SESSION EIGHT “Run For Your Life” 23 Imbolc, 2020au Following the revelations and call to action after the discovery of a secret Treskeggmal in the crypt behind Brigand’s Rest, the Bordermen and their allies went to work, making the site defensible. Edmund put his Highmoor’s Seat military training to good use, mobilizing the Fancy Boot…
Month: February 2020
The Keep on the Borderlands: Session Seven — “The Stalking Dead”
SESSION SEVEN “The Stalking Dead” After six days in the Keep on the Borderlands, a train of riders set out once more for the Caves of Chaos. It was a solemn journey. Some came for renown. Some for revenge. Others for knowledge. They were thirteen in number. Brukhart and Magnar Ljunberg, the last of four…
The Spine of the Dragon: Session Seven — “The Roots of Brigands’ Rest”
Session Seven “The Roots of Brigands’ Rest” 9 Imbolc, 2020au Halbmonde of Salazar / Halbmonde of Delarius Following a long respite that found both Arthur Hawkmoor and Togo better off than the night before, the Morgans, Arenth and Galen, bid the Bordermen good eve. Having procured the heads of their bounties, they set off for…
The Keep on the Borderlands: Session Six — “All Men are Mortal”
Session Six “All Men are Mortal” Exhausted, bloodied, King Mercer, himself hovering near collapse, held the line against the press of invading goblins while the four Ljunberg brothers escaped east into the Hobgoblin’s treasure room. By the time the King made it back to the sons of Skalgrim, a unit of Hobgoblin soldiers had fought…
Spine of the Dragon: Session Six — “Northern Blood”
Session Six “Northern Blood” 8 Imbolc, 2020au Corran of Salazar / Halbmonde of Delarius Arthur Hawkmoor lay unconscious, tended to with a mothering hand by Laylah Fortune, whilst Byron Fletcher, Edmund Stewart, and Hakmet ibn Damar discussed their situation around a campfire. Their campsite, they surmised, had been home to the brigands they had dispatched…
The Keep on the Borderlands: Session Five — “Fire & Blood”
Session Five “Fire & Blood” The Hobgoblin Warlord, Gnavash, took command of the situation, marshaling her forces for a concerted resistance against the Ljunborg’s assault on their lair. Her barked commands embolden her warriors as they moved to isolate the intruders while Gnavash gathered reinforcements. Magnar spiked additional doorways to protect their flank while his…
Spine of the Dragon: Session Five — “Grim Tidings”
Session Five “Grim Tidings” 7 Imbolc, 2020au Corran of Salazar / Corran of Delarius Making camp along some roadside ruins, the Bordermen and their newfound companions were eager to get some much needed rest, however, a few scant hours into their respite found them roused by two creatures right out of myth harrowing their mounts….
The Keep on the Borderlands: Session Four — “Swift and Deadly”
Session Four “Swift and Deadly” It is said, “Orcs may have hordes, but Hobgoblins have armies.” But even the best soldiers can be caught flat-footed as the Brothers Ljunborg and the King of the North proved as they passed swiftly and decisively through the Hobgoblin lair. Confronting two sentries, they made short work of the…
Spine of the Dragon: Session Four — “Assassin’s Knot”
Session Four “Assassin’s Knot” 6 Imbolc, 2020au Corran of Salazar / Corran of Delarius From the neighboring room of the Damar brothers, Byron Fletcher roused his compatriots, Arthur Hawkmoor and Edmund Stewart, by knocking on the adjoining wall and whispering that thieves of the Thornskull Collective were coming for the lock box and that…