Stonehellions Campaign BBS: Stonehell Broadsheet #4

NEWS ABOUT OLDE TOWYNE

HUZZAH! A new troupe of gallant heroes, known as TORVALD'S TEN, has successfully returned from the depths of STONEHELL to OLDE TOWYN.
At the TWO-HEADED CALF the Ten celebrated their victory over a band of BLUE-EYED DANCING SKELETONS and the defacing of a SATANIC CENOTAPH. As such, Towyn is abuzz with rumors of this doughty band.

Led by TORVALD THE EXACTING, former bank teller for the PENNYPINCHER CLAN, the Dwarf has sworn to form his own financial stronghold in the UNDEREARTH—with a competitive fee structure and more lenient 'two strikes' policy for kinsmen.
Torvald successfully recruited CORDELIA THE CHASTE, recently returned from a quest into GORNATE FOREST to win over the NEUTRAL HEATHENS known as WOODWOSE to the LIGHT OF LAW. For her efforts, the young Cordelia added a single jewel to her heavenly crown:
AMBROSE THE AGED ACOLYTE, a (largely) peaceful and retiring WILD MAN of middle years who hovers nervously near his priestess, threatening those who come near with his knotted club.
Alongside Cordelia and Ambrose, Torvald is joined by the bounty-killer known as DONAL OF DOUGHKEEP, a bowman of local repute who has long been a thorn in the backsides of the ALMSMEN.
Finally, HIMBO HALFDAN, the nominally-employed snerg sometimes seen laying about the Two-Headed Calf, was shamed into joining by the Lawful inducements of Cordelia--alongside, perhaps more persuasively, a threatened clubbing by the easily-agitated Ambrose.
Having recovered treasures from a foul band of GOBLYNS holed up in the GATES OF HELL, Torvald's Ten took a clean sweep of the local mercenaries, recruiting: CINDERELLA THE LINKLASS, STONE-FACE OLAF, ROLAND OF ERILLION, and the conjoined militiamen ROLF and DOLPH.
Thusly, the troupe gained its name once all were accounted for: TORVALD'S TEN. May the LIGHT OF LAW shine upon their efforts!

ALACK! A band of LAWFUL PILGRIMS, led by the elderly ABBOT REGINALD THE RUGOSE, has been AWFULLY SLAIN in the FOREST GORNATE by the BLACK DRAGON known as SONG OF NIGHT'S SCREAMS!
Reginald had been set to restore the lost CHAPEL OF ST. RAS outside of STONEHELL DUNGEON, having gathered a congregation of some fifty able-bodied MEN and their families to begin restoration efforts.
A LONE SURVIVOR, the battle-haunted acolyte HARALD THE HALF-HEARTED--formerly HARALD THE HALE--has shared the holy band's awful fate at the Two-Headed Cow.
The final leg of their pilgrimage began inauspiciously, being delayed at Old Towyne for most of the day by CHAOTIC CIRCUMSTANCE.
And so it was dusk when the attack came, wherein the SERPENT OF CHAOS descended from the sky like a great black hawk to vomit forth a chartreuse miasma which reduced the good Abbot to a SMOKING SKELETON.
Compounding the situation, FOUL BETRAYERS rose up among the ranks of the pilgrims, slaying nearly all the remainder of Reginald's HOLY HENCHMEN.
From there, the story is muddled by tearful self-recrimination, as Harald blubberingly admits to breaking ranks as SONG OF NIGHT'S SCREAMS malignant miasmas did their foul work, reducing the congregants into their constituent parts.
Harald believes there to be no other survivors, as MERCILESS ASSASSINS in the guise of KINDLY MONKS among their ranks cruelly put would-be escapees to the sword while the young acolyte--who had been relieving himself nearby--watched in abject horror, albeit from a squatting position, before making his CRAVEN ESCAPE.
The whole attack was over within minutes, and Song of Night's Screams disappeared into the sky as his CHAOS MONK KILLERS looted the remains. May the LORD have mercy on their souls!
Finally, Torvald's Ten listened to Harald's tale of woe with much interest, aghast as anyone at this terrible development. And while the kindly cleric Cordelia offered to take the wayward acolyte under her tutelage, young Harald was much afeared at the thought of returning to STONEHELL and withdrew into his private room for meditation and prayer.

FOR HIRE at the TWO-HEADED CALF

None!

SERVICES AVAILABLE at the OLDE TOWYN DIOCESE

Holy Water: 25 gp, 4 flasks available

Antivenom: 100 gp, allows for an additional save vs poison, 2 flasks available

RARE ITEMS from THE PENNYPINCHER COLLECTION

Our first item comes from the personal effects of SGT. HENRI D'ARAMITZ, who met his doom in CASTLE XYNTILLIAN, seduced by SYBILLE MALEVOL aka the WIDOWMAKER.
Identified as a PRIME ROD, it is believed to serve as a magical key to the accompanying TREASURE MAP, which may lead to the HYQUEOUS VAULTS, believed to be somewhere in the STONECROWS.
Price: 1400 GP