Mystara 2012 Campaign Journal: Session 8 (5/27/12)
Hail the Heroes: Part Three
Characters
Azrael, Marten, Kelric, Finn
Events
Yarthmont 20, AC1012 - The party awakes in the pool room and continues their exploration of the temple. They find an undead priest who warns them not to disturb his rest again, but lets them go when they explain that they are here to return the Church of Traladara to glory. Then the party enters the room of the guardians and are forced to fight the six guardian statues when they don't know the answer to their riddle.
After destroying the statues, the party is in bad shape and decides to rest again before trying to access the sealed room beyond the guardians.
Yarthmont 21 -The party is still not fully recovered from their fight with the guardians, and have not decided how to get into the sealed chamber. So they spend the day resting and Azrael catalogues the books in the library, checks the party's loot for magical items, and so on.
While resting that night, some unidentified persons are seen snooping about in the temple, but the PC's manage to chase them out.
Yarthmont 22 - The party finds a secret door which leads them into the room containing the Shield of Halav. Another door leads them into the room of the Dragonlord where they recover the book "Dragonlord of Mystara."
The party leaves the temple and are ambushed by Klas Jorga, Jenna, and two other cultists. Azrael's wolf, Pågar, is killed in the battle and the rest of the party is badly hurt. The PC's prevail in the end, although one cultist escapes.
The party quickly leaves the temple and hides out in the hills to avoid any further ambushes.
Yarthmont 23-25 - Hiding out in the hills, healing and resting.
Yarthmont 26 - Azrael and Kelric sneak into Threshold, wary of any other ambushes. Kelric finds the party's horses and leaves town. Azrael checks in with the archaeologists at the dig site, who say that they still expect to have work for the PC's soon.
The party decides to take a cross-country route to reach Mirros, in order to avoid any unwanted attention on the road.
End of Session
It takes you four days travel through the Rablebb Woods to reach Mirros, an you arrive there on Klarmont 1.
You meet with Barris at the temple on Westron Alley. He is overjoyed at your success and takes you immediately to the Great Church of Traladara to meet the patriarch, Aleksyev Nikelnevich. You are paid your reward, plus extra for bringing back the book of the Dragonlord, for a total of 1,500 gold royals. Nikelnevich also gives you each a very finely crafted silver holy symbol of Halav (worth 50 gp) and names you friends of the Church. "Wherever you go, Halav, Zirchev, and Petra will watch over you with pride," he says.
After leaving the Church, you spend the rest of that day and one more day in Mirros, to train up to level 5, buy and sell, and relax and enjoy some well earned refreshment. But, not wanting to tarry too long, you leave Mirros on the morning of Klarmont 4.
While Kelric, Marten, and Finn head north to return to Threshold, Azrael takes the Eastron Road to attend to some other business.
Kelric, Marten, and Finn reach Threshold late in the evening on Klarmont 6. There have been summer thunderstorms every night this week, and they find that the archaeologists have been set back by this as the canals under Threshold keep flooding and must dry out before the digging can resume.
Azrael rejoins the party in Threshold over a week later, on Klarmont 15.
Experience Points
Party XP from combat: 8,400 xp
Story Awards
- For completing the quest to return the Shield to the Church of Traladara - 1,500 xp
- For returning the Book of the Dragonlord as well - 100 xp
Each character who was present receives 2,500 xp