After the defeat of the Bandit King, the seizure of his ill gotten fortress, and the dissolution of the remainder of his army in the Greenbelt our Heroes have finally completed their original Charter from the Sword Lords of Restov! This is an accounting of what happens in the wake of the Stag Lords death throughout the Greenbelt!
David Knettles, Knettles Crossing: After depositing the head of the Staglord into the river at Knettles Crossing our Heroes witness what is left of the Staglords Soul be dragged down river by ghostly hands. The faint image of David Knettles and the Stag Lord tangle and entwine before disappearing entirely. After a moment, the water near the western shore rises like a giant hand onto the banks before depositing a pile of loot and retreating back, our Heroes can almost feel the river itself sigh with relief as the ominous feeling the once permeated the area finally fades...
Treasure:---> As a last thank you to our Heroes David Knettles has gifted them the remainder of his worldly possessions. Sitting in a pile on the western bank is a +1 Ghost Touch Ransuer and a Quick Runner's Shirt.
Oleg's Trading Post: Upon returning to Oleg's our Heroes are greeted with the cheers and congratulations those that call the Greenbelt home. It seems as though all the hunters, trappers, small time traders and rural homesteaders throughout the area have gathered together to ensure their saviors a true Heroes welcome. A party is thrown and celebrations ensue , and even Bokken has turned up to down a glass with the victors who finally ended the Stag Lord!
Besides Akiros and Auchs, 14 Bandits have survived the battle against the Stag Lord. Oleg and Kesten argue heatedly as to the legality of allowing the surviving bandit prisoners a chance to turn a new leaf. Oleg believes they should be put to the Rope to the man for their man and varying crimes while Kesten argues that our Heroes decision to allow the bandits a chance at a new life was the least he and Oleg could do to repay their debt. After speaking with Granny Fenwil, Rhodan and Akiros at length, and being promised that the redemption of the Bandits would be overseen closely by Rhodan Oleg finally reluctantly agrees and gives the remaining bandits positions at the Trading Post. Akiros in particular asks permission to be allowed a position among Kestens guardsmen in order to ensure the remaining bandits stay in lne, particularly Auchs who he claims can be somewhat difficult to control... Rhodan agrees to this as he can see that Akiros is done running from the crimes he has commited.
Once the celebration dies down and the bandits are delt with Oleg pulls the Charter Bearers to the side to discuss the future with them. While they were away Oleg was informed that the Swordlords of Brevoy had announced their intent to attempt to colonize the newly stabilized area of the Greenbelt, and that the Swordlords are sending an offical Envoy here to meet the Charter Bearers and assess the curent status of the Lands. Through experience and well placed contacts with the political workings of Brevoy Oleg has guessed that the purpose of the Envoy is really to determine the aptitude of the men and women responsible for taming the Greenbelt, namely all of you! Oleg believes that the the Swordlords do not wish to commit more assets to the Greenbelt than necessary and are hoping to award the Colonization Charter to the areas current Heroes!
For obvious reasons Oleg has taken a liking to all of you and hopes to help you earn the rights of Colonization rather than letting it fall to some snob of a nobleman. As such Oleg informs you that if you can sufficiently impress the Envoy qnd prove to them your capabilities as leaders the new Charter is sure to be yours!
The Temple of Erastil: After hearing the tale of the Stag Lords fall and the situation involving Nugrah, The Decrepit Jhod and Jack both fully agree to aid Granny Fenwill and Sanari in helping the crazed old man recovering his mind. Jhod becoes particularly interested in the seeming corruption of the Stag Helm and comes up with a theory. He believes that the Artifact was once somehow connected to the High Priest of Erastil that once ran the Temple here in the Greenbelt. He believes that when the High Priest fell from grace and was cursed to live as the immortal bear, Erastils wrath and anger came to the Priest through the Stag Helm and that some trace of that hatred has remained in the Helm, corrupting all those that wore it... Jhod seems saddened by the thought of the Stag Lord having lived such a life and muses whether or not the Stag Lord would have somehow been good hearted without the corruption from the Stag Helm...
Regardless Jhod fully believes that a ritual exists to cleanse the Stag Helm of Old Deadeyes hate... though any such ritual would have been lost to history long ago... it will be difficult to recover such ancient magics...
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