Journal Entry 1, Bandits of Coalton
Having just recently earned by title as a Weaponsmith Adept, i set out to find a task that i could complete to help those who had invested the time and energy in training me. While the city is always busy, and they are many adepts, there always seems to be work. And sure enough, it didn't take long to find it. A new owner had taken over the Coalton mine and was working on restoring it to a livable and workable township. To do this, they needed to make sure a steady stream of supplies could make it there and back. Several recent wagons had been hit by bandits and they were looking for a group of adepts to help find and dispatch these villians. Deciding to offer my skills up to assist, i quickly find myself not only hired, but also joined with a group of other stalwart adepts who had assisted in freeing the mine from it's previous owner.
We quickly set out and, after a mostly uneventful first day of travel interupted by little more than an encounter with some strange wildlife, before we reach the edge of the woods and were set upon by a pack of wolves, which we were able to quickly dispatch, I was even able to slay one on my own and took it's fangs as a trophy. We decided to setup camp here and thus ended the first day.
We set out in the morning after a restful night for the last leg of our journey. If we didn't find bandits along the route here, we would likely have to go out into the woods to find them. Luckily, that was not the case as we were accosted a short distance by a grou of 4 bandits who offered to take the goods off of our hands. We said no, of course, and engaged them in combat. The battle was hard fought, and much of my blood was spilled, but in the end we were successful, one dead at my hand, 2 others unconcious at the hands of the others and the last having managed to flee as his allies prevented us from putting up an effective chase. Our scout was able to confirm he appeared to have fled the area entirely, so this should likely be the end of both the bandits, as well as a potential pack of rogue wolves. We quickly completed the trip to Coalton and, confirming that several of the bandits where former members of the town who had been driven out when the old mine owner was removed.
I must say, I wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but this certainly taught me several things, including the need to improve my arms and armor, which i have decided to set my mind to just as soon as I complete this journal and return it to the library. I must say, i look forward to my next opertunity to go out and assist, as it certainly stirs the fire in the blood.
The party was able to ensure the safe delivery of two wagons of supplies up to Coalton by acting as their Vanguard. After marveling at the circle of life as eagles hunted bunnies, they watched one of those eagles keel over. So Arphen chased the other off of its price to ensure it too didn't suffer the same fate and they ensure these horrible prayer bunnies didn't take out any other wildlife. They also managed to rid the area of a hungry pack of wolves that could have proved quite dangerous to any making the trek back and forth between Throal and Coalton. And lastly they took a small band of brigands, one managed to get away but appeared to have fled the area according to Arphen's intense search. Two of the bandits turned out to be locals who were displaced when Ebeneezer was killed and the old mine owner was removed.Statistics:Posted by nadimsuer — Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:33 am
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