It all began in the small farming town of Ashbedenford in Mistledale. It was there that Rentric the Paladin of Kelemvar was brought in order to hunt down the rumors of the ghost that killed his uncle Geedo those many years ago. Brought here only by a small clue left to him by his uncle Geedo. Uncle Geedo had fought off the Drow invasion 23 years ago and during this time a ghost began haunting the old keep known as Galath's Roost. As Rentric is preparing his horse for the day's journey to the keep he stumbles into a light hearted halfling, or should it be noted that the halfling stumbles onto him! They begin to talk and the halfling introduces himself as Milo Goodbarrel. Milo Goodbarrel grew up in these parts and knows all the best places to stay and likes to "kill bad things" so a friendship is born, more out of necessity than actual comradeship. Just as they are leaving Ashbedenford they run into an elf and a human female entering town.
They introduce themselves as Samo of Thay, an evocation wizard of Thay who likes to play with fire and an extremely nice looking cleric of Lathander who calls herself Liarrin. Her search to rid the world of evil has brought her here and she will continue to pursue this goal for her entire life.
They decide to hook up together in order to rid the forest and Mistledale of the evil raiders that have begun to appear these last few weeks. Rumors abound of these raiders being Drow from underdark but you suspect them to be false. Drow raids in the past were sporadic and took place only on moonless nights and always within a half night's march of the forest. These latest raids happen more often and on moonlit nights most of all. Furthermore, most of the raiders seem to be mounted and as the elves concur - so self respecting elf would be caught dead traveling their forest on horseback!
They
distribute the supplies and set out on their journey towards Galath's Roost.
It is said to take about a day's travel to the keep so they set out in
early morning. As they approach the forest of Cormanthor Milo spots
a small dog faced gremlin (for you Hal) looking out from behind a tree.
Sensing a trap the party attacks, led by Rentric. As they enter the
forest, everything becomes dark and gloomy as the sun is almost completely
blocked by heavy foliage. It appears as if there are at least four
and possibly as many as eight COBOL's that have attacked the party.
Two jump from trees as the party enters, one falling on his head as the
other attacks Rentric. Two more COBOL's take up firing positions
further down the trail. After a long, drawn out battle, six COBOL's
lay dead.
Suddenly a huge dull brown creature starts smashing small trees in his way! At least nine feet tall and weighing over three hundred pounds the ogre makes a bee line for Milo. Yelling as he smashed trees in his path that we had killed his minions and we must pay with our lives! A huge club bares down on Milo but he nimbly dodges out of harms way. Rentric comes up from behind and slams his morning star into the brute. Milo strikes back with his short sword and hamstrings the big fella! The ogre, writhing in pain, swings his huge club and smashes Rentric right in the head. Blood and brain tissue fly as Rentric goes down! A magic missile blasts the ogre in the chest courtesy of Samo. Liarrin stabilizes Rentric seconds before his life force expires and then summons one of her friends to help us out. A small celestial badger appears out of nowhere and begins gnawing at the ogre's ankle. As the ogre turns to smash the small, pathetic creature from this planet, blood loss is too much and the ogre falls to the ground - DEAD!
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