Session 8

Date: 11/2/2014

Attending: Jake, Justin, Joey, Dave, Chris

Absent: Aaron – church commitment for his mom

Start Time: 7:15 p.m.

End Time: 10:05 p.m.

XP awarded: 200

Game time elapsed: 3 days

Notes:

Session 8 picks up after the 10 year break, with an explanation of what the party has been doing. Fyn has created a workshop where he has messed with and experimented with mechanical devices. This culminates in him building a dog shaped construct as a “pet”. Additionally, he has taken on the role of unofficial deputy to Sheriff Slignigh using stealth and subterfuge to determine the law-abiding-ness of travelers.

Grigor has built a tower and acquired an apprentice, Osgood, Frumious’ brother (see Session 7.1). He has also picked up a familiar, an arrogant pseudo-dragon named Kyros.

Frumious has become a priest and assists Father Theodore as something of an equal. He too has picked up a familiar – a ferret named Little Baskin.

Bajol and Feydor have opened a simple bar known as the Sleeping Dragon.  They are trained in martial prowess by Bajol’s father.

The party has maintained a strong friendship during these years, meeting weekly at the Sleeping Dragon to hang out. It is during one of these meetings that Nolan blows into town. He lets the party know that Thomas has been accused of treason and is being held for execution by the Marquis Daedalus. Nolan cannot take action himself as he has business in Illmar that he cannot avoid, and hopes the party will take action. He further reveals that the loosing claimant in the war of succession ten years previous, Treyvan, has set up in Goldmeadow and is garnering support but nobody know what for.

Nolan tells the party that Avonhollow is divided into 4 Marques, and Daedalus rules one in the town of Shadowmount (first given as Shadowvale, later corrected to Shadowmount). The party agrees to do what they can to save Thomas.

Knowing that his father is from Avonhollow, Bajol goes home and inquires about traveling there. He learns that the capitol of Avon Hollow, Caer Wynnic, is divided up by military rank 0which can be purchased. Your rank dictates where you can live, shop, etc… Care of the Sleeping Dragon is given over to another of Frumious’ relatives, Porter, and the party decided to head first to Woodend to purchase mounts.

They began traveling through the woods towards Woodend. That night, as they set up camp, a cloaked and hooded gnome (face showing) asked to share their fire. Bajol was immediately put off by the visitor who refused to answer any of his friendly questions. The gnome’s comments let them know that he knew who they were and about the events in the Necromancer’s Tower. He specifically asked about the Book Box and the Scrolls of Epic Legend. Grigor tried to lead the conversation into the gnome revealing who he was, but Bajol drew his sword and threatened the visitor. The gnome slumped over and when touched the cloak fell away revealing that he was a wicker mannequin with a carved wooden face. Fyn kept the face and the rest of the body was kicked into the fire. That night the party heard a steady rhythmic beat in the woods. They discovered manshaped figures made out of sticks dancing around the camp in the woods. Frumious yelled out that they had destroyed the wicker doll in the Nercomancer’s Tower and the figures fell apart and lay still.

They made Woodend the following day, only to discover that every house and every window had a crude wicker doll hanging in it. There were street vendors selling the dolls. Perturbed the party sought out the local woodcarver, a half-orc named Nunchuk, but he was unable to tell them about the carved mask that was the wicker gnome’s face, or the reason for the dolls other than they were protection charms. The Party quickly bought horses and left town. End Session.