Annals of Elk's Run 1239-1241
- 1239
- No events
- 1240
- Hiccup starts his Magnimartha and takes Ercc to see Cierella
- 1241
- Hiccup does his Gauntlet in Autumn
Rewards
Autumn 1240: Hiccup and Ercc meet Cierella
Autumn 1241: Hiccup does his gauntlet in the village
Session 1. 21? September
Cast Hiccup, brother Raymond, Dubh Essa (Dylan)
Session 2. 26 October
Cast Hiccup, Dubh Essa (Dylan), Tim, Fintan
Rewards
- 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
Autumn 1241: The Army from Connacht
Cast Beibhinn (Dylan), Broin (John), Conlae (Gerard), Fergus (Gobbler), Quinn Bothar (Chris), one unnamed shield grog (RIP)
Session 1. 28 September
- 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.
Session 2. 5 October
- 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.
Session 3. 12 October 2022
- 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.
Session 4. 19 October 2022
Rewards
- Anyone taking part in two sessions have 3 confidence points and 10xp.
- Did anyone take active part in more than two sessions? Or in just one?
Character Plans
- 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