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2200, date changed for visual integrity A group of goody-two-shoes campaigners known as the "Light bringers" capture Beausang and lock him in the dungeons beneath the Great Cathedral in Namburg. Decades later he would be moved to a mountain hideout to create the Necrophage. The party have never clarified who the members of the Lightbringers were , but heard the name in passing from both Beausang and others.
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Appears midway through 2247
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2249, date changed for visual integrity
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2249, date changed for visual integrity https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/09/13/how-the-warlock-lost-his-soul-while-picking-blueberries/
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2249, date changed for visual integrity
-Grotlix leaves a few hours before him -
-Throkk, Tulip, Ernodal and Gritgoz meet for the first time and join Luca aboard the walrus
-A close encounter with undead beings in the tavern
-The Walrus narrowly escapes the jetty -
-A Korven from the depths, a creature of myth attacks the Walrus, shattering it. Episode 1
-The party are impressed by dynamic maps
-Death of Kristoff -
Stalked by the Dreameater, tulip falls into a deep nightmare, to be woken only by the timely prayers of Celeste and Luca
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-Party met Tilda Benigo of the Sentinels
- Maria the captain of the guards
-Later jumped by Baron in an alley, and left no evidence probably
-Gritgoz met with Doctor Max/Eleri and learned more of Redrot's origins
-Ernodal sought (And sort of) received aid from Ali Goran -
-Company take a contract from Lorenzo to investigate the emerald wode crisis with the Green knights
-Counter offer from Giovanni
-Tulip accepts Giovanni's ring -
The Gang ( currently known as the Iron stars) head to the emerald wode to sort out a marauding force of Dog men , "The Skoll". The encounter the Green knights, and learn of Lady duskthorn
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-Discovery of the rot at the heart of the wood
-Varying degrees of friendly green knights
-Lady Duskthorn talked down by Celeste and as a result the party gets first mention of the Herald
-Battle with the mutated Skoll, Grull 'One Hand' installed as Chief -
-https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/05/12/vaul-episode-11-to-sleep-perchance-to-dream/
-We learn the Herald may have awoken this ancient creature
-The players are astonished by isometric loveliness
-The gang have fun with the sleep stalkers brew, disregarding the medical warnings
-Dream eater slain, dream connection forged between the party -
Lorenzo congratulates the gang for saving the city from the Dream eater, and asks they find his missing friend, Denes
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-https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/05/18/vaul-episode-12-what-we-do-in-the-sewers/
- Returned victorious having having slew the Dreameater and tasked with rescuing Denes, Detective Mario attempts to grab the Gang.
-They flee through the sewers, and in doing so uncover a chamber full of zombies - something is rotten in the state of vicetina!
(They had recently found graves freshly exhumed in the Namtharite cemetery)
- The party escape through sewers as they swim to freedom and -
-https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/05/31/vaul-14-the-tower/
-https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/05/24/vaul-episode-13-the-tower-of-snow-return/
-Throkk Meets penelope, finds Chernobog
-Rescue the guide who can lead them to Denes from a magical beach holiday, warns to avoid fog ( later almost die from foglet attack)
-"negotiate" the ownership of the wizards tower -
-The party discover Denes laboratory - using the blood of the elder vampire Beausang.
-The party free Beausang, slay Denes , and murder steelskin, forever ending a complex and well written NPCS tragic story arc before it every began
- The chaos of potions blackens throkks veins, cause his beard to be ginger and Ernodal to lay a golden egg -
A reward from Beausand, Tulip can now experience the memories of the dead by eating their flesh
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-The gang spend an evening with roving gypsies
-Throkk urinates on the important plot foreshadowing contained withing the specifically chosen and difficult to source IRL tarot cards
- Stampede occurs, rescue child, heroes++
-Krek adopted with a keen animal handling roll -
The Gang are framed for Lorenzos murder:
https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/07/10/scapegoats-101/
- Goblin is the perfect scapegoat but who noticed Gritgoz so early?
- The Doppleganger "Dave" mimicked gritgoz after shaking his hand
- Gritgoz's scimitar was used as evidence
- Tulips ring, presented as evidence that Giovanni was behind it
-Baron,Dr Max presented evidence against the party
-Multiple witnesses claim they incited a riot ( true tbh)
- Somebody got away with it? -
-Throkk used Sephiroth leap!
-Its super effective!
https://www.bongosmagictavern.com/2018/06/27/vaul-episode-18-return-to-the-emerald-wode/ -Gaia's Edge recovered from the altar
-The party learn of Luca's imprisonment and (mostly) head back to Vicetina to save him -
-Allied with Klaus Moradi, an (verbose)old friend and ally of Luca's
-Conspired with Conan the librarian in the jailbreak
-Rescued Luca with the brilliant plan
-Jeremiah Trope sacrifices himself to help escape.
-Fled through the city streets on horseback
-Standoff with Kharn on the bridge
-Commandeered the fishing vessel 'Salty Bard' and fled Vicetina -
-We should have left the Skoll eat those donkeys
-The true heroes of the story? -
-They may have had a point, the woman set on fire summoned a Chort, which was later defeated by the party
-Gritgoz bites off more than he can chew with a cursed chort eye
-The donkey boys apparently adopted by Luca and Klaus, who set off together northwards -
-Witnessed a massive dragon leave the volcano
-Met the Herald for the first time, he seemed not to recognize Ernodal and fled the scene
-A younger dragon defeated by the party thanks to the timely intervention of Alistair Bentbuck -
Captured while raiding the dragons horde, the party encounter this handsome silver tongued thief just as they battle the red dragon pup.
- picker
- grinner
- lover
- sinner -
-The shop steward Pombero is consulted
-Tulip agrees to write a song to promote the bridge in exchange for passage, the party pass without conflict
-The party meets Madga, an information broker -
-The party win favour with the Khan
-Throkk becomes a pit fighter for the day, and doesn't take kindly to being spat on
-We learn more of Tulips past as a circus performer
-Benedict Wong's likeness is used without clearance -
-Equally competent campaigners, potential allies or rivals
-Throkk breaks the hands of the pugalist from Tulips past after some misunderstood horseplay
- The gang learn they took the gig shipping the plum wine and got $$$
-Stand off when hunting within the wyrm, the gang send them fleeing -
-Three of the party show huge balls
- Rivals are made of another competing adventuring party
-The hunting contest is won by Sub Optima -
-The party discover the blinded village
-They travel to the Medusa's tower, learn the terrible history between her and the Khan
-No choice but to fight and destroy her
-Some lucky petrification rolls
-Gritgoz manages to heal the villagers in an unconventional manner
-The party advises the villagers to leave and head south, far from the Khan's influence -
Red dragon razed city to ground under Heralds Orders
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Attacked by the eye golem upon entering the tower, the party were held captive by Maggie with their memories on Ice until Maggie attempted to eat Ernodals soul and the trauma broke the spell, giving the party a change to regroup
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-Spell broken due to our captor finding something distasteful about Ernodals mind
-The party realise that they have been unconscious for some time
- Maggie left early without doing much (Just like the real one) -
-Discovered Jatz in a pit beneath the tower
-Convinced him to aid in the curing of redrot
-Ambushed by Gritgoz's brother Grotlix and fought them back
-Retreated within the tower and successfully discovered a treatment for Redrot (Still a work in progress)
-Returned to Elf settlement and find them suffering with Redrot
-Standoff between Throkk and Gritgoz
-Alistair attempts goblet thievery (The sweetest of all thieveries) -
-Fight with Bone Dragon, Celeste get trapped on the other side of the portal through no fault of her own
-Party follows through using Ernodal as navigator
-Find the other half of bone dragon but no Celeste
-Attempt to jump onwards to Porte Verde
-Ernodal had difficulty traversing the winding path,we get to visit a few cool places and kidnap Kharn
-Accidentally end up in a demon fighting pit and well... we all know what happened there (See event screenshot)
-Arrive in Porte Verde and sample fish -
Swallowed by a bone dragon, a victim of her own hubris and probably red wine
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Smells of fish, but so far so good
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After arriving in Porto Verde
-A ring is hire purchased by Alistair
-The party goes for pints to cement their bond
-Throkk learns more of his Orcish heritage
-A job is taken purely to spite the Black Sails
-Kharn and Jatz make awkward conversation
-An Alcomancer is shooed out of a basement and goes on piss with Bentbuck -
-Everyone wakes up hungover
-The black sails learn that they suck, it is revealed Tulip used to run with them
-It seems Korven has been raiding the coast
-The gang takes a job from the flotilla captains
-A stealthy mission is undertaken for once, Goro's disagreement with the Namtharites becomes apparent
-The party begin to investigate the rift at the centre of Porte Verde -
-The hero of the Tortle people is slain by the villain Klaus Moradi using a tower(The party is renamed 'Chortle's Pals')
-The team fight their way through the Forte Verde ruins
-Two priceless statues are vandalised
-The team aren't as speedy or stealthy as they would like, and are attacked underwater by a homebrew aquatic beastie -
-The party defeat the Dragon Eel with relative ease and pursue it further into the cave system
-They discover a Nihileth at the heart of the temple complex
-The fiend revealed his aid had been sought by the Herald but he refused.
-Spoke of his desire to commandeer the 'Vessels' of the Herald's gods
-A mad rat achieved his destiny
-Alastair and Throkk are mind controlled
-Celeste pays the ultimate price
-The party enshrine her, sword in hand and defeated foes at her feet in the centre of temple -
-The party return to the surface and slay the deep ones with the help of the city guard
-Gritgoz insults some public servants
-The Shogan agrees to re-open the port and tells the party what he knows of the Herald's plans and location. He is also warned about Redrot
-Throkk misunderstands how deposits work
-Alaistair's debt is paid
-Kharn is informed of the Heralds true plans
-The gang decide to use the tower to travel the winding path
-Erodal successfully navigates the tower east of south hallow -
-Coffee is enjoyed by all
-The gang meet a strange hatted man on the road, who is annoyingly quiet about his Dreadswamp knowledge
-In South Hallow, Special K(evin) is introduced, he is this close to blowing the whole thing wide open man!
-Ernie has a discussion with Ali
-Magda advises caution, Gritgoz takes her amulet
-Throkk finds grisly remains in a familiar tree, learning a terrible truth about his past...
-The party decide to throw caution to the wind and assault the Namtharite fortification -
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-The gang put the optima in sub optima and defeat what remains of the garrison
-They learn about Ashenkirk, the judge programme and the Dread Swamp in the records
-Throkk attempts to use the mutagen infuser to augment his power. Process is interrupted by Alastair
-Gritgoz tells Alastair he will keep quiet if he explains how he learned to speak Goblin. However he is so enraged at the answer that he tells Throkk everything
-Alastair deftly evades the party and flees
