Session 0: Infestation of Dreams Report

General Summary

A tiefling by the name of Rex Argent of Sigilstar traveled from Thrane to the nation of Aundair in search of the voice of Tira Miron, specifically in the village of Windshire, where he came across Garett the Mute, a young, deaf, adolescent who was working on a firearm and was looking desperately for a sign of escape from the village. Rex,  knowing common sign language, offered to take Garett away from all this in response to his calling from Tira Miron, the Silver Flame. Garett looked into the yellow eyes of the tiefling, holstered his firearm and agreed to traveled south together. They journeyed back to Thrane cutting through the small city of Tellyn where they met a fellow follower of the Silver Flame, Lina, a human who was packing her things and heading south in a rush after a heated argument with her family. She decided to accompany her friend Rex and new ally Garett in the journey south to nation of Breland. They headed to the Lightening Rail Station at Fort Light to attempt to find passage but sadly the Lightening rail was closed for repairs, but they did come across a Brellish human who introduced herself as Sergeant Germaine Vilroy of the Sharn Watch. She convinced to the party to by foot with her to the Nation of Breland and possibly traveling to the city of Towers, filling the young adventurers with thoughts of opportunities such as adventure guilds, a floating district in the clouds , and the great Lyrandar Tower where the airships dock.    Meanwhile in east Breland, near the Sterngate fortress, a young human rancher by the name of Fen had just put his grandmother to bed along with tucking in his little sister, afterward he placed a satchel of gold with a note on the counter and then stealthily leaves towards the edge of town. While walking towards the main road, he crossed through the village of Mistmarsh where he saw a young elven girl named Mariella counting her magical acorns that she had just picked from the Faded Forest. She explained to Fen that she wanted to travel Eberron to plant these acorns and see what else life had to offer. Fen exaggerated the fact that he was a well traveled and seasoned adventurer and that her best shot would be traveling together and forming a party. She agreed and they made their way down the main road looking for other party members to add to their group. Lo and behold, while they were traveling, they discovered a functioning warforged on the side of the road, it was stuck under a tree that had it pinned against a rock and was unable to get out. With the help of both Fen and Mariella, the warforged managed to set itself free, it introduced itself as Nova Magicdance and agreed to join their party as thanks. The party of three then headed southwest through the King's Forest to avoid bandits then realized they would need to camp soon they noticed a campfire in the distance and approached it cautiously and was met with the welcoming arms of Sergeant Germaine Vilroy and the other group of adventurers. They decided to make camp together and would make their way to a nearby village called Zilspar where the Sergeant promised clean beds, good food, and alcohol.   Once in Zilspar, the whole party made their way to an Inn called the Sleepy Acrobat. They were greeted by the owner, asked to take a seat and enjoy the poetry readings of the patrons. They made small talk, ordered drinks, and listened to the patron preform their piece after a rude heckling from another drunk patron. After it was getting late the owner introduced herself as Chenna Appleblossom and offered the party a job. She asked if they could rid the basement of an infestation of spiders and find out what happened to her cousin who was sent down there 2 days ago and never came back. She feared the worst so offered to pay them 10 GP each and a free nights stay if they could exterminate every last one of those spiders, their webs and their eggs. The party agreed and the tavern owner opened a hatch behind the bar that led to the basement. They investigated and soon realized the basement was filled with swarms of spiders and a giant wolf spider, they quickly defeated them after several close calls but were overall victorious. Looking for any signs of bodies they stumbled upon a crack in the wall revealing an alcove where a giant 2 headed spider that doubled them in size was resting along with more swarms and wolf spiders with a small body shaped sack hanging from the top of the alcove. The giant beast noticed them and began charging towards them but couldn't fit through the crack. Panicking the party scrambled to look for a solution to getting rid of this monster but by then it was too late, the other spiders had sensed the disturbance rushed through the cracked and another battle broke out. After the skirmish ended, many of the party was barely standing, covered in webs and spider bites, and even one of them was poisoned and paralyzed temporarily. They managed to search the alcove and cut down the small humanoid web sack, they opened it with a knife and it was revealed to be a shriveled up husk of a male halfling. They ended up burning the remaining webs and eggs and harvested some of the spider's poison, then made their way back up to the tavern floor, where the owner was waiting eagerly. Once they showed her the body her disposition changed and she grew sad but happy that the body was brought back so she could burry her cousin's remains. She lugged a small chest and gave it to the party and said she included some food and wine for their journey as well as the payment they agreed on. She handed them each a key to their respected room and stated that breakfast was complimentary.   After an interesting yet thrilling evening, the party headed upstairs to their rooms and readied themselves for sleep. Once asleep each individual had a dream about their past and what was troubling them. Relaxed and refreshed the party gathered for breakfast downstairs and a nice meal. The usual patrons were there except for a new hooded individual, dressed in purple robes, sitting by the entrance shuffling a deck of cards. Some of the group asked the Tavern owner about merchants to trade with and it was revealed that the individual who was heckling the poetry reader last night is the towns Blacksmith, Manfred Hale was eating right behind them. He was somewhat rude at first but eventually said he would them. They made their way south of the market square and to his smithy and did some business with him. Manfred also mentioned a nearby goblin encampment just 100 miles southwest of Zilspar. He said that could reward them with a magic weapon or two if they could kill them and bring back the heads as proof. The party thanked him for the offer and asked if he knew of any leatherworkers and Manfred introduced them to Simon Barclay, the town tailor and poet, who helped them with their needs.  The rest of the group still at the Sleepy Acrobat watched as Sergeant Vilroy got up and left the tavern saying she was ready to hit the road and would meet them just outside the village outskirts. As the party gathered their belongings, the hooded figure in purple robes introduced himself as a traveling fortune teller and inquired them to have their fortunes read free of charge. They got a better look at the individual and saw that he was actually a tabaxi. He shuffled his cards and revealed to each party member 3 unique cards and explained their meanings then handed the cards over to them as a gift. After that strange phenomena, the party left the Sleepy Acrobat and caught up with the Sergeant and began to discuss would they would do next.

Rewards Granted

60 GP, 3 rations of food, 3 bottles of Goodberry wine, 3 vials of basic poison, a wooden chest and free night's stay at the Sleepy Acrobat

Missions/Quests Completed

Completed Infestation in the Sleepy Acrobat Basement,

Character(s) interacted with

Sergeant Germaine Vilroy, Chenna Appleblossom, Manfred Hale, Simon Barclay, and Roofs on the Mountain.