Chester's Journal in Chult

After the long storm passes, we made it back to the fort. Before we could properly clean off the muck and grime, Rokah met us at the front gate. He asked if we were still planning on assisting him in infiltrating the Commander's quarters. After some discussions where Confodore didn't think we needed to risk our involvement, I pointed out that our reputations could be tarnished in Nyanzaru if we did not fulfill our agreement. Harrp, surprisingly, breaks the deadlock and we decided to cause our disruption as promised. Honestly, I didn't remember ever hearing Harrp talk before... He has such a lovely voice hidden in that hulking scaled body. What's even more shocking is that Harrp made up a plan! He gathered all the ghoul heads we had collected and tells Brick to strike him when Commander Liara is watching. I went to the keep and told Gruta we have returned with information and undead scalps. Gruta wanted us to enter the keep but I said it woul

After Artis and Dragon Bait have departed on their search for Xandala, we resumed our march back to the Fort Belurian. We seemed to have become disoriented as we had doubled back to a previous landmark. Eku suggested we take shelter in a nearby ravine. We made camp. Before any us can settle down for some sleep, Confodore feels the ground tremble. I quickly ducked behind Mr. Club Tail for cover. Out of the jungle strides a huge woman of blue skin! Her long white hair flowing behind her. She asks if any of us are named Artis or if we have the Ring of Winter? Only Confodore, the smallest of us all, was brave enough to parlay with this huge warrior. He told her how Xandala was traveling with us, betrayed us and took the Ring from Artis then fled. She asked how far and how long ago that had been. She thought for a moment and then sat down near our campfire. She pulled out a barrel and takes a long drink. She offers us all a swig. Only Brick took up her o

After our encounter with the zombie horde, Eku suggested we head due south. Traveling in a line, she said, will lessen our chances of getting lost. When we return to the fort, we just head in a straight line north to get back. That seemed like a simple enough concept. Just as dusk approached we came across a small lake. Nuru noticed there was an indentation in the rock behind a water fall. Confodore bravely volunteered to investigate the hollow. He neared the entrance, paused and then shot an arrow into the cave. We prepared for battle for he must have seen something menacing. Perhaps his one shot killed the beast for then he entered alone. After a brief time he appeared at the entrance and motioned for us to join him. I stopped briefly to lap up some of the water from the water fall. Inside the small cave we two skeletons. One of a tabaxi and the other of a rhinoceros, both long dead. Strapped to the rhino bones was a large barrel. Confodore had

We reached the hilltop fort just as dusk was upon us. The front gate to wooden stockade was still open with some guards milling around. Confodere boldly approached the gate and was met by an Eluskan guard who called herself Gruta. Confodere asked about the price of an Explorer's Charter. The lead guard announced the price is fifty gold pieces and fifty percent of the proceeds from any discoveries from the exploration. I think at that point I heard Confodere's jaw hit the ground. Gruta had seemingly come to expect that reaction from newcomers as she welcomed us into the fort. She said she would inform the Lady Commander, Liara Portyr, of our arrival. Nuru and his entourage marched throughout the grounds of the fort and chatted with a couple of the locals. Eku and Rokah found busywork to occupy their time. Xandala went asking questions about her father to anyone that would listen to her. Just as Nuru was about to rap upon another gate door, it

After the excitement of the Executioner's Run died down, a strange half elven woman appeared beside us, her skin looked more like scales than flesh. Upon her shoulder sat a small, no, tiny red dragon. She approached me and asked if I was a native to these lands. I admitted I was not and she seemed disappointed. Her dragon then spoke! The talking dragon said to the girl that our group still looked capable of helping them even if we were outsiders. She then told us how she was trying to find her father, whom she has never met nor he might even know he has a daughter. She has tracked Artis Simber, an adventurer, to Chult and believes he was in town just a few days ago. He travels with a reptilian man as a companion. She had been asking for about him at the Red Bazaar. She knows what he looks like by recalling his image in a portrait her mother had made. Harrp asked if the red dragon had a name. The girl said his name is Summer Wise and that her nam

Shortly after the fight is over and bodies of the dead were still burning, the sole remaining soldier thanked us for our assistance. He seemed sad that many of his comrades were no more. I didn't know if he said any prayers for his friends. Two Tabaxi came out of a tall building. Apparently they had witnessed our fight with the undead and they also thanked us. The noticed we seemed new to Nyanzaru and they asked us where we were from. I told them Maztica. I guess all my new friends came from Baldur's Gate. I asked what their names were. One was called River Myst. She had a most fashionable eye patch. Very alluring. She then introduced her brother, Flask of Wine. Such cool Tabaxi names. They asked me mine. I revealed, much to my chagrin, that my real name was Roasting Chestnuts. Nuru is usually a stoic fellow but upon hearing my name, he let out a hearty chuckle... I tried to explain my name, saying that all my siblings and cousins had tak