Session 1-06: A Sticky Situation

General Summary

Year 116 on Geltag the 15th day of Kalt

Later and still behind the Stables of the Dead Raven Tavern Session 1-06: A Sticky Situation Qhreetch standing behind the now rescued younger rat, Krekch. Talks to Carillius on the condition of the rest of his kith. Carillius informs him he was only able to save three of them, none of the rest made it through the night. Qhreetch asks for the groups help to go and gather the remaining members of his warren. The three who survived were Skrack an old man with a busted up leg; and two female skaven, one a young lass slightly older that Krekch. While Carillius is game to go out tonight to rescue the group, most the group once to rest and go out in the morning. Carillius offers a compromise, to go see Baxtor and ask him to heal the group so they can go out tonight. Once they are back with the skaven, the group can camp for the night and move the skaven back in the morning. Sodrin stays and helps Baxtor after the group is healed, and Malor goes to track down help for the upcoming investigation of Trandarc. The rest of the group leave to find the skaven. Carillius and Sypha swap stories of what happened in Deep Bank and Pearford. This helps to pass the uneventful trip to the woods a few hours north of Pine Grove. When they get to the campsite; death and decay are in the air. Carrion birds are pecking at the bodies and signs that several wolves have been here can be seen. What is not seen are the skaven. Tycone rights the cart, and checks it out, while Hellah and Carillius fan out to look for signs of what happened to the skaven Carillius left behind. Carillius had left them with a camp up the hill in the shelter of some rocks away from the road. Traveling up to that location there were signs of a fight, including a dead wolf. Tracks lead away from camp. It seemed two people had dragged a third member away deeper into the trees. The party regrouped and followed them into the rocks and trees. While Tycone tried to bring the cart, the terrain proved to difficult and he left the cart slightly off the trail near where the attack took place. The trail leads them a half-hour away into a thick clump of trees near the base of the mountainside. In this clump of trees, the group found a narrow crevice in the mountainside which widen about thirty feet in. The Crevice Inside they find spider webs and large sacks of spun material. Carillius forges ahead into the spider's den, followed by Hellah and Tycone. No movement for the first bit, but that does not hold true for long. Dropping down from the shadows and webs above, a number of giant spiders start to attack the group. Carillius is webbed by a spider. Then Hellah, but they miss Tycone. Combat ensues, and Hellah is bitten, Tycone is bit defending Hellah, who is webbed again after getting out of the first sticky mess of webbing. Qhreetch and Sypha standing back pepper the spiders with crossbow bolts and spells alike from the opening of the cave. Tycone is injected with a paralyzing poison, falling over. Krekch until this point had simply been throwing rocks at the spiders, however, seeing Tycone go down and stop moving rushes in to pull him to safety. A noble goal, but one that Krekch was unable to fulfill as he pulls the large dragonborn only a few feet when he feels the same poison begin to paralyze him as a spider dropped down on him. With Qhreetch and Sypha belting ranged attacks, Hellah and Carillius get clear and the four put down three spiders. They find the 3 missing skaven and cut them down. While a bit stiff, they are alive. They also find and cut down, an older body that was hard to figure out but seemed to be a gnoll. A newer body of a dead traveler, and a bear, still living but weak from having been feed on by the spiders. The group killed the bear for food. The group takes a quick rest to let the paralyzing poison wear off. Carillius tries to build a fire to warm the group, but only comes back with some wet wood in the form of some small evergreen branches with green needles. This does not light, so he casts a minor illusion of fire for mood. The Pack The group now up and moving from there rest, makes to leave the area and get back to the wagon. Skrack was still not moving well and is helped back down the trail When the reach the wagon, they find there is a pack of six wolves feeding off the spoils of yesterday’s battle. While these seemed normal enough, Hellah noticed a very large white wolf the size of a large ox. This wolf was laying over the cart and seemed content where it was. Hellah feels sure the wolf saw here, but it does not follow as they retreat back to the cave and finish sleeping out the night.

Year 116 on Heilagtag the 16th day of Kalt

The battle sight on the North Road When they get up, they go back down and Hellah sees the large wolf still draped over the cart, staring at her as she tries to sneak up. Hellah cast a spell to allow her the ability to talk with animals. Moves in and tries to talk with the Wolf. Tooth as she finds the wolf calls himself seems at first unwilling to give up the cart we had found. With talk was convinced that there is some bear meat that he could have for allowing them the cart back. Fang agrees that they can bring him some of this bear, that he would be willing to trade for it. Carillius leaves by himself to secure the bear meat, figuring to bring back a hind leg. While he is gone Sypha and the skaven Skrak talk about Trandarc.

Skrack warns the group of Trandarc and gives insight on him.
Tandarc is a large snarling tusked humanoid with an unnaturally pale greenish-grey skin, who walks with the help of a staff.
Ravens flock around him and are always seen before Trandarc arrives, that they are also the last to go when he leaves.
There is a larger than normal raven that is often seen sitting on Trandarc’s shoulder. Its eyes seem hollow, molten feathers seem to make it unlikely that it could fly. It does not eat.
The bodies they take to him, needed to be as fresh as possible, old ones are not paid for.
They meet with Trandarc at the start of Nocturn in the late night hours, when they meet.
He always comes from the south and leaves back the same way, they think he lives south of there in the mountains.

When Carillius comes back with the hind leg of the bear, Hellah presents it to Tooth. He does not seem to like the meat; it seems to be low on blood. Hellah's spell to talk with animals had however expired and she was not able to talk with the Wolf. Tooth, moved in with his mouth next to Hellah’s head. In perfect Sylvan, he whispers to Hellah. He tells her that the food is no good, but for a favor in the future, we will give them the cart now Hellah agrees. Tooth gets up and leaves into the forest. The Trip Back Wagon in hand, the group loads up the skaven injured. Then sets out to the skaven’s old warren where they defeated them a few days ago. As they get close, there are signs of horses in and around the area of the warren. Hellah places four horses moving in and back out of the area in the last 24 hours or so. As the proceed with caution, scouting ahead, they make it back to the warren. The horse had been here, their footsteps in the snow left no doubt. Tycone unloads the skaven from the cart and believes the threat of the horsemen is over, that they will be safe here. Tycone turns and starts to walk out, cart in hand. Krekch heads into the cave, and with a loud crash, and a puff of dust the cave swallows the young skaven whole. Carillius and Qhreetch make for the cave and start digging to free the skaven if he's still alive. Tycone returns as well and the find the skaven, worse for wear. Seems he had jumped forward and missed most of the cave in. Most but not all, both his legs were pinned and crushed under the rubble pile. Krekch was not going to be walking soon. Qhreetch agrees to lead the group to the grove that Trandarc uses for his meetings the next day; in exchange for the sheltering of his kith in the town of Pine Grove. Tycone loads the skaven back into the cart, now including Krekch and the group sneaks it into the town of Pine Grove. There the take the skaven to the Dead Raven Inn and put them up in the group's rooms until they can figure out a way to get them out of town. After they are settled, they take a cloaked Qhreetch down to the back corner of the bar. Ordering dinner, the group meets back up with Malor and Sodrin to all plan their next steps.