Stories of Lore 10

Well the immediate problem with recreating the gatestones is we’ve never seen the material they’re made from. It would feasible to replicate the enchantment for us with a bit of study but the enchantment has a side effect of putting a lot of pressure on the object in question. We need a material that can withstand massive compression without breaking yet still capable of holding and channeling enough mana. Typically the best mana retaining materials are a bit soft for our purposes. Rocks suck, tree amber is really good at it. We’re currently working on figuring out what the hell this stone is made out of. So updates on that if we make any progress.

Okay I want you to think about this. We’re sending a hundred drow armed with swords, spears, and crossbows to fight a swarm of sea monsters off the coast who are in -now I need you to stay with me on this one- the ocean. Anyways they’re at Sarkisa now.

The fantastic five over there are moving towards the coast as ordered, though they hit a mountain pretty quickly so they’re working their way around that now.

The villages have been sent garrisons to protect the workers, what a truely wise and forward thinking decision. I must commend whoever came up with that plan.

The nalkas we sent to team up with the mercenaries outside Maji to tackle the badlands monster will be there next week so expect updates on that one.

Greetings Keeper! It is a glorious day for the Oda people. Iwanagi has slipped away from the port and begun to sail back towards the west along the southern coast. Noting that in avoiding the newcomers, going further on his journey around the world is going to lead into more of the strangers.

Funny you should mention a horrific crisis. According to Cayetano that cave is sealing a demon they captured some while ago after it destroyed one of their villages. So yes, they say don’t touch it. They apparently lost an army trying to capture the thing, so it would be a significant problem if it were to get loose.

We’ve sent some design work up to Nalkas to work further on the artillery at Uudistar where they have apparently prepped a firing range for experimentation purposes. In the meantime Chinami’s fleet has retreated up the river in hopes of reaching the open ocean once again since the next battleground won’t really have river access for them. Though one of these days we should probably finish sailing down that river to see where it goes.

However, the exit of the river runs south of Sarkisa. We have reason to believe the Katara report of sea monsters gathering near the place might be related to us sailing up the river with a fleet of mana heavy ships given that the artifact is with the fleet outside of Okushiri. So that’s going to be…a peculiar engagement.

Serizawa is heading north along the coast to continue his scouting efforts, along with our other scout boats also continuing along their journeys.

We’ve sent some troops to help with the road construction. Though with Vanessa leaving Marilens to attack the isolationists now that construction team is dead, same problem as the roads.

Vanessa managed to assault the remains of the isolationist village, though poorly defended they were quite resistant to her invasion. Many of them fled into the badlands. Though Vanessa lost about thirty units of her army, she did manage to capture roughly two thousand of the natives and begin escorting them to Marilens, where they will likely replace the construction team.

Nyssa is now hanging out near the badlands outpost as requested, she’s set up a camp in some rocky areas to keep laying low. She reports that on her way there she noticed there were long lines of mobilized forces moving in that direction. Upon arriving, the outpost seems to have significantly more soldiers then the last time we passed through the area. By significantly, I mean there is a siege army near it including weapons of war we’ve never seen before. They are building some sort of new structure there that is quite large. Nyssa noted that pieces that look like they would match it were in the caravan she shadowed on the way here.  Something is going on.

One of our warriors has volunteered to lead the team headed up to Maji for the games. Irini is well accomplished in handling the monsters out there and leads a team who are normally a part of the city guard responsible for patrolling just a bit outside the gates to make sure nothing horrible happens to Sybaris because we didn’t think to check.

So on to the orc business. Nina managed to capture Bagrak as requested while the orc was still lower on troops due to the battle up north and being unable to reconvene with the warchief to replenish them. However, Nina is dying. Areti has remained behind with the remaining 400 civilian soldiers to help them in retreating to Sanctuary after loading Nina onto the Oda ships to bring to Sarkisa.

The retreat from Leylat has begun, and as usual we expect the orcs to settle in and hold it as they reinforce their numbers and regroup to prepare for their next push.