Updating the Chronicle

I have been remiss in updating my account. Ever since the formation of the Ironheart Accord, I have been inundated with responsibilities and have not found time to write. We have been clearing out some of the monsters that the Faedwyr have released into Ember Shoals. This has attracted the Faedwyr's notice and now they are hunting us. We have to keep moving from camp to camp, keeping one step ahead of our enemy.

The archipelago of Ember Shoals still remains off the coast of Caligo, allowing us to maintain contact with the Sentinels of the High Forest. We have received reports of their activity. Here is one of the reports:

After a succulent feast of dire turkey, and the successful rescue of Father Wyntor, the Sentinels enjoyed a well-deserved rest. The tidings were good, and the feasts were merry, however such goodness can only last so long in the corrupted land of Caligo. One night during yet another merry feast, a strange visitor stumbled in, and collapsed. To the surprise of the Sentinels their visitor was a wounded Dwarven cleric, when pressed on how he received these wounds, he spun a tale of awe and woe… 

While his people had been mining the darkest depths of the world, they had stumbled upon an ancient kingdom, once belonging to the Nubian spider people. The strange magic of the realm corrupted their king, and forcibly transformed him into the Spider-Lord. In an act of desperation, the cleric had taken his holy weapon Thunderclap, and used its powerful magic to seal away the Spider-Lord. left unchecked, the spiders would eventually find a way out, so the wounded and weary warrior found his way to the Sentinels of the High Forest to beseech them for aid 

Compelled by their mission against evil, the sentinels armed themselves for battle, plunging into the depths of the world to smite unrivaled evil, not knowing how many of them would return.... 

The Sentinels must aid the cleric in retrieving Thunderclap, using it to open the throne room, and smite the spider lord once and for all, putting to rest the unfortunate Dwarven king.

I have since heard that the Sentinels' expedition was a success. One of their allies, a mighty warrior named Raven, struck down the Spider Lord.. The Sentinels recovered then recovered Thunderclap.

While this was good news, I recently received dire tidings. A band of orcs led by one Tarhogg Spearchewer has been raiding throughout the Shoals.

Tarhogg

Their latest raid is an act of horrendous infamy. They crossed a ravine over two bridges and cornered a unicorn in a small clearing. They were attempting to capture the creature when a patrol from the Ironheart Accord heard the commotion. Investigating, they intervened and managed to drive the orcs back across the ravine. But the filthy, corrupted monstrosities refused to give up their foul designs. Spurred on by their venomous hatred of all that is good, they renewed their efforts. They counterattacked, and this time the Accord was forced to retreat. This left the unicorn at their mercy. With the Accord temporarily neutralized, the orcs roped the unicorn and dragged it off to their lair. We are now trying to track the orcs but haven't succeeded yet. Tarhogg is a cunning brute and covered his tracks well. Our quest continues however.

I do have some good news to share, which shall be my next account.

OOC Notes

• The account of the Spider King comes from Orion. It was a scenario that we ran in January.
• I don't have accounts of the February or March scenarios. Feel free to send one to me if you have it
• The account of Tarhogg's evil was from our May scenario. It was essentially a heavy object bridge battle with 2 bridges. The unicorn was the object.
• Thanks to Artemis for designing the scenario
• Kudos to Xhorja and Orion for dressing up for their roles as Tarhogg and the unicorm, respectively. Thanks for adding to the atmosphere of the scenario. If anyone has pictures of them, please send them to me so I can add them to this account!
• Speaking of pictures, Xhorja posted the one above on the Ember Shoals Facebook page. It was so good I had to share it. Please let me know who the artist was.