Hunter becomes Hunted

Virtual sessions, the first VIII&IX

Hunter becomes Hunted,  25 - 30 Kilson 2214

Appearing (in alphabetical order), XP

Isileth, 4

Splinters, 4 

Tyg, 4 +1 for gathering party and venturing forth =  5XP

Yar, 4

The heroes leave Three Towers in search of Hurn the Hunter, spending a night at Banutre on the way.  At Drunk Dog Pass, a Mudrak bounty hunter ambushes them.  However, the party turns the table on the assassin.  The pursuit covers miles highland forest until the party slays the Mudrak outside Hurn's lodge.  Among the killer's possessions, they find a large bounty for the recovery of the magical items Tyg and Yar carry, Hanuman's armour and Axe. 

On the return leg of the expedition, Isileth, Tig, and Yar spend a few days helping the villagers of Banutre strengthen the defences.   Upon their return to Three Towers,  Aubrek asks them to spy on the 'merchant' ship Red Wind.  The town is buzzing on new years day with the preparations for Festival of Ishtar.

                                                                                               

THE MUDRAK The ultimate tribe of outcasts, the Mudrak throw themselves headlong into battle, equally fearless and suicidal. They live in the Gloamwood but frequently travel throughout the northeastern parts of the Nar Highlands, hunting and making war on anything they come across. The Mudrak represent something that almost never occurs in Thule: interbreeding between humans and beastmen. Their mixed blood means they’ll never be accepted in most human societies, while beastmen smell the “stink of man” on them and attack without other provocation. The only friends the Mudraks have are each other; they believe Herum put them on this world to oppose all other thinking peoples. The Mudrak accept members of all races and even have some intelligent monsters at their campfires, but “accept” doesn’t mean “welcome.” Anyone captured by the Mudrak is stripped and tortured. Those who show some resilience and dignity during the torture are asked, “Join or die?” Those who join the Mudrak are subjected to a ritual that magically erases their old, civilized identity—to the point where divination magic and scrying can no longer detect them. Then they receive a new Mudrak name and are expected to fight and pillage with the rest of the tribe. 

The Mudrak bounty hunter is trained in the use of poison, a remorseless killer with a bloody reputation for hunting prey in the wilderness for anyone who can afford him.