Call for Companions! -- Quest for the Ghar

(written by Joel, on behalf of his character Lars Fangripper, seeking companions on a quest detailed below)

The Hunt for the River Monsters:

Lars Fang-Ripper has been on many adventures since his arrival in the twin city of Cothan-Gadeed and he has grown much in a short time. He can often be seen at his camp outside the city in spiritual meditation. When Lars meditates he ascends to the spiritual plane, where he communes with his ancestors who have won the honor of being laid to rest in the great longhouse. Lars has been laid low a few times in battle so he asks his ancestor to help train him to be tougher, so he does not fall so easily in battle. His spiritual guardians agreed to this but they also showed him more. From one ancestor Lars learns to heal wounds with his hands, another teaches him how to trap creatures by summoning a magical web.

On his most recent ascent to the spiritual plane, his ancestors convened a council and spoke to Lars.

“Young Fang-Ripper, you have completed this part of your training, to finish you must go on a vision quest. There are monsters lurking in the river nearby, they are ghar and if you defeat them then you will gain their spirit and be tough like they are.  But know this brave hunter, the ghar are there because of a relic lost to our tribe long ago, they are drawn to its power. Go and seek it, so you may return it to our tribe one day.”

So it is that Lars Fang-Ripper is looking for heroes to aid him in his hunting party. There is also a bounty out for the ghars whose shells sell for much coin.  Who will join the young Fang-Ripper on his quest?

As noted earlier, there is a bounty offered to any who successfully deal with the ghar haunting the Gana Delta west and south of Cothon, namely the right of the hunters to keep the creatures' valuable shells (their interior is lined with a pearlescent material, excellent for ornamentation, and worth up to 1600 dinars per shell, according to weight and quality).

The bounty is offered by 'Iqtadar Tolwan, whose 'iqta is specifically threatened by the creatures (though their presence actually also threatens all who traverse up or down the river, including a large number of barges and ferries, as well as those fishermen who ply the estuary and river for different varieties of fish, or for those workers who haul clay and sand out of the river for the kilns of the Brickmakers and Glassblowers Guild).