Session Nine Report

General Summary

The party makes it back to Woodvale and after hearing of the attack that happened at Timber’s place the guards say that Mayor Torem needs to know. Even though they have an early morning, the party makes their way there and wakes him up in the middle of the night. He mentions that the gnolls are becoming more of a hardship for everyone to deal with and takes the news of Timber and Irrek’s situations poorly. Torem of Clan Elderaxe mentions that they don’t have much gold or treasure to offer as a reward, but he would be grateful if the issues could be solved. Between Torem and Bogales, the owner of the Snoring Oak, the party gets more confirmation that the gnolls have most likely made a set of elven ruins to the east of Woodvale their base of operations.
Soon after the party splits off into their various rooms and plans to get a good night of sleep before setting off to Inverbarren in the morning. The Snoring Oak is correctly named as everyone has to deal with a loud, ever present, snoring sound during the evening. During the evening Lady Alexys and Zappa have the same dream about Irrek, the bow from Timber’s house, and the other person actively controlling their actions in the dream. Irrek utters the word “Revenge” and phrase “Take the shot,” both of which stand out as his human form transformed into that of a bullywug and Lady Alexys let the arrow fly. While they had this shared dream, Azreal had a dream of a person trying to save the Lady in White, or princess of the snow elves. He asks Azreal for help at the Henge of Lost Souls to try and reunite with his love and save that race.
The next morning the group gathers and goes with the rain and caravan to Inverbarren without any issue. When they get into town with no issues and notice it is smaller and less defended than Woodvale. The party quickly go toward the Old Bottle Barn Inn to get out of the rain since Delvin, their half-orc companion, will take care of the caravan. Zappa goes and talks with the barkeep to inquire about Beatrix and is told she was her just yesterday. After Zappa gives them a little gold it is discovered that a large half giant man is upstairs and he had someone with him the previous day, but they had left. It is also noted that Beatrix did not stay here last night and was not seen since leaving the previous day. The other members of the party have got a table and when they heard the half giant was upstairs they wanted to make their presence known in various ways. Luckily Zappa was able to convince the others to take things slow and Authur got the barkeep to close down early so everyone was out of the Old Bottle Barn Inn besides us and him. To begin, Zappa asked Lady Alexys to do some recon on the room. It was quickly determined that he was performing a ritual spell and Authur determined that the man was sad, lonely, and in general lost. The party soon confronted Einar, a varl wizard and the one responsible for stealing a blackpearl portkey from Zappa. Enar mentions that the blackpearl is no longer with him and Lord Zygrdrall most likely has it in Lindysfar or Highfell. Einar and Zappa discuss the feeling of being alone and lost or without purpose in the world. Zappa mentions that he was separated from his family soon after being born and spent the first couple of years in an orphanage until his adoptive elven mother found him. The discussion leads to Einar deciding to travel with the group in hopes of correcting past mistakes.
During the evening, Azreal and Zappa have a dream of the Lady in White. She is still seeking help for her people at the Henge of Lost Souls. Early the next morning the group sets off back towards Woodvale where they are attacked by six gnolls. If the group is just getting used to their tactics or they were just on guard from previous travels, they make quick work of the six and heal one of the horses that took an attack. When we conclude the battle, it is discussed that we need to finish getting the caravan back to Thatchum so we can hopefully take care of this gnoll issue and save as many as possible.

Campaign

Highfell

Protagonists

Authur Turtle

Zed

Azreal

Avo MacLeod

Report Date

13 Nov 2022