Session 5 Report

General Summary

As Katerina, Centurion, and Goodman make their way back to Kane, they run into a vulpine named Kith riding a bear. Kith agrees to help them for some reason and they make it back to Kane. Once there, Katerina goes in search of a doctor and finds Kazrik, a dwarf healer with magical healing abilities. Kazrik agrees to help the party by healing them and joining them for their quest. The party then decides to head west to the waterfall that Centurion spotted almost a week earlier.   They head northeast out of town and cross over the two bridges, then head southwest back down toward the lake. On the way, they spot a religious totem of a local undine god that's meant to ward off intruders. As they study it, Kith notices people off in the distance headed towards them. As they get closer, they can see the gleam of metal armour and weapons on them. Thinking that they're bandits, the party decides to move quickly to outrun them. They stop once the sun goes down and keep watch throughout the night for them. Kazrik sees what looks like a scout during his shift but doesn't think the scout saw them.   In the morning, they set off early and head straight west to explore the area before heading back south to the lake. As they get close to the lake, they see a burning village near it and rush over. As they arrive to it, they notice that the village is very weird and seems nonhuman. There are webbed tracks leading into the lake and no bodies anywhere, not even in the burnt buildings. They also see what look like human tracks heading east out of the village. After pondering what was going on, they head west along the lake shore until they come across the waterfall. They follow the path leading behind it and find a massive cave that they enter.   As they wander inside, they hear voices in the undine language. Katerina uses magic to understand what they're saying and hears that they know intruders are here and they're trying to hide and defend the children in the cave. Katerina yells into the cave to them and agrees to leave the cave. Upon exiting, the party sees undine with spears challenging them. They talk to the undine and learn that hobgoblins have been kidnapping their children, and that humans have been burning down their nesting villages and coming into their land. They agree to try to stop the humans and are told to meet them at the tower on the east side of the lake when they have news. The party then leaves the area, and Kith notices that one of the undine is actually a disguised vulpine.