Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150127181142/@comment-32663439-20150127221640

Since the Valdebellators liked to have multiple bases, they moved some of their operations to Knights of the Thorn Lodge.

Alessandra decided that another mine would help their operations. The remainder of the group from Harlun's Watch who didn't stay, which was a group of 23, plus some of the new soldiers from Harlun's Watch, totaling 31 men, went to Rickety Mine. Out front, there was a small mountain lion, which was easily dispatched without losses. Inside, the mine had been turned into a lion's den. This proved problematic, as there were about 7 lions in total, most of them fully grown. They were all killed after a while, but 5 men were lost in the process. Lions definitely were dangerous beasts. Mining started here, and they now had a solid source of iron and corundum ore.

An expedition into Kemen started at this point. A group of 20 men headed into Kemen, with skilled trap detectors with them. The first area had almost no active traps. There were no losses, because the undead in the entrance area were weak zombies and skeletons. However, in the Varlasel area, 12 men were lost to the poison gas and blade traps. The undead residents weren't an issue. In the end, there were 8 survivors, and Kemen was now under Cheydinhal's control. There were many valuable items inside, and it would make a wonderful base.

(Locations now under my control:

Cheydinhal

Harlun's Watch

Kemen

Rickety Mine

Knights of the Thorn Lodge

Hope that's OK. Those locations are still pretty close to Cheydinhal, regardless of the 100 times bigger thing.)