Lonesome Wanderings, Session 64

 In which Badger...

• Travels to the court of King Ericall with levied forces to fight a troupe of levied frost giants (along with other members of the court), only to find out that one independent King Yarrick of Oceansend had negotiated a peace deal with the giants...and made an ally with them in the process.
• Heads to the Ruins of Alinor with the bugbear death squad of 50 bugbears, an ancient dungeon with hidden treasures.
• Hides from some freeing frost giants, and discovers the corpses of others.
• Avoids some giant scorpions munching on a frost giant corpse.
• Finds a bronze golem guarding the entrance to the palace and manages to, using his Rope of Climb and the bugbears, destroy the golem.
• Discovers a large golden dragon guarding the palace, and collapses the palace roof onto the creature burying it. 
• Loots the ruins for 2 large, expensive golden doors and a hefty pile of gold.
• Explores the Dungeon of Kyell, another old dungeon with hidden loot.
• Teams up with the red dragon Old Smokeynose to take out a beholder guarding the loot, and splits the take with the wily red dragon, gaining an ally.
• Flees from various frost giants and trolls in the rest of the dungeon.
• Is chased out of the dungeon itself by the wight of one Kyell, the namesake of the dungeon, fleeing and hiding in the wood.
• Meets up with his bugbear squad in the woods, when he happens upon one barbarian chief Barkal singlehandedly holding his own against a massive earth elemental.
• Directs his troops to help the barbarian, and they manage to bring down the earth elemental.
• Discovers the elemental was conjured by a magic user, tracking them down to discover one Madeira, vizier in the court of King Ericall.
• Learns from her that she was trying to eliminate the barbarians to gain favor in the king's eyes without him knowing.
• Blackmails her to silence and gains a secret ally in the barbarian horde of the woods.
• Returns to his Keep with instructions to start developing the small village of Kebi into a larger town, which will take many seasons.
• Receives invitation of King Ericall to one Christina Marie Alanira from Alphatia, with the wedding to be held over the summer.

Current Level: Badger 12