L-T July 8th, 2012

BACKGROUND
Gameplay resumed after, gosh what, six or seven years?... of realtime, and one year and some months of game time. After the Fist of Anneal incident, Lyus Sleyden and Timien Griffonsmane took a whirlwind tour of a few western nations to defuse diplomatic incidents regarding ships being sunk in Aborea. Since being sent to the Zazimar War would be very unhealthy for them (the Zazzies really wanting to get their hands on them), the gruesome twosome and their friends were kept in reserve in Trynser City.
In Trynser City, the group with the able assistance of Kristara Haleven and Tatara Somart, and occasionally Barnaby Karmuliken, became an official government liason between the city's Thalosian community and the Imperial Government. Also, they were to be on the lookout for secret contacts between the Thalosians and the Zazimarans. Having some success with this, they shared information with companion Gina Atakares, who had been dispatched to the command headquarters on the Zazimar front.
Putting their notes together, it was found that Zazimaran agents had contacted a noted wicked Thalosian wizard named Zegmerd Koth. With him they shared the ancient spell for dropping a meteor upon a city, gotten from the original Thalosians and used with effect on Trynser City and Ambrace during the Thalos War a little over a thousand years ago.
Time being of the essence, and not trusting the Imperial government to the job, Timien and Lyus (and Tatara, Kristara, and Barnaby) set off for Thalos Valley to stop the wizard from making Trynser City into a big ampitheater.
GAMEPLAY
In an after-game flashback, while the group were on a swift riverboat heading up to Thalos Valley, Tatara went to Lyus and Kristara's cabin to clear the awkwardness between them after certain events that occured in Sapoth. She explained that she wasn't bothered by being found attractive, though she warned Lyus that seeing her as a woman could end up having fatal consequences. She also told him that she had been with several other adventuring teams in the past, but none of them made her feel as welcome as this team, and she thanked the two of them. She was going to continue to Timien's, but Kristara brought out a bottle of Thalosian Mushroom Wine. This was unsatisfactory to both Lyus and, suprisingly, Tatara. Kristara liked it though. But then they all got bombed and naked on Chateau Cerenet.
Arriving in Thalos Valley, the group make their way to Fort Hope, the headquarters for the Imperial force guarding the valley. They met the commanding officer, Brigadier Gamson Gleamingsword. They had an Imperial writ commanding his cooperation with whatever measures the two were going to take, including committing the entirety of his brigade. Timien was worried that the commander would bristle at having some dude drop in from TC and order his boys (and girls) into battle, but the commander actually hopes they can kill something evil in the sunken Thalosian capital and then get to go the hell away from the valley.
The group finds that the army's food supplies are screwed by the time they reach the base from the river. Somewhere along that passage it goes bad and gets infested with vermin. They grow some food in the valley, but it isn't much better. It takes the efforts of the divine spellcasters to keep troops alive. They cannot even feed all the griffons and cavalry horses and keep them healthy. After getting the measure of the situation, T & L teleport to Trynser City to order some magic supplies and Lyus hotly explains the garrison's situation to his Citadel contact.
After that, Lyus leads Timien to the Hexadane Academy in Kasteban, where he questions Lady Magus Athasia Hexadane about her family's history with the Thalos War, and Depau Hexadane creating the dam that sunk the valley. Athasia explains that the dam was simply a quick and dirty solution. Athasia promises to provide eight sets of poison-proof water breathing devices, and also the services of Magus Colleen Sarn.
Other notes of interest:
#Feyannyha Lacourbeshay was in Trynser City, hanging at "A Breed Apart", but could not be contacted in the group's haste to depart. A note was left for her.
#Nigel Starseeker had volunteered to fight in the Zazimar War, seeking glory and experience before turning to Verintalia.
#Raldo Stormfoot was considering going to war if it could help the halfling cause. He could not be contacted before the expedition.
#Azgar Tagginhof had left with an envoy with George Tulwyn and Clarissa Garneman to Chandoman in Lharasia trying to score help against Zazimar.
#Brig. Gleamingsword had several Thalosian prisoners caught trying to infiltrate to the sunken capital.
Category:Original Trynser Campaign