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