Quest: Lizardfolk Kidnappers II - Friday Feb 19th 6:30am EST/11:30 a.m. GMT/3:30 p.m. Georgia/9:30 p.m. AEDST (FULL)

The farmers have been found, but the situation's a bit scalier than we thought! Let's go settle this once and for all. In-Game Start Date: 5 Eleint Player Name Character Class / Race/lvl Party Role                             Adam Knock Level 3 Half-Elf Cleric of Beshaba (Twilight) Front line fighting at melee/short range, healing support Draggo Pixli Von Underhillen Level 2 Svirfneblin Artificer Richelle Elaria Istari Level 2 High Elf Wizard Nedd Plank Level 3 Tiefling Samurai Fighter Chris Drago Level 4 Human Battlemaster Fighter James Eunice Dusterbossom Level 2 Human Barbarian Eric Hector Mullens Level 2 Human Werewolf

Plank is on board :)

Aidan (Level 2 Human Rogue) enjoyed the party's company and will gladly venture out to the wilderness along side with them once again :D

We need one more for this one to run.

Aerfrey level 3 Circle of the Moon Druid can jump in as long as it doesn't clasing with any Pushing Daise quests. 

Pushing up Daise finishes on the 4th, so you'll be home in time ;)

I can bring Byron (lvl 3 human Bloodhunter) if he survives Fog III. 

Hey guys, I'll have to withdraw my druid from the quest as it is going to clash with a more pertinent mission for her character. But you'll be alright with numbers with Byron 

Hey if y’all still got room then can my LvL 2 Half Elf Werewolf, Hector Mullens, join y’all?

We will take all the help we can get!

You've got Eunice Dusterbossom, retired nanny cum barbarian now too.

Switching to Drago to add some professionalism to this party (table already updated)

Multiple Nerdgasms said: You've got Eunice Dusterbossom, retired nanny cum barbarian now too. YASSSS - so glad to see Eunice back and hammering away with the "big pan"

My dearest Beshaba, Hail thee, my beauteous love, Lady Doom, bringer of ill omen and the one who guffaws at the flogged maw of Bogclaw the outlaw. It is with a heavy heart that I sell my besymboled shield, a gift from Your priests for this journey to this Savage Frontier. I know that You have guided me to this spiked bulwark shield, held by the lizardfolk chieftain of the Rootwater clan. I get ahead of myself. Your repeated glances away from us on this blessed journey make it clear that I must share the entire story with you. As before, we proceeded through the abandoned farm twelve miles south of Hope to camp outside the Mouth of Doom twenty-four miles south . Without Your mists to impede us, our quest south was quite simple… though it is clear that Your gaze was upon us when the foul leech spitters attacked us and nearly sent Hector Mullens to his grave. Only with your blessings was I able to heal him… though why he didn’t use his powers to shift into a wolf during the combat, which he seems to be able to do at a moment’s notice, is beyond us all. The creatures were disgusting and lived up to their name, spitting leeches all over friend Pixli and trying to suck the blood out of her at every turn. That armor she’s crafted is quite something, however; the lightning damage seemed to have a particularly strong effect on the creatures. Lovely conversation with the wonderful Eunice Dusterbossom made our evening rest a charmed one. She seems to be the only one here who understands how special You are to me. It sounds like she even wanted to meet You! If only such a thing were possible without bringing death and despair upon her. I think You would like her quite a bit; she tries to take care of everyone just like me and You. Though the sobs of Elaria woke me briefly in the early morning, we slept unperturbed after the massive slugs were cleared from the area, and our quest began anew. As we approached the Ringcurrent Islands , we heard strange sounds from afar. Though we were worried we had spotted the undead that have plagued the southern Harrowmere, we actually encountered a raft of people being transported by four lizardmen. At the great warrior Drago ’s insistence, we came to their immediate rescue, slaying three of the lizardmen and capturing another. Blessings be to You, my dearest Beshaba, for looking away for this entire day. The lives of dozens of people were saved, starting with the farmers whose farm had been left abandoned. With great ceremony, I bestowed upon them the life’s savings that they had carefully hidden away. All of us had agreed we could not let it enter the hands of any other, and they accepted their treasures back with great gratitude. It was at this moment that I truly felt Your favor. No matter what the other priests said, I know that I see the good in You. It is not Your divine fault that your gaze causes the problems it does. I can see the real You, the one who just wants the love of the people, who wants good and right things to happen in the world. Be assured that this does not go unmissed. The captured lizardman revealed many details about the camp under Elaria ’s charms. Despite Pixli’ s suspicious of subterfuge by the black dragon, an enormous and dastardly lizardman named Bogclaw was the true reason for the gathering - shirking his duties as bodyguard to the previous king of the lizardmen, Scalecrusher , he became a kingslayer and stabbed his liege in the back. We kept particular watch for this nefarious character at the island camp, where he immediately began to cause chaos and attacked the Dusk Dusk tribe. This distraction allowed us to make our moves on the Rootwater and Muck Marsh tribes. The Rootwater lizardmen were drunk, both with power and with actual drink, and the faerie fire You allowed me to cast upon them was a great distraction. While Drago and Eunice took out the rest of the guards, Pixli snuck into the camp and freed all of the captives. A similar maneuver worked on the more organized Muck Marsh lizardmen, and some of the captives even chose to fight on our side when Bogclaw came for us with his shaman and guards. Though his temperament did not make Bogclaw a good bodyguard, his skill in battle certainly did. Outside of the great warrior Furious, I have never seen such a large man. His skill with his trident was unparalleled. I daresay without your blessings, we would have been doomed. My love, You gave me such power ! Casting down a moonbeam to hurt Bogclaw and nearly slay the shaman, and providing me with guiding bolts of Your radiance to eliminate more foes. I have never felt so strong as I did then, with Your eyes averted but Your hand in mine nevertheless. Plank delivered the final blow. All in all, to my great surprise, we slew the beastly warrior with little difficulty. Perhaps he intrigued You enough to look upon him instead of me? I’ll try not to be too jealous! Especially because when I wandered around to survey the land after the battle, I saw the reward You had lain at my feet: the bulwark carried by the leader of the Rootwater lizardfolk. With it in my hands, I can still strike at the enemy physically while holding You dear to me with my free hand. You could not have given me a better gift, my love! And so I pass my former shield to its new owner, the smith Muredach. I know You will find a new soul to bestow your blessings upon, that whoever holds it will have the chance to hold You close as I do. For now, I must get to work emblazoning my new bulwark with your sigil. This will take time, and ceremony. But I will briefly step outside the walls of Hope to do it, if only to ensure You can see me as I do it. If You want to. With undying affection, Always and forever Yours, Your devotee, Knock

Love it!

5 Eleint Ugh, what a horrific day! On our return trip to the Lizardfolk convene, to stop those poor people being sacrificed to the black dragon Throstulgrael, we ended up encountering one of the most objectively disgusting creatures I've ever laid eyes on. Just like the Gryph, who lay their eggs in your body and let the young eat you from the inside, but uglier , we encountered giant leeches, who spat up to a dozen smaller leeches with each spray of their horrific young. I got nine of the horrible little wretches on me and felt the life being sucked from my veins, I can only hope I didn't get infected with something. One of them even tried to eat  me alive, I was in its mouth . But we managed to rip them to pieces, and none of us went down, not even Plank! My new thunder gauntlets worked a treat, at least when I wasn't using my hands to pull the nasty buggers off me. Burglekutt and Aragorn couldn't come with us this time, instead we had two new faces; Eunice and Hector, an old lady and shirtless sword-wielder respectively. Apparently Eunice had been a nanny for a barbarian tribe, and judging by the way she swings that frying pan of hers, I'll believe it. Hector confided in me during the night that the reason he doesn't wear a shirt is because when he changes shape, his top always shreds to pieces and needs replacing, and actually asked me to help replace it. I should look into that... On another note, I felt rather bad after our conversation. I'd mistaken him for a pet in his wolfen state, and attempted to play games with him, which he told me later he'd been mocked at home over. 6 Elient I adjusted my armour during the night in preparation for the mission ahead, as we'd need a stealthier approach to make this work. No thunder gauntlets, no shield, but a neat long-range lightning blast and special hydraulics in the legs to make me faster and sneakier. As luck would have it for the people we found, we ended up running into another prisoner transport of the lizards'; a big raft of them with a small escort to get them downriver to the Ringcurrent Islands. We dealt with them pretty easily, even when one of them had the cheek to call in crocodiles to help them. The hostages were grateful to be rescued, and gave us some more background on what was going on. Apparently the old Lizardfolk King had been killed, hence the power vacuum. I thought for sure the dragon had orchestrated all this, but Drago had had the brilliant idea (no sarcasm!) to keep one alive for questioning, and I was just a little disappointed to find out they'd just had a betrayal in the ranks. My idea was much more interesting, if you ask me. While we decided what to do with this guy while we went and freed the captives, Eunice went and whacked him across the head! Just bang  and he toppled over with his head smashed between his shoulders. Barbarian, indeed... The rest of the journey saw us getting there by nightfall, not that it mattered for all the torches set up around camp. Maybe the Lizardfolk can't see in the dark? I guess they're more different to Troglodytes than I thought. Our plan worked, more or less. Hector kept watch, I snuck in and lead the captives out after Elaria charmed the guards, and Knock put up a light show to distract them. Dumb reptiles. Drago and Eunice took out a few patrolling guards, and Plank helped direct the escapees where to run and meet us for the return journey. Everything went well until this massive  Lizardfolk turned up, Bigclaw I think his name was, as unimaginative as that was. The fight was pretty tough, and their spellcasters kept trying to bring in crocodiles to help, but a little distracting pain saw to doing away with that idea. They were starting to run when they realised they were losing, but not before one tossed a javelin right at my damned head! Well, at least we won, and the captives got out unscathed. We're in Hope now, resting while the crowd we saved give us a proper hero's welcome back. I can feel my face healing up and scarring where the javelin hit, the streak of exposed meat feels cold to the open air, and the tough scar material makes eating a little awkward, but I'll be stronger for today's victory. It is  getting a little crowded, though...

Patrol Report Patrol composition:  Knock, Pixlie, Elaria, Plank, Drago, Eunice, Hector  Mission: A) Travel to Ringcurrent Islands B) Liberate all civilian captives. Time of departure and return:   Depart - 5 Eleint Return - 7 Eleint Areas of interest:    Abandoned adventurer's camp outside the entrance to the Mouth of Doom Route Taken:  Hope - Mouth of Doom - River north of Ringcurrent Islands - Ringcurrent Islands  Enemy Contacts:   Mouth of Doom abandoned camp - 4 leach spitters - all eliminated River due North of Ringcurrent Islands - 3 Lizardfolk Scaleshields and 1 Lizardfolk Shaman - all eliminated Ringcurrent Islands - 29 Lizardfolk, 3 Lizardfolk Tribal Leaders (Dusk Dusk, Root Water and Muck Marsh Tribes), Bogclaw the Lizardfolk Warrior - Frontal assault was avoided in favour of subterfuge. Approx 6 Lizardfolk killed via subterfuge, remaining enemies routed. Internal conflict noted within the Lizardfolk ranks - multiple enemy casualties. 3 additional Lizardfolk plus Bogclaw eliminated by combat with patrol.           Casualties:  None Mission Outcome:   A) Success.   B) Success.  Recommendations:  Continue to apply pressure to the Lizardfolk tribes. Ensuing chaos caused by this incursion my provide an advantage.  Rescue of the villagers may provoke retaliation from the Black Dragon. Maintain vigilance.  Leech spitters vulnerable to salt - recommend future patrols through this area bring salt. Personel Reflection:   The Mouth of Doom has claimed yet more victims seeking fame and fortune. When that place is finally swept clean I shall be glad to see the end of it.  We captured a Lizardfolk warrior just outside the Ringcurrent Islands. After a successful interrogation by Elaria the party was dismayed when I executed the prisoner. I hope they come to realise that there was no other way. He was an enemy combatant who knew of our location and composition. If he had of escaped and warned the others it would have jeopardized the entire rescue operation. With Hector's scouting, Pixlie's stealth, Elaria's charm, Knock's dazzeling distractions and Eunice's ability to efficiently crack skulls we were able to successfully infiltrate a superior enemy force and rescue all of the captives. I am proud to have served with such a talented team. I have acquired a fine trident from the corpse of Bogclaw. It is well balanced with impressive craftsmanship. I shall incorporate it into my drilling routines as soon as possible. 

Elaria's Letter to her parents back in Annenfel  Dear mother and father, I know you're probably very angry with me for leaving, but I promise I'm fine and in good health. I hired someone to help me find cousin Sairina, and I traveled here to see the world and go on adventures with her.  The adventuring life is never something you wanted for me, and I know you've made that very clear on numerous occasions, but I felt a tug in my heart to see the world, so I left secretly because I knew you'd never let me go.  Now I'm not going to tell you where I am, because I know you'll send for me. But I will tell you that I am safe and Sairina is here... not that she was very happy to see me. I don't think she wanted to be found. Anyway, you'll be pleased to know that I've just returned from my SECOND quest and I am officially considered a local hero for rescuing townsfolk from a dragon! Yes! Your Elaria faced off against multiple tribes of lizardfolk who were planning on feeding innocents to a real-life dragon named  Throstulgrael. My first mission was more reconnaissance and investigation, although I did slay a real lizardfolk all on my own. Yes! I really did that with my spells. My magic has become much stronger out of the library to my genuine satisfaction. I guess reading about spells for years on end is not as helpful as actually utilizing them in combat.  So, let me tell you about my latest mission so that you might be proud of your only daughter.  A group of adventurers and I left at dawn to rescue the farmers and townsfolk. We headed out of town to the dungeon cave commonly referred to as the Mouth of Doom. Here, we found remnants of a campsite, and some individuals who had been killed. Before I knew it, giant swamp leeches lunged out of the water and started attacking us! They then started spitting smaller leeches at us! Yes, your daughter Elaria battled with giant leeches and helped take them down with her Starbursts. After taking down the leeches, we continued to the Ringcurrent Islands where the prisoners were being kept by the lizardfolk. A few miles from this point, we spotted a few lizardfolk taking prisoners downriver on a raft! We fought the lizardfolk valiantly, which was a very tough fight, especially considering a lizardfolk spellcaster was able to summon crocodiles! Thankfully from my studies, I knew that this was most likely a concentration spell, so I was able to break his concentration by shooting magic missiles at him. Can you believe I can do that now?  Eventually, we slew all of the lizardfolk except one, who I was able to magically charm to give us information on the lizardfolk camp where all the prisoners were being kept. We were also able to rescue these raft prisoners and send them on their way back to Hope. We even found the family whose important items we'd been holding for safekeeping! Can you imagine, a small box with a dinky necklace and a few gold coins was their entire life savings? How horrible. Anyway, the charmed lizardfolk man was able to give us some good information, so we headed to the camp and waited until nightfall.  You see, these lizardfolk tribes were in a competition for the favor of Throstulgrael, who would crown one of their tribe leaders king. The previous king was named Scale Crusher (how brutal!) but he was killed by his second in command Bog Claw. Now this Bog Claw was hoping that his treasonous act would have him crowned as king, but all it did was facture the tribes! When we approached the camp at dusk, thankfully the dragon Throstulgrael was nowhere to be found. We noticed that the tibes were all separate from one another, making it easier to divide and conquer. So, we first approached the Rootwater tribe, which is infamous for drinking and celebrating according to the lizardfolk I charmed.  Since it would be impossible to fight all of the lizardfolk at once, we had to do a bit of subtifuge to release the slaves. I was actually able to charm a guard member to unlock the slave's cage for us while the others were distracted by one of my companion's spells. When we released the slaves, many ran free, while a few others stayed to fight with us! Now the next tribe, the Dusk Dark, were very organized. Unfortunately I wasn't able to charm a guard here because they were all in pairs of two. But thankfully some of my companions were able to stealthily slay the guards while another snuk in and unlocked the gate. We were about to rescue the third group, but we looked across and saw in-fighting between the lizardfolk in this tribe, so we weren't sure what to do. But then the creature causing havok came to destroy us. It was Bog Claw, the infamous userper! He attacked us on a series of bridges, meanwhile others attacked us at range, and another spellcaster summoned magical crocodiles (again). I made it my mission to keep the spellcaster busy so he couldn't have his crocodiles up for long.  It was a very close battle, but in the end we all triumphed, and none of us perished.  When we finally made it back to town we were celebrated as heroes and we were even rewarded handsomely by the local leadership! Can you imagine, me a hero? So, mother and father, as you can see I'm not only finding adventure out here, but I am also making a difference and helping the lives of others.  I promise I will take good care of myself, but I would hope you may allow me to remain here and continue improving my spellcasting abilities. I have already grown immensely in my skills, and I hope to soon be as powerful as my dear cousin Morwen! Mother, if you should like to protect the family from scandal, please tell everyone back home that I am studying magic at a highly prestegious wizarding academy. I'm sure that everyone will believe you.  Father, I know you wanted to keep me out of harm's way after you almost perished adventuring when you were young, however, I can't stay in the city walls forever. I have magic and adventure in my blood, and I shall not go my whole life without seeing the world outside of our beutiful city.  I know you still see me as a girl, but I'm over 100 years old now and it's time to let me try things on my own.  I hope you can forgive me, and eventually be proud of all I have achieved, Fondly,  Elaria Istari P.S. Please don't try to find me...