In which Badger...
- Flees the assassin vines around the Temple of Irori.
- Burns the vines with flasks of oil bought from the stone market.
- Steals a healing potion from an animal statue in the sparring ground south of the temple.
- Purchases a large number of healing potions before setting out into the jungles of Danger Island.
- Travels around Danger Island looking for silver feathers.
- Runs from mantis den and a mammoth turtle fighting a giant python.
- Gets challenged by the Cloud Jesters, a 2 person samurai and ninja team.
- Beats the Cloud Jesters by cutting the ropes on a rope bridge, dropping them into a chasm in the mountain battle ground and winning their three silver feathers.
- Explores an abandoned prison only to run into a group of Iron Ring operatives, searching for the tapestry that Badger has!
- Beats the Iron Ring operatives, sneaks past some iron golems, and steals both two silver feathers and treasures of a team killed by the Iron Ring in the abandoned prison.
- Gets yet another challenge by the Glowing Embers, a desperate mage illusionist team bidding their last silver feather after two previous defeats.
- Beats the Glowing Embers first slaying and then drowning the mages in a pool in the ruins battle site, taking their one silver feather.
- Sells off the loot acquired from the first day on Danger Island at stone market.
- Returns back to the Temple of Irori to rest for the night, having earned 9 out of 10 required feathers from exploring Danger Island.
Current Level: Badger 8
In which Badger...
- Explores the Temple of Irohi further with his hired orc party and Ahmitar.
- Lures some giant spiders into a spectral monk trap to disable the trap, then loots the area.
- Avoids various other traps to retrieve 2 silver feathers to qualify for the tournament.
- Splits the party, with the orcs running outside while Badger and Ahmitar head deeper into the temple, to escape the catoblepas that lurked in a pool in the temple.
- Fights off some ticks but gets extremely hurt and diseased in the process.
- Forgives and gifts the ghost of the wailing monk leader to trick her into giving them the 3rd silver feather.
- Dons the dead monk leader's clothes to trick a massive statue into giving them the Phoenix Necklace to finish off the qualification requirements of the tournament (as well as some more loot).
- Waits for the catoblepas to leave the temple before rushing to the safe courtyard to rest up and tally loot.
- Meets with Tino's Toughest, who graciously Lay on Hands to heal him up and cure his disease.
- Sells off the loot at the stone market, avoiding any teams that could potentially challenge them to a fight.
- Reunites with the orcs in the courtyard, who let him know of assassin vines surrounding the periphery of the temple.
Current Level: Badger 7
In which Badger...
- Decides to put a hold on the tapestry and join the Ruby Phoenix Tournament being held.
- Fails to recruit a retainer in Threshold even offering numerous perks.
- Hires 3 orc mercenary siblings - Tom the spearman, Bom the swordsman, and Lilom the archer.
- Sails to tropical Danger Island off the coast, where the qualification round for the tournament takes place.
- Runs into his ex-retainer Spindle, who's formed his own team with the Top Shots, with Sebastian a glum journeyman, Lord Barkley a habitual statesman, and Alana a miserly swordswoman - competing for the prize as well! Things just got personal.
- Tours the rest of Danger Island with the tour guide Ingdani, including the nearest fighting arena, the store market (where challenges often occur), and the Temple of Irohi where his team is to stay - once they clear it out.
- Bumps into Tino's Toughest who give him a friendly good luck and pat on the back, not seeing him as much of a threat.
- Avoids some spiders outside the entrance to the Temple of Irohi.
- Explores the entrance to the temple and meets Ahmitar, a priest boy who's been caring for it.
- Befriends Ahmitar, who offers to show them around the temple, fill them in on the dangers, and bless his allies weapons so they can kill the ghosts haunting the temple.
- Clears out the courtyard with his hired orcs by killing some ghosts haunting it.
- Sells off some loot found in the temple courtyard, avoiding other challenging teams and getting some gold in the process, and taking a few minutes to rest before continuing to explore.
Current Level: Badger 7
In which Badger...
- Starts his journey to the city of Threshold via the Shutturga River on the Mudlark, a river boat.
- Travels on the Mudlark passes rolling hills, high peaks, and vast plains over the next 2 days to the city. Various caves, ruins, and other landmarks are seen on the shore.
- Spots some followers at a distance, who flee when the Mudlark gets closer to them.
- Flees the Scange, a group of riverboat pirates that ambush the Mudlark.
- Sees a strange flying carpet going over the plains on the second day of travel, and is informed by the Mudlark captain that it was made by Cardia, a merchant who specializes in magic items.
- Arrives at the city of Threshold, which seems to be hosting a fighting tournament of sorts.
- Spars Tino, a warrior monk, in a friendly practice sparring match and while getting some hits in, is summarily beaten with a pat on the back.
- Buys some plate armor for himself to be more protected, selling off his leather.
- Rests healing up for a month and three weeks in a city room, while learning more about the city and getting acquainted with it.
- Decides to make a visit to the magic item merchant Cardia and see if she can help unravel the strange tapestry and needle/thread he has from Sukisyn.
Current Level: Badger 7
In which Badger...
- Feasts and celebrates with Pytor's clan and discusses next steps.
- Joins Stephan to travel to the elven stronghold of Rifflian to sell of some horses and go from there to Threshold to investigate the tapestry.
- Hides from a passing by goblin warband.
- Meets with the cunning merchant Akihitos, who sells him information on Golthar being spotted in Kelvin, a strange dark woman searching for him hired by the Iron Ring, and that the Duke's daughter ran away with a guard captain.
- Bribes some orc scouts to bypass their lair.
- Attempts to investigate the Vault of the Void One, an abandoned mine but is scared away by an infestation of giant eagles within the strange vault with gearworks, portcullises, and dripping idols of long dead gods.
- Hides from some Iron Ring reavers before getting information that they are looking for him as well from a bribed ferryman.
- Ferries across the Vologa River to the Shutturga River before transferring to a Gnome Ferry.
- Stays at a Gnome Hostel the night before leaving on the Gnome Ferry.
- Sees a strange cloaked figure watching him and Stephan hurriedly leave the Gnome Hostel before he can speak to them.
- Ferries across the Shutturga River to the base of some mountains nearing Rifflian.
- Encounters Loshad the Chevall, who requests him to help deal with an Iron Ring camp in the mountains who have tied up and beaten horses (and also have human and goblin slaves too).
- Gets accosted by the hooded figure from the hostel while speaking with Loshad - the Iron Ring spy Askil and 7 Iron Ring operatives.
- Flees from the Iron Ring as a Hydra emerges from the Shutturga River, the commotion waking it. It's multiple heads roar in fury causing chaos and killing some horses and Iron Ring operatives.
- Arrives at the Iron Ring slave camp per Loshad's directions - only to find Askil the spy survived and the reavers and goblins are prepared.
- Defeats the Iron Ring reavers and slays Askil, freeing the horses and slaves - but at the cost of Stephan's life. Stephan's body is buried in the mountains and respects are paid.
- Travels the rest of the way to Rifflian without incident with a pleased Loshad's guidance.
- Sells off some horses to the elven locals in Rifflian, including a local ferryman elf, and bargains the rest off the cunning merchant Akihitos for some coin.
- Meets a contact of Pyotr in Rifflian and splits the profit with them, to deliver to Susikyn while he heals up from his injuries.
- Pays for a city room and meals and rests for a month and a week in Rifflian healing up, during which time he receives a sorrowful thanks from Pyotr from Susykin for selling off the horses.
- Prepares for the next leg of his journey to get the strange tapestry studied by looking for means to travel to the city of Threshold.
Current Level: Badger 7
In which Badger...
- Visits some lush grapevines, collects some tasty grapes, and chats with Loshad the Chevall who is there to check up on him and Joe the Free Horse.
- Flees some Iron Ring operatives waiting in ambush at the Vologa River.
- Hides from a goblin army of nearly 50 goblins marching in the plains along the Vologa River.
- Arrives at the Ruins of Xitaqa following Loshad's directions
- Tames a couple of Rock Baboons near the entrance of the ruins with some rations.
- Kills some giant bats that attack as he scouts around the ruins.
- Copies some goblin symbols onto a cloth that stand for various goblin tribes.
- Convinces some Yellow Fang goblin guards that he is a slave envoy of another goblin tribe showing them the copied symbols.
- Bribes Yellow Fang goblin king Plak with some tasty grapes, healing potions, and the cloth symbols to show him slave goods for his "master's" perusal.
- Gets escorted by a goblin up to meet the last remaining slave in the ruins, special prisoner of Master Golthar of the Iron Ring.
- Is attacked by a Minotaur as Golthar, expecting foul play, flees from the area.
- Defeats the Minotaur one on one, and frees the lone slave - Stephen, Pyotr's brother!
- Upon Stephen's insistence, goes up to Golthar's lair, breaking in and avoiding traps searching for the mage.
- Attacks Golthar when Stephen discovers him hidden behind a tapestry, bringing the mage down to the brink of death.
- Loses the mage as Golthar escapes, blasting a hole into the side of the tower and flies off with illusions obfuscating which direction he traveled in.
- Loots Golthar's lair, finding potions, amulets, gold and a strange magical needle and thread.
- Learns from Stephen that the needle and thread when mixed with a tapestry at Sukisyn would reveal some sort of secret.
- Grapples down the tower from the blasted hole in the wall to avoid the goblins, escaping the ruins of Xitaqa.
- Returns with Stephen back to Sukisyn.
- Spends the next month selling off the loot and resting up, preparing to investigate the strange tapestry with the magical needle and thread once fully healed.
Current Level: Badger 7
In which Badger...
- Flees from some Iron Ring operatives by disturbing a stirge nest to distract them.
- Digs a pit traps with explosives and lures out Bailakask and her wolf minions.
- Blows up half of Bailakask's minions and severely injures the werewolf.
- Downs Bailakask as her minions flee - but is knocked unconscious just as he downs her.
- Wakes up tied up in Vlack the Hobgoblin King's slave cart, guarded by some goblins with other slaves.
- Hears the sound of hoofbeats as Joe - whom Vlack had missed - and Loshad the Chevall emerge from the forest with some centaurs to take out Vlack and his minions!
- Reunites with Joe as Loshad tells him that it was Joe who insisted on saving Badger saying that he'd fulfilled the bargain of taking out the werewolves and was in danger.
- Frees Joe, who was now Joe the Free Horse, to fulfill his deal with Loshad.
- Asks Joe if he would still want to accompany him on his adventures - to which Joe whinnies yes!
- Gets directions to the Ruins of Xitaqa (where Stephen was likely being held) from Loshad.
- Heads back to town with Joe to rest up and prepare for the journey to the Ruins of Xitaqa.
Current Level: Badger 6
