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Cycle: 498: Day: 77. Season: Stasis. The two youths leave the plaza, cross the road, and follow the river downstream stopping only about 100 strides from the last structure in town. The area between the forest and the river is mostly cleared, and the smaller children like to play there. Some...

Cycle: 498. Day: 166. Season: Harvest. As Cormorante rises to his feet, his iguanid lunges in and tries to bite, but the Ansylin manages to put his left hammer in between himself and the lizard’s mouth, mostly blocking the attempt. He then swings his right hammer, making contact but...

Cycle: 498. Day: 166. Season: Harvest. None of the lizards roars a second time; instead, they charge at the cluster of three, moving far faster than could be predicted. The first iguanid slams into Cormorante, knocking him backward about two strides. He is not particularly hurt by being...

Cycle: 497. Day: 73 Season: Stasis. Searching the bodies reaffirms the rudimentary nature of these people, if they even are people and not some monsters that look like people. Each is carrying some trail supplies, and a few other trinkets are distributed among them. Jade discovers a viper skull...

Cycle: 498: Day: 76. Season: Stasis. Killian waves Jaguar off. “No, no, nothing so dramatic. I need to show you some of the younger children for it to make sense.” In the morning Whsiper arrives at the fish lodge and Killian leads the two boys back toward the bridge that divides the town and...

Cycle: 497. Day: 73 Season: Stasis. Jade moves to her left, switching to a new opponent. She swing her hammer laterally as she stands to her full height, striking the headhunter in the gut, knocking most of the wind from him. He futilely attempts to retaliate. Even with the distraction of...

Cycle: 498. Day: 166. Season: Harvest. The party moves from its current location on the east of Land’s End Pass across to the west side at a source of water near where the Da’Roneh have their own lookout from which they stage their raids. Five days of inactivity pass until a caravan travels...

Cycle: 497. Day: 73 Season: Stasis. Stepping toward one of her opponents and upward in elevation, Jade punches her hammer toward the chest of a headhunter. The blow cracks bone and knocks all of the wind from the barbarian, causing him to lose consciousness. The other two continue to...

Cycle: 498: Season: Harvest. Day: 136 The suspicion of Sprthnt is absolutely correct. The Da’Roneh has no chance to siphon life away from him as she begins dying, which only takes a few seconds. Ending any of the other five who are down but not dead is a matter of routine. Like before, Cina and...

Cycle: 498: Day: 83. Season: Stasis. NOTE: All characters have a chance to make any basic tool or equipment, even if players are unfamiliar with the process. Stone darts are considered basic tools. Jaguar simply needs to find slate or flint to have a chance. A meal at the Boar’s Head, including...

Cycle: 497. Day: 73 Season: Stasis. Jade swings her hammer downward, striking the left collar bone of her first opponent, possibly breaking it, because the significance of the blow causes real confusion in that Headhunter. Unfortunately, two other enemies reach Jade before anyone else can...

Cycle: 498: Season: Harvest. Day: 136 Kuwaia swings at the right arm of her opponent, barely slicing through her kevlar bracer, but the cut is still damaging enough to disable the arm. Having a second club, the Da’Roneh attempt to hit Kuwaia, but the blow is countered. Fortunately for the...

Cycle: 498: Day: 74. Season: Stasis. The female alchemist leads her child away by the hand and goes back to another task upon which she was working on before the two companions arrived. The male alchemist holds up his left hand in a universal sign of peace and welcome. “I am called Sheldon. It...

Cycle: 497. Day: 73 Season: Stasis. Each group is unable to maintain a constant view of the other as they close toward one another. Once the distance is closed, the headhunters appear to have remained closer together than the party members. By coincidence, the bulk of the group is closest to...

Cycle: 498: Day: 73. Season: Stasis. Even with the knowledge, Jaguar learns that breaking a creature's neck is far more difficult than he could have imagined. Perhaps it is a technique he will be able to develop later. In the meantime, the two young men each use carving knives to complete the...