Esterson Session 11

General Summary

Of all the fates our Savvy Strays had to go through, Bremigan had to be the most surprising to me. Our secret informant tells me that he lives with his mother down in the Town of Tillersdale. Thankfully it’s another valley town so you need not worry about winding mountain paths.

I’m informed that if our informant so easily found our dwarf, they worry the vicians, especially those tied to Vicarion, will seek to harm him. If anything, we ought to reach him first before those fiends do.

— Welma Reedacre

Before the Adventure

Keen to continue training Kastor in self-defense, the recent addition to the Hall, Uthril, decides to spectate. He quickly becomes disappointed that hands are used and insists that Kastor trains in using weapons than fists. Antharine disagreed, resuming her methods. Uthril then challenged her to a duel to prove her wrong. He won.

The party swiftly concluded the dispute, reassuring the two that they could train in schools of martial arts and weapons. They both agreed as a resolution.

Finding Bremigan

Heading to Tillersdale

Along the roadways, the party noticed that a few stout caravans were making an exodus from Tillersdale. They explained that they wanted to flee before the town takes on the same fate as the neighboring village of Appleloft where roden roam the place freely.

Along the trail, the party finds about six roden pretending to play a military game where they planned out a strategy. Oddly enough, they were planning on defending the town from attack. The party scared them off.

Bremigan’s (Mom’s) Home

On arrival, the party is greeted by Mrs. Brezdahk, Bremigan’s mother. She gestures them to the basement where he is easily found. Though, to be easily found meant being greeted by an ungodly pungent aroma of this basement dweller. Johan volunteered to clean up not only the room but also Bremigan himself of his uncleanliness.

Once they began conversing, it turned out he got into Arcanum: the Collection, a card game (totally not a Magic: The Gathering parody) and Arturias, a TTRPG game. Altor noticed that most of his characters were of ones seeking redemption. The party reached out to his desire for helping others in their time of need and managed to convince him to rejoin the Hall.

Appleloft Dilemma

What the party noticed on arrival was the roden and stouts living mostly peacefully with each other. Though, the tensions from old grievances were still there. Also, the party saw a group of roden head into a chapel as one of them wanted to show them a cael that lurked there. The group then enjoyed being pampered and loved by it.

The party investigated the matters of Appleloft. It turned out the Mayor made an agreement with a roden pack master, Varsnik, that the stouts would provide what normally would be stolen by roden as payment for them to help protect the town instead. The party discerned that the inferiin advisor to the roden, Elema, was the one who tricked this warmonger into thinking he could “conquer” a town without fighting.

Interested in recruiting her to the Hall, Elema was worried that Varsnik would eventually go violent without her to keep his desire for warmongering in check. Interestingly, the party decided to bring him to the chapel where even this sadistic warlord caved to the loving arms of the cael present there. Seeing this, Elema was convinced to join alongside the party.

Return to the Hall

Back at the Guild Hall, Sir Farbridge, leader over the Knights of Hearth, invited the group Hall to a masquerade party. Afterwards, Maedhros noticed that Antharine was uncomfortable with Elema, knowing this former Maledian still holds to her manipulative ways.

Within the bar, Elema questioned why the party is part of the Hall, Altor knowing Elema seeks to know how to “work with” the members. Afterwords, Elema reassured them that she doesn’t seek to exploit anyone with her social ability and instead coax them into being better.

Missions/Quests Completed

• Recruited and saved Bremigan
• Resolved a possible conflict within Appleton

Character(s) interacted with

• Antharine
• Kastor
• Uthril
• Bremigan
• Varsnik
• Elema
• Sir Farbridge