Combat continued to be an issue, it was decided to make things less complex, include fewer entities and fewer combats overrall. The story will be focused moreso on characters and interactions instead. Other aspects seemed good besides combat devouring most of our play time
The party talked to Selena (Representing the Raven Queen), to Felix (representing the Kaiser), to Private Pine Needle (Representing the fey), to Godfrey (Representing the Templars), and Kaden talked to the Demon-Sword named Correspondence (Representing Malad? Or mysterious buyers of the relic). They decided that the safest bet was to free Selena and give her Vonaya's Ransom so that she can place it in the trophey hall of the Raven Queen where it will be safe and cease causing troubles.
The Party encoutnered the growing ire of the Raven Queen as she sent a swarm of ravens to surround the fortress, a hunting hound of the Prince of Falling Leaves broke through and proceeded to slay 3 Collectors trying to get to them, as Godfrey, the Templars, and Felix all held the line against it and Malad and some sorcerers, the players traveled down to confront Renald.
The players killed Renald and then accepted the offer of a giant shadow raven to travel to the Shadowfell, Private Pine Needle exploded when he touched the raven. If you want an inspiration, you must draw and bring me a picture of a Raven next session, doesnt have to be any kind of good, just draw a stick raven if you must. They travelled to the Shadowfell, learning that Selena is actually the youngest and newest Handmaiden and gets a lot of shit for it from her fellow maidens, however now she was the star of the show as she was their host during their stay as the Raven Queen is a busy demigod.
It seems the Raven Queen has some beef with the Princes of the Feywild and wants something from them that they took from her, she tested the party and acted through Selena to have them eat the flesh of Renald to experience dreams and visions in which they faced their fears and depending on how they acted earned her favor, the fey's favor, or their indifference.
Raime, Kaden, Khasari, Adamah all earned the favor of the Raven Queen during their dreams and were placed into a freshly dug grave holding a silvery coin featuring a raven on it.
Squire Dammit and Ariange earned the favor of the Fey as they acted differently in their dreams and were placed inside the hollow of a tree, holding a wooden coin featuring a saproling on it.
The players all crawled out, went back to the Templars chapel to find Godfrey and Felix still alive alongside most Templars, Malad and tieflings were gone, as was the Hound and Selena who took the relic into the trophey hall of the Raven Queen.
The players then decided to travel back down southwest into the Black Hand Forest in the hopes of finding the Templar's Grandmaster Bernard who was captured by the Black Hand, the mysterious organization with mysterious motives.
