Session 31: It's a Long Way to Brechlen Report

General Summary

30th of Rolier 1524 Continued   The group lied in wait for the undead to approach. In the ambush Lily cast Con of Cold, immediately destorying off all of the Warhose Skeletons. Karl backs this up with a fireball destroying the minotour skeleton and one of the zombies. Felix was able to use hypnotic pattern distract one of the zombie beholder. Lily pre-emptively cast a boosting spell on herself before going to attack the Wight. From there the fight started. Working together the group was able to kill the Wight, Banshee and two Zombie Beholders.   The group then continued on for a little bit before coming to a stop for the night. Most of the group played cards while Lyra and Karl spent time with Xeldarix doing language lessons.   31st of Rolier 1524   The group continued to head to Brechlen. At 8am Everyone sees the majestic elk sprint past the party as the terrain is becoming less hills and more Plains now. Karl and lyra notice something is caught in its antlers.   The group tried to talk to the elk to try and help it. It was very distressed, believing itself to be cursed, saying it could hear hissing. Through the combined efforts of Lily, Lyra, and Felix. Once it has been freed from the cursed bad within it's horns, it ran off. The group agreed to look at the bag later after discovering it had a rubber snake in it and continued on their way. (The Serpent's Satchel)   It's about 3pm at this stage. The group has been travelling all day. The horses seem to have another half an hour in them due to the pit stop to help the elk earlier.   Okay so Karl, Xeldarix and Lila all notice a trio off to the side. Two young men that are golden tieflings that look to be twins and a hooded individual. They seem to be setting up a rest area for night. The twins seem to be setting up the camp while the hooded individual is resting by a tree.   Lyra, Fargrim and Simon catch a glimpse of the face under the hood and can see an older Vos man, probably late 50s maybe early 60s. He seems to be subtly watching your group with interest.   Lily sends her black bat familiar over and the older stranger told them to come over in person. Xeldarix was nervous and warns the group not all is what it seems.   There is a slight difference of opinion about if they should approach or not. In the end the group decides to approach. Karl, Simone, Lila and Reign stay near the road while Felix, Lyra, Lily, Xeldarix and Fargrim approach the group.   The twins are welcoming enough until the group is closer and then their manner becomes more mancing. Once close enough the older man moves quickly and gets in Xeldarix's face to whisper something to her. Felix's sword of warning let's the group know that these people are about to attack them.   Xeldarix freezes for a moment before attacking Lily. The twins start their attack as well but Felix puts a stop to Xeldarix and one of the twins. Orel shakes Xeldarix out of it so she can continue her attacks. The group defends themselves itself.   Lily whispers something to Xeldarix after opening a letter from her pocket. This causes Xeldarix to collapse and start to seize violently. It was then Lily declared that the trio had to be killed quickly.   Karl banished the two twins with the help of Felix. Working together the group is able to bring Orel to his knees, but through the power of prayer he raises again.   At this stage Reign has decided she has had enough with the behaviour of the group. She is surprised by how desperately the group wants this man dead and when voicing her opinion, she found her companions could not be reasoned with. Reign took this opportunity to leave the group. She would not be a part of what she saw as another murder as she continues to work on being a better person.   The rest of the group continued to attack as the stranger tried to banish Fargrim and Lily. Thankfully Karl was able to counterspell him. In the end, when Orel is knocked out it became apparent that Xeldarix's seizures were not stopping while he still drew breath. In the end Lily stabbed the stranger through the heart while Karl finished him off. This caused the corpse to burst into flames and burn as Lily absorbed the blood. Only then does Xeldarix stop fitting.   Felix was worried about Reign going off alone so he went after her, Fargrim is horrified, Lyra and Karl were worried about Lily and Lily was still worried about Xeldarix. Karl admitted to knowing that this meant that they likely had used Xeldarix's true name to turn her against them and Lily had to give a conflicting order with Xeldarix's true name to force a stop. However this stop was harmful to Xeldarix and could have possibly killed her.   Xeldarix comes to briefly and says a few words before passing out. A fever starts as Karl starts to break down over the events of what happened, giving the others some insight into what led to this.   This included information like; the twins were devils as Xeldarix had privately warned him, Morningsteel knew Xeldarix's true name and how it can be used against Xeldarix.   Lily takes the time to confirm with commune with nature that there are no extraplanar influences around (other then Xeldarix), no awnsheghs and where the nearest water source is.   In the end the group pulls itself together. Karl puts on the mask to observe the ghosts following them. He suggests that Simone sets up her tent so she and Xeldarix could rest.   The area was searched and a few things were found:

• Two journals (one coded with a new cipher)
• A magical sword (Sword of Glory's Wrath)
• Sketches and instruction to kill the group except Simone and Xeldarix who are to be taken.
• 2 diamonds and 400 gold.

After doing a few other jobs like getting firewood, digging a hole for the stranger, looking at the journals, identifying items and tending to Xeldarix. After this is done the group sits down for a hard discussion. This discuss:

• Xeldarix's seizure as a result of the use of the true name.
• Xeldarix gave Lily a way to learn her true name if it was needed.
• What they can do to protect Xeldarix?
• The items being made in Brechlen.
• Lily's bloodline is now Basaia's due to this theft.
• Lyra revealed she already had Azari bloodline.
• Consideration about Sunnis' children and where to take them with the idea of taking them to the mountain city.
• Fulda has the books from the secret library that might have answers to help Xeldarix so a heist might be in order.
• Fulda is a problem that needs to be taken care of without throwing the city into disarray.
• Karl's sister has been spending time with High Paladin Salma.
• The group buries the stranger.
• Possibly of talking to Avani priests to help Xeldarix/Alexis.
• Karl reveals Alexis' silhouette is pushing Xeldarix out of the body and will most likely be in control when she wakes up. This is visible with the mask. The mask is passed around to see this. Lyra doesn't want to look.
• Lily uses the mask to try and comfort and bolster Xeldarix but to little affect.
• The group decides to stay here the night.
• Lily finishes attuning to the new sword.
• Fargrim went about doing dinner on the fire with Lila.

When Lily sticks out her head to see what is around the tent she notices three ghosts nearby. Albrecht, Daffodil and the stranger. She yells at them to go away, but Lila and Fargrim think it is aimed at them. Karl is quick to pull Lily back inside.   This leads to Karl confessing that he killed Albrecht in Brechlen with the help of Xeldarix. Albrecht's ghost had been following them since and terrorizing Simone. This had led Simone not sleeping well and some of her illness.   This leads to a discussion about what Karl had overhead from the trio since the stranger's death:  

• The Unchained makes people with power into crystals so they can be useful but helpless. They suspect that this happened to Dread and was given to the witches. This could be linked to Karl's master.
• The ghosts are actively plotting to kill the group.
• They view the only way to move on as killing the group.

From this the group comes up with a question for Simone while Fargrim contacts Salma.   Fargrim to Salma: "Apologies, this is Brother Fargrim Hammerland, Priest of Haelyn. See you within a week. Travelling from Archestuel. Interesting theological question for you about Avani."   Salma to Fargrim: "Brother Fargrim. I look forward to your visit. Happy to talk. My new apprentice will appreciate a conversation with you and your point of view."   Question to Simone: "What measures can we currently take to prevent Albrecht, Daffodil, and the priest of belinik from furthering their goal of hurting us?   Answer:   "Against the trio who haunt us and plan to hurt us by taking away what we care for most and hold dear. Measures to stop them hurting us are limited as they cannot be convinced to find peace since they are not superstitious in nature unlike some we have met. The easy going wizard is our best defence as he and those nearby cannot be possessed, but they will wait for the moment to put the forged in chains."   Karl and Fargrim have a private chat about the revelations today. They talk about what Karl did and what that means, and if Karl still feels the need to commit blood theft. They discuss Karl's master as well. Fargrim tries to locate Karl's Master, but in the end only locates Lyra.   Simone sets up the Private Sanctum with Karl's dome inside and her tent inside that. Keeping the spirits away. The group plays cards until it is time for sleep.   Karl takes the first shift. At the end of his shift as he goes to wake up Lyra and Lily he notices Alexis was awake and looked confused, clearly not feeling well.   He sat next to her and explained what happened with her true name. This automatically had her agitated and unease, causing her to tumble out of the blankets and move away from the group. Karl was quick to reassure her it was not going to be used to make her do anything. It was used to prevent her from being forced to kill the group.   Alexis is clearly still upset, but in the end does not run. Karl calms her and offers her a chance to learn more. She is reluctant and instead focuses on replying to Xeldarix's latest letter. She is also offered chocolate. She takes it but does not eat it.   During Lyra and Lily's watch outside they hear the ghosts complaining about being bored at night. When Lily headed to bed and the same with Lyra, Alexis has started to read the book Karl gave her.   32nd of Rolier 1524   The group starts to move for the day. Lily takes the lead. Karl, Simone and Alexis follow with Fargrim, while Lyra and Lila brings up the rear with Good.   At 11am most of the group realises that Alexis' skin tone has a hint of dark brown beneath the grey. However, Lyra noticed a stamped of mammoths heading for the group.   Lyra and Fargrim fall off their horses in an attempt to get them out of the way. Lila takes control of the horse and manages to stay on. Karl quickly dismounts and gets off his horse to run at the mammoths, turning into a giant ape to try and scare them. It does deter two but the other three stay the course.   The group attacks the mammoth and discover over the course of the fight the trio of ghosts have caused this. During the fight Xeldarix is back in control of her own body.   When the dust settles, the group collects themselves and considers the implications of this.

Rewards Granted

• Sword of Glory's Wrath
• The Serpent's Satchel
• 2 diamonds and 400 gold.

Created Content

• Orel
• Belinik
• The Serpent's Satchel
• Sword of Glory's Wrath

Notes

Name	XP	Running Total	Level at the end of the session
Fargrim	3,950	53,760	9
Karl	3,950	53,760	9
Lily	3,950	53,760	9
Lyra	3,950	45,970	8
Simone	3,950	30,050	7