ToD: Session 75: Mission to Thay

General Summary

After the party talked to Leosin they went to Nyh Ilmich in the Sea Ward. Here they learned about her mission from Thay to invite the party for a meeting to make an alliance. They spoke and she told them that her mistres was a Tharchion of Thay and thus could not leave her post. Leosin assured the party that everything she told was true as she was interrogated by Zone of Truth. The party and Nyh came to the decision to leave the next morning.
Before the party went back to the Firefly Mansion they shopped around town, the party went to Gnome Depot where Leo hired them for some repairs and Ray bought an Aquarium. After this they went to Halazar's Fine Gems so Leo could buy 6 black Onyx. Then Ray went to Steam and Steel and sold her old shield and some Magic Armour. As the group arrived back home Leo and Sidon wanted to go to the Three Wishes and Ray and Sun acompanied them. In the Three Wishes, Sidon bought a anti-poison necklace, Ray bought a Potion of Healing and Leo refused to buy anything that was offered. And Sun was to poor.
In the morning the party went to Nyh Ilmich and here they heard from Leosin some important things to know about Thay:

• Thay is an isolated and windswept plateau some 2500 miles to the east, its dark skyes consistently clouded by volcanic ash.
• The land is defined by the prevalence of undead within its borders.
• The supreme leader of Thay is the Lich Szass Tam.
• Counselling him are the Zulkirs powerful liches themselves.
• Everyone of consequence is a powerful spellcaster and necromancers are common
• Undead servants are everywhere, and many of the commanders are free-thinking undead soldiers.
• You must be wary of its dark politics-rampant paranoia, a police-state mentality, and necromancers commanding the top.
• Thay is filled with extraordinary danger even excluding the Red Wizards and Undead.
• Leosin gave the party Warrants for their safety
• Advice to announce anyone of importance with deferentially and by title, never by name only.
• As well if you have necromantic magic you should feel free to show it.

The party talked with Nyh and they teleported to Thay, to Nethwatch Keep. Here they saw rows of Zombies welcoming them into the keep. As Nyh guided them trough they saw no living people and eventually arrived inside the main building. Here they waited in the reception hall, here Ray looked under a door and and saw a body and multiple figures standing around it.
After a little while they were invited higher into the great hall where they met up with Thoss Tarek, who introduced himself as Nyh her master. On the throne sat Eseldra Yeth a Vampire, to her right was a Human named Khandur Ulmarik and a vampire named Zoran Gull and on her left a wight named Varrax her bodyguard. They talked for a while and she mentioned wanting an alliance to root out the Red Wizard exiles including Rath Modar. And she offered to kill any hideout the party found and the Red Wizards would deal with them. A dinner was then set up where they saw Zoran Gul eye a young female human slave like a piece of food, the same way Khandur Ulmarik was eyeing Sidon as they talked about his divine power. Nyh also talked with Ray about her life on The Sword Coast and her pets.
After dinner was over the party was led to the highest floor where Leo and Sidon got rooms for themselves, and Sun and Ray got a shared room. In the night Sidon, Sun and Ray had dreams about being questioned and tortured by Red Wizard including Toss Tharek. After Ray her interrogation she woke up screaming in extensive pain and sweating. She also saw that her sheets were bloodied but she did not have any physical wounds.
As the party woke and wanted to go down they were greeted by Nyh Ilmich who told them that Eseldra Yeth was murdered last night. They went downstairs to the sleeping quarters of Eseldra and saw that it looked like an explosion happened in the centre of the room, with only a pile of ash left of Eseldra Yeth. They also saw that the windows had been shut and boarded up, likely because Eseldra Yeth was a vampire. There were no signs of forced entry. And as they asked around they overheard Khandur Ulmarik saying something about the wards having been disabled and going downstairs. Vax told the party that he saw no one enter or leave after Thos Tarek delivered his reports. Zoran Gul accused the party for the murder and ordered the Red Wizards to apprehend them but with the interval of Thoss Tarek they stopped. Just before the party left the murder scene Zoran Gull announced that with the death of Eseldra he was the new ruler of Nethwatch Keep and Thos Tarek told that someone from the Thaymount will come.

Campaign

Tyranny of Dragons

Protagonists

Sun

Chaotic Good Tabaxi (Gambler)
Sorcerer 12

86 / 86 HP

STR
8

DEX
12

CON
16

INT
10

WIS
12

CHA
20

Leo Kennedy

Lawfull Good Human (Haunted One)
Wizard 4

26 / 26 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
14

INT
18

WIS
13

CHA
10

Ray

Chaotic Good Tabaxi (Far Traveler)
Cleric 12

99 / 99 HP

STR
8

DEX
14

CON
16

INT
12

WIS
20

CHA
8

Sidon Psári

Lawfull Good Triton (Outlander)
Paladin 4

39 / 39 HP

STR
16

DEX
12

CON
14

INT
8

WIS
12

CHA
14

Report Date

24 Jan 2024

Primary Location

Nethwatch Keep

Secondary Location

Waterdeep

Related Characters

• Cressa
• Eseldra Yeth
• Khandur Ulmarik
• Leosin Erlanthar
• Nyh Ilmich
• Thoss Tarek
• Varrax
• Zoran Gul