Thrax gave us a memo stating he was please with our work with the Emerald Enclave and wants us to investigate around and report anything we learn back to the Enclave. I, Arlie, Assy, Fenris, and a changeling met up outside the Syndicate. Apparently, their name is Surx and they've been sober for 7 years. But we finished our introductions and headed on out.

We went down the cursed Delimbiyr road--and I don't care what anyone says its cursed and stupid and terrible.

Of course I got detect magic up again and we searched around to see what nonsense we could find. Everything was strangely quiet. Being outside is not my forte but it was way too quiet. Fenris reminded us that it was quiet when we came across the white wolves from before. This gave me the thought to check for the symbol we found again and I found one that seemed residual in its magic, not actually active right now. I had Surx carve through it and the remaining magic vanished--so it could not be reused.

Fenris found some footprints that were faded but it could be determined that the rain and the vegetation around the space have faded the prints but the plants in this space is overgrown. They are growing faster than usual. I've read enough to know that this may be the work of druids. The symbol and the plant growth don't seem to correspond but are in some way connected.

We followed the path and it seemed to be the correct choice as we found more symbols. We destroyed each one we found and as we kept moving there were just so many vines growing all over. We came to buildings that were covered in vines and seemed to have pulled things apart. The road remained fineand the vines covered everything that led a perimeter to what looked to be an old homestead.

Arlie and Surx moved forward first, they were much quieter than the rest of us. Surx did something that connected him with me and Arlie telepathically. It was a strange sensation and was very whispery. It was quiet for a moment and then we found strange spiked vine creatures. They attacked us and as we started engaing them, a troll came out of one of the buildings. It took some effort but we defeated the vine creatures and the troll after shooting them with fire.

We started wandering around the place and found more of those symbols. We found some left over gold and magical items but as we were doing so, we spotted a cloaked figure coming down from the mountain. It stopped and...stared at us, doing nothing but watching. He introduced himself as part of the Emerald Enclave.

He knew of the Syndicate and told us that while he doesn't trust us, it is a matter of making sure the information we know stays in certain hands. He gave us these tokens to an Enclave Bastion. They weren't the ones marking the symbols, he didn't seem to know about the symbols that we've found. He said they are cold brands and that a powerful creature is the one that did these brands.

As we discussed, he said the Enclave itself may not be safe. The token he gave us to the Bastion is for the Circle of Leadership. Find the tree at the center of the forest and we will find where we need to go. He changed into an animal before I could ask how much he trusts the Circle of Leadership.

So the mission was to scout some forest and report back to the enclave, pretty basic.
The gang runs into a Troll.

Welp, after a week without any assignments, I get to finally go on one. To start, I got the mission details from Thrax — enclave, people doing missions with them, something something... got to the forest by the road where everything tries to kill you, and scout the area because some druid people want that info. Pretty basic. Can’t see why they chose me for that mission, but okay, I’m desperate.

Well, I met some new faces that got assigned to the mission as well:
Salviron: little weird magic man, had to be carried multiple times and looked like he was about to pass out of starvation.
Astraelis: little weird magic woman, same as Salviron minus the carrying.
Fenris: big muscular divine magic man, very good for climbing.
And Arlis: already met him, so I didn’t care to take notes, gets angry.

So yeah, we met in front of the syndicate, I did the [REDACTED] with all of them, and went on our journey. There I got some more info about the previous jobs they’ve done.

Far enough we went into the forest, since I’ve noticed some non-fun fey activities, I tried looking for that kind of stuff.

So while I was looking for any fey activity, some of the group noticed it was very quiet in the forest, so we did some more investigating and found weird magic symbols. They had some magic on them but very little, and for some reason the vegetation appeared to be growing faster.

We kept following the trail and found some more of the symbols, and after some more walking we found a village that was completely destroyed and overgrown by magical weed monsters.

Arlis and I decided to go a little further stealthily. Did not go well — Arlis was found, and I think around 10 of the weed monsters appeared. Quickly, I killed one. As the monster fell, it alerted a bigger “fish” in the area, and a Troll appeared out of nowhere. (I don’t know shit about Trolls — scary thing doesn’t die, gotta do a puzzle to kill it).

Well, we killed it, and I started looting. We found some weird magic items and two more of the symbols. Then a figure that was watching us from afar started to come closer. He called himself [WOW ITS A SUPER COOL NAME], a druid from the enclave. I took the front of talking, but that didn’t stop Salviron from being a little aggressive with the strange man. He told us the location of a druid bastion around the area and gave us a broach so that we could enter the place with no problems.

That was the mission.

Ass - Surx
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Party: Arlis, Astra, Fenris, Sal, Surx
Location: Somewhere between the Rolling Foothills and the Grey Peak Mountains

We received a note from the Boss Man about working with some Emerald Enclave? Not sure what the fuck that is, but apparently they liked the Syndicate's work and wanted our help with something else. Sal did his magic thing and looked around for anything sus. He did find some weird runes that were carved into a bunch of trees. We scratched them out just in case they might be dangerous. It was real weird because all around us where we should have heard birds or should have seen some kind of wildlife... it was quiet. Nothing. Creepy. We knew that meant something bad was around.

We followed a path that led to a ransacked village. Didn't see anyone, but there was apparently some weird noises. So Surx and me decided to go scouting ahead. Surx looked high and I looked low. Ended up finding these thorny plant things that didn't really like us being there. They attacked and we attacked back.

And then the fuckin' troll showed up. But me and Big Guy held down the fort while Astra, Sal and Surx handled the little guys. Or... tried to. They did some thorny ground shit and tangled 'em up for a bit. I figured out that the troll REALLY didn't like fire, so I did a big brain and oil slicked my sword and lit 'em on fire with my tinder. The troll went down and we cleaned up the rest.

There was this weird ass guy just waiting for us, so we decided to talk to 'em. He mentioned something about being with the Emerald Enclave. He thought we did a good job too, and we told him about the runes we found as well as what we fought. He seemed real worried so he gave us these brooches so we can go to a secret place to meet some important people of the Emerald Enclave. Apparently it's supposed to be a secret or something. Told us to look for a particular tree.

I wonder if it's the same tree from my dreams...

End Report.

We set out to investigate more of what had been happening in the area for the Emerald Enclave. In our search around the forest near the Greypeak Mountains, we came across more of the strange brands but they seemed to have exhausted any magic they had. Eventually we stumbled upon a destroyed farmstead that also had some of the same markings. A few of the group moved silently forward and Arlis went into the overgrowth that was surrounding the destroyed homestead. That's when we came under attack. Strange living vines started whipping out and I rushed forward to join Arlis on the front lines. As we were fighting, a loud noise came from the homestead and out emerged a large troll covered in vines and moss. It jumped down to where Arlis and I were and started clawing at us. It's claw rent through my chainmail but through some healing magic, I was able to stay on my feet. Arlis and I started chopping at the beast but it seemed to be rapidly healing itself. One of the group hit it with fire magic though and the healing seemed to stop for a few moments. As the battle raged, more of the living vines fell and eventually Arlis struck the final blow on the troll by coating his blade in oil and lighting it as he slashed the beast through it's torso. After the battle ended, we were approached by a member of the Enclave who gave us pins and a mission to find the bastion of the Enclave and inform them of our findings when we could. We returned to the Syndicate afterwards, a little bloody but no worse for wear.