Stilton Hovel

Stilton Hovel is a Level 3 Fighter with Neutral alignment

Played By

Bailey

Stats

Vitals

Born	April 28th 945 AC
Deceased	-
Age	55
HP	17
Armor Class	11
Attack Bonus	0
Experience Points	6,700
Gold Pieces	49
Lifestyle	Impoverished

Ability Scores

STR	12
INT	16
WIS	17
DEX	6
CON	14
CHA	10

Saving Throws

Death	12
Wands	13
Paralysis	14
Breath Attacks	15
Spells	16
Wisdom Modifier to Saves vs Magic	2

Tales of Adventure

Year 1000 After Crowning

March 28th

Arrived at Castallan Keep on March 28th 1000 AC. Part of the party that defeated a group of Kobolds by using their ambush against them.

Fended off Kobolds with a tent mallet, thinking it was a warhammer. Survived the encounter with 1 HP. A feat that amused the patrons of Castallan Keep’s only tavern that they covered her expenses for the week.

March 28th - 35th

Between March 28th 1000 AC and March 35th 1000 AC Stilton recovered at the Keep’s chapel under the care of it’s Curate and his acolytes. The chapel is a place where numerous immortals have their stories preserved for the ages, all though most people will devote themselves to one or two. It is not uncommon to see a priest or an acolyte traveling through to stop and pay respects.

While recovering in the chapel, Stilton, catches one such acolyte stealing from the chapels offering box. Funds that are meant for the upkeep of the chapel and for the care of the severely wounded. The acolyte apologizes and claims that she didn’t know it was for only the chapel. In the land that she is from such offerings are open for any religious order to take as they need.

Stilton wasted no time informing the Curate who informed the Castallan who ordered the acolyte to be imprisoned for 1 day and pay a fine of 4 gold pieces, which her priest pays. He offers his apologies to both the Curate and Stilton. In a separate chance meeting with the Priest, he offers to join Stilton’s party if they venture back to the caves. Sometime after that the Curate mentions that he does not trust the priest and that Stilton should be cautious of him.

March 35th

On March 35th 1000 AC Stilton joined the raid on Cave D in search of the remains of Bertram Swinney in which all party members returned alive, after surviving 3 separate combat encounters with goblins.

March 35th - May 7th

Between March 35th 1000 AC and May 7th 1000 AC the priest of the church who previously offered to accompany Stilton learned of the successful raid in Cave D. He presses somewhat forcefully to accompany Stilton on their next journey. Stilton asked why he wanted to risk his life. The priest explained that for him it is a religious venture. He is a priest of the temple of Macroblan an Immortal who elevates those who are able to prosper by offering them more opportunities to accumulate wealth. His service to the church has left him with fewer opportunities than he expected and is always looking for a way to earn some gold.

May 7th

On May 7th 1000 AC Adventuring Party 2 comes up with a plan to learn more about the possible whereabouts of Conrad, by using a similar technique that Olga Volgamoore and [[Beatrix Knibbs] used with a trio of bandits a week ago. This time the plan is to stage a birthday party for Stilton (whose birthday was 2 weeks prior) at the tavern, and charge people admission to cover the costs of the food (meat pies prepared by Beef the Meaty).

During the birthday celebration the party learns the names of the three bandits: Nyx Lastname, the muscular one with the viking braids is Shieldbasher, and the one with the 'short bob' is named Ellie (which Nyx pronounces "Ewws" which is Ells short for Eloquent Ellie).

Group isolates each of the three bandits so Beatrix can use his ESP spell on them again. Between that and general conversation, the party learns that the three bandits are leaving in the morning to meet up with their gang "the swans" who have a hideout south of the keep that are a couple days away, confirms that Conrad's hair is grows at a fast rate. Everyone in the keep knows Conrad and everyone has some sort of grievance with him. The gang doesn't pay taxes. There are two routes to the headquarters through the mountains or take the river south and then trek up through the hills going North.

The bandits invite the party to join the gang. But the party declines.

Other activities include hair braiding, an arm wrestling contest between Stilton and Shieldbasher which Stilton won after several rounds, writing people's names on their foreheads with warpaint. Shieldbasher also walks away from the party "playing" a whistle and the other two are carrying stacks of left over meat pies.

May 14th - 21st

Between May 14th 1000 AC and May 21st 1000 AC word about Stilton's prowess as an arm wrestler spreads throughout the keep. He finds himself challenged by caraveners and is racking up quite a winning streak. So much so that he finds the toughest, shadiest person who is passing through and challenges them to an arm wrestling match. The stranger says he doesn't participate in rigged games. Stilton presses him on his allegations and the man says matter-of-factly that there are acolytes in the keep who are paying people to lose. Olga Volgamoore walks into the conversation and the stranger becomes very guarded, to the point that they refer to speak with you anymore. Stilton later confirms that these are acolytes of Macroblan and serve the [Sol Wolfingham|priest]] who has been insisting on accompanying Stilton when the party goes out adventuring.

May 21st

On May 21st 1000 AC, Adventuring Party 8 set out to investigate a report of large empty cages found 6 miles south of the keep. The party believes there may be a connection between these cages and last week's sighting of two [peryton|perytons]]. Stilton, Beatrix Knibbs, and Olga Volgamoore are able to locate the cages away from the road, just as their source told them.

The trio investigate the empty cages and find that the metal cages are open and have locked padlocks on them. They also find large feathers which line up with Olga's memory of her encounter last week.

Olga and Beatrix argue about whether or not this was a lawful or unlawful conservation program. Stilton on the other hand makes the observation that there don't seem to be any ponchos, referring to Olga's earlier conversation about lintumiehets.

When investigating the surrounding area Stilton finds wagon tracks, that come off the road and return. The group suspects that the wagon left the road, dropped the cages and then returned, although Beatrix has some wild or alternative theory involving shape shifting perytons.

Beatrix enters one of the cages. Olga finds a scrap of paper with a fragment of writing on it, but no one recognizes it. Although it appears close enough to an Elvin language to assume it is one.

The party decides to return to the Keep and see if someone notices an empty wagon passing through. They also realize that the trees here aren't strong enough to support a peryton nest. Beatrix speculates that these are chaotic conservationists that didn't do research before releasing the creatures into the wild.

Beatrix picks up as many feathers as he can, and begins scheming on how to profit from the two abandoned cages.

At the keep the party speaks with the scribe who confirms that there was a caravan that had an empty wagon in it. The group has since left, but the driver and wagon are still in the keep according to his records. The scribe tells them the man's name is Arznak.

The party meets with the mysterious Arznak in the tavern and this is none other than the same person who claimed that Stilton's arm wrestling matches were fixed. Through conversation they learn he is from one of the Principalities Glantri and that he is hunting a lintumiehet. The party talks to him about perytons and get the impression that he is tied to the recent sightings. Arznak mentions that two hunters are recovering in the temple from an encounter with perytons.

Stilton convinces him to arm wrestle him and just as their match is about to begin he unexpectedly falls asleep. Beatrix assumes someone in the area cast a sleep spell.

Stilton wakes up on the temple floor sopping wet and finding a pair of acolytes standing over him with an empty bucket in their hands. Off to the side he hears Beatrix say "So thats why clerics don't use bladed weapons."

Beatrix and Olga are talking to the pair of hunters who are recovering in the temple. They describe their encounter and the older one shares a bit about seeing a lintumiehet a few years ago. He confirms that what attacked them was something different. When asked about the lintumiehet the older one says that after he saw it he remembers hearing a story about when one visited the keep before then. Three people tried to make trouble with it and creature dispatched them all before they had a chance to draw their weapons.

The temple acolytes move the party along so their patients can get some rest.

May 21st - 28th

Between May 21st and 28th 1000 AC Nyx Lastname and Eloquent Ellie aka Ells (two of the three suspected bandits who attended Stilton's birthday party) return to the keep accompanied by an elf named Jilly Lank. Ells asks if Stilton knows where his elf friend is (Beatrix Knibbs) and then Jilly stares at Stilton the same way Beatrix does when he's using his ESP ability. Stilton thinks of distracting thoughts and replays the bloody attack on the kobolds from March 28th. Jilly turns to Ells, shakes her head and the three of them go on their way.

May 28th

Beatrix uses his read languages on a scrap of paper that was acquired when the peryton cages were discovered. The dialect is Belcadizasine and it is a list of places in Ierendi (a tropical kingdom). Other than looking for overly tan elves Beatrix decides to not spend much more time with this.

Party 2 decides to revisit the cages that were found on May 21st, and speculate on Arznak's motives as they assume the cages (and the scrap of paper with Belcadizasine script) are his. But mostly the party discusses the potential to make money off of the cages.

May 29th

Party 2 discover that Beef the Meaty has been abducted. The party searches his quarter where they see signs of a struggle. The Amulet of protection is nowhere to be found. Stilton Hovel finds trace evidence that the three bandits he spoke to yesterday were in the room. The party inquires about the trio and learn that they did not make any arrangements to stay overnight yesterday.

They proceed to converse with the Scribe of Castallan Keep who doesn't have it in his records that he left. In conversation, Conrad comes up and the Scribe shows some patience to him that no one else seems to have.

In secret the Scribe suspects that there are unknown ways to get in and out of the keep, which has caused him to alter records and if caught could be big trouble for him.

May 30th

Party 2 revisit the Scribe of Castallan Keep. Beatrix asks if he was ready for a curve ball, which confused him because all balls are curved.

Olga Volgamoore presses the scribe about secret passages into and out of Castallan Keep and the scribe repeats that he doesn't know. If he did he would do his best to seal them up as their existence implicates (at best) less than accurate record keeping.

Beatrix inquires if there would be a pretax reward for locating the hypothetical passages. The scribe indicates that there is a possibility.

The party heads off in the direction of The Swans base of operations, which they only have a rough idea of its whereabouts. They know of a long way which requires traveling south by the river and then back north, and the shorter way through the mountains. The party elects for the shorter route to try to beat the abductors to the base.

Mira is able to decode secret path markers used by the bandits.

May 31st

The party comes out of the mountains and enters a terrain of rolling grasslands with no roads or buildings. The party eventually arrives at a mansion in the middle of nowhere. There are people in the courtyard. A whistle could be heard and someone yelling to get them to stop.

The party moves on further south in order to intercept the abductors and free Beef before the bandits reach the camp. After putting a fair amount of distance between the camp and themselves, the party hides. Right before midnight the group is able to spot the bandits riding in a cart pulled by a donkey or a small horse which also has Beef who is bound.

May 32nd

Olga Volgamoore, Beatrix Knibbs, and Stilton Hovel block the road the abductors are traveling, while Mira hides behind them waiting to attack when the group shouts the word "Curve Ball".

As the cart stops, Olga begins conversing with Eloquent Ellie in a diplomatic tone, but it is tense and become adversarial when Beef calls out that he is here against his will.

Without warning, the elf, Jilly Lank casts Sleep on the three of them and Stilton is the only one who is able to resist the spell.

Stilton puts debates about attacking, but realizes she is out numbered. The bandits request that he remove his friends from the road so they can begin moving the cart again. Stilton complies and in the process loses track of Nyx Lastname.

After moving her two friends out of harms way and as the cart moves past Stilton hears snoring from inside the cart. Beef calls out to him in an unfamiliar accent, "Beware of Tankard Safecracker! and Nyx has turned invisible!". Then he hears Ellie remark, "Let it go, it's all over now".

As the wagon travels away Stilton jostles and slaps awake Beatrix and then Olga. Beatrix casts sleep on two of the bandits and Olga calls out the signal for Mira to attack which has the unintended effect of waking up Tankard Safecracker. Stilton chases after the cart and Olga follows. The halfling is hit with an arrow and is struggling to get past Beef to get to the front of the cart to take control of it. Stilton jumps onto the back of the cart just as Tankard gets past Beef. Olga continues running and makes her way to the front of the cart.

An arrow flies over his head and finds its way to Tankard. Stilton stabs the halfling with the sword, but is intentionally not attempting a lethal strike. Just as he strikes the cart hits a bump and he does not injure Tankard nearly as much as he had hoped to. However, being hit by two arrows and wounded by a sword is enough to convince him to surrender, saying:

Stop shooting! Don't hurt Beef! His food is too good!

Stilton puts his sword his sword down.