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Wed 22nd May 2024 10:20

Session 40: The Ambushers become the Ambushees

by Asharene Shadowthorn

We hear a knock at the door. It's Bethany Shadowthorne. She's here because they have a patient at their place, and this person was whispering something about the Blue Sage that was stolen. She wants us to come check them out and see if they were the one responsible for stealing it.
 
We go over to the Shadowthorne Estate and find that this mysterious person is a very old friend Panfyr, whom we believed to be dead from child hood. She had gotten in with a bad gang who tried to kill her when they stole some Blue Sage and they didn't want to share the profits with. We learn her family was killed by drow and she was captured by a gnome who made her a servant in his garden for years. Also she confesses to having stole Ash's marbles when they were kids, and also took a fancy Vase that her her great great grandfather's ashes in it. She dumped the ashes and sold the vase.
 
We decide to go ask Drew in the thieves guild if he knows who might have taken the blue sage. When we get down there, Drew actually recognizes Panfyr already. We ask Drew about the group that attacked Panfyr and learn there are 4 humans and a tiefling. They are called the Snake Fangs. They primarily work out of Pontemundi. We think they may still be in the city, so we go check out the academy to see if someone there may have been keen to buy the blue sage.
 
There could also be some monks at the Tea Dragon Monastery that may have bought the Blue Sage. We head to the Monastery to check them out.
 
It's Ravensqueensea 2, roughly 11am
 
We get to the Moneastery. We learn they deal in rare and magical herbs. They have a hard time obtaining these herbs because the Shadowthornes buy them all up. However, they were able to find someone selling Blue Sage, there is a deal going on right now.
 
As we go to check it out, we learn that the thieves took the sage out of the dirt, so it's going to die soon. The monks don't want to buy it. We tell them we want to buy it and trick them into following us into an ambush. As they go and try to kidnap Ashe, the rest of the group ambushes and we start a fight.
 
Franz just explodes all but the leader. As the leader begs for their life, Panfyr walks up and casts inflict wounds telling him that this is what he gets. It doesn't kill him, but it maims him badly. Elias knocks him out and we get him back to the thieves guild. Joe casts druidcraft on the Blue Sage and we plant it in the dirk that Franz has from Galvania. Franz
 
We get this guy down to Drew and he gets thrown into a dungeon.
 
Elias has a letter written to the Pontemundi thieves guild to recommend death as a sentence.
 
It's about 12pm now.
 
We head to the academy and Franz gets some spells. Joe helps the farmers with their crops. Ashe takes a bath and talks to the Shadowthorns about maybe opening trade with the monastery and Bethany agrees to at least talk to them.
 
Panfyr knows who has the vase he stole years ago and he goes into their home and steals it back. He also finds a bag of holding in their trash can.
 
WE all get dressed up for the festival. We end up at a party of rich people. Some guy named Dorian gives a speech about New Galvania and the vampires that rule there. He claims to have escaped their alive.
 
We missed the whole speech except for the part where he made it out alive, because we couldn't stop talking about Franz and his fangs and vampirism and drooling.
 
Elias goes to talk to this Dorian person as he detects this person is somewhat deceitful. When Dorian finds out that Elias is a Harcleave, he becomes extra interested. He learns that Dorian did go to Galvania with the Magnuses, but left without them.
 
HE takes Elias to a giant mirror. It's some kind of portal. It ends up sucking Elias inside. Joe, who was hidden as a mouse on Elias person. He brings Joe back out as her self and the rest of us rush in. Elias tells us we need to destroy the mirror which Joe promptly does by turning into a bull.
 
When this happens Elias does come out, but so do a lot of other things. Some demons as well as a Marilith. We fight and are able to kill Dorian, but he starts crawling away as Franz Magnus is somehow still controlling him. However, our Franz is able to cast animate dead and take control over Dorian so he doesn't escape.
 
Since Dorian died, the demons are no longer under his control. The Merilith says she could kill us or leave, and we're like "you're free to go" and they leave.
 
We almost lose Hazel but are able to get her back up.
 
Franz is able to speak with Dorian and we learn the Magnuses have been the master of Dorian for 18 years. He's still working for them apparently?
 
The Magnuses need to destroy their enemies? There is an enemy in New Galvania. A city there called Sarafin Village, the enemies are of a religious order- fanatics of the Serafin Order. They are a powerful foe of the Magnuses. Maybe we can recruit them to our cause. They are found on the southernmost side of New Galvania.
 
As we start to ask too many questions, Franz Magnus kills Dorian so he can say no more.
 
And this is where we end.
 
 
 
 
 

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  1. Session Zero Summer Camp years
  2. Session One: Shadows of Deception- There's demons in town
  3. Session Two: "Bread, Faeries, and Maleficarum: A Confectionary Conundrum"
  4. Session Three: Shadows of Enchantment: Confronting Demons, Trapped in the Fey Wild
  5. Session Four: Ensnared in the Fey's Embrace: A Scarlet Salvation Saga
  6. Session Five:
  7. Session Six: Missed this session
  8. Session Seven: A black dragon in disguise
  9. Session Eight: Tuning Fork of Unknown planes
  10. Session Nine: Welcome to the Abyss
  11. Session 10: Escape the Abyss
  12. Session Eleven: Games, rides, and fortunes at the faire
  13. Session Twelve: Fake Dwarves and Stolen Treasure
  14. Session Thirteen: A purple worm fight and a reunion with a dad
  15. Session Fourteen: A party, A fight and a funeral.
  16. Session Fifteen: Raising Zariel, Saving Andromeda, and making Dermish the ruler of the 9 hells
  17. Session 16: Crossover Aftermath. A fight against Demons
  18. Session 17: Bael's Gate- the 15th of Azuthair
  19. SEssion 18: The Big Cheese and the Way of the Cheese
  20. Session 19: We're making this shit up as we go.
  21. Session 20: And She was Seven
  22. Session 21: I think we have to kill my Aunt.
  23. Session 22: All roads lead to Eldoria
  24. Session 23: A heist given away, and lots of fire.
  25. Session 24: The fall of the house of Harcleave.
  26. Session 25: So many quests. So little time
  27. Session 26: The Living Flame
  28. Session 27: The Living Flame
  29. Session 28: So many things to do and a new place to live I guess
  30. Session 29: The magic school hidden in the Shadowplane
  31. Session 30: Curse of Slaad
  32. Session 31: The Good the Bad and the Oblivious
  33. Session 32: A Harcleve Family Reunion
  34. Session 33: Will the Real Aria Silvermist Please standup
  35. Session 34: Sisterhood of the Traveling Sword
  36. Session 35: Storming the castle of Loadagraph
  37. Session 36: We defeat Loadagraph and have a reunion with Morpheus
  38. Session 37: One Flou Flou over the Dragon's Nest
  39. Session 38: New friends and Floof Hoof reunites with Lukai
  40. Session 39: Murdering Orcs and getting ready for the adventures ahead
  41. Session 40: The Ambushers become the Ambushees
  42. Session 41:
  43. Session 42: Wizards, Lizards and kids in cages! Oh My!
  44. Session 43: Thunderstrike at Crow's Crossing
  45. Session 44: Travel to Pontimunde
  46. Session 45: Adventures in Pontimunde
  47. Session 46: A Reefining: A Who Dun it on the Voyage to New Galvania.
  48. Session 47: See Hunter for notes
  49. Session 48: On our way to Lupine
  50. Session 49: Wolves, Owlbears and Rocs OH MY!
  51. Session 50: Mansions, Rifts of Insanity, and Treasure Chests Oh MY!
  52. Session 51: Adventures in Anastas Village
  53. Session 52: The Magnuses attack the village because of us
  54. Session 53: An ooze named Denise- Meeting the werewolves
  55. Session 54: In which we perfectly impersonate the Magnuses
  56. Session 55:Motes of Shadow
  57. Session 56: Hydyr kills his brother and we meet Mordenkainen
  58. Session 57: A trip to the hells and seeing our old friend Dermish
  59. Session 58: Randi missed
  60. Session 59: Court Dates and Demon Princes
  61. Session 60: Gold returned, saving the Miners and Elois mom, Arud. .
  62. Session 61: Three Brides, an Elephant and a Death.
  63. Session 62: The Red Party Heist
  64. Session 63: The White Party- Oh hi Lyra!
  65. Session 64: Off to the Pyramid- Oh hi Ash!
  66. Session 65: Pyramids, Puzzles and snakes
  67. Session 66: An out of this world fight with Neo the Lid.
  68. Session 67: We defeat the Magnuses
  69. Session 68: Saving the werewolves from the mindflayers
  70. Session 69: Just a tiny group in a regular sized world
  71. Session 70: Randi Missed
  72. Session 71:
  73. Session 72: Fighting fucking moon dragons
  74. Session 73: A fight with Zozth
  75. Session 74: Zozth Fight part 2
  76. Session 75: Is that a sex thing?
  77. Session 77: Terry! Noooooooo!
  78. Session 78: Adventures in a new world???
  79. Session 79: There never was a Hilda and a Helga
  80. Session 80: Actually there WAS a Hilda and a Helga
  81. Session 81: Into the Underdark

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