Downtime in Eveningstar 9B – Tale of the Black Sword

Week 2: July 11–17

The Inlows need some time to arrange the upcoming wedding. Trigg, Gimwort, and Emelda’s brothers Errol and Garlan spend the week restoring the Old Thaddath Farm.

Dolf, Tansy, and the two elves mount another raid on the ogre cave. They find it eerily silent and empty, but discover the monster’s secret treasure:

• 6 arrows +1

• Potion of Invisibility

• Scroll of Cure Light Wounds

• Scroll of Hold Person

They divide the spoils, with the arrows going to Sassaran, the scrolls to Taravol, and the potion to Old Dolf. Declining to venture further into the cave, they return to town.

Ivy Almyr: Tale of the Black Sword 1

Ivy recruits Nogi of Firedeep. Under the influence of the Old King’s Helm, she is no longer concerned about the deaths of her followers, and Nogi sees a chance for a heroic death in service to the grim swordswoman.

On the evening of the 13th, Nogi tells the story of their first adventure to Gimwort and Flarkin over ales in the Golden Unicorn. He is covered in bandages and is missing an eye.

The two went to the Goblin Cave and came upon six guards. Nogi manages to wound one before going down with a crossbow bolt and three goblin spears in him. With his remaining eye Nogi watches as Ivy kills twelve goblins (six guards plus reinforcements) without taking a wound. She walks off into the darkness. Nogi hears sounds of battle in the distance, and some time later four goblins emerge shrieking out of the darkness, running pell-mell past him. A moment later a battered and bleeding Ivy returns, hauls him to his feet, and tells him to help her loot the cave. Nogi sees the headless corpse of the Great Goblin amongst the bodies of his guards and concludes that the fleeing goblins he saw must have broken after the death of their chief. They return to town with an ornamental tapestry and a small hoard of mixed coins.

NPCs About Town

The Ringlad brothers recruit Pious Oddle to their party. They hunt giant spiders in the Briarwood. They manage to kill four of the beasts but return without any treasure.