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Tales of Woe

Minister

After destroying the Amazons in Falgarra we decided to head toward the next fragment. On Our way we stopped a town in Mesasis.

We discovered that almost all of the good temples had been over run by evil temples. We even discovered that a House of Gramlock had been over run by followers of Daesious.

Apparently they attacked without notice and killed all of the priests of Gramlock. We decided to cleanse the three temples of Daesious in town starting with the Gramlock temple and following through the rest of the Daesious temples.

I will contact you again when more is known.

YIS


Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

And may Toglard always be by our side in times of trouble.

Minster

So after we fended off the attack at the dinner/feast by the General from Falgarra the King of Falgarra showed up denying all knowledge of the attack. Ulrich had Shane Lee take him to get the King of Kryll so the two King's could negotiate about what happened.

Meanwhile Toglard convinced us that we should use Shane Lee's Dimensional Folding to attack the Amazon's. Which we were told by the King of Falgarra were in the mountains along the coast.

Then Toglard wished for a lock of hair from the leader of this group of Amazon's. Then he used the lock of hair to find her location. We then proceeded to cast several spells and shoot arrows through the Dimensional Folds at the leader. We felled her in a single round. Then we started at another area of their encampment.

At this point they had countered and opened four portals by us. Two in front of use which hit Malik the Grey of Pellegan (an excellent archer) and myself with beams of energy. At the same time two opened behind us and a hover ship came through each.

O reacted and put up a wall of Ice in front of one of the crafts while Ulrich cast a lightning bolt at the other ship causing it to crash. Ulrich squire and I headed to the fallen ship and quickly dispatched the two Amazons that got flung from the wreckage.

Malik, O, Shane Lee, and Ulrich finished off the two from the other craft that had slammed into the Ice wall. Then the Amazons sent two huge balls through portals one I had the Earth elementals suck into the ground and the other Toglard contained in a Force shield.

One of the Amazon's from the ships was not killed and as she started to move O trapped her in a bead that teleported her away. We think it took her back to where the Collectors that were after Toglard were from.

Meanwhile Toglard had gotten really mad at the Amazons and he teleported to where we had killed the leader. I'm not entirely sure what took place there. When the rest of us made it there Toglard had killed almost all of the Amazons.

The few he hadn't killed had fled like the cowards they are.
YIS


Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all

Minister

Since we left you at Ulrich's castle. Shane took us to the border of Falgarra where troops were massing. Once we got there O went and surveyed the Falgarrian encampment. He discovered that they had a plan of attach for the morning involving a Calvary charge sweeping in from the southeast.

Meanwhile we made plans to have a feast with the Falgarrian General. While eating dinner and discussing the Peace treaty Farrol noticed something headed for Ulrich. He stepped out and stopped two darts with his staff. At almost the same time the Shield of Gramlock that Ulrich caries appears on his back and stops several more darts.

At this point we sprang into action. O cast an Ice storm from his ring and Farrol cut the general and his remaining bodyguards to shreds.

I will send you more info once we finish investigating what is going on. But it does look like Falgarra has joined the women and is now at war with Kryll.
YIS


Morduke

Dear Minister

Minister we have found the First Temple of Gramlock and the Sword of Gramlock.

We left Bistol and Escorted the Princess back home. Then we boarded O's ship the Whispering Winds and traveled to Mykell and were lead to Lyllival by KierMan.

Nadimus had informed us we might find out more about the Ring of Elements at Lyllival. Once there we rode until were came upon the first village. KierMan introduced us and meet with the village elder Myladon. Where he listened to our tale and arranged for a guide to take us to Mitival the Capitol.

We got to Mitival and were lead strait to the Lore Master and his extensive Library. He listened to our tale and deemed we were worthy of his help. He took about an hour and did research for us on the history of The Ring of Elements.

We now have knowledge of the general location of the four parts of the Ring of Elements and the Sword of Gramlock, which should be in the First Temple of Gramlock. We decided to head to the First Temple of Gramlock first since it was closest to our current location.

We followed the information we were given and it lead us to The First Temple of Gramlock

On our journey we encountered several Gnolls and Goblins until we came to the Temple. Which we discovered was inhabited by a vile band of Hill Giants. Toglard turned us invisible and I cast a silence spell. We waited until the Giants were asleep and went inside. While we waited O went in and scouted the Temple. He was able to determine the location of the Sword of Gramlock that was being Held by a Statue of Gramlock.

We snuck in and grabbed the Sword of Gramlock and then proceeded to kill the defilers of The First Temple of Gramlock. Starting with the Chief and his bodyguards and finishing with the rest.

Then we made camp and contacted you to send a ship to pick us up.
YIS

May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

Dear

We the Bravo’s decided that our best plan of attack would be to take the battle to the enemy while the army planned the defense of the castle. We disguised ourselves as part of Selcors army and went to see the Ogres. With the help of Nadimus we managed to convince the ogres that the Amazon’s were attacking them.

Nadimus had cast a very powerful spell that was killing the Ogres slowly as if they had been poisoned. The remaining 1800 or so Ogres attached the 1000 Amazons. All of the Ogres were killed and only about 200 of the women were.

We then informed Selcors men that the women had killed the ogres and that they were going to kill them too.

As I write this letter too you I have found it necessary to come and see you. I with follow up with a more detailed report when I see you in person.
YIS

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

Minister Cordova,

We made it back to the Capitol to discover that the Wizard Nadimus had transported the Princess and the Bykin fields to a Secret Place guarded by the Elementals.

He took me there as some shadow warriors had poisoned me on our return trip. The Elementals cured me during the process they discovered that Solvay of Tusmit (the guard who meet us as we approached the capitol with the princess and who also helped us kill Baron Farkwan) has The Ring of Air Elemental Control. And informed me where we could find The Ring of Earth Elemental Control which is now in my possession.

We currently are preparing for the attack on the Capitol from Baron Selcor's Army and what's left of Baron Farkwan's army.

We also discovered that the Spy was the Advisor to the Dead King and that he was working for Selcor and the Amazon's. Cutter used the Advisors Wind talky and altered Selcor that we had discovered his Spy and his Plans. I hope this does not jeopardize our plan of Defense.

I must go now as we prepare for the attack. I will contact you as soon as the battle is over.
YIS

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

Minister Cordova,

OK so we made it to the Capitol and the Princess has assumed temporary ruler ship of Bistol. Once things seemed to be under control we made our decision to head to the south to investigate the armies of Baron Farkwan.

We know what happened to Griffin's men but we must still pay attention to them as they might still pose a threat. We know roughly the size of Selcor's Army and their location but we did not know anything about Farkwan's army. So we headed south to where we suspected they were.

It turns out he has several thousand men including siege engines and cavalry. Once we found his army we formulated a plan. O knew he could sneak into the camp unheard so Toglard cast an invisibility spell on Him so he couldn't be seen.

O snuck into the camp as the rest of us waited out of site. It was quite some time before we saw a commotion in the camp. At this point we figured that O has either done his job or been discovered so the rest of us made a lot of havoc to cause a diversion so O could escape.

When he returned to us he informed us he had assassinated Baron Farkwan. I pray that the Luck of Gramlock allowed him to succeeded and that it wasn't a decoy. Although with the items he returned with I doubt it was a decoy.

As we made our retreat that ass Cutter started spouting some crap about if whoever takes charge of the army joins us they will be rewarded and if they oppose us they will be killed.
YIS

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

Minister Cordova,

As I explained to you earlier, we made it from the encampment to the Bagren's keep to meet up with the Princess. Everything seemed OK at first. But it turned out to be a trap. Gramlock smiled on us that day as Cutter luckily found out from one of the men that joined us that the men on guard at the keep were in fact Baron Griffin's men and we were trapped. As cutter came to warn us he discovered that the doors to room we were in was mage locked. He tried to warn us but we could not hear him except for the mage Toglard. Once Toglard realized what was going on he sprang into action and fireballed several men hiding behind a curtain. Then the rest of us joined him.

I grabbed the Princess and headed for the door and the others finished off the rest of the guards in the room with the help of a Pyrotechincs spell from Toglard. As I was kicking the door down with blessings from Gramlock, we noticed more guards outside the doors. Another of Toglard's Fireballs and there were only three left standing. This is when O sprang into action and attacked.

This is when the Wizard cast a spell on Ulrich and made him 9 feet tall. And we headed to the courtyard to help the rest of our men who were fighting Baron Griffins men. Toglard cast another fireball and downed a bunch of them. We also meet up with the Wizard Nadimus and a Band of Orc's he had summoned to help us. On our way out we ran into Baron griffin him self and he was no match for us and was slain.

As a recap here was what we found out from the men that joined us and our fight with Baron Griffin and his men.

1. Baron Griffin has sent the Kings son to the Fire Hands tribe in Svykur
2. The plants have magical properties and garments made from the plants are able to heal wizards. That's what Selcor is really after.
3. Selcor and the Amazons are working together.
4. Selcor has promised the three southern Provinces to the Ogres
5. Barron Griffin is Dead
6. The Princess is safe
7. We fell into a well planned Trap and were able to escape.
YIS

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all

Minster Cordova

Last night the Wizard Nadimus joined us. He brought along a Des Cortes and a Wizard names Toglard. In the morning we headed for the Capitol with cutter in the lead. Everything was going as planned until Cutter was attacked by five of Baron Selcor's men. The wizard Toglard cast a spell and scattered the attackers as the rest of us joined Cutter. As we approached Cutter convinced them of the errors of their ways and they surrendered to us. We tried to convince them to join us in freeing the Capitol and they refused.

Later that night the guards brought on of the prisoners to me because he said he was hurt. Well he wasn't hurt but wanted to join us. He had a Map of and informed us of a plan for Three Barons Selcor, Griffin, and Farcowin to attack the Capitol and take control of the province. He informed us that he was forced into working for Selcor or he would be killed. He also told us there was a sixth guard who had headed back to their camp to warn the rest of their patrol we were here and that there are many more of the Barons men who were similarly forced to work for him. Cutter informed us that it is normal for the Barons to force peasants to work for them.

We interigated the rest of the prisoners and one more decided to join us but not until we got to the capitol. We found out that Baron Griffin is working with the Ogres and promised them the hills in return for them not moving further into Bistol. We also found out the Three Barons were responsible for the attack on the capitol and that Baron Griffin has the Kings son and Captain Tilmoran and the Advisor Jakin are Acting leaders of the Capitol.

We decided that we should stop the messenger from alerting the patrol and/or Baron to our presence but we were three hours behind the rider. So Nadimus cast some sort of seventh league spell on our horses. We arrived at the patrols encampment to stop them from sending more riders on to warn Baron Selcor. We killed a mage, a priest, and the Captain of the patrol along with most of the soldiers. We now have about a Dozen prisoners from Baron Selcor's army.

We are now on our way back to catch up with the Nadimus and the Princess. We should be in the Capitol in a day or two. I will contact you again when we get there.
YIS

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all

7/01/02
Minister Cordova

It is sad new that I report the Ogres are expanding in to Bistol and Bali of Mykyll, servant of Mercheval has been slain.

Here is a more detailed repot.

Our sea voyage went as planed. We traveled over land with the Princesses and her retainers. O and Bali rode in the Wagon train while Cutter, Ulrich and I rode horses and the Monk walked. Bali had his Hawk keep look out from the skies as we made a rather uneventful trip to the Borders of Bistol.

When we got near the fist outskirt village of Bistol Bali stopped us as his Hawk had seen smoke and ruins ahead. The six of us made our way to the village while the Princes stayed out of Danger with her retainers.

Once we got to the village we discovered that it had been attacked by a Dozen Ogres from the Clan just inside the Ogre territory 20 miles away. Of the 100 or so villagers on about 25 remain alive and they managed only to take down two Ogres.

At this point O went back and escorted the Princes to the Village. While the rest of us helped the Villagers. We learned that the attack had taken place four day's ago. and that they have been attacking once or twice a week.

Meanwhile Bali had his Hawk search in the direction the Ogres had come from and we took care of the wounded. The Princess had her retainers help the Villagers save what they could of the Village.

Bali's Hawk spotted the 10 remaining Ogres about 10 miles away. We decided that who ever had done this to the Village should be put to the sword and the Princess agreed.

So we headed out toward their encampment to realize that they were preparing this site for many more Ogres to come. So we made a plan of attack. I cast a Silence spell and we approached. We used the four crossbows we found on the ships. They didn't seem to affect the ogres as much as we would have liked. We got a couple of rounds off before they figured out where we were and charged us.

When they got close Bali cast a Web spell which managed to catch all but two of the ogres. So we waited on the edge of the webs for them to work their way out towards us. O and some of the others keep firing into the webs at them while Ulrich and I waited with swords in hand.

Unfortunately though one of the Ogres that didn't get stuck was an Ogre Magi. He was at the back of the web and he shot a Cone of Cold through the web and the Stuck Ogres and into us. He didn't even seem to think twice about it. He showed no concern for the Ogres the vicious bastard.

Well his Cone of Cold managed to freeze the Webs and kill all the other Ogres. He did catch all six of us as well and it was only by the Luck and Strength of Gramlock that I survived. Unfortunately Bali of Mykyll, servant of Mercheval was not so lucky and there was nothing I could do to save him.

With the webs frozen and no other Ogres to get in the way the Ogre Magi did not last long against the five of us that remained.

We have rejoined the Princess back at the Village. We will continue our Journey in the Morning.
Yours in Service

Morduke
May the Strength and Luck of Gramlock protect us all.

6/26/02
Minster Cordova

The Festival was interuppeted by a band of Women. They attacked in ships both from the Air and the Sea. I was able to stop the attack with the help of some other Tavlers. I fear this has been the Start of a Great War. I will contact you again when I know more.
Yours in service

Morduke
May the Strength of Gramlock protect you.

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