A more complete version of events will follow but it has been a while since we played so I thought I'd get the bare bones down first!
Colonel Greenwich Thingolt dies leaving Jame Falkus his diaries,maps and a letter of introduction to an old friend - the Count of Delberz.
James approachs the Von Delberz family only to discover that the Old Count is dead and his brother has taken his place.
The new count is given to flights of fancy however his youngest son - Luther persuades his father to invest in an expedition that he will accompany along with Leopold, a Ward of the family taken in by the old count, and Brock a dwarven bodyguard/retainer hired by Luther to annoy the rest of the family.
They retire to the Golden Goose, a local tavern, to discuss the possible expedition.
Meanwhile Magnus, son to the Von Delberz housekeeper and half brother to one of their balifs, returns to the town for some rest and recouperation from life in the capital (and to lie low until the fallout from his latest scam blows over). A childhood friend of Leo and Luther he recognises them in the tavern and joins their discussion.
Undecided about the which of the expeditions to embark upon (James has not had much time to read the diaries since the Colonel's death) they hear the town crier announca that the Crown Prince of Ostland seeks members form an expedition into the Grey mountains. This seems like a good idea as there will be no intial expenses on their part and this will prove to the Count that they are worth sponsoring. The Expedition leaves from Altdorf, the Capital, within a week.
The part packs and leaves for Altdorf the next morning after obtaining some money for expenses from the Count.
The Journey to Altdorf is initially uneventful they meet fellow travellers along the way. A days ride out from the city they stay at the Coach and Horses coaching inn where they encounter Werner the Cobbler and his two daughters also on their way to Altdorf to set up business and "make thoos for tha Hemp-ra" if his yougest child is to be believed. They Also encounter a quietly spoken bretonian bounty hunter, Etienne Nivard, and his retinue who are searching for a nobleman who caries the taint of Chaos - a sixth finger on his right hand. the nobleman's crimes are not discussed but they are told that he maybe travelling under the name Mittlemarch or Mystmarch.
After drinking late into the night the party wake with sore heads and a short ride into the capital. An hour into their journey and they can her the sound of a firearm discharging and on rounding a bend in the road come upon a horrifc sight. A coach has been attacked by bandits as the close in on the attackers they can make out the twisted forms of the assalients. Mutants!
The party makes short work of them. Amongst the wreckage they find the bodies of Werner and his daughters, the coachmen and the body of an unknown man. The body bears an unnerving simularity to Magnus and a fter a brief search of the body they find a letter detailing a substantial inheritance and documents to confirm that the person bearing the letter in Kastor Lieberung and may be used to collect the inheritance from a legal firm in Bogenhafan, a reasonably sized trading town further down the river Reik. They also find Herr Leiberung's cases of clothes and some texts on engineering and architecture and the coachmens pistols, Blunderbus and a reasonable quantity of powder and shot.
The party is trying to decide what would be the best course of action for the bodies (mutants and victims) and the coach when a group of road wardens arrive. After a short explination the party are free to go o their way. However Magnus firmly has his sights set on the inheritance and introduces himself to the roadwardens as Kastor Lieberung and names Kastors corpse as Magnus and that it should be returned to Delberz to be intured in the family plot - at the expense of the Von Delberz family.
The party move on to Altdorf, after the earlier shenanigens it is now dusk so the head to the Konig Platz, the main square, to try to find some accommodation for the night. Magnus is approached by two "gentlemen" who at first subtle gesture to him as time goes by their gesticulations become more obvious (and comical) when Magnus does not respond they disappear into the crowd.
The party retire for the evening at an inn. In the morning they travl to the residence of the Crown Prince of Ostland only to find that the expedition has already left. As they travel through the city they get the feeling that they are being watched.
They decide to travel to Bogenhafen to claim the iheritance. Found by Magnus and now divulged to the rest of the group.
They travel to the Town of Weissbrook and shelter there for the night. Agian they have the sensation of someone watching them. In an attemp to avoid pursuit the change tack and travel the last leg of the journey buy boat along the Weissbrook canal. They spot a figure watching their departure from the quay side.
On arriving in Bogenhafen they find that it is the start of the spring fair - The Schafenfest. With the inheritance all but theirs Luther looses control of the purse strings somewhat and chooses to set-up residence in one of Bogenhafen's more swanky guesthouses.
Upon visiting the fair they visit Dr Mathus' Zoo-a-copia. They are also followed buy two ruffians who the party make short work of, the reason they are being followed however, is unclear.
They also encouter a drunken dwarf in the stocks who is about to be shaved. Ealier in the day whilest inebriated the Dwarf had managed to set off fireworks brought by students from the gunnary school in Nuln for the finale of the festival. Brook happens upon them as the young gunners are about to take out retribution and shave off the Dwarf's beard whilest in the stocks. Brock intervenes and Luther pays the Dwarf's fine before more trouble can start.