Eleven years later…
A group of young adventurers are exploring The Narlmarches. They consist of Prince Mikail Farrar (cleric of Desna), Stasya Leverton (witch), Vassily Leverton (paladin of Erastil), Alex Roxan Junior (ranger) and Alexandra (“Lexi” to her friends, wizard). Hearing the cries of a damsel in distress they intervene to save a young woman from the unwanted attentions of two bandits. The bandits wear the emblem of The Silver Knight, a bandit leader who has been active in the region. The Silver Knight herself arrives on the scene but the young adventurers are able to defeat her and her bandits.
When they adventures remove The Silver Knight’s helm they discover that she is strangely green and has had her mouth sown shut. More ominously she carries a shard of mirror in which dark surface a single point of light, weak and far off, can be seen…

Year 7 Days 261
Weather: Cold but clear
Hexes Explored: None
In Varnhold during a day-long ceremony presided over by Sergei Lord Alexite Roxan marries Lady Tamary Numesti.

Fortified with magical items carefully selected by Lynessa The Founders teleport back to The Castle of Knives. To even gain access to the castle they have to contend with a mighty Tarn Linnorm. Once inside the castle The Founders begin to search for Nyrissa but to do so must battle their way through number of deadly advisories. First they are ambushed by a flock of deadly Ankous. Then The Founders encounter Nyrissa’s councilor; the disgusting Wiggling Man, who uses a summoned Astral Deva in an attempt to trick them into leaving. The Founders battle a pair of barbed-tongued wyverns, a strange medusa and the Black Annis who had evaded them in Thousand Breaths. The Founders also have to battle Nyrissa’s disturbing handmaidens; nymphs who seem to have had their eyes scratched out and whose touch causes incapacitating pain.
Not every inhabitant of The Castle of Knives is hostile however. The Founders befriend a water mephit Pluddock. However he says too much to The Founders and his head explodes (presumably the work of Nyrissa).
Over the course of their search The Founders find a rack of strange glass vials. Lynessa and Jossiman speculate that they are soul-jars. The Founders decide it is safer to leave them where they are until they have found and killed Nyrissa.
The Founders also find the frame of a tear-drop shaped mirror that has had its glass smashed out. The Founders suspect that this is the source of the mirror shards that they have found over the course of their many adventures.
The Founders finally run Nyrissa to ground in her “inner sanctum”; called “The Fable”. A fierce battle ensues with neither side asking nor offering quarter. By this point Briar has reached its full potential but Nyrissa proves to be deadly opponent. Nyrissa is so agile that she can barely be hit and highly resilient to magic. The Founders cannot look at her without risking blindness and, while they have armed themselves with restorative magics, each of them is blinded at least once. Nyrissa is able to temporarily dominate Alex and directs him to attack King Aldous. This forces Lynessa and Josiman to waste valuable time and magic breaking the spell. She briefly traps King Aldous in a magical maze but he quickly escapes. Nyrissa is able to banish Sergei to another plane but with quick wits, and the aid of Kesh, he is able to return to join his comrades.
Only by working together are The Founders able to create the opportunity for King Aldous, and Briar, to strike the killing blow; cutting Nyrissa’s head from her shoulders.
With Nyrissa’s demise The Castle of Knives begins to tear itself apart in within minutes is a ruin. The Soul Jars that The Founders discovered earlier also lose their power and release not only the mighty red dragon Choral the Conqueror and all but one of his human descendants. Choral reveals that The Founder Eleyna was of his blood-line and the fact that Nyrissa had not been able to kidnap her many years before had subtly weakened Nyrissa.

Year 7 Days 246
Weather: Overcast, Snow
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders discover that 1000 Breaths has crashed into the Material Plane. It is in the location of the Thousand Voices forest with The Castle of Knives from Thousand 1000 Breaths superimposed on top of the ruins of The Castle of Knives in the forest.
Lynessa warns that her reserves of magical power are low. The Founders quickly search the tower and find the horde of Ithuliak the Dragon. They then fly directly to The Castle of Knives.
The castle’s battlements are guarded by ghostly, elven warriors and the courtyard is the lair of a mighty dragon-like plant creature called a zomok. The Founders battle both the ghosts and the zomock. They are hard pressed but win through in the end.
With their arcane and divine powers dangerously depleted The Founders debate whether they can press the attack against Narisa. It is decided that they should withdraw and return the next day refreshed. Lynessa teleports The Founders to Daggermark (a destination she believes that Narisa will not expect). The Founders are able to sell some of the treasures that they have recently found and purchase magical supplies.

Year ? Days ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None

Studying their map of Thousand Breaths The Founders decide to make for a white tower believing that it is the lair of the great black wrym Uthuliac. A long journey takes them back through a number of locations that they have already explored before entering new territory. In a clearing they find a large house that seems to have been created by a number of different houses fused together. On the porch of the house The Founders meet a Black Hag. The Founders (primarily Kesh) speaks to the hag and they learn that she is an unwilling servant of Nyrissa who has stolen the hag’s heart as leverage. The Founders also learn that the Hag is a priestess of Gyronna and has sent her acolytes to bedevil Aznagar in the past.
Battle breaks out between The Founders and the hag and her earth elemental allies. The Founders destroy the elements but the hag, though injured, escapes using a Word of Recall. The Founders search the hag’s house believing that she may have fled there. They find grizzly evidence of the hag’s evil deeds and appetites but not the hag herself. The Founders put the house to the torch.
Sergei is able to use his Touch of Calm to refresh The Founders allowing them press on. Soon they find another clearing with a white tower in the center. Surrounding the tower are thousands of broken statues which The Founders recognize as a representation of the horde of monsters that attacked Stag’s Fort. The Founders are attacked by Ithuliak and a protracted aerial battle follows. The dragon makes use of her mighty defenses and superior speed to make a series of hit-and-run attacks but The Founders are slowly able to wear her down and kill her.
With the death of Ithuliak The Founders have destroyed enough Pillars to destabilize Thousand Breaths and the pocket dimension collapses.

Year ? Days ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders arrive in the forested realm of Thousand Breaths. It soon become clear that the realm is in perpetually twilight. The portal they used to enter the pocket dimension does not exist on the far side, The Founders will have to find another way back.
Josiman discovers it is impossible to fly above the trees. Travelling other than on the paths is all but impossible.
Using the map in Zudiger’s Picnic The Founders attempt to navigate their way to Nyrissa’s castle.
The Founders find a lake with a whirlpool similar to The First Bloom where they are attacked by four Black Lightening Treants. After The Founders dispatch the Treants the whole of Thousand Breaths shakes. Lynessa hypothesizes that there are multiple “Pillars”, corresponding to the Blooms, which sustain the demi-plane of Thousand Breaths. While the outcome of destroying all of the Pillars is unclear Lynessa believes that it may bring the entire realm to The Prime Material Plane and weaken Nyrissa. The Founders decide that they will do what they can to destroy the Pillars before confronting Evindra.
Travelling further into Thousand Breaths The Founders find a frozen graveyard. Here they are confronted by, and slay, a second Pillar in the form of Kargstaad; self-proclaimed “Greatest of All Giants”.
Carrying on The Founders find another Pillar in the form of The Nightmare Rook. This time The Nightmare Rook has physical body. During the battle The Rook snatched Alex and deposits him in an unknown location in Thousand Breaths before returning to the battle. The remaining Founders are able to kill The Nightmare Rook.
An injured Alex finds himself alone in a mire where he is attacked by three Mire Worms. They leave him for dead. Lynessa is able to scry Alex’s location and teleports The Founders to him. Sergei is able to heal the badly injured Alex and The Founders battle the Mire Worms, who are another Pillar.
Keeping track of time in Thousand Breaths seems difficult but The Founders are beginning to become fatigued and low on spells. They return to the area where they battled The Nightmare Rook in order to rest.

Year 7 Days 244
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

Lynessa determines that the gate of The Castle of Knives is a portal to Thousand Breaths. Using the Trophies that she has collected from The Ten Blooms she is able to trick the portal into opening. The Founders step though the portal.

Year 7 Days 243
Weather: Cold, not a cloud in the sky, thunder
Hexes Explored: None

At dawn a tremendous peel of thunder splits the sky despite the fact there is neither lightning nor clouds. More thunder follows at fairly regular intervals (approximately every ten minutes) throughout the morning. Sergei divines that The Tenth Bloom is already underway.
The Founders assemble just outside of Stag’s Fort to get ready for the arrival of the Jabberwock. By noon the thunder is almost constant until the Jabberwock appears overhead. The Founders engage the beast in combat. The Jabberwock proves to be a powerful opponent but Briar has absorbed enough First World energies since 1st of Lamashan to temporarily act as a Vorpal Blade. King Aldous is finally able to slay the Jabberwock by cutting off its head.
It is decided that The Founders will begin their assault on Thousand Breaths the next day.
Jossiman collects The Royal Family from Lake Silverstep.
King Aldous talks to The Small Council about who will succeed him if The Founders do not return from Thousand Breaths.
Thanks to Kesh’s magical helmet of teleportation Alex is able to spend time with both Tamary and his son.
Sergei resurrects Kundal and restores him to health.
That evening The Founders teleport to the vicinity of The Castle of Knives. They find that the castle is no longer a ruin but whole, as if new.
The Founders elect to spend the night camped a little way from the castle.

Year 7 Days 241 to 242
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
At dawn The Ninth Bloom manifests a short way outside of Stag’s Fort. A tor-like hill appears on the brow of which is an impossible tall, white tower called High Folly Tower. A great, black wrym is flying above the tower. Charging down the hill towards Stag’s Fort is a horde evil and twisted monsters of every description thousands upon thousands strong!
To meet this threat The Founders mobilize the five army units that are stationed in Stag’s Fort; Kundal’s Commandos (lead by General Kundal), The Stag Knights (lead by King Aldous), The Elite Cavalry (lead by Alex), a unit of one hundred infantry (lead by Kesh) and a
Unit of five hundred infantry (lead by Lynessa).
A desperate battle rages throughout the day of the 26th. It continues without rest or quarter through the night and then into the next day. The enemy horde attacks without mercy or thought for their own safety. Vast areas or Stag’s Fort are destroyed. Casualties are heavy; Lynesa’s infantry unit is destroyed although Lynessa escapes with serious injuries. Kundals’ Commandos are forced to retreat due to casualties but return to the field of battle only to be destroyed. General Kundal himself is killed.
By the early hours of the 27th the defenders are beginning to drop from pure exhaustion but make a final stand around the castle where they are finally able to break the attacking horde.
With the destruction of the army High Folly Tower (and the dragon) vanishes leaving behind only a patch of sand where it stood. Lynessa determines that a handful of this sand is the Trophy of The Ninth Bloom.

Following the battle The Founders spend time doing what they can to reassure the citizens of Stag’s Fort. Lynessa find Kundal’s body. Kesh visits Eranix. Lynessa teleports to Dagger Mark to obtain the necessary materials to have Kundal resurrected. She also collects magical healing supplies that The Founders believe that they may need once they get to Thousand Breaths.

Year 7 Days 239
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
At dawn on this day The Eight Bloom manifests in the old Dwarven Watchtower. The Bloom is personified by The Misbegotten Troll. A huge, heavily armoured Troll. He is supported by six, black smiladons. The Founders find that their battle with The Misbegotten Troll is hampered by a magical items he wears, The Necklace of Lovelies, but King Aldous is able to snatch it from around the Trolls neck. After the battle King Aldous is able to break open the small cages that make up the necklace and release the pixies trapped within. They bless him for their rescue.
One of the broken cages on The Necklace of Lovelies is the Trophy.
Sergei uses Divination to discover that The Ninth Bloom will take place at Stag’s Fort at dawn the next day.
The Founders return to Stag’s Fort. Josiman and King Aldous move the Royal Family to Elmsberg.
Sergei cures a few more people blinded by The First Bloom and then he and Kesh spend the rest of the day visiting the afflicted in Stag’s Fort.

Year 7 Days 236 to 238
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders feel that they should honor Erastil for all the guidance and aid he has given them over the last few weeks and so quickly organize a festival in his honor. The festival takes place on 25th Lamashan.
Johd presides over the religious aspects of the festival with a service of thanks to Erstail and a blessing of all newly married couples. There is an archery contest. Children are encouraged to try to capture “the beast” (a transformed Josiman). The day ends with music and dancing.
After sundown The Founders teleport away to the Dwarven Watchtower in preparation for The Eight Bloom.

Year 7 Days 235
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
At dawn on this day The Seventh Bloom occurs. An ever growing part of the swamp is transformed in a fowl and corrupt parody of itself. Three gigantic, crimson worms haunt the area and to stop The Bloom The Founders destroy them. The shriveled cadaver of one of the worms is the Trophy.
The Founders return to Stag’s Fort.

Year 7 Days 232 to 234
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

Using Divination magics The Founder learn that The Seventh Bloom will commence at dawn on 22nd Lamashan in the swamps south of Lake Hooktounge. The Founders are able to narrow down its approximate location. The Bloom itself will consist of between two and four gigantic worms.

The Founders also learn that The Eight Bloom will manifest at dawn on 25th Lamashan in the old Dwarven Watchtower west of The Narlmarches.

The Founders spend these days attending to both civic and personal matters in both Stag’s Fort and Drelev and then assemble in what they believe to be rough location of The Seventh Bloom on the 20th Lamashan.

Year 7 Day 231
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

Using Divination magic The Founders learn that The Sixth Bloom will manifest the very day in Drelev. The Founders immediately teleport there to find the Bloom is already underway and takes the form a massive, fast-growing and aggressive briar patch. Entering the briar patch The Founders do battle with its “gardeners”, three Athachs giants. The Founders slay the giants and burn their bags of seeds, bringing the The Bloom to an end. However the briar patch, although no longer animated, still remains.
With the defeat of The Sixth Bloom Briar has absorbed enough First World energy to be able to speak. Lynessa has collected enough trophies from the Blooms to create a portal to Thousand Breaths.
Briar warns The Founders that sooner or later Nyrissa will send her “Tain”; the legendary Jabberwock.
Jossiman and Alex elect to remain in Drelev to help with the clear up (and, in Alex’s case, to spend time with Tamary) while the rest return to Stag’s Fort.
Using a Commune spell Sergei learns that the next Bloom will be in between three and seven days’ time, that there are ten Blooms in total and that the Jabberwock will be the last Bloom.

Rumour:
The Jabberwock is a dragon of epic power. It’s “Burbling” can drive a man out of his wits, it has a deadly sonic attack, it’s gaze burns and it can “Whiffle” with its wings creating hurricane force winds. It can only be hurt by a vorpal blade.

Year 7 Day 230
Weather: Generally cold. Supernaturally cold for a short period after dawn.
Hexes Explored
The Fifth Bloom manifest unleashing a supernatural “cold front” that rapidly spreads. Central to the bloom is a giant gravestone protected by six ancient frost giants. The Founders slay the giants and destroy the gravestone, ending the Bloom.
The Founders return to Stag’s Fort.

Note: Thanks to the magic of the gravestone The Founders learn Kesh’s birthday; the 21st of Kuthona.

Year 7 Day 230
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
Using Divination magics The Founders learn that the Fifth Bloom will manifest the next day at dawn “in the mountains overlooking Varnhold”
The Founders teleport to Varnhold in preparation.

Year 7 Day 229
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The new day brings news of yet more deaths. Communion spells cast by Sergei reveal that Eranix the fay-dragon knows the nature of the killer. The Founders teleport to her caves and seek her wisdom. Eranix is able to identify The Forth Bloom as “The Nightmare Rook”. She explains that the only way to drive it off is, if you are the subject of its nightmare attack, you must ignore the obvious source of fear (scorpions, tentacles, etc.) and challenge The Nightmare Rook directly.
The Founders Return to Stag’s Fort. Having learnt that The Nightmare Rook can attack in day or night with equal easy Lynessa suggests that they should sleep during the day in the hope it will draw the killer’s attention. Lynessa’s plan works and she is subject the The Nightmare Rook’s attack. She is able to ignore the fear and challenge The Rook and in doing so drives it off. She awakens with a large black feather in her hand, the trophy of The Forth Bloom.

Year 7 Day 228
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The night in the palace has passed without incident but dawn brings news of more deaths in the city. One man has had his neck broken (a Black Tentacle spell) while another man killed his family and then himself (an unknown compulsion spell).
The Founders hotly debate what actions could and should be taken to protect the citizens of Stag’s Fort.

Year 7 Day 227
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
Midnight arrives but, as far as The Founder can determine, The Forth Bloom does not manifest itself. The Founders search the castle and even teleport to The Royal Retreat (where the Royal Family are currently staying) but find no sign of danger.
During a short sleep in the early hours Kesh experiences dreams of being pursued by giant scorpions and a giant crow.
Shortly after sun up The Founders are informed by Akiros of a murder that took place in Stag’s Fort overnight. A cloths merchant called Arnolt was devoured by a horde of insects. Lynessa suspects it was a Creeping Doom spell.
Josiman reincarnates Arnolt as a gnome. From the merchant they learn that his last memory was of a dream similar to Kesh’s.
Many citizens of Stag’s Fort report having had nightmares during the night.
Sergei casts another Commune spell and learns that the dreams and the murder are both the work of The Forth Bloom.
The Founder return things to normal in the palace (with the exception that the Royal Family are still away) in the hopes that they can lure the Forth Bloom into attacking them this coming night.

Year 7 Day 226
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders prepare to confront the Forth Bloom by removing non-combatants, including The Royal Family, from The Palace.

Year 7 Day 225
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explore: None
Sergei uses Resurrection and Restoration spells to restore Alex to life and health. He also uses Commune and Divination spells to determine that the next Bloom will strike in the Royal Palace at midnight on the 12th night.

Year 7 Day 224
Weather: Cold with light snow.
Hexes Explore: None
Sergei uses Divination and Communion spells to determine the location and timing of the third Bloom. To The Founders amazement they discover it is happening in The Castle of Knives at that very moment.
Lynessa teleports The Founders to the top of Mount Branthlend hoping that they can spot The Castle of Knives only for The Founders to come face-to-face with a gigantic dragon. Luckily the dragon, a Namorian Spined Dragon, is dead (or in a very deep sleep).
Using various flying magics The Founders head west looking for The Castle of Knives. They pass a massive waterfall nearly 1000 feet in height that feeds a swampy tarn. AT the ledge of the tarn they spot the head of a silver dragon impaled on a tree. Lynessa deduces that they are close to the lair of the black dragon Uthulac.
The Founders find the ruins of The Castle of Knives and the tracks of a large band of giants, led by a satyr, which have magically appeared and then headed off in the forest. The Founders follow the tracks. From the local faeries King Aldous discovers that their query is a band of ettins lead by The Horned Hunter, one of Nyrissa’s most feared warriors.
The Founders manage to catch up with The Horned Hunter and his band and engage them in combat. The Founders are triumphant but Alex is killed in the battle. The Horned Hunter’s black arrow is the Trophy.
The Founders return to Stag’s Fort.

Year 7 Day 223
Weather: Cold with light snow.
Hexes Explore: None
At dawn The Founders are waiting in the Moonradish patch. The second Bloom manifests itself as a fungal forest that starts at the Moonradish patch but rapidly starts to spread through the Narlmarches like a plague. The fungal forest is infested by miniature Mandragora which swarm over any animal life they can reach. With great difficulty The Foundres dispatch the Mandragora and the second bloom is dispelled. A wooden effigy is left behind which Lynessa determines the necessary trophy.
Infused by the power of the defeated Bloom Briar begins to manifest intelligence and empathic ability.
The Moonraish patch is destroyed by the Bloom.

Year 7 Days 220 to 222
Weather: Cold.
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders carry on the business of ruling Aznagar. Josiman collects sample of the Moonradishes in case the patch is destroyed by the second bloom.

Year 7 Day 219
Weather: Cold.
Hexes Explore: None
Using a spell of Communion Sergei determines that the second Bloom will take place in the Moonradish patch.

Year 7 Day 218
Weather: Cold.
Hexes Explore: None
Alex (and Eleyna) arrive back at Stag’s Fort in the morning.
Kesh expresses her desire to seek the wisdom of the Fay Dragon Eranix. Lynessa teleports all The Founders (with the exception of Josiman who elects to stay in Stag’s Fort) to the caves by Lake Silverstep where the dragon lives. The Founders find Eranix injured. From her they learn that Vesper’s Blade (also known as “The Blade of Shica”) has appeared in the caves but an alliance of dangerous creatures (some long term residents of the caves other new arrivals) are attempting to seize it. This alliance consists of:
Orsig (an Ankou servant of Lord Rannuk)
A priestess called Ebana (who has summoned some undead)
A rusalka witch called Herrketa
The Glimmer Sisters
Perkei, an evil Korred druid.

Once Lynessa has collected Josiman The Founders, and Eranix, head further into the tunnels to secure the sword before their opponents can breach the barriers around it.
The Founders first head to the cave of Perkei where they confront and slay the Korred, his Bog Nixie followers and Herrketa despite the later using her power over water to flood the cave.
Next The Founders head to the cave claimed by Orsig where they battle the Ankou, the priestess Ebana and the enigmatic Glimmer Sisters. The Founders are hampered by Orsig’s shadowy clones and his use of magical darkness as well as strange and confusing distortions in time caused by the presence of Vesper’s Blade. After a prolonged battle The Founders are triumphant. Kesh claims Vesper’s Blade.
In gratitude for what the help they have given her Eranix tells The Founders what she knows about 1000 Breaths and The Blooms. She also offers each of them the opportunity to take an item from her father’s horde:
Alex choses the Feathered Mantle
Aldous choses the Crown of Ash
Lynesa choses Fay Tokens
Sergei choses the Eagle Figurine
Both Josiman and Kesh decline Eranix’s offer.

The Founders teleport back to Stag’s Fort. Lynesa continues her research.

Rumours and Research:
The Blooms are part of 1000 Breaths manifested on the Material Plane. If defeated they leave behind a part of “trophy”. If someone collected enough of these trophies and took them to The Castle of Knives they could be transported to 1000 Breaths.

Destroying a Bloom after it manifests decreases the danger that someone would face in 1000 Breaths.

The Castle of Knives is in 1000 Voices but never seems to be in the same place twice. It is a fortified house with towers and a moat. When seen sometimes it is whole but other times it is ruin.

The Castle of Knives is in sight of Mount Branthlend and the Whisper River can be seen from the gate.

A climber scaling Mount Banthlend once saw it to the west with the sun setting behind it.

Year 7 Day 217
Weather: Cold.
Hexes Explore: None
Sergei casts Divination in an attempt to discover when and where the next Blood will be. He is told “In the forest of the Hunter, at dawn of the 7th day”.
Josiman teleports Alex to Varnhold to collect Eleyna. Their return journey goes astray and they end up in North Cross. Alex decides to fly with Eleyna back to Stag’s Fort while Josiman spends the bulk of the day with the Veddichs before teleporting back to Stag’s Fort in the evening.

Year 7 Day 216
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
King Aldous and company arrive at Stag’s Fort to find that the Tuskwater has manifested a supernatural whirlpool. Worse still all the waters in Stag’s Fort seem to have been contaminated with an unnaturally fast acting form of Blinding Sickness.
Lynessa and Kesh scout the whirlpool and discover that it is being created (or perhaps enhanced) by four Elder Water Elements. King Aldous calls an emergency meeting. Magic is used to bring Josiman, Alex and Sergei to the capital. Evindra identifies the whirlpool as a “Bloom” and the work of Nyrissa. The Founders head out on to The Tuskwater in an attempt to defeat the Elementals.
Despite having to face the elementals underwater The Founders prevail and The Bloom closes. Contact with The Bloom begins to awaken Briar and increase it’s power.
Nyrissa warns that The Bloom will just be the first.
After the battle it is established that 5600 of Stags Fort’s population have been blinded and plans are drawn to begin curing them by the use of divine magic (which will take an estimated 85 days).
Lynessa pays a quick visit to Daggermark. She returns with spell components and a couple of wands of Cure Blindness.

Year 7 Days 204 to 215
Weather: Cool
Hexes Explored: None
King Aldous, Lynessa and Kesh lead the triumphant Army of Aznargar back to Stag’s Forte.

Year 7 Days 202 and 203
Weather: Cool
Hexes Explored: None.
The Founders arrive at Drelev. The Founders disperse; Alex and Sergei head for Varnhold, Josiman goes to Elmsberg and the rest continue on to Stag’s Forte.

Year 7 Day 201
Weather: Cooling.
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders and their friends travel back to Drelev. Kesh speaks privately to Tamary resulting in Tamary delaying her marriage to Alex.

Year 7 Day 200
Weather: Cooling.
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders, accompanied by Tamary and Evindra, teleport to The Mammoth’s Graveyard to make good on Josiman’s promise to Hill Stomper that they will drive the Linnorm Wyrn out of the graveyard. The Founders, fortified with magic and armed with cold iron, are able to slay the worm. Josiman becomes subject the Worm’s dying curse but is able to resist it.
Returning once more to Pitax The Founders break camp and begin to head for Drelev.

Year 7 Days 196 to 199
Weather: Cooling.
Hexes Explore: None
Working with their friends in Pitax The Founders cement the details of what they hope to be a lasting friendship between their two nations.
Lynessa, in an attempt to thwart attempts to have him brought back from the dead, disintegrates the corpse of Stroon.
Kesh manages to make peaceful contact with Rezatha and Lynessa teleports it back to the icy lands from which it came.
Josiman reincarnates Grigori (who was slain by Alasen) as well as the five innocent citizens of Pitax whose mutilated remains were displayed on the city walls on the 10th of Rova.
The Sapphire Imp acting troupe, in gratitude for rescuing their star performer (Asmerando) express a desire to make one of the cities of Aznagar their new home and write an opera of The Founders heroic deeds.
Arrangements are made to transport King Irrovetti’s dire-tigers to the menagerie in Stag’s Fort.
The Founders teleport to White Rose Abbey where they return the shawl to Evindra. They ask her the significant of the sword that they found with it and are informed that it is the enigmatic ‘Briar’. Evindra does her best to answer The Founder’s many questions about The Briar and the nymph Nyrissa. She also expresses her wish to go where ever Briar goes and, as King Aldous has claimed the sword, this means coming with The Founders to Stag’s Fort.
The Founders return to their camp outside Pitax.

Rumour: Nyrissa lives in Thousandbreaths which may be connected in some manner with The Forest of a Thousand Voices.

Year 7 Day 196
Weather: Warm, clear.
Hexes Explore: None
As dawn breaks over Pitax The Founders spot several bodies hanging from the city walls. It is clear that they have been “modified” to be parodies of The Founders (and Moki).
The Founders use Wind Walk spells to launch an attack on King Irrovetti’s palace. An attempt by The Founders to enter via the palace chimney is repulsed by a powerful air-elemental. Regrouping The Founders are able to sneak in via a rooftop watchtower. They are soon discovered and have to fight their way through Pitax Wardens and trolls to reach the throne room. In the throne room The Founders face-off against King Irrovetti, backed-up by General Jurrg and Imeckus Stroon, as well as more trolls and Pitax Wardens. After heavy fighting The Founders slay the trolls, wardens, Jurrg and Stroon but King Irrovetti transports himself to a place of safety.
As The Founders recover (and Josiman puts out the fires in the throne room) they are confronted by Grigori and more Pitax Wardens. King Aldous convinces Grigori that King Irrovetti’s reign is over and he dismisses the wardens and guides the Founders to the approximate location of Irrovetti’s bolt-hole.
The Founders confront King Irrovetti plus a Spirit Naga and the were-tigress Alasen (former captain of The Cat’s Paw Marauders). After a short battle Irrovetti and the Spirit Naga surrender and Alasen flees. When King Irrovetti appears to go back on his surrender King Aldous beheads him. They allow the Spirit Naga to leave.
Searching King Irrovetti’s chambers The Founders find a hidden room containing the stolen shawl of Evindra (the nereid of White Rose Abbey) as well as a strange and ornate sword.
The Founders carry out a quick search of the Palace. Lynessa finds Imeckus Stroon’s spell-book. The Founders encounter Pavetta Drelev-Stroon and allow her to leave. Languishing in a cell The Founders find, and free, a young bard named Asmerando Ilata. They also find the Irrovetti’s prized creature a remorhez called Rezatha.
The Founders deliver the remains of King Irrovetti to their allies on the Merchant Council who officially take control of Pitax, stand down its army and sue for peace with Aznagar.
The War between Aznagar and Pitax ends.

Year 7 Day 195
Weather: Warm, clear with strong breeze.
Hexes Explore: None
An hour before dusk The Founders contact their allies in Pitax via a Sending spell asking them to make ready.
At dusk The Founders enter the city using Wind Walk spells and make for the Watch Station where they will meet with Captain Caelysse. As The Founders pass through the Watch Station’s parade ground they are set upon by a number of gargoyles. Although the gargoyles had strange, shadowy defences The Founders were able to slay them and make it to Captain Caelysse’s office in time to save him from two more gargoyles. From Captain Caelysse The Founder’s learnt that their plans had been dispatched but they elect to continue with their attack on the Thieves Guild. Using a map supplied by the captain The Founders locate the thieves’ lair. There they do battle with rogues and a minator, the latter of which escapes deeper into the guild house.
Penetrating deeper into the Thieves Guild The Founders encounter more minotaurs and rogues before confronting Kharne Vereel who is backed up by several more rogues, a pair of minotaurs, a troll and Imeckus Stroon. Attempts to negotiate with Vereel fail but when combat breaks out The Founders have a hidden ally in the form of the roguish gunslinger Nightingale.
The Founders, and Nightingale, are victorious but, despite the best efforts of Lynessa, Stroon escapes once again.
After the battle Nightingale declares her intention to take control what is left of Pitax’s Thieves’ Guild, although she will be stopping their interest in drugs dealing, and that she has secretly been in contact with Kreed for the last couple of years.
The Founders find Vereel’s ledgers and from them discover the identity of the traitor who had leaked their plans; a House Vascari foot-soldier called Andril Parno. They also find a key bearing the Pitaxian coat of arms.
After first giving the ledgers to their allies in House Liacenza The Founders go to The Riversong traders warehouse where they expose and capture Parno.
The Founders leave Pitax. Most of them return directly to the Aznagarian forces outside the city but Lynessa and King Aldous first teleport to Stag’s Fort. There Aldous is able to spend some time with his family and Lynessa, despite the late hour, purchases some scrolls of Dimensional Anchor and speaks to Kreed.
Tamary Numesti accepts Alex’s proposal of marriage. While it is impractical for Sergei to perform an Erastilian marriage ceremony for them then and there he does bless their union on the understanding that they have a full marriage ceremony as soon as practical.

Rumor: The safest part of Pitax Palace is underground and hidden.

Year 7 Day 193 to 194
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Aznagarian forces move on reaching the walls of Pitax late on the 8th. An message is sent to King Castruccio demanding that he stand down his army and surrender. There is no response.
Josiman collects Alora Nuski.

Year 7 Day 191
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
After the battle the previous day the Aznagarian forces rest.

Year 7 Day 190
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Aznagarian Expeditionary Force engage The Cat’s Paws. The Cat’s Paws are seasoned mercenaries and have fortified their position over the months but ultimately they are no match for the Aznagar troops. After six hours of heavy fighting The Cat’s Paws are driven from the field of battle. Their leader escapes.

Year 7 Day 189
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Two armies of five hundred infantry men, plus siege weapons, Kundal’s Commandos, The Stag Knights and The Elite Knights leave South Cross and cross into Pitax.

Year 7 Day 179 to 185
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders begin to assemble at South Cross. The two new armies, which have been mustering and training at Wyvern Stone, also arrive at South Cross.
In a last minute change of plans Alex asks that Tamary Numesti be allowed to command one of the armies. King Aldous and General Kundal turn down the request; one army will be lead by Lynessa and the other by Josiman.

Year 7 Day 178
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
King Aldous and Josiman covertly enter Pitax and make contact with the captain of the city watch Irsei Caelysee. Captain Caelysee is under the thumb of Pitax’s Thieves’ Guild but agrees to aid Aznagar when the time is right. Captain Caelysee confirms that there is a way into the Theives’s Guild through the Black Owl tavern but offers (when the time is right) to guide them to a second, secret entrance which will allow them to by-pass “The maze”. He also warns that some of Pitax’s statues are in fact gargoyles loyal to King Castruccio.

Year 7 Day 175 to 177
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Sergei uses Speak with Dead on Akiros’s remains and it admits that Akiros was sending secret information to Dagger Mark but only to protect Aznagar. Akiros is raised from the dead (and his hands regenerated). When questioned about his activities Akiros reveals that he was contacted four years before by Dagger Mark who threatened to start murdering people in Aznagar if he did not act as their spy. Akiros complied but made sure to only send them information that he believed that they could have found out by other means.
King Aldous forgives Akiros.

Year 7 Day 174
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Akiros Ismort is assassinated. His hands are cut off and letters, apparently written by Ismort, are found near his corpse. The letters are addressed to a Lady Pertrudia of Dagger Mark but Lynessa is able to detect a code included in them. When cracked the code reveals details of Aznagarian’s Council meetings.

Year 7 Day 166 to 173
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The period of waiting continues.

Year 7 Day 165
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
King Aldous and his council meet with Symon Nolkist. Through him Mivon is offering aid in the war against Pitax in return for land in Pitax afterwards. There is a veiled threat that they will make life difficult for Aznagar if King Aldous does not except their offer. Aldous, diplomatically, turns down the Mivon offer.

Year 7 Day 164
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Symon Nolkist, an envoy from Mivon, arrives in Stag’s Fort.

Year 7 Day 155 to 163
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders continue to carry-out their civic duties and pursue their own projects in their spare time.

Year 7 Day 154
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders continue to peruse their own interests. The displaced population of South Cross, as well as disruption cause by the war with Pitax, lead to food shortages in Aznagar.

Year 7 Day 144
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Sergei raises Kundal from the dead as well as using a Scroll of Regeneration to regrow his tongue.

Year 7 Day 143
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Kundal is found assassinated in his tent. He has been poisoned, his throat slit and his tongue removed.

Year 7 Day 132 to 142
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders return to their homes while they wait for two expeditionary forces to be assembled and their allies in Pitax to finalize their plans.
Josiman and to a lesser extent Kesh scout out the lands of Pitax. Josiman sights a swamp in Pitax where there is the gleaming skull of a dragon impaled on a tree trunk. He also finds a mammoths‘ graveyard that has become the lair of a Lynorm Worm.
Lynessa keeps in regular contact with The Founders contacts in Pitax.
The advent of the full moon reveals that Kesh had not contacted lycanthropy while in White Rose Abbey.

Year 7 Day 131
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
At dawn King Aldous parlays with the representative of the barbarians and terms, of a sorts, are reached. The Barbarian Horde quits the field of battle with the intention of returning to their homelands.

Year 7 Day 130
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Barbarian Horde attacks Drelev. The battle rages on through-out the day. The Elite Knights take heavy casualties and as the day wains their moral breaks and they withdraw from the battle.
The battle has not been one-sided however and as the sun sets over Drelev the barbarian horde is greatly reduced.

Year 7 Day 129
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders (except for Kesh and Josiman) ride out of South Cross with The Stag Knights and Kundal’s Commandos. They reach Drelev, which is being protected by The Elite Knights, by the end of the day.

Year 7 Day 128
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders use Wind Walk to travel to the Barbarian Horde King Aldous challenges Koth. Aldous has been secretly been empowered with a number of enhancing spells prior to the battle an, after a short but brutal combat, kills Koth.
The Founders mishandle the aftermath of the duel and are forced to retreat from an enraged barbarian horde.
Aznagarian scouts soon report that the barbarians have broken camp and are heading for the Pitaz/Aznagar boarder. By the end of the day it is clear that their objective is the city of Drelev.

Year 7 Day 127
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders decide to disrupt the barbarian horde employed by Pitax by having King Aldous challenge their war-chief, Villamor Koth in front of his warriors.
Lynessa researches the correct forms of challenge for such a contest.
Josiman pays a visit on North Cross where he leaves Mocki in the care of Vasily and Stasya Leveton (as well as their parents).

Year 7 Day 126
Weather: Warm
Hexes Explore: None
Using a Commune with Nature spell Josiman is able to lead The Founders in the direction of Alora Nuski. She agrees to lend her help to The Founders in overthrowing King Irrovetti.
The Founders, with Nuski, return using teleportation magic to South Cross to learn what has been happening in their absence.
From there The Founders and Nuski use Wind Walk to return to Pitax. The Founders, doing their best not to be discovered, make contact with the Liacenza and Vascari trading houses and recruit their help in deposing King Irrovetti. A plan is formed to weaken Irrovetti by destroying his allies in the Thieves’ Guild and weakening the power of the Strocalle trading house. These plans will take some time to mature so a rough timetable of two months is agreed.
Nuski declines to return to Aznagar with The Founders but asks them to come and find her at her camp when the time is right to overthrow King Irrovetti.
That night The Mother of All Wyverns leads her brood on an attack on Tucker’s Raiders. Both sides suffer heavy casualties. The giant army scatters. The Mother then takes her remaining wyverns and leaves the region.

Year 7 Day 125
Weather: Warm, breeze from the south
Hexes Explore: None
Using Wind Walk spells The Founders travel to the Branthlend Mountains. They locate and enter the mountain gorge of Hunger Dark. Within they battle a number of wyverns including The Mother of All Wyverns herself. The Founders spare The Mother and convince her to take her brood and leave the region. Before she departs the lands The Mother says that she will have her revenge on Tusker’s Raiders whom The Founders claim have betrayed her.
With the rest of day The Founders begin their hunt for Alora Nuski.

Year 7 Day 124
Weather: Warm, cool breeze
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders endeavor to find out more about several promising leads they learnt the day before.
Rumors:
The four Bandit Houses are:
House Cattanei (aka Serpent’s Breath): The Founder of the house was also the founder of Pitax.
House Liacenza (aka Iron Fox): Have lost a great deal since the rise of King Castruccio. Their two leaders vanished under mysterious circumstances.
House Strocalle (aka Dark Wind) Have great wealth but little influence. They helped King Castruccio in his rise to power.
House Vascari (aka Riversong) Control all water trade.

Minognos-Ushad (aka The Mother of All Wyverns aka The Eater of Kings) lives in Hunger Dark, a dark cleft in Tangle reach to the north west of Pitax.

Alora Nuski was once the leader of a group of bandits called The River Razors. She hated how Pitax changed under the rise of the new king and attempted to overthrow him. The rebellion was put down and she was the only survivor. She moves around a lot to avoid capture but was last seen in the north near Thousand Voices.

The Tusker Riders are a tribe of fifty Hill Giants who have tamed a herd of mastodons. Their leader is called Cob Moleg. King Castruccio gained his allegiance through the use of gold, flattery and, it is said, magical cohesion.

The seven tribes of The Tiger Barbarians form an army under Pitax’s control. They know the plains better than anyone and would have an advantage over any army they fought there. They are led by Villamor Koth aided by his cousin Tolg. The morale of the barbarian hoard is strained by presence of The Tusker Raiders.

Year 7 Day 123
Weather: Warm, cool breeze
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders use magical means to disguise themselves and infiltrate the city of Drelev. Tamary once again expresses a desire to come with The Founders but the majority turn her down.
The Founders take rooms in an inn called The Golden Lion. Aldous, Alex and Kesh take to the streets and begin to gather what intelligence they can.
Rumors:
General Jurrg returned to the city about a month ago.
King Castruccio Irovetti keeps a Rhamorez in his dungeons
Four trade houses, called The Bandit Houses, once controlled Pitaz but have diminished in power since the rise of King Castruccio.
King Castrruccio is closely allied with the local Thieves Guild.
The Thieves’ Guild (“The Dealers”) are led by a drug addicted gnome called Kharne Vareel.
The King’s barbarian allies are up-set by his use of the Tusker Riders, a tribe of giants who have been traditional enemies of the barbarians.
King obtained his wyvern “troops” by cutting a deal with Minognos-Ushad, “The Mother of All Wyverns” and may have sacrificed the population of the settlement of “Little Town” to buy that help.
King Castruccio portrays the war with Aznagar to his subjects as a defensive one; that Aznagar invaded their territory.
The rabble-rousing bard Grigori was an agent of Pitax. Grigori is now one of the King’s right-hand men.
The King has retreated to his castle and has not been seen for some time. He has a mistress called Engelidus.
A woman called Alora Nuski tries to start a rebellion against the King. The rebellion failed and she is now in hiding.

Year 7 Day 118 -122
Weather: Warm, cool breeze
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders re-position their troops. Two units of infantry leave South Cross and make their way to Drelev. Upon the arrival of the infantry The Elite Cavalry leaves Drelev and rides for South Cross.
The centaurs of the Nomen tribe leave South Cross with the thanks and gratitude of The Founders to begin their journey back to their tribal lands.

29th Sarenith 4718 (twenty-third day of The Invasion)

Year 7 Day 117
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
At dawn The Founders use magic to teleport in two groups into South Cross intending to open both the city gates simultaneously. Both groups are successful although the team of Lynessa, Alex and Sergei are be-deviled by the wizard Stroon (who escapes once again).
The Stag Knights, The Elite Cavalry, Kundal’s Commandos, The Nomen centaurs and three units of Aznagarian infantry (lead by Alex, Kesh and Tamary) pour into the city to engage the Pitaxian forces in South Cross. Nine hours of bloody street-fighting ensues. The centaurs take heavy casualties and towards the end of the Aecora is forced to remove her forces from the battle. Despite this the forces of Aznagar are victorious with The Stag Knights and Kundal’s Commandos proving their worth yet again despite the dis-advantage of being inside a city. The Pitax commander Garrick Vein and his remaining forces surrender.
For the first time in twenty-three days Aznagar is free of invaders.

Year 7 Day 120 and 121
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders wait outside South Cross. Late on the 28th Aecora Silverfire arrives with a war-band of her centaurs. Plans are made for a new attempt to re-take South Cross.

Year 7 Day 119
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
Using Windwalk spells The Founders fly into Pitax and approach a unit that they have identified as mercenaries in order to parley. The mercenaries at The Cat’s Paw Marauders commanded by a were-tiger called Alison. King Aldous and Alison meet face-to-face but Aldous is unable to convince her to break her contact with Pitax. Alison does tell King Aldous that she believes that King Iraveti would break-off hostilities if Aznagar renounced its claims on South Cross and Drelev. She also shares her belief that King Irovetti ultimately answers to someone else.
The Founders return to South Cross.
That day three units of Aznagar infantry arrive in the vicinity of South Cross to reinforce the cavalry units already there.

Year 7 Day 118
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
In the form of an air-elemental Josiman flies across the Pitax/Aznagar boarder and scouts for the Pitax forces.
Sergei cures Kesh of the Filth Fever she contacted in the Abbey.
Alex finished training Eleyna and they enjoy their first flight together. A tandem flight with Alex and Tamary goes less well.

Year 7 Day 117
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
Kesh, Satinder and the Numesti sisters ride out from Drelev. Sergei Sends a message to Elmsburg to forewarn them that The Nomen centaurs will pass through in the next few days. At Josiman’s request the message also contains instructions for “Elmo” the Awakened Elm tree to accompany the centaurs.
Kesh’s party arrives at noon. The Founders prepare to depart for White Rose Abbey. Tamary asks to accompany The Founders on the expedition. While Alex is in favor of Tamary’s presence King Aldous rules against it.
Using Wind Walk spells cast by Sergei and Josiman the Founders fly across Pitax at great speed to the area they believe White Rose Abbey to be. Because of this method of travel all Animal Companions are left behind.
White Rose Abbey proves easy to find as it is on a prominent hill. Several of The Founders sense supernatural forces at work in the region; the air seems thicker and hotter, the grasses of the Abbey’s grounds move as if blown by a phantom wind, a mysterious bell tolls and Willow-the-Wisps prowl the ruins. Lynessa deduces that the area is closer to The First World then is normal.
Entering the Abbey The Founders find a deadly welcome committee waiting for them consisting of a booby-trapped ceiling, were-rat assassins, a gigantic swarm of diseased rats and Pitaxian Wardens. After a hard-fought battle the Founders are victorious although all but Kesh have been infected with Filth Fever. The Founders manage to take two captives who claim that “The Poisonous Horn” does not exist and is only disinformation spread to lure the Founders to their deaths. Despite this The Founders decide to continue to explore The Abbey as, at the very least, it is the home of the water-sprite Evindra who is the guardian of Briar.
Exploring the abbey itself The Founders find grizzly signs of the murders that took place there long ago. They find a haunted room where an unseen force tries to slit their throats while in the wine cellar they are ambushed by willow-the-wisps.
Starting to explore the abbey grounds The Founders are puzzled to find the ruined remains of the bells at the bottom of the bell-tower even though they can still hear them tolling.
As they pass the graveyard on their way to investigate the well The Founders are attacked by a pair of massive shambling mounds that have been augmented by the remaining willow-the-wisps. The Founders have no sooner dealt with this new attack when they are set upon by the ghost of Yustavon, the hunched-backed, Halfling gardener who murdered the other monks at the abbey.
Exploring down the well The Founders find a partially flooded cave. In it are more willow-the-wisps who retreat when they discover they cannot hurt The Founders. Exploring the cave The Founders find the imprisoned nereid Evindra. Once released she agrees to tell them about Briar if they recover her stolen shawl.
The Founders search the remaining buildings associated with the abbey but find nothing of practical use and so teleport back to their forces outside of South Cross.

Year 7 Day 116
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explore: None
The Founders begin their plans to contain the Drelev army within South Cross while they look for White Rose Abbey.
Lynessa teleports to the libraries on Candlemere Island and is able to narrow down the location of the Abbey to 12 miles south-east of Mount Branthlend. She visits Stag’s Fort and speaks with Akiros from whom she learns that The Nomen centaur tribe have honored their pledge of friendship with Aznagar. Next Lynessa teleport to Varnhold were she speaks with first Raol and then Aecora Silverfire. The centaur cavalry will leave Varnhold the next day and should arrive at South Cross 9 days later on 2nd of Erastus. Finally Lynessa teleports back to re-join the troops at South Cross.
Kesh flies to Drelev and speaks with Satinder Morne and the Numesti sisters. Satinder agrees to return with Kesh to South Cross where it will be her roll to use sending to notify King Aldous of any developments. Tamary and Kisandra insist on accompanying the pair.
Josiman teleports to Stag’s Fort and obtains several scrolls of Sending (for Satinder’s use) before teleporting on to Drelev. As he cannot teleport with Kesh, Satinder and the Numesti sisters all in one go it is agreed that he will return to South Cross alone.

Year 7 Day 115
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

Before dawn Lyenssa and Josiman teleport themselves and the rest of The Founders into South Cross. Their objects are to neutralize the threat of the creature in Madam DuClarian’s menagerie (and possibly turn them against the Pitaxian forces) and to open the city gates to Aznagar’s forces can enter the city.
Madam DuClairian and her ogre bodyguards are slain. The Terrible Lizard, the raptors and the roc are released.
The Founders are unable to get the gates open due to the magical interference of Imeckus Stroon and are forced to teleport back to their own forces.
The Founders fiercely debate how to proceed.
Alex befriends the roc who he names “Eleyna” after his fallen comrade.
Kesh flies over South Cross that night. She sees the corpse of The Terrible Lizard felled by hundreds of arrows. It is unclear how many people it killed before it died.

Year 7 Day 114
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

The Founders ride with The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos to South Cross. On the way they catch up with the Pitaxian supply train (also heading for South Cross) and force it to disperse.
That evening The Founder’s and the forces of Aznagr make camp within sight of the walls of South Cross.

Year 7 Day 113
Weather: Warn but rainy
Hexes Explore: None

Overnight the Pitaxian supply train is seen leaving Drelev. Josiman uses teleportation to visit Tatzleford and Elmsburg and set the infantry units there moving to South Cross and Drelev (the later via Wyvernstone).
The Founders ride into Drelev and reclaim it for Aznagar. At the gate they are met by Tamary Numesti and a small band of resistance fighters loyal to the King.
From the resistance The Founders learn that Imeckus Stroon was commanding the Pitaxian forces left in Drelev. His current ware-bouts are unknown.
It is decided to spend the rest of the day in Drelev but on the morrow The Founders, The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos will ride to South Cross and reclaim it. In preparation for this Josiman flies to South Cross and discovers that, rather than being empty, it is occupied by a large Pitazian force. Madam DuClarian’s menagerie is also in the city. From captured documents found in General Jurrg’s tent The Founders know that Madam DuClarian is an agent of Pitax.

Year 7 Day 112
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Just after dawn, despite their fatigue, The Order of The Stag, Kundal’s Commandos and The Elite Cavalry (commanded by King Aldous, General Kundal and Lord Numesti respectively) engage Pitax battalion 1 approximately three miles from the walls of Drelev.
As the battle rages on Lynessa teleports herself, Alex, Josiman, Kesh and Sergei deep into the Pitax camp. There they engage General Jurrg and his bodyguard of Pitaxian Wardens. The wardens are slain and General Jurrg is forced to flee the camp. Kesh is able to gather useful intelligence form General Jurrg’s tent.
Even without General Jurrg’s skilled tactical leadership the Pitax forces have both the advantage of numbers and are fresher. However the forces of Aznagar are resolute and by the day is done the last of the Pitaxian invaders are defeated.
Working together Kesh and Lynessa are able to decode the maps and scrolls Kesh recovered and The Founders learn that Pitax is working on a powerful weapon at White Rose Abbey; a magical horn capable of projecting a poisonous cloud big enough to wipe-out and entire army.

Year 7 Day 111
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Pitax battalion 1 begins to retreat towards Drelev. The Founders, fearing that the shrewd General Jurrg could mount a prolonged defense of the ruined settlement, decides the invaders must not reach their destination.
The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos ride first to Wyvernstone where they link up with The Elite Cavalry and then ride through-out the rest of that day and through the night to catch up with Pitax battalion 1.

Year 7 Day 110
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Alex and his unit of infantry arrive at Stag’s Fort.
Kesh flies from Elmsberg to Tatzlford.
Pitax battalion 1 remains within striking distance of Wyvernstone but does not attack. It is speculate that they are waiting on the outcome of the battle between the forces of Aznagar and Pitax battalion 2.
The Order of the Stag and Kundal’s Commandos do battle through-out the day and into the early hours of the night with Pitax battalion 2. It is a hard fort battle but the forces of Aznagar are victorious and the survivors of the Pitax forces surrender.
That evening Lynessa uses multiple teleportation’s to gather The Founders together at Wyvernstone.

Year 7 Day 109
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Concerned that Pitax battalion 2 may be trying to head, via a round-about route, to Stag’s Fort Alex and a unit of infantry march out from Elmsberg for the capital.
Josiman uses his powers to follow Pitax battalion 2. It soon becomes clear that they are making for Wyvernstone.
Kundal and Kundal’s Commandos ride out from Tatzlford and quickly catch up with Pitax battalion 2. King Aldous and The Order of the Stag also find the invaders and battle is joined. The Aznagarian forces inflict heavy casualties, they are not able to defeat Pitax battalion 2.
Pitax battalion 1 marches back to Wyvernstone but arrive too late in the day to commence an attack.

Year 7 Day 108
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Lynessa uses teleportation and flight to look for Pitax battalion 1 and finds then camped on the road half-way between Drelev and Wyvernstone.
King Aldous and The Order of the Stag ride out from Wyvernstone hoping to find and engage Pitax battalion 2.

Year 7 Day 107
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Alex, Josiman and Kesh as well as the South Cross refugees reach Elmsberg.
Scouts report that Pitax battalion 2 has broken off their pursuit and are skirting the edge of Lake Hook tongue.
King Aldous, Lynessa and their squad of soldiers have been so effective in hunting trolls that there is no danger of the horde ever re-forming. They return to Wyvernstone.
Kundal’s Commandos ride from Wyvernstone and reach Tatzlford.

Year 7 Day 106
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Pitax battalion 1 withdraws from the walls of Wyvernstone. Concerned that the troll horde might reorganize itself King Aldous, Lynessa and a few knights leave Wyvernstone and begin to hunt then down while they are still scattered.
Alex leads the refuges of South Cross out of Hook tongue Slough and into the Narlmarches. Thanks to his survival skills less than fifty civilians have been lost to the slough on the way. Josiman’s delaying tactics have paid off and Pitax battalion 2 has fallen behind.
Sergei’s unit of infantry reach Wyvernstone.

Year 7 Day 105
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Lynessa takes command of the forces in Wyvernstone and fights a holding action as Pitax battalion 1 and the troll horde attack. Almost certainly as a result of her magical trickery the troll horde quit the field but even without them the Pitax forces, commanded by a cunning ogre called Jurrg, are formidable.
Kundal’s Commandos arrive in Wyvernstone late in the afternoon and join in the battle. The Order of the Stag and The Elite Cavalry reach Wyvernstone too late in the day to have any effect on the battle. The day ends in a stalemate.
Alerted to the danger facing the refugees from South Cross Josiman teleports himself and Kesh to their aid. At great personal risk Josiman uses his nature magic to slow the advance of Pitax battalion 2.

Year 7 Day 104
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Lynessa teleports to Wyvernstone and discovers Pitax battalion 1 and the horde of trolls camped just outside of bow range. It is surmised that they are waiting for the return of the wyverns.
The Order of the Stag, The Elite Cavalry and Kundal’s Commandos engage with the flight of wyverns to save Wyvernstone’s displaced population. The three forces from Aznagar prove to be better trained and better disciplined. As their casualties mount the wyverns attempt to flee but are cut down.
While searching the area Kesh is discovered alive (just) but unconscious.
Alex and the refuges of South Cross are now a day away from having crossed The Hook tongue Slough but their rear guard reports that PItax battalion 2 is pursuing them.

Year 7 Day 103
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The flight of wyverns by-pass Wyvernstone and attack the fleeing civilians. Kesh attempts to stop them and all contact with her is lost. She is missing presumed dead.
King Aldous, Josiman, and Lynessa ride out from Tatzlford with The Order of the Stag, The Elite Cavalry and Kundal’s Commandos with the intention of saving as many of Wyvernstone’s civilians as they can.
Sergei is given command of a unit if infantry in Tatzlford and is ordered to follow the faster cavalry units as fast as possible.
Having recovered their heads the day before from Drelev Josiman reincarnates both Kisandra Numesti and Satinder Morne. Kisandra is reborn as a dwarf while Satinder is reborn as a half-orc.

Year 7 Day 102
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

Kesh continues to Wyvernstone. As she does she sees that a host of barbarians (Pitax battalion 1), the horde of trolls and the light of wyverns are marching towards Wyvernstone. Arriving at Wyvernstone Kesh orders the civilians to be evacuated but the army to stand firm.
Using a combination of flight and teleportation Josiman scouts out both South Cross and Drelev before teleporting to Tatzlford. He spots Madam Duclarion’s Traveling Menagerie approaching the abandoned South Cross and gives them a warning of the danger they are in. He also spots a legion of barbarians (Pitax battalion 2) heading for South Cross from the direction of Drelev.
King Aldous, Lynessa and Sergei ride to Tatzlford. With them are the three best units of Aznagar’s armed forces; The Order of the Stag (lead by King Aldous), The Elite Cavalry (lead by Lord Terrion Numesti) and Kundal’s Commandos (lead by General Kundal).

Year 7 Day 101
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

In South Cross The Founders learn of the attack on Drelev and the slaughter of its defenders. Lynessa teleports King Aldous, Sergei and Mocki to Stag’s Fort before teleporting to various settlements in Aznagar to warn them of the danger and dispatch their armies to a rendezvous at Tatzlford.
Kesh starts to fly from South Cross to Wyvernstone. By that evening she is over Lake Hook tongue.
Josiman takes the form of an Air Elemental and flies to Drelev to survey the scene. He then teleports to Stag’s Fort.
Alex and the South Cross army evacuate the citizens of South Cross and begin to cross Hook tongue Slough with the intention of reaching Elmsberg.

Year 7 Day 100
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

A sizable army, consisting of 2000 barbarians, 100 trolls and 100 wyverns, launches a surprise attack on Drelev. Hopeful that the settlement’s defensive walls will hold until a relief force arrives Kissandra (who is governing the settlement while her father is in Stag’s Fort) turns down the attacker’s terms of surrender. Drelev’s defenders are routed and the settlement is taken by the invaders.

At Rushlight King Aldous receives a visit from the King of Pitax to express his displeasure at Alex, Josiman and Kesh’s actions during the night.
The Founders ride back for Aznagar arriving at South Cross that evening.

Year 7 Day 99 to 100
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

During the day there are no events although everyone is encouraged to indulge in the Feast of Wine. That night sees the last tournament event: “The Midnight Joust”. King Aldous enters the competition representing Aznagar. He wins.
The contestant from Pitax, and current Rushlight Torment champion, Koth attacks King Aldous when he is defeated. This results in his disqualification and results in Aznagar winning The Rushlight Tournament.
After the joust Alex, Josiman and Kesh attempt to liberate a roc from Madam DuClarian’s menagerie. The attempt fails utterly.

Year 7 Day 98
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The first tournament event: “The Boast”. Kesh enters the competition representing Aznagar. She wins.
Pitax’s contestant, Anmeanie Belavara, uses her performance to mock Aznagar and The Founders.

Year 7 Day 97
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The second tournament event: “Test of the Axe”. Alex enters the competition representing Aznagar. He takes second place.

Year 7 Day 96
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The first tournament event: “Aiming at a Target”. Alex enters the competition representing Aznagar. He performs poorly and fails to place in the top two.
Josiman spots the contestant from Daggermark cheating resulting in the archer being disqualified.

Year 7 Day 95
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders enjoy the first day of the tournament. No events are scheduled for this day and the crowds visit the many side-shows and attractions laid on. The Founders are particularly impressed by a menagerie of fantastical beasts. The day ends with an impressive firework.

Year 7 Day 94
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders arrive at the site of The Rushlight Tournament. King Irovetti invites them to dine with him in his royal pavilion.

Year 7 Day 93
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders meet in Southerncross ready to leave for Pitax and The Rushlight Tournament. King Aldous grants an audience to gnomish brewer Brixton Libybixitin who asks the King to sponsor his new Blackberry Mead during the Tournament. After he and Josiman try a sample the King agrees.

Aznagar basks in unusually good weather however every silver-lining must have a cloud and some parts of the Narlmarches suffer minor flooding as rivers are swelled by the thawing.
Increased river trade leads to a small increase in river bandits in the region of Hooked Tounge Slough.

A quiet month in Aznagar. The fruits of King Aldous’s diplomatic work at The Outlaw Council begin to be felt as trade is noticeably improved with other members of The River Kingdoms.

Poor weather spoils the crop in a number of Aznagar’s farms but the kingdom has enough resilience to avoid this becoming a crisis.
King Aldous (and The Founders) receive an invitation to attend The Rushlight Tournament in Pitax to be held in Saraneth.

Year 7 Day 5 to Day 15
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders depart Daggermark and sail back to Stag’s Fort

King Aldous attends the Outlaw Council. Also in attendance are Lord Livondar (Daggermark), Governor Cherlorne (Gralton), Lord Arnefax(Lambreth), Lord Selline (Mivon), King Irovetti (Pitax), Urdul Bazzak (Black Marque), The Voice of the Wind (Seven Arches) Lord Ungin (Tymon) and Lady Ogden (Uringen). Also present is Lady Smilos (head of The Daggermark Assassin’s guild) and Tragshi (head of The Daggermark Poisoners Guild).
Security for the Council is provided by The Assassins Guild.
King Aldous’s speech on behalf of Aznagar results in a unanimous vote for it’s acceptance as a true and independent kingdom.

Year 6 Day 347 to Year 7 Day 3
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders sail to Daggermark. They have planned a large margin for error into their journey and, as they draw closer to their destination, are forced to stop off for several days to avoid arriving too early.

Year 6 Day 346
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

The Royal Barge “Enya” departs from Stag’s Fort carrying The Founders as well as a retinue of staff and servants.

Year 6 Day 316 to Day 345
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders make perpetration for King Aldous’s journey to Daggermark including selection of a suitably sized entourage and ensuring everyone is correctly attired.

Year 6 Day 315
Weather: Cold, snow storms block roads
Hexes Explored: None
A messenger arrives from The Outlaw Council summoning King Aldous to appear before them in Daggermark during Pharast. The legitimacy of the kingdom of Aznagar will be debated there.

Malicious rumours circulate in Aznagar that The Black Rose was working for The Founders as a way to get more money out of the kingdom’s poorest citizens. A concerted effort by various of Aznagars community and religious leaders discredit these rumours and remind the citizens how hard The Founders work for the kingdom’s safety and prosperity.

Midway through the month the dashing highway man known as The Black Rose, after the flower he leaves with his victims, causes a sensation across Aznagar. Kesh launches a solo sting-operation to flush him out. When she confronts him, The Black Rose elects to leave the kingdom peacefully.

Once gain the violence in Brevoy has repercussions on Aznagar, this time sparking riots in Wyverstone. The unrest is put down quickly.

A calm month in Aznagar.

Local bard Yindan Balust writes “The Lay of the Rivermaiden”, a song that becomes popular throughout The River Kingdoms.

A calm month in Aznagar.
After months of research Lynessa had discovered the secret of destroying the sword Ovinrbaane. Someone must travel The Boneyard and strike the sword three times against their own gravestone.

A peaceful month in Aznagar.

In this month the Southreach drugs den is finally rooted out and dismantled.
In Drelev Lord Numesti unveils a monument celebrating King Aldous’s liberation of the settlement from Lord Drelev.

Rumours come from Brevoy that feuding nobles are openly fighting in the streets.
The young settlement of Pithaven is found to have been built on lands that Pitax may have a claim to. Aznagar keeps I the settlement (and lands) but changes the name to the less provocative “Southreach”.
Southreach as problem of its own this month as a hidden drugs den goes into business. The authorities are unable to close it down by the end of the month.

An outbreak River Fever hits Drelev. A concerted effort by healers brought in from other parts of the kingdom are able to bring it under control.

The effects of feuding in Restev are felt in Aznagar as nobles begin take sides along old family lines. King Aznagar intervenes, reminding them that they are citizens of Aznagar now and old grievances should be left on the past.

A calm start to the year.

The end of the year 4716 is very, very cold bringing back unpleasant memories of The Carnival of Tears. However the constellation The Salmon shines unusually bright in the night sky and the blessings of Erastil fall upon the citizens of Aznagar.
Minor repairs continue on Drelev following the dragon attack during which an ancient, magical axe is unearthed.

The diplomat Symon Nolkist arrives from Mivon to carry out more trade negotiations.

Once again small groups of barbarians cause trouble along the newest boarder of Aznagar.
A pair of black dragons attack Drelev. They are, eventually, driven off without being killed and seek shelter in The Slough. The Founders begin to search the marshes for the dragons.

Year 6 Day 235
Weather: Cold, snow storms
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders travel to Drowned Trees. Josiman sees an unknown man but is unable to make contact with him. The black dragons attack but The Founders slay them.

Year 6 Day 234
Weather: Cold, snow storms
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders have been searching the swamps for nine days looking for the dragons. They have been concentrating their search in the area of The Bog of Bones based on information obtained from the Bog-Walkers. Although their day’s searches reveal nothing that night The Founders hear the sounds of Dragons close by. Alex estimates it is in the region of Drowned Trees.

As Aznagar continues to expand there are a number of attacks by small groups of barbarians along its new boarder (Hex GG8). These are dealt with by The Wardens.
A scandal rocks the kingdom as (false) rumors that two of The Founders, Lynessa and Alex, are lovers. The rumors quickly fade but some of the people who were most involved in spreading it are found put to the sword by persons unknown…

Damron VII, a nobleman from Mivon, asks permission of the king to take up residence in Stag’s Fort. He constructs a luxurious mansion.

The birth of King Aldous and Queen Enya’s second child, Prince Artyun.
The people who live around Lake Hook Tongue renew their old tradition of sacrificing fish to Hooktongue, a practice that fell out of favor during the time of Lord Drelev.

News reaches Aznagar that civil war in Brevoy seems inevitable.
A new road now connects Tatzlford to The Wyvernstone Bridge.
Squatters take possession of some of the newly built houses in Tatzlford but they are convinced to leave without any bloodshed.
A group of pilgrims travel to Aznagar from afar so they can visit the temples to Erastil in Hunter’s Rise.

Molis, a druid of Hanspur driven out of Drelev, returns to the city. Also arriving in Drelev that month is noted Aldori duelist Gharnil Braaz. Braaz is wanted in Mivon for breaking the rules of dueling.
Three strangers teleport into Stag’s Fort. They are representatives of The Pathfinder Society and have come in response to Kesh’s invitation. King Aldous and Kesh receive the visitors and persuade them to open a Pathfinder lodge in the settlement of Vordenhelm.

The bandit Horm Half-Blood leads a sizable force of bandits in a number of raids around North Cross. He and his bandits prove to be elusive but the forces of law-and-order are aided by the return of the tracker Xaa, who is Horm’s brother.

Year 7 Day 53
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: DD1. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 52
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: EE1.Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 51
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: FF1. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: East Sellen River. Wyvernstone Bridge.
While exploring this day The Founders find an engineering marvel. A great bridge spanning the East Sellen River made of white marble and decorated at each end by stone dragons. This is the lost Wyvernstone Bridge. While the road that leads to and from it has long since returned to nature the bridge itself is in excellent condition.

Year 7 Day 50
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: GG1. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: Marker stones
As they explore this region The Founders come across a number of marker stones. While they are clearly artificial they are too badly warn by time to determine any markings or writing.

Year 7 Day 49
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: HH1. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 48
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored:II1. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: Lair of the Hill Giants.
As they explore this region The Founders find a cave inhabited by a particularly vicious and in-bred family of Hillgiants. The encounter quickly turns to violence and the Hill Giants are slain.

Year 7 Day 47
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: JJ1. Terrain Type: Hills: Features of Note: Flooded coal mine.
As they explore this day The Founders find the entrance to an abandoned mine. Explorations soon reveal that the mine is flooded.

Year 7 Day 46
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: JJ2. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 45
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: II2. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 44
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: HH2. Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: Armag’s Tomb
The Founders find themselves once more in the region of Armag’s Tomb.

Year 7 Day 43
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: GG2. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 7 Day 42
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: FF2. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: Golden Cloud berry patch.
The Founders discover a large patch of Golden Cloud berries. Unfortunately a small group of ettins have also find it and do not want to share. They attack The Founders who slay them.

Year 7 Day 41
Weather: Chilly
Hexes Explored: EE2. Terrain Type: Swamp Features of Note: Boggard Village
The Founders return to their exploration of the region. They find a small Boggard village whose inhabitants attack them. The Boggard’s are slain.

Vekkel Benzen, farmer and friend of The Founders, passes away.
King Aldous proposes the formation of a Large Council that will meet once a year.

Year 7 Day 19 to 40
Weather: Cold but getting milder
Hexes Explored: none
The Founders return to Aznagar and see to their royal duties.

Year 7 Day 18
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: DD2. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 17
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: CC2. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 16
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: BB3. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 15
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: CC3. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 14
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: DD3. Terrain Type: Water. Features of note: The Sinking Sands
Along the banks of the lake The Founders find a region of traitorous quicksand called The Sinking Sands but the survival skills of Alex and Josiman are able to keep their companions safe

Year 7 Day 13
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: EE3. Terrain Type: Water. Features of note: none
The Founders take to the waters of Lake Hook Tongue once again.

Year 7 Day 12
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: FF3. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 11
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG3. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: Hunting grounds of the chimera
During this day’s explorations The Founders are attacked by three Chimera. The beasts are slain.

Year 7 Day 10
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: HH3. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: warren of the aurumvorax.
As The Founders explore this region they find some small tunnels dug into the side of a hill. Investigating they come face to face with a pair of vicious aurumvorax. In the cramped confines of the beasts’ lair The Founders are hard pressed to defend themselves but eventually prevail.

Year 7 Day 9
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: II3. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: none
While exploring the region The Founders find the remains of an explorer/adventurer who perished after falling down a ravine. His shield bears the coat of arms of a now extinct noble house called Grimspear.

Year 7 Day 8
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored:II4. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 7
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: HH4. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 6
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG4. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: Lair of Spear-Tooth
The Founders do battle with the fearsome Spear-Tooth and slay the beast. In his lair they find the remains of a local hunter of note Davis Strongsight.

Year 7 Day 5
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: FF4. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 4
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: EE4. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: The Hunted Fen.
The Founders enter a section of marshland at the edge of the lake notorious to fishermen as The Hunted Fen. They are attacked by, and slay, a strange creature called an Ahuizotl. The creature’s talent for mimicking human voices may be the source of the legend that the area is haunted.

Year 7 Day 3
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: DD5. Terrain Type: Water. Features of note: none
The Founders take to the water of Lake Hook Tounge to explore its waterways.

The expansion of the boarders of Aznagar mean that the settlement of Drelev is now officially part of the kingdom. Materials are sent to both Drelev and Tatzlford to help them rebuild.
Communities of swampers begin to return to Hooktongue Slough.
With all major dangers removed, river trade through the region flourishes.
A Thieves’ Guild is discovered, and smashed, in the sewers of Stag’s Fort.
The citizens of Aznagar enjoy an up-swelling of national pride.
Kesh’s attempts to make contact with The Pathfinder Society takes her to Uringen in Embeth Forest. Here she learns many things about Briar:
Briar is the brother of Rhoswen.
He has been born (but may not necessarily be male).
He lived in the Fell Night Realm but was sent to the Material Plane to weaken that which love lost.
Evindra, the water spirit, is the guardian of Briar and can be found where ‘magic flows through the ground’.

Research by Lynessa reveals that Evindra dwelt in the well beneath the lost Whiterose Abbey.

Year 7 Day 2
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: CC4. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 7 Day 1
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: BB4. Terrain Type: Forest. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 365
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: BB5. Terrain Type: Forest. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 364
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: DD5. Terrain Type: Water. Features of note: Hook Tounge (?)
As The Founders explore this day Jossiman sees a large creature pass deep beneath their craft. It is almost invisible as it appears to be made of water itself.

Year 6 Day 363
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: EE5. Terrain Type: Water
The Founders take to the waters of Lake Hook Tounge to begin explore it’s shore-line.

Year 6 Day 362
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
A day late the rest of The Founders arrive at Drelev. They spend the day the rest of the day there.

Year 6 Day 361
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG5. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: none
Kesh arrives at Drelev but the rest of The Founders fail to make the rendezvous. She learns that Baroness Drelev-Stroon has disappeared.
Rumours:
Baroness Drelev-Stroon was murdered by one or more townsfolk who held a grudge from the time of her and her husbands reign.

Year 6 Day 360
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: HH5. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 359
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG6. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 358
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: HH6. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 357
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG7. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: Wind Chaser’s herd
As The Founders explore this region they find Wind Chaser’s herd. They are surprised to find that he can speak. Jossiman and Lynessa speculate that the horse was “awakened” by a druid. Jossiman puts Jennavieve Kensen offer to Wind Chaser, he declines and The Founders do not push the issue.
The Founders and Wind Chaser part of friendly terms.

Rumours:
North of Drelev is the domain of Spear-Tooth the sabretooth cat. He is a killer and has taken slain several of Wind Chaser’s herd.
In the hills to the east of Spear-Tooth’s hunting ground lair a pair of chimera.
Also in the hills hunts a small but dangerous predator with a golden pelt

Year 6 Day 356
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: FF7. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none
The Founders emerge from the swamp again on to higher ground.

Year 6 Day 355
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: EE7. Terrain Type: Swam. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 354
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: EE8. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none
The Founders explorations take them back into the swamp. They tangle with some assassin vines but are triumphant.

Year 6 Day 353
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: FF8. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none
That evening, as The Founders make camp, they hear the of horses hooves carries on the wind from far in the distance

Year 6 Day 352
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: GG8. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 351
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: FF9. Terrain Type: Plains. Features of note: none
After Lynessa delivers the last of the refugees to Stag’s Fort in the morning The Founders re-start their explorations.

Year 6 Day 350
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: none
Lynessa and Josiman continue to magically transport the refugees.

Year 6 Day 349
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: Begin exploring
The Founders have barely started their explorations of this region when they find a camp of rather bedraggled refuses from Pitax lead by a bard called Targath. The refugees were trying to make for Aznagar but have become hopelessly lost.
While Alex hunts for some much needed food Lynessa and Josiman begin to teleport groups of the refugees to Stag’s Fort.

Year 6 Days 329 to 348
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None.
The Founders put aside their exploring to return to Aznagar. They ride first for Elmsberg before going their separate ways. By 8th of Calistril they have reconvened in Elmsberg.
Kesh departs on an ambassadorial mission to meet with The Pathfinder Society but promises to meet them in Elmsberg on 23rd of Calistril.
The Founders ride out to continue their explorations of the region.
Rumour:
Jennavieve Kensen, a noble woman, has arrived in Drelev drawn by rumours of a herd of wild horses to the north-west of the swamp. They lead by a majestic stallion called Wind Chaser. She offers a reward to whoever can obtain a horse from this herd.

Minor banditry plagues the fringes of the kingdom.

The settlement of Varnhold hit by an earthquake but quick and organised reaction by the peoples of Aznagar limit the loss of life.

Year 6 Day 328
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: AA6. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 327
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: BB6. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 326
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: AA7. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 325
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: AA7. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none
The Founders explorations take them back into the swamp.

Year 6 Day 324
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: AA8. Terrain Type: Forest. Features of note: none
The Founders continue their explorations.

Year 6 Day 323
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: A8. Terrain Type: Forest. Features of note: none
The Founders leave Hook Tounge Slough and re-enter The Narlmarches.

Year 6 Day 322
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: A9. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none
By the end of this day The Founders have reached the very boarders of the swamp.

Year 6 Day 321
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: AA9. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none
Josiman collects Alex from Varnhold.

Year 6 Day 320
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: BB9. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none
The Founders continue their explorations. The land is becoming less boggy. They come across two massive slugs battling-it out. Remembering that an alchemist on Drelev is offering a reward for the acidic spittle of a giant slug The Founders attack and slay the winner.

Year 6 Day 319
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: DD9. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: Tree-ents.
The Founders continue to explore the region. They encounter a band of tree-ents but the later do not prove to be communicative.

Year 6 Day 318
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: DD9. Terrain Type: Swamp (with deep water). Features of note: Submerged ruins. Former hunting ground of The Hydra.
Kesh and Lynessa search the region for the lair of The Hydra and only succeed in almost becoming lost.
King Aldous and Josiman teleport back to join the others. Alex elects to stay in Varnhold for a few days.

Year 6 Day 317
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: Begin exploring DD9.
The Founders enter the region where they have heard the hydra lives. The water is much deeper here and The Founders are forced to travel by boat on several occasions. Beneath the waterline they spot signs that the area was once inhabited.
The hunters become the hunted as the Hydra finds The Founders and launches a devastating first attack that kills Sergei. The Founders fight back and are able to slay the hydra without any more losses. Believing that they need acid to permanently kill the hydra Lynessa teleports back to Stag’s Fort to purchase some. While there she learns that Varnold was struck by an earthquake ten days previously.
With the hydra taken care of Josiman teleports to New Stetven with Sergei’s body and Kesh. Sergei is raised from the dead and the three teleport back to the swamp.
The Founders learn from Lynessa about the earthquake in Varnhold. Alex is insistent that he be teleported home that evening. Josiman teleports himself, Alex and King Aldous to Varnhold. The three discover that the quake has damaged the inn as well as the church and claimed a dozen lives but quick thinking and aid from other prominent citizens of Aznagar, most notably Jhod, hs brought the situation under control.

Year 6 Day 316
Weather: Cold, misty
Hexes Explored: BB8. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of Note: Bog-Strider village, Azure Lillies
Wanting to know more about what happened to Tree Town The Founders find a skeleton and Sergei casts Speak with Dead on it. From the skeleton The Founders learn:
The town was destroyed by dragons.
The dragons were brought by Dargoon.
Dargoon is a traitor.
Dargoon betrayed Tree Town.
Lynessa remembers the name Dargoon as a bandit who disappeared a few years ago.
After respectfully burying the skeleton The Founders leave the forlorn ruins of “Tree Town” which they have cautiously identified as the bandit settlement called “Drowned Trees”.
Returning to the village of The Bog-Striders The Founders bring news of the defeat of the Legless Lady and the destruction of the bog mummies.
Explore around the region of the Bog-Strider camp The Founders find traces of disused piers and camp-sites as well as a patch of rare Azure Lilies.

Year 6 Day 315
Weather: Cold but a little warmer than of late, rain.
Hexes Explored: Finish exploring Hex BB8. Terrain Type: Swamp with some forest. Features of note: The Bone Bog and The Tree Town.
As The Founders continue to explore the region they discover an abandoned, tree-top settlement. Exploration of the settlement reveal that it is of considerable size, consisting of some seventy dwellings and is approximately a mile across. They also discover that it has been subject to some form of attack in the past. The finders discover what they initially believe to be extensive fire damage but soon realise is acid damage. There are also numerous corpses.
As The Founders search Josiman and Alex fleetingly spot a humanoid figure among the trees. Searching the spot where they saw the figure Alex finds footprints but the trail is lost in water. Despite several attempts, mostly by Kesh, The Founders are unable to make contact with the mysterious watcher.
That evening Sergei holds a service for the dead of Tree Town.

Year 6 Day 314
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: Begin exploring Hex BB8
Late in the bag The Founders find The Bog of Bones. The region makes the animals nervous and, with the exception of King Aldous’s warhorse Celder, The Founders leave all their mounts and companion animals behind.
As they push deeper into The Bog of Bones The Founders are attacked by five Bog Mummies. The Founders are ready for the attack and soon destroy them. Sergei identifies the tattered rags that the mummies wore as robes of the goddess Urgathoa. This reminds Lynessa of a tale of five priests of Urgathoa who, jealous of a sixth priest’s greater power, murdered him in a swamp. Such was their dark-goddess’s rage at this betrayal that she cursed the five murderers.

Year 6 Day 313
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders decide that it is time they dealt with the threat of The Bog of Bones and start heading in the direction that they believe it to be (BB8).

Year 6 Day 312
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: DD7. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: lair of the Chuuls
During their explorations The Founders find the lair of a pair of Chuuls but make quick work of them. Amongst the many bodies in the Chuul’s cave The Founder find several items of value including, much to Lynessa’s delight, the spell-book of a mage called “Gareth the Brown”.

Year 6 Day 311
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: DD6. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 310
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: DD5. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 309
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: BB7. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: none

Year 6 Day 308
Weather: Cold, snow.
Hexes Explored: CC6. Terrain Type: Swamp. Features of note: The Swamp Scar
Late afternoon The Founder’s explorations bring them to The Swamp Scar, a large, damn-like structure for trees and plants. The Founders challenge The Legless Lady/N’gara. While N’gara’s magical mobility and prepared defences prove to be a challenge The Founders are victorious. The Founders dispel the charms on her human servants but they flee into the swamp rather than stay with The Founders.

Year 6 Day 306
Weather: Cold, Dark clouds in the distance threaten snow to come.
Hexes Explored: Finish exploring Hex CC8. Terrain type: Swamp. Features of note: Bog walker village. Start exploring Hex CC7.
The Founders continue their explorations of the swamp moving in the direction of The Swamp Scar.

Year 6 Day 305
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: CC8.
At mid-day The Founders, following Kar’kat, reach a point where several rivers converge. On an island in the rivers is the village of The Bogwalkers.
The Founders talk with the tribal chief, Kar’kat’s father, as well as the tribal “wise-woman” Tak’kot. While the Bogwalkers decline the invitation to become citizens of Aznagar they and The Founders do part on good terms.
The Founders start to explore the lands around the swamp.
Rumours:
The Legless Lady another name for N’gara, a spirit-naga. Her lair is called The Swamp Scar. She has enchanted humans that serve her.
Once there was a city in what is now the swamp but a great cataclysm reshaped the land and the city sank into the newly formed swamp. A fearful hydra lives in the ruins of the city. It is immortal and has twelve heads.
The Bog of Bones was the sight of a great battle and betrayal. That is why the spirits of the dead cannot pass on and walk the bog as undead.
A few years ago a human community east of the Bogwalkers village was wiped out.

Year 6 Day 304
Weather: Cold, Misty
Hexes Explored: None.
The Founders follow Kar’kat in a south-south-west direction deeper into the swamp. Towards the end of the day, far to the south, south-east and east, The Founders can see the land rising.

Year 6 Day 303
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: EE5. Terrain type: Swamp. Features of note: Boggard settlement.
During the day The Founders spot a smoke trail that leads them to the Boggard’s settlement. After some debate as to how to proceed The Founders openly approach the settlement and try to negotiate peace with the Boggards. When this fails a pitched battle takes place and the Boggard leader, as well as most of the tribe’s hunter/warriors are killed.
While exploring the area just beyond the main Boggard camp The Founders find and release Kar’kat, the only survivor of four Bogwalkers who had been captured by The Boggards. He agrees to take the Founders to his tribe.
Rumours:
Somewhere to the west is a hydra that hunts in the swamp during the summer months
To the east is a community of men that raid the tribe of The Bogwalkers.
Close to the human community is The Bog of Bones where the undead walk.
There are some predatory Chuuls in the swamp.
Hooktongue (the beast in the lake) is the soul of Hooktongue (the lake itself) and if it is killed the lake will dry-up and die.

Year 6 Day 302
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: FF6.
Terrain type: Swamp. Features of note: None
The Founders continue their explorations along the edge of Lake Hook Tounge. They begin to see grisly fetishes that indicate that they are now in arrive back in Boggard territory.

Year 6 Day 301
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: Finish exploring FF5.
Terrian type: Plains. Features of note: Drelev
During the afternoon The Founders spot a band of ettins and their pet dire-bear. They seem to be heading for Drelev. When The Founders confront them the ettins attack but The Founders emerge from the battle triumphant.

Year 6 Day 300
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: Begin exploring FF5
In the morning Lynessa and Sergei teleport to a large settlement to purchase more magical healing supplies.
In the afternoon The Founders ride out from Drelev to start their explorations. They begin with the lands around the settlement itself.

Year 6 Day 299
Weather: Cold, snow
Hexes Explored: None
Late in the afternoon The Founders arrive back in Drelev. Plans are made to start fully exploring the region from tomorrow with a particular eye towards ending the Boggard menace.

Year 6 Day 298
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None

The Founders teleport back to the camp where they had hidden their horses and begin to ride back to Drelev

Year 6 Day 297
Weather: Cold and grey with snows before the day is out.
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders continue north. The broken terrain makes going slow but by late afternoon they spot the smoke of the barbarian camp ahead.
Using magic Josiman and Lynessa scout the barbarian camp identifying the cage holding the captives from Drelev, the entrance to what appears to be Armag’s tomb and the tents of high ranking barbarian leaders.
The Founders use teleportation to by-pass the bulk of the barbarians, appearing in the vicinity of the hostages’ cage where they battle, and kill, several barbarians. During the fight one of the captives, later revealed to be Tamary Numesti, reveals herself to be a capable warrior. She is also slow to trust The Founders, attacking both Alex and Sergei.
Josiman and Lynessa return the former hostages to Drelev.
The Founders follow the would-be Armag into the tomb. Their attempts to explore are made more difficult by magical guards and wards that hinder and misdirect them.
As they explore the tomb The Founders are confronted by cunning, and dangerous, tests of their strength and stamina was well as doing battle with a pair of demon summoning Black Sisters of the Angry Hag, a mighty iron golem and a fearsome Dergho Daemon. The battle with the Daemon costs The Founders badly as its dark powers scramble the wits of Alex, Kesh, Moki and Pavo.
After a while Alex and Moki regain their senses but Kesh and Pavo remain effected for several hours. Continuing their investigations The Founders find what they believe to be a test of agility as well as more guardians who The Founders must overcome in battle. The first are deadly, blood-drenched skeletal champions who take Josiman to the very brink of death before he is revived by Sergei’s Breath of Life. The next is Zorek, the powerful and ageless shaman of Gorum who constructed the tomb. The Founders reach the ante-chamber to Armag’s tomb to find that they are too late. Armag Twice-Born has already claimed the sword Ovinrbaane. Possessed by the spirit of the blade Armag has butchered his companions. The Founders, weakened by their trials in the tomb, engage Armag and more skeletal champions in a battle-royal. Armag falls under the combined might of The Founders but they themselves are almost overcome by the skeletons.
Lynessa takes possession of Ovinrbaane vowing to research its true power. By now Kesh has regained her wits.
Battle-worn and weary The Founders enter Armag’s tomb and claim his burial goods as their prize.
The Founders elect to spend the remainder of the day and that night in Tomb. By the end of the day Pazo has regained his wits

Year 6 Day 296
Weather: Cold with a biting wind
Hexes Explored: None
In the morning Lynessa teleports back to Drelev with Kisandra.
King Aldous and Lord Numesti preside over the trial and execution of Baron Drelev.
The Founders depart with the intention of reaching the barbarian camp but have barely left the settlement when they encounter Baroness Drelev-Stroon who has been betrayed, abused and abandoned by her own guards. Kesh escorts the baroness back to the castle and then The Founders track down her former guards and kill them.
This task done The Founders carry on north. By the end of the day they have crossed plains and camp for the night in more hilly terrain.
That night The Founders hear as many as three dragon on the wind

Year 6 Day 295
Weather: Cold but warmer than The Founder have experienced of late
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders separate and use various means to enter The City of Drelev, doing their best to keep a low profile. They find the settlement to be rundown and impoverished in the extreme with Lord Drelev’s mercenary guards acting as a law unto themselves; using and abusing the locals for their enrichment and enjoyment.
The Founders make contact with Satinder Morne, madam of The Velvet Corner. After being presented with Kissandra’s ring she takes The Founders into her confidence. From Satinder The Founders learn that Lord Drelev is holed-up in his castle, along with his wife, his lover and his brother-in-law, and leaves his guards to do as they please. She warns The Founders to expect no help from the locals as they are too cowed to fight.
Having witnessed the casual brutality of Drelev’s men (particularly towards women) The Founders are more determined than ever to bring him to some form of justice.
Satinder offers her establishment as a place for The Founders to hide as well as telling them of a secret escape tunnel that leads from the castle to the shore of the lake.
Using a Commune with Nature spell Josiman is able to locate the lake-side exit of the tunnel. The Founders use the tunnel to begin their infiltration of the castle. The first obstacle they have to overcome is a pair of huge Black Puddings.
Using the tunnel The Founders penetrate into the cellars of Lord Drelev’s castle. They quickly find and free Lord Numesti. They also discover a series of secret hatches that, when combined with some ingenuity and magic, allow The Founders to ascend through the castle unseen.
The Founders confront Lord Drelev in his throne room. While Drelev and a few of his guards put up a fight most of his guards either surrender or flee. Lord Drelev’s lover, the beautiful Lady Maray, sides with The Founders claiming that she was being held against her will.
Lord Drelev is overpowered but as The Founders discuss how he should be dealt with they notice that some of his mercenaries have released the Hill-Giants and sent them into the city. The Founders manage to contain and slay the giants as well as several of the guards. The wizard Stroon also joins the battle, initially concentrating his spells on Lynessa, but is driven from the battlefield.
Once the situation is under control The Founders search the tower. They find Baroness Drelev and order her to leave the city.
In the library The Founders discover a map of the region showing the approximate location of the Tiger Barbarian camp.
That evening Lady Maray reveals to King Aldous and Alex that she is a spy from the Assassins Guild of Daggermark. Lady Maray strikes a deal with the king to remain in Drelev in exchange for allowing him to see the reports that she sends back to Daggermark.
Lynessa teleports back to Tatzlford to inform Kisandra of recent developments and to begin the process of supplies being sent to Drelev.

Rumours:
(Obtained by Josiman’s Commune with Nature spell) There is a powerful, unnatural creature dwelling some miles to the south of The City of Drelev. It is estimated to be in the area of the Boggard city.
The sword Enemy of all Enemies contains the soul of the barbarian warlord Armag and will possess whoever wields it. The church of The Angry Hag have raised and groomed a warrior for this very fate; in effect becoming the new Armag.
Old Hooktongue has been seen in the lake for the first time in years.
Where the slough meets the Narlmarches is an area that produces walking “bog mummies”.
The Boggards are disrupting trade between Mivon and Brevoy.
Molis, a priest of Hanpsur who tended the local shrine in Drelev, fled back into the swamp to avoid the persecutions of Baron Drelev

Year 6 Day 294
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride along the edge of the lake. During the day they see numerous, grizzly fetishes left out by (they assume) the Boggards and have a constant sense of being watched. They have to cross numerous small streams that feed into the lake during the course of the day. Pushing on into the night The Founders reach a ford on the far side of which is The city of Drelev but even in the gloom they can see that the city gates are closed.

Year 6 Day 293
Weather: Colder than the last few days
Hexes Explored: Finish exploring Hex CC5
Terrain Type: Swamp Features of Note: None
As the day wanes The Founders reach the shore of a vast lake. Josiman takes the form of an eagle and, scouting from the air, spots what he believes to be The City of Drelev to the west.
That night The Founders are attacked by a vicious band of Boggards. After ferocious, close-quarters fighting, the boggards are slain.

Year 6 Day 292
Weather: mild
Hexes Explored: Begin exploring Hex CC5
The Founders carefully enter the swamp land of Hooktongue Slough. There is an abundance of plant and animal life especially insects of various sizes. During the day The Founders are forced to defend themselves against an attack by man-sized dragonflies.

Year 6 Day 291
Weather: Cold but a little warmer than of late, bitter northerly wind
Hexes Explored: Hex BB5
Terrain Type: Forest Features of Note: None
The Founders head in a rough North-East direction exploring s they go. As they head further the low lying land starts to be a little boggier.

Year 6 Day 290
Weather: Bitterly cold but no snow
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride out of Tatzlford heading North-West. By noon they have reached the ridge in the Narlmarches, the unofficial boarder of Aznagar.

Year 6 Day 289
Weather: Bright and clear
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders reach Tazlford by midday where they speak to Kisandra about The city of Drelev and its ruler.
Rumours:
Lord Drelev is said to be an accomplished swordsman. His wife is Baroness Quintessa Moray and her brother Stroon is a wizard.
Drelev City is under curfew and the streets are patrolled by Tiger Barbarians and Hill giants.
There were once three priests of Erastil in the city but Lord Drelev had them feed to his dogs.
Satinder Morne will recognise the Founders as allies if they present her with Kisandra’s ring and a long-stemmed flower.

Year 6 Day 288
Weather: Cold, heavy snow in the night
Hexes Explored: None
Late in the evening The Founders arrive at the abode of Garuum the boggard and seek his knowledge about Hooktongue Slough. Afterwards they head for Tatzlford.
Rumours:
A great boggard city called M’Botuu across the water from The city of Drelev. It is ruled by an evil priest-king called Sepoko who venerates a demoness called “Go-Gunta The Legless Lady” (Garuum. will give a “magic bug” to whoever kills him).
There is a cursed area in the swamp “where the dead live”.
The swamp is home to a hydra.

Year 6 Day 287
Weather: Cold, bitter northerly wind
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride out of Stag’s Fort.

Year 6 Days 280 to 286
Weather: Cold with frequent snows
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders return to the respective homes to carry out the noble duties as the king of Aznagar and his council. They also try to learn the exact location of The City of Drelev and about the area of Hooktongue Slough.
Rumours:
River trade in the area of Hooktongue Slough has been disrupted by both river pirates and a tribe of boggards.
The Giant Orm “Old Hooktongue” is active in the region.
Illthuliak the black dragon is active in the region.
King Armag of the Tiger Barbarians has a fearsome magical sword called “Enemy of all Enemies”

Year 6 Day 279
Weather: Cold, misty with light snow
Hexes Explored: None
Josiman teleports back to Stag’s Fort to collect the king and The Founders continue to ride on to Tatzlford. Reconnaissance by Josiman and Kesh discovers a band of some thirty barbarians backed up by a dozen extremely large trolls camped in the remains of Tatzlford and that the town’s citizens have retreated to the castle. The people of Tatzlford also have a prisoner; a noble woman called Kissandra Numesti who claims that she came to warn of the attack.
Using a variety of magical means The Founders get into the castle. Josiman unleashed the power of his Orb of Vengeance on the invaders to devastating effect; obliterating the barbarians, incapacitating half the trolls and causing the survivors to flee.
Kissandra’s Story:
Kissandra tells The Founders that she is the youngest daughter of Lord Terrion a once loyal follower of Lord Drelev. Lord Drelev has established a settlement near Hooktongue Slough but it has been annexed by the Lord of Pitax and his ally King Armag of the Tiger Barbarians. Lord Terrion is now a prisoner and Kissandra’s elder sister, Tamary has been given to King Armag.
To prove his worth to his new masters Lord Drelev is set to seize Aznagar and present it to them as a gift.
Kissandra managed to disguise herself as one of the barbarian war band to travel with them to Tatazlford and then broke away to both warn the people of the intended attack and to ask for aid in freeing her father and sister.
She has a friend in the City of Drelev who could add in a rescue attempt, Satinder Morne the owner of a gambling hall and brothel called The Velvet Corner (Kissandra gives King Aldous a ring that Satinder will recognise has hers).

Year 6 Day 278
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders re-appear in Vasily and Stasya’s room after six days in the Harrowed Realm. The Rabbit Prince is “killed” by the cross planar travel, appearing in Aznagar as nothing but a child’s toy. However Lynessa, thanks to the magic shawl, can now cross freely between the two worlds and taking returning him to the Harrowed Realm restores The Rabbit Prince to life.
Josiman teleports King Aldous back to the capital where they learn shocking news; Tatzlford has been attacked by a band of humans and trolls. Josiman teleports back to Northcross to inform the rest of The Founders, and Kundal, who also ride for Tatzlford.

Year ? Day ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
After traveling with Ever-Ready all day The Founders reach the camp of The Night-Peddler. He proves both unsympathetic to their requests and unwilling to sell them the last token. The Founders take stronger measures, battling both The Night-Peddler and his Chain Devil body-guards. Once they have all seven of the token The Founders are pulled back to the Briar and into the path of The Striding Fortress. Enter the fortress where they battle a gnome and his ogre thugs, then a squabbling Djinn and Effrit and a trio of succubi as they first search for the missing children and then confront The Patchwork Lord. The Founders have an unexpected ally in this in the form of The Rabbit Prince. The Founder’s find a shard of mirror amongst The Patchwork Lord’s possessions. By re-attaching the seven tokens to theirl shawl Lynessa is able to use it’s magic to return everyone to Aznagar.
Rumour: The Lady who is looking of Briar lives in the shards of mirror.

Year ? Day ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders deliver The Tick-Tock Man’s head to The Queen Mother as promised and obtain her token. They then make for the edge of The Brier to begin searching The Dessert for The Night Peddler. As they travel through The Brier The Harrowed Realm experiences an eclipse during which a limitless horde of undead rise from the ground. The Founders keep the walking dead at bay until Kesh is able to detach The Harrowed Realm’s moon from its rod, ending the eclipse. Heading out into the dearth The Founders rescue centaur trader Jacob Ever-Ready from a drunk and malignant Air-Elemental, He agrees to take them to the camp of The Night-Peddler.

Year ? Day ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ascend the mountain. Before they reach the summit they are accosted by Azears but are able to overcome them without much difficulty. At the summit The Founder find a tavern and a foundry. The Tavern is run by a Cyclopes who will have nothing to do with non-giants. Thanks to Josiman’s magic The Founders enter the rear of the foundry and quickly locate and kill The Tick-Tock man. The find his token and retrieve his head for The Queen Mother. Descending the volcano The Founders start to head back to The Man-Moulds. It is too far a journey for one day so The Founders rest that night at the Circus.

Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders are able to track Embor to her nest where they negotiate for the return of the two stolen shadows. Returning to their quest they find the island of The Barrow King in the depth of the swamp. To reach it they must first pass Mourning Choir, a despairing winged serpent. Once on the island they face both The Barrow King and a Haunt of grasping hands. By laying The Haunt to rest Sergei earns for the Founders the gratitude of The Barrow King. He gifts them both his token and some valuable books. As The Founders leave the island Kesh grants Mourning Choir’s wish and kills her. Heading in a north-easterly direction The Founders reach to foot of the volcano on top of which rests the Forge, home of The Tick-Tock Man.

Year ? Day ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
While they head out into the dessert during the night The Founders find no trace of The Nigh Trader. With the rising of the mechanical sun they re-orientate themselves and make towards the nearest landmark, The Man-Moulds. After a frustrating time navigating a maze of secret passages and steam-jet The Founders find The Weaver and her assistant, The Midwife, at its centre. The Founders convince The Weaver that they are not kidnappers who have come for her “ba-bees”. The Weaver agrees to give them her token if The Founders kill The Tick-Tock Man, who has been stealing her children and selling them to The Night Peddler. After leaving the Man-Moulds The Founders next reach The Prophet’s Garden. Here, in a re-enactment of a Verisian fable, they find a unicorn and a goblin arguing over ownership of a pear tree. They also have a far more dangerous encounter in the form of The Mute Hag. After slaying The Mute Hag The Founders retrieve her token and leave but not before showing The Unicorn the error of his selfish ways. The Founders start to travel through the bier once again, this time making for the marsh. Unable to reach their destination before nightfall and concerned about navigating in the night they make camp. During the night Embor Comes By Night, an owl from Shoanti folklore, steals Aldous and Alex’s shadows.

Year ? Day ?
Weather: None
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders discover that, to rescue the children and escape the Harrowed Realm, they must defeat The Patchwork Lord. To find him in his Striding Fortress, however, they must retrieve magical tokens from his allies. At The Midnight Circus the Founders defeat preforming bears and a gigantic juggler before besting The Ring Master in a battle of wits and obtaining his token. Traveling into The Briar the Founders find The Rabbit Prince and obtain a second token when King Aldous best him in a dual. The Founders push further through the briar and end up at The Sanguine Theatre. After dealing with a grig and malicious fiddle and then a Lamia Matriarch and her pet cockatrice The Founders do battle Balayo and Balama and obtain what they believe is a third token. Before leaving the Sanguine Theatre the Founders are confronted by an obsessive Paladin. They are able to open his eyes to the evil that he has committed in the name of his noble quest and the Paladin leaves a broken man. After some debate The Founders decide that finding Vasily and Stasya trumps a good night’s rest and they press on through the hours of darkness.
Rumours: Spell-casters will have difficulty regaining spells while in The Harrowed Realm.

Weather: Heavy Snow, Cold
Hexes Explored: None
AS dawn breaks over Northcross it is discovered that the twins are missing from their room. A search reveals no trace of Vasily or Stasya but the Founders find a Harrow card, The Tyrant. Alex remembers that same card was missing from the fortune teller in Quinn’s Carnival’s deck when her body was found. Lynessa fetches the rest of the deck from Stag’s Fort. The lone card and the deck are a match and when they are brought together a magical portal opens drawing The Founders into The Harrowed Realm.

Year 6 Day 270
Weather: Heavy Snow, Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders travel to Northcross to celebrate Vasily and Stasya’s fifth birthdays. Josiman gives them a pair of swords as a gift. Strangely Stazia names them “Roswin” and “Briar”.

More fisheries spring-up across Aznagar (hexes J6, A7, B7, E7, F7, G7, H7, I7, J7)
With Stag’s Fort continuing to grow in wealth and prestige a “noble District” is beginning to form with the addition of a large park, an Ever-flowing Spring, three Noble Villas, Houses, a Luxury Store, and Observatory and a monument. To increase the standard of living throughout the city a cistern is constructed and work begins on a Sewerage System.
On Nal-Yanhei as statue of Lynessa is constructed.
The economy of Aznagar is still weak this month.

Fisheries continue to be constructed along Aznagar’s waterways (Hexes I4, A5, D5, E5, I5, J5, B6, C6, D6).
There is continued investment in Aznagar with many new Houses, a Trade Shop, four Exotic Artisans Shops, a new Market is opened, a Shop and a Theatre. The growing Fisherman’s Guild gain their own Guildhall. Kesh opens an Inn in the city.
A gang of slavers snatch victims in Northcross. A dozen are rescued but twice that number have been lost.
The economy of Aznagar continues to swing wildly; swinging low after last month’s high.

Year 6 Day 203
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
As the sun rises it is discovered that the Bogeyman, most likely in response to The Founder’s interference, has murdered and entire family in the night. The Founders track the evil fay to the cellars beneath Tatzleford Castle and kill it. During the battle the Bogeman uses a shard of mirror similar to the pieces The Founders have seen in the past.

Year 6 Day 202
Weather: Cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders arrive in Tatzleford to investigate the murders, They soon determine that a Bogeyman is the culprit and identify four more potential victims. The Founders guard these children through the night,

Year 6 Days 198 to 201
Weather: Cold, snowing
Hexes Explored: None
Over the course of four nights four children in Tatzleford are murdered.

There is an expansion of the fisheries project this month (F3, G3, H3, I3, A4, C4, E4, F4, H4).
In Stag’s Fort there is a concerted effort to create a “temple district”. The number of churches, etc. is dramatically increased with the opening of five new temples dedicated to Gozra, Cayden Cailean, Torag, Sarenrae and one to Pharasma. There are shrines erected to Calistra, Gorum and Nethys. Finaly a monastery devoted to Irori is opened.
Also in Stag’s Fort new Houses are constructed and three Trade Shops open for business.
Summer storms bring the dry spell to an end.
Queen Enya announces that is with child again.
After last month’s hiccup Aznagar’s economy bounces back and is stronger than it has been in months.

After months of hard work Aznagar’s road network is completed (hexes J9 and K9). A concerted effort is begun to farm Aznagar’s rivers and lakes with fisheries being constructed in key locations (AA2, S2, F2, G2, H2, AA3, P3)
At the King’s request a shrine to Desna is erected at Silverstep. A temple of Abadar is opened in Stag’s Fort and one to Nethys is consecrated in Nal-Yanhei. Banks are opened in Tatzleford, Northcross and Varnhold. Varnhold also gains a Herbalist’s Shop, a Glass Blowers, a Park, a Jail and a Theatre.
After the long dry summer a series of wild fires break-out in the farmlands east of Varnhold this month. It takes two weeks of hard work to get them under control.
The economy of Aznagar takes a sudden and unexpected down-turn.

Road building continues apace through the summer months (Hexes J7, B8, D8, J8, B9, C9, D9, H9, I9).
It is now Tatzleford’s turn to receive funds for development. Over the course of the month work begins on a Noble Villa, Exotic Artisan’s store, a Luxury Store, several sets of new Housing, Barracks, Jail, Watchtower, Herbalist’s Shop, Temple, Shrine, Monument, Smithy and Three Trade.
Aznagar’s economy shows signs of slowing a little but is still strong.

Disparate communities are linked up as more roads are built (hexes J4, AA5, G5, H5, C8, G6, H6, I6, M6)
There is construction in all of Aznagar’s settlements this month. A Museum is opened in Aznagar, Defensive walls are built around Tatzleford, Hunter’s Rise gains a Hospital, Nal-Yanhei gains a noble villa, A Monument to those lost in “The Vanishing” is built in Varnhold along with a Guildhall, Graveyard and Tradeshop. Finally Elmsberg opens a military Academy and Garrison and is beautified with an Ever-flowing Spring.
The ruined tower which once was home to the roc is rebuilt as a private retreat for Kesh.
Azngar experiences an unusually dry summer.
The Aznagar economy continues to perform strongly.

More roads continue to criss-cross the nation (Hexes AA1, AA2, A2, B2, I2, G3, J3, A4, B4).
The relatively undeveloped settlement of Elmsberg receives a massive investment of funds. Conceived as a centre of the arts the settlement gains a Bardic college, Temple to Gorum, Graveyard, Library, Park, Museaum, Hosing, Inn, Tavern, University, Town Hall and Barracks are all constructed. Josiman oversees it all to ensure that all the works have a unified, naturalistic look.
River Pirates effect trade and even steal trade goods from the Stag’s Fort waterfront before being routed leading to fears of food shortages.
Despite the actions of the pirates Aznagar’s economy continues to perform strongly.

The road expansion project proceeds apace (Hexes K6, K7, L7, M7, M8, N8, G8, H8 and I8).
The second city of Aznagar, Northcross, receives a massive investment of funds as four sets of housing, a shop, a bakery, a cistern, a stockyard and a market are all built his month. To defend the expanded settlement defensive walls are built about it.
Perhaps stimulated by this investment the Aznagar economy roars back into life to exceed the growth of the previous Kuthona.

Year 6 Day 26
Weather: Cold, snowing
Hexes Explored: None
The birth of Lynessa and Kundal’s second child, Constantine. The boy takes after his mother with white hair and pale blue eyes.

Murmurs of unrest circulate within the Kingdom.
The road expansion project proceeds apace (Hexes C7, H4, G4, F4, G7, H7, I7 and J5).
Stag’s Fort continues to grow and develop with the building of a caster’s tower, the opening of another library and a magic shop and the construction of more housing. Houses are also built in Varnhold and a market place opened.
While the slavers are gone they still continue to cause trouble as a rumour begins to circulate that Namdrin Quin was secretly their leader. The Founders throw their full support behind Quin and the rumours quickly die away.
Unfortunately the economy of Aznagar slows a little more this month.

Year 5 Day 333
Weather: Cold and Damp
Hexes Explored: None
Having purchased a scroll of Legend Lore The Founders travel to The Haunted Tower. Using the scroll Lynessa learns that to lay the ghost to rest a powerful magical tiara must be found and interred in Coldmarrow. Once the ghost is put to rest the Headless Horseman, who rides the area at night looking for her, should also find peace.
A search of the ruined tower reveals the tiara. Lynessa and Josiman fly the item to Coldmarrow and throw it in apparently allowing both of the dead souls to pass on to the Boneyard.

The new year begins with a renewed drive to connect the many communities, farms and mines of Aznagar with roads. The road network is expanded dramatically (E8, E9, G9, BB1, BB2, CC1, BB2, AA4 and C8).
There are new developments in Stag’s Fort with the building of more housing and a bank. An alchemists shop is opened as is a magic academy. After months of negotiation The Pathfinders, intrigued by reports of the many ancient buildings in the region, open a Lodge in the capital.
The news is not all good however. A band of slavers, working in conjunction with river pirates, are preying upon the unwary of Stag’s Fort. Quick action by The Founders roots them out.
Unsurprisingly Aznagar’s economy cannot keep up the growth of the previous month but it still carries on without problems.

A single mine is opened his month (Hex N9). By comparison there is a last ditch flurry of farms being created (hexes D3, E3, D4, E4, E5, E1 and D7).
An observatory is opened on Nal-Yanhei and an orphanage founded in Hunter’s Rise. A new Inn is opened in Stag’s Fort and new houses built. The project to pave Stag’s Fort’s roads is completed. In Varnhold there are also new houses built and a Dancehall opened.
The final month of 4714 is one of great political calm with the community pulling together and uniting behind its King. Perhaps because of this the economy of Aznagar ends the year in robust health.

Hexes Claimed: None.
The Kingdom of Aznagar has reached such a size that, without a concerted effort to chart new lands, it can no longer expand. New farmland is in short supply but new mines are sunk in several areas (Hexes I6, J6, H7, J7, K7, M8, L8, K8, L9 and M9).
This month, under the watchful eye of Lynessa, a community is established on Candlemere Island. It is named Nal-Yanhei, the name of the ancient settlement on the island. With a magic academy, caster’s tower and magic shop, as well as housing and pier, Nal-Yanhei stakes its claim to being the centre of magic in the kingdom.
After two string months the Aznagar economy begins to slow once again.

Hexes Claimed: L9, M9, N8 and N8
Four new mines (Hexes G3, G4, H4, H4 and N8) are sunk and four new farms (Hexes I6, J8, N8 and K9) are opened.
At Lake Silverstep the King’s Retreat gains a barracks. New defensive walls need to be constructed at Stag’s Fort to protect its new district. Within the city a hospital is opened with an associated shire to Pharasma.
The nation’s economy continues to go from strength to strength this month.

Hexes Claimed: K2, K8, L8, M8
The nation of Aznagar expands to contain such landmarks as The Ghost Stone (K2) The Valley of the Dead (M8) and Vordakai’s Tomb (L8). Four new mines (Hexes J4, I3, J5 and G7) are sunk and three new farms (Hexes BB3, K6 and H6) are opened.
The remaining two southern watch towers are constructed (Hexes F9 and K9). In Hunter’s Rise a large cathedral to Erastil is consecrated.
This month sees the birth of King Aldous’s heir, Prince Mikel, as well diplomatic overtures from Mivon.
The strength of the kingdom’s economy increases in leaps and bounds.

Year 5 Day 207
Weather: Cool to cold
Hexes Explored: None
The diplomatic mission from Mivon, led by Simon Noelkist on behalf of Rastan Salim, arrives in Stag’s Fort to begin trade negotiations with Aznagar.

Year 5 Day 205
Weather: Cool
Hexes Explored: None
News is received at Stag’s Fort that a small party of armed men, under the flag of Mivon, have crossed the border into Aznagar. Kesh, and a small honour-guard of wardens ride out to meet them.

Year 5 Day 199
Weather: Cool
Hexes Explored: None
After a long a difficult labour Prince Mikel, heir to the throne of Aznagar, is born.

Hexes Claimed: BB3, H5, I6, J7
Aznagar continues to encircle Lake SIlverstep. The cave grotto of The Fey-Dragon (I6) now lies within the kingdom as well as the mud-flats (J7). Aznagar’s ever-growing population results in four new mines (Hexes G2, H2, I2 amd J3) being sunk and three new farms (Hexes H2, G4 and G3) opened.
The defensive walls around Varnhold are completed and a military academy opened. Meanwhile Stag’s Fort has grown to such a size that it is a metropolises and a new track of land is cleared to allow the city to continue to grow. A menagerie is opened to entertain and educate the capital’s citizens. Up in Northcross a barracks is constructed.
Concerned about danger from the south the first two of a string of watchtowers are built (Hexes E9 and G9).
With farms built within its domain the roc has become a menace to the people of Aznagar and The Founders set out to deal with it.
The economy of Aznagar continues to yo-yo back and forth, this month it is on the up-swing.

Year 5 Day 182
Weather: Damp
Hexes Explored: None
Having received news that settlers in J3 have been attacked by giant trap-door spiders The Founders to sort out the problem.

Year 5 Day 174
Weather: Cool
Hexes Explored: None
After receiving news that the Roc is preying upon live-stock in surrounding farms The Founders deal with the problem. Initially Josiman tries to use magic to make the Roc leave peacefully. When that fails battle is joined and the Roc is slain. The founder’s recover a pair of eggs from the Roc’s nest and give them to Gorbaston the chief.

Hexes Claimed: M6, M7, L7, L6
Four new mines (Hexes K6, L7, M7 and M6) are sunk and three new farms (Hexes L7, M7 and M6) are opened. The boarders of Aznagar now encompass the skeleton of the Linorn-wrym (Hex L6) but out of respect to their allies in The Nomen tribe the area is left untouched.
There are a few rumbles of discontent within the kingdom.
An expedition is sponsored the explore lands to the far west of the kingdom (Hex BB3)
At the king’s behest a Royal Retreat is built by the banks of Lake SIlverstep (Hex I7) comprising of a villa and barracks to house guards.
Back in Stag’s Fort a Foreigners’ Quarter is established by the dock-front and the city is beautified with magical street lights and three new parks.
A defensive wall is built around Varnhold.
Last month’s upturn in the economy proves to be misleading as it slumps dramatically.

Year 5 Day 126
Weather: Damp
Hexes Explored: None
Quinn executes the half-orc assassin

Weather: Damp
Hexes Explored: None
The half-orc assassin strikes again. Sergei’s magic has pre-warned The Founders who lay in wait and capture him. The assassin is from the Assassin’s Guild of Daggermark and cannot, or will not, disclose the identity of the person who placed the contract.

Hexes Claimed: D8, F5, G5, H6
Candlemere Island (Hex D8) is now, finally, an official part of Aznagar. Further to the east the nation’s boarders now reach the edge of Lake Silverstep (Hex I7). The land in both of these areas are cleared to prepare them for building. Four new mines are sunk (Hexes F5, G5, G6, H6) and three new farms opened (Hexes F5, G5 and G6).
The Founders sponsor an expedition to chart the wilderness beyond their nation’s boarders (Hexes K8, L9, M9 and N9). The adventurers face danger from both cave bears and wyverns and return with tales of a vast cave in the mountain containing the skeleton of a dragon.
In Stag’s Fort both a new graveyard and a newly built shrine to Gozra are consecrated. A new park is opened and a monument to King Aldous unveiled.
The civil improvements are not just limited to the capital though; a graveyard and a dump are opened in Tatzleford as well as a new brewery that becomes known for its trademark “Tatzle Stout”. In Northcross a dump is opened.
Lynessa announces that she is pregnant.
Assassination attempt on the King
All these works seem to have stimulated the economy which begins to show signs of economy.

Year 5 Day 119
Weather: Cool.
Hexes Explored: None
An unknown, half-orc assassin makes an attempt on the life of King Aldous. The assassination attempt fails but the assassin escapes.

Hexes Claimed: H9, I9, J9, K9
Aznagar continues to expand. Mines are opened in several areas (Hexes H9, I9, K9 and J9) including The Whispering Hills with their rich crystalline deposits. There are also three new farms (Hexes H9, I9 and J9).
Civil improvements continue apace in Stag’s Fort with the opening of a bardic academy and a military academy. The Founders name the latter in tribute to their fallen comrade Eleyna. Defensive walls are built around the capital.
The Founders ride out in explore the mysterious Candlemere Keep.
The economy of Aznagar is still slow and weak.

Hexes Claimed: H8, I8, J8, G6
Aznagar continues to expand. Dragon-Leaf Island (Hex J8) with its rare and exotic plants, now falls within the nation’s borders. More farms are built (Hexes G8, H8, I8) and mines opened (Hexes G8, H8, I8, J8).
In Stag’s Fort the academy is quickly expanded into a fully fledges university and a second academy opened. Lord Brinian’s mansion is completed.
Thuldrin Kreeg’s agents root out a smuggling ring, led by the dwarf Dargan One-Eye, operation out of Stag’s Fort’s dock front.
The nation’s economy stumbles this month.

Hexes Claimed: G7, H7, I7
Aznagar starts to expand its boarders in the direction of Lake Silverstep. Its road network is expanded (hexes F2, F3 and F4) and more land opened for farming (Hexes G7, H7, I7 and G3). An Academy of learning is opened in Stag Fort with a townhall is built in Tatzleford. Brinian, a Sword Lord of Brevoy, moves into Stag’s Fort looking for adventure and seeks permission to build a mansion in Stag’s Ford.
The kingdom’s economy is strong but not spectacular this month.

Hexes Claimed: E1, F2, F3, F4 and Varnhold
To help provide for Aznagar’s new citizens four farms (Hexes E1, F2, F3 and F4) and three mines (Hexes F2, F3 and F4) are opened.
The Eastern boarder of Aznagar advances to join up with the lands of Varnhold adding this small nation to the larger kingdom of Aznagar. Alex moves to the town of Varnhold as the king’s representative.
In Stag’s Fort the one-handed dwarf Dogrim opens a Chandler’s shop, The Ship Shack, to provide for the cities many fishermen. A jolly merchant named Aurora opens a General Store and the influential Woodcutter’s Guild open a guildhall.
The kingdom’s economy is slow but healthy.

Year 5 Day 66
Weather: Cool.
Hexes Explored: None
Armed with a replacement lens The Founders return to the orrery where Lynessa carries out the intricate repair work needed to set the device to rights. In a spectacular display the device begins to function, summoning Willow-wisps from across the island and setting them free."

Year 5 Day 65
Weather: Mild. Misty
Hexes Explored: None
Leaving Pavo and their horses with Belldame The founders walk to Candlemere Lake. Rowing to the island they find landing difficult due to the sheer cliffs that make up the islands shore as well as the thick mists and ever-present Willow-Wisps.
When The Founders do finally manage to land their boat they find the remains of a Pathfinder expedition. From journals found in the camp, later backed up by their own discoveries, The Founders discover that Candlemere Island was once an Azlanti centre of magical and planier study known as Nal-Yanhei.
The Founders head inland looking for a damaged orrery that may be the source of the Willow-wisp infestation. Aldous, Alex, Kesh and Sergei fall victim to a will-sapping effect and Lynessa and Josiman are faced with a constant battle keeping them moving.
The Founders find the orrery only to be set upon by malicious, winged, fungi creatures that even Lynessa cannot identify. After a fierce battle The Founders kill three of the fungi-creatures and drive of the fourth.
The Founders decide that they must repair the orrery and begin to search the island for the knowledge and parts they need. In doing so they discover the “creature” responsible for their weakened state of mind: an animated colour. The Founders do battle with the parasitic pigment, as well as a cluster of Willow-wisps, and it retreats back to the stars.

Year 5 Day 64
Weather: Mild.
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders decide it is high-time that they explored Candlemere island. As the first stage of the journey, leaving Mocki in Stag’s Fort, The Founders ride off to visit Belldame.

Year 5 Days 61 to 63
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: none
The Founders ride back to Stag’s Fort so they can be in the capital for the anniversaries of both Aldous’s wedding and his coronation.

Year 5 Day 60
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore H9
Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 59
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore I9
Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 58
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore J9
Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: The Whipering Hills
The founders encounter a section of hills honey-combed with holes. As the wind blows through then the resulting noise sounds oddly like speech and the Founders name them The Whispering Hills.
Jossimans’s divinations reveal that the area is rich in crystal deposits.

Year 5 Day 57
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore K9
Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 56
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore J8
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 55
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore I8
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: Little Sellen River, Dragonleaf Island
While exploring long the river The Founders find a small island. Exploring it more closely they are attacked by a Giant Flytrap plant (often called by locals as a “Dragonleaf”) The carnivorous plant is destroyed and The Founders name the island Dragonleaf Island.

Year 5 Day 54
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore H7
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: Little Sellen River

Year 5 Day 53
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore H8
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: Little Sellen River

Year 5 Day 52
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G8
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: Little Sellen River

Year 5 Day 51
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G7
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 50
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G6
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 49
Weather: Mild with occasional rains
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G5
Terrain Type: Plains. Features of Note: none

Year 5 Day 48
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride due west, back over previously explored lands to reach new territories.

Year 5 Day 47
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: The Founders finish exploring H3
Terrain Type Mountains. Features of Note: lair of spiders and ettercaps

Year 5 Day 47
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: The Founders finish exploring H3
Terrain Type Mountains. Features of Note: lair of spiders and ettercaps

Year 5 Day 45
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G2
Terrain Type Hills. Features of Note: Rivers
Before leaving The Bandit Caves Sergei casts Speak with Dead on the halfling’s coprse. The Founders learn that he was slain by three bandits; two humans and a half-orc. One of the humans was carrying a Aldori sword.
That evening, when making camp, The Founders notice that a nearby mountain crag seems to be covered in cobwebs.

Year 5 Day 44
Weather: Mild
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore F3
Terrain Type Hills. Features of Note: Shrike River, Shrike Cascade, Bandit Caves
The Founders’ explorations take them to mighty The Shrike Cascade. Aldous takes them to some caves he used during his days as a bandit where the Founder find the corpse of the Halfling bard Vemai.

Year 5 Day 43
Weather: rain is easing off. Weather getting milder
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore G3
Terrain Type Hills. Features of Note: Crocked River

Year 5 Day 42
Weather: wet
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore F2
Terrain Type Hills. Features of Note: The Crocked Falls

Year 5 Day 41
Weather: wet
Hexes Explored: The Founders E1
Terrain Type Hills. Features of Note: None

Year 5 Day 40
Weather: wet and grey
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride form North Cross towards the boarders of Aznagar. They pass close to the dwelling of Bochan the Hermit to discover that he has grown a thick hedge around his property.
By noon they have reached the edge of the kingdom but it is too late to make much more headway.

Year 5 Day 39
Weather: cold, wet with a stiff wind
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride from Hunter’s Rise to North Cross. Jossiman discovers that young Stasya has been having nightmares about her brother being lost in a forest

Year 5 Day 38
Weather: cold, wet with a stiff wind
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride form Stag’s Fort to Hunter’s Rise

Year 5 Day 26 to 37
Weather: cold but getting milder by the day
The Founders remain within Stag’s Fort.

Year 5 Day 23 to 25th
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: none
The Founders ride back to Satg’s Fort.

Year 5 Day 22
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore H7
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: The Gudrin River

Year 5 Day 21
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore I7
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: Edge of Lake Silvestep

Year 5 Day 20
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders Finish exploring J7
Terrain Type: Mountains Hills Features of Note: Cave of Eranex. Mudflats, Edge of Lake Silverstep
While exploring a marshy area along the banks of Lake Silverstep The Founders are ambushed by Mudmen. The Mudmen will not listen to reason and The Founders slay them.

Year 5 Day 19
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders begin exploring J7
Behind a waterfall The Founders find a crystal-lined caven that is the home of Eranex the Fey Dragon. She is seeking Vesper’s Blade to keep it out of the hands of Lord Ranaulc of The First, allies who have killed her father.
Rumors:
Roswyn is Briar’s mother.

Year 5 Day 18
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders finish exploring M76
Terrain Type: Mountains Features of Note: Edge of Lake Silverstep

Year 5 Day 17
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders begin exploring J6
The Founders discover that Silverstep Eels ignore all bait but Goodberries.

Year 5 Day 16
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored I6. Terrain Type: Hills. Features of Note: Edge of Lake Silverstep
The Founders continue to explore along the shore of lake Silverstep. Their attempts to make contact with a group of Faerie Dragons prove only marginally successful but they do learn some information from one Faerie Dragon called Swizalbram the Bold.
Rumors:
A Fey Dragon called Eranex is looking for Vesper’s Blade
A black dragon killed the roc’s mate.
Loralae the Nixie lives in Lake Silverstep.

Year 5 Day 15
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore H6
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: Edge of Lake Silverstep
The Founders explore along the edge of Lake Silverstep and are taken by its sylvan beauty.

Year 5 Day 14
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders finish exploring Hex H5
Terrain Type: Mountains Features of Note: Lair of the Roc
The Founders find the broken watchtower in which the roc roosts. Making sure that the roc is out hunting Jossiman enters the tower “in disguise”. He finds a clutch of five roc eggs but is unable to determine if they are alive.

Year 5 Day 13
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders continue exploring H5
During the course of the day The Founders find the skeletal remains of a roc that appears to have been partially melted. An attempt to study the remains more closely provokes an attack by the roc that they saw the previous evening but The Founders are able to drive it off.

Year 5 Day 12
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders begin exploring H5
The Founders spend the day exploring the mountains. They find the trace of numerous, old trails into the mountains. As they camp down for the night a huge roc flies low overhead.

Year 5 Day 11
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders leave Varnhold at dawn and head through the mountain pass, giving The Haunted Watchtower a wide berth.

Year 5 Day 10
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: None
The Founders ride across The Dunwold back towards Varnhold arriving late in the day.

Year 5 Day 9
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore L6
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: Linnorm Temple. Mammoth Herd.

Year 5 Day 8
Weather: cold but slowly becoming more comfortable. Snow on the ground is starting to defrost.
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore M6
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: None
Leaving Pavo and their horses with Belldame The founders walk to Candlemere Lake

Year 5 Day 7
Weather: cold
Hexes Explored: The Founders explore N7
Terrain Type: Hills Features of Note: None

Year 5 Day 6
Weather: cold, snow
Hexes Explored: The Founders finish exploring N8
Terrain Type: Mountains. Features of Note: None

Year 5 Day 5
Weather: cold, snow
Hexes Explored: The Founders begin exploring N8
Once again The Founder’s explorations take them back up into the mountains. The going is hard.