Revision a06ad23df9181367ec39a5430e0c15520eaeeabb (click the page title to view the current version)
Changes from a06ad23df9181367ec39a5430e0c15520eaeeabb to 87ddadaf8ca8fc841615a098fb72b2f44820cc72
---
title: Annals of Elk's Run 1226
categories: annals
---
[Front page](/) -> [Annals](Overview) -> 1226
[1217]() [1218]() [1219]() [1220]() [1221]() [1222]()
[1223]() [1224]() [1225]() [1226]() [1227]()
# Winter
## Returning from Clon MacNoise
**Played** 17th February 2021
The troupe returns from Clon Macnoise on 1 November, the first day of the
Irish year.
In a village, midway between Killaloe and An Scairbh, they meet Eogan.
He has spent the night with the grooms in the hayloft, and is now spending
the morning hours with his sweetheart before he has to return to Elk's Run.
He finally pulls his act together and proposes to the girl.
She is reluctant to believe him, but once she does, she is thrilled.
Afterwards, the troupe passes through An Scairbh.
It has been a year since the effect of the Mist of Change ended, and
the population is at least halved since before the Mist.
The villagers are gathered in the village square, talking.
There is a foul stench over the village, maybe rotting carcasses, and many
of the cottages are still in disrepair.
As the group arrives, some of the recognise Liam, who turns to Boris,
the nearest unGifted person in the group. «Long time, no see.»
The villagers are proud, and they want Liam's Cult to save them after
the harsh time following the Mist of Change. Liam wants Una, and the others
to join the forming Cult. The more people they are, the more powerful will
the Cult be.
It seems that the villagers are promised greatness if they form a local cult.
Una, particularly, is hostile, and the villagers, feeling threatened, pick
up pitchforks and axes to defend themselves. Not prepared to fight the group
leaves without comitting either way.
## Council Meeting
**Played** 3 March 2021
Una calls an emergency meeting as soon as they get to the covenant, and
nobody is fond of an infernal cult on their doorstep, but decision make
is a slow and cumbersome process.
Philippedes goes to The Peruchia of Nerius the next day to seek
advice. The best advice he gets is to persuade the villagers to
confess and seek penance.
Crimthann and Una do research in the library and learn that
+ Pagan village near sir Hanson's village
+ Lugh (or Lugus) and the Tuatha Dé lives in the Land of the Living
+ It is extremely hard to enter the faerie realm. A faerie road helps, but is not enough. You need to impress the faeries too.
## Travelling to the Pagan Village
**Played** 10 March 2021
**Cast** Una, Philippedes, Seafraid, Dermot
At breakfast 3 November, the magi reach a decision. They will first
try Una's course, and try to find the true Lugh of the Tuatha Dé.
They decide to travel to the pagan village, which is located close to
Gern and sir Hanson's manor.
Maine refuses to take part in the pagan endeavour.
On the way, they pass through An Scairbh. They talk to no one, but
observe that the villagers are engaged in construction work
under Liam's direction.
In Gern, they meet Peter Coffin and Grendleby, and with some difficulty,
they engage Pip to be their guide.
The once pagan village is at the end of the path up one of the valleys,
and they arrive before noon.
Una and Phil talk to the old wise woman, Adoarna, who remembers the
pagan times. Now a chapel has been raised near the village, on the
site of their old hall.
Dermot talks to the blacksmith and has his blades sharpened.
There is a good and broad briddleway leading into the forest to the chapel,
as both Adoarna and the smith can confirm. Adoarna points them rather to
an old and overgrown path.
They departed on 4 November and tok 2½ days to Gern, where they spent
the afternoon socialising with Peter Coffin. They arrived at
the village of Chapel Hill on 7 November.
## Travelling to the Pagan Village
**Played** 17 March 2021
**Cast** Una, Seafraid, Dermot, Ethel
The troupe ventured into the faerie forest where they met
Fionn MacCuhaill and helped him catch the fish in the river.
The other side of the river is covered in mist.
They tried to cross the bridge, and Dermot overconfidently
challenged the guardian knight. He took numerous wounds before
he was knocked unconscious and into the river.
The question now is, can he survive? How can they best heal him?
## Still in the Pagan Village
**Played** 24 March 2021
**Cast** Una, Seafraid, Philippedes, [Hiccup](../Cast/Hiccup), Ethel
Philippedes takes Dermot back to covenant, with a complex spree
of teleportation, shrinking, and bind wound.
The troupe eats with Fionn mac Cumhaill. Hiccup knows his story,
and they learn that Fionn is omniscient after tasting the fish.
When Hiccup asks Fionn why people do not trust him, they all learn
that Hiccup is Gifted.
Faeries steal their tent pegs during the night.
During the day they are unable to find the regio of the Old Hall.
Ethel talks to Hiccup's parents and they accept his starting an
apprenticeship as a `scribe'.
After sunset, both Ethel and Seafraid is able to see into the
regio. They enter and meet Llewelyn the steward, who has prepared
the long table for several scores guests. The troupe is warmly
welcomed and served the full meal for 60-100 people. Una has not seen
a meal like this since Cierella's forest.
Llewelyn, and the gnomes who serve the meal, are evidently hoping for the
villagers to return and tell the stories of the old heroes as they used to
do in the past. They are entertained by the party's stories though, even
though it is not quite like the old hero tales.
The party learn very little, though they do get the hint that Lugh lives
in *Elysium*. Fionn should know how to get there, if he has tasted the
fish, but by the time the magi have the clue, he is long gone.
Of course, the Gifted child is the best reward for the effort.
**Confidence Points**
Philippedes 2, Una and Seafraid 3 each (including previous session),
Hiccup 2 (*iff* he is upgraded to companion in the near future)
## Back at the Covenant
**Played** 31 March 2021 TBP
**Cast** All magi, ++?
## The Winter Solstice
Eogan is going to marry Ornice, from the village of
Ogonelloe between An Scairbh and Killaloe.
### Council meeting
Council attended by voting members Una, Seafraid, Phil, Cieran and Ignius Drake. Maine chaired the meeting but had no vote as he is still a probationer.
It was agreed Maine had the right to speak on each issue but no vote on any.
1. Who will train Hiccup?
It was agreed Cieran would immediately take Hiccup as his hermetic apprentice.
2. What to do with An Scairbh
It was agreed to provide food and other provisions to the village and then introduce the villagers to a priest. It was also agreed that any further seeking of the faerie Lugh was maga Una's afair rather than the covenants
3. How to heal Dermot?
3. How to us the 20 ex bandits from the Clonmacnoise demonic incident?
Agree that all magi would provide Maine with a list of the numbers required for their own areas of concern by the following day. The remainder to be deployed to the copper mining operations
4. Eogan's wedding
It was agreed the covenant would host and pay for the wedding feast of Eogan and Ornice on the day before the Winter solstice.
### The Day of the Aegis Ritual.
# Spring
# Summer
# Autumn
