Forest Bandits

FOREST BANDITS

We have heard that there three groups of bandits in the forest, apparently working together.  The three bandit chiefs are called Badger, Bear, and Fox.

Badger the Bandit Chief

Halfling, Male

Badger was the Bandit Chief who's men kidnapped Princess Rowena Griffonwyr and hid her in Rybault.  However, the Princess was rescued by the Alderman's Heroes, and the Badger barely escaped from Fig Hustletree.

Fig and the Halfling Strike Force infiltrated the Badger's HQ and confronted him.  Thus we finally learned that Badger was running the Bandits to raise money to hire an army and drive the Snake Cult from Gardonia.  He swore fealty to Fig Hustletree and offered the hidden treasure he'd been squirrelling away...only to learn that Ludmilla Rigby stole the Badger's Treasure Map!

The Badger gave Fig the whistle to summon his Eagle, and promised if Fig called for him to fight, the Badger would bring as many loyal men as he could muster.

Brom ???

Human, Male, Thief

He is one of the Forest Bandits, usually partnered with Chauncey.

First encountered locked up in Etta's Fork.  Somehow, he and Chauncey escaped and made their way to Cropsfield.  In Cropsfield, he crashed a celebration for the PCs and assaulted Magistrate Eli Farmgood (Hey Maj, what's that on yer face?).  What he and Chauncey were doing in Cropfield is currently unknown.

He is currently "At large".

Chauncey ???

Human, Male, Thief

He is one of the Forest Bandits, usually partnered with Brom.

First encountered locked up in Etta's Fork.  Somehow, he and Brom escaped and made their way to Cropsfield.  What they were doing in Cropfield is currently unknown.

He is currently "At large".

Ludmilla Rigby

Human, Female, Thief

We first found her hanging in a snare trap not too far from the NW shore of Lake Corcora.  She claimed to be running from the Badger, who had already captured her boyfriend--T.H.--and locked him in a room in the cellar.  She met the Halfling Strike Force.

Later, it was surmised that she stole the Badger's Treasure Map to the Badger's Secret Treasure.  No one knows where she went.

Pendergast

Human, Male, Wizard

We have NOT actually met him yet, we have NOT even seen him!

We know he is/was working with Badger's Bandits.  We know he was mentioned by name in a report about a pirate attack.  We know he cast some protective spells over some of Edwin Stormhoof's Relic Collection.

Thoda Stoneski

Dwarf, Female

See Triple D's Danger Squad.

Travis Highmire

Human, Male, Fighter

Claims to be an undercover agent for Baron Valicor of Magnifulum.

First encountered in Rybault when he freed the PCs from the prison.  Later found recovering in a secret room in John Cornwall's home.  He said that he followed Vander Cross to Cropfield.  He send Vander Cross back to Magnifulum under the guard of the PCs while he set off on further "investigations".

Tristan Haddaway

Human, Male, Thief

Formerly one of the Badger's Bandits.  He was manipulated by Ludmilla Rigby to betray and/or confront the Badger, which led to him being locked up in the cellar of the Badger's HQ.  He was freed by the Halfling Strike Force.

Now it is believed that Ludmilla set him up as part of her plot to steal the Badger's Treasure Map.

Now officially "Not Affiliated" with the Forest Bandits.

Vander Cross
Human, Male, Cleric

Alchemist & apothecary, member of the Cult of Hissek
Though he runs an Apothecary Shop in Cropfield, his is really a Member of the Cult of Hissek and was working with Badger's Bandits for an undetermined length of time.  He was with the Bandits during the first adventure--he is the Bandit Cleric that healed wounded PCs in the prison.

He was then encountered in the second adventure.  When Charles Danyell, Cleric of Nodlum, and Grumpy the Dwarf returned to Rybault to collect the bounties on dead bandits, they found Vander Cross in a dungeon below the ruined Temple.  He wore a mask over his face so they would not recognize him.

He was then followed back to Cropfield by Travis Highmire.
He is presumably the Cultist behind the Buried Skulls in the farm fields of Cropfield, and therefore behind the Sickness that now plagues the land.

He was captured by the combined efforts of Ester the Dwarf, Barlow the Thief, and Vergonne the Wizard.  He was last seen when we turned him over to the jail in Magnifulum.