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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

Autumn 1240: Hiccup and Ercc meet Cierella

Autumn 1241: Hiccup does his gauntlet in the village

Cast Hiccup, brother Raymond, Dubh Essa (Dylan)

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

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