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Revision as of 22:50, 8 March 2021
The following are the annals of the first Heroes of Otan in what is dubbed The Primordial Campaign... this according to those who were there.
Primordial Campaign Timeline
The following sections are expressly for party use. The DM will fill in the basics, however all the gory details will remain for the party to fill in as they wish. Creation of other pages, adding in of conjecture, questions to be answered or theories about what anything encountered might mean are highly encouraged.
First Session
The First Session brought the party together at The Stuffed Kobold beginning a quest under the stewardship of Anasha Bastiga.
Second Session
The Second Session in which an abandoned old keep is stormed by the party.
Third Session
The Third Session in which the party divides itself into smaller parties to revisit the keep.
Fourth Session
The Fourth Session...
Fifth Session
The Fifth Session...
Sixth Session
The Sixth Session...
Seventh Session
The Seventh Session...
Eighth Session
The Eighth Session...
Ninth Session
The Ninth Session...
Tenth Session
The Tenth Session...
Day Two
Day Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven
As the party re-outfitted itself with its newfound wealth, the late Anasha Bastiga summoned the party to settle his accounts with them. In that meeting, Greef Roake and company were asked to return to Koboldy Rock and return with physical evidence of the kobold infestation there. Matteo, meanwhile was being counselled by a "friend" to keep quiet about kobolds... a thing he did not do.
Strange Encounter
On the way to the keep and during the first watch the party witnessed the passing of a military scout team of Bugbears. In their strange language it could be made out that they were talking about stealing magic, but their destination was unknown.
Fire and Brimstone!
Upon arriving at Koboldy Rock the party witnessed a flying figure dispensing much flame and shouting oaths at the figures beneath him. These were presumably kobolds as evidenced by the scorched outlines of kobolds left behind. The figure, approached the party in a more or less non-threatening way and announced that there were 'No kobolds in Balagash Forest'... and then flew off.
Tracking
After much investigation the party discovered tracks to a kobold who headed out an east tunnel and then north, presumably heading for home in the Ungirsi Federation. They party tracked the kobold for 4 hours when discovering a military scout team of Orcs. The party tried to parley with the Orcs (perhaps wisely), but the Orcs were having none of it and attacked. Much bad form followed but the Orcs were ultimately defeated In honorable combat and the kobold was found in their supper pot.
Back to the Rock
Unconvinced that a pair of uneaten kobold ears would be enough "proof" for their commission from Anasha Bastiga the party scoured the keep once more for koboldy clues. They discovered the remains of the kobold cleric that had given them much grief on a previous encounter. In this case, the remains were baked rather than scorched and the body was whole... which was then put in a sack, strapped to Panamon's horse and ridden back to town.
Home again, Home again
The party rode home hard, so as not to have to camp outside of town. Arriving in the evening they were greeted with a lone man hanging by the neck from a jibbet. A sign read "By Order of the Tsar Batil Zhurek, under charges of sedition and treason, Anasha Bastiga has been condemned to be hanged by the neck until dead." He was very dead.
Panamon Investigates
After discovering the body of their benefactor, Panamon Cree went into town in disguise to discover what had happened. He discovered an announcement at The Stuffed Kobold that the new Captain of the Guard had been announced, one Hedgewind Jalinbeti. Panamon followed Hedgewind through the town, noticing that he was paying deference to various Tsar's Guard and Provincial Troops making their way in and out of the city and city keep. Hedgewind retired to the city keep where he apparently slept. A bat was lost.
Requiem for a Kobold
The party, thinking better of riding into town with a dead kobold, gave the creature a proper burial and proceeded to town to take up rooms at The Stuffed Kobold.
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
The next day the party woke to find that they had been summoned by the 'new boss' to the guard tower. The party arrived to find Hedgewind in familiar surroundings and talking about his plans of changing the landscape of western Ortalyk. Hedgewind offered to billet soldiers and builders in the party's keep IFF they can prepare the keep well enough to lodge and feed guests. For some reason, there were no threats, leaving the party to decide if doing more business with Hedgewind is in their best interest.
Days Eight and Nine
The day started when Obsidian Black was presented with a note from the innkeeper, addressed from Hedgewind Jalinbeti. The missive read as follows:
The commission was accompanied with a small tapestry depicting Koboldy Rock and the Lords of Koboldy Rock.
Human Resources
The party embarked immediately on a plan to find a Grand Vizier, otherwise known as a hospitality manager to manage the billeting at Koboldy Rock. Unprompted, the proprietor at The Stuffed Kobold, Erbol Rysbek, suggested that the party hire his daughter Gulshara Rysbek, which was done immediately.
Back to the Rock
To help Gulshara make an estimate of the costs of billeting the construction workers employed by Hedgewind Jalinbeti to help construct the new western town of Jalinbeti, the party escorted her west to inspect Koboldy Rock. On the way, they encountered a collection of goblins, 3 of whom were taken prisoner.
Questions...
Greef Roake and Rayjok interrogated and slew the goblin prisoners. They learned that the goblins were seeking papers, possibly goblin in origin, but most certainly magic. They learned that these papers were most likely held within the keep at Kalagay (possibly Calgary). It was not learned precisely who is in possession of the papers.
Om nom nom!
That evening, the basement of Koboldy Rock became infested with large carrion crawlers. The beasts likely pushed their way through the kobolds old tunnels (or possibly the back door) to munch on kobold crisps and goblin corpses. The party, working nearly all together for once, made short work of them. Obsidian Black couldn't be bothered at first, but when the thunder started to roll he realized there was zero chance of sleep so he wandeded down in his bathrobe and bunny slippers and flamed the last crawler. Later, Panamon Cree discovered a small sculpture of a keep in the belly of one of the beasts. The origin of the sculpture is not known.
A River Runs Through It
On the way back to Balagash the party experienced wide but not terribly violent earth tremors. This was followed by a the sound of tsunami level crashing of water. The result of this upheaval was the forming of a new river, quickly dubbed Balagash River. This new addition to the Otan map starts conveniently at the site where Jalinbeti is to be established, and runs past Balagash emptying into the Astanals River, creating a natural trade route from Jalinbeti to the capitol, Kala Astanals
