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Background:
Having escaped from the trap set by Darkmoon's former companions,
the Party comes across a long-lost lair of the legendary mage Lemminkäinen.
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| August
12 |
The
Party explores the cave complex, and find no obvious exit (except
perhaps underwater). Battle and negotiate with various groups of underground
creature, many of which they've never seen before. |
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Eventually
they find a secret door and climb into a constructed complex. The
first occupant they meet is a huge Earth Elemental, a guardian. They
are able to talk with it, and learn that they are in a complex belonging
to the legendary mage Lemminkäinen. Arlephone thinks he has been
dead, or at least absent from this part of the world, for about 3
centuries; the complex looks to have been unused for a similar length
of time. |
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Exploring,
they find and battle some Rust Monsters and Gargoyles; Darkmoon's
elven chainmail is destroyed, and Derg is killed. |
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They
also find an amazing set of test rooms, where Lemminkäinen experimented
with things like permanent echoes, permanent darkness, and permanent
silence. Also find an immense library, which they loot. |
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Finding
no other way out, they convince the Earth Elemental to let them use
a teleport room (involves disguising Darkmoon to look like a Vanyar).
It has 16 image-based buttons, apparently each being a destination.
They pick one that looks mundane, and find themselves outside and
above the valley which led to the trapped crypt. They go back in and
find Shawn, who is still paralysed; fortunately, he is actually
in statis, and has not been subject to the passage of time. |
| September
16 |
The
Party also now finds out that time passed faster than normal in Lemminkäinen's
complex - what felt like 3 days was actually 30 days. |
| September
18 |
The
Party finally revives Shawn; Shawn is rather annoyed at being abandoned
for so long. |
| September
19 |
Arrive
at the great Hobbit Sanctuary. Derg is given an honourable burial. |
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| Training: |
John, Pippin, Heyokah, Claude, Arand |
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| September
22 |
While
the others train, Darkmoon, Arlephone, Taro, Niobe, and Shawn head
off to Priene and make money off Lemminkäinen's fabulous research
notes. |
| October
6 |
Regroup
at the sanctuary, where they find Hamfast; Hamfast rejoins. |
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Surviving
members:
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Arlephone
(F4/MU4), Darkmoon (F5),
Taro (T4/F4), Shawn
(MU4), Arand
(R3), John (B3), Pippin
(NtC4), Heyokah (NtC3/F1),
Hamfast (T3), Claude
(T2), Niobe (NrC6) |
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New
members:
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(Shawn
and Hamfast rejoin) |
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Casualties:
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Derg |
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Retirees:
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John
Thomas, Niobe |
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Continuing
party:
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Arlephone, Darkmoon,
Taro, Shawn, Arand, Pippin, Heyokah, Hamfast, Claude
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