers

The first day of my return to Yarradon was quite eventful, no sooner had I stepped through from the Feywilds than I came across a camp just as it was being attacked.
 
The attackers clearly mistook me for one of the camp dwellers and despite my attempts to calm them or explain the situation, they decided to turn their blades against myself as well. Some of the folk from the camp were skilled combatants and mages and the attackers were quickly routed, those that hadn't fallen, fleeing the field. There were many injured and I found myself tending to some of the wounded alongside a young priest who introduced himself as Anand, a cleric of Diteus. I asked him about the attackers form earlier and he told me they were seemingly barbarians, and that they often made attempts to raid the civilised folks of this region.
 
After I had exhausted my reserves healing those around me, I went to the edge of the camp, where it met the border of the forest, and meditated to collect my thoughts and decide where to head next.
 
Some hours later, Anand came over to me with a small group of people following him. The one closest to him was a tall human and from her features, clearly related to the cleric. She was well armed with a warhammer and presumably had arrived to give support to the young man and his people as on her way over she and a few of the others had made a show of healing those still injured, Anand introduced her to me as Kail, his sister.
 
The group also consisted of 4 others;
Alda, a human of advanced years who exists in a state of undeath, from the shield on her back and her magical talents she is apparently a cleric of Jetyhan, though whether this conflicts with her nature is unclear.
 
Felix, a skilled unarmed combatant, he appears to be another human, but influencing celestial force has clearly marked him as their own. He even exhibited the ability to exhume radiant energy from his body. He is currently searching from his quarry, a prisoner escaped on his watch from a demi-plana prison to the East. He seeks an artifact called the Omnishackles, left behind by one of the 8, to aid him.
 
Gao, a half-elf, apparent master of swordsmanship, the others seem to look to him most readily for guidance. From an argument he had later, I can surmise he is or was some kind of teacher of martial arts, whose school suffered some form of disaster.
 
Lincoln, a halfling mage who appears to be the group's negotiator, very skilled at deception and persuasion, his silver tongue is what enables him to control magic. Lincoln claims to be a figure of renown in this world and confided in me that he had deceived his companions about his (apparently unseemly) connection to the gnome they were seeking. He also contacts with what appeared to be a criminal organisation. Does it suggest something that Lincoln felt more at ease confiding in a stranger than in their companions? Unclear
 
Once we got past introductions, somewhat hindered by the fact that it appears telepathic communication is not common on this world, we discussed a note that one of the barbarians had on them. The note had the names of several artifacts over 8 symbols, the paper was titled "The Gifts of the 8", we all shared what little knowledge we had relating to the note's contents, before we detected an intruder in the wooded area beside us. Felix immediately ran after this figure and Alda went after him, a few seconds later a spear flew from the forest and imbedded itself in her shoulder, the wound was quite serious and Anand took her away to mend her wound.
 
Scanning the forest I saw the aura of 9 creatures. 3 of these belonged to Felix, Alda and the figure they had chased who had scaled a tree. The other six were apparently the source of the offending spear. I alerted my new acquaintance to the location of these figures and proceeded towards them through the foliage, requesting that they reveal themselves for parley. Two descended from the trees and went to attack me with swords, I ejected one from the forest and the figure that Alda and Felix had chased after, appeared and slew the second. The other attackers, more of the barbarians from earlier also attacked and the group made short work of them. I had contained one of them to question but this new stranger ignored my words and killed this one also. I removed the barbarian from his sight and revived him.
 
While the stranger, revealed to be Jinsu, an ex-student of Gao's, was distracted arguing with his old sensai, I questioned the barbarian and learned more about their reason for attacking. The barbarian's known as the Huk'yaak, worship several beasts, this ones tribe worshipped something called the Thunderbeast. His people believe that the 'city-dwellers' are evil and hate the trees, seeking to do them harm. I let him go and placed a trace on his amulet, which later showed he had fled to a place known locally as The Thunderbeast's Tomb, where I could sense over 200 of his brethren.
 
We rested for the night and in the morning, Felix showed his skill as a herbalist and brewed us tea. I realised that this group of supposed adventurers had already proven their capability in combat and didn't seem the type to try to kill me when my back was turned, I decided to journey with them for at least a while longer and see how things turned out, they agreed to my presence and so it shall be nice to have company on the path. After a short discussion we headed for the nearby settlement of Tinst, truly a place of wonder, or perhaps it is a common example of a city on this world. There were domesticated animals in the streets, known simply as "dogs", perhaps these dogs are the basic template for other canine species I have found on other planes?
 
We followed Lincoln into an establishment for washing clothes and producing false currency, which was run by a criminal organisation known as the Gutter Golddiggers, Lincoln gained us access to their local leader and deceived him into revealing what knowledge he had of these Gifts of the 8. After we left their headquarters, Lincoln revealed to the rest of the group about her connection to Kano Jiro which she had earlier kept form them, apparently this gnome had the Omnishackles Felix required and so we decided to travel to a place called New Rousanage together, to find this Kano Jiro, despite Lincoln's requests to go alone.
 
We travelled in a vehicle owned by Lincoln called a Tuk-Tuk, a wondrous carriage seemingly self-propelled. I had thought Tinst to be wondrous but it was a small town compared with New Rousanage, a huge metropolis with an artifical sky. Upon arrival Alda went with me to their city hall, the main centre of bureaucracy within the city and assisted me in purchasing a device called a Pea Envy, required for holding currency, contacting allies and identifying oneself to the local authorities, at the very least it will be a useful medium for recording my travels. I discovered they have no form of material currency, and that the people of this plane instead trade in promises stored as information on these Pea Envies. My likeness was taken and appeared as a three dimensional illusion on my personal Pea Envy and I had to step through an archway which determined that I would make a "good citizen". This world certainly has some strange ways, but then all worlds have their own wondrous uniqueness, it is not for me to judge! Having acquired myself this Pea Envy and some local currency from the others, we decided to rest from our travels.
 
I look forward to seeing what else Yarradon has to offer and whether my new companions will be of any help in my investigation.