Session 14 - Obfuscations and Confessions
General Summary
After spending a week in the woods taming his wolverine, Chrevougodnik, Vadim hears people and hounds approaching from the direction of Bychii Brod, Vadim sees the pursuit of rabbit with dogs and two soldiers from the estate. A giant raven (actually Radu apparently generates a lightning bolt that strikes down the three dogs. The two soldiers switch their attention from the wolverine to the raven, which tries to fly away after picking up the rabbit. Vadim fires an arrow at the raven; the raven catches the arrow and flies towards the party to drop the arrow near Vadim. Vadim attacks the raven with a spear and does some damage. The raven then flies away.
Vladimir casts Balm of Peace on everyone wounded, but one soldier lies dead after the altercation. Vadim drags the dead soldier deeper into the forest, away from the party and casts Cure Wounds. He comes back to life. Vadim tells him to go away from Bychii Brod and never return. To find a new life. He then returns to the party and tells them what he did.
Vasilii turns into a wolf, hunts the soldier down and kills him. Leontii gets into a fistfight with the other soldier from Bychii Brod. Vladimir casts sleep on him. Vasilii returns to the party and kills the sleeping soldier.
The party is uncertain what to do next. They killed Rurik's soldiers, which kind of makes them traitors. Vadim agrees to go to Bychii Brod and make a lie about the fact that the party is still pursuing Miroslav - presumably, the rabbit. He meets with Father Georgii, and tries to convey this lie, which Fr. Georgii sees through immediately. Vadim asks to say his confession. Father Georgii agrees to hear him, and Vadim essentially tells the truth about what happened in the forest, and what he can do to make things right. He appeared to push him to bring the party back to Bychii Brod to face justice as penance for his actions.
After Vadim had left, and the bodies are buried with Hrefna's ability to move the earth, the party decided to leave the place to the Potap that they had noticed. They did, however, use a clever trick that Vladimir knew, to carry the bodies of the dogs that were struck by lightning. There they waited, until Vasili returned from bringing Vadim back to Bychii Brod.
Just before he arrived, Vladimir had seen a man who was like a bear. He seemed angry, and wanted to know what happened to his son. Vladimir wasn't sure who he meant. But the bear-man was aggressive, and started to blackmail Vladimir, saying that his friends were backstabbing rogues. So Vladimir put him to sleep, and asked the party what should be done.
Report Date
19 Jan 2025
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