[ Report ] Cogs in a machine

Rewards Granted

• Bearback Deodorant (Dags)
• Bugeyed Deodorant (William)
• Hours of entertainment, Immersive acting and thrilling story development?? (no? … uhhh... how about an ancient flying dragon turtle named Tebu?)

Missions/Quests Completed

• Discovered that Cervaria is experimenting with souls and the ability to transfer them via the use of special crystals. These same crystals somehow allowed a man named Breen to jump bodies at will.
• Cervarian airships snuck up on the party while inside an artificial nimbus cover. Once they revealed themselves, William noticed his doppleganger was on board the main ship directly below them. Realizing they couldn't win, Tebu sped up and shifted the party into a hidden layer of the prime material realm, called "The Vale Eternal". Once there, they had to traverse through a place called "The Faded Jade" in order to be accepted by the forces that protect the inner sanctum of the vale. After being granted access, the party arrived at the wonderous city of "HushingHold", with Cervarian forces no longer pursuing them.
• Lolth contacted Dags, revealing that she was being tortured to the brink of death, but not being allowed to die (as to prolong suffering). With the limited time she had, she informed Dags that Xeno appears to be searching for "Brudenia". She also mentioned something about Xeno possibly being an Ancient but no evidence was presented before the connection seemed to dissipate. Now William and Dags are at the grand library with the professor Davin Riker, trying to find any information on Brudenia's whereabouts.
• Vormund checked out a new temple that was only covered in unknown symbols (resonating with the chaos of the Shadowfell). Inside there was an offering bowl sitting on a pedastal and nothing else. Before anything could occur, Vormund sought consultation with his celestial connection, Seraphina. Once he had her hesitant approval, Vormund embraced the temples invitation and gazed upon the water with an open mind. Shortly after, Vormund's spirit was shifted to a strange valley within the Shadowfell and met the eccentric Shadowfell entity who spoke with 13 voices in chaotic harmony. After discussion's came to a conclusion, he agreed to make a pact with the entity in exchange for the power to protect his own, and fight off those that seek to destroy the natural balance (though reluctant for what this might mean for his own future.). With the pact made, Vormund returned to his body, though feeling better than he ever thought possible. However, as he tried to answer Lelk's question, he spoke not with his own voice but instead that of the 13 voices...
• William Riker learned that the ancient tomb and ancient relic were both on his person, just disguised as different items for some reason. It's unknown when or why these items were hidden on William to begin with.
• Felix mentioned to Vormund that there was a young tiefling lad named Maverick, that he should meet with once they got to the City. Vormund's suspicions were rewarded when he caught sight of an elven ship named "Nodel Gala Hindue" docked at the same port as them, as this was the ship he saw Promise onboard of in his visions granted to him by the Tree of the Cosmos

Character(s) interacted with

• Felix Finn
• Vella Vickersun
• Lolth
• Breen
• Seraphina
• Shadowfell Patron
• Klink
• Goblin selling deodorant to manfilth
• King's Anvil Davin Riker
• Tebu'nulasin of the skybreakers (nicknamed "Tebu")

Notes

• Elves, Gnomes & Aasimars made up the majority of HushingHold's demographic, with Humans, Dwarves & Tieflings making up the minority.
• Discovered that Cervaria is experimenting with souls and the ability to transfer them via the use of special crystals. These same crystals somehow allowed a man named Breen to jump bodies at will.
• Cervarian airships snuck up on the party while inside an artificial nimbus cover. Once they revealed themselves, William noticed his doppleganger was on board the main ship directly below them. Realizing they couldn't win, Tebu sped up and shifted the party into a hidden layer of the prime material realm, called "The Vale Eternal". Once there, they had to traverse through a place called "The Faded Jade" in order to be accepted by the forces that protect the inner sanctum of the vale. After being granted access, the party arrived at the wonderous city of "HushingHold", with Cervarian forces no longer pursuing them.
• Lolth contacted Dags, revealing that she was being tortured to the brink of death, but not being allowed to die (as to prolong suffering). With the limited time she had, she informed Dags that Xeno appears to be searching for "Brudenia". She also mentioned something about Xeno possibly being an Ancient but no evidence was presented before the connection seemed to dissipate
• Elves, Gnomes & Aasimars made up the majority of HushingHold's demographic, with Humans, Dwarves & Tieflings making up the minority.
• In the courtyard of HushingHold, Lelk and Vormund discovered a statue of a young Zachres. The plaque on the statue read, "Our eternal hero, Zachres Solramor - Loved eternal by Ava Inazorwyn". A goblin named Klink standing nearby informed the two that Zachres actually founded the city of HushingHold and is thought very highly of.
• Felix dated Vormund's mother once, but ultimately it didn't work out. Nowadays, Felix and Vella are happily married and probably much better off.

Campaign

Respite of Vale'Norr

Protagonists

Vormund Ritter

Lelk

Level 5 Goblin Neutral Evil Barbarian
(Outlander)

/ 14 HP

Sam Dagdoulas

Level 6 Human Neutral Rogue
(Urchin)

10 / 45 HP

William Riker

Report Date

16 Jan 2021

Primary Location

HushingHold