The Science Team

The Science Team is a group of ramshackle adventurers of growing fame in the realm of Bianar.

Current Members

 * Rosalie
 * Matt Mothben
 * Nico
 * Joao
 * Jasper
 * Alex Oda
 * Geran
 * Coppernicus
 * Ugg
 * Doc
 * Poppy
 * William Wang

Former Members

 * Gerold
 * Kaifus Al'Shazra
 * Hellsing Zarkov



Allies

 * O'Ked Salvo
 * Brother Starlight
 * King Hillingham
 * Oak Salvo
 * Pum Kin
 * Mel Lane
 * Diermus Scowlna
 * Kantas Stand
 * Thursday
 * Bobbo'Ked Prant
 * Bro'Ked Slant
 * Yo'Ked
 * Lena

Enemies

 * Arias
 * Nikola von Heinrich
 * Renfield Zarkov
 * Shia LaBuff
 * Captain Hu Wan
 * Guard Juan
 * Guard Dohs
 * Rotogress Palmer
 * Clamnestra
 * Pontiff Fafnir
 * The Obsidian Mystic
 * Topaz
 * Scroon Tiny
 * Fynn Tear

History
The Science Team was formed in Largoon Vale when Rosalie, Doc, Nico Eldear and Matt Mothben decided to band together and adventure through the lands of Bianar.

When the quartet began in Largoon Vale, the former mayor, Suur Eldear was announcing a struggle within the surrounding forest. There was apparently sightings of a large bear creature that has been terrorizing and killing the guards, and whoever would slay this beast would be rewarded Traveler's Licenses. The four journeyed into the forest and located its cave, and went down under. Inside they discovered a few items, as well as the corpse of said bear being towered over by a wendigo. The party defeated the wendigo, and reported this to the mayor, who went pale at the description of this. The four were rewarded their licenses, and set off from Largoon Vale.

They decided to venture to Black Maw, a nearby trade city. Along the way, not only did the meet Joao and Ugg, but were ambushed by a group of bandits. They defeated the bandits, but Matt was captured during the fray. Ugg was stabbed, and immediately ran way, becoming lost from the group. Using Doc's skills, they hunted down their hideout and cleared it out, saving Matt in the process. In their hideout, Matt discovered map to a place known as the Invisible Vault, located in the mountains near Black Maw.

On their way to Black Maw, Rosalie, Doc, and Matt left to investigate screams they heard from a nearby village known as Hulfprent. Nico and Joao stayed behind to see if Ugg would return. Upon arrival, the village was seen destroyed, and in the center was the culprit, a cow known as Gerold. Matt quickly tamed the beast, and put an end to the destruction. Gerold joined the party as Matt's companion.

After reconvening on the road, Doc left into the forest to try to locate Ugg, while the rest carried on to Black Maw. Joao waited at the entrance to see if Doc would return, hopefully with Ugg. The group traveled inside where they met William Wang inside of a tavern, a new member of the team. They were also approached by a little girl named Arias, and she claimed that her dad went missing in the mountains when he usually comes back. She shared her allowance with the party to buy gear, and they set out for the mountains, just the place their map displayed the Invisible Vault.

On top of the mountain they met Kaifus Al'Shazra, another member for a while. They battled with a couple of snow golems on top of the mountain. After their victory, they turned around and Arias, as well as the bridge they used to get here, were nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, a large gust of wind pushed them all into a nearby chasm. Using various skills and techniques, all of them got down safely. They were greeted at the bottom by a knight made of ice, and he started speaking to them. Right as he was saying he was going to fight them, Nico, still falling, impacted into the knight, temporarily stunning him. Afterwards, Kaifus charmed him and used him to open the vault that he had just revealed to them. Kaifus, Matt, and Gerold went to investigate the vault while Wang, Rosalie, and Nico tried thawing out nearby people who were frozen in ice. Kaifus used Gerold to attempt to set off any traps in the vault, which there were none of. After Matt collected an item he was looking for and Kaifus had collected most of the vault, the ground began rumbling and Gerold was teleported, never to be seen again. Kaifus prayed to Mammon, and he and Matt were teleported outside of the cavern, while the rest climbed out of the chasm using their abilities. At the top, the men shattered into pieces and their efforts were wasted. The party then reconvened back at the tavern.

Back at the tavern, the group was notified of some problem going on within Largoon Vale, and the party began making their way to the town. They met a new friend in Alex Oda and allowed him to join them. Upon arrival in Largoon Vale, not only did they realize they had forgotten Joao, the town was in ruins and several wendigos were wandering the barren streets. The group defeated said wendigos, collecting peculiar shards and tiles from them. After resting, Kaifus had disappeared and three men arrived to the ruins in a cart. The first introduced himself as Nikola von Heinrich, an esteemed necromancer and businessman. To his right, his elven companion and servant Renfield Zarkov. Apparently, he had been selling a type of drink to Largoon Vale and the nearby town of Ballistan. He had hired the third man with them, Detective O'Ked Salvo to investigate these curious circumstances. As Nico and Alex indulged in some refreshments given by them, Heinrich had requested they go with O'Ked to Ballistan, to investigate exactly what has been happening there, after being explained by the team what had occurred in Largoon Vale.

Upon arrival in Ballistan, the group was met with a familiar site. Ballistan had also been ravaged, but not in ruins. They were swiftly greeted by a man known as Brother Starlight, a cleric of Lathander. As the group mentioned Heinrich had sent them, his face went grim and he began explaining what was really going on. Ballistan and Largoon Vale have been ravaged by a plague known as The Thirst. The cause of this disease was from the alcohol that Heinrich has been selling to the nearby towns. Starlight granted the gang two gifts: a silvered longsword to Rosalie and the Radiant Totem to O'Ked. Their new quest was to find and defeat Heinrich and his companions. Just as they left the town, they saw Heinrich and Renfield outside with their cart. In front of them was a little girl, who was running from them and mid-run, started morphing and mutating into a wendigo. Renfield shot her before she could do anything, ending her life. The party battled with the two, not before Heinrich could teleport away, escaping. Renfield, however, was not so lucky, and was defeated by the party and melted into the ground.

After looting their cart and picking up a few trinkets, the party was approached by guards of Black Maw. King Hillingham had sent for them, and wanted to talk to them regarding The Thirst and the rubble that is Largoon Vale, which the party would now gain ownership of. The party began on their trek back to Black Maw, accidentally leaving Wang in Ballistan.

Nico did not return to Black Maw after learning that he has been inflicted with The Thirst, but instead went to Largoon Vale to rest and help in whatever way he could. Wang was forgotten in Ballistan, Joao was nowhere to be found, and Kaifus disappeared. All who were left were Rosalie, Matt, and Alex. Alex, seemingly not caring about being inflicted by The Thirst, happily joined them in Black Maw. He purchased a hawk named Thomas from the resident beast master Pum Kin, and continued with Matt and Rosalie to the smith, because Rosalie wanted to see if she could get any upgrades. There, they were greeted with a large, round tortle paladin by the name of Geran, who was also purchasing some items. Matt asked him if he knew anything about wendigos, and informed their new friend about The Thirst. Upon hearing this, Geran was concerned for their inflicted friends, and cured Alex of his condition.

Geran requested to be brought to Largoon Vale to cure Nico as well, but were halted by another sight. An elven man by the name of Hellsing Zarkov was in a battle with several guards, killing a couple of them. Geran immediately sprung into action, trying to stop this felon. Hellsing transformed into wererat form, and started scurrying away. Geran chased him, and was ultimately arrested by the Black Maw guards. More guards appeared, requesting the presence of Rosalie, Matt, and Alex, as well as Geran and a soon to be friend Jasper, who were both standing near them when the guards found them, seemingly with the party.

Upon meeting with the King, The Science Team explained what had been going on in Largoon Vale and Ballistan, and who Nikola von Heinrich and Renfield were. The King agreed that they needed to be stopped, and gave control of Largoon Vale to The Science Team. In exchange for a favor from him and some money, the King has requested that they go under the castle into a dungeon, and clear of it of the recent basilisk infestation. The party accepted, and took a few days to prepare. In the process, Geran traveled to Largoon Vale with Matt and Rosalie to cure Nico of The Thirst, and on the way back, heard a commotion in the nearby forest.

In the forest, they ran into a deranged man known as Shia LaBuff, a murderer and cannibal that had stumbled across the party. After a tough battle, the party eventually came out victorious, with Rosalie nearly dying. On the way back they relocated Joao, and began their descent into the dungeon below.

Within the dungeon, the team quickly went to work. Three hallways were before them, to the left, right, and center. Down the left hall, Geran and Alex eviscerating a couple of basilisks, while Matt stayed back and used his familiar Peet Rat to investigate the center hall. He discovered more basilisks, as well as set off a trap. The party caught up to him and moved forward, and began work on the new basilisk. However, Matt had also discovered a minotaur, supposedly by the name of Henry. Though, the party was confused, because Henry only spoke the language of Abyssal, and Matt was speaking Abyssal and conversing with him. Matt tried making friends with him, and learned that he was looking for "his master," however Geran began to slay this beast, for he was a fiend. Matt, distraught by his death, stored his corpse in his Extra Space, so that he may attempt to resurrect him later.

On the other hand, Joao slew another basilisk, not before it could petrify Alex, turning him into stone. So that he wouldn't be destroyed, Matt stored him in his Extra Space as well. As two more basilisks arrived from the unexplored right hallway and they thought they were in trouble, backup in the form of a drunken Nico stumbled down the stairs, along with Captain Hu Wan, and Guards Juan and Dohs. The team worked together and petrified one basilisk, and Nico took care of the other using Ribcracker. The team, now with backup, shortly rested, just as the entrance to the dungeon collapsed with an explosion. Jasper summoned an animal messenger in the form of a lizard to contact the King. During which, Matt scouted once again using Peet Rat, and located another couple of basilisks. Nico, Joao, and the new backups were sent to take care of them, while the rest would venture down the path Henry came from.

After destroying more basilisks, Nico and Joao discovered that the backup were the cause of the cave-in. The guards tried killing these members of The Science Team, but failed so badly, two of them ending up killing themselves. Hu Wan tried escaping through a secret passage, but Nico shot him down. Pulling out one of his latest creations, Coppernicus, Nico sent him ahead to scout the hallway while him and Joao followed. They came out into another unexplored section of the dungeon, where they were required to slay a few giant spiders. They also discovered a cart with a few dead bodies and a weird tile, which Nico thought was useless. They began down the way their other teammates went in hopes of reconnecting with them.

The other portion of the party was also faced with giant spiders. They defeated them, and discovered a magically-sealed door. On the other side, they heard a familiar voice and sounds of what seemed to be fire being shot. As the party couldn't figure out how to open the door, which the key hole was in the shape of a peculiar tile, Jasper began to sing and placed an illusion of herself on the other side of the door, effectively charming the person on the other side of the door into opening it. The door opened, revealing a familiar face in the shape of O'Ked. He seemed to be on a boat in the middle of an underground lake, clutching an egg.

Nico and Joao rejoined the party and explained what had happened, and O'Ked also began to explain himself. The party learned that O'Ked was also hired by Black Maw to go down here, especially because Pum Kin's basilisk eggs, one of which O'Ked possessed (which was quickly taken by Matt), were being stolen. He was then stuck down here, and the King had hired The Science Team after some time.

The team then rested in this dungeon, and after sleeping they got on the boat O'Ked was found on as well as one he built during their sleep somehow. Rosalie, being very experienced with sailing, sailed her boat without a problem, which held everyone except for O'Ked, Matt, Nico, and Coppernicus. O'Ked, however, wasn't the best sailor, and subsequently crashed the ship, but they somehow made it to shore unscathed. Upon the shore was a familiar face, Nikola von Heinrich, as well as new enemy Rotogress Palmer. Alex and Nico, being who they are, immediately charged them.