Epic Realms Recap: 4/17

A quick(ish) summary of the last three sessions, excerpts from the notes of Aerys, Rusk's pet Harper. (Or is Rusk the Harpers' pet war cleric?)

"...the party then followed the phaerimm through the portal into Sigil, City of Doors. After wandering around a bit, they realized that Kwalu had gone missing. He'd been trailing behind the group and now was nowhere to be seen. Shrugging it off, the party hired a young orc child as a guide and made for the marketplace, where they traded a ton of adamantine for enough cash to buy rather a lot of stuff. Afterwards, they were robbed: an ethereal filcher stole the emerald skull in which Aeric was still trapped, and fled.

On the bright side, Kwalu reappeared and told the party he'd had a vision of impending doom: glowing yellow eyes in the dark, a black river filled with pale, bloated corpses, a great tree rotting from its roots, a mountain wreathed in flame, a huge and ancient iron door. The party didn't press Kwalu on where exactly he'd been, though, and he didn't offer any details. This was kind of too bad for the party, since it wasn't actually Kwalu who returned, but a devil wearing Kwalu's skin. More on this later.

The group went to meet with Tham'zin, leader of the Old Order, and he filled them in on many things, including: the existence in Mulhorand of the ancient blue wyrm Gestaniius; more details on the epic psion Sammaster, founder of the Cult of the Dragon and his erstwhile lich disciple Wulgreth; and the history of the phaerimm race. He asked Silas to stop the escape of the phaerimm from Anauroch, and gave him some tea which apparently will let Silas contact Tham'zin at a later date.

After a nice supper at Quiet's (a mindflayer gourmet), the party used Discern Location magic to find the stolen emerald skull, and learned it was located in the left hand of Bel, Lord of the First (layer of Hell, "Avernus"). So they went to visit Alluvius Ruskin, portal- and secret-vendor of Sigil, and traded her a Talisman of the Sphere for the location and activation method of a portal to Avernus.

The group did a bit more shopping in preparation for their descent into Hell, unfolded a magical boat in a Hive alleyway, and shifted onto the River Styx in Avernus. Devil "Kwalu" took advantage of the distraction of several attacking river devils to grab Aeric and abscond with him, laughing. It's a good thing the devil enjoyed the prank, because it/he would turn out to be short-lived.

During the battle, Soren and Rusk are both thrown into the River Styx, and lose all of their memories. This would prove to play a key role later in the day. Aeric returned, dripping with goo from the late "Kwalu devil", just in time to blot an entire attacking draconic/devil aerial platoon out of the sky. He then told the group about his experience being trapped inside the emerald skull, conversing with a mad intellect calling itself "Sammaster," who among other things told him that Wulgreth could be found "at the place where the Netherese fell."

The party next teleported directly into the middle of the Bronze Citadel, Bel's fortress home. Facing down what appeared to be all of the devils in the world, the group made a deal with Bel: he'd send them back to Faerûn and restore the memories of Soren and Rusk, and they'd get the emerald skull back after tracking down and killing Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunson. The contract duly signed and witnessed, Bel sent the party back into the Western Heartlands. He also conveniently failed to mention that memory loss from immersion in the River Styx is temporary, but hey, what do you expect from the Lord of Hell?

Soren blanched as memory returned to him in a rush and he realized he'd just signed a blood oath to Bel to kill his own master. So he took up his Luckblade and teleported to Blackstaff's side. Back in the Heartlands, the rest of the party (still minus Kwalu) talked over Soren's disappearance until Soren returned with his explanation: Blackstaff does not currently find it convenient to die, thank you. After a good bit of thinking and strategizing, a plan began to emerge: trick Bel into taking a soul that did not belong to him out of the Fugue Plane by disguising it as Blackstaff's, thus getting him (Bel) in trouble with Kelemvor. Other important things realized by the group: whoever their enemy is, s/he/they: (1) like to use others as cat's paws in their own schemes; (2) wield very powerful magic; and (3) knew about the three escaped Phaerimm. Oh, and by the way Rusk your lieutenant chick is a Harper, surprise.

The party plane shifted from there into the Fugue Plane to talk their plan over with Kelemvor Himself. While He explained that Death does not negotiate, He did provide some useful support to his worshipper Aeric: (1) the phaerimm imprisonment is nearing its end, and (2) the Cult of the Dragon is His gravest concern. And since He didn't say that He *wouldn't* participate in the plan to trick Bel, exactly, Aeric took that as tacit approval and the party put the plan into action. First all of them but Soren teleported to Candlekeep, to be sure they followed the letter of the contract they'd signed. Meanwhile Soren travelled back to Blackstaff (who was not, in fact, in Candlekeep at all), and told him to go ahead with his mock death. Finally, they used Word of Recall to meet back at Rusk's desert stronghold in Anauroch.

It's a pretty clever plan that allows you to both trick the Devil into doing your bidding and simultaneously doesn't require you to do any real dirty work. Bel certainly appreciated it; after being caught in the Fugue Plane, he invaded Rusk's stronghold leading a small shock force of pit fiends and ice devils. Unfortunately for the Lord of Darkness, he got his forked tail handed to him, though unfortunately for Rusk, in the process he managed to kill dozens of Rusk's soldiers.

Finally, after Bel's aspect was slain, but before he could return to his domain, Kelemvor appeared and took possession of Bel's soul/animus. Sucks to be Bel. I wonder who the new Lord of Avernus will be during the thousand years that Bel will spend serving Kelemvor in the Fugue Plane."

Epic Realms Recap: 2/13

After resting for several hours in the makeshift magical laboratory under the deserted tomb of Akonhorus I, our heroes prepared for their trip through the portal. Soren took the emerald skull inside which Aeric was entrapped, and each hero took one of the Sigil key coins. Drawing upon the power of Tempus, Rusk performed a godly feat of strength for a rather mundane purpose, and picked up the four 500-lb. pure adamantine hammers left behind by the Tomb Tappers. Gritting their teeth, they all walked into the wall...

...and emerged into a smoke-choked alleyway in a filthy, noisy city. Despite the crowdedness of the nearby streets no one appeared to have noticed their entrance. A bout of vertigo set in as the party noticed how warped the ground was: it seemed to slope upwards in every direction, steeper and steeper, until it actually turned upside-down above them and met, far above their heads. Stranger, buildings covered every inch of the visible surface, yet somehow failed to fall from the vertical or inverted walls; and creatures could be seen far above, like tiny ants, moving about on the ceiling.

And what creatures! Rusk, growling out a warning, grabbed his axe haft and started towards the exit of the alleyway, where he had spotted under a flickering gaslight a pair of mind flayers and a beholder! Fortunately (though the party hadn't yet realized how fortunate), Soren stopped him in a flash of insight, and approached the creatures himself. Pushing aside his fears, he interrupted their conversation by introducing himself by name. After a heart-stopping moment when the beholder turned its central eye on him and all of his various magic items stopped working at once, one of the mind flayers "spoke" with him quite calmly. Beads of sweat beginning to drip down his forehead, Soren returned to the group and reported that his suspicion had been correct: the monsters weren't combative at all.

A bizarre menagerie of creatures were passing by on the street, including many that the party didn't recognize at all. Walking, slithering, floating... the crowd was more than a little disconcerting. Finally the party spotted something recognizable: a pair of elven adventurers passed by, and our heroes caught a snippet of dialogue from the dark-skinned, halfling-like creature who led them carrying a lantern swinging atop a tall pole: "...yes, my Lord, and if you'll just come this way, you'll see the Great Chamber, where the Sigil magistrates..."

Deciding the best course of action was to find another of these diminutive guides, Soren climbed up the nearest lamppost and took a better look around. Spotting a large, well-lit structure a bit further up the "wall", the party set out to what for the sake of convenience I shall call the west.

In front of the huge black marble building, lined with an arched promenade and bearing the inscription "gymnasium" in its facade (which Rusk had to spell out to Soren, not having the word in his vocabulary), our heroes suddenly realized that Kwalu had gone missing. Before they could decide what (if anything) they could do about this, they were accosted by a young orc child, Jax, who had overheard them talking about how they could find a magic shop, and offered to guide them to the market for the mere pittance of 100 gold. Startled by the youngster's brashness, the party offered instead to buy him dinner, which the urchin greedily accepted. After warning them to keep their weapons sheathed or suffer the wrath of the mysterious Lady of Pain, and procuring for them the services of a wagon to carry their adamantium hammers, Jax led them to the Grand Bazaar, a large open space in which hundreds of colorful stalls and storefronts competed for attention, merchants crying out their wares into the throngs of creatures that circulated in and around them.

Jax led the party to a large workshop on the edge of the bazaar, run by a warforged artificer named Maker and his cohort kobold sorceror Meepo. Maker explained that he didn't keep anything in stock, but that he would be happy to take commissions for any sort of armor or weapon. Hearing Rusk's description of his ideal armor, Maker did a bit of computation and announced he'd take the job for "forty." After a bit of confusion the party learned that the medium of trade in Sigil is the astral diamond, one of which could be purchased at Shemesko's moneychanging shop for about 10,000 Faerûnian gold coins. Imagine Rusk's dismay when Soren computed what this would mean to their pocketbooks.

Fortunately, Rusk shrewdly offered the party's 2,000 pounds of adamantium to Maker. This was a windfall beyond imagining; it turned out that raw materials are extremely valuable on Sigil, which has no natural resources of its own and is only reachable by portal, and Maker traded them 500 astral diamonds for the rare metal.

There followed a wild shopping spree beyond description, with Silas bounding back to the party exclaiming his triumph in managing to spend one million gold pieces. Rusk and Soren were not far behind him.

Session ends, 11:45 PM.

Paul and Nate: let me know your status for session six on Feb. 27th. You each have 100 astral diamonds sitting in the party treasury to spend (assuming you manage to rejoin the party before your souls are devoured by insane ancient spirits or living nightmares, respectively). Between now and then we'll do some roleplaying by email to resolve your subplots, if necessary.

Epic Realms Recap: 1/16

Having found and surpassed the "false tomb," our intrepid heroes descended into the Tomb of Akonhorus I proper, in search of whatever power had set a trap for Silas and Rusk back at the Golden Fleece in Skuld. After descending long, dark ramps of stone deep beneath the surface, they emerged into a huge hall, lined on each side with the mummified remains of the Pharoah's slaves. Detecting no magical auras, the party proceeded into the chamber.

From out of the darkness in front of them came a shambling sound, footsteps mixed with scraping and wet thuds. Twin emerald eyes speared our heroes, but apart from a slight feeling of stiffness in their joints, there was no effect. Shuffling forward into view appeared two horrible mockeries of the once-noble basilisk: reeking of decay and darkness, these bloated, Hell-touched undead creatures attacked the party.

As if that weren't enough, a huge undead humanoid in full armor and with empty black eyesockets (a Deathbringer) charged into battle, commanding the mummies interred on either side of the chamber to surround and destroy the intruders. The Deathbringer captain did his best to bolster his allies with waves of negative energy, but in the end he and his minions were defeated... though not before giving Rusk a few new scars to remember him by.

At the end of the 200-foot long chamber, the party discovered two side chambers, which held goods and treasure for use by the Pharoah and his servants in the afterlife, and looted them.

Passing through the portcullis at the far end of the chamber, the party next came upon a smaller room, in which stood four huge golem-like creatures. Aeric was intrigued by their age and craftsmanship; each of the blank-faced ebon giants bore an air of ancient magic, and he'd not seen their like before. His reverie was cut short, however, when the Tomb Tappers spoke directly into his mind, booming: "Get out, and bother not the King of Kings!" (At least, that's what they would have said if I'd thought about it a little more at the time.) Swinging 100-pound mauls of pure adamantine and gnashing their bizarre belly jaws at our heroes, the Tomb Tappers waded into battle.

Kwalu decided this would be an appropriate moment to call upon his greatest power, and summoned an Earth Monolith to aid him. This legendary manifestation, far larger than mere Elder Earth Elementals, quickly laid waste to the ancient automatons. Between the Monolith and the rest of the heroes, including a temporarily-empowered Bosco in the form of a Warforged Titan, the Tomb Tappers were quickly demolished; and with that, the final door to the God-King's resting place lay revealed.

Inside, the party found a large sarcophagus on a boat made of petrified wood, shielded by magical traps and wards. In the ship's hold, Silas discovered another treasure horde... and it was likewise looted.

But there's still a problem; no culprit has yet been found. There's a clue, however; the sarcophagus itself appears to be magically trapped, and the 20-foot-wide pedestal on which it sits seems almost to be hinged...

Session ends, 12:30 AM

Epic Realms Recap: 1/2

The characters approach the Tomb of Akonhorus I in the Valley of the Dead. The sandstorm that was nearby in the first session is now grown to hurricane force and is bearing down on them at over a mile a minute. A thin, dextrous man in black (Soren) pops up near the entrance to the tomb and introduces himself to the party. He's got to be pretty quick about it, as he's only got a few seconds before the storm strikes. Soren explains that he's gathering information on behalf of a third party, has been tracking Rusk, and is now interested in the tomb. Lacking time for a full discussion, Aeric teleports himself, Silas, and Soren back to Rusk's fortress in Anauroch. They're met by Rusk's second-in-command, Aerys, who recognizes Aeric and Silas. She's suspicious of Soren, but he talks to her a bit and gains her trust without much difficulty (he knows she's a Harper, and she assumes he's a Harper too).

The next morning (after praying for spells), Rusk and Kwalu arrive at the compound and shift back to the Material Plane. After a brief pause for introductions and a strategy meeting, the five adventurers teleport back to the Valley of the Dead at the tomb's entrance.

T1. Tomb Entrance

5 Dust Mephits (CR 3, MM)
5 Salt Mephits (CR 3, MM)
2 Bronze Serpents (CR 10, MM2)

Completed; Aeric laid waste to the mephits and threw acidic blood at the constructs, Kwalu called upon Fang, and shifted into a "Sand Elemental" to commence the pummeling, and despite losing his sneak attack ability versus the constructs Soren accounted quite well for himself with his adamantine dagger. Silas bounded around the desert, a flurry of hands and feet denting bronze. Rusk got a few good licks in but became the primary target for the serpents; grabbed by a serpent and crushed, he then had to fight for his life under the sands as the serpent burrowed deep below the surface. Kwalu came to his aid in his elemental form, and the serpents were finally vanquished.

T2. Guardians of the Sarcophagus

(From Book of Challenges, adapted for setting)

2 Brass Golems (CR 10, MM2) healed by fire effects
3 Iron Golems (CR 13, MM) also healed by fire effects

Completed; this puzzle trap was a heck of a lot of fun. Aeric blocked the flammable poison gas vents with a wall of force, preventing much of the mayhem that might otherwise occur when the iron golems walked on the flint floor. Silas triggered the first iron golem into combat, just as Aeric realized that only 5 of the 11 statues were golems (with his arcane sight ability). The dextrous party members leapt around the room collecting keys as Rusk held the golem back. The final two keys were blocked by the fighting iron golem, so Kwalu shifted into dire bear form and "bear rushed" the golem. 8,000 pounds of dire bear crashed into 5,000 pounds of iron golem, but Kwalu had missed his footing and rebounded from the golem, landing on and cracking the sarcophagus. This triggered the remaining four golems, all of whom attacked. The two brass golems promptly banished Rusk and Soren into extradimensional mazes, but Aeric continued to use his wand of lightning to slow the iron golems as Silas, with some quick thinking, solved the key-turning puzzle and deactivated the trap. Denouement: there is now a fog of flammable poison gas in the dip in the corridor outside room T2; the party gained some treasure from this room, including a Rod of Splendor from the figure atop the sarcophagus; the sarcophagus buried itself beneath another shelf of stone, presumably to deter further disturbance; the party realized that this "final resting place" was a facade, and found the secret panel leading to more descending stairs into the real tomb of Akonhorus.

Session ends, 12:50 AM

Aeric Twiceborn

I've posted Aeric's stats here, if anyone cares to see. He has so many damned spells, they won't all fit on the page. I'd say that makes him a "Bad Motherfucker" with or without a Bag of Holding.

Silas Wyndorf

I've posted Silas stats here, if anyone cares to see. Got everything on there but his gear, which encountered a, uh, transcription problem. I can tell you though that like Rusk, he also has a Bag of Holding that says "Bad Motherfucker".

Realms Character: Rusk

Dunmore's Horde
Though Rusk doesn't have a name for it, other than his name for the various branches with pay homage to Tempus (and were mostly refined by Lieutenant General Wildwood), others (especially the Netheril) have come to call his small army "Dunmore's Horde." It began when Rusk received a sign from his god that great conflict would be found in the great desert of Anauroch, and led him to a portal that went from the city of Waterdeep to the Fallen Giant's Rift in the desert. Rusk quickly found a tribe of Bedine battling Netheril forces, and he joined the Bedine in driving them off. He rode with that tribe for several weeks (months?), becoming a respected combat leader in their eyes, before deciding it was time to begin construction on his fortress.

Rusk quickly decided that the Empire of Netheril would provide good fodder for many battles, and that it was a force of evil akin to the Spider Queen's Drow that needed to be wiped out. To that end, he began gathering forces to his banner. With his Bedine allies, he began ambushing Zhentil caravans through the desert, for supplies and men. His earliest recruit was a cleric of Cyric who had begun having doubts about his faith and his life of evil, in whom Rusk found a soul ready for conversion. This cleric became a cleric of Tempus, and began helping Rusk build his temple in the mountains of Anauroch. With the help of this cleric, and his own martial might, Rusk managed to turn a force of two Sternhelms and 15 Stalwarts from the Zhentarim, forming the core of his standing army. He also rescued a bard who began to serve as his chamberlain when he wasn't at the base. With these men, and the help of his god, Rusk created a temple and a barracks, and began construction on the walls that would encircle his fortress.

His seat of power secured, Rusk began leading small bands out of Anauroch and into the Silver Marches and the Dalelands, launching raids against orc tribes as his father once did. During this time, he recruited several half-orcs from those tribes, including a pair of barbarians, a fighter, a rogue and a sorcerer. He viewed this as similar to what his father had done for him, taking a lawless raider out of orcish upbringing and teaching them the ways of Tempus. Rusk also went to the outpost where his father had raised him and recruited two of their half-orc higher-ups, a powerful barbarian and an intelligent, learned wizard. In many ways, these displaced half-orcs are what he considers the core of his new clan. This has caused some friction between them and some of the original troops who flocked to his banner, notably the Zhentarim.

His new clan caused him to build a clanhall, and his wizard counseled him to build a wizard's tower as well. His fortress was growing, as was his reputation, especially with his ventures into the outside world. A bandit lord from the Dalelands made his way to Anauroch, promising his own bandit forces (100 men strong) to Rusk's banner. With the dangers presented by the Netheril, Rusk eagerly accepted the bandit lord's fealty.

Rusk is a war leader, but not a king, and he has no desire to be a king. He spent a great deal of time away from his fortress, leading raids on the Netheril, Zhentil caravans and other dangers in the deserts. His loyal half-orcs, as well as messages from his god, clued him in that the bandit lord was trying to arrange a coup, turning the army to his own purposes. Most of the resources that Rusk was bringing in, instead of being put to the construction of the fortress or tithed to Tempus, were being sent to the bandit lord's own coffers. Rusk put the bandit lord to the sword, and drove out any man who wouldn't swear an oath of loyalty to Tempus and to Rusk.

Some time later, another would-be king found Rusk. An elvish lord who had been cast out from the High Forest for scheming to overthrow one of the councilors there, this elf had heard of Rusk by way of his counselor, Aerys Wildwood, and he brought his cleric, his rangers, his spies, his wizards and his archers to Rusk's service. It wasn't long before the treachery of his elvish lord, who hoped to use Rusk's forces to overthrow his rival in the High Forest, became clear to Rusk as well. In fact, Aerys Wildwood became Rusk's ally, helping him to see the elvish lord's deception, and Rusk executed this elvish lord in a trial by combat. The elves became the core of his intelligence branch, overseen by the pragmatic spymaster. The rangers joined the half-orc who had been the bandit lord's scout and who had become Rusk's blood-brother and member of his new clan, and they became the core of a new scout and hunting force. The cleric, of Corellon, converted reluctantly over to Tempus, and became the assistant to the former cleric of Cyric.

In Aerys Wildwood and her protege Lineer Girant, Rusk found what he needed. Not a would-be king, but an administrator, someone who married her intelligence to Rusk's ambition to turn his undisciplined horde into something more resembling an army. Aerys helped Rusk formalize the branches of his new force, providing everyone with more codified ranks and a change of command, and began to organize the non-battle side of having a fortress. Unknown to Rusk, Aerys had not happened upon him by chance. She is a Harper agent, as is Lineer, and she had heard of the half-orc chieftain battling the Netheril in the Anauroch wastes. The idea of guiding this force ever so slightly into a battle not for the sake of battle, but for the sake of containing the Netheril's evils, lead her to shift her plans to prevent the evil ambitions of the elvish lord she had been "serving." She thought she might have a similar job with Rusk, but after meeting him, she has realized that his wildness and bestial nature bely a basic good intent, and she is loyal to him, even if her first loyalties remain with the Harpers.

The final component of Rusk's warband came when Tempus sent holy warriors to his cause. A group of over a dozen men, all clerics of Tempus (save one paladin), had received a sign that they were to come and help Rusk in his noble cause. They became the core of his new Holy Order, absorbing his two clerical converts into their order and becoming the spiritual advisers to the entire camp.

Leadership Score 27

LEADERSHIP
General Rusk Dunmore

Lieutenant General Aerys Wildwood (his cohort)
(Needs feats, equipment, spells and bonus spells)
Female Elven Bard 10/Ranger 2/Harper 5 (CL 14)
Chaotic Good
Strength 10
Dexterity 17
Constitution 14
Intelligence 18
Wisdom 14
Charisma 18

AC 13 (without armor)
HP 113
BAB +12/+7/+2
Fort +7 (+10)
Ref +11 (+14)
Will +11 (+14)

Skills:
Bluff (Cha) +7
Concentration (Con) +7
Diplomacy (Cha) +20 (+2)
Disguise (Cha) +9
Gather Information (Cha) +20
Hide (Dex) +11
Knowledge (local) (Silver Marches) (Int) +9
(history) (Int) +9
(religion) (Int) +9
Listen (Wis) +13
Move Silently (Dex) +11
Perform (Cha) +20
Ride (Dex) +2
Sense Motive (Wis) +15 (+2)
Spot (Wis) +5
Survival (Wis) +8
Tumble (Dex) +10

Racial Abilities: Immunity to magic sleep effects, +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells or effects, low-light vision, +2 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks.

Class Abilities: Favored Enemy (Evil Outsider), Wild Empathy, Combat Style (Archery), Bardic Music (10/day), Bardic/Harper Knowledge (+21), Countersong, Fascinate (4 creatures), Inspire Courage +2, Inspire Competence, Suggestion (DC 19), Inspire Greatness, Deneir's Eye (+3 sacred bonus on saves vs. glyphs, runes and symbols), Lliira's Heart (+2 sacred bonus on saves vs. compulsion/fear effects), Tymora's Smile (+2 luck bonus on one saving throw/day, after die is rolled), Lurue's Voice (Speak with animals (CL 5) 3/day), Mystra's Boon (+2 sacred bonus on all saves vs. spells)

Weapon Proficiencies: simple weapons, martial weapons, whip, light armor, shields

Feat Abilities: +2 on Fort/Will saves vs. death effects, energy drain and ability drain (Strong Soul)

Feats: Negotiator, Rapid Shot, Strong Soul, Track, Weapon Finesse, 3 others

Spells: (Per Day/Known) (+ bonus spells)
0 - 4/6
1 - 3/4
2 - 3/4
3 - 3/4
4 - 3/4
5 - 1/3

Languages: Common, Elven, Orc, Chondathan, Netherese, Gnoll

Major Lineer Gerant (Her protege) Male Elven Bard 2/Rogue 1

HOLY ORDER OF TEMPUS (Religion)
Some time after he killed the elven lord, a group of pilgrims sent by Tempus came to his banner to help with his organization.
Colonel Belaver Stormhand (Human Cleric of Tempus 5)
Captain Human Paladin 4
Captain Human Cleric 3
Lieutenant Human Cleric 3 - (Former Zhentil Cleric of Cyric)
Sergeant Human Cleric of Tempus 2 (Field Chaplain)
Sergeant Elven Cleric of Tempus 2 (formerly Corellon, from Elven Lord)
(10) 1st level Clerics of Tempus

FIST OF TEMPUS (Military)
*The majority comes from a human bandit lord who tried to turn Rusk's growing army into a bandit raiding party for his own wealth - Rusk figured out that he was sending the tithes away for his own good, and took his head off
Colonel Kevrrak (Half-Orc Barbarian 5) (Recruited from Shadowdale, from his father's outpost)
Captain Half-Orc Fighter 3 - Master at Arms (Survivor of Orc tribe raid)
Sergeant Elven Fighter 2 - Archery Commander (From Elvish Lord)
Sternhelm Human Fighter 2 - Drill Sergeant, Zhentil Sternhelm
Sergeant Half-Orc Barbarian 2 (Field Commander, Survivor of Orc tribe raid)
Sergeant Half-Orc Barbarian 2 (Field Commander, Survivor of Orc tribe raid)
30 Bedine Cavalry (Fighter 1)
30 Elven Archers (Warrior 1)
1 Zhentil Sternhelm (Fighter 1)
12 Zhentil Stalwarts (Warrior 1)
3 Bandit Corporals (Fighter 1)
27 Bandit Privates (Warrior 1)
5 Specialty Troops (Fighter 1)

GRASP OF TEMPUS (Scouts/Hunters)
Colonel Graven (Half-Orc Ranger 4/Bloodhound 2 (Complete Adventurer) (Was Bandit Lord's scout)
Captain Elven Ranger 4 - Bounty Hunter's second (Elvish Lord's scout)
Lieutenant Half-Elf Ranger 3 - Bounty Hunter's operative (Elvish Lord)
Lieutenant Human Ranger 2 - Bounty Hunter's operative (Bandit Lord)

EYES OF TEMPUS (Intelligence)
After the bandit king was killed, a disgraced elven lord wanted to use Rusk's organization to retake his kingdom, but his adviser (the bard) clued Rusk into the evil goals, and Rusk killed him, many of his followers and recruited the rest. Most of them make up the branch of his intelligence service (which Aerys and Lineer watch very carefully, and they know all of them well), but he also has a cadre of archers and some wizards
Colonel Elven Rogue 5/Spymaster 1 (Complete Adventurer) - Head of Intelligence (Was head of intelligence for elvish lord)
Captain Elven Rogue 3 - Spy (Former Elvish Lord spymaster)
Lieutenant Half-Orc Rogue 2 - Spy/Assassin (Survivor of Orc Tribe raid)
Lieutenant Elven Rogue 2 - Spy (Former Elvish Lord spy)

ARCANE ORDER OF TEMPUS
Made up of the remnants of the wizardly orders of the elvish and human bandit kings, with a combat magician and scribe that Rusk recruited - the Chamberlain also oversees the servants, who are under this organizational umbrella
Captain Human Bard 4 - Chamberlain (Rescued from Zhentil slave caravan)
Lieutenant Half-Orc Wizard 4 - Scribe & Arcane Advisor (Tempus Worshipper)
First Sergeant Half-Orc Sorcerer 2 - Combat Magician
Sergeant Human Wizard 2 - Researcher (from Bandit King)
Sergeant Elven Wizard 3 - Alchemist (from Elvish Lord)
10 Cooks
3 Smiths (Armorer, Blacksmith, Weaponsmith)
4 Grooms
Bowyer/Fletcher