Gurzurk the dwarf is writing to his employer, the Rockhome government.

  1. Part 1

Gurzurk's Notes

Part 1 Mission 9 successful close.
(see appendix 214 for full report)
Return Below.
Blasted shadow elves.
At least they should mark their land.
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{Page torn out}
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It would seem that I have a new sponsor.
Phoranon, female shadow elf priest.
(see appendix 215 for personal details and description)
It gets me out of this prison.
She is questing with a strange group, adventurers.
Apparently my skills are going to be useful in their activities.
Xerus, female dryad warrior.(216)
Turia, female human warrior.(217)
Roland, male pegataur human.(218)
Sephrana, female centaur human.(219)
Tessarel, female elven scout.(220)
Grey, male Sindi human evoker.(221)
Thora, female Heldanic human druid and companion Remus the wolf.(222, 223)
Zim, male skygnome tinker engineer and familiar Leo the pixie.(224, 225)
Larni, female fenray song mage conjurer.(226)
(see appendix 216 to 226 for personal details and description)
I have missed the close and am trapped without.
Traveled by boat and foot to underground tower.
First task of the group is to recover a crown.
The crown is an evil artifact which has corrupted a shadow elf mage.
Unfortunately I was not able to remove the crown from the head of the mage.
So the head was removed from the elf.
(see appendix 227 for detailed description of helm and powers noted)
Helm recovered and destroyed, such a waste.
Met new creature, undead type, they required destroying twice.
(see appendix 228 for detailed description, apparent powers and known weaknesses)
Group then traveled to the surface and then on to Darokin City by the use of the Falcon.
The Falcon is a gnomish flying contraption, owned by Zim, which uses magic to fly.
(see appendix 229 for detailed description of craft, markings, air speed, dimensions and flight instructions)
Attacked in Darokin city while residing in an inn.
Fireballs, walls of fire, crossbows and personnel were used, destroying the inn.
A number of the assailants were captured.
The attack consisted of two distinct separate parties.
Followers of the Lady of the noose, a death cult.
(see appendix 230 for general details and generalisations)
Also a group of adventurers in the pay of this group whom were also motivated by having one of their number kidnapped by the Lady of the noose.
(see appendix 230 to 235 for personal details and descriptions)
Court result in justice and prison sentences for the adventurers.
I rebuilt the inn and added a few modifications.
(see appendix 236 and 237 for design, specifications, layout, as constructed drawings, evacuation procedure, secret door locations and controls)
The Lady of the Noose was contracted to eliminate the group by an old enemy of the group.
Traveled by Falcon to the skygnome flying city of Serane.
(see appendix 238 to 247 for details of the laws, layout, gem trading, contacts, library and social structure)
Traveled by Falcon to the land of this necromancer and eliminated him.
(see appendix 248 for details of the laws, layout and other consequences of the cities social order)
Discovered groups higher motivation, they are trying to control the monster know as the broken man.
(see appendix 249 to 256 for details of the broken man and the history of each of the seven parts)
Traveled by Falcon to Davinia in search of Part 5 of the broken man.
Found Thyatian colony after long boring flight in Falcon.
Diplomatic negotiations with Thyatian colony over mining rights on Davina.
Governess XXXXXXX had no objections to any form of mining on the continent.
(see appendix 257 to 259 for details of the layout, governess and colonial situation at this colony)
Swap executed on all by Governess collection.
Party joined by Al-Amin when she declared that her god had sent her to join with us.
Al-Amin, female ylari priest of the all mighty, fanatic destroyer of undead.
(see appendix 260 for personal details and description)
Traveled by foot through swamp during many months.
Met new creature called an ebon tiger.
(see appendix 261 for detailed description, apparent powers, disposition and known weaknesses)
Swamp inhabited by numerous native tribes.
(see appendix 262 to 267 for general details)
Found deserted ghost town whose only inhabitants seem to be old undead.
(see appendix 268 for detailed description and known weaknesses)
(see appendix 269 for layout)
Only one building was of interest but nothing of consequence was found.
City use to be the home of a necromancer called Ksarabet who was the wife of Talib, also a necromancer and a sponsor of the party.
(see appendix 270 and 271 for personal details and description)
(see appendix 272 for details on the content of the art of necromancy)
Emerondians found by magic.
Traveled by teleportation to these creatures by a mage by the name of Namon.
(see appendix 273 for personal details and description)
Ashes of part 5 apparently held within a tree that is now corrupted.
Traveled by foot through swamp in search of this tree.
I am missing my mountains, or even foothills, dry rocky ground will probably suffice.
Met creature of the swamp resembling a shambling mound of the garbage disposal system.
(see appendix 274 for detailed description, apparent powers, disposition, immunities and known weaknesses)
Returned a second night with glowing lightning balls.
(see appendix 275 for detailed description, apparent powers and known weaknesses)
Direct progress to corrupted tree that was felled, broken and removed.
(see appendix 276 for detailed description, apparent powers, and known weaknesses)
Met new creature that would best be described as a needle projecting plant.
(see appendix 277 for detailed description, apparent powers and known weaknesses)
Traveled by teleport back to Thyation colony on Davinia.
Traveled by teleport to Sunsville, Alphatia.
Slab buried for safekeeping.
(see appendix 278 for depth, core analysis and geology)
Traveled to Serane by Falcon.
(see appendix 279 for contents of broken man journals)
Traveled to Heldanic Jarldoms by Falcon.
Traveled to old gnomish mines by Falcon.
(see appendix 280 to 285 for location, layout, gnomish artifacts, old gnomish habitation details, reputed inhabitants and mining prospects)
Remus is now wolf man in the same way Thora is already.
(see appendix 223 for personal details and description)
Thora and Remus to Wed.
Turia and Grey to Wed.
Glenn Butcher / knight