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From the Journal of Erha of Kush

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 When I first arrived in this land, I had no hope of returning to my life in Kush. Though I had been branded a traitor, I still longed to return to my life outside these accursed lands. Strung up and left to die on a sandblasted crucifix, I thought of all the cruel ways to get revenge while I began to rot away. Until a mysterious stranger, whom I now know is Conan, the legendary warrior king, freed me and gave me a chance to prove my strength to myself and the world. Not long after, I found my way to a fertile river and came across a couple of women warriors, Riven and Sabine. Instead of becoming rivals, we became friends and bonded over our love of bloodlust and women.  The three of us made our way to the lush highlands north of the desert, away from the omnipresent Sandstorm that regularly sweeps the land. I've explored most of the lands bound by this strange glowing death wall and found a few safe harbors where other exiles have come to accept their fate and try to thrive b...
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Previously on The Gathering Shadow

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 Last time, The Rat Pack left Crankshaft behind for the gem and capital of the Soluene Empire, Elthaya. But dark clouds were on the horizon for our heroes as a storm enveloped them, bringing a flight of dragons! With Gruhk set to pounce and Kexing set to puree the airship with its crew survived the stormy night. Will there be only clear skies in the future for our heroes? Will they have enough poise and regality for their Imperial Summons? Each time Yalth brings a bag of holding into his pocket dimension is an entire universe destroyed? Find out tonight, on... The Gathering Shadow!
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We are not a group of murder hobos

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 Last time, the group lured the entire duergar fortress into the main courtyard, and Kexing eliminated over half of the duergar singlehandedly. This week, the group explored the now empty (or so we thought) fortress. Went around and found murder staircase and was SURE there was a door but well dems the breaks and kexing force moved the staircase back into position so that he and zhou xu could leave. Pulling the middle lever revealed the passage and the 1st and 3rd levers filled the room with bad stuff. When Skel E Ton disappeared after pulling the 3rd lever, Zhou Xu was uncharacteristically impatient and went in to pull the 3rd lever. After getting gassed, and a sever bitchout session from Kexing about running headlong into danger when he's so fragile. In the captain's room, we found a few journals and learned that Aradoon cultists came to the mines about a year ago where they could do their hunting. There's a treasure vault below the armory. But we need to pull all three l...
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Previously on Portents of Shadows

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 Last time The Rat Pack, with a devil, may care attitude, forced their way into the Duergar Fortress to obtain more information on Aradoon's project "Gathering." After breaking and entering, our heroes proceeded to confuse the fortress' inhabitants with talks of peace while murdering anyone who attempted to defend their home. Waves of dwarves fell to the mighty raider's bloodlust until all that remained was the Deurgar Captain and her loyal guards. Amongst all the dead, will Yalth be able to choose just one? Is Gruhk "Sad" he didn't get to make any friends, and just how many plum blossoms can Kexing exude each day? Find out tonight on... The Gathering Shadow! -- the GM
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Kexing does the typical rpg player strat...

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The Party: Kexing - Aasimar - Kineticist (the "slightly" insane face and tank of the group) Zhou - Aasimar - Investigator (the rogish know it all that keeps Kexing from temper tantrums that can level cities) Gruhk - Orc - Barbarian (the light hearted one of the group with a very big axe off-tank) Yalth - Ratfolk - Oracle (likes undead things) Memphis - Halfling - Sorcerer (think's he's the sensible one) Gruhk's player couldn't make it for tonight's session, so he's mysteriously absent for the day's events. Paraphrased exchange for the latest encounter... GM : once you cross the drawbridge you see the path blocked by a portcullis. Inside the main gate area are 2 slits on each side. Yalth : I'll send my skeleton minion forward and see what happens Memphis : I'm going to walk up behind the skeleton for cover. (other players at the table) : virtually look at each other... Kexing: sure go ahead (confused why the squishiest one is heading into th...
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Portents of Shadows - Notes (Kexing)

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 We sat high up on the rocks above the large goblin camp and stealthily pelted them with pebbles and sowed much chaos amongst their ranks. One of the goblins, appearing to be some sort of alchemical religious figure began burning the bodies we pelted. Any that were not immediately killed were thrown upon the campfires.  Eventually, their leader came out and conferred with the religious leader, I killed a goblin standing right next to him. This seemed to re-affirm whatever the religious leader said. My companion, Memphis, flung a sling bullet at another, injuring it. At this point, 15 goblins had died either by our hands or the goblins themselves.  We inferred that they believed the camp was cursed and they all fled across the river and into the hills. I gave chase silently trying to keep track of their leaders, however, tracking is not my skill and I had to give up the chase.  While I was out, Memphis and Grimm scoured the camp for loot. I'm glad they did all the dir...
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Awakening - Epilogue - Ranmaru Vizzini

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Over the next few years: Even with Sasori's help, he is not quite able to exorcise his nightmares completely, but he has been able to keep them largely manageable. As yet, the person who had tried to kill Ranmaru has not resurfaced. Despite Sasori and Gentle Wind's efforts, so far that person's identity is unknown. They have at least determined the would-be assassin was an entropy mage. As an Akashic Brother, Ranmaru is exceptional. His skill with languages have caught the interest of the scholars of the Akashiyama, while his martial arts skill appeals to another subset of the group. As of last year, Ranmaru has become a member of the Kaizankai, the Japanese subset of the Shi-Ren. It took a lot of Sasori's influence and Ranmaru's natural ability to convince the group to accept someone who was only half-Japanese, but as of last year, Ranmaru has finally been welcomed in their ranks. On a professional level, Ranmaru has relocated to Tokyo, acting as Sasori K...
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Awakening - June 3, 2016 - Fukuoka Japan: Ranmaru Vizzini

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Ranmaru sits up quickly and stares at his hands, half expecting them to be blood stained and holding the knife in his hands. He decides to take a cold shower. After he's calmed his nerves a bit, he packs a small grooming bag, a weapon bag for his 2 kodachi and heads to Shoufuku-ji. Initially, the ride to Shoufuku-ji is calm and event-free. However, that changes when Ranmaru hears a loud bang and the cab starts losing control. "We've blown a tire!" The driver says, trying to regain control of the car. Ran lets out an exasperated sigh while thinking "You've got to be kidding me." "If I live through this, he's never going to let me hear the end of it." The car is traveling less than 50 km/hr, so Ranmaru jumps out of the car, tucks and rolls as appropriate. There is no sign of whoever or whatever blew the tire. Ranmaru grabs for the phone in his pocket. If it's still functional he'll dial 119 and report the situation anonymo...
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Awakening - June 2, 2016 - Fukuoka Japan: Ranmaru Vizzini

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Ranmaru wakes up the next morning feeling revived and refreshed. Almost like yesterday never happened. He goes about his daily morning routine and as he heads out the door, he sees the letter of resignation on the table. He sighs a moment before picking it up and putting in his travel satchel (it's not a murse dammit). When he arrives at the office, he very solemnly and formally hands his supervisor the letter of resignation. His supervisor looks very puzzled. "What brings this on, Vizzini-san?" Ikeda-san is even worse at pronouncing Vizzini than Akiko was. "You have been doing very well at this company and are in line for advancement." "I'm sorry Ikeda-kacho, my reasons are private." He bows deeply and hands over his company id card. "I won't be needing any personal items at my desk. Feel free to dispose of them. I'm sorry" He bows deeply again and heads towards the door. Ikeda sighs regretfully and shakes his head but he...
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