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Johnm: /* Dragonslayers */

2016-05-27T16:16:08Z

Dragonslayers

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	[[Charles Carmichael]] emerges from a hut, aided by a bugbear crone. The red-haired lad is in bad shape, missing an arm and limping, with a clod of melted hair among his flowing locks.		[[Charles Carmichael]] emerges from a hut, aided by a bugbear crone. The red-haired lad is in bad shape, missing an arm and limping, with a clod of melted hair among his flowing locks.

	Carrick provides healing arts, while ~~Mavis~~ and ~~Lucy~~ collaborate on fixing up the young man's hair while he tells his story. It seems that he met young [[Sasha Rothschild]] in [[Camlin]] and fell head over heels. Subsequently, she began blabbering about a dragon in the mountains, and he followed her eagerly to this very spot. The dragon didn't harm harm her, but chewed him up and tossed him off the mountain.		Carrick provides healing arts, while Lucy and Kozlov collaborate on fixing up the young man's hair while he tells his story. It seems that he met young [[Sasha Rothschild]] in [[Camlin]] and fell head over heels. Subsequently, she began blabbering about a dragon in the mountains, and he followed her eagerly to this very spot. The dragon didn't harm harm her, but chewed him up and tossed him off the mountain.

	The party pledges to save her, and the next morning begins the trek, leaving [[Seven]] behind to mind the young lover.		The party pledges to save her, and the next morning begins the trek, leaving [[Seven]] behind to mind the young lover.
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	A strenuous day hiking brings them to a tower of rock, an extinct volcano at the northern edge of the glacier-encrusted peaks of the [[Silver Range]]. Along the way they find evidence of various other climbers, and crows and buzzards scavenge nearby. Within the rocky cone, there is a deep blue lake, and an enormous cave.		A strenuous day hiking brings them to a tower of rock, an extinct volcano at the northern edge of the glacier-encrusted peaks of the [[Silver Range]]. Along the way they find evidence of various other climbers, and crows and buzzards scavenge nearby. Within the rocky cone, there is a deep blue lake, and an enormous cave.

	The party finds ~~crevasses~~ to shield them from the night's wind, and begins their assault in the morning, with Kozlov slipping away with his own plan of action in mind.		The party finds crevices to shield them from the night's wind, and begins their assault in the morning, with Kozlov slipping away with his own plan of action in mind.

	Standing outside the cave entrance in the morning sun, Lucy and Mavis decide to attempt a conversation, and step out. Sure enough, Sasha greets them, but soon falls into a monotone and says that her 'master' insists the party leave them alone. As it turns out, the dragon is called Jinzur, a female, and she's studying Sasha so as to better learn how to attract a mate.		Standing outside the cave entrance in the morning sun, Lucy and Mavis decide to attempt a conversation, and step out. Sure enough, Sasha greets them, but soon falls into a monotone and says that her 'master' insists the party leave them alone. As it turns out, the dragon is called Jinzur, a female, and she's studying Sasha so as to better learn how to attract a mate.

Johnm: /* Dragonslayers */

2016-05-24T23:48:00Z

Dragonslayers

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	[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]		[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]



	[[See-Ra]] asks again, "Have you come for your boy?"		[[See-Ra]] asks again, "Have you come for your boy?"
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	For her part, Mavis approaches with her staff, and manages to avoid being obliterated by the writhing beast before, with a great shudder, it falls.		For her part, Mavis approaches with her staff, and manages to avoid being obliterated by the writhing beast before, with a great shudder, it falls.

	Victorious again, the party collects Sasha (and the dragon's jewelry) and hikes back rendezvous with Seven, Charles, and the bugbears, with Tarn and Farn tagging sheepishly along behind.		Victorious again, the party collects Sasha (and the dragon's jewelry) and hikes back to rendezvous with Seven, Charles, and the bugbears, with Tarn and Farn tagging sheepishly along behind.

	The group parts ways the next morning at the road; [[Seven]] will take Sasha and Charles back to [[Camlin]] (and eventually, [[Argyle]]). The party, wishing to avoid showing their faces in the capital again (after Kozlov's recent assassination attempt), ~~and~~ will instead head west, for [[Lowenport]], and then up the coast to [[Argyle]] to settle up with [[Krista Carmichael]], collect the [[Heavenly Cleavage]], and sail on to their next adventure.		The group parts ways the next morning at the road; [[Seven]] will take Sasha and Charles back to [[Camlin]] (and eventually, [[Argyle]]). The party, wishing to avoid showing their faces in the capital again (after Kozlov's recent assassination attempt), will instead head west, for [[Lowenport]], and then up the coast to [[Argyle]] to settle up with [[Krista Carmichael]], collect the [[Heavenly Cleavage]], and sail on to their next adventure.

Johnm: /* Dragonslayers */

2016-05-24T23:39:39Z

Dragonslayers

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	[[Image:CharlesCarmichael.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Charles Carmichael]]]]		[[Image:CharlesCarmichael.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Charles Carmichael]]]]

	[[Image:SashaRothsChild.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[~~SashaRothschild~~]]]]		[[Image:SashaRothsChild.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Sasha Rothschild]]]]

	[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]		[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]

Johnm: /* Violent Friends Adventure Club */

2016-05-24T23:39:16Z

Violent Friends Adventure Club

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	''"Have you come for your boy?" she asks.''		''"Have you come for your boy?" she asks.''

			===Dragonslayers===

			[[Image:CharlesCarmichael.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Charles Carmichael]]]]

			[[Image:SashaRothsChild.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[SashaRothschild]]]]

			[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]



			[[See-Ra]] asks again, "Have you come for your boy?"

			The party replies in the affirmative, and the handsome priestess invites them to the fire for venison skewers, where she explains the warriors of the clan have all been eaten by a nearby dragon.

			[[Charles Carmichael]] emerges from a hut, aided by a bugbear crone. The red-haired lad is in bad shape, missing an arm and limping, with a clod of melted hair among his flowing locks.

			Carrick provides healing arts, while Mavis and Lucy collaborate on fixing up the young man's hair while he tells his story. It seems that he met young [[Sasha Rothschild]] in [[Camlin]] and fell head over heels. Subsequently, she began blabbering about a dragon in the mountains, and he followed her eagerly to this very spot. The dragon didn't harm harm her, but chewed him up and tossed him off the mountain.

			The party pledges to save her, and the next morning begins the trek, leaving [[Seven]] behind to mind the young lover.

			A strenuous day hiking brings them to a tower of rock, an extinct volcano at the northern edge of the glacier-encrusted peaks of the [[Silver Range]]. Along the way they find evidence of various other climbers, and crows and buzzards scavenge nearby. Within the rocky cone, there is a deep blue lake, and an enormous cave.

			The party finds crevasses to shield them from the night's wind, and begins their assault in the morning, with Kozlov slipping away with his own plan of action in mind.

			Standing outside the cave entrance in the morning sun, Lucy and Mavis decide to attempt a conversation, and step out. Sure enough, Sasha greets them, but soon falls into a monotone and says that her 'master' insists the party leave them alone. As it turns out, the dragon is called Jinzur, a female, and she's studying Sasha so as to better learn how to attract a mate.

			Intrigued but grimacing at the idea of enraging the beast coiled in the darkness, the party retreats.

			Just then, Kozlov, that rascal, pirouettes down from the upper lip of the cave, spinning gracefully, like a snowflake, down his 100' rope.

			When his eyes adjust and the enormity and hideousness of the dragon become evident, Kozlov evolves into his proto-goat form, with backwards knees and a snout and horns. Fascinated, Jinzur, through Sasha, invites him forward.

			Kozlov attempts to dispense wisdom on love, and claims that cheese is an important element. Jinzur's grapefruit sized nostrils snort when he produces the remaining clot of fermented goat cheese he has carried, unrefrigerated, for months.

			Jinzur's scaly tongue unfurls like a multi-jointed reptile arm, and extracts the cheese from Kozlov's hands.

			While she's enjoying the fermented gunk, Kozlov takes the opportunity to brush her tail with a '''doomfeather''' plucked from the remains of a fallen paladin in Drannor months earlier.

			Shortly, the thousands of vultures, hawks, eagles, crows, ravens, sparrows, finches, and bushtits of the area convene on the cave, making a terrible racket.

			Perplexed, Jinzur stomps towards the mouth of the cave, with Kozlov ceremoniously carrying the tip of her anaconda-like tail.

			The bird army streaks towards the dragon's eyes, and she blasts away a third of them with a bolt of white-hot energy from her mouth. Feathers and charred little poultry nuggets rain down from a cloud of wispy white smoke.

			But the remainder set upon her, creating a great annoyance and distraction, allowing the party to rush out, weapons bared, and join in the attack. Kozlov strikes first, and is rewarded with a devastating bite. But then Bomber and Carrick smash the great dragon's eyes into her skull, blinding and further enraging her.

			Bjorn lays down deep and bloody slices into the drake's slithering neck, nearly ending her single-handedly. Bomber follows on, smashing the exposed meat with his iron fists.

			Lucy fires an arrow before noticing Kozlov's terrible injury, whereupon she rushes in just in time with recently discovered healing salve, to wrench the rogue's life back from the darkness.

			For her part, Mavis approaches with her staff, and manages to avoid being obliterated by the writhing beast before, with a great shudder, it falls.

			Victorious again, the party collects Sasha (and the dragon's jewelry) and hikes back rendezvous with Seven, Charles, and the bugbears, with Tarn and Farn tagging sheepishly along behind.

			The group parts ways the next morning at the road; [[Seven]] will take Sasha and Charles back to [[Camlin]] (and eventually, [[Argyle]]). The party, wishing to avoid showing their faces in the capital again (after Kozlov's recent assassination attempt), and will instead head west, for [[Lowenport]], and then up the coast to [[Argyle]] to settle up with [[Krista Carmichael]], collect the [[Heavenly Cleavage]], and sail on to their next adventure.

Johnm: /* Violent Friends Adventure Club */

2016-05-03T17:04:55Z

Violent Friends Adventure Club

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	Carrick, temper under control, and backed by Bomber and Bjorn, announces that he is taking over Drazen and Winston's enterprises and assets. Cowed by the vicious demolition of their thug leaders, the assembled goons pledge obedience, and the administrative minutia of the new arrangement are settled.		Carrick, temper under control, and backed by Bomber and Bjorn, announces that he is taking over Drazen and Winston's enterprises and assets. Cowed by the vicious demolition of their thug leaders, the assembled goons pledge obedience, and the administrative minutia of the new arrangement are settled.

	Over the next few hours, after washing their hands of sticky gore, the party informs the ladies Frost that they will be the beneficiaries of the takeover, with an understanding that an ~~concessional~~ commission may become due.		Over the next few hours, after washing their hands of sticky gore, the party informs the ladies Frost that they will be the beneficiaries of the takeover, with an understanding that an occasional commission or favor may become due.

	While walking about, a greater show of guard security is evident, and Lucy is accosted at one point, her face and scarlet locks compared to a sheet of parchment, and then she's waved on.		While walking about, a greater show of guard security is evident, and Lucy is accosted at one point, her face and scarlet locks compared to a sheet of parchment, and then she's waved on.

Johnm: /* Camlin... */

2016-05-03T17:00:53Z

Camlin...

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	As the moon rises, Tarn and Farn stumble into an alleyway brothel, Mavis, Kozlov and Lucy go back to the Thistle and its thick down comforters and foot-rubbing attendants, and Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber head to the [[Temple of Goodness and Light]] to ask about Charles. A kindly middle-aged priestess offers assistance, but the ambiance of benevolence is too much for Bomber to bear, and he exits. Bjorn and Carrick accept the offer of lodging, with the priestess promising to see if anyone remembers seeing Charles.		As the moon rises, Tarn and Farn stumble into an alleyway brothel, Mavis, Kozlov and Lucy go back to the Thistle and its thick down comforters and foot-rubbing attendants, and Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber head to the [[Temple of Goodness and Light]] to ask about Charles. A kindly middle-aged priestess offers assistance, but the ambiance of benevolence is too much for Bomber to bear, and he exits. Bjorn and Carrick accept the offer of lodging, with the priestess promising to see if anyone remembers seeing Charles.

	=== ~~Camlin...~~ ===		=== Violent Friends Adventure Club ===

			[[Image:OctavianArminius.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Supreme Magistrate [[Octavian Arminius]]]]
			[[Image:DrazenWest.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|[[Drazen West]]]]
	The next morning, the party does some shopping and convenes at a popular beer garden to watch the FlowerFest proceedings and plot their next moves.		The next morning, the party does some shopping and convenes at a popular beer garden to watch the FlowerFest proceedings and plot their next moves.

Johnm: /* Camlin... */

2016-05-03T16:58:39Z

Camlin...

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	Bomber sits on Drazen's chest and pounds his skull into jelly.		Bomber sits on Drazen's chest and pounds his skull into jelly.

			Mavis, Lucy, and their goat observe from nearby, knives at the ready.

	The room falls silent.		The room falls silent.

			Carrick, temper under control, and backed by Bomber and Bjorn, announces that he is taking over Drazen and Winston's enterprises and assets. Cowed by the vicious demolition of their thug leaders, the assembled goons pledge obedience, and the administrative minutia of the new arrangement are settled.

			Over the next few hours, after washing their hands of sticky gore, the party informs the ladies Frost that they will be the beneficiaries of the takeover, with an understanding that an concessional commission may become due.

			While walking about, a greater show of guard security is evident, and Lucy is accosted at one point, her face and scarlet locks compared to a sheet of parchment, and then she's waved on.

			The party interprets this as evidence that the Black Warrants are active and recognized in Camlin, and decides to leave town forthwith.

			They trek south, acting on a lead they received early that morning from the priestesses, that [[Charles Carmichael]] may be seeking out a dragon in the [[Silver Range]].

			After 3 days of travel and an encounter with a grizzled merchant, Kozlov purchases what appears to be Chaz's stallion-- plus the merchant's coonskin cap.

			The follow the horse's tracks into the pine forest in the foothills of the Silver Range, and a few miles in, come upon a bugbear tribal village.

			The tribe reacts to the party with caution, but also confidence. From GM Notes:

			''See-ra is the priestess in charge. She is a handsome specimen, just over 6' tall, with muscular arms, powerful legs, a proud chest covered in silky fur, back-swooping pointed ears with tufts of blonde at their tips, a strong jaw covered in down, wearing nothing but a leather skirt and sandals.''

			''"Have you come for your boy?" she asks.''

Johnm: /* To Camlin! */

2016-05-03T16:50:22Z

To Camlin!

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	As the moon rises, Tarn and Farn stumble into an alleyway brothel, Mavis, Kozlov and Lucy go back to the Thistle and its thick down comforters and foot-rubbing attendants, and Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber head to the [[Temple of Goodness and Light]] to ask about Charles. A kindly middle-aged priestess offers assistance, but the ambiance of benevolence is too much for Bomber to bear, and he exits. Bjorn and Carrick accept the offer of lodging, with the priestess promising to see if anyone remembers seeing Charles.		As the moon rises, Tarn and Farn stumble into an alleyway brothel, Mavis, Kozlov and Lucy go back to the Thistle and its thick down comforters and foot-rubbing attendants, and Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber head to the [[Temple of Goodness and Light]] to ask about Charles. A kindly middle-aged priestess offers assistance, but the ambiance of benevolence is too much for Bomber to bear, and he exits. Bjorn and Carrick accept the offer of lodging, with the priestess promising to see if anyone remembers seeing Charles.

			=== Camlin... ===

			The next morning, the party does some shopping and convenes at a popular beer garden to watch the FlowerFest proceedings and plot their next moves.

			A few beers in, Lucy and Kozlov spot [[Octavian Arminius]], Supreme Magistrate of [[Saint Germaine]], proceeding up the wide street, accompanied by an entourage of assistants and thugs.

			Kozlov launches an assassination plot on the spot, dons his foppish dandy outfit, and drags [[Mavis]] out into the street under a pretense of dancing with the passing musicians.

			Meanwhile, the rest of the party, unaware of Kozlov's intentions, treks to the [[End of the Line]], to deal with the knuckleheads who abandoned the ladies Frost. Along the way though, Lucy's intuition is to monitor Kozlov's mischievous proclivities, and circles back.

			With an eversmoking bottle and incendiary dagger, Kozlov boards the magistrate's fine carriage, swipes at his blond attendant, and then drives the tip of the dagger into the older man's liver, where it erupts in flame. During the attack, the driver of the carriage whips the horses into a gallop, and the bugbear thugs ride up alongside to attack Kozlov.

			Kozlov turns into a proto-goat as the bugbear's spear pierces his back, and he leaps out the opposite window to escape further needling. After narrowly dodging the other bugbear's assault, Kozlov scampers into the crowd, with Mavis struggling to keep up.

			Minutes later, Lucy and Mavis emerge from a stable, leading what appears to be their pet goat, and head for the seedier part of town to regroup with the rest of party.

			Meanwhile, a jocular blob of a drunk has kept Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber entertained with jokes and clever tales, and it's only after they realize they've been drugged that the object of their quarry reveals himself.

			[[Drazen West]] strides in from one of the various curtained hallways adjoining the underground tavern, flanked by a thugs and goons.

			Bomber makes a show of parlaying, and then sucker punches the mob boss. Stunned, he staggers back, and Bomber strikes again, felling him. The gang of goons begins to react, but then, in a booming and disturbing voice, Bjorn orders them to stand down.

			They do, but for one half-orc, who hurls a fine dagger into Bomber's ribs.

			Carrick knocks the half-orc to the ground, and smashes his face with his mace.

			Bomber sits on Drazen's chest and pounds his skull into jelly.

			The room falls silent.

Johnm: /* To Camlin! */

2016-04-05T22:19:35Z

To Camlin!

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	The next day, the party continues on towards [[Camlin]].		The next day, the party continues on towards [[Camlin]].

			[[Image:MiaFrost.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|[[Mia Frost]], after cleanup]]

	=== To Camlin! ===		=== To Camlin! ===
	~~[[Image:MiaFrost.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|[[Mia Frost]], after cleanup]]~~

	[[Image:ElizabethFrostFrost.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|[[Elizabeth Frost]], after cleanup]]		[[Image:ElizabethFrostFrost.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|[[Elizabeth Frost]], after cleanup]]

Johnm: /* To Camlin! */

2016-04-05T22:19:04Z

To Camlin!

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	By afternoon of the next day, the party (of 11 now) is queued up to enter the grand capital amidst countless beggars and other travelers and merchants. Elizabeth has explained that the first order of business is to find a fine inn with warm rose-petal baths, and a tailor, and some jewelry and makeup. She'll gladly reimburse [[Lucy]] after checking in with the banker, of course.		By afternoon of the next day, the party (of 11 now) is queued up to enter the grand capital amidst countless beggars and other travelers and merchants. Elizabeth has explained that the first order of business is to find a fine inn with warm rose-petal baths, and a tailor, and some jewelry and makeup. She'll gladly reimburse [[Lucy]] after checking in with the banker, of course.

	~~All~~ four young women proceed to the [[Thistle and Crown]], a luxury spa and hotel near the castle.		[[Seven]] and all four young women proceed to the [[Thistle and Crown]], a luxury spa and hotel near the castle.

	Bjorn, however, enters the first bar he spots, [[Travelers' Rest]], just inside the gates, and the remaining sellswords accompany him for an afternoon of solemn beer drinking.		Bjorn, however, enters the first bar he spots, [[Travelers' Rest]], just inside the gates, and the remaining sellswords accompany him for an afternoon of solemn beer drinking. For his part, Kozlov goes sniffing around the markets in the seediest part of town he can find.

	Meanwhile, Bomber and Carrick ask directions to a blue-collar bar, and, after an hour of casual conversation with the assembled lugs and thugs, have a lead on ~~the~~ both [[Charles Carmichael]] and the mercenaries who betrayed and abandoned Elizabeth and her daughter Mia.		Meanwhile, Bomber and Carrick ask directions to a blue-collar bar, and, after an hour of casual conversation with the assembled lugs and thugs, have a lead on both [[Charles Carmichael]] and the mercenaries who betrayed and abandoned Elizabeth and her daughter Mia.

			Once the ladies have been appropriately scrubbed and plucked and coiffed and outfitted, they make their way to the bank, where Elizabeth is able to secure a disappointingly small portion of the gold she believes her ex-husband had deposited for her, and then to the mansion of her distant relatives, the Rothschilds, [[William Rothschild\|William]] and [[Stephanie Rothschild\|Stephanie]]. The reunion is sweet, but the previously wealthy Rothschilds have fallen on some hard times, with their investments foundering, and finery well-worn. To top it all off, their sweet young daughter [[Sasha Rothschild\|Sasha]] has gone missing, with two soothsayers arriving at completely different conclusions concerning her whereabouts.

			As the moon rises, Tarn and Farn stumble into an alleyway brothel, Mavis, Kozlov and Lucy go back to the Thistle and its thick down comforters and foot-rubbing attendants, and Carrick, Bjorn, and Bomber head to the [[Temple of Goodness and Light]] to ask about Charles. A kindly middle-aged priestess offers assistance, but the ambiance of benevolence is too much for Bomber to bear, and he exits. Bjorn and Carrick accept the offer of lodging, with the priestess promising to see if anyone remembers seeing Charles.

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	[[Image:CharlesCarmichael.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Charles Carmichael]]]]		[[Image:CharlesCarmichael.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Charles Carmichael]]]]

	[[Image:SashaRothsChild.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[~~SashaRothschild~~]]]]		[[Image:SashaRothsChild.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|[[Sasha Rothschild]]]]

	[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]		[[Image:Jinzur.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Jinzur, purple dragon of the [[Silver Range]]]]