Tarpol the Minotaur City by Lady Crimson Games

 

The encounter here took place many centuries after the fall of Tarpol.

Hans GM Tarpol the Minotaur City 6/5/2022 Level 5

The party spent some time preparing for the adventure. Gary suggested they would be able to fence some jewelry with Xindar at The Green Room. Bowdin the Blacksmith attached a rune to Knyrr’s Guisarme (Guy’s Arm) for 100 gp (per day).

A page summoned the party to councilwoman Birani’s offices. Birani is one of eight members of the high council of Ether’ell who rule the city and the region. Birani was an older woman with gray hair who was interested in hiring the party to retrieve the bones of her ancestor Anentros. The party asked for 600 gp and she immediately agreed and gave them 300 gp up front, provided horses, and attached a rune for Knyrr. The bones are supposed to be located in a minotaur village called Tarpol.

Lisicia wanted to do some research at the library and found a book on myths and legends from ancient Anentropol suggesting that Anentros was a titan god who was worshiped by the ancient Anentropolians. Anentropol was destroyed by some type of pestilence.

The party sets out at noon and spends the rest of the day and night without incident. On the second day, they encounter a fellow adventurer named Dunter who claims to be a mountain gnome and fights with a scythe. He warns them of the dangers ahead and asks to join their group. They encounter an unusual geographic formation that consists of pillars of stone over 1000’ high with vegetation at the top. There are bird-like creatures flying up there and one of them flies down and attacks, turning out to be a harpy. The harpy is slain in the first round by the party with little Dunter landing the killing blow with a crit from his scythe.

The party comes to a forest and they are taken by fauns to meet Lyra. She rewards each PC who tells a story, giving them a magical item. The next day the fauns and Lyra seem to have vanished.

The party arrives at Tarpol the minotaur city. One of the guards challenges Knyrr to a duel and after first blood is drawn the party is welcomed into the city. The horses are left outside. The party has trouble finding their way through the labyrinthine city so they hire a young minotaur as a guide. They are taken to the Temple of Baphoment, allowed to enter, and convince the high priest, Bovis, to allow them to search for a secret passage. Dunter discovers a hollow area beneath a stone next to the altar.

Final session is missing but: There is a dungeon beneath the temple that has both the bones of Anentropol and the blood of Entropos. A mosaic reveals the story love story of Alysamir and Hemkaraho. They discover the bones guarded by a mummy. Dunter and the mummy fought over the bones, and Dunter attempted to flee with the bones. The Dunter, who was actually a redcap working for Merlina the Raven Queen,  betrayed the party and tried to steal the Bones. There were statues of Faroh Hemkaraho and Queen Alyssamir in the tomb. The party returned to Ether'ell and told Birani she couldn't have the bones.