Session 3x6

Session 3x6 occurred on 14 March 2021. The players were Hakuin (Morradin), Zoltan (Menegard), LaurenDanger (Bea Naturalis), Nordin (Otzi the Grey) and DoubleA (Golb). Their goal was to return to the Rust Brother Lodge and gather more resources.

## Summary

The party first spent a few days working the quarry to gather enough stone to build a shrine.

The party journeyed to the Rust Brother Lodge that had been cleared out earlier.. On the way, they looted a griffin nest, and the next day met another band of adventurers. This other band of adventurers lay claim to the lodge. After failing to resolve the situation diplomatically, both parties attacked each other. Morradin was injured in the fight, and so was one of the other adventurers, which ended the battle. The other adventurers agreed to vacate the lodge and to leave the area with their wounded. The party then finished loading up with supplies from the lodge to bring back to Dryvault.

## In-character tales

### Bea's tale

We ventured forth in the rain, looking to scout over the mountains and back around to the Rust Brother’s Lodge that had been recently cleared out by our valiant Dryvault adventurers. We travelled northwest, confirming the wide bridges were still in place and camped that night in the mountains (009.022). While we prepared for our rest, we could hear the distant bickering of harpies and knew their nest was close. Otzi sat on watch and heard the familiar cries of a griffin as it swooped to attack the harpies on their nightly hunt. Knowing they would be busy with battle, he and Morradin aided Golb who climbed to the nest, relying on his keen goblin vision to find some trinkets and baubles of value.

We slept the night without further disturbance and the next morning we descended back to the plains, (008.023) and crossed another bridge back to the south side of the plains. Our goal was to return to the lodge and reclaim more supplies, though as we climbed the path to that longhouse, we spotted other adventurers of unknown origin: two orcs, a halfling and a human. We attempted to parlay with them, but after a tense discussion, they would not agree to share the lodge with us for the night and battle began.

War cries were heavy in the air as we skirmished, and Morradin was struck in the face with an arrow. It pierced through his cheek and he was left prone, but we did not give up. We pressed on with our struggle, Golb loosing arrows, Menegard using a war cry to diminish our opponent’s abilities. Otzi’s displayed great skill at dodging, and we pressed hard against skilled foe. Soon enough, one of the marauders was down and they wished to talk.
We halted battle and agreed that they could pick up their wounded and depart. They may not be pleased with us, but we showed them mercy and it is my hope they remember that we did not want the fight but were strong enough to hold our own, and then granted them their lives and gear. We rested overnight in the lodge, and on a cold and clear morning we steeled ourselves for hauling materials back to Dryvault. We accomplished our goals of exploring, perhaps doing battle and recovering supplies, though the bridges to Rust territory remain and will still need investigation or destruction very soon.

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