The following notes contain a couple mud splatters, much to the chagrin of the writer.)

Druid Gone Rogue

2 Kythorn, 1502 DR

The Emerald Enclave sent Declan, a druidic contact, to speak with us on troubling matters. An archdruid had been acting against the balance of nature and development, taking matters into their own hands against infrastructure. Declan believed there would be a camp north of the Syndicate, so Thrax sent Balasar, Vernal, Willow, Zaerius, and myself (Sylk) to investigate. We could have taken the normal path, but the others voted to go through the swamp to disguise our approach.

Unsurprisingly, the swamp was awful. Insects swarmed us. The mud caused traversal to be difficult. It was humid and boggy and terrible.

We found the fortification, finding people locked inside a fence within the palisades. Yetis patrolled the inside, but we had the drop on them. Between spells and attacks, we managed to drop one of them before they could react. Though we struggled with the Abominable Yeti, we managed to overcome the trial. We freed the trapped people, who explained the yetis captured them in return for labor. After looting through the tent for random armaments, we discovered a map from the archdruid, containing locations across the savage frontier. This contained the Glassfang Syndicate, Shining Falls, and Loudwater, but also had different settlements, including this fort and others. Our mission was complete after giving the map to Declan and escorting the innocents home.

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Loot

• 100gp total, 20gp each
• 1 armament to each,
  • Balasar: Veteran's Cane
  • Sylk: Shield of Expression
  • Vernal: Cast-Off Armor (Scale Mail)
  • Willow: Walloping Ammunition (arrows, 20)
  • Zaerius: Shield of Expression

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The above information is written to the best of my recollection. -Sylkran "Sylk" Teke'zynge

This was a daring outing by the greatest knight Vernal and his pals! The gang was informed of a despicable druid hiding out in the wilds and hurting passerby, but Vernal, the fearless druid destroyer he is, took quick work of the job, venturing forth nobly into the bottomless bogs, across fiendish forests, and against the yassified yeti of the camps! Vernal stood in front of it all, weathered the blows, and took down the abominable aberration and its crew, saving the innocent people imprisoned along the way. Vernal rates this quest a 10/10 on the cold scale!

(Written in horrible chicken scratch and partially crumpled)

I fink it was like da 2nd of Kythorn, 1502 DR

Dere was dis mean ol' druid runnin' around and makin' a camp uv otha meanies a bit up Norf. Dere was me and Chrysalis! Dere was the little man Vernal! Dere was my friend Sylk! Dere was dis little fairy Willow! And dere was dis elfy guy Zaerius! We had to get to da camp to take it down and find anyting interesting there that might've been important an stuff!

Dere was da public paff we coulda taken but den we mighta been spott'd by da people in da camp maybe, so we decided to go threw da bog! I was a bit heavy so I got a little stuck in da mud, but Chrysalis was havin' a good time I fink. Willow got swarmed by buggies a bunch and Sylk had to go help her but all da bugs couldnt get to me cause I fell in da mud. After a little bit we all got trew da mud and up to da other side of da camp.

Now dis camp had a bunch of yeti in it! I didn't fink dere were yetis even in da area but day had taken a bunch of people captive. We made da perfect plan to sneak up on dem. I casted Entangle! Willow casted Fireball! Zaerius went woosh and teleported in and made a bunch of swings! Sylk ran in and made some swings too! And Vernal casted a bunch of darts! After we did some swinging for a while we took down da little ones, but dere was still a big one and I tink he killed me..? But den my new friends helped me up and it was all good! We free'd da people and did a bitta lookin' and found dis map dat I tink had more camps of da mean druid. We also found some little goodies! Like armors and shields but all I found as a wee bitty cane, dough after I went down I tink I could really use it for a few days while I recover.