TA 1607 Party Calenardhon
* means founding member
The Party
Aldorn Vaszerel *
Race: Folyavuldok
Gender: M
Age: 24
Class: Bard
Level: 3
Appearance: 5’10”, 165 lbs, black hair, grayish-green eyes, tawny skin
Notes: Aldorn is a charming young man from Dorwinion, which his people call Folyavuld. A handsome youth, he is young, enthusiastic and a dedicated skirt-chaser. Aldorn was born in Szrel-Kain to a middle-class family. However, the members of the Destal Collegium were so impressed by the young man’s memory and rhetorical skills that they gave him a scholarship to study with them. He performed well there but was constantly distracted by other pursuits which eventually caused him to be expelled. Optimistic and adventurous, Aldorn decided to leave his home for the West and gain some firsthand experience about the cultures he had thus far studied. He delights in his newfound ability to meet new people, learn new things, impress and entertain people and of course engage in trysts with beautiful women.
Armor: Cuir-boilli cuirass, leggings and bracers.
Weapons: Fine iron longsword
Andrahil Estelion *
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 45
Class: Ranger
Level: 10
Appearance: 6’9”, 255 lbs, black hair and facial stubble, midnight-blue eyes, tanned skin
Notes: Andrahil is a sullen and guarded Dunadan from the North. He does not volunteer anything of his origins to his group members, but he is from a respected House of Arnor. His family is actually related to the King’s (third cousins). Andrahil’s motives are clouded in mystery, but it is clear from his actions that he is willing to work against the forces of evil. Andrahil has a sarcastic and somewhat bitter demeanor, and he is quick to express his distaste towards the world to as many people as offend him (which are many). Andrahil is experienced, intelligent and insightful, however, and that makes him an asset to the group.
Armor: Studded leather cuirass and greaves, with a shirt of mithril links underneath.
Weapons: Fine steel Morningstar, composite short bow, 3 throwing knives, quiver of 20 arrows.
Baldôr
Race: Mountain Dwarf
Gender: M
Age: 55
Class: Warrior
Level: 10
Appearance: 4’10”, 190 lbs, black hair and beard, stone-grey eyes, lightly tanned skin
Notes: This young Dwarf was sent to live with Threlin’s Folk, exiled from his home in the Misty Mountains because he was acting rashly and violently. These symptoms began when his father, Balrik, left their clan-holding to search for new veins of truesilver in the northern Misty Mountains. Balrik was never seen again. Baldor henceforth swore to follow and find his father instead of tend to the estate which he was honor-bound to by Dwarvish custom, and when his kin counseled him not to be rash, he bitterly cursed and berated them. They subsequently exiled him and sent him to the Uldona Spine to cool down for a few decades before they will consider having him back. Baldor is rash and hot-tempered to a greater degree than most dwarves, and he has sworn to find the scar-faced man named Druce whom his father first left with.
Joins: Uldona Spine.
Prebhen the Blue *
Race: Eriadoran
Gender: M
Age: 73
Class: Mage/Alchemist
Level: 12
Appearance: 6’0”, 160 lbs, white hair and long beard, blue eyes
Notes: Hailing from Eriador, Prebhen was a bourgeois legal councilor in Tharbad for most of his life. He decided later in life that he had the intellect and willpower to become a mage. He was partially correct: though he is not inept, his experiments often go awry. Prebhen is old, feeble, and does not see very well, and it rarely crosses his mind that perhaps he chose a new career a bit too late. Nevertheless, he is an avid experimenter and constantly searches for new reagents for his meddling. The group sees him as being useful, but perhaps a bit senile.
Armor: None save his ring of defense.
Weapons: Gnarled yew staff with amethyst crown (focus/spell net), ithilnaur dagger, greek fire-bombs, whatever alchemical poison, projectile or other concoction he has this week.
Fëalókë the Dark *
Race: Noldo Elf
Gender: M
Age: Unknown
Class: Battlemage
Level: 15
Appearance: 6’8”, 230 lbs, black hair, indigo eyes shot through with silver shards.
Notes: This Elf is from the noblest kindred of the Firstborn. Hailing from Eregion, he is a Battlemage, a fearsome mix of scholar and soldier. He is impetuous, demanding and fiery-spirited (and said to be of the House of Feanor). Fealoke has a haughty and arrogant manner around Men, which would work against him but for his commanding personal aura. He also has a tremendous memory and range of skills, a keen mind for strategy, a ferocious combat ability, and a dazzling array of spells. The other members of the group rightfully respect and fear this Noldo and are glad to have him on their side.
Armor: Elven Banded Mail.
Weapons: Icetongue, slicer boomerang, tangle-whip.
Bairagläth
Race: Berninga
Gender: M
Age: 34
Class: Barbarian
Level: 8
Appearance: 6’7”, 290 lbs, golden-blond hair, blue eyes, light ruddy skin
Notes: This rugged man of the Anduin Vales sees himself as a potential hero of some renown. He believes, and rightly so, that he represents the fierce and deadly warrior elite of his tribe. When asked of his origins, he claims to be a farmer of the Nenedain peoples. He does not say that he is, in fact, a Berninga (bear-cultist), and takes great pains to keep his Werebear identity a secret (as do many of these people). Winning fame and fortune through adventure is his first order of business, and in time he would also like to find a wife and settle down once again upon his farmlands. He is practical, mostly honest, and amicable and becomes quite animated in the proper social setting.
Joins: Fola Salenin (River Running), later in Campaign I
Lornath *
Race: Sinda Elf
Gender: M
Age: 27
Class: Scout
Level: 5
Appearance: 6’4”, 180 lbs, light blond hair, pale blue eyes, light skin
Notes: Lornath is very young by Elf standards, and his exuberance and youthful spirit are clear. Hailing from Mirkwood, he comes across as very naïve and full of ridiculous ideas. If he actually lives long enough to grow up, he might become an excellent scout. He has taken a surprising liking to the misanthropic Gavrad, perhaps because of that man’s reverence for nature and dislike of human despoilment. Most of the group find the ever-cheery Lornath to be a welcome source of levity, though few would admit so.
Update: Nearly killed in the ship-switching exercise in a town harbor. He was shot by a poisoned arrow but resisted the poison.
Gavrad Ruadh *
Race: Dunlending
Gender: M
Age: 32
Class: Animist
Level: 8
Appearance: 5’11”, 180 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes, very tan skin
Notes: He is despised by most of his people, save those who belong to his order (the Order of Arriale). He is aloof and inscrutable like most animists, but also has a sharp distaste for humankind, whom he regards as unkind despoilers. His brooding, sour demeanor has made him an outcast among his people and a suspect among other peoples of the West. His magical skills and herb-lore, among other things, make him an asset to the group despite his generally bad-natured conduct. He has a pet lynx called Kyrna.
Amyas Ryrikson *
Race: Estarave
Gender: M
Age: 27
Class: Crusader
Level: 5
Appearance: 6’2”, 225 lbs, russet brown hair and beard, hazel eyes, light skin
Notes: Amyas hails from the southern Anduin Vales, born into a family of the Westronized Northmen called the Estarave. He is not a secular Westerner, like most of the Dunedain, but instead pines for a unified church dedicated to Eru and the Valar. Amyas has a strong zeal for the Faith which has led him to become a Crusader of his religion. He admires Fealoke for his similar desire to end evil, and is undeterred by that Elf’s haughty manner. He has a stony demeanor and a glint in his eye, and these things, coupled with his single-minded sense of purpose, tend to make other people uncomfortable around him. Amyas chastises those without faith or discipline and can seem like quite a killjoy, but no one in the group denies that he is an important member with combat and spell ability.
Randiriel
Race: Half-Elf
Gender: F
Age: 45 (apparent age 20)
Class: Mentalist
Level: 15
Appearance: 6’3”, 170 lbs, auburn hair, green eyes
Joins: Talath Harroch
Azrûzor
Race: Black Numenorean
Gender: M
Age: 36
Class: Assassin
Level: 17
Appearance: 6’4”, 220 lbs, black hair, pale green eyes
Joins: Mistrand
Aidavulf, Prince of Buhr Widu
Race: Rhevain
Gender: M
Age: 33
Class: Ranger
Level: 13
Appearance: 6’5”, 230 lbs, dark blond hair and beard, green eyes
Joins: Esgaroth
Leaves: Destruction of Blackflame
Alaza
Race: Gathmarig
Gender: F
Age: 30
Class: Monk
Level: 11
Appearance: 5’6”, 130 lbs, dark brown hair in cue, brown eyes, tanned skin
Joins: after rescue in Mistrand
Liire
Race: Lossoth
Gender: F
Age: 27
Class: Enchantress
Level: 8
Appearance: 5’5”, 150 lbs, reddish gold hair, pale grey eyes
Joins: rescued in Blackflame Citadel
Lendís
Race: Rhevain
Gender: F
Age: 28
Class: Jack of Trades
Level: 8
Appearance: 5’9”, 145 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes
Joins: Burh Marlinge
Fili Grog-Lover
Race: Dwarf
Gender: M
Age: unknown
Class: Bandit
Level: 6
Appearance: 4’8”, 165 lbs, disheveled brown hair and scruffy beard, brown eyes
Joins: Misty Mountains, near end of campaign I
Leaves: Killed by Baldor
The Departed
Jokor Alufson *
Race: Eriedain
Gender: M
Age: 35
Class: Warrior
Level: 7
Appearance: 6’4”, 280 lbs, graying brown hair and beard, brown eyes
Notes: Jokor is a huge man with the strength of a wild bull. He is not a bright or subtle individual; he is a warrior, plain and simple. His massive power and toughness make him the out-front man in most combat situations. When he is not engaged in adventure, he likes to drink, brawl and boast. He travels with a large dog, his pet, who serves to keep him in line. To be sure, Jokor is more a man of action than of speech, and is superstitious and untrusting.
Cause of Death: throat cut in gang attack by corrupt Dunlostir agents
NPCs
Arsael, the mysterious old priest
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: very old (magically-extended)
Class: Priest
Level: 30
Appearance: 6’5”, 190 lbs, black hair and trim beard, deep brown eyes
-Old Arsael is something of an overseer of Eregion. He is a defender of the wilderness and oversees the Grey Well, a ley-line nexus and ancient power source.
Daroher, a Lieutenant of the Dunlostir Guard
Race: Lesser Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 34
Class: Guardsman
Level: 15
Appearance: 6’6”, 250 lbs, dark brown hair and mustache, green eyes
-Daroher suspects that Serehil and Nethlas are into the shady going-on around Dunlostir, but he cannot prove it and has never spoken publicly about it because he doesn’t want to risk his family or friends. He is more a source of information and covert aid than an active ally of the group.
Galaborn
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 63
Class: Knight
Level: 25
Appearance: 6’5”, 270 lbs, light brown hair and trim beard, blue eyes
-Galaborn acts as though he is merely a knight enjoying a country retirement, but he actually is an operative in the Imperial Intelligence Bureau (the King’s personal spy network). He is the Head Spy of Calenardhon and controls a cell of 8 other active agents as well as an array of informants. His base of operations is Calmirie, the safest part of Calenardhon, where he keeps his office in a modest one-story home. Most of the other Calenardhon operatives have offices and residences on the same street in Calmirie’s modest east side. He also has a ranch in the hills with five loyal servants outside of the city where he poses as a retiree. When he is not active in affairs of state, he lays low and smokes or snorts Moon Sugar.
Garand
Race: Gondorian
Gender: M
Age: 37
Class: Hunter
Level: 10
Appearance: 6’2”, 165 lbs, brown hair and mustache, brown eyes
-Garand is IIB; his rank is Brother (equivalent to a journeyman). He operates out of Calmirie, and lives on the same street as Galaborn.
Nahalion
Race: Noldo Elf
Gender: M
Age: 228
Class: Healer
Level: 11
Appearance: 6’4”, 160 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes
-Naralion is IIB; his rank is Brother. He operates out of Calmirie, living on the same street as Galaborn.
Leluan
Race: Silvan Elf
Gender: F
Age: 178
Class: Nightblade
Level: 13
Appearance: 5’7”, 105 lbs, pale gold hair, pale blue eyes
-Leluan is IIB; her rank is Sister. She is the Dunlostir liaison.
Danera
Race: Gondorian
Gender: F
Age: 30
Class: Warrior
Level: 10
Appearance: 5’7”, 145 lbs, curly brown hair, green eyes
-Danera is IIB; her rank is Sister. She operates out of Calmirie, living on the same street as the other operatives.
Llemertha
Race: Dunwoman
Gender: F
Age: 32
Class: Mage
Level: 12
Appearance: 5’6”, 160 lbs, copper hair, brown eyes
-Llemertha is IIB; her rank is Sister. She operates out of Calmirie.
Athaulf
Race: Eothraim
Gender: M
Age: 38
Class: Duellist
Level: 10
Appearance: 6’6”, 230 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes
-Athaulf lives in a small farmstead in the country southeast of Angrenost. He is aware that the smuggling operations are far too wide-ranging for him to do anything about.
Taurandir
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 55
Class: Ranger
Level: 19
Appearance: 6’5”, 220 lbs, reddish-gold hair and mustache, hazel eyes
-Taurandir is IIB; he is the most active and wide-ranging of the Calenardhon cell. His rank is Spy (one rank below the Head).
Thorley Silverbeard
Race: Estarave
Gender: M
Age: 55
Class: Smith
Level: 17
Appearance: 6’7”, 300 lbs, silvery-gray thinning hair and beard, green eyes
-Thorley was originally a soldier from Buhr Merhalic, a burg to the east of Dale.
Hir Faelven, Legate of Angrenost
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 62
Class: Commandant
Level: 24
Appearance: 6’8”, 260 lbs, copper-brown hair, brown eyes
Bregion, Captain of the Angrenost Guard
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 43
Class: Guardsman
Level: 20
Appearance: 6’5”, 225 lbs, dark brown hair, tawny-gold eyes
Hir Oloranthir, Legate of Calmirie
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 59
Class: Commandant
Level: 25
Appearance: 6’4”, 265 lbs, light brown hair and goatee, grey eyes
Serehil, Captain of the Dunlostir Guard
Race: Black Numenorean
Gender: M
Age: 48
Class: Guardsman
Level: 20
Appearance: 6’9”, 220 lbs, raven-black hair, hazel eyes
-Serehil is an Umbarean spy. He was angry at first when he was transferred to Calenardhon (admittedly an Imperial frontier-land) until he realized that some of the best business opportunities lay with the corrupt Dunedain of that province. He has found that Nethlas and company are descendants of Castamir’s allies and have the same villainous tendencies that so many from his native Umbar prize.
Nethlas, Governor of Dunlostir
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 61
Class: Knight
Level: 25
Appearance: 6’2”, 180 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes
-Nethlas is the uncle of the later Calenardhon villain Alandur III. Nethlas is small and thin for a Dunadan but good-looking and vain. He is subtle-minded, dangerous and pragmatic. He is also as fearsome a swordsman and commander as he is an intellectual and sophist. After Dalion’s death, he decided to let the issue ride, as the group had discovered no leads other than directly to Dalion.
-His title in administration is officially Lord-Governor (thanks to his noble blood) of Dunlostir and has been named Count of the Dunlostir Prairies. His old agricultural base, once extensive, has now dwindled thanks to the plague, and the local farmers claim that he has abdicated his duty to patrol the far townships which has resulted in deaths due to Orc raids and worse. Since the erosion of his old tax base he has increasingly turned to smuggling and slavery and assumed the central Steel Ring position in northern Gondor. When not in the Lord-Governor’s Mansion, he spends time at a lavish villa and cattle ranch upon one of the prairie lakes about 8 miles from Dunlostir (his compound guarded by loyal crooks and foreign mercenaries at all times). He has a wife, Narine (age 46), and two children, Carine (f, age 25), and Alandur (m, age 21).
Maendir, Governor of Onodrith
Race: Dunadan
Gender: M
Age: 56
Class: Noble
Level: 23
Appearance: 6’5”, 245 lbs, blond hair and neat beard, blue-green eyes
Deveth, a tenacious merchant
Race: Eriadoran
Gender: M
Age: 38
Class: Merchant
Level: 12
Appearance: 6’1”, 190 lbs, sandy hair and mustache, blue-grey eyes
Ysmira
Race: Rhevain/Dunael
Gender: F
Age: 16
Class: Thief
Level: 4
Appearance: 5’5”, 130 lbs, red hair, blue eyes
Note: She is looking to ensnare one of the local noblemen which is why she rejected Aldorn’s advances.
Garulf, Equestrian sellsword
Race: Ehwathrumi
Gender: M
Age: 34
Class: Bounty Hunter
Level: 14
Appearance: 5’11”, 210 lbs, medium-brown hair and beard, brown eyes
Vorbil, Variag marauder chieftain
Race: Variag
Gender: M
Age: 38
Class: Bandit
Level: 15
Appearance: 6’1”, 210 lbs, long braided black hair, brown eyes
Note: His maternal grandfather was Haruze and Bellakaran, otherwise his heritage is wholly Variag.
Dis Akalu, Court Mistress of Ilanin
Race: Sagath
Gender: F
Age: 56
Class: Sorcerer
Level: 23
Appearance: 5’4”, 120 lbs, black hair, dark brown eyes
Note: She has Aharin blood.
Koman Idsarisayan, Warlord of the Asdriags
Race: Asdriag
Gender: M
Age: 47
Class: Warrior
Level: 25
Appearance: 6’2”, 240 lbs, blond hair and beard, hazel-green eyes
Duric the Treacherous
Race: Estarave
Gender: M
Age: 36
Class: Enforcer
Level: 16
Appearance: 6’2”, 205 lbs, blond hair and mustache, green eyes
Skalrith
Race: Dwarf
Gender: M
Age: 103
Class: Warrior
Level: 15
Appearance: 4’9”, 175 lbs, dark red hair and beard, brown eyes
Luhan
Race: Dunman
Gender: M
Age: 33
Class: Drillmaster
Level: 12
Appearance: 6’0”, 200 lbs, brown hair and mustache, brown eyes
Coerwen
Race: Lsr. Dunadan
Sex: F
Age: 22
Class: Commoner
Level: 4
Appearance: 6’0”, 180 lbs, red hair, blue eyes
The Nightwrath of Blackflame
Race: Gem-wight (was a Dalish mage apprentice)
Gender: M
Age: unknown
Class: Necromancer/etc
Level: 45
Appearance: about 6’ tall, dark cloaked figure with emaciated undead looks, wears a hideous silver mask that depicts a stylized phantasm.
-His destruction caused the death of Lendis (a vicious contingency spell: Temporal Riptide) and, with the removal of the Gem, the destruction of Blackflame Citadel. With his destruction, the Court of Ardor’s disruptive plans in NW Middle-Earth are dashed.
Denning
Race: Eriedain
Gender: M
Age: 35
Class: Knight
Level: 17
Appearance: 6’4”, 245 lbs, tawny-brown hair, grey eyes
Hiresgil
Race: Corsair
Gender: M
Age: 49
Class: Spellsword
Level: 21
Appearance: 5’11”, 190 lbs, black curly hair, blue eyes
Lamoric, the treacherous bastard met at Denmor Crag
Race: Eriadoran
Gender: M
Age: 26
Class: Enforcer
Level: 10
Appearance: 6’4”, 180 lbs, straw-blond hair and thin mustache, brown eyes
-After his run-in with the group, he is let free but warned by Fealoke that if he ever crosses their path again, he is a dead man. Fealoke’s guess was correct; this man is an agent of the Steel Ring and was sent to eliminate some of the group members.
Note on Calenardhon: the Great Plague wiped out the populations of most of the smaller villages in this region, lending to the isolated city-state atmosphere.
Week 1: Scouring the Misty Mountains
Day 1-Tuesday-Angrenost
-Party came together as Andrahil, Fealoke, Gavrad, Amyas, Prebhen, Lornath, Jokor, and Aldorn. Preparations are made to go into the Misty Mountains at the urging of Prebhen.
Day 2-Wednesday-Into the Mountains
-Camped overnight, drove off a pack of vicious wolves toward nightfall.
Day 3-Thursday-Higher into the Mountains
-Saw a caravan of merchants at a distance. The group crossed the river, and camped at the base of a tunnel.
Day 4-Friday-Orc Hold
-The group investigated an Altar of Desvik (a Demon). Ambushed an Orc patrol and slew 4 Orcs. Later, at the hold, fought a squad of Orcs and killed all 11 of them. Found some gems, a scroll of organ repair, and a steel great-maul (which Jokor took).
Day 5-Saturday-Higher into the Mountains
-The group foraged for herbs and found several types. They encountered a 25’ tall statue of a warrior from some time ago. After passing a cabin, they were assaulted by Orcs and killed all 8 of them.
Day 6-Sunday-To Angrenost
-Due to food shortages and disappointing hunting opportunities, the group turns back. They camped overnight at the Orc Hold.
Week 2: Return to Angrenost
Day 7-Monday-To Angrenost
-The group continued back to Angrenost. Along the way they were ambushed by a bloodthirsty group of bandits, all 7 of whom were killed. Jokor sustained a considerable wound. The group found troll tracks and continued on down.
Day 8-12/Tue-Sat/Angrenost
-Rested at the garrison, put Jokor to bed for convalescence. On Wednesday, the group sold the hoak-foer herbs they found to an herbalist, finally agreeing on a price of 385 gp, which was enough to outfit the group with horses.
Week 3: Journey to Dunlostir
Day 13/Sun/Angrenost
-Final day of convalescence for Jokor. The group makes preparations to hunt the trolls they saw evidence of earlier.
Day 14/Mon/Troll-Hunting
-The group found the trolls with the aid of Andrahil and Lornath. Found only three at the hold, and slew them. The treasure found included a sapphire, a staff of channeling aiding, and some rich clothing. The group freed a Dunnish peasant by the name of Aonghas in the ruin site.
Day 15/Tue/To Angrenost
-The group met a patrol from the city who said all was well. They continued onward but didn’t reach the city before nightfall.
Day 16/Wed/Angrenost
-The group proudly displayed the troll-heads to the town guard. The Captain of the Guard, Bregion, was impressed at the small group’s prowess. He introduced the group to Hir Faelven.
Day 17/Thur/Angrenost
-Hir Faelven commissions the group to find the missing Aonghas, who is a debtor. He explains that if Aonghas will get together with the city’s musicians to write a symphony, he will forgive Aonghas’s debt. While at Prebhen’s house, the dottering mage detonates a failed brew which creates a noxious stink. Later that evening, the group finds Aonghas at the Wild Boar Inn. A drunken bravo insults and then attacks the group, and is subsequently killed by Jokor. The city guard acquits him of murder on the spot.
Day 18/Fri/To Dunlostir
-A merchant named Deveth asks the group to escort him and his group to Dunlostir. The group agrees and they are off. They met a group of Halflings.
Day 19/Sat/To Dunlostir
-Climbed the plateau. The group was attacked by a patrol of Orcs. Deveth turns out to defend himself ably. 11 Orcs in total were slain.
Week 4: Barrow of the Ancient Kings
Day 20/Mon/To Dunlostir
-Uneventful travel. The group met a ghost during the night.
Day 21/Tue/Dunlostir
-Deveth thanks the group for getting him to the next city safely, and pays the remainder of their fee. Aldorn made a pass at a pretty red-headed girl but was unable to get lucky. Fealoke talked to Daroher, a lieutenant of the guard, who told him about the altar at the barrow.
Day 22/Wed/To the Barrow
-A hungry ogre ambushes the group, underestimating their skill. He is killed for his trouble.
Day 23/Thur/The Barrow
-Met the guardians of the barrow, entered and explored. A vicious wraith attacks the group, but is turned and later destroyed. They found an ithilnaur dagger, a channeling aiding brooch, and a signet ring. Later, a docile ghost approaches the group and confers with them. They learn that the wraith is the remnant of the king’s spirit and will return until the body (focus) and the altar (anchor) are destroyed.
Day 24/Fri/The Barrow
-The group determined the nature of Gavrad’s ogum-stones, cremated the king, and defaced the evil altar. They found a stock of 100 ancient silver coins. They conferred with the ghost again and left.
Day 25/Sat/Dunlostir
-Jokor challenges the patrons of the Greenway Tavern to an arm-wrestling tournament.
Day 26/Sun/Dunlostir
-Jokor loses the arm-wrestling contest to a barrel-chested Rhevain veteran and smith called Thorley Silverbeard. Silverbeard beats the Captain of the Guard, Serehil, by a hair to win the city-wide contest. According to Daroher, there is an Orc-Hold north of town.
Week 5: Against the Orcs of the Misty Mountains
Day 27/Mon/To Orc-Hold
-The group travels north toward the hold.
Day 28/Tue/To Orc-Hold
-The group comes across a destroyed farming community of four homes. A squad of ten orcs led by a vicious half-orc named Rurg attack. The orcs are killed but Rurg escapes in the heat of battle. Jokor finds and takes a suit of double mail on the farm. The group camps on the river bank, keeping watch in shifts.
Day 29/Wed/To Orc-Hold
-Five goblins berserkers ride into the farmstead on wargs. A vicious fight ensues, in which a warg kills Jokor’s dog. A sinister shade helm is found and destroyed. In the afternoon, another 6 orcs mob into the farmstead and are also killed. The group begins to worry.
Day 30/Thur/To Orc-Hold
-Foraged for herbs while traveling north again. Saw great eagle at night.
Day 31/Fri/Orc-Hold
-Killed 9 orcs, 5 goblin berserkers and 4 wargs. Rurg is found here, but escapes again. The group finds two fine iron longswords.
Day 32/Sat/Orc-Hold
-Found an Icetongue (longsword of cold), and a Helm of Domination. Destroyed the helm and started back south.
Day 33/Sun/Dunlostir
-Sold extra goods. Aldorn told the tale of the adventures so far at the Greenway Tavern to a good reaction and accompanied by special effects from Prebhen.
Week 6: Trouble in Calenardhon
Day 34/Sun/Dunlostir
-A woman goes mad on the streets of Dunlostir and raves about her children being kidnapped by the city guard. The guards promptly arrest her. The group decides to investigate. At Greenway Tavern, the group toasts their glorious success in previous affairs.
Day 35/Mon/Dunlostir
-Galaborn, a retired Knight Errant of Gondor, tells the group stories of the Steel Ring and swears them to secrecy. The group prowls about town but can find nothing suspicious.
Day 36/Tue/Dunlostir
-In the shanties around the edge of the city, the group finds a series of not-so-hospitable dives. In the current state of poverty, they are out in the open about criminal activities in the slums. After paying off a Dunnish beggar, the unsavory alcoholic tells them that he saw one of the members of the city watch talking with four shady individuals along the waterfront one evening.
Day 37/Wed/Dunlostir
-The group inquires into the activities of Dalion, a corrupt member of the City Guard. Their inquiries are met unkindly by most people who are questioned. The party reasons that this is out of fear of reprisal. At night, the group notices a person spying on them but is unable to catch the cowled individual.
Day 38/Thur/Dunlostir
-The group finds out that Dalion has been gone since Tuesday on hunting sojourn. He will not be back tonight. Daroher warns the group that he will allow them to investigate the goings-on, but will not be able to protect them from retaliation. The group waits until nightfall and infiltrates the house of Lieutenant Dalion. After dispatching six attack dogs, seven guardsmen, and a Flesh Golem, the group confronts the drugged-up chief household guard. He tells the group that the slave ring is probably extensive and he doesn’t know who is behind the Steel Ring. After threatening the group, the chief thug is promptly killed. Sinister journal and logs found, along with some illicit money and a stash of Skuma.
Day 39/Fri/To Onodrith
-Disappointed at their lack of tangible evidence and afraid of possible retaliation, the group slips town before dawn and travels to a relatively secluded cave some ways from town and rests the day. Ambushed Sagathig band at night, and killed four of the shifty easterners.
Day 40/Sat/To Onodrith
-Ambush at the hilltop; 12 corrupt watchmen jump the group. The fight is fierce and without quarter. Jokor is fatally wounded, along with six of the watchmen. Two more are wounded severely and the last four escape.
Week 7: Decisions, Decisions
Day 41/Sun/To Onodrith
-The group, well off the main road, reflects upon the situation and tries to come to a decision about what to do. They decide that the danger to them is too great to return to Angrenost and report the corrupt conduct to Faelven, but resolve to do it later. They decide to press on to Onodrith and seek the protection of the Governor there.
Day 42/Mon/To Onodrith
-Riding hastily, the group doesn’t tarry. Saw movements of torch-wielding men in the distance.
Day 43/Tue/To Onodrith
-Continued to ride, came across a party of three mailed dwarves who report safe travels. A courier passes the group.
Day 44/Wed/To Onodrith
-The group is attacked by bandits, all five of whom are killed promptly. One of the men protests that the group is “not long for this world.” The group is shaken by the comment.
Day 45/Thur/To Onodrith
-A bad day for Lieutenant Dalion. The rash lieutenant rode like a demon after the group once he discovered that his privacy had been violated…right into an ambush. Dalion and his six equestrian soldier companions are outsmarted by the group; Prebhen threw a greek fire barrage on the passing men and the combat deteriorated from there. Dalion and three of the troops are killed. Three more are driven off, one of which expires later that day.
Day 46/Fri/To Onodrith
-Group reaches the Entwash and the bridge town at midday. A few cheery hobbits happen by and entertain the group. The group camps at riverside, finally feeling a bit more secure about their position, as they are near a city again and at least one foe has been vanquished.
Day 47/Sat/Onodrith
-The group reaches Onodrith by mid-morning. The group slinks into the city as unobtrusively as possible, and the charming Aldorn asks around about the members of the guard. Supposedly, the Governor Maendir is an honorable and upstanding citizen and devoted to the rule of law. They set up a meeting with him via the Constabulary. The group meets a charming entertainer and his young daughter at the Red Hawk’s Inn.
Notes: Nethlas, the current Governor of Dunlostir, meets at this time with other shady members of the slaver syndicate. He reasons that the pc group doesn’t pose any further threat at the moment, and that, with Dalion’s death, most danger to the operation has been resolved. Brinel Gildano, another member, says that the group can be taken care of at some future date if necessary.
Week 8: A Proposition
Day 48/Sun/Onodrith
-The group meets with the Governor of Onodrith, Maendir. They give a copy of the sinister log and notes to him. He officially acquits the group of any wrongdoing for the killings of corrupt watchmen. But he also cautions the group that the conspiracy that was uncovered is only the tip of the iceberg and that the group has made a powerful enemy in the Steel Ring.
Day 49/Mon/Onodrith
-Decided to stay in town to rest for a few days. They hear of a sinister outpost toward the Emyn Muil called Bleakmere, which was evidently a fortress built in the early days of Gondor, and abandoned after the first Easterling War. Chatted with numerous folks at the Inn.
Day 50/Tue/Onodrith
-The group is directed by the owner of the Red Hawk’s Inn to speak with Garulf, an Ehwathrumi mercenary. He claims that working for Gondor’s government is profitable work and much in demand, especially in Dor Rhunen. He says that there is a shortage of espionage units and that it is dangerous but rewarding work. The group decides to rest a couple more days and then check it out.
Day 51/Wed/Onodrith
-After a quiet day, the group encounters a drunken northerner harassing a young woman. Aldorn tells the man to piss off and a short scuffle ensues, ending with the innkeeper throwing the rude drunk out of the Inn. The man, Duric, says he will see the group again. Aldorn endears himself to the patrons, gets friendly with the woman Coerwen whom he helped.
Day 52/Thurs/Onodrith
-Uneventful day with shopping. Andrahil and Fealoke chat with Maendir again, this time about work. The Governor says he could probably arrange for the group to gain clearance to Dor Rhunen to speak to the regent Vagaig. During the day, a solitary tough (Luhan) ambushes Aldorn and he is beaten up and injured. Gavrad and Amyas are able to get him back to health without too much trouble.
Day 53/Fri/Onodrith
-The group spends some time outfitting for the journey. Amyas buys a blade of adarcer (silvery steel alloy) and a suit of full steel plate to replace his iron mail. In the evening at the tavern, Andrahil talks to a proud and romantic Corsair named Hiresgil, who is a sellsword and hopes to find work to the south. A traveling bard tells a tale of giants and impractical crusaders.
Day 54/Sat/To Dor Rhunen
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Aftermath of Campaign I
-With the Gem of Blackflame safely delivered to Master Elrond, the group disbands.
-Andrahil weds Naurwen (the fire maiden) and lives for a time at his manor
-Baldor and Bairaglath continue to scour the landscape
-Aldorn, after his deathly experience, decides to move on to Fornost for a while
-Gavrad and Liire make an unlikely couple and move to rural Cardolan
-Fealoke the Dark accompanies the Noldo Laurilea to the Grey Havens (who intends to go to Aman) with the Gem.
-Alaza and Azruzor set up a guild known as Blackflame
-Prebhen stays in Imladris for a few years
