The campaign begins as mass of onlookers gather to hear a famous bard talk.  As he regales the mob with tales of Mina and of Dark Knights behaving in a bad light, things get sour with lots of pro Dark Knight sentiments presant and the man is in danger.  The PCs are introduced to each other as they come forward to rescue the man and spirit him away.  With this the bard states he dreamed of their faces and that he was to give them word about the sylvan key, that is not a key.  After much acclamating to the city they've newly come to and with it gathering of info, they find the location of a camp where the leader trades in smuggled/stolen elven artifacts.

They take out the first Sentry



As the camp rouses and they're soon to be found out, they storm the brigands



Sorcerer pops out to Magic Missle the Fighter, Warlock investigates a tent to find the waking Barbarian leader

Having dispatched the brigands and retrieved an elven music box (believed to be a key), the adventurers return to town.

A lady of the night (prostitute) beseechs their aid, she's behind this week and some muscle was sent to lay claim.  Of course the young and noble Ranger saw that they were paid up and then some, no blood being shed.

Returning to an Inn to dine and sleep they learn from the sex worker, Elves hide within the sewers.  A Cleric of Kiri-Jolith (PC #6) had been searching in vain for Elven refugees and so offers to accompany them in the morning.

After aquiring a sewer map, other equipment, and much jibing the young Ranger for not taking up with the women he'd paid for they set out for answers beneath the city.



Having not traveled far they are accosted by a very drunken Ogre, prudence prevailed and only a Wizards sleep spell was needed.  The Good Cleric not allowing any looting of the comatose giant.



Almost near the sewers' enterence much deliberated upon, they stumble upon an old quarrel ended.  Elf in black has slain an sickly leperous elf.  Few questions were asked, they promptly felled the assasionous elf and prevented his flight.  Short after several other leperous elves stumble upon them with many questions of their own.  Patrolling Dark Knight prevents any in depth dicussion, our PCs will have to run diversion if the elves are to escape.

We resume this week with the guys running diversion with a Dark Knight Patrol and allowing some refugee Silvanesti elves to escape to the sewer




Surrender didn't come easy to the swashbuckler and he fled to the sewer, the Warlock also bolting to leave his friends to certain imprisonment.




After the main party is escorted away the Warlock joins the Swashbuckler in the sewer.  They soon find themselves outnumbered by goblins, but finish them handily

After a good amount of questioning and many failed bluff rolls, the party decides to be allowed to be rescued.  The LN cleric had to be forced by an Ogre wanting to benifit from their good fortunes and political ties.  The flight carries them to the sewer, though are soon accosted by a small horde of dire rats.




The two deserters lost in said sewer, soon hear the commotion and come to the aid of their party.  Several rats get dosed to sleep and a Warlock summoned spider swarm wreaks havoc.  Afterwhich they make their way to the eleven refuge and find out that even the eldest knows little of this elven music box but legends.  For the chance of information needed, they agree to brave the desert to a temple housed in a valley closed by landslides since the Cataclysm.

Sweet deal, these are awesome!  If you want I can help with the resizing of the photos, I'll just try to get off of work a bit early and show you how to do it or something.

Again, amazing.

The decision to look for the kender was not a unaminous one, but they made their way to the wild orchard.  As they near the great oak they spot the wee ones toes sticking out of a mess of vines.  The Dryad issues her warning as she did before and the swashbuckler moves against her shrugging off a charm spell.  Warlock and Ranger start to dig round the kender but the vines recoil and attack.  Conflict resides as the Cleric realizes he can cure the Oak and therefore the Dryads madness.  Dryad rewards them with her meager posessions and leaves to ponder alone the past.  With a Kender in poor shape they return to the guard tower to rest the night and heal.  No one ventures out where the restless dead await and the morning comes none too soon.

They venture to the valley's plateau and to the temple atop.  Little investigation is done as the eager Kender charges into the pyramidal structure.  Witin the antechamber and the entrance they find yet more destruction and experience a vision of Ogres raiding this very place, shedding light on some mystery



Descending a level they find some former living quarters only one door remaining.  Inspecting the door, it has no knob or keyhole and the kender discovers it secretes a sticky substance.  He tastes it and the party is given a breif reprive from chatter as his tongue is stuck to the roof of his mouth.  The Ranger's knowledge of dungeons determines that the door could only be a Mimic and battle ensues.