2014
Gaming Schedule
May 23 - 25th
June 20 - 22nd
August 1 - 3rd
August 29 - 31st
September 26 - 28th
October 24 - 26th
Please register by phone or email ten days before a game event.
Come one come all.
Not only serving the best ale in the stronghold but we offer many games for our patrons to play. Chess, checkers and backgammon to name a few.
The Moldy Boys have been become a regular site at the tavern. If you not heard them playing their guitars yet make a point to do so. And don’t forget to buy an ale or two while enjoying their sweet music.
Drinking, games and music, what more could a weary traveler ask for?
So stop in to the Tavern of Lost Souls and enjoy the festivities, you deserve it.
Drow are not welcome and will be slain on site.
Attention all who dwell within the lands of the
Elecsirt Stronghold. A
Grand Seer has advised that the drow are preparing to return to the Stronghold by next moon. This vision has been confirmed by other seers as well.
Drow War parties, lead by Shadow Elves have formed and they are making their way toward the Stronghold now. If you are wounded, weary, expended or unable to fight, we strongly urge you to take shelter some place safe or hide yourself well. These creatures are of dark and evil make and seek to take as many lives as they can.
They are not to be trusted if they act in a friendly manner. They are intelligent and cunning and should be avoided at all costs. If you encounter a drow, you should make every attempt to escape. They are extremely dangerous and seldom alone. It is their delight to send the souls of good people to Vith or take those they find of interest captive and enslave or torment them. If you need to arrange for shelter, you should plan ahead and speak with a member of the Klor’s
Guild or a Guardsman at the Manor House for further assistance.
A magical explosion occurred in the area known as the wild magic area
A small object was placed in the graveyard and is said to cause harm.
The Guard of the
Elecsirt Stronghold is always on the look out for brave new recruits to join their ranks! Are you handy with a blade?
Have a healing hand?
Dabble in the magical arts? Want to help defend the good citizens of Elecsirt?
Then come speak with
Captain Stark Silverthorn about joining the guard. Great pay, terrible hours and a free ale once a moon at the tavern! It's an exciting career tailored to those who seek adventure and thrills!
The Four Winds are also seeking new members!
They are a guild dedicated to fighting for the betterment of the realm and seek others of like mind. Offering help to those in need, assisting in quests and working side by side with the Guard, the
Klors Guild and other organizations the Four
Winds is ready to take on new adventures.
From helping local farmers to taking part in challenging missions there is a place amongst them for all levels of skills and talents. If you would like to be a part of the Four Winds family, seek out a member of the guild or ask for Laurelin at the
Elecsirt Stronghold.
Wares to sell?
Services to provide?
Looking to hire?
Don’t let the competition have the edge.
Place your ad here.
Don’t be shy, there is plenty of room on the
Scribe for your ad.
Coin and or ale are both acceptable forms of payment.
So come on and place your ad, it is easy as pie.
In fact pie is a perfectly acceptable form of payment.
Heroic Realms
August 29-31, 2014 volume 3, issue 4
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friends of the Realm. Sit down for a long read. As you will see below there was much afoot the Stronghold this past moon.
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The moon began on a grim note as the town assembled for a meeting called by
Laurelin and Captain Silverthorn. The druid explained that the Blood Oath duel between her brother and herself would take place the following evening. She spoke briefly of her suspicions that the drow would be sending in spies and as such she had obtained a strange tea from far off lands that would help shield the thoughts and minds of those who drank it. As there was only a certain amount of tea to be had, it was dispensed to those thought to be most in need of the aid. From all accounts it tasted terrible, but the brave townsfolk drank it down without much complaint. As it turned out, they had drank the tea none too soon as mindflayers came into the stronghold shortly thereafter.
Not all the events of the evening were dominated by dark tidings, in fact Captain
Stark called for everyone’s attention to bestow a most wonderful announcement of his own. In his own colorful roguish way he asked the Priestess Ancalime to give her hand in marriage. She was overjoyed and said yes much to the delight of the townsfolk. There was rejoicing, merriment and celebration. Shortly after the engagement became official, two Priestesses of Driel arrived saying they felt something wonderful had happened and engaged the happy couple in a ritual to strengthen their bond with the blessings of Driel.
Whilst the merriment continued, Brand thought he heard something along the path to the sanctuary. He and Moonshin went to investigate and were both waylaid. Qevn found their bodies bleeding out along the path and started restoring them. It was all very curious until two serpent thieves came out of invisibility. The thieves were quickly defeated by the brave folks of the stronghold.
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Lord Elecsirt visited the stronghold and held private audience with denizens of the town. He also sought consultation with the priestesses from the Temple of Light and
Love and later spent some time issuing orders to his guardsmen before returning to the
Manor House to prepare for a trip to see the King in Trillador. All were glad to share words with his Lordship and commented on their admiration and respect for him.
After the Lord departed, the celebration of Stark and Ancalime’s engagement continued. The sound of guitar strings getting in tune were heard from the Lost Souls
Tavern. The Moldy Boys, comprised of Samarac and Moonshin, were getting ready to entertain the tavern patrons. Moonshin’s voice was failing him so Laurelin and Remy stepped up and and added their golden voices to the entertainment. It was a lot of fun for all involved.
In the deep of the night a ominous horn was blown. The endless waves of attacking undead attacked kept the hornblower hidden. The towns folk and the junior guardsmen fought valiantly and beat back the tide of undead. Captain Stark was proud.
Laurelin was enraged by the enigmatic hornblower. Brand set out alone to track it down, but the creature was not found. However, the night did grow silent afterwards.
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Tundru sent a messenger from the Underdark against his will to Laurelin to provide information about her opponents. The messenger told Laurelin he didn’t like her and was not happy about being a messenger to which she did not seem to care. She called over the captain to consult him about the two questions the messenger offered answer to. The first was information provided about the armaments the drow would be wearing for the duel to which they learned Blue Mithril, Green Mithril and the
Queen Akora would be adorning prismatic mithril that bore the properties of Blue,
Green, Red and Black Mithril. The second question was with regards to the drows greatest weakness to which the messenger responded with a general answer… love.
Upon answer to these two questions the messenger departed.
Wraiths attacked. The stronghold has not seen constant attacks of dark creatures like that since the portal to the dark realm has been closed. Captain Stark has spoken with the silver hand in regards to bringing a group to one of the rings that will still allow passage through, so all who have been marked may be cleansed. There was an epic shadow magic darkness/magic light permanency battle between Stark and a wraith, during which someone made a noise in their cabin distracting the wraith long enought to give Laurelin and Stark the upper hand where she attacked it with lightning, then Stark charged in for the kill.
Laurelin’s cabin was also visited by Drowsbane who brought with him two men. It was later learned that Drowsbane had told her he had witnessed these two men skinning elves and thought she might like to dispose of them. The two were quickly dispatched in her cabin but not before they took the life of Stery. Fortunately, the
Priestess Ancalime was there to provide healing for his wounds and revived him.
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Er’ton, Qevn and Moonshin helped the Druid Roxanne and her Kretchian friend known as Miles find a rare flower. Once found, they brought it to the treant in the wild magic area. There Erasco, Laurelin and Moonshin helped plant the strange flower and ask the Goddess to bless it while Er’ton and Brand stood guard. The group was rewarded for their efforts by Laroon with her blessing which also made them feel robust and full of life.
Two Sprites arrived looking for Vica. Samarac asked for the hair of a sprite, who gifted him with a single strand. Samarac then gave it to Vica. Vica and Erasco were going to accompany the sprites to check on the ent in the wild magic area but before embarking the purple sprite broke her wing on a tree and was very sad. Attempts to heal the wing proved futile and they continued their journey to the wild magic area.
While Vica remained outside, Erasco and the sprites entered the wild magic and approached the ent. Erasco attempted to commune with the ent and reported hearing “greenwood” over and over This lent further support to the rumor that the spirit of Nordox is within the ent.
Meanwhile trolls and two green orcs attacked. Ancalime was being attacked by a lone troll and was saved by Brand sneaking up behind the troll and quickly dispatching it.
Ancalime asked for an orc as hostage, Er’ton was more than happy to break it’s legs but when the second orc came in swinging viciously Stark, recognizing it as an elite, dispatched him quickly not giving Er’ton time to react.
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Tundru arrived and as he did the baby Vica is still holding started to cry. Tundru said the sprite hair was accelerating the baby’s growth. Tundru then engaged in a ritual with a Dragon Mirror that went terribly wrong. In an instant, magical energy erupted from the mirror and nearly everyone fell. Tundru himself was slain by the explosion, but fortunately Erasco with his new found favor of Laroon used divine power to return him to the land of the living. Erasco, Ancalime and Tundru then proceeded to get the townsfolk back on their feet.
After this Tundru explained to Vica that the only way to buy them time to help spare her the effects of the childs accelerated growth, she would need to make a small cut of the childs flesh which would slow down the process down. Vica was warned that not doing this would bring upon a terrible fate much sooner. She was told that she could be turned into a Death Knight, Wraith or a Serreth. Vica agreed to Tundru’s suggestion and reluctantly used Laurelin’s blade to cut the childs flesh. The method seemed to work as the child ceased its crying and returned to its magical sleep. Tundru then departed presumably to find a solution to this problem.
A traveler named Taverson showed up at the tavern later in the eve. He wanted an ale but did not have the coin to buy one. He offered to sell a potion to get the coin, yet the man without such funds also began taking bets on the upcoming duel at two to one odds in favor of the drow. Laurelin asked Brand to arrest the man to find out more about how he came by his information. Brand, rather than go through the argument with the man to arrest him, gave his permission to Logan to use non-lethal force to subdue the jim. In the following confusion, Logan and Brand discovered no one in the stronghold had the common sense to carry rope or manacles. Brand decided it would be best to simply carry the unconscious man up to Shield and Qevn joined Brand, Logan, and Remy to assist in carrying him up. After Remy and Logan left, it was discovered that the man's possessions had been stolen. Curious….
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As night fell, Laurelin, Samarac, Stark and Ancalime left to partake in the long awaited Blood Oath duel. Although there were no eyewitness accounts, our sources tell us that the four had ultimately succeeded in their mission and managed to kill two drow champions. A litch had arrived and dealt a deadly blow to their party, but the survivors fended off those that remained. It is said that the Drow Queen had departed before the battle ensued and suffered no injury. It was even reported that Laurelin heard the voice of the Goddess Laroon, but found little comfort as she still felt very badly about something, though what we are uncertain. Nothing more was reported by our sources as those involved declined to discuss it with us.
Soon after the Blood Oath Duel while most of the town was sitting at Olaf’s voices in the dark started casting shadow magic darkness. Moments afterwards several townsfolk were struck down with poison death. All present were killed in the attack, luckily all were returned by Vith. It is believed that the drow were responsible for the attack and it was in retaliation for events that occurred at the blood oath duel involving town members who were not present at the time of the attack.
Later the drow made their way to the Cabin where Samarac, Stark, Ancalime and
Laurelin were and a fierce battle broke out. The mage Samarac cast a flurry of spells at his drow opponents as they engaged in a magical duel all their own. More Drow plane shifted in and Stark had his hands full fending them off. Meanwhile Laurelin did her best to ferret out a voice in the shadows taunting her, which turned out to be a drow champion returned from the battle at the ring.All this took place under the watchful eye of Ancalime who used her favor with Arlon to keep the combatants going during the onslaught. In the end, the four were successful in fending them off.
Ickathon arrived with Brandir and another Awthorn to see how Laurelin and her friends fared at the ring. She was clearly still a bit upset about things and reacted accordingly. She eventually began to calm down and an apology was heard from the druid to Ickathon before he departed.
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Ambrose arrived at Olaf’s with his newest invention. He talked about how children do not like to drink potions so he created a soft chewy treat to replace the common method of drinking down potions. He offered some samples for everyone to try.
Those who ate the treat gained strength that Ambrose imparted would last until end of the year.
Three witches showed up at this time. Ambrose created an alchemist illusion of a thousand white mice. The witches pulled up their dresses and ran off screaming.
There was much laughter at Olaf’s.
Stery showed up. His portal staff was not working and he was running from a will-o-wisp not far behind him. Everyone gathered into a group upon the advice of more seasoned residents and tried to stay silent and still. However someone spoke and the will-o-wisp gave everyone lightning damage. The will-o-wisp was not the only thing to follow Stery into the stronghold. A few Antara and a Death knight attacked and killed Stery sending him to Vith.Fortunately Vith saw fit to return Stery to the realm of the living. Ancalime skryed to find out why Stery was being targeted.
The answer came back that he was cursed by witches. The Priestess of Arlon again skryed to find out what could be done about the the damage to his teleportation rod and the answer came back saying that the sprites could help. Shortly thereafter, Vica,
Stery and Laurelin accepted a portal from Pernix to the Silent Wood so that they could help him find some sprites to assist in restoring the magics to the rod. They returned the following morning with news of success.
The following morning at Olaf’s some farmers from the Donovan family arrived and were quite agitated. They spoke of news that Lord Elecsirt was going to be arrested for some indiscretion with a woman. His arrest was ordered and decreed by the King of
Trillidor. Not long after, Vica ;earned and shared that there was more news. She told all present that all three strongholds were declaring independence from Trillidor.
W hat in the world will happen next? Whatever it is, we will get the scoop!
Sleep well gentle readers, the good people of the Elecsirt Stronghold will keep you safe. Till next moon.