51. Scary Tales Report

General Summary

26th Olarune, 999 YK

• They sleep

27th Olarune, 999 YK

• Dax' Athla tested out her new Thranish Angel wings for the first time, and Warden introduces himself to his new water weird, which he has named Waterden.

1st Therendor, 999 YK

• They arrive in Three Roads, a small village that sits on the crossroads between Passage, Lathleer and Windshire.
• There is a notice board! Someone has lost their friend to a deal with a fey, and their friend is now haunting the local graveyard.
• They go to the house indicated on the notice board and meet with Anicet, an androgynous elf. Warden introduces them as the Mist Walkers.
• Anicet explains that their friend Florinne made a deal with a fey, and broke their promise. They don't know exactly how it went down, but Florinne died and was reanimated. She now haunts the local graveyard.
• Most of the party have some cultural background for fairy tales, and stories of deal making fey is quite common. For those raised in the Five Nations, Sora Katra fills this role. For Lozaal and the Dhakaani, a dirge singer named Hezhaal fills it
• The party head out to the graveyard and try to interact with Florinne. She is desiccated and withered, wearing her funeral shroud and wielding a gnarled wooden branch as a staff.
• Kalshana mind links the party together, forming the first step in the Shana Neural Network Gestalt Consciousness. Terrifying.
• She attempts to mind link with Florinne, and perceives the undead's thoughts as a dark orb, scintillating.
• As Kalshana approaches, Florinne summons several wispy, shrouded figures.
• Kalshana fucks around and finds out, as Florinne summons an inky black void with slurping noises to assault her. It is very cold.
• Warden uses moonbeam on the void, and gets the attention of the shrouded figures, who attack him.
• Their touch is very bad, causes Warden's wood to rot and his metal to rust and corrode.
• Kalshana turns undead, causing Florinne to flee.
• Lozaal flicks his wrist and coats some of the shrouded figures in sticky white stuff (web).
• Dax turns unholy, causing the shrouded figures to flee.
• The party dispatch the undead. Florinne turns to dust when she dies (again).
• The party re-bury Florinne in her grave. They found a brooch on her corpse, which Warden identifies as a Brooch of Shielding.
• They return to Anicet and receive payment. Warden is a bit iffy about accepting payment from someone who seemingly has so little.
• Kalshana mentions the brooch, it seems that Florinne had been wearing it recently before she died. Perhaps it's related to her deal with the fey?
• Lozaal spends a good deal of time talking to Anicet and learning about local folk tales. He hears about the Crying Fields, and also about The Beast of Ghalt.
• The party stays the night in Three Roads and keeps watch on the graveyard. Nothing untoward happens.
• Kalshana hides 10 gp in Anicet's house, and Dax discreetly gives Anicet 5 gp.

2nd Therendor, 999 YK

• Seeing that nothing happened, the party leaves Three Roads on the road to Passage.

 

Hezhaal and the Marhu's Son

The Dhakaani have a story about a duur'kala named Hezhaal, who betrayed the empire and studied sinister, forbidden magic. The story culminates in Hezhaal cursing the Marhu's son to an endless slumber, close to death. The marhu's son remains in this state until he is rescued by a simple golin'dar.