Starting gold No gold for Haunted One. Sold two hand crossbows (+75), bought shield, shortbow, & 20 arrows. (-36) XGE's This is your Life 2 Life Events 17 Boon 7 You once performed a service for a local temple. The next time you visit the temple, you can receive healing up to your hit point maximum. 00 Weird Stuff 6 You served a powerful adventurer as a hireling. You have only recently left that service. (Secret History) Eks was born 11 years ago to a smallish clan who cleaned the sewers beneath Baldur’s Gate. It seems a lifetime ago that they discovered the magic bag. The tribe’s elder sorcerer began to experiment with the beans. Eks was fed eggs that grew from one of them. He doesn’t remember much of the time after that, but he awoke months later in a side tunnel, surrounded by weapons and supplies. He gathered them up, instinctively donning the mail as if he’d done it hundreds of times. Moving into the alleys of The Gate, he was greeted by a tall half-elf, Professor Eben. The professor, recognizing that the effects of the beans were fading, released his squire from service, knowing that the alter ego was too altruistic to continue his path of conquest.

used Bag of Beans. Egg became 9 (3d4) beans. Strength increases 7 Intelligence increases 2

Eks and Mr. Pig employed by Hamil Hannover (half-elf in fedora), a fellow of the Border Kingdoms Historical Society to guard facy magic types trying to find his missing partner, Brent Brownbarrell (dwarf researcher in trouble) and possibly Brent's Harper pin. Hamil "misplaced" dwarf's pin in the cottage of a lady woodcutter. Hannover wake us in middle of night and send us out to search with only 2 hours sleep. Says Brent in trouble. I do not like, but better than travelling in daylight. Chatty sorcerer made deals for reclaiming Harper pin. Eks did not like smell of place. Smelled like fiend. Forest full of spiderwebs. Sorcerer and Wizard threw fire and ice to kill many spiders and ettercaps. Eks & Mr. Pig killed one ettercap with lance in a charge and another with The Sixth Sword after it tried to ambush us. Dwarf Brownbarel was captured by gnolls. They making gnolls from humans and hyenas. We kill gnoll fang of Yeenoghu and they stop cause no more magic. Job so easy that Eks & Mr. Pig both fell asleep while others talk to woodcutter in house. Probably because no rest night before. Story Award: Treasure Hunter - Researcher Hannover spreads word of your treasure hunting skills far and wide through the Border Kingdoms. You have a reputation for being able to acquire unique items that others have given up as being lost forever.

Eks hired by Derlen Satleren from Lord's Alliance Melvaunt station. Derlen is mean, evil lord. Will not let Mr. Pig sleep inside with Eks. Derlen also wants Eks to go with Halfling Thief named Fallon, Gith wizard Murek, and Sage named Luna. Four and Mr. Pig are to find ship named Merchant's Folly, capture or kill pirates called the Teshwave siblings, and return all to Melvaunt for ship burning and sibling execution. We ride on big ship. Mr. Pig becomes octopus and explores ocean. Mr. Pig and archers fight merrow that were attacking mermaid princess. She invites us to visit mermaid city but Eks can't hold breath that long. We find Merchant's Folly. Rogue just says Hi to brother. We have conversation with Tea. Brother & Sister are reasonable and tell us they do not hurt people, they just charm them and take the items Lord's Alliance and Zhentarim smuggle. That does not seem so bad. Fallon and Murak negotiate deal with Teshwaves to give us Folly boat, fancy feather cape, and leave cargo. They take coins and rowboat and return to secret cove. We take Folly boat back to Melvaunt, tell Derlen theTeshwave got away. Derlen tells people in Melvaunt that Teshwaves are on Folly ship when he burns it, then he pays us. Not strangest job Eks and Mr. Pig ever do, but comes close. Fancy feather cape can make us fly! SA: A Mermaid’s Request By chance and skill, you have saved the mermaid Almeta from merrow attackers. She is forever grateful for this, and has extended an open invitation to her underwater village for the foreseeable future. SA: Let Caged Birds Free. Accepting their offer to repent (for now), you have let the Teshwave Siblings go free. Their boat taken from them, their future is currently unknown. But make no mistake, they will make waves again.