To Brother Oliver, Acolyte of the Chapter Master of Arnath’s Light
From Sergeant Basil Gavras, Starkhaven Militia on detached duty to he Chapter of the Light,
Last month we undertook a mission to finalize the Creeping Corruption Cure along with members of Pack Longfang, Broken blade, and the Rangers of Crows Landing, as well as some additional associates. This mission was in Clan Shattered Spear territory, south west of Sera and north of Clan Grimward. A corruption idol had been placed in their territory with the Creeping Corruption. It was needed to refine the ritual.
The Order contingent consisted of Brother Dom, Scholar Kantas, and myself. Scholar Kantas was on loan from the Great Library. The Griffin in charge made sure I understood his disapproval if he did not return. Both Dom and I were in our armor while Brother Kantas wore none.
As night fell we moved towards the place of the idol. The group was highly disorganized with no clear leader. Our guide at one point wandered off, and it is by providence we found the camp site. Once there we started a fire and I immediately assessed the perimeter. There was a path heading west, south, and east. The brush around we believed was thick enough to deter any fast or silent movement.
As we started camp one of the Broken Blades, a man called Drex, was ill with the Creeping Corruption. I had seen it in Starkhaven with the refugees; he had not long. We decided it we could not let the man suffer. Using our ritual to delay the corruption, with the help of Sarmion of the Broken Blades and Reyna of Pack Longfang, we were able to bring the man to his previous health, if only for a bit. This was instrumental later as the man was a skilled archer. However that process took a considerable amount of time. With haste, our schoalrs began to work on the corruption cure.
Coordinating with Volrok of the Broken Blade, Ranmir of Pack Longfang, and Tobias of the Rangers, we posted guards at the three paths. Brother Dom stayed with the researchers while I took the south path guard duty. Volrok of Broken Blade patrolled between the paths as we did not know how easily navigable the brush was. After the first skirmish it was determined it was nigh impossible to navigate through with any speed, and such focused on gudrding the paths.
Mordok presence was light. There was a probing attack at first; howeve, after seeing our numbers they broke off. Midway a corrupted individual came into camp notifying us that the Red Eyed Syndar wanted to talk. A member of the Agnosco wanted to play cloak and dagger games. I let him know that he was on his own. I informed Tobias, Volrok, Reyna and Ranmir of the sitaution. I advised that we should not go out to meet him as from reports his defining tactics is luring people out to slow down their objectives or to isolate their people.
The Agnosco got into trouble when the Red Eyed Syndar showed up, and the Rangers and Longfangs got in a standoff with him and his Mordok. After observing the situation, I returned to camp as left as 2/3 of our forces were outside. Only the Broken Blade, and us were still on guard duty. That meant there was four people to guard the scholars. Had there been a concerted effort to break into camp it would have been a difficult situation. Our only reserve was Brother Dom, who was vital to the research.
After sometime the groups came back with the Agnosco, but the Mordok attacked hard soon after. We were pressed for a good half an hour or more. After eliminating them, we returned to the news the ritual had worked. Volrok was adamant to test it on his man Drex, as any good captain looks after his men. Unfortunately, that left Volrok, Dom, and myself away from guard duty. Ranmir was overseeing the main path. A Mordok slipped into camp, and could have done major chaos had it not run into Brother Dom, who promptly put it into the ground and kept it there. Afterwards we completed the ritual on Drex, and hope to see it fully gone.
We retreated in good order with no wounds.
An observation of the Mordok:
As the Order has not had substantial encounters with the Mordok, I wil live my threat assessment. Mordok are tough, relentless, and seemingly inexhaustible. However, their crude fighters that can easily be baited and struck, but hard to take down. While dangerous, they do not work well together. A strong force can easily overcome them in the field.
Signed,
Basil Gavras,
Sergeant of the Starkhaven Militia
On Detached duty to the Chapter of the Light.