Adventurers of Velaria chronicle

The town of Wuulfrend is attacked by a group of bandits known as Carver's Bastards. The group, now known as The Defenders of Wuulfrend, joined together to fight off the attacking bandits.

After a merchant is attacked on the road between Draguilforte and Merchant's Crossing, Zeph, Thurdon, Dank and Emyr decided to investigate. They would learn that multiple attacks had occurred on this same stretch of road, all of the attacks involved what the merchant's describe as a "beast".   The quartet would approach the Merchant King, Martin, who offered them a reward for slaying the "beast".   After finding the location of the latest attack and following a trail to a cave in a nearby cliff face, the four searched the cave for the attacker. At the furthest end of the tunnels, they found a large chamber and four Kobolds who had been disguising themselves as a dragon and attacking merchant caravans.   The group dispatched the Kobolds, although Dank was injured in the fighting, gathered up the loot and returned to Merchant's Crossing.

Having decided to enter through the main gates, the party prepare a plan to deal with the guards at the main gate. Zeph suggests that he could lure the guards away from the gate, allowing the party to ambush them or sneak past. Zeph's plan is less successful than he had expected and the party are forced to fight the two hobgoblin guards.   When they entered the town the party encountered another group of bandits lazing around. They decided they would attempt to deal with them quietly, however, Zeph clumsily awaken a bugbear leading to another fight.   The party took a short rest in the remains of an inn. During their rest they decied that they would attempt to sneak to the other end of the town and find out what they were dealing with.   Using the cover of the ruined houses, the party snuck through the streets of Hawksend eventually arriving at an abandoned building near the Lord's manor.   Zeph opted to distract the bandits that had gathered at the main square and lead them away so the party could sneak into the manor. Zeph was spotted before he could get into position and was forced to hide in the basement of one of the houses. Zeph managed to disguise himself and avoid detection but was trapped in the basement.   Vesta and Wallace went to help Zeph. Wallace was caught sneaking through the buildings but Vesta managed to find Zeph. The two struggled to free Zeph from the basement but eventually succeeded in clearing the debris blocking the trapdoor.   Thurdon, Dank and Emyr noticed Wallace's predicament and attempted to draw attention away from him but were unsuccessful. They were forced to confront the bandits. Thurdon was successful in persuading the bandits to let them leave. However, as the bandits led them towards the exit, they spotted to bodies of their companions.   The party engaged in combat with the bandits. After a hard fight the party emerged victorious and the bandit occupation of Hawksend had been cleared. The party now needed to investigate the Lord's Manor.

Whilst searching the main hall of the manor in Hawksend an apparition of the former Lord of Hawksend appears before the party. He introduces himself as Ulthor Hawksend. Ulthor explains how he met his end at the hands of a bandit, Flint the Hammer.   Ulthor states that his daughter is still alive and being kept as a slave by the witch who had taken residence in the town following its destruction. He asks the party to rescue his daughter, offering them his axe as payment. Zeph accepts and receives the 'Axe of Hawksend' which he would later give to Wallace.

The party arrive at a large candle-lit chamber in the caves beneath Hawksend. After some reconnaissance of the room, the party decided to free the people who had been trapped in the cages. Assisting the two women first, they tell the party that they have been trapped for months and that they should leave quickly before the witch returns.    Whilst assisting the unconscious and hand-less man in the other cage, the party are interrupted by the arrival of a Green Hag known as Ethel alongside a heavily pregnant woman.    Ethel acknowledges the party and crosses over a wooden bridge to an island at the centre of the chamber. After chanting some words and throwing a pair of severed hands into a boiling cauldron, she turns to the two women the party freed and instructs them to deal with their visitors whilst she completes the ritual.    The two women, Mathilde and Brandy, transform into a pair of Green Hags. The Party engage in combat with the Green Hag Coven.    During the fight, the party struggles to deal significant damage to the hags. After some time the hag Ethel manages to complete her ritual and a baby is born to the pregnant woman. After snatching up the baby, Ethel turns invisible and flees from the caves, her companion Mathilde follows soon after.    Brandy, however, is less fortunate. The party manage to surround her and slay the hag. A final strike from Thurdon lands the killing blow. In her dying words, Brandy proclaims that their role has been fulfilled and the prophecy has begun. Thurdon throws Brandy's corpse into a cavern.    Zeph and Emyr go to help the recently pregnant woman.

The journey back to Merchant's Crossing took the party a few hours, although they now knew the routes to take, having three injured to transport slowed their progress. They arrived back at the Peddler's Rest as the sun was setting. The couple thanked the party for their help before leaving to seek medical attention.   The party Lord Garth Redwood and his entourage at one of the tables in the inn. Zeph informed the Lord that they had cleared the bandits from the town and about the hags they had found in the tunnels beneath the town, the Lord seemed perplexed by the existence of the coven, and he stated he would keep an eye open. He ordered one of his men to provide the party with their reward. Regarding the information that the party had asked about regarding suspicious individuals, the Lord informed them that he and his entourage had encountered a pair of hooded individuals at the Rusty Plough who spoke of an amulet they had acquired, the two were aggressive with the innkeeper when he had overheard their conversation and began suggesting places they could sell in amulet in the city, Garth and his men pressured the two men to leave, last he saw of them they had entered the city.   Zeph introduced Nazan to Lord Garth but he seemed uninterested in her. When asked if he could send a message for the party to Duke Miles Roche in Regensthall, Lord Redwood responded aggressively, making clear he was uninterested in helping the party with Nazan. With their business concluded, the Lord and his men went back to their drinking. The party would spend the evening at the inn, planning to head towards Draguilforte in the morning.