The Setting

The town of Moonstair is in dire need of assistance, threatened on all sides by the troll hordes of the self proclaimed "King" Skalmad, a large magically empowered troll. In short if you ain't green, you're lunch!

To the east of the Trade Road and the town of Moonstair is a vast area of woodland, swamp and marsh which - centuries ago - formed the core of the Troll "Kingdom" of Vardar. The trolls had long since been vanquished and continued their miserable existence out of sight and usually out of mind. However, recently there have been more sightings of trolls, and a new evil stalks the land in the form of ta new troll "King" wanting to reclaim the ancient throne of Vardar.

The Advenure - Session 1

The merry group of adventurers (see below) are wending their way through the countryside, heading along the main Trade Road, southwards. They are on a mission from the local Baron to deliver a package to the mayor of the town of Moonstair. On cresting a small hill they spot a group of five large green trolls tearing apart a horse, clearly having dispatched its rider (slumped by the roadside). They stood there pondering what to do when the trolls noticed them and started advancing on them. At this point a young lady manages to evade capture as she burst through the ranks of trolls and runs towards the party seeking assistance and protection from the trolls.

Battle ensues, and the trolls appear to be rather tougher than the party anticipated. They pack a bit of a punch too. Mysteriously there also appear to be random bursts of well aimed ball lightening exploding in the midst of the adventurers formation. The party press on with attacking the trolls and eventually gain some success, whittling their numbers down, and gaining the upper hand.

At this point the party finally rumble that the young lady is the source of the ball lightening and a couple of them round on her. After dealing a couple of savage cuts to the poor innocent young girl, she pleads that she is under a geas and has no choice but to attack the party, claiming that it was an evil mage who had placed this curse on her but moments ago...

Most of the party (well all except one actually) carried on attacking the remaining trolls, and even started trying to work out where the evil mage was. The young lady started inflicting life threatening amounts of damage, before the sorceror finally decided enough was enough and attacked the young woman, who continued to plead her innocence and the compulsion placed on her.

At this point the young woman then disappearred into thin air. The party - relieved, tired and badly injured, then set about searching the trolls and the rider's corpse for booty. They found a letter - a plea from the Mayor of Moonstair, and small town and trading post on the Trade Road just a short way from where they now stood. The Mayor had written to the Baron of the area requesting assistance in the form of troops and arms to defend the town from an imminent troll attack.

Once they have secured the note and organised themselves they make to start out towards Moonstair. BLAAAM ! they are blasted by more lightening bolts and a barrage of laughter and mocking as they spy a large blue skinned creature floating in the air some 40 feet away. It mocks them and shouts insults about the party's lack of intelligence - falling for the "poor little girl" rountine! How have they fouled the air of this plane for so long, with so little intelligence between them!

The party - already battered and bruised - decides that valour can wait for another day and beats a hasty retreat to Moonstair.


The Adventurers
Frug - a gnome sword mage with a distinctly evil streak.
Torvi - a Dragonborn Paladin
Grunge - a sorcerer
Orrillo - a Goliath warden of the earth
Ansis -
and another (can't recall the name for now!)

What Happened Next?