Game Log, Session 7

Arriving in Kassantia, capital of the Empire of Crieste, Rosie leads the characters to the College of Clock and Steam, only to find it in ruins. A proclamation nailed to the door of the ruined structure reads:

By Order of the Ordo Arcana and His Divine Eminence, The Rampaging Lion, the Emperor of Crieste:

The College of Clock and Steam is hereby renounced by the Ordo Arcana, its charter immediately revoked by the Royal Academy of Sorcery. All faculty, past and present, of said College are declared persons of suspicious and potentially dangerous character and are ordered to immediately surrender themselves to the Ordo Arcana to face charges of placing the public at peril through the negligent use of alchemy, enchantment, and arcane mysteries.

Fearing punishment for actions taken by her colleagues in her absence, Rosie chooses to leave Crieste. She and the characters travel to Cillamar in the northern Kingdom of Morrain. There, Karn and Bucket gain an audience with Patriarch Ranz Mentzer, a crusading champion of good in his youth. Impressed, Mentzer offers employment to the characters – specifically, Raven is offered the position of liaison to the Elven lands, and all characters are offered the opportunity to serve the kingdom and its citizens as circumstances require.

The characters travel to the hills southeast of Cillamar to investigate rumors of a rampaging owlbear. An ancient gnomish warren is discovered, populated by odd, hoofed humanoids. The owlbear, apparently controlled by the strange creatures, is dispatched and several of the creatures are slain.

After the death of a leader of the odd creatures, an earthquake shakes the warren which soon floods with water from a subterranean waterfall.

Player Characters: Ardel "Raven" Duskwalker - Elvish Ranger, played by David; Karn - Human Paladin of Gorhan (LG lesser god of valor, war and chivalry), played by Colin; Bucket - Human Cleric of Gorhan, played by Judd, Gary “Shivers” – Human Rogue, played by Wes.

Important NPCs: Druzil – goblin amnesiac; Brian “Crossbow” McBain, Furgus “Hatchets” McBain, Angus “Claymore” McBain – Rowdy triplets who seek a life of adventure; Rosie – An odd woman employed to map the world, assisted by her steam-powered machines; Ranz Mentzer – Patriarch of Cillamar