Please note that this timeline contains spoilers for the Red Hand of Doom adventure.
| Day | Weather | Events |
| Starday 15 Reaping 597 CY | fine |
the Blue Diamonds arrive at Istivin on their way to explore Vraath Keep |
| Sunday 16 Reaping 597 CY | fine | Sofia meets Shining Servant Kireth Trantle, who invites her and her companions to dinner; at dinner, Kireth gives Sofia to deliver a letter to Shining Servant Tredora Goldenbrow at Mittleberg |
| Moonday 17 Reaping 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds leave Istivin for Mittleberg, and stay overnight at a roadside inn |
| Godsday 18 Reaping 597 CY | fine and warm, waxing crescent moon (Luna) | the Blue Diamonds arrive at a roadside inn run by halflings where the trail to Davishcross leaves the Davish Main Trail |
| Watersday 19 Reaping 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds leave inn and arrive at Mittleberg; Sofia delivers the letter to Shining Servant Tredora Goldenbrow; the Blue Diamonds visit Red Magic and Sundries and meet Alandri; Rakkel pays for Immerstal to teleport to Greyhawk and purchase one of Fonkin's lesser circlets, while Kazibar pays for Immerstal to teleport to the Bright Desert, purchase star metal, and arrange for the crafting of a magical urgrosh; the Blue Diamonds stay overnight at the Stone Wyvern |
| Earthday 20 Reaping 597 CY | fine, waning crescent moon (Celene) | the Blue Diamonds post a notice at Axenhaft Security about their adventuring company; the Blue Diamonds leave Mittleberg and travel to Talar along the Davish Main Trail, better known locally as the Dawn Way |
| Freeday 21 Reaping 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds leave Talar and travel to Nimon's Gap, where they stay at the Cross-Eyed Beholder |
| Starday 22 Reaping 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds leave Nimon's Gap and travel to Terrelton; petty criminals impersonate the village toll collector and extract money from the Blue Diamonds; some of the Blue Diamonds track the criminals back to an inn, beat them up, and reclaim their money, while others meet Lielle, who tells thems about the corrupt politics in Terrelton, the local bandit gangs, and the bandits' leader, Lady Dagger; the Blue Diamonds stay overnight with friends of Lielle |
| Sunday 23 Reaping 597 CY | fine |
morning the Blue Diamonds leave Terrelton for
Drellin's Ferry; |
| Moonday 24 Reaping 597 CY | fine |
morning the hobgoblin prisoners are tried,
sentenced, and hanged from the old tree on the green; Kazibar buys a wagon
and two draft horses from Delora Zann; the Blue Diamonds (with Kazibar's
wagon) cross the Davish via the ferry and enter the Witchwood using the
Dawn Way; |
| Godsday 25 Reaping 597 CY | showers, full moon (Luna) | morning the Blue Diamonds attempt to track the
spider-men for a short while, without success; they follow the Dawn Way
to Vraath Keep, which overlooks the junction of the Dawn Way and the Old
Forest Road; the Blue Diamonds capture the keep, killing Wyrmlord Koth,
but both worg riders escape; the Blue Diamonds find Koth's map; they also
find and loot Amery Vraath's hidden treasure chamber; the Blue Diamonds
leave Kazibar's wagon behind while they return to Jorr's cabin; afternoon they hire Jorr to act as their messenger and deliver a warning and a copy of Koth's map to Norro, and wait at his cabin for him to return with Norro's response; late afternoon Jorr returns with a short message from Norro asking the Blue Diamonds to investigate Skull Gorge Bridge and Cinder Hill; the Blue Diamonds hire Jorr to guide them through the Witchwood without using the Dawn Way; late evening they kill a digester that attacks their camp |
| Watersday 26 Reaping 597 CY | fine and warm | morning Jorr leads the Blue Diamonds past a
decrepit effigy to Skull Gorge Bridge; late morning the Blue Diamonds capture Skull Gorge Bridge, killing Ozyrrandion; some of the hobgoblin defenders flee along the Dawn Way towards Cinder Hill, and the Blue Diamonds follow them; afternoon the Blue Diamonds approach Cinder Hill and see the Horde of the Red Hand from a distance; they watch while the defenders of the bridge are ritually sacrificed in front of several hundred hobgoblin soldiers for their cowardice, confirm that the assembled soldiers are being sent to recapture the bridge, and hurry back to the bridge; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds destroy Skull Gorge Bridge after crossing it; they travel back along the Dawn Way and camp near an abandoned woodcutter's cabin near the decrepit effigy |
| Earthday 27 Reaping 597 CY | fine and warm |
morning the Blue Diamonds travel back along
the Dawn Way; |
| Freeday 28 Reaping 597 CY | fine | morning Norro calls a town meeting on the green
and announces that everyone must prepare to leave in the next three days;
Jorr returns to his cabin in the Witchwood; Kyria and Sofia visit Serterien
the Wise to help him start packing for the exacuation, and Kyria asks him
to craft her a hat of disguise; Kazibar visits Brother Derny at
the shrine of Pelor; late evening a Red Hand raiding party attacks the houses on the northern side of the Davish River; the Blue Diamonds help Soranna and the town guard drive off the raiders |
| Starday 1 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning Serterien identifies several
magic items for the Blue Diamonds, including the staff of life;
Brother Derny asks the Blue Diamonds to give the staff of life
to him so that he can pass it on to Shining Servant Tredora Goldenbrow,
and they agree; afternoon refugees from the outlying farmsteads start assembling at Drellin's Ferry |
| Sunday 2 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | morning Serterien starts crafting Kyria's hat
of disguise; the Horde of the Red Hand sets out from Cinder Hill; early evening Lion of Mittleberg Teyani Sura arrives at Drellin's Ferry with news that hobgoblins have built a blockade across the trail into the Crystalmists, two day's travel west from Witchcross; the Blue Diamonds tell her about the Horde of the Red Hand and show her Koth's map; Teyani makes a copy of Koth's map, then requisitions a fresh horse and sets out for Mittleberg |
| Moonday 3 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and cool | morning the old, infirm, and families with small
children leave Drellin's Ferry in wagons, travelling along the Dawn Way afternoon the Blue Diamonds kill a chimera that attacks town militia training on the green late afternoon Serterien finishes crafting Kyria's hat of disguise |
| Godsday 4 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and cool, waning crescent moon (Luna) |
morning the Blue Diamonds leave Drellin's Ferry
with the young and healthy refugees, who travel on foot |
| Watersday 5 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds leave Terrelton and travel to Nimon's Gap, leaving the refugees behind; Lord Jaarmath sends messengers to Bova and Istivin about the approaching army and refugees, and advises Lady Verassa Kaal and the other nobles of Mittleberg about the impending emergency |
| Earthday 6 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds leave Nimon's Gap and travel to Talar; at Talar, Kyria hires a messenger to deliver a warning about the approaching Horde of the Red Hand to the Hammerfist Holds |
| Freeday 7 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | morning the Blue Diamonds leave Talar for Witchcross,
using the Talar Bridge to cross the Davish River; late afternoon they defeat a hobgoblin raiding party near Witchcross early evening the Blue Diamonds arrive at Witchcross; they speak with some of the council of elders about the hobgoblin threat, and learn that the real leaders in the area are a circle of druids called the Keepers of Eth; the Blue Diamonds ask the council of elders to organise a meeting for them with the Keepers of Eth, and stay the night on the village green in an energy dome (also known as a tiny hut) created by Kyria |
| Starday 8 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | afternoon the Blue Diamonds are told that the
Keepers of Eth will meet them that evening; evening the Blue Diamonds go to a nearby circle of standing stones in the Witchwood; several wolves and owls arrive, then transform into naked men and women; the Blue Diamonds speak with their leader, Adranna the Young, about the hobgoblin threat, and learn that the Keepers of Eth have been dealing with various hobgoblin raiding parties travelling through the Witchwood on the Old Forest Road to raid the farms around Witchcross; when about the Blackfens, Adranna tells the Blue Diamonds about the lizardfolk who live their now and the ancient Flan kingdom of Rhest that existed centuries ago; after the meeting, the Blue Diamonds return to Witchcross and stay the night on the village green in Kyria's tiny hut; Adranna sends an animal messenger to Sellyria Starsinger telling her about the Blue Diamonds |
| Sunday 9 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds pay for their horses
to be stabled at Witchcross and leave for the Blackfens on foot late afternoon they camp at the ford across the western branch of the Witchstream in Kyria's tiny hut; the Horde of the Red Hand reaches Vraath Keep; Kyria's messenger reaches the Hammerfist Holds, alerting Stonesinger Uldrina Flamehair |
| Moonday 10 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | early afternoon the Blue Diamonds overrun the
blockade on the trail; late afternoon they camp near the point where the trail to Rhest disappears in the Blackfens; the Horde of the Red Hand crosses the Davish River and sacks the empty town of Drellin's Ferry |
| Godsday 11 Goodmonth 597 CY | thunderstorms, new moon (Luna) | morning the Blue Diamonds enter the Blackfens;
a harrowbeast kills and eats Lanikar Nightshadow and Liokio; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds kill the harrowbeast, then meet a patrol of Tiri Kitor led by Killiar Arrowswift; after determining that the harrowbeast killed Lanika and Liokio, the patrol takes the Blue Diamonds to Starsong Hill, where they meet Sellyria Starsinger and Trellara Nightshadow; Sellyria tells the Blue Diamonds about the hobgoblins and lizardfolk at Rhest, and indicates that the Tiri Kitor may help against the Horde of the Red Hand if the threat at Rhest is dealt with and it is safe to leave Starsong Hill unguarded; early evening the Blue Diamonds attend Lanikar's funeral ceremony, then the wake; Kyria speaks well of Lanikar during the wake, which is well received; by comparison, Sofia's comparison of Starsong Hill to the Nine Hells is not viewed so positively |
| Watersday 12 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds row across the Blackfens
towards Rhest on boats borrowed from the Tiri Kitor; afternoon they drive off a lizardfolk warband; late afternoon the refugees from Drellin's Ferry arrive at Mittleberg; evening the Blue Diamonds drive off a harrowbeast that attacks their camp |
| Earthday 13 Goodmonth 597 CY | morning fog, then fine and warm | early afternoon the Blue Diamonds arrive at
Rhest and begin observing the lizardfolk and hobgoblins; late afternoon they see Saarvith and Regiarix leave Rhest and go hunting in the Blackfens; evening the Blue Diamonds capture Rhest, killing the harrowbeast, the hobgoblin garrison, and the lizardfolk; Saarvith and Regiarix return when they hear the garrison sound the alarm, and are both killed; the Blue Diamonds find Ulwai's letter and the Ghostlord's phylactery |
| Freeday 14 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | early morning Tiri Kitor patrols led by Killiar
Arrowswift arrive to secure Rhest and transport the Blue Diamonds back to
Starsong Hill; morning they report their success to Sellyria Starsinger, Trellara Nightshadow, and Illian Snowmantle, and are guests of honour at a day-long celebration; Sellyria agrees to send the Tiri Kitor to Mittleberg to help fight the Horde of the Red Hand, and loans each of the Blue Diamonds a giant owl for the duration of the conflict (Yavanna for Jari, Pelori for Kazibar, Idril for Kyria, Aglon for Rakkel, Galathilion for Sofia, and Celon for Seymon); Trellara tells the Blue Diamonds the legend of the Ghostlord; four Lions of Mittleberg leave for the Hammerfist Holds with 6000 gp and a contract of employment for Captain Ervath Helmbreaker and the Shining Axe Company |
| Starday 15 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine, new moon (Celene) | the Blue Diamonds fly to Witchcross, where they explain the situation to the council of elders and hire a stablehand to take their horses to Mittleberg; they stay overnight on the village green in Kyria's tiny hut |
| Sunday 16 Goodmonth 597 CY | thunderstorms | morning the Blue Diamonds fly to Mittleberg; early afternoon Teyani Sura takes the Blue Diamonds to meet Lord Jaarmath and Captain Ulverth at Mittleberg Keep; the Blue Diamond tell Lord Jaarmath that they intend to investigate the Ghostlord; Lord Jaarmath tells the Blue Diamonds about the wagon carrying his contract to the Hammerfist Holds, and asks them to fly along the Dawn Way and check on the progress of the Horde and the evacuation; late afternoon the wagon with the contract arrives at Talar; evening the Blue Diamonds have dinner with Norro Wiston and Soranna Anitah and stay overnight at Mittleberg Keep |
| Moonday 17 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | morning the Blue Diamonds fly to Talar; the
Tiri Kitor leave the Blackfens for Mittleberg; late morning they capture Miha Serani at Talar and hand her over to Lady Celiira Nessen, then fly to Nimon's Gap; afternoon the Horde of the Red Hand sacks the empty town of Terrelton; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds fly to Nimon's Gap, where they stop four bandits from the Crimson Tigers gang who are looting the Cross-Eyed Beholder; they question the surviving bandit, who confirms that Lady Dagger is an influential bandit leader who provides various gangs with information about who to rob when and where, and release him to "take a message" back to the other bandits that looters will be punished; evening the Tiri Kitor camp in the Witchwood; the Blue Diamonds stay overnight at Nimon's Gap in Kyria's tiny hut, and destroy four wights that attack them during the night |
| Godsday 18 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and cool, waxing crescent moon (Luna) | morning the Blue Diamonds fly east across the
Nimon Hills towards Dauth; the wagon with the contract is ambushed by a
Red Hand raiding party, and the four Lions of Mittleberg are killed; a wagon
carrying Miha Serani sets out for Mittleberg; late morning the Blue Diamonds find the wagon and kill the raiding party; the Tiri Kitor arrive at Mittleberg; early afternoon they take the four dead Lions of Mittleberg, the contract and the 6000 gp to Dauth, where they help the locals bury the dead and distribute their equipment among the human-sized members of the village militia; the Blue Diamonds hire a halfling with a riding dog to go to Mittleberg via Prosser and let Lord Jaarmath know that they'll take the contract to the Hammerfist Holds; early evening Miha Serani escapes from her guards on the Dawn Way |
| Watersday 19 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds fly to the Hammerfist
Holds; the halfling messenger leaves Dauth for Prosser; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds arrive at the entrance to the Hammerfist Holds; they arrange for a messenger to take the contract and the 6000 gp through the tunnels to Captain Ervath Helmbreaker; early evening the Blue Diamonds arrange to stay at an inn, where they meet Stonesinger Uldrina Flamehair; the halfling messenger arrives at Prosser |
| Earthday 20 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm, evening thunderstorm | morning the Blue Diamonds fly to the Ghostlord's
lair in the Thornwaste; the halfling messenger leaves Prosser for Mittleberg;
the dwarven messenger takes the contract and the 6000 gp to Captain Ervath
Helmbreaker; afternoon the halfling messenger arrives at Mittleberg; late afternoon the dwarven messenger delivers the contract and the 6000 gp; early evening the Blue Diamonds overrun at the Ghostlord's lair, killing Varanthian and the Ghostlord and forcing Ulwai Stormcaller to flee for her life on a phantom steed; they smash the Ghostlord's phylactery, destroying him forever; the Blue Diamonds stay overnight in the Ghostlord's lair; late evening Ulwai Stormcaller reaches Drellin's Ferry and travels north along the Dawn Way |
| Freeday 21 Goodmonth 597 CY | raining and cool |
early morning Ulwai Stormcaller reaches the
Horde of the Red Hand on the Dawn Way between Terrelton and Nimon's Gap
and reports what has happened to Hravek Kharn; |
| Starday 22 Goodmonth 597 CY | thunderstorms and cool |
morning the Blue Diamonds visit Avarthel again,
Kyria collects her potion, and they set out for the Hammerfist
Holds; Captain Helmbreaker and the Shining Axes Company march through
the tunnels to the entry hold; |
| Sunday 23 Goodmonth 597 CY | drizzing and cool | morning the Blue Diamonds set out for Mittleberg; early evening they arrive at Mittleberg, and take Siemon's body to the Cathedral of Pelor, intending to ask Shining Servant Tredora Goldenbrow to use the staff of life to resurrect Siemon; however, Tredora is at Mittleberg Keep having dinner with Lord Jaarmath, so the Blue Diamonds leave Siemon's body with an acolyte and go to the Craven Raven for dinner (except for Kazibar, who goes to the Stone Wyvern instead); they meet Hurndahl Teskerwill and Oren Hudspith, who dance with Kyria and Sofia respectively; Hurndahl invites the Blue Diamonds to stay at Teskerwill Manor instead of Mittleberg Keep, which they do |
| Moonday 24 Goodmonth 597 CY | raining and cool | morning Tredora Goldenbrow and Sofia discuss
Siemon, and Tredora suggests sending an acolyte to Istivin to purchase a
scroll of raise dead so the staff of life can be saved
for the coming conflict; Sofia agrees, and an acolyte sets out for Istivin;
late morning the Blue Diamonds meet with the Defence Council of Mittleberg (Lord Jaarmath, Lady Kaal, Captain Ulverth, Shining Servant Tredora Goldenbrow, and Sellyria Starsinger) and discuss how to hold off the Horde of the Red Hand; Lord Jaarmath tells them that Miha Sereni escaped, but that Lady Celiira Nessen reported that Miha claimed a second Horde of goblinoids and giants was forming in the Crystalmists north of Mittleberg; Kyria sends a messenger to Bova to request that the dwarves of Stonehelm send her the suit of mithril full plate she ordered months ago; early afternoon the Blue Diamonds and Trellara Nightshadow fly to Red Rock; afternoon the Horde of the Red Hand sacks the empty hamlet of Nimon's Gap; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds arrive at Red Rock; they question a number of local trappers and prospectors about a possible second Horde, but nobody has seen any signs of a large force assembling; they stay the night in Kyria's tiny hut |
| Godsday 25 Goodmonth 597 CY | raining and warm, full moon (Luna) | the Blue Diamonds fly around the Crystamists looking for masses of giants and goblinoids; they kill a small group of trolls and a second small group of ettins, then stay the night in Kyria's tiny hut |
| Watersday 26 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds set out for Mittleberg; afternoon they arrive at Mittleberg, and send out Tiri Kitor scouts to find Red Hand raiding parties to kill; they stay the night at Mittleberg Keep |
| Earthday 27 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds have breakfast with
Lord Jaarmath, then fly off to destroy two Red Hand raiding parties; afternoon Lady Celiira Nessen arrives at Mittleberg, escorting the last of the refugees from Talar with the Company of Last Resort early evening they return to Mittleberg and have dinner at Mittleberg Keep; Kyria receives a letter from Hurndahl Teskerwill inviting her to dinner with his family at her convenience, and she sends a response suggesting the following evening |
| Freeday 28 Goodmonth 597 CY | fine | morning Kyria receives an invitation for herself
and Sofia to attend dinner at Teskerwill Manor that evening; at Mittleberg
Keep, Lord Jaarmath introduces the Blue Diamonds to their command unit for
the coming battle - Captain Hurndahl Teskerwill, Lions of Mittleberg Teyani
Sura and Kerrick Prossill, House Kaal Elite Guard Morrow Brendil, Captain
Soranna Anitah, High Singer Trellara Nightshadow, and Tiri Kitor archers
Cabed, Eglador and Galen; the Blue Diamonds fly out to check on the progress
of the Shining Axe Company, then kill more Red Hand raiding parties; early evening Kyria and Sofia have dinner at Teskerwill Manor with Hurndahl, the other Teskerwills, and Oren; Sofia has difficulty remaining calm and breathing normally when Oren holds her hand |
| Starday 1 Harvester 597 CY | fine | morning the Blue Diamonds fly out and kill more
Red Hand raiding parties; Kyria continues to spend time with Hurndahl, while
Sofia avoids Oren; Lady Celiira Nessen and the Company of Last Resort escorts
the remaining refugees and non-essential civilians as they leave Mittleberg
for Istivin late afternoon the Shining Axe Company arrive at Mittleberg; the acolyte returns from Istivin with the scroll of raise dead for Siemon, and Tredora Goldenbrow restores him to life |
| Sunday 2 Harvester 597 CY | raining | morning the Blue Diamonds fly out and kill more
Red Hand raiding parties afternoon the Horde of the Red Hand sacks the empty town of Talar |
| Moonday 3 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm | morning the Blue Diamonds fly out and kill more Red Hand raiding parties |
| Godsday 4 Harvester 597 CY | fine, waning crescent moon (Luna) | morning the Blue Diamonds fly out and kill more Red Hand raiding parties |
| Watersday 5 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds remain at Mittleberg in case the Horde of the Red Hand force marches and attacks while they are away |
| Earthday 6 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds remain at Mittleberg in case the Horde of the Red Hand force marches and attacks while they are away |
| Freeday 7 Harvester 597 CY | fine and cool | Oren gives in and sends Sofia a letter asking to see her again; Sofia seeks out Oren while he's training his unit, and waits a while until eventually interrupting to explain that she felt obligated to see him;Kyria's mithril full plate arrives from Stonehelm |
| Starday 8 Harvester 597 CY | raining and cool | early evening the Defence Council meet with the Blue Diamonds again to go over the plans for defending Mittleberg |
| Sunday 9 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Horde of the Red Hand arrives at Mittleberg; Ulwai Stormcaller delivers a message from Hravek Kharn granting the defenders a truce until the next morning, so that they can leave the city without having to fight the Horde |
| Moonday 10 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm, waxing crescent moon (Celene) | the truce expires, but the Horde doesn't attack; Sofia tries to meet Oren, but his unit is on alert and all leave is cancelled |
| Godsday 11 Harvester 597 CY | thunderstorms and warm, new moon (Luna) | early morning the Horde attacks two hours before
dawn, and the defenders of Mittleberg win a decisive victory - over a third
of the Horde dies in the battle, including almost all their flying creatures
and giants and approximately a thousand goblinoids, while approximately
two hundred defenders are killed, including Jari (who is resurrected
during the battle by Tredora Goldenbrow using the staff of life),
Kerrick Prossill, Galen, Cabed, and Celon; the Blue Diamonds kill Abithriax,
Skather, and Hravek Kharn, but Ulwai Stormcaller escapes; Ulwai starts a
torrential thunderstorm to cover the Horde's retreat back to their camp,
preventing the Mittleberg cavalry pursuing the retreating Horde more than
a mile from the city; Tiri Kitor scouts raid the camp and obtain valuable
documents from Hravek Kharn's pavillion, including the letter
from Azarr Kul; morning the Blue Diamonds meet with the Defence Council to discuss the information obtained from the Horde's camp, and it is agreed that the Blue Diamonds will go to the Fane of Tiamat and stop Azarr Kul while the defenders of Mittleberg prepare to take the war to the routed Horde; Seymon asks Trellara if he can borrow another owl, but all the owls are already committed to other duties; rather than allow the Blue Diamonds to be a person short, Trellara volunteers to accompany them to the Fane of Tiamat, and Seymon takes over Trellara's war duties at Mittleberg; late morning the Horde begins to split up in search of additional food supplies - the majority of the hobgoblin infantry sets out for Talar under the command of Ulwai Stormcaller, while the majority of the goblin worg riders and barghests scatter to the south-east; Sofia tries to see Captain Oren Hudspith, but his unit is busy transporting Red Hand corpses out of the city for burial early evening Kyria visits Teskerwill Manor for dinner |
| Watersday 12 Harvester 597 CY | raining and warm | morning Sofia receives a letter from Captain
Oren Hudspith inviting her to call on his family when she returns to Mittleberg;
the Blue Diamonds set out for the Fane of Tiamat; most of Mittleberg's cavalry
(including Captain Hurndahl Teskerwill) travel east to Prosser, killing
or driving off a number of worg rider warbands; late morning the Blue Diamonds rout the small Red Hand garrison at the Talar and destroy the bridge across the Davish River, cutting the Horde's route to Witchcross; late afternoon the Blue Diamonds camp in the eastern fringe of the Witchwood for the evening in Kyria's tiny hut; some opportunistic bandits try to trick them into surrendering and paying a toll, but are easily scared off |
| Earthday 13 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds fly across the Witchwood and spend the evening at Vraath Keep; Mittleberg's cavalry continue from Prosser to Dauth; Lady Celiira Nessen, the Company of Last Resort, and other reinforcements from Istivin arrive at Mittleberg |
| Freeday 14 Harvester 597 CY | fine |
morning the Blue Diamonds fly from Vraath Keep
along the mountain trail to the Fane of Tiamat; |
| Starday 15 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds assault the Fane of Tiamat, killing most the garrison, half the priests, and Laryssa; Pash-Kari leads the remaining thousand members of the Horde towards Nimon's Gap; Tiri Kitor scouts pollute the wells and streams of the Nimon Hills; the Shining Axe Company and the Company of Last Resort advance from Mittleberg towards Talar |
| Sunday 16 Harvester 597 CY | thunderstorms | the Blue Diamonds assault the Fane for a second day, killing the remainder of the garrison, the other half of the priests, and Terilanyx; Jari is dominated and commanded to kill Sofia, but is subdued and bound by the other Blue Diamonds; Mittleberg's cavalry combines with the local militia to drive away a band of worg riders and massacre over a hundred hobgoblin infantry near Dauth; the Shining Axe Company and the Company of Last Resort arrive at Talar and begin to bury the cannibalised remains of the Red Hand's dead |
| Moonday 17 Harvester 597 CY | raining | Trellara dispels the dominate spell on Jari; the Blue Diamonds assault the Fane for a third and final day, killing Lucia and Franchesca, destroying the summoning circle, killing Azarr Kul, closing the portal to Avernus, and killing the aspect of Tiamat sent to destroy them; most of Mittleberg's infantry (including Captain Oren Hudspith's unit) set out for Tanar; the steadily-decreasing remainder of the Horde of the Red Hand reaches Nimon's Gap; Seymon leaves Mittleberg for Perrenland |
| Godsday 18 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm, waxing crescent moon (Luna) | the Blue Diamonds defeat the last defender of the Fane, then leave for Vraath Keep; Pash-Kari leads the remainder of the Horde west to the Witchwood in search of wild game and cover from the Tiri Kitor scouts; the Shining Axe Company begin repairing the Talar Bridge; Mittleberg's infantry reach Tanar; Marchioness Resbin's letters patent granting the Blue Diamonds knighthoods arrive at Mittleberg; |
| Watersday 19 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds follow worg rider trails west along the Dawn Way and explore the abandoned forest giant steading before leaving for Talar; the remainder of the Horde enters the Witchwood; bandits begin picking off stragglers and isolated groups; the Company of Last Resort and half of Mittleberg's infantry at Talar advance towards Nimon's Gap, killing all the starving and demoralised hobgoblin stragglers they encounter; Captain Hurndahl Teskerwill's cavalry detachment links up with the remaining forces at Talar, including Captain Oren Hudspith's unit; the Blue Diamonds arrive at Talar, where they are reunited with Hurndahl and Oren; Captain Helmbreaker briefs them on developments in the campaign against the Horde of the Red Hand |
| Earthday 20 Harvester 597 CY | fine |
morning the Blue Diamonds leave Talar for Mittleberg; |
| Freeday 21 Harvester 597 CY | fine | morning the Blue Diamonds return to Red Magic
and Sundries, and Alandri passes on Immerstal's advice and the cost of hiring
his services; the Blue Diamonds agree to pay Immerstal's fee; late morning Immerstal teleports to Greyhawk to collect the necessary equipment; Sofia talks to Lord Jaarmath and requests a change of duties for Captain Oren Hudspith; Lord Jaarmath promises to offer Oren a position in the Lion Guard when he returns from Talar tomorrow; afternoon Pash-Kari and some of the Horde of the Red Hand cross the Davish River and reach the Old Forest Road |
| Starday 22 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds leave Mittleberg for Talar; Mittleberg's infantry and cavalry at Talar, including Captain Hurndahl Teskerwill and Captain Oren Hudspith, leave for Mittleberg; the rest of the Horde of the Red Hand crosses the Davish River, and Pash-Kari leads the Horde south along the Old Forest Road towards the Rhestwash |
| Sunday 23 Harvester 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds leave Talar for Drellin's Ferry; Mittleberg's infantry and cavalry arrive at Mittleberg; Immerstal the Red teleports to Drellin's Ferry at dusk; |
| Moonday 24 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds and Immerstal the Red fly to the Fane of Tiamat and destroy the altars of the inner fane; Immerstal teleports back to Mittleberg, while the Blue Diamonds stay overnight outside the Fane; Pash-Kari and the Horde reach the Rhestwash |
| Godsday 25 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm, full moon (Luna) | the Blue Diamonds leave the Fane for Drellin's Ferry; Pash-Kari and the Horde cross the Rhestwash using the Old Forest Road and travel west around Skull Gorge |
| Watersday 26 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds leave Drellin's Ferry for Talar |
| Earthday 27 Harvester 597 CY | fine and warm | the Blue Diamonds leave Talar for Mittleberg |
| Freeday 28 Harvester 597 CY | fine | Sofia visits Oren Hudspith's family and explains that she has to leave after Brewfest because "I sense a great darkness elsewhere in the Flanaess" |
| Starday 1 Brewfest 597 CY | fine | the Blue Diamonds are publicly awarded the titles of Knight of Sterich and Lord/Lady of Mittleberg by Lord Jaarmath on behalf of Marchioness Resbin; Pash-Kari and the remainder of the Horde reach Cinder Hill, where they learn of the fall of the Fane of Tiamat and the death of Azarr Kul; the Kulkor Zhul confederation collapses, and the Horde splits up into tribal warbands that scatter to their homes in the Crystalmists |