Notrick:

???, Muspelheim, the Forge of Kord

• Notrick landed beneath the dense stormclounds on the edge of massive wrought iron structure, with lava flowing towards the center. Occasional lighting arced from the unseen center. Heading that way, Notrick observed massive iron golems watching his progress; threatening, but otherwise noncombative.
• As he passed the last spire of twisted metal and came within eyesight of the center, he saw the form of a massive, muscular, stout and old man, standing maybe fourty feet tall, hammering away at a massive anvil with an immense hammer. Each swing made the earth sudder, and lightning blasted out with each collision.
• The figure turned to Notrick and welcomed him to the Forge. The figure turned into lightning and struck the ground before Notrick, resolving into the same figure but short and normal sized, albiet with bright light pouring from his eyes. The figure was Kord, who was pleased to finally meet Notrick, who he had been watching for some time. He informed Notrick that he had concerns about the future, but to be certain that Notrcik was the right orc for learn about it and deal with it, he needed to complete one final task.
• Kord instructed Notrick to seek out Primordial Ossein, which he needed for his current work.
• Dismissing Notrick, Kord grew to his original size and resumed his smithing. A towering fire giant, weilding two massive shields on its back, stomped up to Notrick and instructed him to follow. The giant, named Shuloc, was Kord's assistant, and he would be the one to oversee Notrick's last trial.
• As they walked away from Kord's Forge, the giant told Notrick that he would find the Ossein
  in the depths of Nifelheim,
  far away and below
  Muspelheim. He gave
  Notrick a magic
  pickaxe, which he
  told him would be the
  only tool able to mine
  it. Notrick accepted,
  and as they reached
  the edge of the
  stoney plains beyond
  the forge, Shuloc
  picked him up
  and hurled him into
  the stormy clouds
  beyond and below
  the edge.

???, Nifelheim, the Firey Depths

• Notrick hurdled downward into darkness, mist whipping past him. After some time, the mist grew bright and red, and Notrick landed hard on a precarious rock in an ocean of boiling lava. The heat was immense, and his clothing immediately burst into flame.
• The lava and protruding rock surfaces stretched far away, curling harshly at the horizon. Nifelheim was a long, winding column, like a gargantaun snake, with gravity always pointing down towards the center. Notrick spied a gargantuan leg bone protruding from lava, the color of onyx, and he quickly headed that way.
• Frantically scrambling across the rocks, he arrived at the base of the colossal legbone, and ran into an enraged Salamander. The firey creature attacked him, and he engaged in mortal combat in the depths of the realm as his life burned away.
• He defeated it with few hitpoints left, and immediately began to hack at the bone with his magic pickaxe. With his last few breaths, he managed to dislodge a large piece. He turned and hurled the magic pickaxe into the mist above, in the direction of Muspelheim, praying that it would deliver him.
• His lungs on fire, he was suddenly teleported back to Shuloc, with his giant bone shard in tow, near death. After a short rest, they returned to Kord with the Ossein.
• Kord was very pleased with Notrick, and bestowed upon him his blessing as both a gesture of thanks and an imbuing of power to prepare him for struggles to come. He mentioned a group of interlopers who had come to him, seeking the knowledge of how he channeled his Godly power through his hammer. Kord was about to smite them, but they escaped as soon as they detected his displeasure.
• His mission fulfilled, Notrick was returned via lightning to the Ivory Plaza in Lutetia.

14th - 18th of Eben, Lutetia:

• Notrick crashed. Hard. After recovering, he immediately headed to the Temple of Kord to share his journey and resume work on his sword. He labored over it with the aid of Master Coldren, using the Godsforge and Kord's Fist, nearing completion after all this time, utilizing the bones, teeth, and claws of dragons, fur of a blink wolf, and high quality kordite.
• On the 18th, Notrick completed his masterwork. Christening it Thunderfury, he returned to the Capable Keep to practice with it and prepare for the trials ahead with his friends.

11th of Eben: Lutetia, the Shadowfell, and Frostford:

• Nameless went to Fevagore Castle, seeking the room which correlated to the mirror room in the Shadowfell. He found a circular room, containing only perfectly manicured grass and a small clean fountain.
• He then visited the Temple of Pelor, and spoke with Bishop Winmar. As thanks for the Crew's role in defeating Pik and bringing him to the temple, the Bishop agreed to perform the Commune spell with Pelor on Nameless' behalf. In doing so, Nameless received the general sense that Pelor may be willing to help him defeat Shar, and that he was in fact directly descended from Azazel. This knowledge surprised the Bishop, and he promised to aid Nameless in the future and to treat him as a guest of honor due to his lineage.
• Nameless went to Clearwater Academy to find Professor Pergelor. Pergelor asked him to return to instrumentation, which he had left in the Shadowfell. Begging to be taken there, Nameless agreed to do so and used his Shroud of the Shadowfaller to teleport them both there. They arrived back in the Shadowfell, now in a ruined version of the College.
• Sneaking downstairs, they disrupted a dozing Shadow Dragon. It demanded tribute, which they failed to satisfactorily give, and Nameless promptly disintegrated the Dragon. Twice. It fled quickly after that, barely alive.
• Nameless collected Pergelor's instrumentation and returned them both to Lutetia. Then, Nameless paid for teleportation to Frostford. Once there, he visited the Manor of Heros, the hall created for the Capable Crew for their deeds in saving the Dragonborn in the flight from Thaumdural.
• He had dinner at the Soggy Grindylow, catching up with Benjamin Meadmaker, and returned to the Manor to sleep. While there, he encountered Prince Emry, now without an arm, who gave him the key to the Manor and his perpetual thanks.

12th - 18th of Eben, Lutetia:

• After returning to Lutetia, Nameless spent several days working on a broom of flying.
• On the 18th, after Janos completed his quest to deal with Osfire, Nameless traveled to the Forgotten Keep courtesy of Spinel to ask Sumia Silvertail for her input on Selune. After a brief conversation, Sumia asked Nameless to return in a couple weeks, after she had time to speak with her goddess about how she could help.

Janos:

???, Minauros, Mammon's Archives:

• Sneakily distracting the devilish tour group, and stealing the complex keystone from the bearded devil tour guide, Janos hid in the shadows and snuck into the Archives after they had left.
• The ensuing stealthy descent into the Archives defies description. Avoiding any sort of detection by the wandering Spectators or Minotaurs, and despite triggering one trap, Janos made it to the bottom of the pit, snatching several magical items along the way. The Stalwart Beacon resided at the bottom, embedded into a stone wall, and guarded by a sleeping Manticore.
• Crossing his fingers, Janos ripped the Beacon from its resting place with his Stone Giant strength, tossed it in his bag, and ducked behind a shelf to hide from the immediate attention this disappearance brought. Against the odds, he managed to climb back out of the pit undetected, hundreds of feet up, as the alarm was raised by the various creatures.
• Rushed out, he cast darkness to prevent any Minotaurs from seeing him as he left the single entrance to the Archives. He blended into the crowd and left the Halls of Avarice, returning to Jara'din at the tavern.
• Jara'din was amazed at his skill, took
  the beacon and promised to fulfill
  his side of the bargin. He even
  did Janos' 800 pages of paperwork
  for him. Janos took a long rest,
  preparing for the trials to come.
  He also asked Jara'din to find and
  purchase for him a potion of
  Cloud Giant strength, as well as
  a potion of Haste. Jara'din was
  happy to comply, throwing in a potion
  of healing for fun.

???, Beneath the Sinking City:

• Determined to find Racknar and reunite with his once patron and companion, Janos headed for the underbelly of Minauros to seek out the labor camps. He found the massive elevators beneath the city which lower to the distant swamp below, where hundreds of lemures and unfortunate souls labor in perpetuity to find riches and magic items for Mammon's hoard.

• Janos pretended to be Racknar's twin brother, tricking the overseer into letting him descend. It took several hours, but eventually Janos tracked Racknar to section 3a, in a sinking ruined tower. The reunion was awkward and short, and Racknar seemed dejected and listless. Deciding Racknar wouldn't be of much help to him anymore, since Janos had long since surpassed him in ambition and power, Janos promised to get him out of the labor camps and back into society once he had supplanted Bael.
• Janos returned to the tavern, taking the rest of the time to relax and psych himself up as Jara'din completed the paperwork. Once it was done, Jara'din returned it to him, told him where to deposit it, and bid him farewell, as they had both completed their sides of the deal.
• He ate another breakfast of souls in the tavern to hype himself up, stealing his money back from the hulking innkeeper when he wasn't looking.
• Janos returned to the Halls of Avarice, filed his paperwork, and took a nap while the request was being processed.

???, The Day of the TRIALS:

• Janos awoke and headed to the central chamber, where he could hear Bael angrily seeking out whomever had challenged him. After Janos appeared, and confidently strode forward, declaring himself as the challenger, Bael had a good laugh before promising to obliterate Janos.
• Bael proposed three trails: an arm wrestling contest, a footrace through the swamp, and combat. Agreeing, Janos sneaking downed his potion of Cloud Giant strength.
• Sitting down at a massive stone table, the arm wrestling contest quickly went in Janos' favor due to his cheating. With a final push, Janos brought Bael's arm down, smashing through the table and leaving him laying in a crater on the floor. Furious, and unwilling to accept his failure, Bael pushed on to the footrace.
• The race took place outside the Sinking City, on the other side of the bridge. The judge, whom Janos had turned his paperwork over to, informed them both of the winning criteria consisting of collecting three stone idols positioned in a loop out in the swamp, and returning to the finish line first.
• The race was off, and Janos downed his potion of haste, using its magical energy to push past all normal mortal limits of speed. This, combined with dashing, dodging and teleporting, allowed him to put distance between himself and Bael.
• Bael initially took several potshots at Janos as they ran, but seeing himself outdown in raw speed, he quickly spent his remaining energy on teleporting, flying, and doing his best to keep up with Janos. However, it was for naught, as Janos ran through the obstacles of the swamp, collected the three idols, and returned to the finish line before Bael could catch him. Janos maxed out at around 58 mph during the race (25.9 m/s).
• Fuming at his failure, Bael eagerly pushed Janos back to the Halls of Avarice for the final challenge. Despite already losing two of the three trials, he fully intended to destroy Janos for the humiliation. He stomped back to the Halls of Avarice and threw various devils out of his way to make room for a ring in which to fight.

• Bael and Janos entered the ring together, and Bael practically threw himself at Janos, forsaking his maul in favor of his massive fists. The ensuing one-on-one combat was brutal, with both parties hurting the other. Janos eventually slipped out of the ring, hiding amongst the various devils crowding around, trying to buy himself some time as his hitpoints continued to drain quickly.
• Janos barely managed to dodge some of Bael's more ferocious attacks, as he channeled his mastery over the powers of Minauros into his fists.
• As his health waned, and as he struggled to stay engaged with his adversary, Janos glanced over and saw a massive creature, serpentine, with horrid yellow eyes and scaled skin watching their fight. The creature winked at him and disappeared. As it did, Janos felt his warlock powers returning, and he rallied back and defeated Bael with few bits of health remaining.
• As the crowd of devils cheered, Janos soaked in his victory of the unconscious mass of minotaur at his feet. A voice in his head told him to come to the top of the tower, and he did so. Upon arriving at the peak, Janos saw the serpentine entity again, waiting for him. It introduced itself as Mammon, Arch Devil of Greed, Ruler of the Third, and his new patron.
• Mammon gave him full agency to do as he wished, having earned his place through peerless ambition and proving his place amongst those less talented. He bestowed upon Janos the Aspect of Avarice and formally rewrote his warlock contract to reflect the changes.
• Janos went downstairs, meeting a confused Racknar along the way, who was excited to hear that his debt was covered. Racknar ran away, and Janos took a well-
  deserved rest in the private quarters which had
  previously belonged to Bael.
• Over the following days, Janos
  enjoyed his victory, enjoying
  the many vices of Minauros
  before returning to the
  marsh to be planeswalked
  back to Lutetia by Nameless.

???, The Sevenfold Mazework:

• Spinel and Crayg were brought before the Grand Council of the Mazework, comprised of members from the nobles houses of Chromium, Fermium, Tantalum and Nobelium. Crayg was acknowledged by Schist Fermium as a member of her house, but the other Dao seemed neutral or hostile towards them.
• Spinel convinced the Council she was on a mission from Melora to heal Geos, and rid them of their problems. As they were discussing, a guard broke in and exclaimed that Geos had finally broached the outer wall. Schist stepped forward, taking a stand for Crayg and Spinel and giving them a chance to redeem Crayg's legacy if they could stop Geos once and for all.
• They were marched to the outer border of the Mazework, and Spinel saw Geos in full view. The gargantuan beast towered as high as large hill, bigger than a castle, and had crushed part of the outer wall as it stomped around. It seemed in distress, moving its massive head and tiny eyes around in a state of panic. Spinel stepped forward, cast speak with animals, and tried to figure out its problem. She eventually understood that it had a tummyache, and it had been stomping around in pain, trying to eat things to calm down.
• As she sat there contemplating what to do, it studied her for a moment before suddenly swallowing her whole, along with all the rock she stood upon.

• She tumbled down into darkness, before stabilizing and getting her bearings. She had nowhere to go besides onward, so she pushed into the darkness, avoiding boulders and occasionally stumbling as the ground beneath her shuddered.
• As she wandered through the bowels of Geos, she came across more strange tunnels through the walls of his gut. Inspecting them, she was attacked by a dozen Thoqquas, steaming large magma worms that burrowed out of the walls. She cast ice storm on them, smiting all of them almost instantly, but also damaging
  Geos. The resulting tossing and
  turning almost crushed her,
  but she continued on.
• She came to a large bulging
  area, where two Xorn dug
  through broken crystals, muck,
  boulders, and more. They
  saw and attacked her, but
  she managed to destroy
  them both.

19th of Eben, Lutetia:

• The Capable Crew reconvenes in Lutetia to discuss what comes next! They talked about the various pressing issues that had accrued while they were away: orc tribes amassing in the northwest, poor people being turned to stone, Gowron's disappearance, their summons to the High Council of Lutetia, and other issues.
• They decided they had spurned the demands of the Council long enough, and prepared to appear in their meeting the same day. The Crew traveled to Fevagore Castle and were escorted to a large meeting room. The circular outer wall was matched by a circular inner wall, around which sat the Council of Eight, the leaders of Lutetia in the absence of the Emperor.
• The members of the Council, representing different noble families, capable spellcasters, the military, and merchants, were mostly new to the Crew, except for Duke Claudicus Maximilian (who they had met briefly within the Hall of Erathis as a member of the Distillers, and adoptive father to Daedrin Maximilian in Brightshore) and Hierophant Zorythas Neresh (an elderly dragonborn who had been scammed by the cult of Racknar under Janos' recommendations). They grilled the Crew on their involvement surrounding the disappearance of the Nightwalker guild, as well as the nature of their relationship to the late Emperor Fevagore. The crew was (mostly) truthful in their recounting of events, especially Notrick, who felt a strange compulsion during the entire event to be especially truthful, to the point of making them all sound like horrible people.
• The evidence presented by the Crew, as well as their intimidating and aggressive communication tactics, led to a vote. Five of the Eight (the three who voted for harsher punishments were unknown) voted to let them go free without further harassment, under the assumption of better communication in the future about their activities.
• After the proceedings, the Crew decided to pay a visit to Frostford, to check in on their Manor and do some shopping. They paid a mage in college for transport, and were warped away to Frostford.
• Once they arrived, Janos paid 6650 gold to Sheila for 19 enchanted quarterstaves to distribute to his followers in time. She got right to work, understanding that such an order would take years.
• The Manor was in tip-top shape when they arrived to check on it. It was sparkling clean, but lacked much in the way of personal touches. The Crew paid the dragonborn who remained to purchase and install a variety of those personal touches, including: sculptures of Spinel's parents, an outdoor smithy for Notrick to work in, furniture and tools for all the rooms, and six employees to maintain the entire affair while they were away. In total, it cost they 4000 gold to furnish the place and 900 gold for three months advance pay for their employees.
• They slept overnight in their Manor, enjoying the luxury for a time, before waking the next day to return to Lutetia and face some of their other problems.

20th of Eben, Lutetia:

• Notrick spoke up and suggested that Gowron's sudden loss of contact and his inability to find him using the scrying orb points at some kind of significant problem. The team agreed to follow Notrick to where Gowron had been, to try and find out what happened to him.
• The Crew traveled to Squalortown, and broke into Gowron's shack. The main entrance had caved in entirely. Spinel used her abilities to clear the rubble, and they descended into Gowron's lair beneath the lake.
• Arriving at the central chamber, they found it to be utterly destroyed. Meticulously clearing the space and removing the rubble revealed several things: half a dozen small glowing purplish-pink crystals, much like the ones Gowron had shown Notrick before, a massive, silver, bismuth-like crystal glowing brightly, and Gowron's staff, discarded on the floor. All of these items emitted a potent magical aura.
• Notrick grabbed the staff, and was suddenly alarmed to hear the voice of Gowron inside his head. After speaking with him for a time, and sharing the staff by touch with Janos and Nameless, they pieced together some parts of the story.
• Gowron had been working for a shady group of financers, who regularly brought him supplies, provided his lab, and encouraged his work. Gowron had been pressured to test his methods on himself, before ramping up the test and accidentally maxing out the intensity of the procedure. He blacked out, but woke up to the sight of the three strangers destroying his lab and dragging him away. Now, he feels very odd, and is imprisoned in some strange cell, with a forcefield blocking his way.
• Notrick touched Gowron's staff to the large bismuth crystal, which promptly begane to partially collapse and shrink in size, as Gowron began to exclaim his enjoyment of the process. Stopping the procedure, Gowron stated he wanted more, but the Crew was unwilling to do anything further.
• In conclusion, the Crew suspected Gowron had
  somehow achieved Lichdom by accident,
  and his staff was connected to him and
  able to absorb these crystals. The
  crystals appeared to be formed
  from the lost souls of the poor
  people who had been petrified.

21st of Eben, the Crast Hills:

• Traveling deeper into the hills, the Crew eventually arrived at the location Notrick had gathered from taking control of the random orc through the crystal ball. It was a narrow gorge, with heavy signs of a large number of people walking through. There were a few scattered bodies laying about, and the trail led off to the south.
• The team followed the path, traveling all day before arriving at the edge of a large, sprawling encampment. Sneaking up in the darkness, they saw dozens or orcs sitting around fires. In their midst, emanating an intimidating aura, were several
  Tannarukks; massive demonic orcs
  with bull horns and no regard for hygiene.
• Notrick took the lead, strolled into
  camp confidently,
  and sat down
  at the fire to
  speak with
  one of
  the
  orcs.

• He witnessed one of the Tannarukks eating some kind of limb, which likely belonged to a humanoid. It noticed him, and challenged him, claiming that it had never seen him before. The Tannarukk (named Raku) charged at him, with some of the orcs following suit.
• The ensuing battle saw Notrick taking on multiple orcs at once, activating his Lightning abilities gifted to him by Kord, and scaring away most of the other indecisive orcs. Nameless and Janos snuck in and began to take out the other Tanarukks and assorted monsters in the camp, such as ogres and giants.
• Evnetually a massive demon called Barzul stormed into their midst. It resembled a minotaur with six arms, standing over 12 feet tall, and was furious at this intrusion. It dealt serious damage to several of them, but the Crew managed to emerge victorious.
• Notrick ran into the heart of the encampment, and found his father Kolle, as well as dozens of imprisoned orcs, gnomes and humans. Notrick broke them out of their restraints, and together they gathered the shattered remains of the people of Urk.
• The Crew learned after the fact that the Tannarukk, with Barzul as their leader, had taken over Notrick's tribe and forcibly moved them from Urk, turning to raiding. They had murdered the previous chief and left the tribe without direction.
• After tending to everyone, some of the humans and gnomes agreed to head south and join Janos' order. The orcs regrouped and headed northeast, back towards Urk, to reestablish themselves. Notrick and Kolle agreed to try and establish ambassadors to Lutetia from Urk in the future, to try and prevent future potential conflict.
• The Crew returned to Lutetia.
• In the meantine, Spinel took her parents on a several day trip around the Empire. Ruby and Crayg were excited to see the sights and foods of Brightshore, Lutetia, Frostford, and more. Afterwards, they told Spinel they were going to move to Frostford, since it struck the ideal balance of city, wilderness, mountains, and comfort that they wanted.

22nd of Eben (Day 1 of the Night Festival):

• Upon returning to Lutetia, Janos put down a sizable order to get 30 wide-brim hats to give to his new recruits.
• Notrick remembered that there were Crimson Cloaks amassing at the edge of the city before they left, and he scryed upon Commander Gunderson. Notrick saw him leading a company of Crimsons Cloaks near the edge of Crast Hills, interrogating the humans who had left to join Janos' order. The Commander looked furious that the Crew had completed his mission before he arrived, and was turning to travel back.
• The Crew went to visit with the Council, informing them of their success in defusing the orc problem. The members who were present acknowledged the aid, and remarked on Gunderson's probable anger at being made useless. Notrick, in a fit of altruism, volunteered to fund the expenses of the expedition, on the condition that a pink apology letter be delivered to Commander Gunderson upon his return. The letter was hand written in broken common: "SRY 4 THE TRBLE, 2 SLOW ;)"

23rd and 24th of Eben (Days 2-3 of the Night Festival):

• The Crew spent a few days relaxing and taking part of the Night Festival Activities.
• Notrick spent a few days working to craft a Ring of Spell Absorption from the inferior Zyndonium.
• Nameless spent the few remaining days left to craft a Broom of Flying.
• Janos commissioned crests for his Order of the Grasping Fist, as well as official seals for the Capable Crew.

25th of Eben (Day 4 of the Night Festival):

• Nameless received a message from the Silver Raven that Janos had given Sumia Sivlertail, that she had news for him.
• He immediately teleported to the Forsaken Keep, and spoke to Sumia. She gave him a crystal decanter filled with a dimly glowing, silvery liquid. She called it Moonfire, a rare substance only given to the faithful of Selune. Apparantly, Selune was willing to lend her strength against her sister Shar, and deemed Nameless worthy of a portion of her power.
• Janos instructed his followers to begin working on a farm to provide food for their numbers.

26th - 28th of Eben (Days 5-7 of the Night Festival)

• The crew did more lounging, relaxing, and enjoying of the festival activities.
• Spinel gave gifts to her teammates: Nameless got a Handy Spice Pouch, Janos received a Coin of Decisionry, and Notrick got a Tankard of Plenty.
• The Crew enjoyed the midnight festival, to usher in the new year, reminiscing on their adventures in the past several months. Nameless fly his broom into the sky, casting Sunburst and Fireballs to light up the sky amidst the fireworks and enhance the celebration.
• The team slept soundly, preparing to move onto the next portion of their journey in the new year.

1st of Nimbus, the Year 1094:

• The crew walked to the College, and requested transport to Modouli. They were warned of the potential danger, with the currently unsolved problem of the Phoenix wrecking havoc on the nearby area.
• Upon their arrival in the central Atrium of the Starview Palace in Modouli, they sought out information from someone who had witnessed the recent Phoenix attack. They were directed to the offices of Dire Ranid, a massive human sorceror, who had survived the attack. When the crew questioned him, he described the massive bird flying over a quarter of the city, accompanied by some strange music which seemed to ebb and flow. He reccomended they get lunch from his local favorite food stand, the Flavor Gypsies.
• They bought food grilled meat kebabs from the Flavor Gypsies on the eastern side of town. Janos became acquainted with the proprioter, an intimidating half-ogre with ginger hair named Redjaw. He shared what he knew, including some brief gossip about the Breathless having a station out in the desert.
• Janos convinced Redjaw to think of the members of his Order if Redjaw ever needed an escort. Surprisingly, Redjaw seemed to take this into full consideration.
• The Crew headed to the southeast of town, witnessing the burned wreckage of that part of town where the Phoenix had flown. They saw its obvious burnt path back into the desert: blackened sand with hints of glassy chunks from the extreme heat.
• Notrick borrowed Nameless' broom to fly up and high and scry deeper into the desert, but could only see further paths leading away from the city.
• Deciding to stay the night, the Crew slept at the Mighty Tulip Inn. Janos, being cheap, looked elsewhere and slept at the dingy Cheap Mandolinn.

2nd of Nimbus (Battle with the Phoenix!):

• The Crew went shopping, and bought a wand of magic missiles for Notrick, as well as multiple healing potions.
• They left around noon, and headed around 50 miles on foot into the desert, following the path of melted sand and glass and charcoal. Near dusk, they spotted a distant glow on the horizon...

3rd of Nimbus:

• The team awoke the next day, exhausted, but ready to head home. They returned to Modouli, and sought an audience with the local leader. This turned out to be the Grand Baroness of Modouli, Kaleerah Bekshan. This half-elf woman interrogated them, learning of their efforts, and promised to gift them 32000 gp as a reward for their heroic efforts.
• Notrick learned of a master smithy named the Heat of the Moment in Modouli, owned by a goliath man named Arthag Keenmaker. He was interested to seek out his advice in the future.
• The Crew then paid for transport back to Lutetia, and headed straight to the Council to share the news of their success. The council was impressed and grateful once again, and had no further news to share with them. The Crew returned to their Capable Keep and enjoyed a lovely dinner, sleeping long and hard to recover.
• Before heading to sleep, Notrick tried to scry upon Luther Noxis. He succeeded, spying upon Luther entering a dark cave in a snowy region. At the back of the cave, he saw dark elf with short-cropped hair in plate armor waiting, wielding two glowing staves. On her chest, was a strange iron harness, with a polished black disc in its center. It resembled strongly the silvery harness the Crew had found in the sand pit where the Phoenix had been dwelling, except that harness had a bowl in the center, and not a disc.
• Her eyes were obscured by a scarf, covering but not fully concealing large scars which went across her face. She greeted him, inquiring about his efforts. He stated it was a failure, that his experiments were unsatisfactory and mentioned the Crew had inconvenienced him. She seemed bored, and replied that she had also struggled with the "Shadow Bitch." Together, they vanished, ending his scry.

4th of Nimbus:

• Waking the next day, the team had a variety of concepts to dwell upon. First, they traveled to the Temple of Kord to seek advice from Archmandrite Kantor. He was baffled by the harness, and had no insight into its purpose.
• Notrick went to his anvil, and prayed for guidance from Kord. He had a vision of the Kiln where he had met Kord, and received some insight into the nature of the harness, and that the party already has something compatible with it.
• Afterwards, they headed to the Temple of Erathis, to seek an audience with Kussek Runebrew. He was also unable to give much more insight into the purpose of the harness, other than it looked like some kind of receptacle for some kind of lens.
• They crew walked outside and Nameless told Kussek of the Sphinx's Oasis in the desert. Kussek was fascinated, and took extensive notes. In the meantime, Janos robbed the triple-locked chest within Kussek's personal chambers, looting a Dagger of Warning, a +2 Wand of the War Mage, and a Potion of Growth.
• Afterwards, the crew headed to the Temple of Pelor to seek answers from Nameless' connection with the Archbishop...

CR ¼:

Goblins x7

Skeleton x 200+

Nightwalker Bandit x11

Zombies x200+

Bael Cultist x8

CR ½:

Shadows x2

Piercers x3

Darkmantles x3

Orcs x30

Magmins x41

CR 1:

Animated Armor x4

Sea Spawn x20+

CR 2:

Ogre x4

Weresquirrels x8

Grick x3

Griffon x1

Orc Eye of Gruumsh x4

Orc War Chief x2

Nightwalker Bandit Captain x4

Thoqqua x6

CR 3:

Rejuvenating Corpse x3

Displacer Beasts x3

Minotaur x1

Basilisk x3

CR 4:

Deathlock x3

CR 5:

Wraith x1

Troll x2

Roper x1

Water Elemental x2

Fire Elemental x1

Kraken Priest x2

Half-Black Dragon Veteran x1

Bulette x3

Xorn x2

Tanarukk: x6

CR 6:

Annis Hag

Blink Wolf x3

Young White Dragon

Wyvern x2