BY Sigrunn (Adam F.)I came to BRI recently after leaving Sanctus and my temple to bring the words of my goddess to the people of Black River Island and the surrounding communities. Upon my arrival I was directed to Fort Providence as the Island is still uninhabitable for civilized beings.
At the fort I came across a party of adventures who had recently returned from a mission to rescue a lost friend. They were a melancholy group as the cost of their rescue had been the lives of three of those who joined in the mission. One of those adventurers had been committed to a scouting mission the following day, a druid named Jerwyn, as their healer. I chose to join the party in scouting the location of Giants to the north. I travelled with some people familiar with the area, a pair of wood elves Liana a Ranger and Scaro a Monk. There was also a dwarf named Krolan, another Ranger. I came here to avoid my people as they shunned me growing up but my interactions with him were good so maybe my odd appearance will be accepted out here. There was also to be a human Barbarian with us but something prevented his arrival in time to join us. The dwarf took us north for a day where we encountered a village of lizardfolk that he was familiar with. We were welcomed in, I will say that it was a good thing that I went as the lizardfolk spoke the language of Dragons and I was the only one who knew it. We met their leader, called Dol’kal and asked him for updates about the area and explained our reasons for being there. After him we were directed to the local Shaman, an aged female called Vecca. We waited for an hour while she worked a cauldron brewing a potion. She was very grateful for our patience and offered us a herb root that works as a healing potion. She accepted no payment but requested that we bring her the fingers and toes of any giants we killed along with any plants that produced the root she gave us. She also gave us a small vial of a potion of Giant Strength that she had been brewing. I tucked that away for later use with the blessing of my companions. The Elves were tired so they went to rest in the quarters which we had been provided while I went with Krolan to meet with the local smith whom he had a good relationship with. The smith was called Ko’thuule and was making crossbow bolts. His work was crude so I gave him one of mine to model after for which he was thankful. We discussed smithing as all three of us have skills in that area. Krolan gave the smith his smithing tools so that he could produce weapons of greater quality. For this the smith gave Krolan an oversized dagger made of bone. The craftsmanship was exquisite in my view as I could never work with such material so well. The next day when we were preparing to set out the village came under attack by what were Gnolls of various classifications. The Dol’kal joined us in defending the southern gate, where we eventually prevailed. However it turned out that our gate was a diversion and the village was attacked from the north as well. Nearly a quarter of their population was killed by the attack. We brought a corpse of each type into the village for the Shaman to examine. She told us that there are rumours of the little ones being used to turn others into these creatures. That was good to know, however Scaro had brought in a heart from one of the creatures for her to examine.(I understand he has a habit of collecting body parts for alchemy) She saw the heart and banished Scaro until he could bring the head of the creature in command of the fiends to her. The heart was a Heart of Evil and he transgressed by bringing it into their village. We swore vengeance upon these creatures and took off after one that had fled to the east during our battle. Before we cleared the perimeter we encountered a hunting party returning who informed us that halfway between their village and Fort Providence were Sorrels, a creature that the people of BRI seek to tame. We followed the trail east until we came upon the corpse of the gnoll burned in a clearing. Krolan saw a large scaled and horned biped walking east. We followed at a distance all the way to the western side of the Copper Hills where the creature had gone into a cave with a pair of guard towers flanking it manned by Kobolds. Soon the creature came out, it looked much like a Dragon Man, not a dragonborn, but a giant Dragon Man. The being walked up the hills and soon disappeared over the ridge. We scouted the area and found a secret passage. Scaro and Cinder, the companion of Liana, scouted into the caves where they discovered a mine at least three levels high and at least 30 visible kobolds mining what appeared to be copper, silver, gems and sulfur. Being outnumbered we returned to Great Scale Village to share this information. I also sent a scroll to the Bard of Fort Providence, Heykitd to inform the people of the threat. The next day we headed north to scout the giant threat to both GSV and the BRI communities. We encountered another squad of Kobolds whom we wiped out. We found on them a message that stated: Travel South, take His orders and obey” written in draconic. This information leads us to believe that the Kobolds and whomever orders them are working with the Dragon Man. This does not bode well for the settlers of this area. A few hours later we finally encountered a pair of Hill Giants eating by a hill. Krolan attempted to parley with them but they eventually tried to eat him. Battle was enjoined and while we were focussing on the first giant something killed the other and vanished. Krolan is the only one who managed to see it but it killed the other giant with one blow. We checked the area and found a small amount of treasure. We also found the corpse of another giant who appeared to have been killed by the same disappearing being. We harvested the fingers and toes of the giants for Vacca, minus 7 fingers Scaro needed. On our return to the village we encountered a sign written in the goblin tongue that said simply, “Our Land”. Again information we felt needed to be passed along as this was only about a day and a half north of GSV. We Returned to the village and shared our tales. Vacca was grateful for our offerings, especially the hide Krolan managed to remove from the giant we managed to slay. Scaro headed back to Fort Providence along with Liana to share what we have learned. Krolan and I stayed behind as the Greatscale Lizardfolk welcomed us and offered to allow us to stay for a while. We will train and teach what we know of smithing and help fortifying the village for a while. Soon though we must fulfill our oath to kill the creature that controls the gnolls in the area. I don’t know if I will stay long beyond that oath but for now I am happy to have found a place where my disfigurement is accepted as normal. I will never return to Sanctus or the clan that abandoned me for my looks.
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July 2018
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