Session 1: The Yeti by Vegathal | World Anvil

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Fri 14th Jan 2022 07:24

Session 1: The Yeti

by Vegathal Gathakunta

Hringol, Mishaan and I arrived in Goodmead. Grelin arrived with a group of his own, Adriel and Zynn. All the townsfolk were huddled inside the mead hall. In the center of the room was the bee hive. The body heat is the only thing keeping them alive. As we began to ask for Hlin, a man covered in bees directed us to the temple.
We ventured to the temple and found Hlin along with a body ripe with spear wounds. She informed us that 3 barrels of mead had gone missing and tasked us with the retrieval. But she had sent another group before us.
During our conversations with Hlin she let it be known that she was unsure if one of us would actually show up for the job. I believe we may have at least one who is pretending to be someone, or something, they are not.
A man arrived in town, filled with fear and informed us that he found the previous party. They were all dead. We began to follow the trail.
We arrived at the scene of the slaughter and after much deliberation, determined that a yeti was involved. But we also found boot prints from a large creature. And the wounds were not the wounds that a yeti would make.
We followed the tracks to an series of caves surrounded by what must have been the skull and tusks of an enormous mammoth. As we began to plan our approach, a yeti appeared and nearly caught me with his gaze. He charged at me and nearly killed me. But the party slayed the beast before it could finish me off.
Adriel called upon his familiar, a rabbit that I named Snowflake. Adriel informed us that the mead was in deed inside, as well as a giant, his pet bear, and a dwarf roasting over a fire. He was extremely interested in recovering some metal that he believed to not be of this world.
As we wait patiently for the giant to have his fill and bed down for a night's rest, the bear discovered Snowflake.

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