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'''Session 12: ''' Lynkeed is Worse off than They Remember (16 Smofena 783 to 23 Smofena 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Haas and Lennie reach  
			Lynkeed after months of travel.  They find the orcs are  
			rebuilding the fortifications and still control the city.  They  
			quickly find the shrine to Stasis and the orc that helped them  
			before, Ajax the paladin.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After telling Ajax  
			their story, Ajax calls upon one of his few allies in Lynkeed, the  
			dwarven merchant Broder Granitebreaker.  He helps tell Haas and  
			Lennie about what has gone on in Lynkeed and the difficulty of  
			having the Lowtor Fangor, the orc they know as Riot, removed from  
			power.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After several days of  
			bad weather preventing them from leaving the shrine, and also not  
			wanting to risk being captured, another wandering soul reaches it.   
			Ash, the former companion of Ajax arrives, saying that he has no  
			place else to go.  Ajax welcomes him in after a speech.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The winter storm  
			continues as the four discuss what they might do to stop the orcs.   
			On night, Ajax and Ash and awoken by their mounts.  A horrible  
			stench has made it to the stables.  Ajax wakes Lennie and Haas  
			with his light and the four go outside.  There, they too are  
			assailed by the smell.  Ash finds one large winged humanoid.   
			Lennie exits and is suddenly attacked by three emaciated humanoids.   
			None are clothed or have weapons.  Two more of the thin ones  
			appear and attack Ajax.  The creatures use spells and strange  
			attacks, quickly knocking out Haas and incapacitating Ajax.  It  
			is only Ajax's divine aura that slowly burns the creatures and kills  
			all but the large one, who retreats.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group drags  
			themselves back into the shrine and rests for a day and the storm  
			finally blows over.  When they look outside, they discover two  
			gems with the symbol of Vishtoo among the tar-like remains of the  
			creatures.  A messenger from Broder arrives that day, telling  
			them that word has come of the Lowtor Fangor's cleric of Tyrogatore.   
			He has won the Tournament of Palumbton. The Lowtor Fangor is being  
			lauded and plans to march to Palumbton.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Several hours after  
			that, the group is visited at the shrine again.  This time by a  
			halfling named Bidob.  He is a resident of the city charged  
			with watching the orcs and managing trade from the great forest.   
			He says he thinks he and the group can help each other.


 </li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">

'''Session 13:'''  A New Brood of Children with a New Problem (23 Smofena 783 to 27 Smofena 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Shortly after the  
			tournament in Palumbton, the judge of the event, the Vass Hasshak  
			from Habastalai arranges a meeting between many of the competitors.   
			Yukimura, Shadow, Ecari, Grant, and Valizar.  He tells them of  
			the dangers to the faith he has seen and the threat of this orcish  
			general who now controls two of the high temples.  Ecari tells  
			the group of the problems in Undrile.  Hasshak suggests that  
			he, Yukimura and Ecari sail to Undrile, while the other three go to  
			Lynkeed.  They agree.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In Lynkeed, Ajax  
			attempts to talk to the imprisoned clerics.   He spends more  
			than a day in the jail to no avail and then is forced to fight his  
			way out through soldiers.  Back at his shrine, the others wait  
			for his return and then are shocked to be confronted with three  
			hundred orcish soldiers who claim Ajax must explain himself.   
			After much diplomacy, the orcish Har Lowta decides that he will try  
			to arrange a meeting between Ajax and the clerics.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Two days pass and  
			Ajax is allowed to meet with Colin, an elder cleric from the temple  
			that is imprisoned.  Colin arrives with an orcish guard who  
			insists on being present for all conversations.  Haas and  
			Lennie are happy to see a friend and teacher from the temple.   
			He confirms much of what they already know, but reveals that the  
			halfling who serves as the high cleric in Lynkeed is actually the  
			former cook of the temple.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Later that day,  
			Shadow, Valizar and Grant arrive.  They introduce themselves to  
			everyone.  Shadow and Ajax know each other, as Shadow was sent  
			by Ajax and others to challenge the Lowtor Fangor's champion in  
			Palumbton.  Haas also recognizes Shadow from his days years ago  
			at the Orphanage.  Shadow begins to search the city covertly  
			for someone who may be sympathetic to their cause.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Shadow returns with  
			Jacob Lamander, son of the merchant lord and Grovetender of  
			Habastly.  He offers some information and advice, and possible  
			aid if needed.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The next day, as the  
			clerics grow restless and the group and Ajax are still at odds over  
			a course of action, another visitor arrives.  A halfling in  
			plate armor with a dog mount who Ajax immediately realizes is 
			<a href="../NPCs/Firfin%20the%20Merciful.htm">Firfin the Merciful</a>.   
			Firfin asks if they have encountered any powerful evil.  He  
			sensed it days ago and started to Lynkeed only to have its presence  
			fade as he got closer.  Ajax explains that they defeated some  
			strange creatures that were Vishtoo summoned.  Firfin  
			identified them as Demodands.  Firfin goes on to give Ajax a  
			gem he found near Yellowia five years ago.  The halfling claims  
			to often find items and gives them away when he feels the time is  
			right.  Firfin places the gem in the hilt of Ajax's sword.   
			When Ajax touches the sword, he is given a vision, and soon demands  
			that they all leave the city.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Motivated by Ajax's  
			force of will, the group says goodbye to Firfin, who stays in Ajax's  
			shrine.  Ajax, Ash, and Shadow go to find Bidob, while the rest  
			start along the road west.  Bidob is already preparing to leave  
			for the forest.  After talking to the three, he gets a bigger  
			wagon and second pony, then they start off to meet the others.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As the two groups  
			approach each other near the road, Ajax detects a large evil  
			presence.  The group is suddenly set upon by a spell that  
			fatigues them all and then by hundreds of lesser undead.  A  
			voice calls out for vengeance on Ash and Ajax.  The group  
			begins to fight off the creatures with relative ease, as Ajax  
			unleashes a fury of undead damaging light.  Within seconds, the  
			battle turns in favor of the group and the leader of the undead, a  
			liche from Ajax and Ash's past curses them before leaving.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 14:'''  A Trip that Could Have Gone Much Worse (27  
		Smofena 783 to 28 Progonust 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">One day after the  
			encounter with the Liche and his minions, Haas falls gravely ill.   
			None of the groups' efforts to help him succeed and they simply pray  
			they find help before he dies.  Luckily, Grant is able to  
			sustain the group with blessings so they do not have to hunt or stop  
			for food.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The month long  
			journey is mostly uneventful for the first two weeks though the wet,  
			slushy plains and then around the Boiled Forest.  Snakes,  
			wolves, dogs, and militia pose little threat and mostly avoid the  
			group.  At the end of the two weeks, they discover that a troop  
			of orcs is following them and slowly catching them.  Lennie  
			'alters' the cart and leaves some food so that the group can pick up  
			speed and he can ride on the cart.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Once they reach the  
			edge of the great forest, the group comes across the northern most  
			outpost of the Boiling Line.  They briefly meet with the  
			halflings at the post and camp not far from it.  In the night,  
			they hear creatures running towards them and soon discover three  
			halflings from the outpost.  The halflings say that their post  
			was attacked by a mighty hydra, no doubt an agent of the Wugs.   
			The group decides to avenge the halflings and deal a blow to the  
			Wugs by slaying the hydra.  Ajax, Grant, Valizar, Ash, and  
			Shadow race back to the outpost, where they find the hydra tearing  
			it apart.  After a few blessings, Ajax charges ahead of them  
			and is quickly unhorsed and knocked out.  Ash lays in the trees  
			at a distance and strikes the Hydra with dozens of arrows.   
			Shadow sneaks in and out attacking the creature's vitals until he is  
			nearly eaten.  Valizar enlarges and charges, go toe to claw  
			with the beast until he too falls to its teeth.  Grant, after  
			many prayers and healing Ajax, begins to fight it.  Finally,  
			Grant, Ajax, and Ash are able to overwhelm the hydra and Ash's  
			arrows kill it.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">While recovering from  
			the fight and cleaning up the scene, the group discovers that the  
			orcs are on the march.  They quickly leave and the halflings  
			that survive offer to talk to the orcs in an attempt to delay them.   
			The group departs and heads into the great forest, where the orcs  
			are slowed.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Several days into the  
			great forest, several wraiths attack the camp looking for Ajax.   
			The group defeats them with no ill effects.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After nearly a month,  
			they reach Bodob's communities and his fellows.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 15:'''   
		The First Steps Towards an Army (28 Progonust 783 to 15 Wavery 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After talking with  
			the leader of the community, Ellic and his Sakor'akai wizard Tali,  
			the group decides to stay at the estate until they have a plan.   
			Haas is healed the next day by a cleric of Habastly and Celetal.   
			The following day, Ash, Lennie, Shadow, Valizar, and Grant fight  
			over the ioun stone they found in the belly of the hydra.   
			Grant wins the battle royal and Haas awards him the prize.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After days of  
			discussion, Ellic and the group decide that they best course of  
			action is to raise an army of the forest to challenge the Lowtor  
			Fangor before he gains too much power in the orcish empire and  
			becomes a threat to the forest and the entire main continent.   
			They decide to raise an army under the banner of the group, even  
			though Ellic will end up leading the army in the end.  Ellic  
			and his aides tell the group of all of the realms of the forest and  
			the group begins to plan its strategy.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group decides  
			that it will first go to Scalehome in hopes that realms they come  
			across after that will be impressed by the fact that Scalehome is  
			lending assistance to the cause; assuming they can convince  
			Scalehome.  When they reach the border of Scalehome, a voice  
			asks them their business.  They request a meeting with 'The  
			Voice of Scalehome', the ambassador Giovanni.  They are told  
			the he will meet with them soon, but that he will find them in the  
			forest and they should be on their way.  The group agrees.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Two days out of  
			Scalehome, the group is attacked at night by the Vishtoo that had  
			hunted the children the year before, along with a Demodand and four  
			lesser Vishtoo.  The group quickly kills two Vishtoo and the  
			others withdraw.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session  
		16:'''   
		Two Hopeful Additions (15 Wavery 783 to 18 Wavery 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Two mornings after  
			the attack by the Vishtoo, during morning prayers and sparring by  
			the clerics of Tyrogatore, a group of Ogres approaches them and  
			demands payment.  Haas refuses, as Lennie says they have no  
			coin and Shadow slips away.  A fight ensues, but does not last  
			long.  Ajax and Ash join in and after some pain, three ogres  
			are dead, three have surrendered, and the rest retreat.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Ajax questions that  
			ogres, and then orders them to dig graves for their dead.  The  
			group discusses the possibility of going to the ogres' home and  
			recruiting them to help.  One of the captive ogres is  
			particularly helpful, saying the current warlord was helped by a  
			hobgoblin tyradin of Sutyr, whom Ajax recognizes by description.   
			The ogre, Ulg, goes on to say that many in the community do not like  
			the rule of this warlord.  After much debate, the group sends  
			Ulg into his community to retrieve several clerics of Habastly and  
			Tyrogatore so that they may talk.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Before Ulg can  
			return, the trip taking nearly two days, a green light descends on  
			the group and announces it is the Voice of Scalehome come to talk  
			with the group.  Haas recognizes the voice and after Ajax  
			explains their presence, Haas demands recompense for the death of  
			his brother Pith at the hands of the voice's beasts a year ago.   
			The voice eventually agrees to offer a large amount of coin as a  
			payment for the death.  Haas, to Ash's protest, declines.   
			Haas then demands the voice, Giovanni is the name he gives, to aid  
			the group mission and provide warriors to their assembling army is  
			payment for the death of Pith.  The voice agrees and says he  
			will contact them again with more information.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">That evening, the  
			ogres arrive to meet with the group.  The clerics agree that  
			the warlord should be brought down, but they are not sure how.    
			Usually the ogre that defeats a warlord becomes the new warlord.   
			There is no other ogre capable.  They eventually agree that if  
			the group defeats the warlord and then Ajax, as a representative of  
			Stasis, decrees a meeting will be had to find a new warlord, chaos  
			might be averted.  The group then sets to a plan and follows  
			the ogres to their community, which is home to thousands of ogres.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">When they reach the  
			community, the ogres leave the group and send them with a weasel  
			guide towards the edge of the community closest to the warlord's  
			home.  The group prepares, and then silently moves in, taking  
			out three guards, trying to spare their lives.  They are almost  
			at the large ziggurat home of the warlord when Ash notices fiery  
			dogs guarding the building, barking a warning.  The group  
			cannot hear because they have magically silenced themselves.   
			The dogs attack with fire, and Ash moves to take them out while the  
			others find the door.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Reaching the door,  
			Lennie breaks in, causing fiery explosions, but not halting.   
			Inside, the room is cut in two by hide curtains.  Six ogres are  
			waiting in the hastily cleared room.  It takes the group little  
			time to dispatch them, again taking care to try and only  
			incapacitate them.  Meanwhile, outside, Ash makes his way to  
			the roof, while killing the fiery dogs he finds.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group pushes past  
			the curtain, and is met with another fiery blast.  Six more  
			ogres, the warlord, and two massive fiery dogs await them.   
			After surrender is demanded and refused, the fight begins.   
			Shadow continues to sneak and stun ogres almost at will.  Ajax  
			faces off with the warlord, Lennie and Haas fight the ogres, and  
			Grant is left to the fiery dogs.  The battle is fierce but  
			quick, Ajax nearly kills the warlord before Shadow stealthfully  
			stuns the leader.  Those that remain surrender after Grant  
			dispatched the dogs.  Meanwhile, Ash makes his way into the  
			building, finding several ogres on the upper floors.  He sneaks  
			up on them and kills them easily.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session  
		17:'''   
		Almost Losing What Was Gained (18 Wavery 783 to 27 Wavery 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group begins to  
			clean up the room.  Lennie orders the two ogres that  
			surrendered to remove the chief's armor and to go and find the  
			clerics of Tyrogatore and Habastly.  Shadow and Ajax debate the  
			next move as Haas watches over the fallen ogres.  Grant and Ash  
			search the rooms.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Minutes later,  
			several groups of ogres make their way to the building.  Ash  
			and Shadow leave to find the ogre clerics.  The approaching  
			ogres in three groups, each led by an ogre that wants to be the new  
			chief.  One is a follower of Han~Sui, the other two announce no  
			religious allegiance.  The three debate with Ajax and the  
			entire group makes its way outside to take part.  After several  
			minutes, the argument is nearly over when a commotion starts in the  
			back of the ogre crowd.  A fourth ogre, known as the rampager,  
			charges the group demanding he be made chief.  Ajax begins to  
			speak, but Lennie throws a boulder at the rampager and a massive  
			fight begins.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Ajax, Lennie, Grant,  
			and Haas are able to defeat the rampager and soon after quiet the  
			mob.  The ogre clerics finally arrive and they discuss a plan.   
			It is finally agreed that in five days the leaders of the ogre  
			community will meet and decide upon a new chief.  The group  
			will attend the meeting.  During the next five days, Grant  
			meditates and prays, apparently creating some divine items.   
			Ash stays with Ajax, who is teaching two faithful ogres of Stasis  
			and erecting a monument to Stasis.  Lennie enjoys being in an  
			ogre town.  Shadow does not enjoy it.  Haas tolerates the  
			time.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">During those days,  
			Ajax is visited by a fey thorn that is angry.  The fey says  
			that undead, which are rare in the forest, are being attracted to  
			Ajax and entering the forest.  He demands Ajax leave the  
			forest.  Ajax refuses and berates the fey, telling the creature  
			of the impending doom of an orcish legion coming to the forest.   
			The fey pouts, listens, and leave.  The group is also visited  
			by Tali during those days.  He delivers barding to Brightsoul  
			and a cloth package to Ash.  He also answers some of the groups  
			question and identifies several items they found.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">On the fifth day, the  
			meeting of ogres is held.  A cleric of Dresta arrives with the  
			community leaders.  Ajax demands she leave under pain of death.   
			She does, and the cleric of Dedestroyt leaves as well with two of  
			the eight craft leaders.  The ogre clerics agree to set up a  
			tournament between the three remaining ogres that want to be chief.   
			However, two quickly decide not to fight the third, who is the  
			follower of Han~Sui named Hol.  He proclaims himself the new  
			chief.  He agrees to send a force of ogres to help the group  
			fight off the orcs.  The group leaves the next day.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Four days out of the  
			ogre community, the group is attacked by spells and wolves.   
			During the attack, Shadow runs.  Ash sees Shadow captured  
			moments later while Shadow is running away.  </li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session  
		18:'''   
		The Court of a Wooduke (28 Wavery 783 to 8 Trest 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group discusses  
			how they should find Shadow when Tali arrives magically.  The  
			Sakor'akai tells them he scryed them for the evening and noticed  
			Shadow was missing.  He decided to teleport in to determine  
			what had happened.  After being told, Tali scryes for Shadow  
			and determines he is on the Ethereal Plane.  The group,  
			realizing they have no hope of retrieving Shadow until he returns to  
			their plane, decides to continue to Dukalia.  The next morning,  
			Ash finds a letter nailed to a tree for the clerics of Tyrogatore.   
			It says: "Your friend will not be harmed so long as you do not come  
			to Balinhost."  For now, the group takes heed of the warning.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">During their walk,  
			while inside the realm of Dukalia, the group is set upon by a large  
			legged serpent.  Lennie is able to impressively drive the  
			creature off and Ash hunts it down.  While skinning it, a  
			halfling watch captain approaches them in the forest.  Hearing  
			their story, he decides to personally lead them to Bewall, the  
			Wooduke's home city and take them to the Wooduke.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">A day later, the  
			group receives an audience with the Wooduke.  They tell him  
			their tale and he agrees to consider their request for help.   
			He also thanks them for killing the creature, a Scaletouched Behir.   
			The Wooduke explains that Scalehome sends the creatures into the  
			forest to collect magic items.  In thanks for killing the  
			beast, the Wooduke agrees to give them any items they collected from  
			the creature that do not belong to a resident of Dukalia.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Over the next two  
			days as the group waits for the Wooduke's answer, they travel Bewall.   
			Lennie and Haas visit all of the shrines.  Ash shops.   
			Grant visits his family.  Ajax spends his time with the cleric  
			and followers of Stasis.  When the Wooduke meets with the group  
			for lunch several days later. he tells them that he wants to help,  
			but first he needs a problem dealt with so that he can send  
			soldiers.  There are several communities to the north that are  
			being harassed by an unknown monster.  His troops cannot catch  
			the monster or monsters, but are forced to guard the area just in  
			case.  If the group can kill or drive them off, the Wooduke  
			will send soldiers for the war effort.  The group agrees.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Later that day, Ajax  
			meets with the temple cleric of Stasis of a nearby temple named  
			Angus; the group collects some items from the Wooduke's  
			quartermaster; and they meet the Wooduke's herald Ian who will be  
			traveling with them.  The next morning they head north.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">During the trip, the  
			group is visited again by Tali who gives them information and  
			potions.  One day out of the community of Leek, a horde of  
			zombies attacks their camp.  Ajax dispatches them and again  
			curses the liche that continues to harass them.  After the  
			fight, a fey Thorn, who the group calls Zim, arrives.  The fey  
			apologizes for the last fey Ajax met, who was not in fact a Thorn,  
			but did relay the message of Ajax to the faerie queen.  The  
			Thorn tells the group that he will help them, but that his brothers  
			a few and precious.  If the battle turns poorly, it could spell  
			disaster for the feys' protection throughout the forest.  They  
			also ask him about the monsters attacking the communities ahead.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The morning they are  
			due to arrive in Leek, Zim appears and tells them the creatures that  
			are attacking the communities are a type of fey-giant-troll, known  
			sometimes as Dusk Giants.  Zim explains that they are extremely  
			dangerous, but their power ebbs and flows.  Later that day,  
			they arrive in Leek and Ian announces their presence.  The  
			community leader greats them and begins to explain the situation.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session  
		19:'''   
		The Evil of the Shadow Fey (8 Trest 783 to 12 Trest 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Upon arriving in  
			Leek, the group arranges to meet with the only survivor of a gnoll  
			hunting party that agreed to kill the creatures for a fee, but  
			failed.  The surviving gnoll was nearly killed and is staying  
			in a quickly built shed at the edge of Leek.  The also arrange  
			to meet with a halfling member of an adventuring party that also  
			arrived to help.  That group left one member behind to watch  
			while they searched for more help and information on the creatures.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Upon meeting the  
			gnoll, named Ergore, he agrees to tell the group what he knows if  
			they will take him to his homeland, the realm of Garlaccal should  
			they survive.  They agree and he tells them about his pack's  
			fight with the giants.  Shortly after that meeting, the group  
			meets with Kerly the halfling member of the adventuring party.   
			He confirms most of what the gnoll said and adds some other  
			information, most importantly, that the gnolls had either killed or  
			badly wounded one of the giants.  He also tell them that the  
			giants have only one magical item, massive boots worn by the largest  
			giant.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group sends Ian  
			the herald to the community of Guster to make sure all of the  
			halflings have left there.  They hope to force the giants to  
			come to Leek where they are waiting.  On the first night, the  
			giants do not come to Leek.  The group spends the next three  
			days planning for an attack on Leek.  The halflings will gather  
			in the community's center so that the giants have no choice but to  
			come there to collect a halfling.  Before the third day, the  
			group follows Ash who tries to track the giants in the forest.   
			He successfully finds a fairy path and then giant tracks.   
			After several minutes on the path, the group begins to be harassed  
			by several fey, who they try to ignore.  They come across a  
			benign fey who is sewing.  The fairies begin to harass the  
			sewing fey, which is more than Ajax can stand.  He asks Ash to  
			get rid of the fairies. and Ash shoots one of them from the sky.   
			Ajax collects the wounded fairy and puts in in a bag.  The  
			thankful sewing fey tells the group information about the giants,  
			most importantly that they are led by three tiny evil fey that  
			travel with them.  Soon after, the sky darkens and a shadow  
			large elf-like fey arrives surrounded by grey crows.  He  
			demands the fairy's release, and then becomes annoyed with the  
			group's response, quickly dismissing them from the fairy path and  
			releasing the fairy.  The group abandons tracking the giants.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">On the fourth day, as  
			the group readies for the arrival of the giants, Tali arrives and  
			casts many spells on them to aid their battle, shrouding all of the  
			group's weapon in fire.  Kerly agrees to watch from afar and  
			warn on any other dangers during the fight.  Ian decides to  
			stay among the halfings to calm them.  Ash hides with Predator  
			in the town as the others wait with the halflings in the town's  
			center.  Half way through the dusk, Ash spots the giants  
			approaching.  As he is about to warn the group, the giants walk  
			into Haas magic and are turned visible.  Everyone but Ash is  
			momentarily stunned by the sudden appearance.  Taking  
			advantage, Ash shoots one of the tiny fey off of a giant's shoulder  
			and the fight begins.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Lennie and the  
			largest giant with a club square off.  The giant's mighty  
			attacks nearly killing Lennie, but he is saved by Haas' blessings.   
			Haas himself is almost killed by the backlash of the attacks, and is  
			only saved by Ian's lucky spell.  The second giant faces Grant,  
			while Ajax's light all but drives the third off.  The remaining  
			tiny fey shout horrifically, causing chaos among the gathered  
			halflings.  As Ash picks off the tiny fey, driving them off,  
			the first one he had shot bites and blinds Lennie.  Ajax turns  
			his attention to the second giant while the third can only weakly  
			throw stones into the fight.  The second giant nearly shatters  
			Ajax's sword, which crumbles after the fight, before Ajax and Grant  
			fell it.  The largest giant tries to destroy Lennie's axe, but  
			only damages it, while the blinded Lennie tries desperately to kill  
			the giant.  Ash continues to drive arrows into the giants,  
			killing the smallest one and then the largest, and then spotting the  
			last tiny fey trying to flee and killing it in a fiery explosion.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group collapses  
			from exhaustion as the town elders and Ian gather the halflings.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> 
		 <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 20: ''' 
		Finding and Being Found By Helpful Creatures (13 Trest 783 to 4 Huenti  
		783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span id="PostFlatView">After resting. the group meets with Ian the  
			Herald, Thomas the Mayor, and Kerly the adventurer.  They  
			decide to head south that day into Dukalia.  Ajax and Lennie  
			both need a smith and Ajax is looking for a different cleric of  
			Stasis.  Their trip through Dukalia is uneventful.  When  
			they reach the community in which the cleric of Stasis lives, they  
			discover she has been called away to the Boiling Line.  The  
			group decides to go south.</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> 
			On their trip through the forest to Balinhost, they encounter  
			strange undead, which Ajax destroys.  A scaletouched Behir  
			attacks them, and Lennie makes quick work of it.  A band of  
			ogres approaches and is frightened off by the group.  Tali  
			delivers a new sword for Ajax, forged by Gregor the halfling and a  
			repaired ax for Lennie.  Ash decides that it would be best if  
			he takes Ergore the gnoll to Garlaccal while the others go to  
			Balinhost and the group agrees.  They split up.  The group  
			is several times watched by unknown creatures.  Finally, they  
			discover the creatures are squirrel creatures known as Taffers.   
			The Taffers ask to send one of their own with the group to determine  
			their intentions and honesty, the group agrees.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> 
			They reach the edge of Balinhost where they are approached by a  
			guard that is expecting them.  He leads them into the realm to  
			the capital city.  Once there, the group finds that their  
			arrival has been well prepared for and the prime minister and his  
			ministers are ready to meet with them.  After a brief  
			discussion, the Prime Minister agrees to send help for the effort.   
			During the meeting, the group notices one empty chair and are told  
			that the minister of Death and Undeath, a cleric of Falan who the  
			group had heard of had not arrived.  After the meeting, the  
			group goes with the Prime Minister to the temple of Falan to find  
			her.  Once inside, the door closes and the cleric appears  
			threatening them, and specifically Ajax.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">''' 
		Session 21: 
		'''An Unfortunate Unexpected Enemy (4 Huenti 783 to 13 Huenti 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The battle with the  
			cleric Lorraine begins and immediately a controlled Shadow joins  
			stuns and knocks out the Prime Minister.  Ajax detects undead  
			in the room, invisible and between the group and the cleric.   
			He destroys most of the undead with his glorious presence, but one  
			remains blocking the way.  The group prays and prepares and  
			Shadow attacks Haas and Grant.  Lennie and Ajax try to destroy  
			the large skeletal Ogre as chaotic spells burn away at Ajax and  
			Haas.  Shadow is knocked out, and the ogre skeleton destroyed.   
			The cleric finally engages Lennie and Ajax, with a variety of spells  
			active, she proves to be more than the two can handle.  As  
			Grant and Haas are about to help, they are set upon by another  
			undead creature, which Ajax yells is a vampire.  Haas moves to  
			help Ajax, while Grant fights the vampire.  The fight continues  
			and the cleric is nearly killed.  The vampire then charges  
			Ajax, draining of of energy and life.  Grant is controlled by  
			the vampire.  The fight seems lost when the vampire is  
			distracted by the now conscious prime minister and his wand of  
			missiles.  Ajax finally banishes the vampire.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In the aftermath,  
			they question the cleric after healing her.  She tells them  
			nothing and is led away by the guards.  The prime minister  
			allows the group to stay at his home and rest for the next four  
			days.  During that time, Shadow tells them of his imprisonment  
			and that he heard the vampire and cleric, who were lovers,  
			discussing the arrival of Ajax.  They had been warned that he  
			would come and destroy all of the undead.  The group concludes  
			that the liche told her that.  The cleric of Stasis of  
			Balinhost arrives to talk with the group.  She has many  
			restorative spells cast on them and leads others into the temple of  
			Falan to find the coffin of the vampire and destroy it permanently.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group debates,  
			with information from the prime minister, its next move.   
			Against Ajax's desires, the group decides to go to Garlaccal and  
			speak with the gnolls.  Haas communicates with Ash, who has  
			been there for over a week talking with the gnolls.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">On their way to  
			Garlaccal, a trip in which they are led by two dozens half-elven  
			scouts, Tali arrives to speak to them of the progress.  He  
			tells them that the orcs have begun preparations to leave Lynkeed.   
			Ellic and the warriors of the Fellos have assembled at the meeting  
			point and are waiting for others.  They talk about there plans  
			and decide to have Tali teleport Valizar to the Vass to prepare them  
			for the arrival of the group.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 22: '''Enemies Real and Imagined (13 Huenti 783 to 20 Huenti 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group is led by  
			scouts from Balinhost to the border of the realm of Garlaccal.   
			There they are met by gnoll guides that say they will take them into  
			the realm to meet their chief, who has been told of them by Ash.   
			Several days later, they arrive in the chief's community.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The chief greets them  
			and invites them to stay for a Five Game Feast, a tradition for the  
			gnolls.  The group agrees.  The next day, they feast and  
			then talk to the chief, Arcaak, who agrees to send 600 gnolls to the  
			battle.  The group thanks him and leaves the next day.   
			They are led to the edge of the realm by gnoll scouts.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The first night after  
			the gnolls leave, the group is set upon by a band of lightning fast  
			fey.  The group first thinks them to be elves and the creatures  
			rush in and out, slashing and unleashing blue fire.  After a  
			near deadly battle, the group manages to kill three of the creatures  
			and drive the others away.  Later that night, before Haas can  
			pray to determine the reason for the attack, a flock of grey crows  
			arrives and takes away the bodies.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After a visit from  
			Tali the group gets directions to the Vass community to which  
			Valizar has gone.  On the way, they encounter several hunting  
			parties of Vass, one of which they are forced to violently drive  
			off.  When the reach the community, they find a quiet hot place  
			and are led to the chief's home.  The chief tells them he knows  
			of Valizar, and the he is in the temple of Tyrogatore.  When  
			the group arrives at the temple, they find Valizar in chains and the  
			temple ransacked.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 23: '''An Attempt for the Vass (20 Huenti 783 to 23 Huenti 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group immediately  
			questions the chief and Valizar.  They discover that Valizar  
			arrived to find the cleric of the temple locked in the temple prison  
			and that he was insane and poisoned.  He accused several Vass  
			and a fight ensued.  Valizar decimated dozens of Vass, killing  
			several and wounding over 50 until they dragged him down and chained  
			him up to await a trial.  Three days had passed since then and  
			the chief was waiting for a cleric that could judge him to arrive.   
			The chief then left, allowing the group to determine what else had  
			occurred.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">They found out that  
			the cleric, Messhin by name, had been poisoned and they cured him.   
			They also found that Valizar had been poisoned and they cured him as  
			well.  Ash found a shrine to Tommimao, thinking he would know  
			the most about poison since the cleric of Habastly was out of the  
			community, and he and Ajax went to investigate.  They found no  
			one there but left Ash's hawk to watch.  Hours later, a Vass  
			came to the shrine.  Ash followed him as he left the shrine and  
			headed into the forest.  The Vass collected mushrooms from the  
			swamp and then came to a temple of Tommimao.  Ash returned,  
			told the group, and they all moved towards the temple.  Ajax,  
			Ash, and Shadow arrived before the others; while Grant remained with  
			Valizar to protect him.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">At the temple, Ash  
			sneaks in the back door and Ajax knocks at the front.  Ajax  
			meets the Vass cleric and talks with him while Ash searches the  
			rooms, finding other sleeping Vass and many drugs.  The cleric  
			leaves the room without Ajax and runs into Ash.  A fight begins  
			but quickly ends as the cleric uses magic to escape.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group meets up  
			and discusses the next step.  They agree to tell the chief of  
			the cleric and the poisons.  When the get to the chief, he is  
			not happy with them.  The talk breaks down and a fight begins.   
			Dozens of Vass guards rush into the room.  The group soon  
			defeats the chief and drives the guards away.  They cure the  
			chief, who is also poisoned, but he is still angry.  The group  
			goes back to the temple of Tyrogatore to await his decision.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Hours later, a mob of  
			Vass begins to gather.  The group decides to leave the  
			community.  They take the cleric of Tyrogatore as well as an  
			acolyte of Habastly they had met.  They head to the next Vass  
			communities, to leave the acolyte off and wait for Tali to arrive  
			and speak with him.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 24: '''The Forest Calm as the Orcs March (23 Huenti 783 to  
		26 Kiusta 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After speaking with  
			Tali and Messhin, the group contacted the cleric of Habastly form  
			the large Vass community named Assel.  He arrived the next day  
			and did not like what the group had to say.  The conversation  
			degenerated and ended in Valizar pummeling the cleric and Haas  
			branding him with a mark of justice.  The group decided they  
			would return after the battle with the orcs to free the Vass  
			community.  Messhin agreed to go with them.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group began to  
			travel north towards the cities, deciding to go their first before  
			returning to Dukalia, where Ajax still wanted to talk to the cleric  
			of Stasis.  On the road, the spoke with Tali, who took the  
			belligerent Valizar back to the Fellos Estate.  The group also  
			ran into a group of weretiger brigands that they ran off.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Upon reaching Owt,  
			the group found the cleric of Stasis Lindell and spoke with him  
			about their mission so far.  He described the state of the  
			three cities of the forest and arranged a meeting with the mayor of  
			Owt.  The meeting with the mayor was a scary experience for the  
			mayor and his entourage where Ajax explained the nature of the  
			coming war.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The group then  
			started off towards Dukalia.  On their trip, they were informed  
			that the orcs had begun their march by Tali.  They were also  
			tracked down and attacked by the weretiger brigands, who they drove  
			off again.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 25: '''Clearing the Path for War (24 Huenti 783 to 30 Leenot 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Several days after  
			the brigand attack, the group reached the border of Dukalia.   
			They entered the realm without problem and made their way to the  
			small community of the halfling cleric of Stasis Dama.  The  
			cleric greeted them, invited them to stay, and for two days  
			discussed the problems with them.  In the end, she agreed to go  
			herself to the orcish commander on the other side of the Boiled  
			Forest and explain to him the situation.  She told the group  
			the even their enemies in the forest are leaving them alone now  
			because they all realize the greater threat.  The groups begins  
			its journey to the Fellos Estate.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The trip to the  
			estate is quiet, with only animals and visits by Tali interrupting.   
			He begins to transport them to the estate faster and tells them of  
			the army assembling at the rallying point and of the composition of  
			the orcish army.  The group arrives at the estate, spends a  
			restful day, and then heads to the rallying point.  Once there,  
			they meet with the various leaders of the army.  Over the next  
			several days, the last pieces of the army arrived; the fey and the  
			representatives of Scalehome.  Ellic, the halfling commander,  
			then set about devising a plan.  After days of planning, he  
			called the group into a meeting, telling them that an orcish unit  
			that had followed the group into the forest months ago and then  
			stopped following them had been performing reconnaissance.  The  
			halflings had made sure the orcs didn't learn much, but then the  
			orcs had recently set up a camp in the main path the army would take  
			north to meet the orcs.  Ellic sent special forces to prevent  
			any sort of guerilla tactics by the orcs.  When his men got  
			there, they were confronted with not orcs, but demon-like creatures  
			and undead.   Unprepared for such a fight, his forces were  
			defeated.  Ellic then asked the group to deal with this threat.   
			The group agrees.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The next day, Tali  
			and the group (without Valizar and Masshin) teleport north just  
			outside the camp.  They prepare and assault.  They are met  
			by familiar demodands and undead forms of the orcish soldiers.   
			Ajax divine aura blasts many of the undead, while powerful spells  
			for Tali clear the area of many of the demodands.  Lennie and  
			his fellow clerics of Tyrogatore moved under the 'umbrella of death'  
			decimating the lesser undead and demodands.  Meanwhile, Ajax  
			faced off with the leader of the undead, a massive orc with bone  
			crafted weapons; and Ash was forced to track down the invisible  
			leader of the demodands.  Ajax and the undead fought toe to  
			toe, blow for blow until the undead crumpled in a heap with a  
			warning to Ajax that one day Ajax would be killed by the liche that  
			hunts he and Ash.  Ash faired well against the demodand on  
			horse until Predator was immobilized.  Luckily, Ajax distracted  
			the creature and Ash delivered the killing blow.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In the aftermath, the  
			group began to bury the bodies of the orcs and await the arrival of  
			the army.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 26: '''The Battle of the Forest Coalition (30 Leenot 783 to  
		2 Napay 783)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Over several days,  
			the army marched, planned, and waited.  Finally, they reached  
			the road north of the forest and Ellic began to make preparations.   
			For six days, the army shaped the field, drilled and cast spells.   
			Ash was stationed with the gnolls, Ajax made his way through the  
			army, and the clerics of Tyrogatore aided the army with their  
			blessings.  On the six day, the scouts reported that the orcs  
			were five miles away.  Clouds that had been moving in for days  
			burst and rain soaked the field.  The orcs marched to within  
			one mile of the assembled army and stopped.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After camping for one  
			night, the orcs, still in the rain, played a song called Ozertort  
			Konponya or 'Crushed Skull'.  After the song, which the  
			halflings retaliated with a few of their own happier tunes, the orcs  
			moved closer and camped again.  Ajax, Shadow, and Gregor  
			remained camped out in front of the army waiting to speak.  For  
			four more days the orcs moved slightly, played their song, and  
			waited in the rain.  Finally, on the six day, they took  
			formation and began playing and watching Agyar'Goylo.  After an  
			hour, they marched forward an played their song a final time.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Ajax moved out with  
			Gregor and Shadow and were met by two orcs, one of which turned out  
			to be Vor'Ruk.  Ajax told them of their leader's evil ways.   
			The second orc, and Altor Fangor of the 3rd legion, dismissed Ajax  
			and warned him to leave the field.  Ajax declined, followed him  
			to the army, and challenged Riot.  From deep in the orcish  
			army, Riot declared 'Nem Kihívások' or 'No Challenges".  Ajax  
			having warned the army, returned to the coalition.  As the rain  
			began to subside, the orcs moved forward.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">After a half hour of  
			slow steady movement, the orcish artillery began to hammer the small  
			stand of trees in which the Fey were hiding.  The fey did not  
			retreat and when the orcs came into range, the Fironi, halfling, and  
			gnolls attacked with their bows and crossbows.  After dozens of  
			volleys, the orcs reached the halflings and gnolls and charged.   
			Ash began to pick orcish commanders out of the infantry block.  Another  
			block of infantry merely waited in front of the ogres, inviting a  
			charge.  The battle was at a standstill as the orcish cavalry  
			moved forward inching towards a charge.  The Fey then charged  
			out into the flank of the orcs fighting the gnolls and began to  
			volley into the infantry confronting the orcs.  Then the orcish  
			cavalry charged, trying to split the gaps in the coalitions lines.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Suddenly, walls of  
			force appear and stop the cavalry in its tracks.  Entangles and  
			tremors effect the infantry unit standing off against the ogres,  
			which then charge into the flank of the disoriented cavalry.   
			While the cavalry began to charge, half of the skirmishers advanced  
			towards the flank and the town of Bristledown Farms.  Alliec  
			orders Ajax and the clerics to intercept them.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The clerics and Ajax  
			set themselves for the skirmisher charge.  In an amazing feat  
			of skill and magic, the disperse the charge, defeat 40% of the  
			skirmishers and Shadow and Lennie kill their leader.  The  
			remaining orcs continue their charge towards the town, but the delay  
			allowed the force from Owt to intercept and defeat them.  The  
			group then waited for Ellic's orders.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">One of the millenians  
			of the 3rd legion begins to advance as the two cavalry units attempt  
			to disengage.  The infantry fighting the gnolls and thorn  
			finally breaks and against orders, the gnolls and thorn pursue.   
			Luckily, spells stop them from pursuing and the cavalry from  
			charging them, although those two units engage each other a short  
			time later.  The ogres, having driven off the cavalry, turn to  
			the entangles infantry unit that had been facing them.  The  
			halflings are finally forced to retreat through the hill that had  
			been built behind them into halfling sized tunnels.  The Fironi  
			swoop down from on top of the hill and engage that orcish unit,  
			while the Scowlbears move in to fight them as well.  The  
			remaining skirmishers and Vor'Ruk's cavalry advance towards the  
			clerics and Ajax.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As the two units move  
			towards them, Vor'Ruk signals Ajax to hold and them turns towards  
			the skirmishers, preventing them from charging and leaving the path  
			clear for the clerics and Ajax to advance towards Riot and his  
			command within the other 3rd legion millenian.  As they charge  
			towards Riot, the other orcish infantry units fall back.  The  
			3rd legion then engages the ogres, and shortly after the gnolls and  
			Fironi as well.  The 3rd legion is far more than the coalition  
			can handle and the clerics and Ajax realize they quickly deal with  
			Riot and stop the battle.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Upon reaching the 3rd  
			legion millenian, Ajax proclaims Riot is a traitor and challenges  
			him.  His challenge is rebuffed, but then, the commander of the millienian, an orc named Brakus Latus speaks with Ajax.  After  
			talking, the Altor Fangor tells the group to select two champions.   
			Riot and his champion make their way out to the meeting to confront  
			Latus when he orders his orcs to surround everyone and form a fight  
			circle.  Ajax and Haas step forward to fight.  Ajax and  
			Riot's champion fight very briefly.  The champion's hammer  
			strikes Ajax only once before he is beheaded.  Haas and Riot  
			circle for a moment and then begin to fight as only two pugilists  
			can.  Fist for fist, punch for punch; the stronger and more  
			skilled Riot pounds on Haas.  However, Haas' skill and divine  
			blessings are up to the challenge and time and time again he throws  
			Riot to the ground and pounds him.  Finally, Riot cannot stand  
			and Haas ends the traitor's life.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Latus orders the  
			battle to stop and the two armies retire to their camps.</li></ul>