SESSION 1 (published 01/13/2013)

The party meets and discusses their plans at the Laughing Minotaur Inn in Heliogabolus regarding Reaver Hall.  Calipheros "mispeaks" and says that they require representatives of at least four of the five original Reaver bloodlines.  Cassim recognizes that there is more here than meets the eye, but keeps his concerns to himself.

As the night wears on a group of local thugs pick a fight with the heroes, taking exception to the prescence of a drow.  The thugs are quickly, and brutally dispatched.  The party flees into the night and finds another inn to spend the night.

They leave at first light for Bloodstone Village where they will secure their writ of passage into Vaasa.  The journey to Bloodstone Village is uneventful, this being a testament to the lawful rule of King Gareth Dragonsbane and the paladin order of the Golden Cup.  When they reach Bloodstone it is late in the evening and Calipheros leaves the party to their own devices as he goes to secure the writ of passage from a local bureaucrat.  Cassim follows Calipheros only to learn that the bureaucratic office in question is open even at this late hour.  Adventuring in Vaasa is brisk business!

Meanwhile Aunrae, Calista, and Torvaagh are ambushed in the streets by a huge undead spider called a Deathweb.  They fight a pitched battle but manage to prevail.  During the fight Cassim rejoins the party while fighting a drow priestess of Kiaransalee.  After the deathweb is destroyed the priestess of Kiaransalee flees, but not before telling the party that her "mistress" will not let them succeed in their mission.

Soon after the battle the party is arrested by Knights of the Golden Cup, taken to the Royal Palace, and interrogated.  Finally they are brought to a well-appointed study where they are reunited with Calipheros.  Eventually they are joined by Kane the Grandmaster of the Order of the Yellow Rose, an order dedicated to Illmater.  Kane who was one of the original members, and now seneschal, of King Gareth Dragonbane's adventuring group that destroyed the Witch King Zhengyi, said that if the heroes are able to recapture Reaver Hall and secure the town of Reavers Rest they would be considered for royal titles and land grands for their efforts.

With writ in hand the group travelled to the Vaasan Gate where they found a varitable tent city of adventurers staging for forays in to the Vaasan waste.  They were met by Rikkard the Fair, Commander of the Vaasan Gate, and were given a search and destroy mission as a means of vetting themselves before given free passage into the Vaasan wilds.  The session ends with the party in Vaasa facing off against a band of savage goblins, Bugbears, and a wooley rhionceros riding Ogre.