Having waited for the Manticores to return to their nest, the HILT descended the cliff and snuck into their cave, while Ajax, a dwarven pirate they had rescued, guarded their ropes. 

The brave monster hunters were neither particularly brave, nor experts at hunting monsters, so the battle with the mating pair of manticores was somewhat fraught.

First, the casters present were not exceptionally skilled at causing harm. They told some excellent jokes, which kept the flying lion scorpions in…

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Notes possibly held by Ryan Walsh ?

The HILT tried to ask Laerth for a blood donation. He was, however, reluctant to donate for the cause. Fighting Laerth was challenging, nearly fatal for several members of the HILT, but ultimately successful. He was slain, his blood was drained, and his remains were laid to rest.

Muse wandered off deeper into the cave system, in a very Musish fashion and discovered a magical object at the bottom of a subterranean ravine. The smaller representatives of the group climbed down to fetch it, and a…

One of Davian's local patrons, Professor Robin, had ordered a special piece of work for attuning ethereal energies. As chance would have it, that tuning fork was needed to help cure GEFF of his fatal snake bite. Unfortunately, that piece would need a special pigment made from the blood of a partially ethereal and magical creature.

One such creature was known to exist, Laerth, a wizard that had delved too deeply into ethereal secrets and was now a monstrous abomination hiding somewhere in…

The HILT finally departed Malkara and returned to their regular route, bringing them next to Isard.

The helpful bus Carried three passengers on the trek. Their previous acquaintance and caravan guard Sarah and a youthful but savvy member of the Tong. They boarded in Malkara.

The second passenger was Inquisitor Marques, a capable and experienced hunter of the monstrous and occult. He strode in out of the night halfway to Isard, and imposed himself upon the Caravan in a manner that seemed…