Session 1 Report

General Summary

The party is introduced to Gorwin in the city of Terosi who offers them 1gp each for finding a plot of land to settle for a new town in his newly conquered duchy. The party leave his office and go to a nearby inn where they talk and get to know each other. Goodman is a human barbarian from Ralwick; Rike is a vulpine rogue from a tribe to the west; Centurion is a Human inquisitor who grew up here and works for Duke Fractun; Grugrat is a hobgoblin alchemist from the nearby stronghold recently conquered by the goblinoids from the dwarves. After the introductions, Goodman drops his axe on Rike's head in a bet and injures Rike. They all head north to the land they're tasked to explore. They arrive in the town of Rona and go to the local tavern where they ask about the land they're headed into. Not much information is known, but there has been increased bandit activity in the area lately.   They head north out of town and travel several miles before they notice a smoldering village. They approach the village to find it burnt down a destroyed. Cautiously, they approach the village and begin searching through the wreckage. Rike finds human tracks leading to the nearby forest. Goodman goes into a building and gets charged by a peasant with a knife, who he quickly grabs and keeps from swiping at him. He calms the man down and asks what happened. The man tells them that bandits came to extort the village and several people resisted, so the bandits burnt the village down in retaliation. Goodman asks if anyone else survived, to which the man says his wife and child. Goodman tells them to flee to the town of Rona for safety, then the party begins searching more buildings for survivors, finding a few and telling them to also go to the town for safety. Rike comes back explaining that he found tracks, but he loses them once they go into the forest.   The party decides to push north and after several miles they find a seemingly abandoned tower with newly-built wooden fortifications surrounding it. After pondering for a bit, they decide to investigate the tower. They cautiously, while checking for potential traps, explore the tower and make their way to the top, where they see the vast Loik Forest to the east and Lake Silber to the west. Centurion notices a major waterfall with darkness behind it at the opposite end of the giant lake, and so he points it out to the others. With the sun starting to set, the group chooses to sleep in the nearby forest. During Rike's watch, he hears noises from the lake and investigates, seeing Undine coming out of the water towards the tower. He wakes the rest of the party, then goes back to watch the undine as the rest of the party prepares for a fight. After noticing that most of the undine don't have any weapons, he approaches them with hands up. The undine without weapons flee while those with weapons stay and hold Rike at guard. After Rike begins speaking to them in a language they can't understand, they send one of their own to fetch another undine. He speaks the human language and introduces himself as Gorgol. They speak briefly but come to friendly terms before Rike leaves and goes back to the party telling them they're ok. The party continues sleeping through the night.