Sons of Nk, Gildenheim Bugbear Ambush

By Rebecca

August 9, 2022

New News in the Myrinath Mirror

Homesteading is more dangerous than the empire forcasted
Go to Farm Bureau to do research
- building is blocked up and “closed for renovations”
- Ash says they are leaving a message for a friend
- Not long between people passing standard lock door
Meet Mary who was going to farm bureau to find family
- have form and letter for family
- Family was supposed to send for son Felipe but didn’t
- Judith & Julius Septus Plot number PL 4444
meet Crassus Maximus returning from homesteading
- Crassus left with his 2 brothers
- Lost part of his arm with the danger
- Danger -> rumble rumble stopped and started
  - pitch black and killed brothers with arrows
  - couldn’t hit the land shark which made the rumbling
- Ash does not went to go to the ministry of defense
- More homesteading information
- most licensees are high elves due to needed funding
- those going out to the frontier are more diverse, may be paid
Talk to Tom at the Myrinath Mirror
- News room has 4-5 desks & a elfish (Tom) directing others
  - “we can sell more papers with cool info”
- Tom hires Fender (whole party) to go to frontier for stories
- Tom will deliver Mary’s form
- Tom directs es to Nkmk @ bar or temple on J street
J street is temple district & home of Nkmk
- Ulfgar finds Nkmk in a bar. Nkmk tells him:
  - every 5000 years evil + chosen one shows up
  - they’ve gotta get the spheres back
  - they don’t know what the evil is, not monster, vibe
  - legend describes Desna -> consort of NK
    - said she would be back with the spheres because they are not safe on material plane
  - They will send group to, Ensesnakarcandam (south)
  - mostly church folk going
we take a boat tor Gildenheim
- mostly mercenaries & collectives on our boat
- we see wildflowers & rural 3 day trip & military boats with beat up passengers going back
Gildenheim has old west feel, I tavern surrounded by tents
- dismantling an imperial field hospital
- farm bureau open -> 1 guy with a few clerks validating claims
Local rumors about bugbears accosting travelers between Gildenheim & outpost 6, picking on the weak
Road goes through the trees and looks like ideal ambush
- Ash & Sylvie scout ahead and find bugbear tracks
- Ash rings a bell and tries to persuade them to come out “don’t want to be ambushed, just went to talk”
AMBUSHED BY BUGBEARS
- Fender tricks bugbears into thinking bugbears are coming
- Bugbears run. Chief taken down by archers, bound + brought back
We go back to town