Into the Valley of Roses

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Adventure: Into the Valley of Roses
GM: Jacqui Smith
Session: Spring 815
Night: Thursdays
Location The house of Smith
Level: Low to Medium
Rules: ?

Mission

Finding out why people who enter an ancient forest, don't come out.

The Party

Scribe Notes

I've finally done it. Got myself on an adventure. Took a bit of prodding from Starflower and the Sorceress in Silver but I did it. After the last fiasco where I royally messed up and nearly got myself killed by self-induced suicide - or something - I still don't know what the heck I was thinking at the time - I'm back in the field and hoping I still have the Right Stuff.

The adventure I managed to get on looked simple enough, go to Ranke and find out why people who enter a forest don't come out of it. Seemed simple enough - I mean how hard can it be? Even for someone of my limited capabilities ... sorry ... not allowed to use the word limited in relation to myself. Also not allowed to say handicapped, cursed or .. anything else that will bring down my already damaged self-worth. *sigh* Already having to take St John's Wort on a daily basis.

Anyway, enough about me, although I should point out, that, after missing out at the main Guild meeting - again - I was feeling a bit lackluster, especially after the news that the Spring Rites hadn't been enough to rejuvenate the Elven Race and we would have to closely ally ourselves with the Evil Drow, and I mean really closely, when I was told that a late employer had arrived and was looking for volunteers. So I went (read was guided .. erm ... pushed by Cousin Starflower - that woman can be so persuasive sometimes) and signed up.

There were two other people in there. One I recognised instantly being Sir Wojer, a fellow member of the Air College. The other, I didn't know but I soon found out was Amira, a dancer from Adjepbar. When I mentioned that I knew dances as well, she asked me if I had ever danced around a pole. I replied that I had flown around them but never danced around one before. I quickly got the impression that she thought I should.

Our party employer was an emissary from Baron Helmut, located in the Silverstream Barony in South Ranke. I had a fair idea where that was and was confident I could find it from the air. He told us that we were required to check out an old forest in the Thorny Valley, located to the west of the Bluewater River. Unfortunately there had been stories of people going in there and disappearing so the Baron wanted us to find out what was going on. With all the refugees that were still coming into Silverstream, work parties from nearby Fort Rodan were supposed to be in there cutting down trees to make buildings to accomodate them all, and one of the work parties were already among the missing. Makes sense. I just hope that the three of us are up to the task.

After the emissary had left, we sorted out what resources we had and who was doing what. It soon became apparent that these two knew about my affliction (not surprisingly, it was all around the Guild - so much for discretion) and were making plans to help me deal with it. Fortunately, one of those plans was not making me the Party Leader as well as the Scribe. Amira became our leader. Guild Security was also successful in vetoing their other plan to sell me to a brothel in Sanctuary and wait for me to escape. I would have just flown out the nearest window anyway - naked if I had to.

Next thing we did was to check our resources then go off to make preparations. We were just pooling our resources when three more adventurers turned up, being Quentin, Pierre, and Mungo. So, we revoted who was doing what, and the rotten sods decided to make me the party leader after all. Plus, Sir Wojer said I was supposed to be tough and decisive. I'm fairly sure Mungo, or was it Amira, was made the Military Scientist and Quentin the Scribe but I'm not too sure as I was still recovering from the shock.

We got Restoratives at cost, Rank 10s so I went for half a dozen. Meanwhile Amira had arranged for Lucius to put Greaters on us all. I went for all four areas at a total cost of 16K and also arranged to pay for Quentin's, at the same price, since he was relatively new and couldn't afford the total package. Besides, I wanted to ensure everyone survived this trip and could operate at their maximum potential.

Mungo insisted on organising a feast before we left, apparently it's traditional, but Sir Wojer wanted to get away as soon as we could. Mungo had a boat so it would be decided we would go on that. An argument developed between the two of them which I listened to, and was about to hand down my decision when Sir Wojer beat me to it. We would have the feat on the boat after we left on the early morning tide. *sigh* I should have been more assertive and spoke up earlier.

Finally set sail on the 2nd of Thaw and the feast was had, washed down with copious quantities of beer (mead in my case) and I was finally eating meat again as some of the healers thought that might have had something to do with my ennui. The bacon was actually delicious. The only interparty dispute I had to deal with was when Mungo believed his magical crown should be ensuring that we respected him for his leadership. So I threatened to get my fairy crown which probably had more power than Mungos. That lead Sir Wojer to say "We don't want two Queens on this boat".

Arrived in Silverstream on the fourth. We could have gone directly to the danger zone but I insisted we divert to Silversteam to at least pay our respects to the Baron. It's only polite after all. However, the Baron wasn't available for an audience until tomorrow morning. We were told he had invited us for brunch at the castle.

So, next morning, in our finest, we headed up to the palace. The rules said that no heavy weapons were to be taken into the Baron's presence but Mungo, Quentin, and Sir Wojer insisted on not being parted from their weapons, even after assurances were given that they would be well looked after. Since they were so adimant, I just shrugged and left them to it, which resulted on them staying in the outer atrium with the guards. I did managed to ensure that they were able to get some of the decent food we were enjoying.

We were told by the Baron that our contact at the Fort was Sir Gunter Talon and the work party had vanished seven days ago. He had not heard of any others disappearing but it was not inconceivable. Since it was an ancient forest I was wondering if dryads were involved. The Bluewater was only navigatable up as far as Avonhilthe so we would need horses.

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Spring: Thaw (10) 815wk
Moonday Duesday W'ansday Th'rsday Frysday Reapsday Sunday
Candlemansa 1 Guild Meeting 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Spring: Seedtime (11)
28 29 30 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 Rites of Thunor 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 Equinox 16 17 Eostre 18 Seagate Spring Ball
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
Spring: Blossom (12)
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 Floralia 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Walpurgisnacht