(Ricror) Assault on Splinterskull

Continuing our adventures on Elite, we completed:

Chapter 5: The Deadly Package
You brought ingredients for a deadly poison to Lhor-Tragu, an assassin hidden in Splinterskull.  Unfortunately, he was discovered and killed by the witch doctor Zulkash before he could carry out his mission.

All I can say to that is "oops".

Chapter 6: Doom of the Witch-doctor
In retaliation for the death of Lhor-Tragu, you infiltrated Splinterskull and slew Zulkash, the hobgoblin chief's brother and witch-doctor.  You also destroyed the totem that gave him power.

And all I can say there is "Neener" :)  And then finally...

Chapter 7: The Last Move
While Ungurz's hobgoblins drew away much of Splinterskull's garrison, you broke into the fort one last time and laid low Chief Yarkuch and his war-masters.

That wasn't as easy as it sounds on elite - we managed through, though!  We had a few hirelings and pets along for the battle, so that helped.

Resolution:  Splinterskull has fallen.  Chief Yarkuch lies dead, and Ungurz is now lord of all the hobgoblin clans.  Because of your roll in this, you are now counted as a friend of the Dargull goblinfolk.

Hope they remember that!

(Ricror) Assault on Splinterskull

Chapter 4: Whisperdoom's Spawn
The spider-mother known as Whisperdoom had been giving her brood to Splinterskull in exchange for prisoners to eat.  You spoiled that alliance by destroying her precious egg sacs.

Side note: on Elite, Whisperdoom was 6 levels above us.  We couldn't hurt her.  We killed 3 of her daughters and 20 egg sacs, but there was no way we were going to get rid of her.

Chapter 5: The Deadly Package
You brought ingredients for a deadly poison to Lhor-Tragu, an assassin hidden in Splinterskull.  Unfortunately, he was discovered and killed by the witch-doctor Zulkash before he could carry out his mission.

Another side note: We did manage to fee a Fleshrender the orcs had caged - which in turn defeated a bunch of orcs.  Since we are going back, figured it might help to thin the enemy a bit :)

(Ricror) Assault on Splinterskull

Chapter 1: First Strike
At the behest of Chief Ungurz, you struck the first blow in the war against his rival Varkuch.  Breaking into the fortress of Splinterskull, you slew twenty of Yarkuch's hobgoblins, scoring an early victory against the garrison there.

Chapter 2: The Hobgoblins' Captives
You rescued the Reach-folk from the dungeons of Splinterskull, allowing them to bring word of Chief Yarkuch's treachery back to the surface.

Chapter 3: Yarkuch's War-plans
You foiled the Skuller's counterattack by infiltrating their fort once ore and stealing the war-plans from their tacticians.

(Ricror) Tangleroot Gorge

Since we didn't have a whole lot of time left for our gaming day, we just decided to visit all the exploration points and see if we could kill all the rare monsters in the Gorge.

So we did :)

(Ricror) The Seal of Shan-To-Kor

Chapter 2: Halls of Shan-To-Kor

The Kobold's Blockade
You survived the trap-infested Halls of Shan-To-Kor and retrieved the Seal of Shan-To-Kor after defeating its guardian.  You then returned the seal to the surface and brought it to Wayfinder Dael. 


She sent the seal to Sharn, where she promised it would be safely hidden away from the Giants who would use it to reconstitute their terrible empire.




After that, we headed off to Tangleroot Gorge to see what needed to be done!

(Ricror) The Seal of Shan-To-Kor

Something everyone does in DDO at least once!

Chapter 1: The Cloven-jaw Scourge

The Kobold's Blockade
Wayfinder Dael has asked you to retrieve the Seal of Shan-To-Kor.  She believes the leader of the Cloven-jaw hobgoblins knows of its whereabouts.

To reach the Cloven-jaw tribe, you must first enter the Steam Tunnels.  Somewhere in the depths of these tunnels is a Kobold's Blockade.  You must fight through it to reach the Cloven-jaw hobgoblins on the other side.

Kobodls, spiders, hobgoblins... oh my.  Total deaths: 10.  It was all the spell casters throwing flame strikes around that definitely did us in.  I did manage to level up to 6 on Ricror.


Caverns of Shaagh
Defeat the leader, Hetman Shaagh, and retrieve anything that might reveal how to enter the Halls of Shan-To-Kor.

Total Deaths in our party: 6 (3 each).  Otherwise, we killed 3 Ogres, 3 Hobgoblin Witch Doctors, 2 Large Earth Elementals, 75 Hobgoblin Guards, and 1 Hetman Shaagh.  We grabbed his notes and ran.  Back to town to repair, sell, and think about how we're going to survive the Halls of Shan-To-Kor.

(Ricror) The Sharn Syndicate - Conclusion

..continuing where we left off last week.

Binds of Blood
Coin Lord Amanatu sent you to stop the Sharn Syndicate's scheme to extort money from merchants by holding their families hostage.

Find and speak to Olistair Binder, the current victim of this scheme.

The Binder Home
You met Olistair Binder, who is being forced to give the Sharn Syndicate hs life savings in order to release his captive family.  Olistair would rather pay you to rescue his family than trust the Syndicate to release them.

On elite, the Binder home has some nasty traps in front of the family member's private rooms' doors.  We hired a rogue to help with that, but we still died at least once each.  We did eventually rescue the entire family, though.

Stolen Property
Coin Lord Amanatu sent you to appease a dragon named Kear.  He's the rightful owner of the Stormreaver Fresco, which Zircon tricked you into helping him steal.

Repossession
Kear of Argonessen, the rightful owner of the Stormreaver Fresco fragment, told you that Zircon is hiding the fresco in Goldstone Manor.

Payback time!  In addition to the Fresco, he had a bunch of other stolen artwork, which we retrieved with the help of our rogue hireling (he disabled all the traps protecting them)  Oh, and we kicked Zircon's butt, too.  You returned the Fresco to Kear of Argonessen and cleared your name.

Gangs of Stormreach
After helping Coin Lord Amanatu weaken the Sharn Syndicate, their leader in Stormreach is finally exposed.  Amanatu's spymaster, Madhand Mulvaney, has concoted a plan to eliminate Talon Darsin, the Sharn Syndicate Overlord.

Come Out and Slay
Madhand Julvaney told you that the Sharn Syndicate has a set up a meeting to unite all the gangs of Stormreach.  He wants you to infiltrate this meeting and assassinate the Syndicate representative.  The meeting will take place at the Tenements.

We managed to forge an alliance with one of the local gang leaders, so when we put the smack down on Talon, we'd have at least a little muscle.  Even with his help, we died a few times - Elite is NOT a cakewalk through the Tenements (at least not on-level and duo).  We were victorious, however!

Working with Coin Lord Amanatu, you impeded the Sharn Syndicate's various operations in Stormreach.  This forced the Sharn Overlord, Talon Darsin, into the open.  You assassinated him, thereby destroying the Sharn Syndicate's presence in Stormreach once and for all.