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Source: Dragonfoot (sorry lost author's name)
Burne
Burne
Vilkuna has been involved in intensive study of a number of new
evocations at the limits of his ability. This study has brought him to
deal with Praxagora, a medusa sorceress that resides in a remote
cavernous abode deep in the Lortmil Mountains. Their intellectual
discourse has been through a correspondence of scrolls delivered by a
very young green dragon. The use of the dragon was the preference of
Praxagora. Burne has never asked the dragon if the adult dragon Rufus
and he slew a few years ago was the dragon’s parent, but the dragon
seems moderately interested in Burne and Praxagora’s research. Oddly,
the dragon likes to be called Cychreides.
Burne has mentioned to
his wife Johanna that he hopes the discourse will help Praxagora focus
on the pursuit of the arcane arts. Time will tell if this is sheer
folly. The discourse is proving very enlightening, with the research
going very well indeed for Burne, as he presumes likewise for Praxagora.
Burne’s
wife Johanna Vilkuna was inspired to join the followers of Saint
Cuthbert after a visionary study in illusion. (She is a dual-class
illusionist 6th and cleric 7th.) Since Johanna was ordained as a lama,
the high priests in the region have required her aid on a number of
esoteric problems that take advantage of her unique approach.
When
faith calls her away, Burne and Johanna send missives at least twice a
week by courier. They are considering various reasonable magical
alternatives to physical missives that bridges their different
understanding of magic. Most recently, Johanna is in Narwell providing
counsel pertaining to recent unusual discoveries in Welkwood predating
the Suloise Empire.
Rufus
Rufus
Harju has been highly involved with the process of washing out the less
capable men in his troop. Most recently, he has sought to slay a tribe
of kobolds the gnomes of the Kron Hills have pushed into local concern.
While slight for Rufus, the creatures provide excellent assessment of
the troop.
Personally, Rufus has been hunting along the sign of
werewolves that are active among the local dire wolves. Seeking them in
solitude as a true hunt, the werewolves are a threat Rufus has not
risked his troop. Otherwise, Rufus would be left with the task of
reciting reports to one of his staff of three scribes for Wilfrick
Viscount of Verbobonc, which increasingly demands his time. Only
Rufus’s stable master knows how often he is going on these very high
risk solitary treks into lykos territory.
In an attempt to escape
the incessant reports the Viscount requires, Rufus has been spending
time in the village, and he has started getting farther along than he
intended with a local girl, Esteri Lassila the daughter of the widower
Bertil Lassila (building 12 on the T1 map).
Jaroo
Jaroo
Ashstaff is well aware of the threat that is focused upon seemingly
quiet Hommlet. While the Druid Circle at Gnarly Forest enjoys
fellowship with the Viscount of Verbobonc, the Circle has found the
Viscount distracted by the rising states on his borders, ignoring the
much more malevolent forces that are not so easy discerned. Jaroo has
found himself swamped with the utter enormity of the problems in the
area.
He has recently set a large portion of time to assist
dryads against a tribe of ogres in the deep groves South of Hommlet.
While the dryads are capable, tactics are foreign to them, and the ogres
remain an ongoing problem.
East of Hommlet in a secluded glade a
trio of nymphs had been in dire need of assistance against a lamia that
was ensconced in a subterranean lair. The entreaties from the nymphs
reached frantic by the time he reached the meadow. With the nymphs’
help he was able to put the horrid creature to rest, but Jaroo is still
searching the lands to the East for signs of how the creature arrived in
the area.
Sylphs among the skirting lower hills of the Kron
Hills have reported attacks by a manticore. Jaroo has yet to discover a
way to track down the beast, since it flew down from some location in
the hills. He has attempted to use birds of prey in the region for the
search, but they are distracted by their new hatchlings. He has been
making regular day tips to the region.
Along the Velverdyva to
the North, nixies were under attack from koalinth. Thankfully, Jaroo
was able to enlist the aid of a pit of water nagas. The two unlikely
factions pushed the koalinth into retreat. The damper upon the victory
was finding weapons with the tell-tale signs of Horned Society smiths
among the slain koalinth. Jaroo has been employing every Northern
resource he has available to find more information.
With these
pressing issues, Jaroo has been assisting the local farms and ranches to
produce more healthy crops and livestock. Rufus Harju has been sending
men to gather reports on these agriculture improvement efforts, which
Jaroo has reluctantly completed out of respect for the Circle’s
fellowship with the Viscount of Verbobonc.
Jaroo’s main goal
against hidden malevolent powers in the region has been put to one side
for these pressing issues. Jaroo knows all to well that this may be a
purposeful diversion by those forces. It is little surprise to Jaroo
that his personal relationships have dwindled to zilch.
Edit:
Johanna Vilkuna is a human dual-class 6th level illusionist and 7th
level cleric of Saint Cuthbert. If human dual-class characters are rare
in your campaign, they are described on page 33 of the Players
Handbook.
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