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July 23: The Party meets with Lupos and accepts his job. July 25-31: walk from Priene to Amphithea. July 28: jumped by 8 bandits; defeat, disarm, loot and release them. Aug 1: get info from Corey and Alaska of the House of Shadow (a Thieves guild); Alaska (T1/F1) joins. Darkmoon, Rowan and Geran join Amphithea Fighter's Guild for 1 month. Explore city; find out that the bounty was posted by Nestor, a Pelopid. Party investigated by a monk from another guild. Sneak into the abandoned House of Light that evening: defeat 6 guards (4 fumbles), one captive taken; find old Azoë temple in basement; Arlephone brings out a statue, which they take to the Azoë village. Get info from the Azoë; Azoë charm the captive to cooperate; Party camps there. Aug 2: returned to the House. Spy on a meeting between Pirates and Orcs, which also involves a local and powerful family, the Kleisthenids; ambush and defeat them, including Ixla the mage, his Orc familiar and two berserkers; take two prisoners. Meet Herite patrol, who claim jurisdiction over the House of Light, and inform them of goings on. Orcs' pet dragon searches for Ixla, but killed by powerful House of Shadow group notified psionically by Aelyina. Return to Amphithea. Aug 3: Aelyina reports results to Lupos (back in Priene), via psionics trainer. Find out that Nestor's bounty is based on a false accusation. Find out via Speak with Dead that a secret Orc camp is nearby. Aug 3-10: Lena and Darkmoon ride to Priene; get pay from Lupos and Medeios; Darkmoon commissions a magic 2H sword (e.t.c. January). Aug 7: courtcase of Temple of Hera vs Kleisthenes starts. Ends with 7 Kleishtenids being convicted (penalties from heavy fines to execution). Aug 13: Nestor's cousin convinced to stop bounty on Medeios. Training for Geran, Rowan, Aelyina and Arlephone. Geran and Hrudi help Thor temple rough up an Assassin's Guild. Training for Hrudi. Party spreads word in town that the Orcs are a real local threat; offer selves to the army to investigate the Orc camp. Aelyina retires in Amphithea, but remains in psionic contact with Arlephone; acts as a conduit for significant military communication, until learns that someone (likely Queen Phaedra) is able to "bug" the transmissions (see end of Rescue of King Hektor). Aelyina returns to the Party in Evils of Haranshire.
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