Side Story: Pursuit of Hadros (Unearthly Tether)

The introduction to Adora, through the tragic splitting of her adventuring group.

Synopsis
Sessions 28 and 29 are the introduction of Adora in this little side story.

The party meet the Mayor of Upton, Mayor Gladstone, in the Hog's Hearth in and are given two jobs. The first is officially from her role as mayor and is to eliminate a Hydra that recfently destroyed the town of Fenfin and is thus roaming too close to edge of Old Yorelan. The second is from her personally and is to ascertain the wellbeing and whereabouts of a man called Stonecrow, or Nuri Earnsol, and old friend of hers. She knows that Stonecrow has gone hunting for a man called Hadros, who is last known to have been in the swamps of Old Yorelan. They speak to some of those who escaped the hydra before leaving, gathering information and lifting their spirits.

They pass through Fenfin on their way, asking of the looters what they known and finding hydra tracks that lead back into the horrid marsh. When resting for the night, they are ambushed by spiders and the sound of the alarm spell draws in yet more enemies, leading to an incredibly harsh fight that ends in the death of Mosby Green. Before they can pause for breath (unlike Mosby, who paused his breath a bit too long), they are assaulted by the hydra, though their combination of skills is more than a match for it.

After they collect a head for proof, they find themselves lost in the mist and stumble upon the old and decaying chapel of Aberth Cottol. They meet the old abbott, who is an emaciated creature that they share food with in return for information on Hadros. They find that he is hiding out in the tomb of a family called the Maredudd, which is a sizeable mausoleum. When they meet with him, it quickly turns to violence and with Hadros' trickery they end up hurting each other, Flint Potts left in critical condition. When the tide starts to turn against him, Hadros pulls out a strange gem and sends the party hurtling off into the planescape, seperated from each other.

Adora lands in the plane of Ik'erik'gre. Balmour is sent to the Wander. Flint ends up in Le'Shol. Maximillian finds himself in one of the books of Imatulus' library. Mosby is in the Dream, unrelated to Hadros.

Player Characters:

 * Adora Hawkinsight
 * Mosby Green
 * Balmour the (Fool)Hardy
 * Flint Potts
 * Maximillian Shrike

Non-Player Characters:

 * Mayor Gladstone, or Dalliance Ilsyn
 * The abbott of the Chapel of Aberth Cottol
 * Hadros the Infallible

Locations

 * Pickering
 * Upton
 * The Hog Hearth's Inn
 * Fenfin
 * Old Yorelan
 * Outer Yorelan
 * The Chapel of Aberth Cottol
 * The Maredudd Tomb, lair of Hadros