Hacker wasn't always a Hobgoblin, he has had many lives and has many fond memories. Hacker tends to think he is pretty good at just about everything. He often makes giant world ending mistakes, but that's how we learn, so it's okay. Hacker has a trusty set of tools he takes everywhere, and a nonchalance that others find off putting.
=Where did you go=
"Aha! What a good question, let's see here, if i had to hazard a guess i would say we were in a different plane, a realm, a slice of existence. We were absconded with, napped like kids, taken somewhere without being asked first, and what an interesting place it was. Normally i don't like being whisked off all willy nilly, but this time was actually quite fun.
You see there were a lot of us, our intrepid leader was Nyxara, a silver dragonborn sorcerer who had definitely been invited directly by name to a party that we all ended up at based on said real, factual, not faked or found in a dumpster invitation that was definitely addressed to Nyxara. My other companions on this adventure were Bonni, a tiefling druid, Lucian, a human fighter, Seelia, a halfling rogue, Sylph, a high elf paladin, Valkorian, a high elf bard, and Zapin, a human, and an artificer like me. We ended up coming across some very interesting characters, first we were waylaid by an inter-dimensional mage of some sort named Yakumo, they gave us several.. well, they called them gifts, and sent us off to give said gifts to the lady Remilia, who i believe was a vampire.
We eventually got to the party, but it turned into a bit of a cadaver kerfuffle as the 'presents' we brought exploded into an army of undead! How were we to know?? We were able to hold our own and eventually slay the undead but Nyxara was captured by the lady Remilia, and as far as i know the negotiations to retrieve her are still happening, i'm not experienced enough with the situation to be of further use.
=Who did you meet=
-Players-
-Non playable Character-
-Enemies-
=What happened=
Oh dear, i always do this out of order..
That's me, -- Hacker
=Where did you go=
Ah yes! The trials! This was a heart pumping set of challenges designed to test people new to the area to see if we are capable of making our own way through the dangerous environmental hazards one might find here.
Initially the group was thrust forth by the arena into a vicious wind that tried to push the party backwards! Of course, being so fast and such a good runner i was able to complete this part of the course not only first, but then i had time to go back and help the others as they had all gone the wrong way or something and needed a bit of assistance. I almost lost my 2 best ropes too. And a sack.. but it wasn't a real sack i suppose so maybe that doesn't matter.
Then we went on do to this kind of underground lava pit thing almost like we were plumbers in a sewer, but we bound our fates together like a group of plumber brothers and leapt over the lava from stone to stone all while avoiding bouncing balls of flame and fire hydras that normally would have burned us all alive but this time we were able to restart the arena when we failed so that was nice.
=Who did you meet=
The group of us was Zapin, another artificer like me, a human, but not from Earth, and 2 warforged, Kool-Kura, a Druid, and Goldheart, a Paladin.
=What happened=
Ah yes, i've done it again, these journals i keep i must remember to write them in the right order.
-- Hacker
=Where did you go=
We first met at not the Barnacle Inn.. The weather.. nondescript, but everything else was bright and vivid as if brand new. Six intrepid adventurers met there at not the Barnacle Inn, at first separate but soon they would find a common focus. How was that warforged made?!?
You could say, perhaps, that there was a different mission that took place.. Maybe a person named Hudson or something needed some help transporting gems or knick knacks or some other thing, but that didn't matter. All the party was really concerned with was making sure that 3 artificers understood what makes warforged tick as well as possible.
I'm pretty sure we fought some goblins, but as usual Hacker isn't much for fighting and isn't very good at it. I think in total i did 0 points of damage and also healed a couple of people and tackled the quest giver to make sure he wasn't dragged away by goblins.. all in all it was a good time
=Who did you meet=
Valkorian Sunseeker and Nephr-ka-Ra, each an inspiring bard
H01211X, a warforged Paladin of great interest to the party.. also a party member.. technically
2 other artificers, Ember and Aux, together we peppered the warforged with questions, none of us ever having met such an individual before.. this is probably what happens when you have too many artificers in a party..
=What happened=
Oh.. Whoops.. i tend to get a bit all over the place with my notes, this is usual for me
-- Hacker
Oh, and we found A scrap of dirty parchment stamped with a Jagged Tooth Mark. (CLUE RUMOR)
=Where did you go=
Initially we met at the Barnacle Inn, several intrepid adventurers ready for a new path in life! Hacker had recently come to the city from a distant land and was very excited to meet new people, fresh faces, interesting ideas! Hacker would make several new friends on this day, and of varying backgrounds.
The group found a quest as a means of meeting each other, six strangers coming together for a common goal, truly beautiful. Hacker would meet Aux Cloud the Artificer, Elaya the Paladin, Mary Jane the Druid, Shō D. Ozmong the Monk, and Yvolres, a barbarian who would not be felled by a blow that could strike down a mighty oak. Together they would find themselves working for Pak Lang, a person famous for the Durians from their Orchard.
Pak Lang had long held annual events to celebrate the delicious fruit, you could smell the parties for miles! But this years harvest had been stolen! Run off in the night these Durian had. The group had first to search the orchard for clues, but they quickly found that the durian had been transformed into Durian! Anthropomorphized in full, they had become.. real.. and they had formed an army!
The group would end up fighting the Durian, but Hacker, as usual, did almost no actual damage to the enemy, he did heal a couple of people, and he met many new friends! Including a delightful Durian that survived the combat and made close friends with the Druid, also i found a clay pot, i'm curious about trying to plant a shrub in it, supposedly it would turn into a familiar of my own.. a plant familiar..
=Who did you meet=
Oh.. i think i've done this incorrectly..
=What happened=
Yes.. yes i did, i tend to get a bit all over the place with my notes, you'll get used to it
-- Hacker
Oh, and we found a clue maybe, but we met the person the clue initially led to, a woman who sells transmutation potions couldn't get us any closer to the culprit, whoever transmuted the durian in the first place..