Session #1 -- The Naked Prey

 The Kzinti have gathered again near the Tel AlSafeena for their great moot--for the testing of Braves, the dueling of Heroes, and the sacrifices of the Black Priests.

Neither Men nor Klackons dare not venture forth from their dual city of Gadeed-Cothon at this time, save for those few bold (crazy?) enough to do business with the Lion-Men of the southern plains.

And yet, in through the eastern gates of harbor-city Cothon, a bedraggled band of six humans make their way through the streets to the portside tavern of Cothon-Under-Star while keeping a wide berth from the Old Herm & Stone, where Kzinti Braves are known to congregate. Each of the six bears a blood-smeared scar on either cheek, and most are otherwise bruised or bloodied on their mostly-naked bodies. Yet they bear themselves with a kind of pride, carrying with them strange treasures that whispers suggest come from the underworld of the Tel itself ...

Presenting themselves in the tavern of Cothon-Under-Star are these:

• Revna (alchemist)
• Avin (apprentice Magic-User)
• Razo (scholar)
• Sesel (hunter)
• Torkol (interpreter)
• Gan (physician)

The six tell a tale of being slaves of the Kzinti, marked (on their cheeks) to be set apart and set loose into the maze of the Necropolis on the eastern side of the Tel as prey to be hunted down by would-be Heroes of the Kzinti. They were nine to begin with; six escaped with their lives.

They tell of harrowing battles against dagger-clawed Kzinti in the dark, of fleeing from the various carrion-eating denizens of the underworld, and of strange encounters with psychic grey beings ...

Regardless of the truth of these tales, their loot tells a different, far more material tale:


Treasure

• rusted kinjal dagger with a jeweled pommel (500 gp for the gem)
• electrum-and-gold chain of office for the captain-owner of old trireme (1200 gp)
• gilt and jeweled scabbard and scimitar; in the light of the red sun, it is clearly engraved with ancient script (1700 gp for the scabbard; the sword reacts psychically when examined ...)
• ancient sabre (70 gp)
• wtsai sword, taken from a slain Kzinti Brave (150 gp)
• dose of sthondat-lymph, stolen from the Kzinti (1000 gp)
• a delicately engraved gold and silver Kyni-bird, holding itself as if an egg, said by Razo to be Nassr, bird-companion of Hamdi the Voyager (clearly a magic item; worth a small fortune if sold, or it could be identified by the sages attached to the tavern Under-Star)
• the ornate bowcase of Tammoz the Hunter (1100 gp)
• 6 arrowheads from said bowcase, likely magical

Experience Earned

• 5720 from Treasure
• 678 from Kzinti Braves x4 (150 ea., +hp)
  
• 100 to each character for exploration

Characters' Cut (in future, will be equitably divided between players, each running one character)

• 1166 xp ea.
• 953 gp, 3 sp ea.

One character per player can earn 100 x level xp (all 6 are now considered level 1 for this purpose) for providing to me an in-character play report, or something representing for others what happened during the session (artwork, for instance)