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GOBLINS! AND LOTS OF THEM!

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The assassins in the town!

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Gonzou suiciding!

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The shadow monster encounters of all kinds!

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The mountains!

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The werewolf incident with Nadarr, leading to us getting arrested!

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The bandit camp side quests!

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The fortress upper levels! (Necromancers, gate, madmen)

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The caverns! (Dragon, Cotl, Cave Crocs)

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The Fortress lower levels! (Maze, Grot/Symon/Gonzou Fight, Husks)

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The flesh party that was the final battle!

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The epilogue (and the end of almost two years of madness)

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None! It sucked!

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[apiks]

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Find a place where I can't be heard or seen then use the Scroll of Sending.

[highmax28]

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Find a place where I can't be heard or seen then use the Scroll of Sending.

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The only place you know that's that safe since your home is gone is lied buried under the rubble of it. You take a bit to scour about and remember exactly where the latch is. You dig up under ash and charred wood and find it melted and black. You pull as hard as you can but not as a quick tug as you open it enough to slide in. Everything is still intact here, despite the fire. There's an awful smell of ash and cobwebs line the interior. You wish Petra was around so she could start cleaning this stuff up. Regardless, you're safe, hidden from sight and you're certain no one will bother you.

[apiks]

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"It's Aurel. I am alive. Currently in Amn. Have money. Will rebuild house after some deadly business. I wish to see you. Send help possibly."

Find the party

[highmax28]

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"It's Aurel. I am alive. Currently in Amn. Have money. Will rebuild house after some deadly business. I wish to see you. Send help possibly."

Find the party

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You send it and hear something muffled where you hid your coffin. You watch as the secret door opens up as your uncle walks out coughing at the dust.

"You should know me by now, Aurel. I'm the one who TOLD you to hide the coffin in the wall.

I'm glad the rumors are proved false. I'd say its good to see you, but you should know when I show, its never for pleasantries."

[apiks]

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"I heard. Is the situation really that bad?  Will there even be anything left of Talmarune at this rate? It is good to see you, Uncle Viscardi. This past month has been a troubling one, what with dying a few times beyond the usual."

[highmax28]

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"I heard. Is the situation really that bad?  Will there even be anything left of Talmarune at this rate? It is good to see you, Uncle Viscardi. This past month has been a troubling one, what with dying a few times beyond the usual."

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"I'm certain we can talk of that when we're not talking about business. As curious as I am about you 'dying a few times', as you put it, there's much to talk about. Your brothers and sisters are feuding over your death again. The only way to get them to stop is to prove them you're alive, but then that begins the hunt again. No, I think in the coming months, you should prepare yourself to set sail and return, but not to reveal yourself.

It's time Aurel. My brother, your father, has let this go on for too long. Disowning you or not, you're still the legitimate heir to the family. When the winter hits its peak in Deepwinter, I want you to have the best small force of no more then seven. We're going to break into your my brother's castle and end it. Your brothers and sisters and their children will try and kill you, but I can deal with them. I managed to rally some of my sons, your cousins, to help distract them while you cut the head off the serpent.

I need time to gather them, and you need time to ready yourself. I see you've grown much stronger, but I need you to grow stronger yet. Three months is all I can spare without letting this blood feud get out of hand. The fact that an entire line of one of your brothers has shown themselves to openly be vampires makes it much harder on those back home, and it won't be long before others reveal themselves. I'm more afraid for the humans and other folk we feed on; many of our kin that have slept for the last century are feeding on them by the hundreds. And given the fact that your brothers and sisters have dozens of children of their own and their children have many children, its safe to say with the sheer numbers, that everyone's awaken for this. By the Nine Hells, I'm even sure that my brother has awakened for this. The fighting is going to go on, but its still in its early period. If we can contain it to Talmarune, we can at least repair the damage before the century is over.

Now, if you have any questions, ask away. Otherwise, I'd love to hear your story."

He pulls out a bottle of wine from your homeland. Knowing your uncle, this stuff has probably been around since his him and your father became Vryloka (after all, your uncle DID have much better tastes then your father did).

[Hanzoku]

Once Karl and Nadarr are done discussing the ring, Karl suggests we return the dwarvern artifact , and sell all the unenchanted things (statuettes, ceramonial armor, masterwork weapons, and our former companions unenchanted things), but hold onto the magic gear for the moment until everyone has definitively claimed what they want.

[apiks]

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

[highmax28]

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

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"Interesting. I can see that you haven't even fully tapped into your full strength yet, and yet you somehow managed to pull off one of our kinds greater powers.

I'm glad to hear that you already assembled a group. That gives you plenty of time to prepare you and your allies for the attack. As for your brothers and sisters, I'm sure that once we deal with your father and you claim your position, they'll still continue their feud, but it will be against you. This will return it to the way it was before, except many of your sibling's lines who clung to your father won't be able to function without him. What will most likely happen is I will act as a steward for you in your absence; unlike you, your siblings still fear me somewhat, and that will work for us. With your cousins aiding me as well, I assume that in the next century or so, you'll finally be able to take the throne. It will take a long time to weed out your near-feral siblings, but we have time to wait. I may be hot headed at times, but unlike your father, I have patience. And time is all we need for your siblings to either succumb to your rule or be hunted down.

I'll be in town for a few days before I leave. The ferry I'm taking hasn't arrived to port yet. I'd like you to avoid being known and avoid people finding out you're alive as long as you possibly can. The last thing we need is your siblings taking the fight overseas."

[TD1]

((Looking at the first result of a Google search, the three do stack. Apparently it gets silly and Symon can end up better armored then a defender at Epic levels, but we can cross that bridge if we get there.))

Karl can't resist clapping the man on the shoulder. "Nothing like an honest day's work, right?" he says cheerfully if maliciously before gently pulling Nadarr to the side to speak quietly.

"I think when we should meet Olon rather then try to avoid him. When we do, I think it would be best to claim that we never found the ring and return the horse and cart, and the money we were paid to look as an 'apology'. Can you secure the ring against magical detection?"

Speak softly back.

This ring...it burned me like Dragonflame when we were fighting the Necromancer. Who knows if that bastard Olon can make it do the same? If so, he would stop at nothing to get it back, I am sure. I understand what it is to lust after after material things.

Were we to find some secure, magical place to keep it all would be well. As it is, I think it best if we enquire around the city and see if we can find a magic expert capable of telling us what the ring's powers are, and how best to keep it hidden.

((Edit: Is anybody else incredibly tempted to read those spoilers? ))

[apiks]

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

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"Interesting. I can see that you haven't even fully tapped into your full strength yet, and yet you somehow managed to pull off one of our kinds greater powers.

I'm glad to hear that you already assembled a group. That gives you plenty of time to prepare you and your allies for the attack. As for your brothers and sisters, I'm sure that once we deal with your father and you claim your position, they'll still continue their feud, but it will be against you. This will return it to the way it was before, except many of your sibling's lines who clung to your father won't be able to function without him. What will most likely happen is I will act as a steward for you in your absence; unlike you, your siblings still fear me somewhat, and that will work for us. With your cousins aiding me as well, I assume that in the next century or so, you'll finally be able to take the throne. It will take a long time to weed out your near-feral siblings, but we have time to wait. I may be hot headed at times, but unlike your father, I have patience. And time is all we need for your siblings to either succumb to your rule or be hunted down.

I'll be in town for a few days before I leave. The ferry I'm taking hasn't arrived to port yet. I'd like you to avoid being known and avoid people finding out you're alive as long as you possibly can. The last thing we need is your siblings taking the fight overseas."

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"You wound me, Uncle. I think you'll find that they'll succumb to my rule faster than you'd think. And regardless of it, they will be hunting my heir as well, not only me. And I have a plan for that. If they do not fear me, they will learn to serve me."

Lean in closer to Viscardi with blazing hot eyes.

"I would rather see Talmarune burn than surrender it to lesser men."

After a few moments Aurel leans backwards and fixes his hair.

"We will be ready when time comes. Right now I have a more pressing concern. Uncle, have you heard of a robotic man named Olon? He seemed to know a great deal about Vryloka and recognized me immediately. I suspect he's done the same with others of my group and their past histories. I am to meet him tonight and have a bad feeling regarding it. He seemed like the sort to both get the job done and keep grudges."

[highmax28]

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

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"Interesting. I can see that you haven't even fully tapped into your full strength yet, and yet you somehow managed to pull off one of our kinds greater powers.

I'm glad to hear that you already assembled a group. That gives you plenty of time to prepare you and your allies for the attack. As for your brothers and sisters, I'm sure that once we deal with your father and you claim your position, they'll still continue their feud, but it will be against you. This will return it to the way it was before, except many of your sibling's lines who clung to your father won't be able to function without him. What will most likely happen is I will act as a steward for you in your absence; unlike you, your siblings still fear me somewhat, and that will work for us. With your cousins aiding me as well, I assume that in the next century or so, you'll finally be able to take the throne. It will take a long time to weed out your near-feral siblings, but we have time to wait. I may be hot headed at times, but unlike your father, I have patience. And time is all we need for your siblings to either succumb to your rule or be hunted down.

I'll be in town for a few days before I leave. The ferry I'm taking hasn't arrived to port yet. I'd like you to avoid being known and avoid people finding out you're alive as long as you possibly can. The last thing we need is your siblings taking the fight overseas."

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"You wound me, Uncle. I think you'll find that they'll succumb to my rule faster than you'd think. And regardless of it, they will be hunting my heir as well, not only me. And I have a plan for that. If they do not fear me, they will learn to serve me."

Lean in closer to Viscardi with blazing hot eyes.

"I would rather see Talmarune burn than surrender it to lesser men."

After a few moments Aurel leans backwards and fixes his hair.

"We will be ready when time comes. Right now I have a more pressing concern. Uncle, have you heard of a robotic man named Olon? He seemed to know a great deal about Vryloka and recognized me immediately. I suspect he's done the same with others of my group and their past histories. I am to meet him tonight and have a bad feeling regarding it. He seemed like the sort to both get the job done and keep grudges."

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"Olon? No, I've never heard of the name. But is this a golem that acts like a living being, or someone who has combined himself with machine? Either way, I recall on my journey to the Plane of Eberron that they're common there. He may have come from there. I'll keep an ear open for anything about him for you. If I find anything, I'll relay it to you. I'd be careful; warforged and artificers are both equally dangerous, the latter being hundred times worse. They're magicians with the power to manipulate machines and alter their weapons in combat to suit their needs. They're also known to have made warforged, the metal golem people. They're sturdy and strong, and they don't have any blood running through their veins. But they're just like any other human or elf; smart enough to think for itself.

I wish I knew more, but its been a long time since I as last there. If you don't mind, I'll be down here when I need rest; I don't think anyone will come down here after that fire. You should consider getting some people to rebuild this place. I'll toss in 10000gp, since I'll be staying here for a while. You should probably put the land in someone else's name. I heard that you gained a dragonborn ally that lives with you; perhaps, if he's still alive, you could put it under his name until things start going into motion."

He tosses you a bag full of platinum. Last time you built this thing, it took a whopping 100,000gp, but that included this expansive basement with the works. To just do the upper part like it was before, you're fairly certain that it would take 25,000gp, maybe more.

Once Karl and Nadarr are done discussing the ring, Karl suggests we return the dwarvern artifact , and sell all the unenchanted things (statuettes, ceremonial armor, masterwork weapons, and our former companions unenchanted things), but hold onto the magic gear for the moment until everyone has definitively claimed what they want.

You start selling the items that aren't magical. The local shop that sells decorative items will take each blade for 150gp and each set of armor for 750gp each. The statuettes, all 11 of them, can be sold for a total of 1000gp for all of them, and the gems are still as is at 1500gp. Isbat's gear totals to 156gp 5sp (this is also selling his strange mundane blade) ((And I have to get going, so I can't list alexander's gear right now))

[TD1]

If they aren't already sold, Nadarr tries to stake a claim on all the gems.

[apiks]

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Interesting. I can see that you haven't even fully tapped into your full strength yet, and yet you somehow managed to pull off one of our kinds greater powers.

I'm glad to hear that you already assembled a group. That gives you plenty of time to prepare you and your allies for the attack. As for your brothers and sisters, I'm sure that once we deal with your father and you claim your position, they'll still continue their feud, but it will be against you. This will return it to the way it was before, except many of your sibling's lines who clung to your father won't be able to function without him. What will most likely happen is I will act as a steward for you in your absence; unlike you, your siblings still fear me somewhat, and that will work for us. With your cousins aiding me as well, I assume that in the next century or so, you'll finally be able to take the throne. It will take a long time to weed out your near-feral siblings, but we have time to wait. I may be hot headed at times, but unlike your father, I have patience. And time is all we need for your siblings to either succumb to your rule or be hunted down.

I'll be in town for a few days before I leave. The ferry I'm taking hasn't arrived to port yet. I'd like you to avoid being known and avoid people finding out you're alive as long as you possibly can. The last thing we need is your siblings taking the fight overseas."

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"You wound me, Uncle. I think you'll find that they'll succumb to my rule faster than you'd think. And regardless of it, they will be hunting my heir as well, not only me. And I have a plan for that. If they do not fear me, they will learn to serve me."

Lean in closer to Viscardi with blazing hot eyes.

"I would rather see Talmarune burn than surrender it to lesser men."

After a few moments Aurel leans backwards and fixes his hair.

"We will be ready when time comes. Right now I have a more pressing concern. Uncle, have you heard of a robotic man named Olon? He seemed to know a great deal about Vryloka and recognized me immediately. I suspect he's done the same with others of my group and their past histories. I am to meet him tonight and have a bad feeling regarding it. He seemed like the sort to both get the job done and keep grudges."

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"Olon? No, I've never heard of the name. But is this a golem that acts like a living being, or someone who has combined himself with machine? Either way, I recall on my journey to the Plane of Eberron that they're common there. He may have come from there. I'll keep an ear open for anything about him for you. If I find anything, I'll relay it to you. I'd be careful; warforged and artificers are both equally dangerous, the latter being hundred times worse. They're magicians with the power to manipulate machines and alter their weapons in combat to suit their needs. They're also known to have made warforged, the metal golem people. They're sturdy and strong, and they don't have any blood running through their veins. But they're just like any other human or elf; smart enough to think for itself.

I wish I knew more, but its been a long time since I as last there. If you don't mind, I'll be down here when I need rest; I don't think anyone will come down here after that fire. You should consider getting some people to rebuild this place. I'll toss in 10000gp, since I'll be staying here for a while. You should probably put the land in someone else's name. I heard that you gained a dragonborn ally that lives with you; perhaps, if he's still alive, you could put it under his name until things start going into motion."

He tosses you a bag full of platinum. Last time you built this thing, it took a whopping 100,000gp, but that included this expansive basement with the works. To just do the upper part like it was before, you're fairly certain that it would take 25,000gp, maybe more.

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"Will do so. Make yourself at home until I round up the rest of the money and start building.  I think you know how to find me if you need me. Keep me updated."

After saying my goodbye go meet up with the party.

[highmax28]

If they aren't already sold, Nadarr tries to stake a claim on all the gems.

((Everyone got equal share of gems, totalling 1500 per person. You got a lot to begin with

also, plans canceled, so continuing the post))

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sigh

"I worried about it coming to this. If the scale was smaller I would've even encouraged rumors of my death, but as you said, this can't go on if I want there to be something to come back to. I have the men required but doubt whether we have the ability to succeed against my father. And then there's the consequences. Hundreds of years of hunt and blood can't go away in the blink of an eye.

As for my story, let's just say that our legacy saved my ass a few times as a necromancer unwittingly activated the ritual."

Look at the bottle with hunger.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Interesting. I can see that you haven't even fully tapped into your full strength yet, and yet you somehow managed to pull off one of our kinds greater powers.

I'm glad to hear that you already assembled a group. That gives you plenty of time to prepare you and your allies for the attack. As for your brothers and sisters, I'm sure that once we deal with your father and you claim your position, they'll still continue their feud, but it will be against you. This will return it to the way it was before, except many of your sibling's lines who clung to your father won't be able to function without him. What will most likely happen is I will act as a steward for you in your absence; unlike you, your siblings still fear me somewhat, and that will work for us. With your cousins aiding me as well, I assume that in the next century or so, you'll finally be able to take the throne. It will take a long time to weed out your near-feral siblings, but we have time to wait. I may be hot headed at times, but unlike your father, I have patience. And time is all we need for your siblings to either succumb to your rule or be hunted down.

I'll be in town for a few days before I leave. The ferry I'm taking hasn't arrived to port yet. I'd like you to avoid being known and avoid people finding out you're alive as long as you possibly can. The last thing we need is your siblings taking the fight overseas."

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"You wound me, Uncle. I think you'll find that they'll succumb to my rule faster than you'd think. And regardless of it, they will be hunting my heir as well, not only me. And I have a plan for that. If they do not fear me, they will learn to serve me."

Lean in closer to Viscardi with blazing hot eyes.

"I would rather see Talmarune burn than surrender it to lesser men."

After a few moments Aurel leans backwards and fixes his hair.

"We will be ready when time comes. Right now I have a more pressing concern. Uncle, have you heard of a robotic man named Olon? He seemed to know a great deal about Vryloka and recognized me immediately. I suspect he's done the same with others of my group and their past histories. I am to meet him tonight and have a bad feeling regarding it. He seemed like the sort to both get the job done and keep grudges."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Olon? No, I've never heard of the name. But is this a golem that acts like a living being, or someone who has combined himself with machine? Either way, I recall on my journey to the Plane of Eberron that they're common there. He may have come from there. I'll keep an ear open for anything about him for you. If I find anything, I'll relay it to you. I'd be careful; warforged and artificers are both equally dangerous, the latter being hundred times worse. They're magicians with the power to manipulate machines and alter their weapons in combat to suit their needs. They're also known to have made warforged, the metal golem people. They're sturdy and strong, and they don't have any blood running through their veins. But they're just like any other human or elf; smart enough to think for itself.

I wish I knew more, but its been a long time since I as last there. If you don't mind, I'll be down here when I need rest; I don't think anyone will come down here after that fire. You should consider getting some people to rebuild this place. I'll toss in 10000gp, since I'll be staying here for a while. You should probably put the land in someone else's name. I heard that you gained a dragonborn ally that lives with you; perhaps, if he's still alive, you could put it under his name until things start going into motion."

He tosses you a bag full of platinum. Last time you built this thing, it took a whopping 100,000gp, but that included this expansive basement with the works. To just do the upper part like it was before, you're fairly certain that it would take 25,000gp, maybe more.

Once Karl and Nadarr are done discussing the ring, Karl suggests we return the dwarvern artifact , and sell all the unenchanted things (statuettes, ceremonial armor, masterwork weapons, and our former companions unenchanted things), but hold onto the magic gear for the moment until everyone has definitively claimed what they want.

You start selling the items that aren't magical. The local shop that sells decorative items will take each blade for 150gp and each set of armor for 750gp each. The statuettes, all 11 of them, can be sold for a total of 1000gp for all of them, and the gems are still as is at 1500gp. Isbat's gear totals to 156gp 5sp (this is also selling his strange mundane blade) ((And I have to get going, so I can't list alexander's gear right now))

Alexander's gear totals to 188gp 5sp and 5cp

This leaves the following gear unclaimed:

- 3 Bags of Holding
- Dagger of Submission +1
- Badge of the Berserker +1
- Sunblade Bastard  Sword +1
- Lamp of Discerning
- Deepfarer's pouch
- Oathblade bastard sword +1
-Half of a heart touch bracer (upon farther inspection, its worthless without the other half)
- Beinihime (far bond bastard sword +1 of a special make)
- Backpack of Concealment
- Ruby Scabbard
- Shockweave leather armor +1
- Wavestrider boots
- 2 Obsidian Steeds (currently assisting in pulling the REALLY heavy cart of goods)
- Gloaming Shroud Cloak +2 (Upon noticing it, this seemed like the REAL treasure kept in the vault)
- Staff of Withering +2
- Frost Dagger +2
- Any other gear I forgot to put or the party wishes to throw into the pot

As you're counting/selling stuff, Aurel rejoins the party