[20 Jun 1220]
20 June Finally, 20 June arrives, along with word that the blueprints are ready at the printer’s. Kinnka tells Kentaro to prepare the horses and gather all their gear. They’ll pick up the plans on their way out of town, and they won’t be back. Kentaro tells him with a smile that he’s already packed [...]
[28 Feb 1213]
January 02 Both wake up feeling much better than they expected. They have no bandages left with which to change their dressings, so they decide to carry on with those they are currently wearing. Fortunately, Orodinus has either been thwarted by the Dwarven magic of the mine door or has chosen not to pursue them [...]
[1 Jan 1213]
01 Jan, 1213? The next day dawns as so many recent mornings have begun – with the castle silent. That being the case, K&K advance to the path that leads to the castle. As they get closer, K&K can more easily see the figures moving on the crenelated walls beyond the gatehouse, and when they [...]
[18 Dec 1212]
The old man enters the magnificent hall. In these surroundings, Kentaro and Kinnaka both find it impossible to continue thinking of him as “Zephrom”. He has finally and irrevocably become “Morpheus” to them. He walks to a point about halfway along the hall and stops at a long table that wasn’t there when they first [...]
[30 Nov 1212]
23-27 June As they start off, Kentaro, who is in charge of their money, estimates they have enough money for about three weeks of living normally, more if they live extremely frugally, which means no fancy meals or evening “celebrations”. This should get them as far as Trigol, at which point they’ll have to consider [...]
[13 Jun 1212]
13 June Just after dawn, Kinnaka hears a loud knock on the cottage door. He opens the door, expecting to see Thekla, and is surprised to see instead an old woman, shabbily dressed and leaning heavily on a thick, gnarled walking stick. Her hair hasn’t seen a brush in weeks and her face and clothes [...]
[28 May 1212]
28 May On 28 May, Kinnaka and Kentaro awaken to a cloudy day, with a strong feeling of rain in the air, though none is currently falling. During breakfast at the Christina, where Kinnaka is rapidly becoming a regular, he is surreptitiously handed a sealed message. He thanks Marko and finishes his leisurely meal before [...]
[25 May 1212]
25 May Kinnaka wakes up in the pre-dawn hour to a thunderstorm, which doesn’t stop him from going out and wandering, as is his usual habit. By the time he returns home, perhaps an hour after dawn, the storm has passed, the clouds are clearing, and the day promises to become, well, if not bright [...]
[19 May 1212]
19-21 May Kinnaka spends the next few days in an absolute rapture of living amongst nature’s bounty and occasionally checking the dead drop site or the temple table (always with negative results.) For these efforts, Mother Nature seems content to reward his adoration with ever increasing warmth and beauty. With Nature providing such ready entertainments, [...]
[8 May 1212]
08-09 May As soon as breakfast has been safely put away, Kentaro announces the pair’s decision to leave today. In fact, they will be leaving immediately. Most of the men present don’t really know them, and some of the others aren’t what you would call close. There is practically no reaction to the announcement, although [...]
[4 May 1212]
04 May May 4th dawns clear and warm, with no sign of the rain or overcast that has plagued the area for the past few days. At the ambush site, Kinnaka is pleased. Good weather will make things slightly easier. He’s not really expecting to see the silver transfer until 8 or 9 bells at [...]
[30 Apr 1212]
30 Apr For Kinnaka, April 30th begins as a frustrating day. In his favor is the fact that Greysmere is a larger town, so he has no trouble staying away from people that might recognize him from his previous visit, but that’s about all that goes well. Apparently, the business day in Greysmere begins much [...]
[29 Apr 1212]
26-28 Apr The next three days are routine. K&K wake early with the others, spend the day performing menial tasks, and sleep in the bunkhouse. Kinnaka has started taking long walks every day after supper. To queries about the elf’s unusual behavior, Kentaro offers the opinion, “Hey, ‘e’s an elf. They do that.” After a [...]
[25 Apr 1212]
25 Apr The next morning, the same young lad wakes K&K up again. As happened yesterday, Nigel gives them breakfast, after which they head out to do the morning’s labor. When the morning work is done, they get lunch, and then the day is theirs. During their morning labors, Kentaro reports his efforts, and the [...]
[24 Apr 1212]
23 Apr (evening) Entering Karakas, they ask the nearest townsperson, a young man in his 20’s, for directions to the nearest inn. He gives them an odd look, but tells them that the White Horse is the only inn in town. He gives them directions, which they follow to an older structure that stands on [...]
[23 Apr 1212]
April 23 Played 25 January 2012 The day begins with Sir Klaris leading a dozen of his men to conduct a pre-dawn raid on an orc caravan, if one is to be found. Their goal is to capture 6 orcs alive. They hit it lucky, and return to camp just after breakfast with 5 ocs [...]
[22 Apr 1212]
22 April Played 4 Jan 2012 A little more than two weeks later, after evicting many more people, spending a fair amount of Danki’s hard-earned cash, and doing their best to get their names spread far and wide as a rough bunch to deal with, K&K are between stops on their list when they see [...]
[16 Apr 1212]
16 Apr Kinnaka shows up early at Kentaro’s room. If anything, the half-giant looks worse than he did yesterday. He smiles sheepishly and informs his disapproving partner that Crym’s flagon works very well indeed. He notes that Kinnaka is wearing his new cloak pin, but chooses not to comment on it. Kinnaka’s apparently not having [...]
[15 Apr 1212]
15 April Kinnaka sits very still on his new land. “His” land! As if you can own land! Humans have such odd ideas. But the human concept of land ownership means that they mostly stay away, leaving him, even this close to the city, in more or less undisturbed peace, a situation he greatly treasures. [...]
[6 Apr 1212]
06 April Played 4 Jan 2012 In the morning, Kentaro, annoyed at the slow healing provided by the orcs’ healing salve, magically heals himself, then tries to aid Kinnaka, but the elf’s resistance proves too strong to overcome, and the spell goes for naught. On the positive side of the coin, however, when Sergeant Bryce [...]