Session 31
General Summary
Recap
Muirreal and Alexander went to inform the mayor of the imminent danger. He wasn't in so the clerk went to look for him with Alex secretly following. Not long after chaos ensued. Arti noticed smoke from the west and muirreal went to check and wake the people to evacuate from the fire.The city was being attacked on the west side by the troll we had previously encountered, only he had grown in size by a lot. Additionally people (controlled cultists) were setting their homes ablaze. Once the mist enveloped them all Muirreal ran back to the temple. She couldn't/didn't convey this to Alexander who fought off the troll alone with the aid of the figure in the mist which he did not see but briars were sticking out of the troll. He got beat bad, but survived and beat the troll. The westside of town was however destroyed and lots of people were eaten.
At the same time a pale looking figure smelling like rot and decay approached the temple. Arti and Saga who were keeping an eye out, attacked him on sight. A little later Muirreal joined the fight upon her return. During the fight the figure broke one of the panes of the cairn, the forest side, and Arti casted silence on it to prevent him from doing it again. He tried to feign his death but Muirreal wanted to chop of his head forcing him to act to safe his life. The unknown assailant turned to dust shortly after with only his equipment left behind. Besides the broken panel there were no damages to the temple.
Muirreal suggested to gather the people who lost their homes in the west in the temple for medical aid, food and shelter. Alex told us that the clerk didn't even look for the mayor and that the mayor might be dead because the clerk killed him.
Arti peeked inside the broken cairn and saw a floating piece of bark/wood with pink flowers: possibly a part of the long gone Tree of Origins. Using detect magic she also saw that the assailant's armor is magical (necromancy and abjuration), the belt Alex got from the troll is magical (evocation) and the cairn is also classed as evocation.
Saga Recap
muir and alex talk to mayor about cultistsaga and arti stay in temple with dwarf cultists
arti spotted smoke. mui woke up peeps to evacuate from fire
troll was attacking
muir and alex go to troll
creepy mist was rolling in
creepy dude entered temple arti attacked immediately
muir came back to temple and joined fight
cairn in the middle had one of its sides broken, the forest side
Arti saw a piece of bark with pink flowers around in the cairn
everyone moved to temple to keep safe
mayor is probably dead
Summary
Not much happened last time. We still haven't identified our loot (no one attubed the armor or belt), but we recovered from the fight. Alexander has once again vanished. We handed over the dwarf cultist to the guard and got them to jail isolate the fungi-infected townsfolk who are doing nothing but stare into nothing at the moment. Saga inspected the fungi afflicted and noticed balls of fungus frowing in nostrils and mouth and also deeper in them centralized aroung the head area (center is potentially the brain).The people of Harbeld are still recovering as well, lots of merchants are leaving and the westside is being searched for remains and what little can be salvaged. Since the mayor is MIA and the guard captain is dead some of the town elders are taking lead. Archibald is taking charge of salvaging the west side, others are encouraging the guards. Archibald has also sent a pigeon to nearby cities requesting support and sent the fungi-afflicted to quarantine on our request.
The west side is badly damaged. The troll corpse (hill giant size) is still there and covered in briar thorns. By miracle the Camp is unscathed aside from a damaged porch.
Muireall learned from a female elder that 3 years ago a pale elf druid visited town that came to check on nearby groves (presumably Dorald's) and was told the priest will arrive in 3 weeks (according to Arti it is 3 days not weeks). The elder was also looking for something but didn't tell muireall what.
We tried to find traces of the cultists outside town, but the trail left by the troll ran cold. We checked the burnt cultist burrow to see if the cuktist came back to it. We found traces of someone going in but never going out again and Arti found a faintly magical dreamweaver but also here we hit a dead end.
Muireall got spooked by a druid while standing guard but the druid hid/fled so we couldn't find them. We tried but animal hijinks ensued.
Currently we are still there in the woods. Saga is a deer, Muireall is following bird tracks ans Arti just came down from a tree.
Session Notes
black purple armor and troll beltwestern district got decimated
merchants are trying to leave town ASAP
arti is working on gift
sounds outside die down after couple of hours
dwarf is finally awake
muir is passed out
arti puts gift in cairn and planks up the pane
saga gives dwarf water
long rest - 26th
muir wakes first
temple looks ok, cairn planked up
guards at entrance who made a fire pit
arti and saga wake up later join making breakfast
alex is gone again
peeps come by from other districts
peeps are salvaging things/relocating
mayor still MIA, no leader yet
more peeps wake up
3 guards at pit
guard captain is not currently here
dwarf is under guard supervision
west side
the camp is mostly unscathed porch is a bit broken but rest intact by sheer luckolder man is leading the charge: Archie!
troll corpse is strewn over the ground with vriars in his shoulder
arti inspect them : dark green briars with vivid red thorns - there are 3 different origin points one shoulder, 1 calf and one in nape of the neck
troll is currently hill giant size he tripled since we last saw him
some gashes from alex
smt drips from the thorns a somewhat sticky clear liquid
cannot collect it it vanishes - no smell no evaporation
saga cannot determine it either
never seen anything like it
arti helping west side
muir wanders in town
bridge to other end: merchants are trying to leave in a hurry
3 elders try to encourage the guards to clarify the situation
muir cant find mayor but in total 4 elders who are using their seniority to assist - muir just tells some random elders anout the whole thing
the captain is dead missing lower body
archie has sent a carrier pigeon for support to nearby cities
he tells old lady everything
muir theory numbered peeps got spells on them to mindcontrol - she forgot it is fungus
3 years ago a druid visited town
pale elf dressed in greens - came to check doralds groves, stayed for month and left
priest should come in 3 weeks according to her according to what I have 3 days conundrum
she's looking for smt but didnt tell muir
the arsonist are tied to a wooden beam none talking vacantly staring
arti suggests saga check them for fungus
they have balls of fungus in nostrils and mouth
it is growing in them not just cavities
mostly around their head
archi informed to quarantine the arsonists
guards listen to him tho
they are put in jail isolation
following troll tracks
to edge of forestsouth east of town
cant find where he came from
head to lab
no new tracks on way therestill smelling of sulfur and ash from burning
no tracks and just dark down there at the moment
there are some tracks to the lab
tracks show someone looking for something
they dont go back out
but we cant find where they went
we being attacked from outside
but muir cant see who did it - druid did it
she's an animal killer
we dont find any tracks outside
feint magic in sleeping quarters
feint magic in dream catcher abjuration
nothing else found
tracks remaining:
pheasant, bird, deer boar and squirrel
muir - deer, saga - boar, art - squirrel
arti found nothing, climbs up a tree seees nothing
muir scares of deer on accident fins nothing
saga scares something off finds nothing
she turns into a deer and darts after boar
arti climbs higher in tree
muir trying to track saga
saga catches up to boar tries to intimidate
gets slammed into by boar and chases again
arti still sees nothing
saga body checks boar: equal match
saga is having a standoff with actual boar
muir scares off boar
muir decides to follow bird tracks end at a stream
arti goes back down the tree
deer Saga follows deer tracks
This sesh was a mess, we got nothing done.
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Rewards Granted
Arti
feintly magical dreamcatcher (abjuration)Saga
NAMuirreal
NACharacter(s) interacted with
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