In the first, the barony of New Ascension was welcoming in new colonists at a fevered pace. The ruling council heard about Perfection of Yuilia members being ambushed. They sent the barony's special forces, the B Team, to deal with the trouble.
The B Team ran across a group of Yuilia worshipers being attacked by a group of orcs. They took on the orcs in an attempt to save the religious caravan. However, as they were decimating the orcs, a vampire and its spawn rose from the river and attacked!
The battle was harsh, but in the end B Team was successful. They even managed to kill the vampire before he could get away, totally killing a monster who was NOT going to be a recurring villain. No sir. No way. Completely unrelated that he taunted the party about continuing the 'game' later. Pure random chance.
The second session dealt with the first running of the barony. In it the A Team handled some cases of government management. All were successful.
- Katerina kept the multiple religions in good standing with each other by resolving an issue about who would consecrate the barony's first graveyard.
- Evangelene and Adella made the first steps towards a formal alliance with the Sootscale kobolds in the region.
- Craig and Elzney worked to deal with an issue between nobles and peasants about who had first claim to be the better land for housing.
After the barony work was done, B Team went south looking for information on wolf attacks. They first traveled around the lake and came into contact with the Swamp Witch, Old Belmere. Although grouchy, she directed the party out towards the east, where she said wolves more aggressive then normal dwelt.
The party wandered for a while, then were ambushed by a shapechanger (lycanthrope?) and a pack of wolves. The party was savaged, but mid manage to eventually emerge victorious. The wolves were slain, but the shapechanger fled. The party was set on tracking him down when the night ended...
