- Explores the wilderness around Kebi village.
- Arrives at one thorp Chut, near a large lake, and discovers the villagers are being used as shock troops by one bandit troupe at threat to their loved ones.
- Learns that a bandit troupe turf war is ongoing, with one troupe having tunneled their way into the village, and the other coming anyday now with scouts.
- Learning of their troubles, he helps redirect bandit scouts of one troop elsewhere, then poses as a scout himself.
- Arms the villagers with slings, and comes to challenge the troop hidden out in the village underground.
- Puts up a set dressing of villager clothes, scarecrows (face down), and berry juice to seem as if he had slain all the villagers.
- Fights the bandits who emerge with villagers hidden pelleting them with slings and slays all the bandits.
- When the other troupe arrives to the village after delay due to poor scouting directions from earlier, proceeds to do the same.
- Is thanked by the villagers given the end of the turf war, and moves on.
- Travels further west to a cave, and is hunted down by multiple rust monsters.
- Runs to a lava chasm at the entrance of the dungeon and uses the Rope of Climb to rise up as the monsters plunge to their deaths - but not before one snags his magic sword Knutsvar!
- Manages to climb down the rope and escape the dungeon - only to be grabbed and whisked into a portal by the Greek god Hermes!
- Arrives onto the city of Coristea, where Hermes reveals that one King Belepharon, the favored of Zeus, needs a hero to go and find the great Minotaur - and in return, Hermes promises one boon to aid Badger in the quest.
- Wishes for a magic sword, and is gifted on Deathwish, a blade of magic wishes that consumes the wielder's soul for each wish granted.
- Meets on Queen Pasiphae who tells him to travel to the town of Tomis and meet with her brother Parmenion, giving him a red jewel to prove his connection to her, and to have him as a guide to the Minotaur's tomb.
- Travels to Tomis, and on his way sees one priestess Melissa hiding from a corrupted Magical Bull.
- Uses his broom to whisk Melissa away, who thanks him for saving her, but requests him to kill the bull as he desecrates the shrine to Artemis.
- Flies over to try and fight the bull, but starts getting mauled as his cursed blades turns out to be quite useless.
- Requests Hermes to remove the blade from him, which Hermes does with noted mischief, noting some lesson on hubris and wishing beyond his means.
- Requests Hermes to restore his former lost blade Knutsvar, which Hermes is able to do - but Knutsvar is deformed and in the state of disrepair, with one bad hit potentially ruining it forever.
- Manages to still use Knutsvar to kill the Magical Bull, and is greeted by Artemis herself, who offers him some magic items.
- Refuses the magic items, and requests her to help him fix the blade - which she does by taking it to the forge of Hephaestus himself and having him reforge Knutsvar for Badger.
- While waiting learns Melissa is a priestess of Artemis, and is willing to join him on the quest to the tomb.
- Receives a now fixed Knutsvar, thanking Artemis, and travels with Melissa to Tomis.
- Meets Parmenion, and gives him the jewel - and he agrees to travel with Badger and Melissa to the tomb as well.
- With retainers Melissa, Parmenion, Pylos and Melanos, Parmenion's friends, the contingent sets out from Tomis to travel to the Tomb of the Bull King.
Current Level: Badger 13
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