Session 1

General Summary

As our party first layed eyes on one another, a strange figure on horseback galloped down the trail... spooked by the sudden appearence of Luna, the horse ditched it's rider... and an ancient book hit the sandy ground, opening and releasing shadows in all directions. The stranger quickly grabbed the book and disappeared, but a tear in the air appeared shortly thereafter... releasing shadows into the night, some of which took on the look of some of the party members. After fighting off the shadows, the party managed to close (?) the portal down. Some digging discovered a page from the book, written in Shadowtongue (which Luna managed to decifer), the page was part of a spell having something to do with merging the realm of shadowfell with other planes of existence. Additionally, the party discovered the wizard's horse, with a saddle still in place, bearing the symbol of the University on the island of Scholara. Just as the party finished this discovery, they found that their hands bore a mark, the size of a quarter, on the back of their right hand... for Luna and Cooper, this gave them a few shots of pain... Deciding to try and find a fishing boat in the morning to get to scholara, the party went to the local pub for a beer and some food before heading to bed. But not before discovering that Mira enjoys her golden coins. There was also a sullen cowboyish character there, nursing his whiskey under his big hat. Upon conversation, it was discovered he too had the mark of a shadow on his hand. Seems the shadows attacked him outside the pub around the same time as the party was fighting them near the portal. He declined the offer to join the party, instead mentioning that he was going to seek out the natives on the island for help...

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