The 11th Telvar Open: Hot Turtle!
An Open in Two Parts, only one part of which is described below.
11/12/11 in China Grove, N.C. Hosted by the Jones Family / D.M. E.B. Anderson, Jr.
Party:
Expeditionary Force:
Grogan Icevein, Expedition Leader, Fighter 11 (Played by Kathryn Snead)
Luether Blackrock, High Priest of Clangeddin, Fighter 8/Cleric 9 (Played by Ashley Merritt)
Morett Ironface, Lieutenant, Fighter 9 (Played by Sean Guarino)
Yeuslin Goldfire, Sargeant, Fighter 6 (Played by Andrew Anderson?)
Slorgin Ironface, Sargeant, Fighter 6
4 Dwarves, Marines, Fighters 4 (Melee Squad)
6 Dwarves, Marines, Fighters 4 (Bowyer Squad) (Played by Sarah Lane?)
Vessel Crew:
Hoine Ironface, First Captain, Captain 8 (Played by David Chappell)
Baryun Icevein, Second Captain, Captain 7 (Played by Keith Nelson?)
Florin Hilltop, First Mate, Captain 6 (Played by David Jones
Uther Hilltop, Second Mate, Captain 5 (Played by Ryan Jones?)
6 Dwarves, Crew, Captains 3
Our story begins very long ago, when the high priestess of Moradin, Ygrill, had a vision of one of the nine flawless jewels of Moradin resting in a domed city – a ruin of the Ancient’s. The King of the Wall Kingdom, Gamil the Fourth, put together a recovery party of his greatest warriors, and sent them out on a quest of the greatest importance to recover the gem and bring it back to the Kingdom.
Category: Telvar Open
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The 11th Telvar Open: Hot Turtle!
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The 10th Telvar Open: Video Transcript
The 10th Telvar Open: Wrap-‐Up Scenes from the Video. Transcripts, Mostly Accurate!
Video Summary:
E: Well, the people who are manipulating The Phantasm have very different plans. So, what happens is, Phantasm leads 3 thieves from the Guild—picked because 1 knows a little bit about magic (), one is particularly good at dealing with old stonework (), and 1 is a cleric of Hindus, the god of thieves who can help heal and keep them alive (). Leads them out… with a Teleport Anchor and leads people out to a location where… I realize there are only 3 people here who are familiar with this substance, called Scatterblock. A vicious substance developed during the First Age by the Tyrants to destroy people who tried to teleport into their palaces or Universities. So what happens is, the Great Wilhelm is traveling. The Phantasm has been given a tip-‐off by these same diabolically-‐scheming forces. So the Teleport Anchor—something that sucks in people traveling by Teleport within about a mile line of sight between the points—Phantasm climbs up on top of the ruin and drops the Anchor into the Scatterblocked ruin, and stands back and waits. -
The 10th Telvar Open: Pocketing the Difference
The Tenth Telvar Open Tournament: Pocketing the Difference
“The random and the directly causal are often completely indistinguishable. I would argue that there is no difference—given that the world is far too complicated for us to really understand the consequences of our own actions.”
–The Anarchist Cleric known as “Bob”
Events of 11 October 2008 in Charlotte, N.C. / 26 December 2196 B.Y. in the ruins of a First Age slave city near the Realmish city of Hortun.
[the same day as the BLADES battle in the sewers of Botsweil, aftermath of a low-level adventuring party releasing two warring gods]
[NOTE: Some of the diverse summaries of these events contain contradictory information, and skewed perspectives based on the experiences of the characters involved. Some of these have been noted specifically, but otherwise the unique perspectives of each group have been maintained. The truth
of each situation probably lies somewhere in the middle.]
Dungeon Master: Edwin B. Anderson, Jr.
Assistant: Chris Allen
With Support from: Katherine Anderson Hosted by: Rhonda & Alan Jones
Near the Realmish city of Hortun lies an ancient ruin, abandoned since the First Age of Telvar. That ruin was the birth place of the Anarchist religion, where the first clerics began their work, establishing the first such temple after a slave uprising against the Codex Tyrants.
After the uprising was brutally suppressed, the site was left undisturbed for a long time, because the Restless Undead therein were deadly. Later, the Realmish government negotiated with the Undead to establish exterior walls and prevent intrusions. This fragile truce with the Undead has held for millennia…
Recently, the current government of the Near Realm has allowed the Auroran Church to establish, outside the walls, a memorial and observing post that will allow pilgrims to come and observe the site of the Revolt against the Tyrants. Though unfinished at this time, the memorial is due to be completed fairly soon… -
A History of the Telvar Open Tournaments
A History of Open Tournaments, as described by the Dungeon Master, with taglines.
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Telvar Open Desktop
View the desktop image!
Hopefully this will be an alternative to those boring standard desktops. Images are from the first and fourth Telvar Opens. -
The Ninth Telvar Open Tournament: Faces from the Past
[The Word-formatted Summary is found here.]
“It had never previously been understood why the Northerner word for ‘unavoidable danger’ literally translated as ‘blue fire mountain.’” – Loren Kenither, BoS"“More are
men’s ends mark’d than their lives before.The setting
sun, and music at the close,As the last
taste of sweets, is sweetest last,Writ in
remembrance more than things long past."–William Shakespeare,
King Richard IIEvents of 5 November 2005 in Charlotte, N.C. / 10-11 June 2192
B.Y.
in far western Cromwell, a place known as the Salt Sea Region[the
same day as the events of the Eighth Telvar
Open][NOTE: Some of the diverse summaries of these
events contain contradictory information, and skewed perspectives based on the
experiences of the characters involved.
Some of these have been noted specifically, but otherwise the unique
perspectives of each group have been maintained. The truth
of each situation probably lies somewhere in the middle.]We
begin as:A corrupt and evil kingdom of slave lords collapses…
A city built on the edge of a large salty sea is in chaos…
And Cromwellian forces enter the region to restore order and
crush the slavers…The ruins of an ancient Kraken temple molder…
A haunted forest in the shadow of an extinct volcano slumbers…
And a librarian at Cromwell’s famed Academy heads off on an
unusual vacation…But
meanwhile:A holy Paladin of Nevron receives a vision of great
importance…One of the High Priests of Aurora hears a rumor of a city in
dire straits…And the government of Cromwell realizes that there are several
“irregularities” in the librarian’s
preparations for his vacation, resulting in an Academy Team known as Death from Above being dispatched in
pursuit…Events
begin to fall into place in the city, forest, and surrounding lands, as…The city of Towlmere devolves into chaos and mayhem…
The servants of Aurora and Nevron converge on the area…
The Academy Team finds the trail of the errant librarian and is
in hot pursuit…As the librarian completes his work on a strange device
at the top of an ancient pyramid in the midst of the haunted forest…And
an ancient evil awakens… -
Ninth Telvar Open: Teaser Summary
The Ninth Telvar Open Tournament: Faces from the Past
5 November 2005 in Charlotte, N.C. / 10 June 2192 B.Y. in far
western Cromwell, in a place known as the Salt Sea Region
[the same day as the events of the Eighth Telvar Open]
We begin as:
A corrupt and evil kingdom of slave lords collapses…
A city built on the edge of a large salty sea is in chaos…
A haunted forest in the shadow of a extinct volcano slumbers…
The ruins of an ancient Kraken temple moulder…
And Cromwellian forces enter the region to restore order and crush the
slavers…
But:
A librarian at Cromwell’s famed Academy heads off on an unusual vacation…
A holy Paladin of Nevron receives a vision of great importance…
One of the High Priests of Aurora hears a rumor….
And a team of auditors working for the government of Cromwell realizes
that the Librarian’s preparations for his vacation violated some of
the policies of the Academy, resulting in an Academy Team known as
Death from Above being dispatched in pursuit…
And we begin:
As the Librarian completes work on a strange device at the top of an
ancient pyramid on the edge of the haunted forest…
And an ancient evil awakens…
[The Ninth Telvar Open Summary is finished! You can read it here!] -
*Telvar Open* Aftermath of the Eighth Telvar Open
(Note: During the Ninth Telvar Open, discussion as to the results of the Eighth Open shed some light on what became of some of the principal figures in that adventure, in its immediate aftermath. –Joel)
After the Monument collapsed, a brainwiped Lien (Hood’s erstwhile companion), Krasse (leader of the Party of Secrets), and Szyn (a phase spider), found themselves together in the space at the bottom of the dark staircase, Hood having been annihilated in the judgement. That is, Hood was utterly destroyed after he blew the horn, the Wailer for Lost Delnan, and freed Delnan, dark servant of Tram, from his captivity.
None of the others knew who they were or why they were there, but they had only one exit: up the stairs.
Szyn the phase spider did not need the stairs, however. He simply vanished, presumably to be restored to himself one way or another in that far-off place or plane that the phase spiders inhabit.
The others, however, were forced to walk up the staircase and meet their fate at its top.
Unfortunately for Lien, Krasse’s final order to the Party of Secrets had been to kill anyone besides him who emerged from the Monument. As Lien crested the stairs, he was shot to death. Krasse was pulled in by his surprised party, who found him incoherent and confused.
Shortly thereafter, the Realmish Shocktroopers, Fire Giants, and Minotaurs arrived in a large group. The Shocktroopers took charge, and it was quickly determined that Lien and the fallen Myzon (who had undertaken the Rite of the Dark Pact) had been responsible for the collapse of the Monument and the slaughter at the Giant slave mine. The Party of Secrets was given a reward for help in completing the investigation and sent on its way. Krasse was healed via an Elixir of Health and returned to form, satisfied that although he did not possess the power to save the world, the Force capable of doing so had already been unleashed.
–Joel (with minor editing by Kyle) -
The Eighth Telvar Open Tournament
4 October 2003 / 10 June 2192 B.Y.
The Edge of Memory
“It’s a hint,” the Sphinx said. “It just won’t make any sense until you already know the answer.”
Prelude:
On April 1st, 2188, on the island of Race Rock [during the Sixth Telvar open], events were set in motion that once again drew the attention of the Kraken back to Telvar. The Kraken, aircraft carrier-sized squid creatures, the great evil of ages past, had once enslaved most of the world with their mind-affecting powers.
With their baleful eye upon Telvar, only terror and evil could possibly result…
But there remained many forces arrayed against the return of the Kraken. Some known, some unknown.
“History became legend and legend became myth, and things which should not have been forgotten
…were lost.” –The Fellowship of the Ring (the film version) -
The Seventh Telvar Open Summary: The Mountain of Thunder
21 July 2001 / 8 December 2191 B.Y.
“Boom!”
When an artifact is threatened with annihilation, it is said that even the Fates may intervene.
Introduction:
In 2191, deep in the Adventuring Reserve (which lies deep within the Imperial Realm), sits the Mountain of Thunder. It gets its name from the peak, which is a massive volcano that spews acid and gas every thirty seconds, on cue, boiling violently up into the sky. The Mountain is worshipped by troglodytes as a sign of their demonic gods, and they frequently throw sacrifices (and occasionally honored fallen comrades) into the depths from a platform in the interior. They have a huge Temple complex and city surrounding the Mountain.