The ghost ship and the sloth

The group continues on the shore until they reach the northern tip of the island of Goldstone. The treasure map still shows a location slightly north of the shore. 2 of the adventurers swim out and eventually find a ship devoid of life. they use the still intact life boats to ferry the rest of the adventurers aboard. As they search the ship, they hear a strange noise of what sounds like chewing. they find a overweight humanoid creature eating anything and everything aboard the ship. it attacks the group. Copper is bitten repeatedly by the creature. Once the creature fell, Kim dissects and inspects it only to find that it is some sort of an undead. She also fears that the bites that Cooper sustained will change him into the same thing. Nigel sees the magic in this and explores some magical possibilities. he determines that the group must find a particular spell that should do the trick. the group finds a lot of gold aboard the ship. they bring it all to shore, take all that they can carry, and bury the rest.
The group starts heading back south towards the ferry docks. The find themselves back in the the cursed city of Goldstone again. Things are different this time around. The do not find the graffiti as it was last time they were hear to escape. They do find symbols in the cobblestone though. Nigel locates the proper scroll needed to save Cooper. Guliver figures out how to escape by using his spider climb while touching the symbol. The group gets out of the city again and find themselves in the strange web with plenty of spiders ready to attack.

Wasps & spiders

The party searches around the town for clues about how and why they might be trapped here. Garridan is convinced that the people are not real, he separates from the group and kills several people. Instead of them dying though, they just simply disappears. Guliver and Kim head to the town hall to look at the town records. It seems that the people have no concepts of time. They notice that they are all not hungry or feel the least bit tired. The sky is also overcast and bright, with no sign of nighttime ever approaching. Garradin tells the group of what he finds out about the people disappearing. He goes to show them by attacking one of the clerks in the hall of records. Only this time blood covers the floor and the body does not disappear as he said it would. But after some time all of the clerks that ran out in fear just somehow reappear back at their desks as if nothing had ever happened.
After much searching and investigating the group heads back to where they saw the graffiti of their weapons depicted. Guliver touches his weapon to the symbol and instantly vanishes. the rest of the group follows his lead.
The come to on a huge spider web that seems to cover the entire city. Their magical weapons are somehow giving them the ability to move freely over the web. They can see huge black and spiders starting get ready to make their way over to the newly freed food. They seem to blink or teleport short distances rather than walk. As the group gets close to getting off the web, small portals appear in the sky overhead. From these portals huge 18" long wasps emerge. The group counts 30 of them. they attack viciously with their magic missile wielding tails. The group fights them all off by the skin of their teeth and narrowly escape the oncoming spiders. they reach the edge of the forest but the spiders don't seem to pursue them. the group makes a trek west till they hit the ocean and camp their. Guliver strips down and enters the water, he single-handedley fights and kills a shark with his dagger.

The fabled Island of Goldstone

The group does some shopping in the city of Niletone and then decides to head further North and follow the treasure map they have. The soon reach the northern shores of Fortland, The map still show that they need to go further north. The explore the shoreline for a while and find that there is a dock and ferry service that can take the group North to the Island of Goldstone. The island is alway a popular tourist attraction. there are many boardwalks that weave in and out of the Mythical forest of Goldstone. Many fairy tails of Fortland begin here as they say.
when they arrive a few guards in armor welcome them and tell them to not leave the boardwalk at any point during their stay. when asked why, they are told that if they veer off the boardwalk, they will never be seen again.
The ever adventurous party decides to follow their map and heads off the beaten path. They find themselves some how transported to a huge bustling city known simply as Goldstone. They explore this place for a bit and find that there is a Citadel of tears here. The symbols and the architecture are the same but the People seem much different. Where as the group knows of these guys as more of a band of thieves, here in this city they seem to be a group of respected mercenaries. The group also finds that the treasure map leads them to a roof deck. On top of this vantage point they notice some drawings on the wall that resemble hieroglyphics but clearly can be made out the specific magical items the group has come to posses. they also find out that they may indeed be trapped here.......

Hide yo kids, Hide yo wife.....

The group makes their trek Northward. They are caught in a vicious snow storm. They find shelter in an old barn. They wind up having to spend a fee weeks here until the snow has a chance to subside. In the meantime, Nigel finds a mysterious book that reveals many secrets about the various special items the group has been acquiring.
The group heads out in the spring and comes to a small village. As Guliver & Nigel are buying a cart and food for the horses Garridan & Cooper head into a small residence. Once inside Copper rapes a young girl while Garridan kills the older one. Guliver and Nigel search out for the rest of their party and catch them in the act. Horrified by the actions of the day, Guliver tries to make things right. He escorts the rape victim into to a relatives house. The relative turns out to be a quite skilled mage. Things don't look good for the boys so they high tail it out of town.
When the group arrives in the big city a few days later, there are already wanted posters up for Garridan & cooper.