Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 44 With a general plan of action decided, if even just in the broadest of strokes, the squad prepared to head out from the village of Callic. Father Nate located the map the adventurers had made of the Old Mill. It was drawn on a roll … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 45
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The Children of Stron – part 44
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 43 Father Nate treated the squad to a good lunch at Callic’s pleasant little tavern. The atmosphere was relaxed and they ate leisurely, enjoying some banter with the local folk. Unlike the worshipers that had followed Peep to and from the church in Spitzer, the people … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 44
The Children of Stron – part 43
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 42 Father Nate was not at his church in Callic, but the squad was able to find him easily enough. He was at the tavern helping the tavernkeeper with a beer brew. He and everyone else there greeted the squad warmly. It had taken just ninety … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 43
The Children of Stron – part 42
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 41 The Desolate One, Shane told the squad around the smoldering embers of the previous night’s fire, was some manner of undead knight that lived in a not-too-distant swamp. Just a skeleton now, the Desolate One wore a suit of magical plate armor and bore a … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 42
The Children of Stron – part 41
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 40 Shane had been truthful when he said his place was not much. However, as trapper’s cabins in the bush went, it was superb. Situated in a clearing near a small spring, Shane had a one room log cabin with a low lean-to on one wall … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 41
The Children of Stron – part 40
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 39 Having decided to adopt Thorn’s suggested course of action without amendment, the squad struck out for Bristlehump just before dusk after a big feed put on for them by Mrs Dunn. Back up Main Street, four of Mason’s men were posted at the sheriff office’s … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 40
The Children of Stron – part 39
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 38 The squad bought Peep a fine little horse that the livery’s proprietor, Elliot, assured them would be as surefooted as a mule on the hilly forest trails they would likely be doing much of their riding on. With saddle and bridle, he charged them twenty … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 39
The Children of Stron – part 38
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 37 Mrs Dunn returned to the kitchen before very long with word that a sheriff’s deputy had been to investigate the murder scene and oversee the removal of the body. The victim had no money or purse on him, so robbery was declared the motive of … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 38
The Children of Stron – part 37
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 36 The church in Spitzer was built of solid stone, so the cells at its rear were quiet as a tomb. The three Pekot men were sharing a windowless cell that held four simple cots and footlockers, as well as a weapon and armor rack. They … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 37
The Children of Stron – part 36
Table of Contents (spoilers) read part 1 read part 35 After leaving the Sheriff’s office on Main Street, the squad immediately went to the church. There, they tethered their mounts in the street and went in the wide front doors. It was not a minute before Father Spencer Morrenthall, cleric of the militant Stronian order … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 36
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