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This is a diary as written by [[Nell]]. She started writing it as an exercise when learning to read and write.
  
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This is the diary as written by Nell.
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== Entries ==
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She is writing it as an exercise in learning to read and write.
 
  
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[[#end|To End]]
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# '''[[First Entry]]:''' Nell gives a short introduction
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# '''[[The Big Feast]]:''' goblins attack [[Sandpoint]] during a feast held to celebrate the completion of the new cathedral
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# '''[[The Boneyard]]:''' the heroes prevent the goblins from carrying off a corpse from the graveyard, but the head is missing
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# '''[[The White Deer]]:''' the heroes fight the goblin leader of the attack
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# '''[[The Day After]]:''' the heroes recuperate and start looking for clues
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# '''[[The Hunt]]:''' the heroes are invited by [[Characters (Runelords)#Aldern Foxglove|Aldern Foxglove]] to go hunting
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# '''[[The Glassworks]]:''' [[Characters (Runelords)#Ameiko Kaijitsu|Ameiko]] disappears and the heroes investigate
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# '''[[The Cellar]]:''' the fight against the goblins continues downstairs
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# '''[[The Tunnel]]:''' the heroes head down an old tunnel found in the cellar to se where it leads
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# '''[[Old Rooms Beneath the Town]]:''' ancient rooms is found beneath Sandpoint
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# '''[[The Temple]]:''' an evil temple is found and the heroes fight its inhabitants
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# '''[[A Few Untroubled Days]]:''' the heroes take a well deserved rest for a few days
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# '''[[Reaching Thistletop]]:''' the heroes goes to scout out the goblins hideout
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# '''[[Thistletop's Defenses]]:''' deciding [[Thistletop]] wasn't that well defended, the heroes attack
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# '''[[Ripnugget]]:''' the heroes face the goblin warchief
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# '''[[Faltering Loyalties]]:''' the heroes continue to search through Thistletop and face new obstacles
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# '''[[Bruthazmus]]:''' Ripnugget wasn't the only warchief, so now they face Bruthazmus
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# '''[[Nell Meets Grell]]:''' Nell tries to scout ahead but gets into trouble
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# '''[[Nualia]]:''' the heroes continue through the dangers of Thistletop and finally face Nualia
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# '''[[Saviour in Time of Need]]:''' a few ancient rooms are looted, but they were not lightly guarded
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# '''[[The Dark Goal of Greed]]:''' the heroes at last find the demon and some information about the old runelords
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# '''[[The Sweetness of Victory]]:''' returning to Sandpoint the heroes are greeted as heroes
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# '''[[Return to Thistletop]]:''' the heroes return to Thistletop one last time to kill the demon
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# '''[[The lumber mill]]:''' the sheriff asks the heroes to investigate a double murder at the lumber mill
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# '''[[The fortune telling]]:''' the heroes get invited to the mysterious [[Characters (Runelords)#Madame Niska Mvashti|Madame Mvashti]]
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# '''[[The Sanatorium]]:''' the heroes ride to the [[Habe's_Sanatorium|sanatorium]] to question Sevilla
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# '''[[The Countryside]]:''' the heroes ride out towards the Foxglove Manor, but face undead horrors on the way
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# '''[[The Foxglove Manor]]:''' the heroes again ride out to the Foxglove Manor, but this time they get there
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# '''[[In My Room]]:''' the second floor of the Foxglove manor are looked through by the heroes
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# '''[[Meeting Mrs. Foxglove]]:''' the heroes search the top floor and encounter Aldern's wife
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# '''[[Aldern Foxglove]]:''' the heroes meet Aldern Foxglove again, but he has changed
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# '''[[Alderns's Cave]]:''' the heroes search through Alderns things to find the reasons behind the murders
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# '''[[Searching the Caverns]]:''' the caverns below the Foxglove manor are searched
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# '''[[Foxglove's Secrets]]:''' the heroes search through the manor and find the dark past of the Foxglove family
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# '''[[Vorel Has Left the Building]]:''' the heroes exorcise the spirit of Vorel Foxglove
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# '''[[Return to Magnimar]]:''' the leads take the heroes to [[Magnimar]]
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# '''[[The Foxglove Townhouse]]:''' after finding the Foxglove townhouse the heroes encounter someone they never expected
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# '''[[The City Guards Arrive]]:''' the city guards come to investigate the fighting, but all isn't well
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# '''[[Seven's Sawmill]]:''' the heroes ask around town to try to locate Seven's Sawmill
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# '''[[Father Skinsaw]]:''' the heroes stealthily approach the sawmill to attack the cult
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# '''[[The Old Clocktower]]:''' the heroes race through the streets of Magnimar to an old tower in the Shadow district
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# '''[[Xanesha]]:''' in the tower the heroes face the creature controlling the skinsaw cult
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# '''[[A New Friend]]:''' the heroes get a lot of attention, go to a lot of parties and take a well deserved rest
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# '''[[On Our Way]]:''' the mayor of Magnimar sends the heroes out on a mission
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# '''[[Half-ogres]]:''' the heroes rescue a bear and fight its hunters
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# '''[[The Farm]]:''' the heroes make a detour to a farm and see the results of inbreeding
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# '''[[Trapped]]:''' entering the house the heroes find more half-ogres and lots of humanoid remains
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# '''[[The Barn]]:''' the heroes look through the barn in search of the bear's master
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# '''[[Paradise's Gates]]:''' returning to [[Turtleback Ferry]] the heroes find the barge, Paradise's Gates, burning
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# '''[[Silent Lips, Talking Eyes]]:''' the heroes investigate the cause of the fire
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# '''[[Attacking Fort Rannick]]:''' the heroes travel to [[Fort Rannick]] to scout but attack the fort
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# '''[[Lucretia]]:''' the heroes tight their way up through the fort
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# '''[[Kaven's Fate]]:''' the heroes discuss what to do with [[Characters_(Runelords)#Kaven_Windstrike|Kaven Windstrike]] and return to Turtleback Ferry
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# '''[[The Flood]]:''' a big wave strike Turtleback Ferry and monsters follow in its wake
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# '''[[Skulls' Crossing]]:''' the heroes travel to [[Skulls_Crossing|Skulls' Crossing]] and find it in a bad state and ogres at work
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# '''[[Wet Papa Grazuul]]:''' the skull shaped control structure of the dam is explored and its guardian encountered
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# '''[[A Plea for Help]]:''' upon their return the heroes are celebrated and get a few days rest
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# '''[[Shimmerglens]]:''' the heroes are led by a pixie through the marshlands [[Whitewillow_(Greyhawk)|Shimmerglens]] to find Whitewillow
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# '''[[Whitewillow]]:''' the heroes reach Whitewillow and find out what troubles the fey in the area
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# '''[[Ambushed]]:''' the heroes set out to the Hook Mountain Clanhold but are ambushed on the way
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# '''[[Hook Mountain Clanhold]]:''' reaching Hook Mountain Clanhold, the heroes sneak in and look for the body of Lamatar
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# '''[[Winter Quarters]]:''' having finished their mission the heroes settle for the winter
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# '''[[Kaer Maga]]:''' the heroes are contracted to find an artifact which takes them to [[Kaer_Maga_(Greyhawk_4E)|Kaer Maga]]
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# '''[[Below Tarheel]]:''' being guided through the lower regions of the city the heroes find the Split Street gang
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# '''[[Return of Ironbriar]]:''' continuing through the underground complex the heroes encounter an old enemy
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# '''[[Tricking a Dragon]]:''' the heroes encounter a dragon and cultists
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# '''[[Tirana]]:''' the heroes finally face the villain
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# '''[[Building a Life]]:''' time goes by and the heroes find a place in life
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# '''[[The Big Goblin Feast]]:''' a feast is held in Sandpoint to celebrate the defeat of the goblins a year ago
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# '''[[The Giant Attack]]:''' giants and a dragon attack Sandpoint early morning after the feast
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# '''[[Aftermath]]:''' the heroes set out to follow the giants
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# '''[[The Rescue]]:''' the heroes continue on to save Das Korvut from the giants
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# '''[[Storval Stairs]]:''' the giants guarding the top of Storval Stairs are defeated [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Reaching Jorgenfist]]:''' reaching Jorgenfist the heroes try to get in without alerting the army outside [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Enga Keckvia]]:''' continuing through tunnels the heroes meet kobolds standing guard in the way
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# '''[[In Need of Fire]]:''' the heroes surprise a showy giant and continue through troll-infested corridors
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# '''[[Undead Giants]]:''' the heroes continue to search through the complex and find undead giants
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# '''[[Puppets]]:''' trying to get home to recover, the heroes trick controlled rune slaves
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# '''[[Mokmurian]]:''' finally, the heroes meet Mokmurian and defeat him
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# '''[[The Library]]:''' the heroes find a very old library
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# '''[[Below Sandpoint]]:''' returning to Sandpoint the heroes find more thassalonian structures
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# '''[[The End of Xalista]]:''' continuing through the complex they defeat Xalista and his monsters
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# '''[[The Riddle]]:''' the heroes solve the riddle and try to open the way to Runeforge
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# '''[[Arkrhyst]]:''' the heroes fight a big white dragon
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# '''[[The Gate to Runeforge]]:''' the heroes find the gate to Runeforge
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# '''[[The Ruin of Envy]]:''' arriving at Runeforge the heroes look through their first part
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# '''[[The Illusion of Pride]]:''' the heroes enter the pride part and encounter illusions and wizards
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# '''[[The Gates of Wrath]]:''' continuing through the sins the heroes enter the halls of wrath
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# '''[[Lackeys of Lust]]:''' the heroes enter the cages of lust and meet demons living there
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# '''[[Leave in Silence]]:''' the heroes find and steal Delvahine's equipment without alerting anyone
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# '''[[Crypts of Gluttony]]:''' the heroes enters the ravenous crypt of gluttony and encounter undead monsters
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# '''[[Vaults of Greed]]:''' the heroes enters the Vaults of Greed
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# '''[[Leaving Runeforge]]:''' when preparing to leave Runeforge the heroes encounter unexpected trouble
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# '''[[The World Outside]]:''' after leaving Runeforge the heroes get reacquainted with the world outside
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# '''[[All the World's a Stage]]:''' the heroes set up Nell's play and investigate Cyrdak Drokkus past encountering Kassiel Iylmrain
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# '''[[The Storm]]:''' the heroes set out to find Xin-Shalast and find an old dwarven building
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# '''[[Haunted by Dwarfs]]:''' investigating the building the heroes encounter ghosts of dwarfs
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# '''[[Diamonds]]:''' the heroes reunite the remains of the dwarven brothers and fight a wendigo
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# '''[[The Ascent]]:''' continuing uphill the heroes encounter an ice palace and visit the ice queens court
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# '''[[Reaching Xin-Shalast]]:''' the heroes encounter a guard post before arriving at the city of greed, Xin-Shalast
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# '''[[Xin-Shalast 101]]:''' the heroes start exploring Xin-Shalast by stealth, cunning and disguise
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# '''[[Rendez-vous in Xin-Shalast]]:''' while the heroes seek out and attack the hidden beast, they meet an old friend [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Ice Ice Baby]]:''' finding out that they need magic rings the heroes seek one from an Ice Devil [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[The Art of War]]:''' suspecting another ring might be in the keep the heroes attack the giant guard  [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Ghlorofaex]]:''' looking for the last ring the heroes seek out and fight the dragon Ghlorofaex [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Entering the Spires]]:''' the heroes pass through the field and through a tunnel and enter the Spires of Xin-Shalast [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[Meeting Karzoug]]:''' the heroes encounter Karzoug himself but he is too easily defeated [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''[[End of Ironbriar]]:''' defeat the harridans and meet Ironbriar [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''Unnamed:''' fight rune giants and the head harridan [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
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# '''Unnamed:''' the heroes finally face the true Karzoug [[Image:Notepad.png|20px]]
  
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== First entry ==
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== See also ==
  
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Hello diary.
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* [[Draft (Runelords)|Draft]] Before the title of an episode has been decided it is written here.
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* Nell is writing plays of her adventures. Thoughts of their format is gathered here [[Family Secrets]]
  
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I am to write here to learn how to write. Velicia will help me write,
 
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when needed.
 
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== The big feast ==
 
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Today a lot happened.
 
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I was at the big feast that the whole town have been preparing for for a
 
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long time. I went there with Velicia. There were lots of food. There were
 
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three tables filled with the best from each of the inns. I liked the Rusty
 
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Dragon best, even though it was quite spicy. Loads of butterflies were
 
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released, flying around everywhere. I was eating when mayor Kendra Deverin
 
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stood up and talked about something. Then the sheriff Belor Hemlock said
 
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boring stuff and Cyrdak Drokkus talked about his new play. He's nice. He
 
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has been flirting with a lot of us young girls. I like him as he don't
 
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try to grope as some others do. It's almost suspicious how he don't.
 
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I will try to make sure I get invited to see that play. Then Father
 
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Abstalar Zantus was just about to speak even more, when Velicia had had
 
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enough of food and wanted to go look at the bonfire, or rather the pile
 
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that would become the big fire. I grabbed some more salmon and followed
 
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her. The salmon was really good. I wonder how its done. I've never been
 
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a good cook. Velicia said something was stirring somewhere towards the
 
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gate and we were just going that way when lots and lots of goblins
 
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poured in towards the central square where the feast was held and we were.
 
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There were one big goblin riding a strange dog and a few others singing
 
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a silly song. Velicia rushed ahead and threw some of her magic, powerful
 
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great magic, at them and several fell to the ground. I loaded my sling
 
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with several stones and hit many with my barrage of stones, blinding one
 
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temporary. I ran up to a goblin and made a move I've often used when in
 
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trouble. I showed plenty of thigh and stabbed with the dagger. Even if it
 
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worked I was a little put off as the goblin rather looked hungry when
 
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looking at my thigh. Not the usual response. There followed a big melee
 
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where I felled goblin after goblin saving many of the villagers. Some of
 
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the people living here also fought with us. There were Nathaniel Deverin
 
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who I have met before. He is a nobleman from one of the four noble families
 
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here, but after today I think he's nice anyway. Actually the same family as
 
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the Mayor. Also there were a strange looking rhenne with pale skin, white
 
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hair and red eyes called Dorothea Caiphon who used scary magic and a female
 
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satyr called Honeypot who helped us fighting the goblins while playing
 
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the flute. We killed most of the goblins and a few fled.
 
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== The boneyard ==
 
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We were very proud when the sheriff told us that he had seen how good we
 
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were and asked us to check the gate. When we got there there were some
 
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commotion in the boneyard. I snuck in but they noticed me, so I threw a
 
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bullet at a big goblin with my sling. Velicia waved her fan at a group
 
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of goblins and almost all flew away. I hit mine again with a sling stone
 
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and then stabbed it with my dagger. The rest of us ran up to a group of
 
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goblins trying to protect some others next to a ladder raised to the wall.
 
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Several goblins suddenly surrounded me. They hit me from all over and I
 
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just barely got out before I got really hurt. Honeypot played some really
 
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refreshing tune and I attacked again. Soon most of the goblins were dead.
 
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The goblins were dragging a sack from the cemetery and Velicia used her magic
 
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to suddenly appear on top of the wall where the goblins were trying to climb
 
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ladders to get away with the sack. She stopped them, blowing and burning them
 
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with her mighty magic. Then Nathaniel really showed what he could do. He ran
 
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up to the ladder and killed the big awful goblin dog that were chewing on
 
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Honeypot and continued up the ladder and skewered the goblin leader with his
 
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rapier helping Velicia. Then he climbed down and retrieved the sack that were
 
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on the outside and back up to the wall. He dumped it down the ladder right in
 
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front of me, and pulled up the ladder on the outside of the wall. I peeked in
 
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the sack and it contained the remains of some yucky old dead body.
 
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From the wall the others said that there came lots and lots of more goblins
 
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demanding to get the sack. Honeypot faked another sack and threw it to them.
 
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I went looking for an open grave the body could've come from and found one.
 
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It was marked cleric Ezakien Tobyn. Nathaniel went to talk to the guards by
 
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the gate and I ran back to the square and told the sheriff. He was busy  but
 
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said they were handling most of the goblins now that we had broken their
 
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attack. I went back and saw them throwing a live goblin over the wall.
 
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Strange. That fall would probably not even kill it.
 
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== The white deer ==
 
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I told them how things were and we brought the ladders and the remains of the
 
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body to the guards at the gate and went back to town to help cleaning up the
 
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last goblins. When we were approaching The White Deer, there were a really,
 
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really big goblin riding the biggest, meanest goblin dog so far attacking an
 
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ordinary dog while a man was trying to fend for himself a few yards further
 
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away. I put a bullet straight in the chest of another goblin skulking nearby.
 
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Nathaniel charged it and split it in two in a mighty blow. Velicia ran up to
 
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the mounted goblin leader and used her incredible magic. Nathaniel joining in
 
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too. Dorothea and Honeypot used their magic on other smaller but still very
 
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tough goblins. Those threw javelins at us hitting with most. Nathaniel was
 
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hit several times and one pierced him and fell to the ground bleeding.
 
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Honeypot ran up to him reviving him and killed the leader goblin. I moved up
 
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to the awful, monstrous dog sure to kill the poor man trying desperately to
 
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defend himself, and hit it well with my dagger and tripping it making it
 
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stuble into Velicias impressive magic dancing dagger swarm, slicing it to
 
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shreds, thus surely saving the mans life. It turned out to be Aldern Foxglove
 
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who is a nobleman passing through town. I've seen him partying at an inn
 
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earlier. You can never trust noblemen, perhaps except Nathaniel who seems
 
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to be nice.
 
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Now I will go to bed. It's already late. Good night.
 
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== The day after ==
 
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I hurt a little all over this morning when I woke up after the big fight.
 
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We who fought together met up and hung out. We took it easy talking all
 
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morning. Aldern Foxglove who's life I saved yesterday by killing that
 
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monstrous giant dog, showed up and invited all us girls to go hunting the
 
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next day. Then there were some commotion, and when we checked what it was
 
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it turned out that some half elf scout had come back from running around
 
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in the woods keeping an eye on the goblins. She went to the sheriff and we
 
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followed her in. The Sheriff greeted us and said that it was good we
 
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already were there so he didn't have to send for us. He sent for the
 
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Mayor though. The half elf told us a lot about all the goblin tribes
 
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around here.
 
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There are five of them.
 
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* The first is led by someone called Bruthazmus. I think that one was a bugbear.
 
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* Second is led by Big Gutmut. I didn't really pay attention to all she said.
 
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* Then there's Ripnugget who had a lair called Thistle top.
 
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* Korvus led a tribe called seven teeth or something.
 
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* The last one licked toads in a swamp where a cannibal goblin called Vorka tried to eat them.
 
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I'm guessing the last ones are losers.
 
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The one we killed yesterday was called Gortmurt. Not that that makes much
 
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difference.
 
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I juggled a bit with some apples that where in a bowl in that room. The
 
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sheriff told us he was going to Magnimar tomorrow to ask for more guards
 
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until the goblin problem is solved. He asked us, as the big heroes we are,
 
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to help keep an eye open for trouble. We told him we would and that we
 
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would especially keep an eye on a suspect we have that might be the human
 
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helping the goblins from within the village. The meeting was over and I
 
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put back an apple in the bowl and kept the others as lunch.
 
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We thought that we should start looking for traitors right away so we went
 
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to the Rusty Dragon to see if any one had heard anything. They greeted us
 
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as the big heroes we are, that saved the entire village from being overrun
 
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by all the goblins. I told them the story once again of how we realized
 
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that there were goblins in the boneyard that no one else had noticed and
 
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how we saved most of the remains of Ezakien Tobyn. As Nathaniel wasn't
 
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there I took his and my place in the story and told it climbing the chairs
 
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as ladders up onto the table posing as the wall where I and Velicia fought
 
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imaginary goblins.
 
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It was easy to get food and drinks after that show. Dorothea really likes
 
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beer. Then we asked the others at the inn for stories but those were
 
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mostly of how stupid the goblins were, like when some goblins crept into
 
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the bonfire while others set it on fire. Someone heard about how several
 
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mills had burned down and suspected the Scarnettis to be involved. But
 
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there were no strange humans lurking in shadows helping the goblins.
 
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It was late at night before we turned in.
 
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== The hunt ==
 
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I woke early, but not early enough to be up when Alden came. He though
 
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hunts should start very early. Some of us had had more to drink than me
 
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and were less than happy about the time. As we were a little late he had
 
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a second breakfast together with us talking about the hunt. When we got
 
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out he had several horses waiting and presented us with them as a gift.
 
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A GIFT! Horses are really expensive and he just gave them to us. He must
 
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be loaded. I acted unimpressed as usual when I get men to give me gifts.
 
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When we left for the hunt and he helped us up on the horses he groped my
 
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behind. When I shot him an angry look he didn't see it at all as he was
 
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looking up my skirt. I bit my lip and got the horse moving. He then did
 
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the same to the others. Then we were off to where we were to hunt. It was
 
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called tickwood. I hate ticks. They are disgusting little bugs. On the
 
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way out of town we met up with Nathaniel who was out riding early and
 
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to Alderns dismay Velicia immediately invited him to the trip too.
 
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Honeypot kept Aldern company. That was fortunate as Nathaniel and Aldern
 
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didn't seem to get along that well. During the hunt Honeypot and Aldern
 
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got separated from us others, but we found them again after a little
 
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while. The hunt was a success and Aldern and Dorothea were the sharpest
 
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with the crossbows with Nathaniel close behind. Honeypot was really happy
 
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about the competition and cheered when anyone had a clear shot. She
 
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celebrated Alderns hunting success with a lot of hugging. During all the
 
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time in the woods I kept a sharp lookout for ticks and not much else.
 
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When we got back I took the two boars we had shot to the Rusty Dragon to
 
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get them done. Ameiko promised to make a great feast out of them and in
 
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return could keep the rest of them that we didn't eat.
 
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I and Dorothea saw Nathaniel being approached by Shayliss who asked for
 
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his help to get rid of a rat problem. Apparently it was in the cellar
 
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and she led him down there. As we knew of her reputation as "loose", we
 
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decided to see what would happen. Stealthily we followed and watched.
 
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When Nathaniel was half undressed and Shayliss mostly undressed her
 
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father appeared. The two of them didn't notice until he shouted at them
 
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waving a club about. Nathaniel answered by saying:
 
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"What I have done to your daughter, many has done before me."
 
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I could not believe my ears. It was hard to not laugh, but he continued
 
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"None the less, I know what I have done and will take what punishment you
 
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think would be just, as I respect you as her father."
 
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Her father beat him, but his anger was apparently soothed by Nathaniels
 
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willingness to take the punishment. Dorothea and I made sure to leave
 
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before we were noticed.
 
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We all met again at the Rusty Dragon later for dinner. Velicia asked
 
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Nathatniel what had happened to him as she noticed his bruises and was
 
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very impressed at how he respected Shayliss' father. I think she is a
 
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little smitten by him. Honeypot showed up a little late together with
 
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Aldern. He gave a big sack of coins to us as a payment for saving his
 
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life the other day. It was a thousand gold coins! He must surely be
 
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very rich. Then the boar arrived and it's delicious. I have earlier
 
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hinted at being good at sneaking around and keeping an eye on things
 
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to Velicia so she used one of her magic tricks and whispered in my ear
 
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that now that Aldern was here someone should check out his room.
 
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I asked Dorothea to come with me. Before I left I filled my bag with
 
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bread, cookies, some vegetables and filled a small plate with boar to
 
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eat while walking to the other side of the whole village. When at
 
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the White Deer we saw his servant eating in the first floor dining room
 
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and went up the stairs to his room. I picked the lock while Dorothea
 
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kept watch. We got in and looked around. He didn't have that much stuff,
 
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as if he isn't really that rich. I mostly found a lot of papers. I asked
 
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Dorothea to read them but she said they were too boring. She was right.
 
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The papers were hard to read and very boring. I only got that it was
 
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about estate and there were the Foxglove house, the Foxglove manor,
 
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Foxglove estate and the Foxglove farm, or something like that.
 
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As we left I locked the door.
 
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When we returned I was thrilled to get back to the dinner that I had
 
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been promised would be refilled all night, but it was mostly finished
 
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when we got back. I asked the servant girl for more but there were some
 
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problems in the kitchen. We went there to investigate and found lots
 
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of food. Most of it wasn't cooked, but there were some pastries, bread,
 
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butter, cheese, apples, pears, cookies, cakes and other cold dishes ready
 
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to eat. The others said something about the halfling cook and some strange
 
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letter, but I mostly looked for the best cold dishes. I always get hungry
 
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after acrobatics, and I love cartwheeling, jumping fences and such things,
 
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so I do it all the time. But anyway we found out that Ameikos brother
 
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that we had heard about earlier, and planned to ask Ameiko about, but
 
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never got around to, wanted to meet with her at the glassworks at midnight.
 
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It was already after midnight so we hurried over there.
 
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== The glassworks ==
 
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On the way there Honeypot prepared a ritual and we took the time to get
 
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it done. It made sure that we could whisper to each other even if we
 
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were at the other end of the glassworks. To test this Velicia,
 
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Nathaniel and Honeypot went to the exhibition end of the glassworks
 
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to peek in through glass dome on the roof, while I and Dorothea went
 
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to the service entrance at the other end, where Ameiko were supposed
 
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to meet with her brother. The doors were locked but after some work we
 
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got them open. The others told us that the glass in the exhibition was
 
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smashed. We entered into an empty hall. There was an awful smell of
 
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goblin. You could hear goblins making noises through some double doors.
 
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The others got down from the roof and ran over to us. I listened to the
 
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other door and heard goblins making noises there too, but not as loud.
 
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I thought I heard a human voice in pain through that door so I
 
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suggested we storm through that door. As we did we saw lots of goblins
 
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and a glassworker being treated badly as entertainment by the goblins.
 
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We took them by surprise and there was a big fight. I did my part and
 
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showed all the others my formidable skill. Honeypot did it too when she
 
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jumped over a goblin into another room. That was a nice move. I have to
 
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try it myself sometime. After a while we had killed all goblins and
 
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freed several workers, but we were too late to save all of them. There
 
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was at least one that had been hacked up as if butchered for meat.
 
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I felt sick but tried to look the other way. I don't think the others
 
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noticed.
 
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We took a short rest while Honeypot tried to heal us and the workers.
 
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We told them to leave as we would make sure the all goblins doing this
 
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would be killed. They were quite taken by the experience and asked for
 
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protection. We helped them out of the glass works and sent them on their
 
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way to the Mayor before we headed for the other room, which turned out
 
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to be where all the glass were made. I charged right up to a big goblin
 
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boss standing next to a big oven-looking fireplace in the wall. I tricked
 
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it to get right in front of the open doors to the fire pit and skewered
 
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it so it fell right into the fire. With a scream it died a fiery death.
 
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Dorothea also had time to get in and use some of her scary magic before
 
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a goblin made an awful cloud of disgusting goblin vapors fill the room.
 
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It didn't quite fill the entire room, but the whole part we were in. It
 
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made my eyes tear up and all goblins very hard to hit. A goblin charged
 
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me with a glass blower pipe. It was like a spear with a melted glass tip.
 
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I easily jumped out of the way. Nathaniel sliced a goblin in half with
 
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the mightiest blow I've ever seen done with a rapier, or anything else
 
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for that matter. Velicia improved on my idea of throwing the goblins into
 
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the ovens by doing it to three at a time with a magic thunderstrike.
 
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After some more hard fighting we succeeded in striking down most of the
 
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goblins. The magic using goblin and another one tried to flee but Velicia
 
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put her ball of whirling daggers in front of the door and I and Nathaniel
 
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both charged the mage goblin. I jumped up on a long table, running along
 
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it and springing forward with feline agility I lashed out, cut deep into
 
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the mage with my new magic dagger and rolled on to box it in. It didn't
 
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last long when we all surrounding it cut it to pieces.
 
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== The cellar ==
 
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We took a short rest and Honeypot played her soothing music again.
 
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I felt sore from several cuts from those awful goblins, but it fell
 
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from my mind as I listened. We took a final look around before we
 
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went down to the cellar. Once more I saw the horrible parts of that
 
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poor worker that had been cut up by the goblins.
 
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(Between the lines are written: Don't read this, Velicia. Skip to
 
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the next paragraph.) We started down the stair, but I was distracted
 
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by my thoughts and stumbled into more goblins. I had horrible visions
 
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of being cut up by them as that worker in my mind and missed with my
 
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sling. The others stormed right by me but I got back in the stairs
 
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and hid. I just peeked around the corner and flung bullet after bullet
 
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at the goblins, but the shots went wild. I think I need more space to
 
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use the sling properly. Nathaniel took several hits and a particular
 
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nasty one made him stagger and fall. In this dire situation I tried
 
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using the dagger instead and threw it at the goblin around the corner.
 
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It flew true and hit it in its belly. It was hurt really badly and to
 
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my surprise the dagger appeared in my hand again. I knew it was a
 
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magical dagger, but I didn't know that it could do that. I hid behind
 
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the corner again and tried to do the same again but never got it quite
 
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right. At least the dagger didn't take any damage from hitting walls,
 
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floors and doors and kept appearing in my hand right after hitting
 
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whatever was behind what I aimed for. Nathaniel charged right up to a
 
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half elf who came around a corner and started shooting arrows at us.
 
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Nathaniel gut him down after a short fight up close.
 
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After a long fight we finally killed the last goblins. It was Velica
 
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who felled them with magic. Nathaniel told us that a few got away
 
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through a storage room in the back. There where a corridor or rather
 
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a tunnel leading away from it. I though that we'd better search every
 
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room before entering the tunnel so no goblins could sneak up on us
 
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from behind. Nathaniel had showed me how bad that could be, even though
 
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it wasn't even from behind. I looked around and found Ameiko tied up
 
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in one of the storage rooms. I talked to her some as I freed her and
 
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suggested that she'd stay behind as we searched the tunnel. She told me
 
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she could take care of herself and would join us. She was less saddened
 
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by her brothers betrayal and her fathers death than I would have thought
 
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she'd be. When I checked on the half elf it turned out to be her brother
 
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and I told her he was dead. I searched him and found a crossbow, a diary
 
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and <something>. I started reading the diary and thought about comparing
 
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it to my own when Velicia took it. I continued to search through the
 
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place. I found nothing else, but the goblins had gold coins that turned
 
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out to be quite a sum when put together.
 
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We checked the tunnel and found it to be longer than we cared to explore
 
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at the late hour it was. Ameiko told us it lead down to the waterside
 
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and that it was an old smugglers tunnel. We barred it from inside and
 
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went back up to the glassworks. There some guards had arrived and the
 
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Mayor did as well. We told her our story in short and then we left for
 
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bed. As Ameiko lives in the Rusty Dragon as do I, We walked home
 
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together. I walked close to her. It seemed as the whole experience had
 
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been worse for me than for her and she lost both her brother and her
 
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father.
 
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I slept uneasy and didn't get out of bed until noon. By the time I met
 
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up with the others Velicia and Honeypot had been up some hours trying
 
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out magic that recreated the glass art that had been broken in the
 
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showroom.
 
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== The tunnel ==
 
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We decided we should get a closer look at that tunnel as soon as
 
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possible so we opened it up again. Quite a long way into it we found
 
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that it had a bricked wall that had been broken down. It was smashed
 
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from the tunnel and in and hadn't been used much, but...
 
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This is a diary as written by Nell. She started writing it as an exercise when learning to read and write.

Entries

  1. First Entry: Nell gives a short introduction
  2. The Big Feast: goblins attack Sandpoint during a feast held to celebrate the completion of the new cathedral
  3. The Boneyard: the heroes prevent the goblins from carrying off a corpse from the graveyard, but the head is missing
  4. The White Deer: the heroes fight the goblin leader of the attack
  5. The Day After: the heroes recuperate and start looking for clues
  6. The Hunt: the heroes are invited by Aldern Foxglove to go hunting
  7. The Glassworks: Ameiko disappears and the heroes investigate
  8. The Cellar: the fight against the goblins continues downstairs
  9. The Tunnel: the heroes head down an old tunnel found in the cellar to se where it leads
  10. Old Rooms Beneath the Town: ancient rooms is found beneath Sandpoint
  11. The Temple: an evil temple is found and the heroes fight its inhabitants
  12. A Few Untroubled Days: the heroes take a well deserved rest for a few days
  13. Reaching Thistletop: the heroes goes to scout out the goblins hideout
  14. Thistletop's Defenses: deciding Thistletop wasn't that well defended, the heroes attack
  15. Ripnugget: the heroes face the goblin warchief
  16. Faltering Loyalties: the heroes continue to search through Thistletop and face new obstacles
  17. Bruthazmus: Ripnugget wasn't the only warchief, so now they face Bruthazmus
  18. Nell Meets Grell: Nell tries to scout ahead but gets into trouble
  19. Nualia: the heroes continue through the dangers of Thistletop and finally face Nualia
  20. Saviour in Time of Need: a few ancient rooms are looted, but they were not lightly guarded
  21. The Dark Goal of Greed: the heroes at last find the demon and some information about the old runelords
  22. The Sweetness of Victory: returning to Sandpoint the heroes are greeted as heroes
  23. Return to Thistletop: the heroes return to Thistletop one last time to kill the demon
  24. The lumber mill: the sheriff asks the heroes to investigate a double murder at the lumber mill
  25. The fortune telling: the heroes get invited to the mysterious Madame Mvashti
  26. The Sanatorium: the heroes ride to the sanatorium to question Sevilla
  27. The Countryside: the heroes ride out towards the Foxglove Manor, but face undead horrors on the way
  28. The Foxglove Manor: the heroes again ride out to the Foxglove Manor, but this time they get there
  29. In My Room: the second floor of the Foxglove manor are looked through by the heroes
  30. Meeting Mrs. Foxglove: the heroes search the top floor and encounter Aldern's wife
  31. Aldern Foxglove: the heroes meet Aldern Foxglove again, but he has changed
  32. Alderns's Cave: the heroes search through Alderns things to find the reasons behind the murders
  33. Searching the Caverns: the caverns below the Foxglove manor are searched
  34. Foxglove's Secrets: the heroes search through the manor and find the dark past of the Foxglove family
  35. Vorel Has Left the Building: the heroes exorcise the spirit of Vorel Foxglove
  36. Return to Magnimar: the leads take the heroes to Magnimar
  37. The Foxglove Townhouse: after finding the Foxglove townhouse the heroes encounter someone they never expected
  38. The City Guards Arrive: the city guards come to investigate the fighting, but all isn't well
  39. Seven's Sawmill: the heroes ask around town to try to locate Seven's Sawmill
  40. Father Skinsaw: the heroes stealthily approach the sawmill to attack the cult
  41. The Old Clocktower: the heroes race through the streets of Magnimar to an old tower in the Shadow district
  42. Xanesha: in the tower the heroes face the creature controlling the skinsaw cult
  43. A New Friend: the heroes get a lot of attention, go to a lot of parties and take a well deserved rest
  44. On Our Way: the mayor of Magnimar sends the heroes out on a mission
  45. Half-ogres: the heroes rescue a bear and fight its hunters
  46. The Farm: the heroes make a detour to a farm and see the results of inbreeding
  47. Trapped: entering the house the heroes find more half-ogres and lots of humanoid remains
  48. The Barn: the heroes look through the barn in search of the bear's master
  49. Paradise's Gates: returning to Turtleback Ferry the heroes find the barge, Paradise's Gates, burning
  50. Silent Lips, Talking Eyes: the heroes investigate the cause of the fire
  51. Attacking Fort Rannick: the heroes travel to Fort Rannick to scout but attack the fort
  52. Lucretia: the heroes tight their way up through the fort
  53. Kaven's Fate: the heroes discuss what to do with Kaven Windstrike and return to Turtleback Ferry
  54. The Flood: a big wave strike Turtleback Ferry and monsters follow in its wake
  55. Skulls' Crossing: the heroes travel to Skulls' Crossing and find it in a bad state and ogres at work
  56. Wet Papa Grazuul: the skull shaped control structure of the dam is explored and its guardian encountered
  57. A Plea for Help: upon their return the heroes are celebrated and get a few days rest
  58. Shimmerglens: the heroes are led by a pixie through the marshlands Shimmerglens to find Whitewillow
  59. Whitewillow: the heroes reach Whitewillow and find out what troubles the fey in the area
  60. Ambushed: the heroes set out to the Hook Mountain Clanhold but are ambushed on the way
  61. Hook Mountain Clanhold: reaching Hook Mountain Clanhold, the heroes sneak in and look for the body of Lamatar
  62. Winter Quarters: having finished their mission the heroes settle for the winter
  63. Kaer Maga: the heroes are contracted to find an artifact which takes them to Kaer Maga
  64. Below Tarheel: being guided through the lower regions of the city the heroes find the Split Street gang
  65. Return of Ironbriar: continuing through the underground complex the heroes encounter an old enemy
  66. Tricking a Dragon: the heroes encounter a dragon and cultists
  67. Tirana: the heroes finally face the villain
  68. Building a Life: time goes by and the heroes find a place in life
  69. The Big Goblin Feast: a feast is held in Sandpoint to celebrate the defeat of the goblins a year ago
  70. The Giant Attack: giants and a dragon attack Sandpoint early morning after the feast
  71. Aftermath: the heroes set out to follow the giants
  72. The Rescue: the heroes continue on to save Das Korvut from the giants
  73. Storval Stairs: the giants guarding the top of Storval Stairs are defeated Notepad.png
  74. Reaching Jorgenfist: reaching Jorgenfist the heroes try to get in without alerting the army outside Notepad.png
  75. Enga Keckvia: continuing through tunnels the heroes meet kobolds standing guard in the way
  76. In Need of Fire: the heroes surprise a showy giant and continue through troll-infested corridors
  77. Undead Giants: the heroes continue to search through the complex and find undead giants
  78. Puppets: trying to get home to recover, the heroes trick controlled rune slaves
  79. Mokmurian: finally, the heroes meet Mokmurian and defeat him
  80. The Library: the heroes find a very old library
  81. Below Sandpoint: returning to Sandpoint the heroes find more thassalonian structures
  82. The End of Xalista: continuing through the complex they defeat Xalista and his monsters
  83. The Riddle: the heroes solve the riddle and try to open the way to Runeforge
  84. Arkrhyst: the heroes fight a big white dragon
  85. The Gate to Runeforge: the heroes find the gate to Runeforge
  86. The Ruin of Envy: arriving at Runeforge the heroes look through their first part
  87. The Illusion of Pride: the heroes enter the pride part and encounter illusions and wizards
  88. The Gates of Wrath: continuing through the sins the heroes enter the halls of wrath
  89. Lackeys of Lust: the heroes enter the cages of lust and meet demons living there
  90. Leave in Silence: the heroes find and steal Delvahine's equipment without alerting anyone
  91. Crypts of Gluttony: the heroes enters the ravenous crypt of gluttony and encounter undead monsters
  92. Vaults of Greed: the heroes enters the Vaults of Greed
  93. Leaving Runeforge: when preparing to leave Runeforge the heroes encounter unexpected trouble
  94. The World Outside: after leaving Runeforge the heroes get reacquainted with the world outside
  95. All the World's a Stage: the heroes set up Nell's play and investigate Cyrdak Drokkus past encountering Kassiel Iylmrain
  96. The Storm: the heroes set out to find Xin-Shalast and find an old dwarven building
  97. Haunted by Dwarfs: investigating the building the heroes encounter ghosts of dwarfs
  98. Diamonds: the heroes reunite the remains of the dwarven brothers and fight a wendigo
  99. The Ascent: continuing uphill the heroes encounter an ice palace and visit the ice queens court
  100. Reaching Xin-Shalast: the heroes encounter a guard post before arriving at the city of greed, Xin-Shalast
  101. Xin-Shalast 101: the heroes start exploring Xin-Shalast by stealth, cunning and disguise
  102. Rendez-vous in Xin-Shalast: while the heroes seek out and attack the hidden beast, they meet an old friend Notepad.png
  103. Ice Ice Baby: finding out that they need magic rings the heroes seek one from an Ice Devil Notepad.png
  104. The Art of War: suspecting another ring might be in the keep the heroes attack the giant guard Notepad.png
  105. Ghlorofaex: looking for the last ring the heroes seek out and fight the dragon Ghlorofaex Notepad.png
  106. Entering the Spires: the heroes pass through the field and through a tunnel and enter the Spires of Xin-Shalast Notepad.png
  107. Meeting Karzoug: the heroes encounter Karzoug himself but he is too easily defeated Notepad.png
  108. End of Ironbriar: defeat the harridans and meet Ironbriar Notepad.png
  109. Unnamed: fight rune giants and the head harridan Notepad.png
  110. Unnamed: the heroes finally face the true Karzoug Notepad.png

See also

  • Draft Before the title of an episode has been decided it is written here.
  • Nell is writing plays of her adventures. Thoughts of their format is gathered here Family Secrets
Rise of the Runelords
Campaign Rise of the Runelords • Episodes • People • Drawings
Heroes Dorothea • Honeypot • Nathaniel • Nell • Velicia
Locations Whisperwood • Turtleback Ferry • Sandpoint • Magnimar • Perrenland
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