Yama
The Immovable Mountain Yama
Yama the immoveable mountain was born into the hobgoblin tribe as the second son of the chief. From a young age, he was trained in the art of war and became a skilled samurai under the guidance of his elder brother, who was a general in the hobgoblin army.
As a loyal hobgoblin, Yama pledged his life to serve his brother and carry out his orders, no matter the cost. He became infamous for his brutal tactics in battle, committing countless atrocities in the name of his brother's cause. Yama believed that the end justified the means and that victory was worth any sacrifice.
Despite his ruthless nature on the battlefield, Yama was a devoted father to his son. He raised him to be kind and skilled in martial arts, hoping to instill in him a sense of honor and duty. However, his hopes were shattered when his son was corrupted by Yama's own brother, who convinced him to join the hobgoblin army and follow in his father's footsteps.
Yama began to question his loyalty to his brother and the hobgoblin cause, especially after witnessing the atrocities committed against innocent people. He realized that his actions had caused much suffering and that he could no longer bear to continue on this path.
One day, Yama made the difficult decision to leave the hobgoblin army and defy his brother's orders. He took his father's powerful sword with him, which had been passed down through generations of his family, and set out on a new path as a vagrant.
As he wandered, Yama met people from different walks of life and saw the world in a new light. He used his skills to help those in need and sought to better himself as a person. Yama began to realize that there was more to life than just serving one's family or tribe, and that he could make a difference in the world by being a force for good.
Although he still carried the weight of his past atrocities, Yama remained committed to his newfound path of redemption and sought to make amends for his past actions. He vowed to one day return to save his son, and to always be a positive influence on those around him.
T&T: Ship to Fish Combat!
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T&T: Release the...
The party approaches a room
"The party was somewhat interrupted" - The feast is in the darkest hour before the dawn
Priestess Sharalan
Invites Karu, deeper into the cavern to call out the "The deep one"
Team get's blinded, Skills challenge:
Yama let's his voice boom into the silence, pretending to be the Lord of the deep he commands the cultists to prostrate themselves and lay down their weapons
Karu and Pauly crawl the circumference of the pillar in the centre of the room
Cillian reaches out mentally with his magic aura to search for obstacles in the parties way, and notices the pillar in the centre of the room has disappeared.
The Djinn, teleports them back to the town centre of Merrybottom
In the ocean the lighthouse emerges and turns out to be a giant angler fish
Tentacles rise and start to smash the fleet ships in the harbor.
Do the party set sail? Find out next week!
T&T: Into the Depths
Rhofir - a cloaked figure, muttering and trying to open a door at the back of the room.
Upon closer inspection we see a red skinned Tiefling man with short ram like horns.
He's trying to get through a puzzle door.
The new tiefling Rhofir and Yama decide to explore the rest of the room while Cillian works to unlock the puzzle door
In one of the rooms behind a rubble fall, there is a glass bottle with a stopper and a small person inside begging and gesturing to be freed.
Female, dark skin, red robes, she is speaking Terran
Cillian, pops the top of the bottle after realising it is a Djinn
Rhofir makes a slight of hand movement to take one of her jewels - Topaz belly button gemstone
The other room contains a Slaad, but this room the Djinn tells us is where there is some magic that can aid us
Slaad, Cillian's Arcana check:
Can infect or impregnate beings to infect them and convert them. Shapechangers. Magic control gem in their brains
This one has a whole in it's head where the gem should be
Cillian asks if she can banish the Slaad
Behind the puzzle door:
A room of water begins to fill and a skeletal hand tips an hour glass of sand
With that forboding feeling the party moves forward into the room, the door behind them slams shut.
Time stamp: 2:15 - news about the lighthouse
We move into the room with the Slaad - a creature invisible to Yama and Rhofir
Trapped in a ring of salt by the humans - "They're doing terrible things"
Cillian blasts the room with a Fireball
The room is rocked, the Slaad remains invisible to Yama and Rhofir
Slaad's final thoughts - "Planeshift out of here so I'm not here when that thing wakes up"
In one of the rooms is a trapped chest full of loot.
T&T: To the Church
The crew enter the church under the guise of two sea men guards and a captive. Pauly follows stealthily behind the party
As the priest brings an end to the chanting in the hall, Karu and Cillian drag the pretend captive Yama down the aisle towards the altar
Karu finds out from the priest that the deal the town has with the sea people is lives for gold.
As Yama and the party continue to move towards the altar and the gathered priests, Yama seizes the lead priest and holds a dagger to his throat.
The priest gloats that Yama is surrounded by enemies and he will gladly give his life for the cause. Yama whispers a threat into the priests ear and completes the movement slitting his throat.
A fight ensues with all of the worshippers and fellow priests joining the fight. Yama shows uncharacteristic anger and Pauly picks off those that try to run from the church.
When the combat is complete, the chapel is now full of the burnt remains of the worshippers of Father Dagon.
The party searches the neighbouring rooms, Cillian finds an orb in the room behind the altar, which shocks the party.
As Pauly and Cillian check all of the remaining rooms, Yama and Karu take a seat for a rest. Yama takes out his tea set and commences the ceremony, his hand shakes terribly and he tries to hide it, Karu gently takes over the ceremony as if he hadn't noticed. They discuss the battle and Karu feeling ineffectual.
T&T: Merrybottom, Seaside Call
Missing citizens of Merrybottom
Political District - Mayors office
Two tied up children were rescued, they'd ben tied up by their parents.
Their parents were up in the church building for some kind of 'right'
Long green sea weedy robes & a scimitar, now unconscious & tied up by Captain Pauly
Ship bells ringing in the distance
The party is ambushed by many of the seaweed wearing cultists, all coming out of the surrounding buildings and trees
The children mention "Oldeman Ritter"
When questioning the cultists:
So you're here for the festival? "It's our town fool"
Karu implies we are sent by the 'big guy' who is meant to protect them
The villagers name him as Father Dagon and asks if we are Father Dagon's chosen come to save them
Father Dagon is an octopus/fish, many red eyes and fangs, 50ft tall and a demon known as the Prince of the Depths
Makes deals and accrued power to rise to this position of princedom
Karu: What have you completed?
"The harvest festival went well every year, the outsiders should be drowned by now, a fest to your doorstep."
They are feeding outsiders every year and sending them to the depths
Priest Sharallan, says he will bring treasures from the depths and imbues them with power for performing this harvest festival
They perform a right under his name
Karu: Where is Sharalan? They have all gone to the church
Yama "What happens if you fail?"
The bell tolls 3 times, if the right is not satisfied, the townspeople all become mindless.
Oldeman Ritter is the Mayor, and keeps his valuables in the chapel
All the gifts from Father Dagon are also kept in the chapel
As the man begs and pleads at Karu there starts to be a thrum coming up from the ground into our bodies. The man starts convulsing, Yama throws water on him an it starts steaming off him. Cillian sends the dog to finish him.
From a medicine check Yama finds; his skin was starting to split and finds new pointy teeth, his hair falling out etc.
The party drops the children off with Mr Thomas, and head up the hill towards the Church
Mr Thomas worships Lethander, the god of the morning sun.
Yama's Letter to Tempura
We four; Captain Pauly the Aarakocra, Sorn the Drow & Karu the sea elf, stepped through the mirror and the swampy mire of Hither was revealed before us. Off in the distance a hot air balloon crashes to the ground and the party decides its as good a place to start as any.
In Hither we met:
Agdon Long scarf the Brigand Prince of Prismere - The fastest Hare alive. Who is stealing happy memories in the name of a hag, Bavlorna Blightstraw.
A town of Bullywug, with a king who also swears fealty to the Hag. Bavlorna's house can be seen in the middle of the swamp, a house on stilts, hidden in a misty shrowd.
After meeting and speaking with Bavlorna, Captain Pauly set off an explosion in her house. This unleashed her wrath upon the bullywugs settlement. Many died, including knocking all my friends unconscious.
In Thither:
We were able to escape Hither by negotiating with Bavlorna.
She sent us to her sisters realm 'Thither'. Granny Nightshade is the hag sister who rules in Thither.
We meet an old man who trims all of Yama's armor in gold, and bestows upon him a golden cape. He is working as punishment for deeds he committed in Waterdeep.
The group is beset by a Jabberwock in the deep of night.
After an accidental trip back out of the fae wilds through a mushroom circle. On the otherside is a slowly corrupting forest and Dryads. She bids we find the lost children and the grandfather tree to stop the granny of night"
The party meets a group of pixies having a picnic, Yama is amused by their free spirited ways and creative minds.
The pixies lead the party to Will - the leader of the lost children. We decide they are the children lost at the Faewild Carnival
The party meets and requests the aid of a unicorn before an assassin springs from the shadows and moves to attack the unicorn.
The assassin provides information on a wizard, Maylev who we know has moved against the ruler of the realm, Desire.
Zarak is sent out of the fae realm through a fairy ring
At Granny Nightshade's home in the town of Loomlurch Karu and Yama explore a local nightmarket of candy and lollies. As they head further into the heart of the area they come across, children and discarded toys. While they are exploring Captn Pauly heads around the back of the tree trunk that is the hags home and is spotted, igniting a fierce battle that Yama and Karu have to run to join.
In Yon:
We performed a play for Endolyn Moongrave
In Prismere:
My dearest son Tempura,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. I know it's been some time since my last letter, we've been trapped deep within the fae wilds. It was a realm of wonder and danger, and I wish you'd been here to experience it with me, but for now, let me share with you the incredible journey we've embarked on.
At a carnival in the fae wilds we found ourselves deeply entwined in a mystery of magic and missing children. After it unfolded we stepped through a mirror and a swampy mire appeared around us, the air thick with fog and magic. In the distance, a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, catching our attention and giving us a place to start. We found this area was known as Hither, and during our travels met light fingered harengon, a monarchy of bullywugs, a storm riding pirate and had an altercation with the ruling Hag.
After negotiating our escape, we arrived in the realm of Thither, a deep forest dotted with areas of mushrooms and pixies. You would have loved it my son, it reminded me of the forests near where you were born, do you remember our fishing trips? Elsewise, Thither was not so friendly and kind to us, we worked our way to the heart of a hag's operation where she was extorting children to make candy. I've enclosed some in this package, the honeyed worms were my favourite. After killing the hag, we were able to free all of her subjects and we received some crucial information to get us into the Palace of Hearts Desire.
As we delved deeper into the heart of the Fae Realm and found the Palace of Hearts Desire.
T&T: Depths of Despair
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T&T: Nightmare Desire
The great Rasdul Guilt Storm Giant
Cap Pauly, is in a younger body, unarmed and locked in a cage
T&T: Towers & Towers
Merceon (F) Frozen in front of the cauldron
The party finds a room with two lion bodied humans, one female one male in Igwillv's bedroom
They ask if we are Zibilna's emissaries
Sorn mentions that Zibilna is frozen in time - asks where she is keeping Iggwillv (WTF)
They say Zibilna knows the location of Igwllv and their master 'Grazt' has business with her
He is the demon prince of pleasure, decadence and self indulgence
The creature's know abyssal and common
"Igwillv is the current avatar of Desire
Zibilna spent time in the hells"
As we go to leave, they threaten that they want the correct information within the hour - "Where is Igwillv"
In the turret there was a green chest - it's unlocked and inside is a golf ball sized gem
It's a part of Zibilna - Her Desire to remain hidden from her enemies
If you knock it 3 times it will summon a creature
BA-BA-YA-GA - Decapitated heads
The party is teleported into the central tower, where it seems like the explosion originated
The party find a book with a list of names
Thinnings says having your name in the book allows that person to move through the crown doors
The first names in the book are a bunch of fey and pixie names
Pauly takes the flame quill
The party reach the top of the tower
Greatsword floating point up to the ceiling
Snickersnack the Greatsword
On the lower level of the tower sits Maylev and Warduke
T&T: Lions & Harts
Sorn interacts with Malev in a dreamscape, and awakes in the castle courtyard
Simulacrum - 7th level spell
The crown Karu pulls out of a lake speaks to him in his native sea elf language:
"The beginning of Whenever
The end of Ever After
The start of an Age
The finale of every Moment
The first in History"
Lovely smelling roses - 5 different colours, 1 of each; (Chromatic roses- cone damage)
Black - acidic
Green - pungent bad smell
Blue - zinc/copper smell
Red - Dry desert
White - frost on the petals - Karu used this one
The rose bushes dies as Sorn takes the last of the roses
The earth begins to move and webbed sticky creatures emerge from the ground
We climb the stairs of a tower that leads to a double door
Above the door is the word 'Envy' in common
The door is ajar and shows Oak trees, a tall silver, statue lion stands atop a podium and says;
"You can call us Envy"
Envy - The Lion -
Wrath - The Hart - In the Eastern tower
Zibilna created the crown for guests
One form of the crown is silver needles, Golden roses is the other form of the crown
We have to guess the correct beast for each form otherwise the beast is banished
"To free the creatures you must touch them with an item of pure good and speak their true name."
Thinnings - small 2d creature, head of staff for Zibilna
There are enemies in Zibilna's quarters - Demon's sent as messengers from one of her Paramore
Her quarters are on the North side of the palace
Sorn kicks the door the in to a large eating creature who demands an 8 tier cake with blood red candles or we cannot return
Giving the giant the cake buys the party 3 hours of peace from the giant
In an Owlery we find Bloody Beak - Zibilna's Owl Mount
In an office:
"Dear Rotten Ethel, You have requested access to ancient rituals handed down by Baba Yaga herself—rituals that can be used to fulfill bargains. I regret to inform you that Iggwilv is unwilling to share her knowledge of these rituals with you at this time. Your coven has much work to do to earn her favor. Until then, she wishes you well in your dark dealings with mort..."
Malev is trying to free one of the cursed people, Wringle Run, so that he can take his Staff of Power
The owner of the staff is a party member of Elkhorn
Sorn channels two sources of divine energy into the Wizard to free him
A cone of cold erupts from the wizards staff and hits Karu, Lotte and Yama
The Jabberwock awakens
The Jabberwock will reform in 24 hours
The party learns Igwill is not her true name - and does not work for releasing her.
T&T: The Palace of Hearts Desire
Amador, Dandelion flower knight
Bavlorna curses us; "Our mother will seek vengeance"
Pauly fills her cell with gunpowder.
As soon as the bell is rung 3 cranes approach the tower off in the horizon.
The gunpowder is already lit and the tower is about to blow.
Pauly leaps to stop the fire before the tower blows with us in it.
Once the crew properly makes their escape on the back of the cranes Pauly fires at the gunpowder
Captain Pauly is given a feather that allows feather fall once with 0 components
The party is dropped off outside the gates to the palace of desire
Kaoru reads a sign in metal outside the gates written in elvish: The lion or the hart wears the crown but which of them will wear them down?
Pauly observes pixies and other items frozen in time within the courtyard of the palace
Elvish stone head peaks out from the tent and summons the party within to settle a scone debate
Within is a large display of cakes and tea.
There is a present on display amongst the cakes
Addressed to: The monarch King and his brave knights Sir Pauly, Sir Sorn & Sir Kaoru
It is from Sir Talivar the knight we rescued, written in draconic
The accompanying gift is a Chime of opening - 10 uses, 120ft range
The crew are waiting for Zibilna (Desire) - they have been waiting for a long while
They've seen a jabberwock flying around the palace
Badgers + frozen people, no one else has come out into the garden
The badgers have discouraged them from going inside & didn't want to mess up their chances for hearing their petitions
Yama takes a single gold skinned fruit from the palace of desire - has an air of divination magic
Silver fruit has an air of abjuration magic - Karu takes one of these
The chime of opening doesn't successfully open the grand main doors - magical arcanely sealed
There is however a door to the side that opens to reveal a chariot pulled by two glass Pegasus
Many doors ensued...
Some doors with a Hart or Lion over the door mantle
Find a knight frozen in time - Strongheart
Pauly flies over to try and retrieve him, when unable to we tie him off to the balcony in case time unfreezes for him
Yama comes across goblins and a hobgoblin captain also frozen in time in a bedroom on the second floor
T&T: The Death of Endolyn
Sorn says that Malef is the Nightmare he has been sent to return to Desire
Malef offers our hearts desire to get us out of the way
Image of an hourglass carved into each book, above the glyph is a chickens foot x hundreds of the same book.
Turns out it's Endolyn's Journal
Tales from the Gloaming Court
Green book with withered frog stitched into it's spine - trapped with a vial of dust
Elvish - stories of the gloaming court (Unseelie)
Covers who the main people are of the court
Endolyn's Loot:
Three folded paper birds with messages on them in Elvish
Potion bottle crackling with lightning
Stone toad paperweight - Yama pockets
8ft long ornithopter in the shape of a skeletal bird (14ft wingspan)
Ring of shooting stars
Karu finds an entry way to the castle of Desire
Notes for next sesh:
Return sun mask and free the acrobat + help find her twin.
Bavlorna is still in the prison
T&T: Motherhorn
Information learnt from Skylla in the basement of the Motherhorn:
Desire is not her real name, neither is Zibilna, her real name is Igwill - she used to be an Archmarge
She has travelled for centuries under different names
Many rumours surrounding her past & powers
She took/accepted a power to take on the mantle of Desire
The hags use Igwill's cauldron to trap her in time.
The cauldron can be destroyed by a unicorn horn or a flame tongue sword
Skylla/Sharmay has a pact with babayaga - and her daughters.
Maylef's team:
Necromancer Zargath - worships August
Promises to turn him into a vampire is he gives him a lifetime of service
Warduke has a flame tongue sword
Very loyal to Maylef
Skylla has an Eldritch Staff that she offers to the party
She says it's upstairs locked in a chest - the pass phrase is: "Only a fool would turn their back on me."
Reminder: To pick up Break-a-leg outside of Motherhorn - will only wait a day or 2
T&T: Motherhorn in Yon
Endelyn Moongrave - The Hag in Yon
The contract to perform in Yon:
People come because they have desires, goals or learn about their future
Offers 3 years /1 show a week, for the ability to see his future relationship with his son
On the jail she has a biometric scanner
There are lights in two of the cells
Bavvy is in one of the cells
In another cell is an elf with a sun mask on in a well appointed room
T&T: Motherhorn in Yon
Hurley - and his brother Burley worked at the Witchlight Carnival
Male human sobbing
female forest gnome
Puff - male halfling - reading scripts and crying
Eligy - female tiefling, pacing with a tiefling skull
Clee - human pacing angrily while writing lines, taldori
'The Bitter End' Creeping Lin - Possible to win her favour by telling her a gruesome and tragic story - likes unhappy endings
"She has seen her death" Has an Aurory that allows her to see the future. Anytime she 'dies' she comes back
Expells 'heroes' before they're able to make any attempts on her life because she can see the future.
Twin acrobats, one the sun and one the moon. The moon was not allowed in by The Bitter End. "The moon is not allowed here"
While the actors are performing their shadows work for the hag.
T&T: Shopping Episode
Sorn & Will decide to take the children back to the Witchlight carnival where the will be further out of reach of the Hags
Will plans to stay behind to shepherd any other children who find themselves in the Fae wilds
Will writes the spell to open the mirror portal for Sorn, it's written in Giantish so Sorn can only read it and not pronounce it.
Diana Cloppington heads back into the carnival to watch over the children.
Granny Nightshade was using the fae circles to travel through and abduct children. This is what was spreading the corruption through the circles and through to the other side.
Yama gets engulfed in a compost heap and has to be rescued by Pauly and Karu
Buttercap - Tastes like butter
Elder cap - Look older for 1 hour (illusion)
Executioners hood - Con save or cataleptic state, similar to death
Hummingbrella - Attracts humming birds
Prickle noggin - short spines, popular as hats in the fae courts
The party realises the rocking horse outside the house is the partner of Lamorna the unicorn for the glade.
Sorn puts her into the bag of holding. We decide she is cursed and needs to be reunited with her horn to break the curse.
Back in the kitchen Yama takes a couple of cook books from the hags kitchen including one about sweets for the captain. One is a book of potions.
Team goals:
Squirt can take us to Yon on a hot air balloon - Bavlorna has ahot air balloon
Sorn has to return the painting to Bavlorna
The unicorn's horn is back with Bavlorna
Elkhorn's party:
Mercion, a human cleric
Ringlerun, a human wizard
Strongheart - Paladin
Elkhorn - Dwarf Fighter
Molliver, a half-elf rogue
Invited by the queen of desire - Zibilna
Hunting down the league of malice
Found them in Prismere and had to ask permission to enter
Elkhorn was late to the battle at the palace and witnessed a wave of magic that swept outwards from the castle and saw everyone caught in it was frozen in time.
He escaped off the edge of the hill to avoid the magic. He awoke already imprisoned by the Hag.
Fantasy Gatchapon:
Leg Bracers of the Mastodon: Heavy stone bracers affixed to the wearer's ankles, crafted to look like the heads of mammoths. These bracers grant the wearer advantage on saving throws which would knock them prone, at the cost of 5ft of movement speed if the advantage prevents them being knocked prone.
The party heads back to Downfall via Nibs cave and across Hither in the hot air balloon.
In a mirror in Bavlorna's house there is a passage to Yon, it looks like a large stage area.
Bavlorna is no where to be found in her house.
"The moon twin is not welcome here"
T&T: Death of Nightshade
After the death of Granny Nightshade
Dwarf - The Elkhorn
Trying to stop some bad things up at the palace
*magic oogly boogly*
Was fighting the "league of malice"
When he was knocked out he woke up in the hags kitchen.
Travelled with 4 companions, all frozen
Room of portraits:
Ancient hag
Skeletal hag - with a wind up key, Granny Nightshade
Toady looking hag, Bavlorna
One of a dark svelt looking lady that Sorn recognises from a dream
Yama receives two mushrooms, one an antitoxin and another has a buttery taste that could work with tea
Yama also receives his ceremonial tea spoon back, from his father's tea set. Once stolen from him at the Witchlight carnival when he was a child.
With the complete set when he brews tea for healing + 1D8 to all healing
Oil can called Squirt, who was used to oil up the Tin men guards
Baba Yaga - the hag's Mum
Wears grey
Pud young dwarf - sick, got to stay in bed
Brottor, human child
T&T: The Fight
Round 5:
T&T: Shiver me Timbers
Questions for Zarak:
How long has Zarak been working for him?
Couple of months, before we came here (Year or two)
Prior to the fae realm, he head hunted Zarak, putting a crew together.
Used an event to break in and steal some shit
Event was for dignitaries, at the palace. Grand ball. Goblins elves, gnomes.
People were reverential towards Maylef
Are they still in the fae realm?
Yes, most of the time spent in the palace. there's a vault in palace
How does Zarak get into the palace?
Fly - Zarak was dropped off by Maylef's dragon (It was the Jabberwock)
Maylef had to create a new one
Maylef doesn't know about Pauly, but knows Sorn
Maylef said not to kill Sorn, leave him alive, he might be useful
Who gives him his orders?
Maylev talks directly to everyone
How big are the teams he works in?
Maylev, Warduke (Right hand-man, skull motif shield carrier, flaming sword, has shrugged off spells, aura of fear), Necromancer, crazy lady and Zarak
He mentioned Maylef would kill him, how? Has he seen people executed by Malef before?
One guy worked with them briefly, talked back, arrogant
Maylef didn't kill him at first, but drove him mad instead until he was begging for death
Zarak talks about all the money that Malef has.
Pauly takes 250g from Zarak's body - 83g each excluding Sorn
The party drags Zarak through the forest in search of a fairy ring
After the fairy ring is used there is only a small section where Zarak was standing that is dead. Pauly cuts out the decaying grass and throws it away.
The party heads towards Granny Nightshade's Loomlurch.
A fallen husk of a tree lays on the ground
The team splits - Pauly heading East around the trunk, and Karu heading west - Yama remains behind with the rest of the party eating tea sandwiches.
Pauly spots a number of Hobgoblins taking orders from one toffee-apple headed goblin. Smells like baked candies.
Karu comes across a garden, veggie patch and goats
Creepy toys, rocking horse, mouldy doll house
Sad kids
Pauly thinks he found Granny Nightshades bedroom.
Karu and Yama venture into the market, Karu stealthing, Yama sauntering
Yama does try some of the samples, tastes sickly sweet, slight tingling.
Karu: When was the candy made? - made fresh everyday
Chucklehead - The toffee apple headed goblin.
Yama gets 2 bags of beetle hard candy, and receives a cotton candy spiderweb which attracts a large group of fireflies which emit bright light for 5 ft, and dim light for another 10ft.
Karu gives up the last thing he sees before sleeping, for a packet of sweet gummy worms and savoury worms
During the race to get to Pauly and the Hag, Yama feels the sense of something celestial and good to the North west of the tree with his divine sense.
Karu has shield of faith cast on him
Yama falls unconscious
T&T: The Getaway Gang
Karu wakes from a long nap to find Diana Cloppington and Lotte shaking him awake, with urgency they tell him that the Captain, Yama & Sorn have disappeared through a fairy circle.
Karu begins in the direction of the fairy circle in a rush.
When he arrives at the fairy circle, it is clearly dead and no longer functioning with the magic that the rest of the party observed.
The once friendly mushrooms are now, purplish, rotting and ruuude.
Cliff the main mushroom refuses to be helpful, "Only the boss is allowed to go through the circle" (She)
Karu is told that the master of the circle is Granny Nightshade
Will challenges the crew: "Can you fly, can you fight, can you RAAAOO"
Once allowed into the treehouse the party comes across a displacer beast kitten named Star
(Katie mentions this to be the kitten of the displacer beast from the carnival)
Will mentions the children are making wooden toys that the hag is selling via the Witchlight Carnival
From the children's misery the hag is forming their emotions into 'Boggles', a physical manifestation of misery
"Emotions have power here", Will mentions this was previously kept in balance by the person who ran this realm, (Desire?)
Lamorna is at the wayward pool, a lake with a small island in the middle
You must look like a unicorn to enter the area or the magic will slowly turn you away from your destination without your knowledge
There's an iron bowl filled with coals we have to light to let her know we wish to speak to her.
Will warns;
"Don't get caught by any redcaps"
"She has a squad of tin soldiers that guard her house, they're not very smart" - He thought Yama was one of the soldiers and mentions they can be lured with tricks and pranks.
All the children are 'lost kids', previously lured away from their parents by the girl in the pig mask at the Witchlight carnival.
Jump back to Karu, Cloppington & Lott:
Karu learns that Cloppington still has some shape changing ability
The group come across a clearing with an autumn tree filled with small bird houses.
There are a few goats around the tree and Karu goes to pat them
A pixie yells from the tree that the goats were once loggers and they stopped them from cutting down the tree.
The pixies name is Caluna, there are about 24 other pixies living with her
Karu learns that Granny hag lives in Loomlurch
Eventually the goats turn back into red caps
Karu is able to intimidate the red caps into leaving
He is able to enlist the help of the pixies to lead them back to Yama, Sorn & Cap
The main party heads south towards the Wayward pool as Karu is lead north by the pixies.
Cap Pauly rolls a natty 1 on the performance check to pretend to be a Unicorn
They're recognised easily by Karu, Caluna, Lott & Cloppington
The group catches each other up -- Including learning about Diana's abilities
Once the party reaches the centre of the lake and lights the brazier
Lamorna appears, and asks why we have summoned her.
Lamorna recommends leading the children to one of the uncorrupted fairy rings to escape the domain
Zibilna the original ruler is trapped within her palace by the hags, this allows them to use her power for themselves
To free Zibilna we must use a similar magic to what was used to trap her
The palace is at the heart of Prismere, a large castle on a hill
Lamorna mentions she may aid the party if we find her partner, she believes her taken by the hags
Cap mentions the unicorn horn that Bavlorna has and Lamorna asks it returned to her.
There is a library on the second level with tomes, it may hold the answer for how to undo some of the magics
A shadowy assassin springs out of the shadows with a cowl and a sharp toothy grin
He leaps to attack Lamorna from the water. Copies of him then appear from other parts of the water and rush to attack
Questioning the Zarak:
Maylef is going to kill me
Find the unicorn, take it's horn
Who sent you?
Maylef
Who is Maylef?
Sorn gets: Oh they've got one too
We want to know everything about Maylef
I was sent to get a unicorns horn
Maylef needs it to get a magic staff
Maylef is the Shadow Man, Yama & Sorn get a clear picture from this assassins mind
Clawed feet, standing at his side is a hulking figure in black armor at his side with a flaming sword
In the palace in the centre of the domain, outside Thither
How does he feel about Bavlorna?
Cap Pauly tells him Bavlorna has a unicorn horn
Sorn asks about being introduced to Maylef and asks if he'd go against Bavlorna
Consensus was no
The session ends with Karu and Yama in favour of leaving the assassin alive, Sorn and Pauly are in favour of killing the assassin.
Taking a breather the party leave the assassin tied up with a bag over his head. Yama lays hands on Karu for 25 points of healing.
T&T: Thither, Butter & Jabberwock
Corruption spreading out from the Fae circle
Sorn tries to pump magic into the circle, (Arcana check 19)
-Little effect, some fae wild magic seeping through to this side.
There is a small wooden trinket, toy soldier, in the middle of the circle
Sorn suggests looking for a Druid, perhaps to mend the item
As Pauly flies up and looks around it appears we are on a forested island, no clues or signs of civilization.
The group begins walking into the forest, Sorn with the wooden toy.
The forest comes to life and a dryad lady comes out of the bushes.
Cap. Pauly rolls a nat 20 on a persuasion check to calm their anger.
The Dryad tells the plants to stop attacking and calls us 'mercenaries'
"You carry a piece of the corpse of Meadowleaf"
Yama has given his word to vanquish the Granny and free the enslaved children. Failure would mean Yama ends up in darkness.
"Find grandfather tree or find the lost children and bring them together to stop the granny of night and send the children home to those who love them." - The Dryad
Elcorn, Little oak, Hither, Thither, Yon, Skarl - Names mentioned during the Dryads incantation to bring the Faerie circle back to life
As we re-enter the fae wilds Yama feels again the sense of longing and loss.
Yama turns in a slow circle and feels a tug of longing in a certain direction.
He requests the party move in that direction, and they accept.
Deciding instead to look for the rest of our party, the party decides to venture in the direction towards Little Oak
We stumble across a glade area and small voices
Pauly, invisible, sneaks into the clearing to investigate
It's a group of pixies having a tea party, discussing what a wedge of wood is.
While playing tricks on the pixies Yama accidentally steps on the teapot and cracks it
All of a sudden we are pretending to fight Pauly, Yama takes a stab wound to the armpit, turns to run and falls dramatically onto his face (While still gently cradling the broken teapot)
Sorn cops a polymorph and turns into a tiny teacup pig
Pixies: Spider lily, Cow slip and Maypol
The pixie's offer to introduce us to 'Will' who is good at bringing people together, and may be helpful against the Granny
One of the pixies thought Sorn was one of the "Shadows men" - who sends out shadows to kill unicorns etc.
The shadow king lives in the castle
Maypol, rumors:
Run around Bavlorna in a widdershins way she will sneeze because she's allergic.
Turned a little boy into a pumpkin head and now he has to make candies
Will of the fae wild and his getaway gang have a little kitten
Lamorna is really sad atm, amd she wont see anyone at the moment. Can only be heard crying constantly.
Will would know how to cheer her up
She is a unicorn, she lost her partner
She will only speak to other unicorns
Pauly is given a wooden whistle to summon the 3 pixies
Yama takes the tea pot and promises to mend and return it to them.
The pixies cast fly on the party
The party approaches Little Oak, a treehouse is visible in its canopy. Kids play in the limbs, with swings hanging from the branches too.
T&T: Thither
Granny Nightshade is the ruler, from Loomlurch, a collapsed tree
Her presence is leading to the decay of the beautiful fae wilds in the area
Encounter a Goblin's campsite in a clearing - Croa
He's buttering up two mushrooms to become dinner
Sorn surprises him with a knife at his throat dropping invisibility as he comes beck to his campfire with fresh wood.
Mentions a market with a candy stall - to the North, just outside of Loomlurch
Goblin with a head like a toffee apple, sour worms, toffee apples for sale etcetc.
Yama disappears into the forest with Lotte to track down some small game for dinner.
The follow tracks until they disappear suddenly, A headless, bloodied horse lands on Yama and crushes him for 13 bludgeoning damage
Yama crawls out from under the horse and hears the flapping of leathery wings.
He tells Lotte to run for the camp and they hasten back to the rest of the party.
Granny Nightshade runs an 'orphanage' where it's very hot and sweaty and they make toys.
Granny has a large wind up toy key in her back.
When she is happy the key moves quickly, unhappy the key moves slower and when she's furious the key stops.
How long has she been in charge - 'for a while'
She has a wanted poster for;
Briggand child: Will 'o the Fae wild
Spluggs Thuggs - gang
Leader was called Splugg
Petty thieves and arsonists
Taken over by a bugbear
As the party beds down to sleep Yama's watch passes peacefully in prayer.
During Sorn's watch the winged beast approaches the party.
During the fight Lotte is blasted unconscious by a firey beam that rips through the party in a line.
After a bunch of super heavy blasts from the Jabberwock we successfully defeat the beast
Yama staggers over to Lotte in his singed underclothes and for the first time ever casts Lay on Hands, reviving Lotte.
After another attempt at a full nights rest the party journeys north with Cora towards the candy market.
They stumble across a clearing filled with small mushroom buddies dancing in a clearing.
Capt. Pauly joins with dancing and sea shanty's/ anime songs
Do you want to know a secret. "This place can lead to the otherside"
Use a wand/stick above your head, turn in a circle and chant these words, "Three turns widdershins and off we go!"
*Pauly disappears*
Mushrooms mention there are more Fairies near grandfather tree
Granny is destroying the fairy circles.
Yama tries - *and dissapears*
Sorn tries - and feels a promise he made break *then dissapears*
T&T: Arriving in Thither
Upon arriving in Thither
Yama feels a strong and immediate sense of loss and sadness.
This once Silvan forest may hold his long lost item he has been searching for
Wanted Poster:
"Wanted Will of the Fae Wild"
This wretch has stolen from me, bring him to me unharmed and I will return 10 years of your youth.
Wizened old man sits spinning gold fibres, surrounded by gold coins, he picks them up and feeds them into the loom.
He is from the material plane - Waterdeep
Granny Nightshade is "helping him make amends"
Granny Nightshade is the ruler, from Loomlurch
T&T: Bavlorna Blightstraw
Hither
Thither
Yon
3 realms within Prismere run by the 3 sisters of the Hourglass Coven
Yama mentioned the artifact called Igwill's Cauldron
Capt. Pauly describes Longscarf as the culprit of the explosion
Grumple the Count of Bogbottom
Offers to introduce Yama to their King
As small buzzing frogs swarm like pixies and appear to be looking for something as they spread out from the Hags still flaming hut.
King Gulup the 19th - with a Crown of Lily flowers
King of downfall for "many an age", born to rule (Some weeks ago)
Large leather bound book - struggling to read
King ufgunk - terrible ruler and was dethroned (Beheaded on the bridge?)
The deep sea kraken elf - Karu lol
Slackjaw overseas the entire realm
Recent unpleasantness - come into possession of an item from slackjaw, and doesn't want to appear like he or his people were the ones to steal it
Two factions in the room of the bollywogs
Baron Ellig stabs the king and becomes king...
Leather tome - diary - Bavlorna's big book of bad blood (Must be returned to bavlorna)
People who have displeased her and how
Pauly is mentioned - heart is missing, killed my chef, burnt my hooch
Lornlings will pluck Pauly of all feathers 1 at a time, then placed back in one feather at a time - repeat, then stuff and roasted alive
Did not mention how rakishly handsome pauly is.
Other people in the book;
Agdon Longscarf
Her sisters
Clappa Claw - gourd head with coins inside
had a stag skull head
Sorn become King of Downfall -
Lightning clouds heads North
Wigglewog, was imprisoned by the Bollywog king for freeing Sir Talivar, Knight of Titania the Summer Queen Seelie Fae
Is now under a pact with Sorn, freedom in exchange for helping us achieve our goal of freeing Desire.
Robert the War Toad with saddle
T&T: Longscarf Downfall
Longscarf reveals he was tied to the tree before he chopped it down.
The previous owner of the tree was unhappy with Longscarf.
Rule of 3
Ownership
Reciprocity
Hospitality
Mistress Slackjaw - Location Downfall
Ugly, 'owner' of the swamps' area
King of the Bollywogs - Swears fealty to Mistress Slackjaw
New to the throne
Bollywogs are fickle, could be overturned.
Bollywogs assume all theft by Longscarf and his gang
Waypoints to Downfall:
Wandering Inn - Beyond the last stump
A well on the way (But there are wells everywhere lol)
A hot air balloon floats above the town filled with swamp gasses, tied down by 4 ropes and pegs
Bollywogs work together to stitch the fabric of the balloon back together
Hags
Deal in dark bargains
Operate in female covens
Safe with a sigil (Hourglass) Circular panel:
Small cauldron container with a lid - inside is a small note with the word - "Spitalspew"
Notebook with pressed flowers
Different shaped cutlery
Loose misc. buttons in a cookie
T&T: Journey into Hither
Open upon Prismere.
A patchwork hot air balloon loses control and falls to the ground about a mile off our arrival location.
Cap Pauly and Yama lower Sorn 100ft down off the Aqueduct. The rest of the party follows.
Agdon Long scarf the Briggand Prince of Prismere - The fastest Hare alive
Band marching through the swamp
Speaker Jemmick (F, Harengon) "This is a robbery"
Trying to steal 'happy memories'
Puts dreams into the 'magical gourd'
Mentions a treehouse, in the middle of the swamp lake. To try and find Agnon
There is a toll to cross the lake on the ferry
Yama gives a Harengon his handkerchief and receives a golden acorn in exchange.
Spotted: 6 Hobgoblins creatures on stilts, collecting eggs - creepy
Come across a tower 50ft tall, 20ft wide, with 1 door at the base with a basket hanging off the top of the tower. (Enchanted silver birdcage hampers birdcage)
Creature caged inside the basket Sir Talivar, warns us there are serpents asleep in the brambles. His Bolywog companion died in the balloon crash.
Titania the summer queen - sent to Prismere to ask Desire to side with the Seelie court
Mentions "Downfall" bollywog settlement - where he was kept prisoner.
Avoid a hag called Bavlorna, has two hated sisters who make up the Hourglass Coven, lives in a house in the centre of the settlement. They've used an artifact called Igwill's Cauldron, which stops time and trapped Desire inside.
Big Stump
Cloaked figure appears in the middle of the party, it's revealed to be Agnon Long Scarf
Fight ensues, Yama unfurls butterfly wings and intimidates Agdon into submitting.
Agdon welcomes the party back into the big stump.
Harengon tea - Earthy mushroom smell, green tea, spiced crocodile (like a spice/salt)
Agdon mentions the Soggy court.
T&T Episode: Return to the Carnival
Opens on the team eating breakfast in the tavern, in walks Morden Kainen.
Capt. Pauly sends the ship and crew back to Verdant.
Teleported back to the Witchlight Carnival.
The carnival is in disrepair, crying instead of laughter, dying greenery etc.
We know - The witchlight carnival was originally run by Shadowfell Elves
Ticket master is now a brain in a jar
'Beans', the hunched over security guard.
Two new(?) proprietors:
Dark skinned female shadowfell elf with a red sword - Azold
"This carnival is mine by right" Original owner?
Was an adventurer from the fae wilds
Has a Patron who placed her in charge of the carnival - Was it Desire?
Patchwork skinned woman - Elise, has an item wrapped up on her back
Pauly's bald patch is revealed!
Pauly & Sorn split the party while Yama & Kaoru lead the deception of Azold.
Mr Witch & Light have been imprisoned in their caravan
Sorn & Pauly negotiate with them for their freedom
Learn that the patchwork woman has Mr Lights Scepter. (Necessary to escape)
Desire gave Mr Witch the idea to take over the carnival (1hour)
Mr Witch & Mr Light are Shadar-Kai
The watch prevents them from leaving - it packs up the carnival
The sceptre - ?
Eating competition: Fish Pies
Kaoru VS Mr Witch & Flying Creature 'Striggy'
Striggy wins
Race around the carnival:
Pauly VS Displacer beast, Elise
Pauly wins
Poor watered souls:
Sorn VS Azold, Mr Light
Azold wins, but Sorn makes it a tie with naughty tricks
Wrestling:
Yama VS Beans
Yama wins
Our team wins the sceptre (Witchlight Vane)
The sceptre and the watch are given to both parties under contract of shared custody.
To travel through the portal to Prismere repeat; "Hither tither here and there wander yonder show me where."
As we step through;
Mr Witch: "Remember three Future, Present, Past"
Azold: "Find the Alacorn and free the dormant queen at last."
The party finds themselves in Hither.
T&T Episode: Port Fun
Together with Lotte Van Whalen - Cleric (From an order who protects against sea creatures)
Travelling South West out of the Emerald Trading Co's area of operations to a port city called Pahinga (Mangrove City)
During the voyage:
Yama and Capt. Pauly's DNM about the future of the team and Pauly's priorities.
Sorn being moody in his room.
Kaoru keeping himself busy on the ship, suppressing the thoughts of his old friend.
Lotte found out that we are a pirate crew
Sorn asked Dream about a way into the fae (unsuccessful)
Learnt about Kaoru during the voyage:
Old team mate 'Gulah', assumed dead, only 3 members of the team survived
Prior to transformation
Suicide squad-like team / soldiers, military / misfits
Kaoru's transformation was and 'experiment', he thought they had stopped after him. Memory loss side-effects.
Gulah now goes by Aniue, which means Big Skunk in Elvish.
Possible leads:
Head to the old military base?
We still have a box that Galah is after - will pay big for its return.
Pahinga is a small port town surrounded by tiny islands.
Capt. Pauly (only) notices a cave by the docks - smuggler route.
Dockmaster: Monda, Capt. Pauly bribes with a pearl
Pauly spins the tale of the giant mimic ship the Porvenir
Monda mentions ' Infamous Pirate Capt. Bun Bun'
Flies black pirate flags with a stylised mimic chest 'The Sluggy Freelancer'
Passed through the town recently - possible bounty
Monda warns that the locals would not be helpful finding BunBun but the merchants may.
Sorn gleans he may be able to use locate object to find a portal into the fae wilds.
Tavern: Princes' Pearls
Lotte mentions the divine church hunts dead sea monsters
Incomplete Journal Entry
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