Editing 1/3/24 -- Operation Rockslide

* 1/3/24 - Rockslide - 30th of Lionnir, 715 A.R.
** With Kenaston
*** We need to find the path fast
** Marcus went hunting, everyone went to the rat races
** Pressure increases by 2
** One intel used
*** How difficult = 2-3
** Engagement roll = 6
** Heading up mountainous paths
*** Picking up strange scent
*** The scent of Damon’s family
*** Found a staircase winding up through the mountains
*** Courtyard with 4 pillars, a lever, several statues a locked chest, and a locked door
**** One has a crank, one has a wax tablet with 7*8 = ?
**** One says “Empires rise with lies and fall with…”
**** Another has a crank
*** Pulled a crank, went up by one
*** Answered the math question, increased by one, changed the problem
** Found +1 recovery and a blueprint for Sharp II in the chest
** Needed the proper code to open the chest and the door
** Walked through the cavern
** We found Damon’s people!!!
*** Elder Goran came to greet us
*** They are happy to see him
*** Damon claims his father did not make it
*** Has Damon received the spirit of Elethrendil
*** Has your body gone through any changes
*** It is the spirit
*** Damon’s father once held it
*** It was passed down, an ancient spirit
*** Has protected the entirety of the primordial ring
*** He has not gone through the trial of the wolf
*** They have his mother, but Kelly is in bad shape
*** As they were fleeing, they came across Seth
**** Helping mother along the way
*** She collapsed from disease and infection
*** Her condition slowly worsens, she is being kept in a coma
*** His brother is there with her now
**** Meeting Seth, a few years younger than Damon - 21-23
**** He thought Damon was dead
*** Mom is pockmarked with green and brown fungal growth/root systems
*** It is some strain of the Van rome virus
**** It is trying to take her soul
**** Need 2 intel, 3 relics and 5 recovery to heal mother
*** The path continues northward, they have sent scouts, none have returned
** We are going to continue north to scout
** Multicolored berries, helps keep us going in the snow
** Damon knows how to kill the blackhorn
*** He hates wooded areas
*** His weakness is wood?
** Found another twisting cave
*** Seems a bit tight
*** A sheer climbing space
*** Several pitons and footprints at the mouth of the cave
*** Found a ledge with some sacks
**** 8 scraps
**** Toys and games +1 moral
**** Band
**** +1 supplies and +2 recovery
**** Black sealed box
** Damon reached the top, found an exit, stayed for a rest
** Deer and Thomas retrieved items and returned to brigade camp (Moral, box, and scrap)
** Returned and reported
** Moved the camp
** Bob tax happens before the move
** Kenaston is sacrificed to lessen the move
** “Remember me as I was”
** “May the will of the Primordial Ring sing within you all”
** 400 casualties