Summary

Launch Date: 03/18/02 PF

Return Date: 03/24/02 PF

Party traveled east following the southern bank of the river for about 12 miles before veering south to continue their travels on a road running parallel to the river. On the road, the party encountered a group of four bandits belonging to the group known as the Stray Dogs, avoiding violence by surrendering some food and a handful of trinkets.

After another day of travel, following the road as it turned southeast, the party found the outskirts of the ruined town of Helleron, the western quarter of which appeared occupied by the Ariminium military. Taking shelter in a ruined building, the party was attacked in the night by a Kholo scouting party bearing an insignia depicting a hand with 3 rings pierced through the palm. The next day, the party spotted a warband flying banners with a simliar insignia occupying the central portion of the town.

Leaving the town following the road further east, the party eventually stumbled across an agent of the Nocte Pallia who warned that continuing on would lead to swamps and offered to procure a ferry across the river. The man also shared that farmland, windmills, and poachers could be found north of the river, the Stray Dogs operated out of a base somewhere further south, and the military presence in Helleron was being led by an up-and-coming captain looking to prove himself by holding back the Kholo warband (seemingly successfully thus far).

Following the man's advice, the party turned back and began working south in search of the bandit's camp. Before traveling too far, however, they encountered a man traveling by cart along the road, having been displaced from his home by the bandits. He shared rumors that the Stray Dogs were holed up in a former Yamman monastery somewhere southeast of his home, which was itself about a days travel south by southeast from Helleron. Taking stock of remaining supplies, the party decided to accompany the man and protect him from the dangers of the road on the way back to Ariminium.

Discoveries

• Helleron - approx 18mi E + 6mi SE along the river (8 hexes/2 days)
  • Western quarter occupied by Arminium military
  • Central quarter occupied by Kholo warband
• The Ferryman - approx 27mi E + 9mi SE along the road (12 hexes/3 days)
  • Nocte Pallia agent found under an oak tree, offered a ferry across the river for 1gp per person

Leads

• The Stray Dogs - bandits holed-up in a Yamman monastery somewhere to the southeast
  • rough info places them in the area of 45 mi ESE (15 hexes/3.75 days)
• Poachers - poachers somewhere north of the river

Loot

Experience: 270xp/player

Coin: 15gp

Consumables

Materials

Total Value: 28gp (5gp 6sp/player)