Session Report 50

General Summary

With the flame dragon focused on Vasled's party, the Muskrats launched their counter attack against the flame dragon. With Tev and his mighty maul leading the way, the flame dragon was felled and the hunt may have already came to an end. A tense situation ensued as Vasled and his party demanded that they obtain the horns of the dragon to serve as proof of the kill for the hunt. The Muskrats, now consisting of only Tev, Cambio, and newcomer Sully, began to mull what action they should take. Tev and Cambio found themselves persuaded his Sully's charismatic speech that they could win a battle against the mighty centaur and his black wolf. He was wrong. 
As soon as the battle began, Tev found himself facing down a centaur and a wolf that towered above. In seconds he was unconscious and Vasled shouted for the other two Muskrats to surrender. The two complied and Vasled took his trophies: Tev's ear and the dragon's horns. Thus Chev "One-Ear" was born. With their tails tucked between their legs, the Muskrats pushed forward. 
As they continued north, they spotted a drow dressed in rags in the distance. Choosing to be friendly as always, the Muskrats struck up a conversation with the drow. The drow's name was Caltar. A bit of an oddity in Ashenfall, Caltar was a merchant and information broker in the valley. He began to offer information about the valley in exchange for coin. There the Muskrats learned that Caltar was a captive of Tritemeus's at a place called the Caldera, and while held there he met a certain dwarf named Embry. Embry was taken away shortly before Caltar escaped, but Caltar learned that they were torturing Embry in an attempt to extract information from him regarding something he had designed many years ago. Caltar would escape by killing a guard and using his uniform as a disguise. Later he would kill another drow and dress him in the uniform so that any pursuers would believe he died. 
Changing the topic Caltar revealed that he had a Deck of Many Things and that he wished to play with the Muskrats. Anxiously the Muskrats began to draw cards. Avatars of Death appeared, great wealth appeared, and even great knowledge was obtained. Notably, Tev gained three enemies. Two unknown and one known. Tev had won the great hatred of Asmodeus. But in a grand turn of events Tev also obtained three wishes that he could use at any time. Cambio however, would be the greatest because he earned the power to change the threads of fate regarding one event. After painstakingly pondering the choice Cambio chose to change fate by preventing the Muskrats from ever crossing paths with a lava worm. 
In that moment, the past unraveled and the present was formed anew. No longer did Itzal die to the lava worm, nor did Ember obtain great hatred for the party. With the aid of Ember the Muskrats avoided the gas pits and the robbery that followed. Their path did not cross with Flotzel at that time. The party would still fight Skewhur and Zonraven would be slain here yet again, but Tritemeus would save him once again. Rather than being forgotten by the party during the fight with the drow, Sauvek would depart the party in anger over prompting by the party that he was not contributing enough. Zonraven would never be killed by Ember as she remained with the party, but rather would meet Flotzel and be called to aid the Champion of Helm in an important mission. The sly Sully would never cross paths with the Muskrats and is now entirely unknown to the Muskrats. At this time, Itzal has returned to the party, and Ember remains as the guide for the party.

Report Date

05 Jun 2022