A Dark Sun Adventure: The Runaway Slave Girl

Plot Summery: In a City-State, Post Kalak Tyr and Gulg would not be suitable, lived a lovely slave girl named Heba. She grew up as an attendant for a noble woman named Esraa. While Esraa treated Heba well, the distinction between noble and slave was always present, the two were never friends. Now, at sixteen years old, Heba is growing into quite a lovely young lady and has been granted some authority over the other house slaves.
Another slave, Jamila, is a house slave and is extremely jealous of Heba's beauty and her elevated status. Jamila knows another slave, Ziad, is infatuated with her. She used her feminine wiles to convince Ziad to lie to their mistress, Esraa. Jamila then met with Heba in the kitchen and handed Heba a knife, the knife had blood on it and Jamila had a cut on her arm. Before Heba knew what was going on, Jamila screamed and Ziad rushed in and grabbed Heba by the arms. They then lied to Esraa about Heba attacking Jamila and in an attempt to escape.
Esraa was appalled and ordered Heba to be taken outside, whipped and beaten. Heba had never been whipped or beaten and was very panicked. Once outside, she broke free of the house guard and fled into the streets of the city-state. The guards gave chase.
This is where the player characters enter the adventure.

Session One Hundred Fifteen: Fort Iron

The group arrived in the stony barrens near Fort Iron. The group asked Rafiq what the plan was and they started discussing the particularities of Rafiq's plan. Rafiq's plan was more of an idea, so they spent a few minutes figuring out what they were going to do. 
Rafiq and Yusef decided to go spread the rumor that Tyr was going to be attacking Urik soon. Selia and Dimitria would go into the fort and purchase some clothing, armor, and other equipment for Ali. Ali hated taking money from Dimitria, but Dimitria told him to stop being ridiculous.
Yusef gave Clavis ten ceramic pieces and told him to go do whatever he wanted. Clavis was confused and said he would do whatever Yusef told him to do. Yusef said that Clavis was a free man and could do what he wanted to do. Clavis was confused, so he sat down.

Session One Hundred Fourteen: Love Triangle

Dimitria

Abbas accepted Kraah's pledge to defend the Lost Oasis.

Day 7, Week 2, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending

In the morning, the group decided to assist Abbas with fixing the devastation wrought upon the Lost Oasis by the battle there.
Since defiler ash was useless, it was discarded and nutrients, such as the bodies of the dead soldiers, were reintroduced into the soil. Seeds were gathered and planted as well. Yusef did not want to help, but Dimitria and Selia bullied him into it.

Day 8, Week 2, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending

The group woke up and began repairing the Lost Oasis again.

After a few hours Dimitria and Selia asked Rafiq to contact Jamal to see if Ali and the escaped slave, had made it to Selia's protected lands. Rafiq used the way to contact Jamal. Jamal is a Gulgish man who lives on Selia's protected lands. He quietly farms and tends the land. Jamal reported that Ali had arrived, but he had been badly injured by a giant eagle, which had attacked all three men. Unfortunately, the escaped slave had perished in the attack.

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Turkey, Earth

In honor of Thanksgiving, the United States holiday, I gave stats for the Athasian Turkey, which is mentioned in the Veiled Alliance sourcebook. This year, I present the earth aspected form of the terrible beast.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

	Turkey, Earth
Climate/Terrain	Plane of Earth, Underground
Frequency	Very Rare
Organization	Flock
Activity Cycle	Day
Diet	Omnivore
Intelligence	Semi (2-4)
Treasure	Nil
Alignment	Neutral
No. Appearing	1-6
Armor Class	5
Movement	12 br 9
Hit Dice	5+5
Thac0	15
No. of Attacks	1
Damage/ Attack	1-8
Special Attack	Spells
Special Defense	Immune to Earth Damage
Magic Resistance	Nil
Size	S (4' + tall)
Morale	Elite (13-14)
XP Value	1,400

Session One Hundred Thirteen: The Battle at Lost Oasis

While the Lost Oasis was burning, the group quickly took stock of their opponents. There was a platoon of foot soldiers and archers, lead by a formidable looking general. There were a few squads of black cassocked templars, a couple of defilers, a squad of way manipulators, and a squad of half-giants.
Opposing them was Abbas, the druid, and a group of forty native inhabitants of the oasis. While the enemy soldiers were formed into ranks, the natives were haphazardly positioned. The group could easily see that Abbas and the natives were not prepared for a frontal assault from a trained military force.
Rafiq and Selia drew their longbows and began targeting the templars with arrows. Dimitria used her druidic magic to bolster the native's combat abilities. Everyone else ran over the flat ground, where defiled ash lay under their feet, and straight into the line of half-giants. 

Session One Hundred Twelve: The Rescue

Once inside the city, the group made their way toward the Golden Tower. Ali had told them that the processing center was in the high bureaus, near the tower. While they walked, Rafiq contact Kraah's mind with the way.
Kraah was not being interrogated at that moment, so Rafiq told him about the plan. Kraah agreed, but had to wait until the beak clamp was removed, because the spell required him to speak. Hopefully, he could hide his words and the templar will not notice that he cast a spell. The chance was slim, but it was the only chance they had.
When the group arrived at the bailey of the Golden Tower, they found that it was guarded by a templar and two half giants. Rafiq expertly bluffed and bribed their way inside, claiming he had business with the Bureau of Trade.