Session 57

Date: 11/15/2015

Attending: Jake, Joey, Justin, Dave

Absent: Aaron – out of town for work

Start Time: 7:36 pm

End Time: 10:25 pm

XP awarded: 5,050

Game time elapsed: 3 days

Enemies Defeated:  4 fire giants, 2 stone giants

Notes:

The party divvies up Fingali’s things and then gives Fyn a whole day to search the crypts in an attempt to find what Fingali was looking for. In one of the sarcophaguses Fyn finds an inscription behind an old skeleton. The inscription is translated by Frumious to read, “Separated in death from his brother who rests in the Lady’s burial place under the spring of Halven.”  Summarizing that this is what Fingali was looking for, the party decided to attempt to speak with dead with the coffin’s resident. The spell is successful (failed Will save) and Frumious has 6 questions. The questions and their answers are as follows:

1) What is your name?

 A: Arameth

2) What is your brother’s name?

A: Nurvic

3) Why is your brother in the Lady’s tomb?

A: We devoted our lives to protecting the location of and access to the tomb of the Lady. When Nurvic died he was placed beside her so that he could protect her even in death.

4) How does one access the tomb of the Lady?

A: to access the tomb one must know the location, bypass the traps, slay or pacify the Guardians, and open the door.

5) Who are the Guardians, and how may they be pacified?

A: The mechanical men can be by passed by saying this decade’s password. The wyrm may be bribed. The Revered Dead will stand aside for those reciting the correct sequence of prayers.

6) What organization were you and your brother a part of in life?

A: None.

The party then discussed next steps, considering a trip to Illmar, discarding a direct assault on the giants, listing the facts as they know them, etc… Frumious used the message spell to deliver the following message to Osgood in Halvenspring (remember message and answer 25 words or less each):

What is latest? We in Mooncrest, headed to Halvenspring. Army of Giants invaded Caer Wynnic. We have slain Marquis Daedalus. Name major players in Halvenspring?

Answer:

Firnockt is a battlefield. Dwarves hold the run. Shadows, men, and Tainted fight in trees. Dragons in hills. Ground blood soaked. Sky smoke and flame.

Then Frumious had a similar exchange with Ellicor, where Frumious checks in via a message spell and receives this answer:

Puppet King was in Avonhollow, suddenly disappeared. Things building to a head. If I reveal myself will instigate. God King marches to Halvenspring. Arrive first.

The knights decide to ride straight to Halvenspring after receiving these messages. They take the road west out of Mooncrest and ride for a day. That night a fleeing soldier shares their campfire and tells them that he was part of the army Albus Wynnic mustered to confront Mario in Goldmeadow, and the King’s army was routed.  He said that Mario’s army did have undead but what cinched the deal was the Mossreachean force was attacked by a horde of shadows. The soldier, whose name was Joe because I’ve come up with enough unique names for this campaign thank you very much, said he headed north and passed through Carradeen which was in chaos – the King had not returned (no one knows if he survived the battle with Mario’s) and most of the government was missing. He continued on north, hoping to seek refuge in Phaerus Keep only to find the keep burning (he saw from a distance and doesn’t know the details). Bajol suggested to him that he continue on east to Shadowmount where he could find safety.

They ride west for another day, camping where the road turns north to Phaerus keep. Early in the morning (last watch) they are spotted by a patrol of giants, and the knights are forced to defend themselves. They then begin riding due west into the hills, making a bee line to Halvenspring. End Session