Session 3: Falseshield Report
General Summary
It is now the 14th of Seeding Start. The group gets to Falseshield and hears screaming from behind the walls. As they go through the gates they see an army of minotaur skeletons. They are able to defeat the Minotaurs...felling a handful of them while the remainder burst into a smoky mist. As they examine the minotaur bodies, Moonlight notices that the bones disintegrate upon touch. The mayor of the town, along with guards, runs up to the slums area and meets the adventurers. His name is Katyr Elamin and upon perception his people seem relaxed around him. He gets into the thick of the recovery process, aiding those that are in the rubble of the tents.
Moonlight talks with the mayor to get some information from him. Unfortunately, the Mayor has no idea what caused the attack. The group then inquires about where to go to rest for the night and get some provisions. The mayor tells them about 2 inns in the town. The Rebel Tankard Pub and The Busy Bone Inn. The group decides to head to the northern most area and stay at the Rebel Tankard Pub. The patrons are watching what is going on at the slums from the windows of the pub. Some just sitting there in a melancholy state from what had just happened.
Drex sees another gnome sitting at a table next to a window, mug in hand but not drinking. As he sits with him they start a conversation and the gnome speaks to him in thieve's cant, which Drex is able to answer. Upon proving himself to the gnome, the gnome then starts to talk to Drex a bit about what happened. Drex is able to find out that strange things have been happening about town, but the Mayor has chalked it up to them being close to the forest. However, with what has just happened, the gnome discloses that there was a bear attack not too long ago around the noble homes and not long after that a flock of ravens were perched on the roof of the fighters guild.
Moonlight and Volte decide to head towards the mages guild. As they enter the guild they see a mage sitting in the common area with a lot of books open that she is flipping through. The woman sitting there is the head mage of the mages guild...her name is Alena Rivaldo. Moonlight sits with her and discusses what is going on in town. She tells him about the bear thing, but what was strange about it was that the bear was shrouded in necromancy magic. Which is unheard of. She then discloses that when she went to speak with the people who lived in the home that the bear attacked, there was a little girl who said she had had a nightmare the night before about a bear attacking her. Then when the ravens came, she found the same thing...they were shrouded with necromantic magic. Another woman at the fighters guild claimed she had a nightmare the night before about being attacked by ravens. The little girls name is Carissa Milano and the Fighter's name is Deanna Carone. The conversation continues and it is discovered that years ago...about 10...a man named Nolumndrar Bhythas was kicked out of town for doing cult things. He lived in the slum area in a tent. Guards had gone in and found unsavory things, so the mayor booted him. The tent is still there and no one will go near it or in it. Moonlight and Volte leave the guild, heading back towards the pub.
Volte decides to head off to the church of Millverne where he meets an acolyte who he is semi familiar with from the last time he traveled to Falseshield. Additional information he was able to discover was that there were Drow coming south, as if in search of something, which is very odd. Most drow stay to the north.
Moonlight re-enters the pub and starts talking to the owner, Alfatom Amberborn, about Nolmundrar Bhythas. The owner recounts his story about how he was following a large elk in the Pervoyen forest. As he killed the elk, he found what looked to be an abandoned house. The outside was decrepit and as he entered, he noticed the inside was a lot nicer. Almost like the outside was made to deter people while someone lived here. As he went further into the home he saw some guy cutting himself while standing over a summoning circle. He told him to stop and a small battle ensued with the bar owner taking the head of the man that was performing the ritual. He did notice the man as the one who was tossed out of the city. He said he went back out for the elk but left the body there.
The group decides to go check out the tent. As they get close Mortem smells a noxious odor that makes him want to wretch. Volte looks in and sees a latch on the floor; using mage hand, moonlight opens the latch and they are able to look down a 40 foot hole with ladder. Determining that this would be better to look through the next day, the group closes the latch and heads back to the pub. Remembering that he also had a job to do here, Drex breaks from the party for a few hours to complete the task. He is able to locate and take the jade necklace (700gp) along with 120 gp and 4 rubies.
The next morning, 15th of Seeding Start, the party heads back to the tent. Opening the hatch, Volte climbs down 40 feet. When he reaches the bottom he is in a larger room, about 60 foot by 60 foot. As he looks around he sees bookshelves with a summoning circle in the middle that was smudged a bit. The rest of the group descends to check out the room; they discover that the summoning circle was made of dried blood. Whoever made this either bled himself a lot or killed people to create this. Volte looks over a desk along one of the side walls and find a false bottom in one of the drawers. Inside is a journal, at first it has writing as any journal would, but then starts to change into the writing of a mad man. The name that resurfaces a lot as the journal is being read, is Cavandum. A demon lord who rules over black magic. They find an additional book regarding other demon lords.
As they leave the room and head out of the tent, they hear screams coming from the university. They run over to see 3 ghouls attacking and make quick work of them. They then speak with the mayor afterwards and inform him of the summoning circle below the tent. Advising they may want to do a better job of getting rid of it. The mayor then asks them to bring a letter to Oakenhost requesting aid.
preacher mortem
Volte Jolkt
Mondlicht Schatten
Drex the knowing
Report Date
28 May 2022
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