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Session 20, October 6, 2004: In which a Rhiani kills a scout; Serama and Gennadi meet away from the lake, and then come to it; a skyship arrives, disgorging Fazeris and Leuta.
Session 21, October 13, 2004: in which Serama and Gennadi discuss lost relatives; Gennadi meets Zoora, Priestess of Andaras; Laura comes off the skyship to meet Sebastian, and they discuss politics with Isadora; Pallos and Salast report news; Isadora follows Fazeris into Leuta's tent.
Session 22, November 4, 2004: In which Serama deals with Rhiani acceptance; Okhfels arrives in the camp, meets lots of folks, and defeats a challenger, interesting Elahra.
Session 23, November 18, 2004: In which Sebastian and Isadora bump into Gennadi, and they convince him to listen to a plan; Breanna, Laura and Zoora meet and discuss Andaras; Gennadi agrees to help with the Rhiani problem in exchange for help heading into the White Wood; Okhfels catches a Lugroki Half-breed, and then talks to Narbin about the ruins.
Session 24, December 2, 2004: In which Laura attends one of Zoora's services, and Gennadi is promised to be initiated; Gennadi and Serama have a moment in the dark discussing their plans; Elkaru arrives at Green Lake, and Isadora tries to co-opt him in helping with the Rhiani; Sebastian hears from Speckler that Salast is going into the swamp at night, and discovers evidence; Archelaus meets Pallos on his way down to Green Lake; Narbin gets Isadora to agree to hire Okhfels.
Session 25, December 9, 2004: In which Okhfels gets a job at the colony forge; Speckler asks Gennadi to steal an idol; Isadora asks Okhfels back to her tent, and people get the wrong idea; Gennadi meets Archelaus on the way to get the idol and they discuss birds; Sebastian hears of goblins on the move, and tells Isadora; Sebastian makes friends with Leuta, and they discuss Fazeris and such; Salast tries to misdirect Okhfels.
Session 26, December 16, 2004: In which Elkaru flirts with Isadora, and she is challenged to a duel by Fazeris and loses; Okhfels squashes Fazeris as Narbin speaks to Isadora; Gennadi is distracted from stealing the idol by meeting Geera; Okhfels meets Archelaus briefly before the smith runs the astrolloger off.
Session 27, January 6, 2005: In which Isadora and Sebastian discuss Fazeris and Goblins; Okhfels captures plotters and they confront Salast; Salast, intimidated by Okhfels, spills the beans about the real reason for the colony; Okhfels discusses loyalty with Avarnast outside Isadora's tent.
Session 28, January 13, 2005: In which A giant serpent attacks the clearing; everyone works together to beat it back into the lake; the smith gives Okhfels a big sword as everyone celebrates; Isadora and Gennadi discuss the Tree shrine; Narbin tries to get Okhfels to go out again, but the big man instead ends up talking about Elahra with Dhazari.
Session 29, January 20, 2005: In which Sebastian discusses plans with Gennadi and accidentally scares Geera; Okhfels courts Elahra; Serama follows Okhfels to Isadora, and then has a vision; Serama apollogizes for the trouble and exits while Isadora, Sebastian and Okhfels meet and discuss events; Serama gets information from Pallos and Nurek.
Session 30, February 3, 2005: In which Leuta tells Isadora and Sebastian that Salast has gone into the swamp; more refugee Rhiani arrive; Sebastian learns that Laura is going to stay with Zoora permenantly; Haikain arrives at Green Lake and meets Okhfels and Archelaus; Isadora and Okhfels join the rest, and Archelaus performs a divination on the white wood in the Rhiani Challenge Circle.
Session 31, February 10, 2005: In which Okhfels leaves to go get Garaumbadaurr; with Haikain's help, they get the drum from a troll shaman; Egani arrives at Green Lake via airborn house and meets Isadora, Sebastian and Dhazari; Okhfels returns and shows off to Isadora, Elahra, Haikain and Egani; Fazeris reveals to Isadora her mother's plans and offers to help in return for her political support.
Session 32, March 3, 2005: In which several days pass during which Okhfels recruits for his Hero Band; Isadora and Okhfels discuss his loyalties; Sebastian and Gennadi exchange sparse information about Laura and Geera; Goblins attack Green Lake, but with the help of the Hero Band, everyone fights them off; Egani discovers the White Wood, and after Haikain has a vision of the lake, they with Archelaus decide to investigate further.
Session 33, March 10, 2005: In which Sebastian gets Gennadi to introduce Geera to Okhfels, and Okhfels tells Narbin that he's not interested in the ruins; Isadora talks to Dhazari about what Salast and the goblins, and Okhfels arrives and offers to deal with the menace; Okhfels and Isadora search Salast's tent, and Sebastian finds something as Fazeris and he join in, Isadora refusing to support Fazeris politically; Haikain, Egani, and Archelaus discuss what to do with their nearly complete boat, and Marcia becomes injured; Zoora makes dire prophecies to Haikain and Archelaus; Egani discovers a powerful source of magic in strange birds.
Session 34, March 17, 2005: In which Egani gets Okhfels to help him set up his new creation, Aaron as Alexander takes notes; Isadora and Archelaus arrive and Egani explains Aaron to them; Isadora discovers the plans of the boatmakers, and Archelaus identifies Pallos' malady; Leuta waylays Sebastian about Laura and nobody has seen her, as everyone gathers for the arrival of the skyship including Riku; Okhfels and Sebastian capture Riku and question him; Archelaus' wife, and Isadora's mother disembark.
Session 35, March 24, 2005: In which Archelaus introduces Egani and Haikain to his charming wife; Isadora introduces Sebastian to her charming mother, and they converse; Okhfels kills a snake, and Egani and Archelaus perform various indignities on its corpse; and Haikain is distressed at the beaching of the boat.
Session 36, April 7, 2005: In which Archelaus discovers the rock in the boat, as Nurek relates goblin activity to Isadora and Okhfels; Damaged to log; Archelaus and Haikain observe a yellow aura emanating from the White Wood and giant forces battling.
Session 37, April 21, 2005: In which Isadora, Sebastian and Egani speak to the captain of the skyship, which will not depart given the yellow sky; Okhfels is dispatched to take care of the goblins; Sebastian talks to Gennadi about the Andaran religion; Dhazari discusses what people to send after the goblins with Okhfels; the goblins perform a ritual on a strange rock; Okhfels and men prepare charms for protection; Okhfels distracts and kills the shamans leaving the ritual half performed; Egani sitting in the boat, is approached by Aysha; Okhfels returns.
Session 38, May 5, 2005: In which Okhfels publicly dispenses justice; Fahja gets Okhfels riled up; Okhfels and Elahra break up; Fahja accepts an invitation; Okhfels runs afoul of Aysha.
Session 39, May 12, 2005: In which Sebastian and Okhfels almost have a confrontation, again; Sebastian snaps and finally kills someone, to no avail; A strange bird tries to kidnap Marcia; Aaron goes out of control only to be calmed; Okhfels makes plans to obtain a sword that doesn't bend all the time, only to postpone them; A trip into the White Wood seems imminent; and Sebastian shows evidence of humanity.
Session 40, May 19, 2005: In which Isadora's mother delivers a letter to Isadora, and they discuss Fazeris and Leuta; Isadora has a splendid little chat with Fazeris; Isadora helps Sebastian, and he her; Narbin gives Okhfels and Archelaus gifts of great moment; Aysha manages Archelaus; Egani diagnoses the plague; and the White Wood Expedition assembles.
Session 41, June 2, 2005: In which
Session 42, June 9, 2005: In which the expedition is chased into the ruins at the north end of the lake; Okhfels and Archelaus use device in domed building with an ancient mind that Egani detects.
Session 43, June 16, 2005: In which the expedition uses the power of the dome and their collective skills to chase off their pursuers. Archelaus switches bodies with the troll shaman; the expeddition finally reach the edge of the White Wood (?)
Session 44, June 23, 2005: In which the expedition enters the White Wood and make it to through the Black Gate, and Archelaus is still crazy; Isadora and Sebastian attempt to rein in Speckler; and Isadora and Sebastian go to lean on Elahra, raising the possibility of their imminent squishy deaths.
Session 45, July 7, 2005: In which...
Session 46, July 14, 2005: Okhfels leads some "safely" back to the White Wood; Archelaus ponders whether this High Priest of Madness thing was really a good idea; Okhfels and company stay "safely" in the White Wood despite their efforts and are set upon by spider demons; Sebastian, Isadora, and Fahd run into Zoora who (contrary to popular belief is not dead); Sebastian, Isadora, and Fahd violently subdue the insane cult leader (that's Zoora); Zoora is tortured for information and Laura is found; and Fahd saves Laura's life and then claims Zoora for the Dead.
Session 47, August 4, 2005: In which Okhfels, Egani, and company fight off spiders and return from the White Wood; Archelaus helps them return, at some personal cost; and Fahd and Isadora resolve the Salast situation.
Session 48, August 11, 2005: In which we get a glimpse of the power at Archelaus' disposal; Sebastian attempts to debrief Egani about the journey into the White Wood; Egani requests Sebastian's help with an elf who may be hunting him; Egani learns that someone has hacked Aaron in a dangerous and malicious fashion; Isadora and Okhfels have a reunion of sorts during which Okhfels asks Isadora to run away with him to Teth; Speckler shows up briefly with some cooked books; Isadora and Sebastian share an evening of drunken comraderie during which Isadora spills the truth of her conflicted feelings about Okhfels and Sebastian offers his sympathy and support; Fahd gets to know Okhfels' drum; Fahd, Okhfels, and Egani confront Aysha in the middle of some bizarre ritual involving snakes and a hypnotized Serama which results in Aysha's capture by Okhfels.
Session 49, September 1, 2005: In which Aysha is called to task for her crimes, with indecisive results; and Okhfels and Isadora raise an island and escape a whirlpool.
Session 50, September 15, 2005: In which Okhfels and Isadora chat, and Jilliams is cryptic; Okhfels and Isadora attempt to share a drink with Sebastian, but Okhfels is nearly possessed and leaves, at which point Sebastian pushes his luck; Archelaus enjoys a pleasant drunkenness of power; Sebastian, Egani, and Tamul have tea; and Tamul, Egani, and Aaron (who becomes Archelaus) go boating and show a snake who is boss.
Session 51, September 22, 2005: In which Sebastian bleeds for a short while; Isadora considers breaking off from Kaitaine to simplify her life; Okhfels and Elle kill a giant spider and manage to break the mind link between Archelaus and Okhfels; Tamul, Egani, and Archelaus-as-Aaron introduce themselves to the island spirits who are not impressed; Archelaus flees back to his own body in the face of a coordinated attack by Egani, Tamul, and Okhfels.
Session 52, October 6, 2005: In which Archelaus finds himself a terrifying head, the container for the dark lady's soul; Isadora finds out about Egani, Tamul, and Arch-as-Aaron's adventure on the new island; Everyone but Okhfels is told about the true purpose of the colony; An elf shows up to talk to Egani, the elf is quite arrogant.
Session 53, October 13, 2005: In which Elle injures herself in the forest and Okhfels assists her in getting out; Fahd and Isadora discuss what to do about the lake spirits, Elle and Isadora almost get in a fight but are stopped when Okhfels makes a startling admission and Isadora makes some decisions (finally!); Archelaus charms the creepy head and learns some useful things, he then proceeds to rescue two of the prisoners without alerting anyone; Egani and Tamul double-team the elf and loot him of useful items, Egani turns up a "sweet" new sword that can cut through dimensions; Tamul "accidentally" reveals Speckler's perfidy to Sebastian, Tamul convinces Speckler that he does not actually plan on betraying him... really, and Sebastian makes a useful new friend in Vella the Navigator.
Session 54, October 20, 2005: In which Sebastian and Tamul explain Speckler's pilfering; Archelaus bluffs the Black Lady and opens a portal; and Egani reduces some essence, Isadora explains that Egani's house will be needed for boats, and Tamul insists that the elf and navigator are not dead.
Session 55, October 30, 2005: In which Okhfels arrives at Egani's house to begin the dismantlement and Egani has a long talk with Isadora that results in stay of execution for Egani's place of residence; Sebastian has a long talk with Dhazari about Speckler and the theft problem; Egani returns to his workshop and kills one of his two almost-corpses to revive the other, a Navigator shows up to pick up the newly revived and still weak subject; Archelaus shows back up at the island temple, changes bodies with a scorpion, and grabs the spirit gems only to have Okhfels and Isadora show up to stop him; Okhfels executes Archelaus' original body as Archie-as-a-scoprion tries to open an inter-dimensional portal and manages to incapacitate himself when he fails.
Session 56, November 3, 2005: In which Okhfels tries to take the sting out of Archelaus' deeds, but Archelaus escapes; Sebastian meets Tisris, who is looking for a priest; Tisris pays a visit to Aysha, who needs more than a priest to fix her; and Sebastian speaks the truth to the Rhiani elders.
Session 57, November 10, 2005: In which Isadora and Sebastian catch up on one another's activities and manage not to resolve any of the tension and resentment lingering between them; Egani rebuilds Archelaus' body, travels to the island to recover Archelaus' soul from the giant scorpion, and reinstalls said soul within the newly repaired body returning Archelaus to his pleasant human self; The Blue Bear Rhiani arrive at the camp demanding Okhfels because he killed some of their men in a skirmish, Okhfels attempts to explain how he works for Isadora but the Blue Bear have difficulty understanding, Sebastian and Isadora arrive and Sebastian suggests that Okhfels and one of the Blue Bear fight it out, Okhfels smacks his challenger down in one blow; Tirsir interrupts the proceedings by arriving pursued by an entire army of demons that he has brought with him from Sherezak.
Session 58, November 17, 2005: In which Okhfels has a revealing flashback; Tirsir manages to offend and impress the Rhiani at the same time, and tears up a gogur; Sebastian finds Archelaus alive while seeking Egani's aid against the gogur, Archelaus "solves" the gogur problem by summoning the Black Lady, Egani and Archelaus team up to destroy the Black Lady's essence, The sorcerer of the White Wood enters the world and takes the swarm of gogur South.
Session 59, December 1, 2005: In which Okhfels' past returns to haunt him as he provides haven for the refugees of Teth, and in which he attempts to put that past behind him; In which Egani learns upcoming event that offers a chance to free the gilded queen while becoming significantly more powerful; Isadora shares her plan to enlist the lake spirits in the defense of the colony with Sebastian and to her surprise encounters little resistance; Sebastian shares his anxiety over Laura with Isadora, and Isadora offers to do what she can to help; Isadora extends an offer of friendship for Laura; A skyship lands nearby bringing with it Lord Marvars and a mysterious stranger from Sel-kai.
Session 62, January 5, 2006: In which Isadora attempts to comfort Laura; Dhazari and Okhfels discuss goats and adulthood; Okhfels and Isadora have a much-interrupted conversation; and Sebastian puts the colony's best foot forward to a Sel-Kai assassin and to Artanis, who returns the favor by fanning Egani's grass fire.
Session 63, January 12, 2006: In which
Session 64, January 20, 2006: In which Okhfels and Rahkleth kill the goblin shaman, amid a mighty battle; Sebastian is insufficiently religious, and Egani and Sebastian retreat from the spirit world; Sebastian discusses delicate affairs of finance and travel; Isadora and Egani have a difference of opinion with Marvars; and Okhfels diverts the stone creature, collapses, and is found by Haikain.
Session 65, February 2, 2006: In which Isadora asks Sebastian's advice, and they end up shouting at each other; Okhfels enlists Rahkleth's help for building a road, Narbin incites a riot over a goblin, and Okhfels and Rahkleth take him before Isadora; Artanis has ancestral visions and makes freaky eyes at Egani's wife; and Laura has none of Sebastian's nonsense about leaving.
Session 66, February 9, 2006: In which
Session 67, February 16, 2006: In which
Session From the Future, February 23, 2006: In which Suteh, the waterfinding mystic, sees things from a possible future for the colony.
Session 68, March 2, 2006: In which Egani and Isadora have a confusing conversation with Orca; and Okhfels has a confusing conversation with Haikain, then says no to Elle for the 37th time.
Session 69, March 9, 2006: In which Haikain has his latest unsettling vision; Sebastian watches an abortive takeoff; Okhfels makes a modest proposal in front of some ruins, and Beliria prophesizes; and Orca and Egani have a brief preview of the joys of childbirth, much to Haikain's horror.
Session 70, March 16, 2006: In which Bird helps Okhfels plunder his ancient family tomb, Okhfels seeks a wedding present for Isadora, Isadora murders the other man in the colony who cared for her and Egani mediates an old family dispute.
Session 71, March 23, 2006: In which Okhfels must save Isadora from an Earth Spirit, Egani tries to save Sebastian's soul and Artanis's spirits mess up the attempt before the elf is captured.
Session 71 and a half March 26, 2006: In which Okhfels and Isadora have a little talk with Marvars' bodyguard, and then a little talk with each other.
Session 72 March 30, 2006: In which someone promised to make logs and failed to do so...
Session 73 April 6, 2006: In which the Rhiani take an interest in Isadora and Okhfels' marriage prospects; Egani greets Vella, another satisfied customer, and explains the situation to Okhfels and Lana; Lana and Okhfels meet; and Isadora declines to be queen. Probably.
Session 74 April 13, 2006: In which Beliria finds Egani a less accommodating host than she hoped; and Okhfels introduces Lana to Isadora, who in turn introduces Lana to a sword.
Session 75 April 20, 2006: In which Egani proposes brotherhood to the Rhiani elders; Egani and Vella heal Lana in a fashion distressing to her sister; Isadora proposes that the Rhiani warriors put up or shut up; and Okhfels questions Beliria about where's his damn knife.
Session 76 April 27, 2006: In which Isadora and Okhfels talk about their common future. Egani kills Vella while trying to save Lana. Artanis appears again, only to retrieve a comatose Lana and his sword.
Session 77 May 4, 2006: In which Okhfels is a bastard, Artanis and Isadora are confused, Egani is angry, and Lana is still comatose.
Session 78 May 11, 2006: In which Okhfels finds Beliria unexpectedly supportive, then finds Sebastian unexpectedly verbose; Egani gets some of that old time religion; Isadora hears some unhappy news from Lana; and Lana is not quite dead.
Session 79 May 18, 2006: In which Okhfels and Isadora have an unhappy conversation, and Idris begins to investigate a murder; Lana is untethered by Egani, and Artanis redeems her to face the wrath of his ghosts; and Okhfels cautions Bird away from the sorcerers.
Session 80 May 25, 2006: In which Isadora explains Sebastian's death to Laura; Egani persuades Archelaus that dread knowledge is better shared than lost; and Isadora overrides the Rhiani elders' good sense on the matter of heroquesting.
PBEM Interlude: In which Isadora and Okhfels have a heart to heart about their relationship, and they agree to enlist Egani into the quest.
Session 81 June 1, 2006: In which Isadora enlists Laura to help with the crazy cat-cultists; Idris and Nurik confront Narbin in the wood, and Artanis demonstrates that a bad day can always get worse; and Okhfels convinces the Blue Bear tribe to stay out of the way.
Session 82 June 7, 2006: In which Okhfels embraces malevolence toward Egani and Isadora enlists the healer's aid for her quest.
Session 83 June 8, 2006: In which Idris brings back Narbin to the camp and meets Tranees, Egani has a telepathic conversation with Isadoras mom courtesy of Archelaus, where Isadora talks to Amestris who demands amnesty for Archelaus. All the gang begins the heroquest!
Session 84 June 15, 2006: In which the questers build the causeway and cross to the purification chamber; and Idris inquires as to what the hell is going on here, please.
PBEM Interlude 2: a flashback explaining the gap in Artanis' timeline in which he speaks to a demon, and discovers the true nature of his ancestry.
Session 85 June 22, 2006: In which Bird teaches Isadora to play the lute; Egani gives the Lady in Black the bird and Okhfels gives good advice to be ignored; Leomar has to lead his people from the frying pan to the bear-pit; and Teodric is separated from his beloved poetry circle by that nasty Sebastian fellow.

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