We met before the Syndicate with Falken of the Emerald Enclave that was to take us to our client which we learned as Teela Hodgkins. We headed to her farm and learned of some issues she was having in regards to strange sounds she has been hearing.

She's been hearing howls and many of her animals have been disappearing and some being killed. She's not able to keep up with the lot of things that have been getting hurt. She had seen shadows skulking about her farm--different ones a few other times. One was large and hulking that crashed through a fence while others have been on four legs.

She let us know that other farmers in the area have also been experiencing the same thing and even the hunters have noticed less game in the woods--which may give reason to why those large cats we had to rescue Milo from were so starved. Chappo can apparently speak with animals and learned more from them and I guess that makes sense since he's a not-capybara.

We were given the run of the place to investigate and as per usual, I brought up detect magic to assist and found an aura around a large barrel that was supposed to hold water but has been destroyed and not usable now. I stuck my head inside and saw a strange symbol branded into aa piece of wood that was in the barrel. The symbol was like a frost brand and Assy was able to gauge that the brand is like a calling card and drawing attention and energy to the farm itself.

This gave me reason to believe there are more so around the farm I went, searching for more brands. We found additional brands through the farm and removed them, their magic fading when we had to scratch through one on a tree. Chappo found some fur by a pond and believed it to be a yeti's fur so we headed out to search outside the space and through the forest.

I found another symbol on a tree and when Na'ima scratched it out this time the magic seemed to flare up before vanishing as the brand was ruined. Before we could get any further, a cloud descended upon us and descending from above was some white wolves and what I assume to be are ice elementals. It was rough but we managed to take down the wolves and then the elementals caused fog to cover the entire field and when it dissipated they were gone.

We investigated around and found another symbol on a rock and scratched that away before we learned that the yeti has moved on. We went back to the farm and told Teela about what occurred.

Attraction Symbol Link

An Emerald Enclave member by the name of Faulken hired us to go the farm of a lady by the name of Teela Hodgkins who'd been having trouble with strange unknown creatures trespassing onto her land and killing her livestock. When we arrived, we spoke to her she told us she never got a great look at the creatures but that not all of them shared similar silhouettes. We then went about investigating the farm. I broke away from the group and investigated one of the barns but only found large footprints. The others managed to track down strange symbols that had been branded into various places. They broke them and afterwards we headed off in an attempt to track down these creatures. We came across a break in the forest that seemed to have a few of those symbols branded into some of the trees. As we approached, a large fog cloud rolled in and then disappeared revealing two large white wolves and strange flying creatures made of ice. Battle ensued and upon slaying the two wolves the other creatures retreated. Seems the large footprints I found belonged to a creature known as a Yeti, but it had already retreated up into the mountains. I carried one of the wolf's bodies back to the farm that Teela could use for meat until she figured her livestock situation.

This adventure was certainly one for the books. Faulken, a shorter male representative from the Emerald Enclave (an organization that I did not believe existed), took us to the home of Teela Hodgkins, an elven female farmer. She reported strange sightings in the night; howling, things stalking, shingles from her roof, and the disappearance of many animals. I assured her that we would handle anything that would threaten her or her livelyhood.

My companions were all strange, except for Fenris. Chappo, an anthropomorphic... chappo? Sal, a standoffish wizard noble, and Astra, a prissy divine wielder. They all had their talents, but we certainly were a rag tag group. Chappo spoke to a variety of animals, Fenris checked the parameter, Astra complained about the mud, and Sal located magical symbols. These were strange symbols that attracted whatever these monsters were, to which I was quick to break all those that were found. If they were the cause of these continuous attacks, then they needed to be removed.

We continued on, destroying more of these symbols as they came up. We found fur, tracks of larger humanoids, a variety of signs as to what could have came through here. Of course, this did not prepare us for the cold chill that came down from the mountains. Two massive wolves, and flying icicle men, intent on killing us. Fenris and I immediately took to one wolf, as the others dealt with the other monsters. It was a long fight, nearly a full minute of strikes. The wolves could breathe cones of cold, and the icicle men exploded when they met their ends. But, after taking care of the two wolves, the icicle men created thick fog clouds, and ran away before we could take care of them, as well.

I skinned one of the wolves, as a trophy of our battle, but we returned to let Teela know that we had taken care of the issue, and that she shouldn't be bothered again. She was grateful, and gave us compensation for our troubles.