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Artio Swiftwind

Level 6 Wood Elf Neutral Ranger
(Outlander)
46 / 46 HP

Young wood elf girl from a village far from Last Hope. The village was attacked by a demon and destroyed, Artio barely escaped with her life. She vows to protect this realm from creatures that do not belong there.


Campaign & Party

Artio Swiftwind

Journey Up the West Side of Nottoscale River

by Artio Swiftwind

We begin our journey going up the west side of the Nottoscale River. It was me, Jamison, Anne, Alastor, Nash, and Kirth. About half a day up the river we encounter the Bad Bridge. Upon close inspection, we find that there were a group of orcs sleeping under the bridge. Not looking for a fight this early in our journey, we continue onward and do not disturb them. Another half-day walk, we encounter a goblin trying to kill some boars for dinner. His attempt was soon abandoned when he saw us and immediately came to attack us. We attack back, but out of nowhere a lightning boat tricks the goblin and the boar it was riding on. It was terrifying. I do not know if we ever found out where or who it came from. The other boars ran away and I shot and killed it as I came on this journey to hunt for food for the town. As I did this, Nash said he saw a ship in the distance, though ships cannot fit in the river so I guess it was grounded, though I cannot remember clearly. Anyway, I had gotten 50 lbs of boar meat from the encounter and a lovely boar hide.
 
We continued onward until we were able to see Fort Eusless on the other side of the river. We also discovered that the ghost-like creature we encountered on the east side of the river was a wisp. As we were discussing this creature, Knoll Witherlings emerge from the wood and the river and attacked us. We killed them easily and on their bodies found some gold, silver, and copper. We made camp at the forest edge that night after making a new fort that we named Fort Eusful. That night while on duty, I heard a voice that said "Adventure.....North ......come..... Treasure...." I woke Jamison to tell him about the voice as it was his turn for guard duty next. I went to sleep afterward and nothing else happened that night.
 
The next morning I woke to a gift from Jamison. It was a drawing of a bow and arrow with the boar I killed the day before. It was a lovely and thoughtful gift. It hangs in my tent in Last Hope.
 
That morning, Jamison said that the voice I heard that night told him that the treasure was half a day north, so we decided to go forward to check it out. While we were preparing to set off that morning, I took some time to go hunting and acquired three rabbits and four pheasants. Once I returned and everyone was ready, we set off again and walked half a day north. There I heard the same voice tell me "hero.... treasure awaits.... go.... west...." At this point, I became wary of the voice. It was probably a trap by some evil spirit creature, like the wisp. But after some deliberation, we all set out west to find the treasure. We arrive to a cave about two hours west of where we were. Untrusting to the cave, Nash sends in his familiar raven to inspect the cave. Within it, he says that there are blood and scratch marks along with some treasure. A banshee screech cries out through the cave as he inspects it, fears shivers through all our bones as the source of the screech is nowhere to be seen. As we begin to contemplate whether to go in or leave, a wisp appears. I knew this was a trap!
 
We fought valiantly against this creature, but then it attacks Nash, downing him instantly, then it enters his body and seemingly consumes his soul! With rage to avenge our fellow brethren, we continue to attack the wisp. Kirth sends three magical missiles at the creature and deals the final blow. I believe we named the cavern Nash's Burrow in memorial to him. We then walked back to the river and built a raft to drift home, not wanting to encounter any more death.

Artio's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

The major events and journals in Artio's history, from the beginning to today.

Journey Up the West Side of Nottoscale River

We begin our journey going up the west side of the Nottoscale River. It was me, Jamison, Anne, Alastor, Nash, and Kirth. About half a day up the river we encounter the Bad Bridge. Upon close inspection, we find that there were a group of orcs sleeping und...

06:48 pm - 13.04.2020

Going to learn woodcarving soon so I can make my own arrows! Can't wait!

07:37 pm - 24.03.2020

Journey Up River

We left in the early morning, heading northeast up the eastward side of the Nottoscale River. Our adventuring party consisted of five people, myself, Roton, Kirth, Jonah and Orion. We traveled about a day before we came across an old broken white stone br...

06:07 pm - 24.03.2020

The Quest for Horses

We set out on the quest through the Provana, heading east along the Yellow Brick Road. The party consisted of five, myself, Jamison, Apollo, Captain Oryx and Banbeck. After about half a day's walk we came across a fellnut tree with two large nests in it. ...

05:13 am - 24.03.2020

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