Lonesome Wanderings, Session 52

 In which Badger...

• Joins an expedition to explore some looted remains, fights a gelatinous cube, and fights a strange floating magical orb. 
• Celebrates his 29th birthday in his keep.
• Manages to calms the Hedonista faction down to a supportive faction, renamed the Peace Escrits, led by Maiden and the Tea Bogeys and working in his keep.
• Hires a group of copper miners along the Lost Coast, who plan on going on a mining expedition.
• Mourns Thenige, the Sun acolyte who died in the Wicked City
• Journeys to the Lost Coast, fights some cultists, investigates a cult town, manages to crack the code of a strange bird, captures and interrogates a bugbear, and schemes versus the Dark Lord of the Lost Coast.
• Explores and discovers a camp of 4 Ettins in the land around his keep.
• Manages to, after multiple expeditions, take out all of the Ettins, with the help of the goblin shaman Gogmurt, who unfortunately passes in the final battle.
• Discovers a coal shortage in the lands around his keep, and notes some minor crop shortages but nothing major yet.
• Hears from the Walsh Gang that they have laid roots in Endon and rides out to visit them.
• On his journey, comes across a Tian Xia army led by his rival the Ruby Phoenix attacking his allies the Bear Tribe.
• Joins the battle and helps turn the tide, coming to a head with a one on one battle with the Ruby Phoenix.
• Fights to an inch of his life but defeats the Ruby Phoenix, chopping off her head. 
• Rides with the Bear Tribe to Tian Xia to declare the death of their empress - only to arrive to a kingdom in flames!
• Meets with some survivors - led by his former tournament allies Tino's Toughest - who let him know the Wicked City, led by the Wicked King, is on a campaign to expand and take over the rest of the world.
• Offers a refuge for the Tian Xia in his keep, and makes plans to meet with allies to discuss the Wicked City's war.
• Takes a brief detour to to the world of Infinite Threads, where he joins a nameless void monk and Princess Aster exploring the seas, facing some Stormwulves, and coming face to face with a sea monster before taking his leave.

Current Level: Badger 9