Obtineo et teneo (Mission Notes)

Executor: Aerivandor Rhydane

The island off Tigris has been a great source of revenue and reputation as they have funnelled business to the Viveni Guildhall. This time was Lady Vashti of Yilmaz who sought senior members to clear a colony of harpies who had settled several miles from the harbor. The adventurers were Avariel, Harlan, Liang, and Zaya. All excited to see the Kingdom of Sammu-marat though troubled by the prospect of so many opponents.

They had been ferried by Captain Stevenson and Cye, the liaison for Lady Vashti. It was there that they found out the colony was acting differently from the expected behaviour: no wanton killing or sadistic raiding. After travelling the Eshnunna coast, they found the colony in what the locals call the Harpy’s Cove. After defeating what the harpies call the Homeguard, the mercenaries discovered they had moved due to a “great hunter” Negotiating with them and finalising the agreement with Cye, they fought what had chased the harpies from their original home.

At the top of a steep cliff, they found a monstrous peryton with her two adolescent young. After a close fight where they almost lost Zaya, they defeated the creatures. The harpies moved back and Eshnunna discovered that the breeding peryton had probably escaped from a training programs in the mountains of Ozturk. It was a resounding success for the guild and Lady Vashti personally vouched to approve the petition of Verifoss to create a guildhall in the kingdom.