Lore Log: The One to Protect Them All

Travel to a library in a very far away land. Encounter a lich, barter for a book by bringing a coin to Jaytown. Party left coin embedded in the fore of a ship. Lich can use it to 'view' the area.

* Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal — 01/10/2021
	+ **Mission Title:** The one to protect them all
	+ **Starting Hex**0,0 Jaytown
	+ **DM** @Morgan - Rulon Kincaid
	+ **Mission Participants:** @Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ @Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal @Sparicou @McNat - Rythym/Oogie @Hatchett - Aiden
	+ **Mission Report** Our fellowship met up at the local hotspot before heading out to Wagner the black smith. Serval the group leader, talked to Wagner for information on a mythical forge where magical items were crafted. He told the group of a library in the old world where they could find a book on recipes for these items. They boarded the ship and set sail, for a few days and few nights they sailed the seas to make it to the library of the lost. Upon entering the library a strange presence filled it the air. Upon searching and entering a lich was spotted reading arcane books in the library. After a shady deal for a silver coin, for the book of Arcane Smithing, the party departed back to Jaytown to copy down a few note from the book after translation. After some further discussion lead the adventurers to find the forge. Upon making landfall, they spotted very dark and evil men who tried to flee, after a very long chase our heroes caught up and brought a formal ass whopping to the evil doers. After the discovery that they were trying to warn others the group scavenged all the available loot, they headed back with a map to the forge and many valuables.

* Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ — 01/10/2021
	+ **Mission Title:** The one to protect them all
	+ **Mission participants:** @Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ @Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal @Hatchett - Aiden @McNat - Rythym/Oogie @Sparicou
	+ **DM :** @Morgan - Rulon Kincaid
	+ **Starting Hex #:** Jaytown (0,0)
	+ **Mission Report:** After inquiring to Wagner about a legend Serval has heard about, he gathers a group of friends, and explains to them that he wanted to craft a cloak of protection for his loved one and his friends. But not having learnt this craft yet, he looks for an alternative. This alternative being rare arcane rings of protection. After asking Bramrus, Aiden, Surya and Rhythm for help in this endeavor, the party goes to back to Wagner, who explains that he knows of someone who might have a map to a certain legendary forge being in the area, but even finding said forge would not explain how to power it and how to craft the magix rings. The other clue Wagner know of is about an arcane library with all knowledge stored within. Asking Surya about the best course of action, as an arcane practitioner himself. The group decides to go ahead and visit the library, so as the ship gets ready to leave, everyone prepares. The sea travel going smoothly, they arrive at said library and as they explore it and feel strange energies, Serval assumes the overwatch duty, while the others hear and encounter a strange bony elf, he declares that the world this library belongs to is slowly stopping to a halt and only a few refugees seek to leave before it is too late. He tries to make a deal with us, for getting the knowledge, we are to take a silver coin to the new world, so the man can see through it and see life still vibrant unlike all he sees in the old world. Some of us feel that this is rather strange and as Rythm looks ready to take the coin, Surya asks what his real intensions are. So the man simply states agains his desire to see adventures and life, so I make things clear, if he only seeks to see through this object, I would agree to place in a place he would have the sights he so wants, but should that as his Samurai honor demands, no-one but their loved one, not even his gods, are to peer into his soul. Rhythm uses his magic hand to receive the coin and I step forward, trying to convince the man that our duty is complete, and that this elf that the party now knows is actually a Lich is to hold his part of the bargain. Convinced by the words of the Samurai, he takes them to another room where tons of books are well arranged and another arcane master who simply ignores us. I ask Surya and Rhythm to help me understand this book, that only Aiden understands the language of, while Surya focuses on remembering any mention, the pair understand that this is a classic exemplary of Arcane ring forging manual, focusing on the arcane parts of the process. Thanks to his friends Serval is able to use his caligraphy to make a simpler copy in common and they get out quickly. Rhythm starts to freak out about the coin and drops it onto Aiden who takes it by reflex ! After some time Aiden asks Rhythm if he thinks the coin is cursed or will not let go of the one who took it, as Rhythm looks worried. Aiden checking for traps, leads the way. This is the way. As we walk and get out I write to the party to be carefull about what they say out loud, and we take the boat back to Jaytown, having aquired the knowledge we came for. As we disembark, I write to Aiden to leave the coin on the ship and he goes and does it. After we start walking towards the forge, Bramrus tells Rhythm he sould check his pockets, being the first one to take the coin, maybe it's magic made it return to him, as he indulges the dwarf, slightly worried checking his left pocket, nothing unusual so he sighs in relief, as he checks his right pocket he is suddenly horrified and takes out the silver coin again ! He throws it to me and runs away. The party mocks him but are not certain this is untrue, so Serval decides to wedge the coin into the front of the boat, holding true to the only thing he promised. He asks the dwarf for assistance as they hammer the coin into the boat, reinforcing the holds. As they finish, Serval goes to find Rhythm and tells him how they got rid of the coin, and shows him his empty pockets. Now more relieved, Rhythm follows him to Wagner. Showing everything to Wagner and discussing the particularities of the craft, the Goliath tells them about the dark haired stranger that was seen leaving, an impressive armor on him. Getting all the information, they try and get ahead of the strangers by taking the boat, as I write a scroll. Before they arrive to shore, Serval asks Rhythm to make a boat so they can avoid the gaze of the coin. Following the river, they see the dark haired man riding a war horse, and can percieve that he is a fiend. Two flying fiend protectors following him closely. The trio notice them and start riding the horse fleeing. Rhythm grabs me and opens a dimension door, as we are about to step trhough it, I tell Aiden "Shoot the horse" and step through the dark door. Aiden decides to deal as much damage as he can to the fiend, and Surya runs towards the enemies, Bramrus flying thanks to Rhythm rushes one of the guards. Doing as much damage as we can to both the horse and fiends, Bramrus smites one of the guards, while Rhythm stands up to the warrior casting a silence spell on him saying "Silence !", looking up to the dark figue the bard straightens his back and staring into his eyes simply replies "No !". Now you're showing your grit Rhythm !Then the bard whispers at the warhorse, and finishes him off. Falling on his feet with ease, the fiend shoots at us then charges. Bramrus chases the second guard and throws his javelin of lighting, dealing some good damage. Surya runs towards the enemies, and teleports closer but still out of reach. Rhythm and and me fight the creature as the guard reaches us. I attack the guard and Bramrus finishes him off. Dealing great damage at the main foe left, Rhythm and me deal as much damage as we can before he tries to run away. Surya finally appears, sweating and furious. He casts a huge fireball on both me and the fiend, the fire engulfing me I yell "Witness me !" but the fire only surrounds me not affecting me, only reducing the mage to a charred body with a pristine armor and greatsword, as well as a short-bow. The warhorse had amazing armor that Bramrus takes. I am humbled by my friends offer to keep the armor and promise to repay them in turn for partaking in this adventure to complete myself as a smith, a samurai, and someone who aims to use these rings to protect his beloved. The map in hand, we go back to town and regroup, now aware of the location of this forge and the camp the fiends were riding towards. We consult Wagner about the the next steps and prepare for another adventure soon to learn and finally create these rings.

* Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ — 01/12/2021
	+ **Mission Title:** The one to protect them all Pt 2
	+ **Mission Participants:** @McNat - Rythym/Oogie @Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ @Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal @Hatchett - Aiden @Théo - Gale/Valris
	+ **DM:** @Morgan - Rulon Kincaid
	+ **Starting Hex #:**0,0 Jaytown
	+ **Mission Report:** After coming back from our adventure, the fellowship arrives at Jaytown and join Wagner. After they inspect the map together they decide on the best course of action, preparing themselves for a tougher fight, crafting or buying weapons. Surya not being available for the next couple days, the team is joined by Gale, so now everyone is one of the Order of the Dawnbringers. We decide to go after Aiden and I get a bow each crafted by Wagner. I get Hurstwic, a magical bow crafted in a particular metal, the bow resembling two giant blades of grass elegantly weaving together. Aiden gets a bow with moving parts and pullies making it easier to draw. Wagner tells us the place on the map is a fair distance away but we can all make it that far, the forge seems to not have been found yet. It is imperative that we find this before they do. Once we are ready to depart, we feel a gaze watch over us from the shore line, but we will not take the boat again. Rangers lead the way and Aiden finds a plane with a fortress coming out of a mountain. Two battalions of orcs warriors strangely orderly and doing drills as several ogres with balistas were on overwatch. Everyone immediately hiding, except Bramrus on his Warhorse sported with the black horse armor we retrieved earlier, we decide to have him pretend to be the fiend knight as Rhythm turns me invisible so I can be Bramrus voice. We tell the orcs to get back to their affairs while climbing the mountain on horseback while the rest try and stealthily climb on the other side, the orcs are so clueless that even Gale making some rocks fall doesn't alert them. A Fiend detects some of us so we pretend to be the convoy bringing news of the map to the forge, so Rhythm speaks with him in infernal while we get up the stairs leading the fortress entrance. As we climb, I don the magical armor of the fiend and his helmet, after the party uses a disguise kit and ink to turn my red mane jet black. As I gesture while the bard speaks, we make it seem like the map was a bust using a former scroll i had made, the fiend takes us inside but telepathically whispers something to me, I don't get what it is but he sounded sarcastic, so i whisper it to the others so they can translate it : "Take out your weapon and ready yourself to sacrifice the Tiefling" I tell the party that we need to use the bard as bait but that I'll keep the illusion for as long as I can and will protect everyone. So we get inside and Aiden, still invisible keep watch over us but makes some noise, to no consequence. He is our over-watch and as we are lead in a room, two orcs wake up seeing us pass, warhorse and all. The fiend leads us to a female sorcerer who takes the scroll as well as the copy of the map, she then summons a bloodthirsty demon that requires sacrifice and as I notice that things are going to escalate real quickly I take a gamble, before the fight begins I order the two orcs, still acting like their leader, and offer them as sacrifice so Gale and Rhythm aren't his only targets anymore. Fortunately they listen and present themselves in front of me, ready to be scarified in the blood-thirst. As the blood-thirst takes over the fight begins ! When failing to defend against it's effects you feel compelled to attack the first creature within sight and range. Galen summons a fairy as he bolsters himself with his wild magic and makes it explode behind the creature, Aiden summons one too and charms the Demon, prompting him to make a truce while the fight rages, then each kill gives a blood armor to the huge creature. The orcs and mage allow us to act as if only the blood-lust pushed us to fight, and we make quick work of most of them as Rhythm stabs and whispers away. Some fiend tries to run away after I decimated to mage with my Crimson great-axe but both the bard and me block him while Aiden attacks then gets out of range of the aura. We keep fighting and gale breaks the charm while removing the whole blood armor. Everyone attacks as Bramrus smites like a madman. The fight over, we take everything we can from the fortress in the bags of holdings of the party as well as saddling the horse and statue created by Rhythm with rations and gallons of alcohol and balistas. We find a passage with a few orc bodies, the place irradiates a pale blue greenish light from the water flowing there. Incredible structures stand in passages as we advance. We find a room with with a giant forge somehow powered with the water, Gale feeling the properties of the energies here tells us what the pillars made of twisted metal are infused with, one has evocation magic, one has transmutation magic, necromancy magic while the water has abjuration properties. With everyone's help we find the pillar we want, as turning a symbol to correspond with the notes i have from the arcane forging book turns out to transform the pillar into a golem, and he tells us a riddle, consulting the others about my idea, we confirm the answer to be water. Then give him some of that special water.(edited) He activates himself with this and asks what I require of the place, I tell him my truthful sentiments. I do this for my beloved, first of all, then for my friends here with me and in the guild. I came here to learn how to deepen my crafting knowledge into new heights, allowing me to craft rings to protect my beloved and everyone that tries to do better in this world. He speaks of his devotion to the craft, to become master who makes other rise higher than he could. The golem accepting his heartfelt pledge, accepts to teach him. Powering the forge, the water begins to move and compress moving parts of the forge, forming a kind water powered hammer, quickly forming the metal provided into a ring shape, while the water glows and imbues itself in the metal with each strike. Watching in a trance-like concentration takes out his scrolls and notes every single step. After thanking the golem for his wisdom and teachings, the party collects as much water as they can without affecting the functioning capacities of the forge the cave begins to fall apart as Serval takes the ring template and runs, Rhythm dimension doors with me as gale runs away and Bramrus on his horse escapes after taking a hit from the rocks as Aiden does. The party escapes then runs from the fortress, evading the orcs attention once again. Returning the day after to Jaytown, the party briefs Wagner and as he thanks every single one for their individual participation and accomplishments, and acknowledges Serval's aptitudes as a Smith. He then helps Serval prepare for the making of the ring while the party finally relaxes and enjoys a well earned gold reward.

* McNat - Rythym/Oogie — 01/11/2021
	+ **Mission Title:** The one To protect them all
	+ **Mission Participants:** @Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ @Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal @Sparicou @McNat - Rythym/Oogie @Hatchett - Aiden
	+ **DM:** @Morgan - Rulon Kincaid
	+ **Starting Hex #:** 0,0 Jaytown
	+ **Mission Report:** Dear Diary, Today we went to Wagner and Serv so Serv could talk about mythical forge where magical items were crafted. He told us about a library where we could find the book full of recipes for magical itmes. We went on a ship and it took a few days to ge there but we finally got to the Library . Diary it look old and spooky, kinda terrifying. Aiden went to a living room area of the library where he saw a old man and he offered us a deal, to take a coin which i assume is a tool for scrying for the book, i dont get why all of us had to bring it and not just Serv. I checked the Silver coin with my mage hand and when i did that guy idd a creepy smile. The Silver coin had etched Ivory design on it with i think a T. Bram said outloud he was gonna put it in his bag of holding and the bony old elven guy saud thats not part of the deal, his deal was to see the new world.After i looked at the coin i gave it to Aiden. The guy ushered us to a small personal study room There was a another person there, he was covered in large clothes. Aiden and Surya read the book to see if its true and the managed to translate it seeing that was the real thing. We left with the book and back on the ship back to Jaytown. We talked about throwing it in the sea and Bram said to Aiden to throw it in the sea....though he didnt...The slimy Cod put it in my pocket and everyone was in to it but at the time i didnt know, i was so freaked out and threw it at Serv and ran from it terrified But serv gave it to Bram and he slammed it hard to the ship. After calming down we all went to Wagner. They discussed everything we saw and heard and He told us about a dark haired stranger with some great armour that had something to deal with demons or fiends, he told us the direction and we went on a ship and followed that direction. After the ship we rowed till we saw them in a cart with a warhorse, i gave them a freindly greeting but that made them run faster. I gave Bram Fly, Aiden was told to shoot the horse and finally Me and Serv dimension door to the front so they couldnt out run us. Aiden basically shot in stealth while Bram destroyed one of them quickly While everyone else tried to destory the horse, i finished it. The Fiends managed to land on their feet. I dont know what happened, if it was something new inside me or The powers my patron got me but i was super pissed and nothing could stop me. Me and serv fought back to back as i fought with my Rapier and i did damage and they couldnt damage me once no matter how they tried one tried to silence me twice and i said no they tried to fear me and nothing, i almost finished it but Surya who was just trying to catch up lmost of the time Fireballed the last guy and killed the last fiend. We grabbed a map and took all their items to help forge the items.(edited)

* McNat - Rythym/Oogie — 01/12/2021
	+ **Mission Title:** The one to protect them all Pt 2
	+ **Mission Participants:** @McNat - Rythym/Oogie @Cris - Leonotus / Serval ⛩ @Smurf - Bramrus: The Brutal @Hatchett - Aiden @Théo - Gale/Valris
	+ **DM:** @Morgan - Rulon Kincaid
	+ **Starting Hex #:**0,0 Jaytown
	+ **Mission Report:** Dear diary today, We went back to Wagner to see if he knew about the coin and he only knew it was valuable, Serv talked to wagner and about the location of the Forge, He also forged two weapons and barding for Bramrus Horse, both were the name for the weapon but in different languages, Wagner seemed pretty proud of his work. We started to travel by foot and kept until we say a army of Orcs they were the dumbest Orcs they thought Bram was their leader and by using invisibility i got serv to be the voice for Bram. We sneaked up the hill and these orc didnt even notice the rock falls done by Gale who wasnt as careful. As get got to the hill to the large watch tower like building we were spotted by a demon. We decided to try and decieve him, i tried to pretend to be a servant and apparently i was too good and he told Serv to get ready to kill me for a sacrifice. As we went inside a cave that been decorated to see the master. the demon talked to a female and they talked about having sacrificed, she cut herself and summoned the Demon. Serv managed to convince some sleeping Orcs to come over to instead to be the sacrifice i dont think it worked as the demon put a aura of bloodlust where we had to attack the closet thing to us. While we were fighting Aiden who hid in the back managed to summon a fey and suggested him to be a friend of him and to not attack us. We downed the Orcs, and Serv and Bram finished off the lady very quickly which ended the Suggestion spell on the Boss demon, the servant demon ran to the door. Me and Serv went to destroy the servant while the rest went to finish the boss. it tried to run away but i used a spell to make it run back, The demon was killed seconds later. After that i found a book of shadows spells and when i get stronger as a warlock i could understand and connect to it, its something to think about. We basically took all that wasnt bolted down, pffft it was amusing. We also found a banner similar to the one we found on the map, it had symbols of BAI. We found a tunnel and it took a few hours and we a found a room filled with 3 types of magic. We also took some of the abjuration water. There was also 3 Golems and i managed to find out you needed to turn it certain way and it told a riddle to get it to make the ring which the asnwer was water, He then made most of the ring on the forge except he flew up and was destroyed and the room begame to fall apart. I used fly on Gale and dimension door but not after him getting the ring. We all managed to get back in the cave. I used invisibilty on everyone so the orcs wont see us. We got back to Wagner and he complimented us for getting back safely and was proud of Serv for making it.