6/26/2018 – At the Rangers Guild Hall, Shamino assigned the rangers to their new task: locating Sasha Radu, the gypsy who had stolen Nico Radu’s enchanted paints. They began their search in the place they first encountered Sasha, the gypsy camp east of the Compassion Gate in Ilshenar. There they found a gypsy who seemed willing to offer information, though he was unable to offer much beyond guidance. His advice was to seek a gypsy sage that was meditating in the mountains to the southwest, named Mihaita. Shortly thereafter they found Mihaita told them about the Radu family, saying that Nico himself was a mystery to many of his fellow gypsies, traveling the worlds and dealing in strange curiosities with the purpose, Mihaita claimed, of finding objects having once belonged to Morganna, an old gypsy seer from long ago from whom Nico was believed to have been descended. It is said that Morganna had issued a prophecy that was lost in time, and Nico sought to regain it. As for Sasha, Mihaita said the wayward gypsy had, by his recent actions, made himself a pariah among the gypsies and was cast out, left to wander the wilderness alone. Such gypsies, Mihaita told the rangers, often times sought to get away by traveling through the central interior of Ilshenar.
Continuing their search, the rangers traveled to central Ilshenar and, picking up a trail, followed it to the savage village nestled in the mountainous region. There they were greeted by Keiko, a shaman there who refused to permit them entry. When asked about Sasha, Keiko seemed to indicate that they had encountered the wayward gypsy and captured him, and that he and his magical implements now belonged to them. The rangers attempted to make a deal with the stubborn shaman until a sudden clamor from somewhere within the village erupted as grotesque monsters composed of paint began wreaking havoc. The rangers broke through the entryway and plunged into the chaotic battle, seeing the mad gypsy continuing to paint more and more of the gruesome horrors. It was not enough to defeat the rangers, however, and when they had at last cornered Sasha, he painted for himself a mysterious portal and leapt through it as it closed behind him.
The mystery of the paint becoming deeper, Shamino resolved to embark upon his own personal investigation to unravel the enigma, and said he would call upon the rangers soon once he learned more.
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Continuing their search, the rangers traveled to central Ilshenar and, picking up a trail, followed it to the savage village nestled in the mountainous region. There they were greeted by Keiko, a shaman there who refused to permit them entry. When asked about Sasha, Keiko seemed to indicate that they had encountered the wayward gypsy and captured him, and that he and his magical implements now belonged to them. The rangers attempted to make a deal with the stubborn shaman until a sudden clamor from somewhere within the village erupted as grotesque monsters composed of paint began wreaking havoc. The rangers broke through the entryway and plunged into the chaotic battle, seeing the mad gypsy continuing to paint more and more of the gruesome horrors. It was not enough to defeat the rangers, however, and when they had at last cornered Sasha, he painted for himself a mysterious portal and leapt through it as it closed behind him.
The mystery of the paint becoming deeper, Shamino resolved to embark upon his own personal investigation to unravel the enigma, and said he would call upon the rangers soon once he learned more.
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