The Summit, 10/26/2020

Alex/Bronze Stitch
cracks knuckles It was finally time to finish off that fiendish troll from the mountain summit. I greeted two new partners, an ice genasi with an automaton and another tabaxi (hey cousin!). I paid my respects to the horse stables and we set off. Kathros was indisposed at the time  so I screamed his name a couple times when we finally got to the troll.

Anyway, we found the remains of Phoenix. It was a hard moment. After ceremoniously burning the body, we found fresh troll tracks and followed. Now that I think about it, I had a nagging feeling that leaving a raging fire in a forest wasnt a good idea...though the fire did seem pretty controlled, surprisingly.

The troll was pretty smart and tried to confuse us but we had a plan. Unfortunately, it caught us by surprise and tried to take Hiss, the ice genasi Ziggy"s automaton. Through our combined efforts, we whacked it to death and watched it catch a brilliant fire and burst into ash in seconds. I was afraid Abyss was going to die when he was knocked out, but thankfully he lived and Ziggy helped heal him.

We got our 50g each for burning the troll but the magistrate wasnt very impressed as the Hydra still lives in the temple. Ah well, what can we do. Time to go whistle a tune and walk around town.

Jacqi/Ziggy
-Zigis Log-

went on a mission with the tabaxies, Bronze and Abyss, to hunt down a troll that had caused a spot of trouble for a party a few weeks back. Not a large job but the troll was a problem that wasn't going away on its own (plus I think a few of the for mentioned party were seeing red, like that old earth book moby dick?)

found our cat barbarians horse on the road to the lair, poor thing. I was a bit surprised by how hard Bronze took the horses passing. its easy to forget that under her rough, brawny exterior she has quite the heart. I did my part to comfort her and lay the horse to rest (phoenix I believe she called it?) and we moved on.

We found the lair, the antechamber of a ruined temple, but the beast got the jump on us, grabbing poor Hisss. I must admit it was my turn to see red as I expended my new wands entire energy supply rather rashly in an attempt to free him. Thankfully my companions were quick on the draw and cut down the troll, freeing my trapped friend.

Of course that wasn't it. like one of those old horror movies the monster faked us out long enough to heal a bit then jumped up and nearly killed Abyss. Bronze was quick to finish it off with flames while I rushed over and brought Abyss back from the brink. We Decided not to stick around and after a quick once over the troll for research materials we blinked back to town.

We were awarded 50g for our troubles, not much but I wasn't expecting much to begin with since this wasn't a job on the board. The troll remains might be useful though, if I can find a way to harness its potent regeneration abilities. Aside from the brief panic when Hisss was taken I actually rather enjoyed this outing!

-Zigis Log [ADDITION]-

ok that wasnt the end of the story. I noticed after my last (also first) mission that the etching I took weren't with me, the shady buy Keeting still had them. I at first foolishly thought I had just forgotten about them but the more I thought on it (and replayed Hisss's memory file from then) the more I realized he never intended to give them back!

So after the troll hunt when we went our separate ways I went back to the gem saloon to get them back. This lead to a rather heated discussion in which I tried persuasion, bribery, and blackmail but Keeting was firm in his refusal to give me back the etchings. The ignorant brute believe keeping his precious tunnel a secret was more important than the discovery of the century.

We did not part well and I do not believe he has plans to ever hire me again. I'm fine with that really. I might loose out on a bit of gold but I would rather starve than work with that Klonvacc again (pardon my language).