Session Recap - 1 December 2007

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Session Recap
1 December 2007
Start Date	23 May 1332
End Date	7 June 1332
Adventure Locations	Dormantown Area, Cavemouth Woods
Previous Session	17 November 2007
Next Session	7 December 2007
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Participating Characters

Bisquick, Daeron Elensar, Alan Bree, Malic Citrate

Aftermath of the Slaughter of the Spikeshroud

Perc Graysky wiped the orc blood from the flaming white steel of Gasperian as he marched towards Malic. His eyes glanced at the still bodies of the Dormantown children before he shoved Malic backwards.

Perc Graysky:

What in the nine hells were you thinking? Why did you rush them?

Malic Citrate stepped back and looked bewildered.

Perc Graysky:

Seriously!

Perc moved towards the children and knelt at one of them.

Perc Graysky:

This was John Redbeard's son...

Perc rose from the corpse and moved back to Malic.

Perc Graysky:

Tell me! Why did you rush them!? We could have come back at night... We could have done something... to save the children. You did not have to fight... We... You had already killed dozens. We could have waited.

Malic Citrate:

I thought I could get to them first.

Perc Graysky:

That doesn't even make sense! Tell me! Why!?

Perc shoved Malic again. Bisquick moved up to support his dwarven friend.

Bisquick:

Knock it off, douche. It's not his fault.

Perc Graysky:

Do you know why he rushed forward? I want an explanation!

Bisquick:

He was trying to save the children.

Perc Graysky:

They said that they were going to kill them.

Bisquick:

They were orcs. Do you really trust orcs?

Perc Graysky:

I trust an orc enough that if he says he is going to do something violent, then he is assuredly going to do it.

Bisquick:

If he was going to do it, he would have done it anyway.

Perc Graysky:

No! They were using those children for labor. They didn't want to kill them. They were using them as hostages so that you wouldn't kill the rest of them like the dozens of orcs you just did. Which you did; congratulations. But you also killed the kids.

Malic Citrate:

The best we can do is provide them with a proper burial... and uh, if we should ever come upon ressurection magic, we can come back and restore them.

Bisquick:

Personally, I don't like kids much anyway.

Alan Bree:

Why not? They provided a much needed distraction.

Perc Graysky:

I... I don't understand you people. I thought you were the heroes of Dormantown. Yet all I see and hear from you is a great amount of villainy. You treat life as if it's nothing. John Redbeard's son was a good kid.

Malic:

Do you know the rest of their names?

Perc Graysky:

I'm sure they were all children of Dormantown.

Perc moved up towards the inn where the armored ogres had come from.

Malic:

Are you getting a drink?

Perc opened the door, revealing dead human adults. He fell to his knees at the sight.

Perc Graysky:

I don't understand... It must have been those ogres before they came out. They must have seen you charge and then killed everyone that was inside before engaging you.

Perc started to stalk out of Shorn.

Daeron Elensar:

Perc, come back.

Alan Bree:

Perc, it was a bad situation! Sometimes there's really no right choice.

Daeron followed Perc out of town and had a private exchange with him.

Daeron:

Perc...you have to know that we did not want this...the rest of us were as surprised as you were.

Perc Graysky:

Those dwarves were non-repentant. They cared not that the children died. It is that callous disregard for life that makes an orc what it is. And now it is such with those dwarves. They value not any life.

Daeron Elensar:

I do not disagree with what you say. The dwarf Bisquick does not value life as one should. We are hoping that traveling with us helps to rehabilitate him. But Malic Citrate... There are times I do not believe he is in control of his actions.

Perc Graysky:

I do not understand...

Daeron Elensar:

His behavior has become increasingly erratic lately.

Perc Graysky:

We are all against the orcs but his kind will be the doom of us all.

Daeron Elensar:

I grieve for the the loss of the children...

Perc Graysky:

Sure you do...

Perc turned away and walked off.

Daeron Elensar:

I promise that if my words will not convince you, then I shall be sure that our future deeds do!

Upon searching the inn, a short note was found:

Kerlak,

Work to resupply our staging point at Scaun. Kill Orcbreaker if he shows himself.
All goes well at the Cavemouth.

Bhagtru

The Next Day

The player characters spent the next day digging graves for the humans and dragging the orc corpses to the inn. After consecrating the graves and setting the inn aflame, Malic sent a Sending to Rosa De'Elemon.

destroyed the advance orc and ogre forces at Shorn, returning with food, weapons, and armor please gather information and maps relating to the cavemouth woods

She replied:

Excellent. We await your return. I will gather information about the Cavemouth Woods. Be careful; Duerana was here and left towards the north.

The party decided to head back to Dormantown but wanted to avoid the honor-retrievers, so they set out to the east before making their way south.

In Dormantown

In Dormantown, the party went about various sorts of business. Much of the orcish weaponry and food were donated to the town, while some of the finer items were sold off. The bluespawn godslayer skull was traded for many potions and Daeron checked on Nessa.

Daeron Elensar:

Tell me about Nessa.

Rosa De'Elemon:

Things haven't gotten much better. We're still trying to determine what that man did to her. She's here now, if you would like to see her.

Daeron Elensar:

No... Is there any indication that there may be a cure?

Rosa De'Elemon:

We are trying... We really are; we just need to figure out what is going on. I believe her memory is still in there... Just locked away somehow.

Daeron Elensar:

I'll pay any price to assure her recovery.

Rosa De'Elemon:

I do not doubt it, if it were but simply a matter of cost. But I assure you, we are trying to help her.

After taking care of business in Dormantown, the party headed back out in the direction of Cavemouth Woods, but they decided to try to visit Stormkeep first. Almost to Stormkeep, they were turned away by a patrol of dwarven bear riders.

Attack on the Forge

After tromping through the Cavemouth Woods for two days, the party came upon an area where the overgrowth slimmed down somewhat. Daeron went scouting, but was spotted as he came upon a cluster of buildings in front of a cave entrance. As he rushed back to the party, the orcs raised the alarm. Orc warriors, barbarians, and shaman assaulted the party, but after only a few minutes of battle, the player characters came out victorious.

Orcs come charging through the trees towards the party.

Numerous orc shamans call lightning down onto the player characters.