Re: Valerez?
Ta !
I remember the stuff as I read it, but otherwise I'd be hard pressed to recall much detail outside of Kezra, Claire, the strong Dwarf drinks at the mine, the Dragon 'hunt', tattoos and Mudd. But reading back, it looks like we certainly had a good time ! :>
Yep, he really was a very good GM - his main NPCs had a lot of personality and were the key to the game. It was after those threads that he mentioned that he wasn't running the game to his own standards, and was expecting to cut down to three parties, so that he could manage the game better - but then he ran out of time for other things. Reminds me a bit of the way I got with Stolen Lands.
On the other hand, I remembered what we were looking for Gri (to get info, I think, but no idea what info) a halfling (??) in the less savoury part of the City where he'd been seen but eventually decided he wasn't going to show so went back to the Inn (basically an OOC decision around the fact that the GM had vanished).
Yep - we were looking for Gri to get information on Balen - the halfling rogue, who was a member of the original adventuring party. He was reputed to be running a small thieves' guild in Valerez. As you say, that adventure never really got off of the ground.
After that, we ran some entertainment at the Inn, just in case he was able to come back to RPoL. Then we cobbled together a reason to move on, based around Mud looking for us - and pretty much selected Mud as our family nemesis.