Annals of Elk's Run 1239-1241

Rewards

Cast Hiccup, brother Raymond, Dubh Essa (Dylan)

Cast Hiccup, Dubh Essa (Dylan), Tim, Fintan

Tim 8xp 2 conf
- local reputation «Spooky Army 1» in the village of Dubh Essa’s
Hiccup 10xp 3 conf
- swears the Oath and learns Parma Magica at the end of the season
Dubh Essa 10xp
Fintan 7xp
Raymond 8xp 2 conf

Cast Beibhinn (Dylan), Broin (John), Conlae (Gerard), Fergus (Gobbler), Quinn Bothar (Chris), one unnamed shield grog (RIP)

Conlae and Broin search for lost cattle.
Beibhinn joins to look after the orchard.
Somebody has camped and harvested in the orchard.
They meet Jimmy who tell them about an army rallying near the mines.
After talking to the magi, they go with Jimmy to talk to the army.
The army leader says that they have no conflict with the covenant and are just passing through to Killaloe.
In the meantime, sir Roland visits the covenant to tell them about a new vision, like the ones 17 years prior, and he asks for help against these hedge wizards.
Learning of the rallying army, sir Roland leaves in haste to prepare his defence.

The party returns from the mines early in the afternoon.
Reporting to Maine, they are sent off to «escort» the army past the covenant.
They come across a group cutting fruits and leaves from the trees.
- an unarmed man with a sickle
- two big brutes with helbards
- two archers
The party confronts them and Beibhinn is concerned about the tree.
The helbardiers block the way and the man with the sickle agrees to finish up quickly and depart, which they do.
The harvesters go across the valley to camp in the woods.
The party makes camp to keep watch outside the woods.

The characters collect Una to approach the other party early after dawn
Coming upon the camp in a glade, they see two Earth Elementals guarding it.
Una casts Lift the Dangling Puppet on one brute and the harvester, who starts chanting.
Quinn fires his bow.
One of the elementals charges against Una and the archer.
The other elemental attacks Conlae who has approached the camp to fire from the edge of the glade.
It is a long and hard fight, where Conlae is incapacitated and one shield grog falls, before they run away for reinforcement.
With the help of Dermot and Maine they can vanquish the elementals and collect 6p Vis.
The human opponents have escaped and are nowhere to be seen.

Maine wants to complete his 15 books and train the apprentice
- Visions (story flaw) may turn up something
- He may take on a familiar, in maybe five years.
Raymond has vows (story flaw)
Beibhinn has the spirit companion
Crimthann is black sheep
Una trains Ercc until 1245
- then she may disappear into faerie