The players first traveled to Catellan Keep (note that the maps you will find will say it is called Castellan Keep, but it first came out to me as Catellan Keep. The name stuck). On the first day, the players traveled south down Windrush River. They stopped at a tavern called Windrush Fork for the night. Windrush Fork is located on Windrush River were Foamfire River meets Windrush River. Foamfire River leads to Verge.They had to fight off a few robbers who thought they could take their boats. Turns out that the robbers were being searched by the Elven Guards who were there. The next day they reached Rifllian.
Rifllian is an elven town. It only has about 900 people living in it. The only reason why it looks bigger is because of the buildings are well spaced out from on another. The town is mostly a trade post. The Gnome Caravan normally stops here along the way to Specularum, but do to the incident at Gnome's Ferry they had to ignore Rifllian this year. The players went down Main Street to get to Golden Hair Inn. There they stayed the night. They had to leave early the next morning due to the madness of the halfling. The halfling had a dream in which he was fighting a dragon. He charged out the window and accidentally killed a civilian on the street with his fall. They players ran out of town and proceed Southeast.
They reached the crossroads of Highreach River. They traveled around Kelvin to head east. They came across a couple of Kelvin Guards, but managed to the Guards into having them think that the players were working for Duke Karameikos. They players then reached The Moor.
While in The Moor, the players came across a five headed hydra (who they fished out of the water), a purple worm (who they watched from a distance as it shallowed a couple of Kelvin guards whole), and a flood (which they encountered after they were lost). The flood carried them inland. The players had to travel back to the river on foot, carrying their canoes the best they could. They found them selfs on Catellan River. They followed this river up north a little more, and left the farthest reach of civilization in Karameikos.
They came across a goblin toll gate that was stationed on the river. Elric decided to just burn the gate down. The players were going to wait for the fire to burn out before preceding, but an army of goblins came at them from both sides of the river. The players paddled like crazy to get out of the reach of the goblin arrows. When they had left the goblins behind, the players rested for a few days before continuing north.
They finally reached Catellan Keep. Catellan Keep is a centuries old keep. It had been built by the Traldars long before Thyatis came and took over the land. The purpose of the keep, apparently, is to keep the Frost Giants from transversing among the land. When the players entered the keep, they docked inside. They found blood and dead bodies. After searching around for a bit, they found the keep to be under the control of Snow Apes. The players managed to find a few survivors who have hidden themselves underground. Captain Joseph, after hearing the news that the players brought him, decided to make a full attempt at getting to the room which control the flood gates. In short, the flood gate is a form of communication, and no reinforcements can arrive until they increase the flow in the river. The players agreed to help the survivors out.
They fought their way through several Snow Apes. They avoided an ice creature that they players nor the survivors could identify. They traveled down the halls of the keep. While traveling down the halls, the found evidence that a creature had been here killing off people. Captain Joseph earlier sent Company C to open the flood gates, but Company C now lays dead all over the walls, floors, and ceilings. When they got to the top, they encountered the murder. The creature that they fought could not be identified by anyone there. They simply called it "the Nightmare". The Nightmare is a creature that had three arms, stands about 12 feet tall, has black and oily skin, and is very powerful. They managed to destroy the platform the Nightmare stood on, but not without taking heavy causalities. They activated the flood gates and Captain Joseph told them of another way around to the North Wall of Catellan Keep. They had to take a hidden passage in a small library in the second tier of the main keep. They found this hidden passage, and a strange looking book. They pocketed the book to be read later and traveled into the mountains. Elric had found the book to be written in runes. It was difficult to understand since the runes written where just numbers. Elric concluded that it is a code. Now the players are about to head into the mountains in search of the Frost Giants.
If my notes are correct, it should be the 3rd of Yarthmont at the start of the next session.
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