Session 32

General Summary

Recap

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.

Muir recap

we didnt get very far. Nobosy is in charge, dwarf left with the guard. helped in town. muir trying to find someobe to leave in charge, picked random older lady. guard captaim is dead mayor MIA troll tracks dead end. tried to find the druid that pulled a fast one on muir

Summary

We didn't find any druid cultist around Harbeld. Instead we met Americ, a tiefling druid who is regarded as an ill omen in Harbeld. He offered assistance with finding something to help against the infection in Harbeld. Saga and Arti also learned he has knowledge on the Flower which according to the parasite in Saga is a curse in and of itself.
Harbeld is slowly cleaning up and recovering. Archibald has taken temporary seat as mayor and sent for reinforcements from Foamridge.
We decided to leave for Foamridge along with a caravan of merchants (Alexander's friend is on there). Muireall contacted the elder lady again, Arti interrogated the dwarf cultist and learned little.

Session Notes

muir follows stream up
animals scatter when she gets near, no bigger vaces or fallen trees
end of stream is glade like Doralds grove

arti and saga

saga still deer
we go after muir tracks
enter the familiar glade
it is similar to doralds glade
muir is gonna pray at the cairns - prayer for the deceased
these kind of burial mounds are common in this area and meerwacht
muir prayer - whisper on the wind
person from wood line
humanoid, in green brown cloak
copper skin 2 pronged horn, 1 60 1 70 early 20s
silver white eyes
been awhile since my granddad got a prayer from someone
in need of aid
muir is just telling everything to stranger
like too much info and being very vague
cult of druids - hidden from other druids
he's saying not a fungus druid - insight: true
his lips move but no sounds come out
only afterwards we hear that would be troubling
maybe he can make smt to fix the infected or inoculate the rest
he only saw a troll recently, the same as we saw - he ded now
doesnt think thing in the mist is a dryad
he explains pass without a trace of the druids
townsfolk dont like him
Americ last child of Doric
he whistles to communicate with birds
we follow path to main road and back to town
we enetr west side of town
still a mess
troll is compressing? - smaller compared than before
briars around it are trying to turn it to pulp
stickly clear liquid: plany is deffo magicals
this type doesnt generate poison like this
mazil the wandered he knows him but not that well
this aint his hallmark of magic
he had an obsession with older magics that we dont have access to anymore
injects through wounds, poison
purple worm venom in the thorns: highly lethal
im afraid to say im probably the worst ally you could have ever gotten
peeps of harbeld make warding symbols against him
archi is wide eyed
cause superstition bc blood of devils
he is a tiefling
he made a young guard wet his pants
infected still vacantly staring glassy eyed
he takes a piece of fungus ball out of patient with blood and part of the tongue still attached
he gonna investifagte it at home
it will take time
americ is using birds to scout the area
americ leaves and says in druidic ''good luck finding your flower''
muir finds alex talking with merchants at east gate
very brutally says we gonna leave blames arti that she has to keep it short
he is helping mary on a cart
muir decides by herself that we leave in a couple of hours
arti seerches archi
americ is an ill omen he says
he is taking charge as mayor for now
we should run into a garrison/comtigent being sent from foamridge ro harbeld for aid

saga

ask child: the flower he spoke of should not exist in this world. knowledge of the flowers is a curse on its own
arti ask dwarf cultist about the plan: he claims he did not know about the attack on town only the cairn
kinda guilt trips him a bit about the lives that were lost knowingly or unknowingly
saga grabs our stuff at the Camp and pays the tab
jacob: leaving cant blame you
muir looks for that specific elder lady again and reports to her

east side

alex and arti and saga meet up we meet Mary
muir goes to pray at the cathedral
she gives a small prayer gets a soft breeze on her shoulders
alex sits in the cart in front of us
we slowly start to leave
we heading to foamridge
trees make way for rolling hills
muir sees a bird hawk/buzzard eat a bunny keeping an eye of everyone in the cart
bird feels too confident
alex comes back weather not looking great so early camp
communal central tent with table set up for dinner
thick broth with chunks of meat, root vegeabtles and so on
meat is very stringy tho
merchants talking about foamridge and a collection of bubbles?
wind picks up outside and downpour starts
artis ask alex about day: he went to check on friend and to get a ride
arti tells him about our day
saga tells about what Americ said and the flower thing
muir doesn't know

Next time

time for night watches

Rewards Granted

Arti

NA

Saga

NA

Muirreal

NA

Character(s) interacted with

Direct Contact

Americ
Archibald
Dwarf Cultist
Muirreal's Boss
Jacob the Camp

Mentioned

Salmek Etrush
Mazil
Mary the Friend

Related Reports

<< Session 31|Session 33>>

Get to Foamridge

Keep out for reinforcements from Foamridge
Priest on the road?
Magic items inevestigation: Arti check out dreamcatcher

In game date
1051 AS, 26 October

Report Date

29 Mar 2025

Primary Location

Harbeld

Related Plots

• Figure in the Mist
• Motivational Evil Scheme
• Murder Mist

Related Characters

• Alexander Strum
• Artiana Sootfoot
• Muireall den Mhuir
• Saga

Narc Corner

Arti
Muirreal did recap but spend it immediately
Saga

"I'm afraid to say I'm probably the worst ally you could have ever gotten."

— Americ

"Good luck finding your flower."

— Americ

The flower he spoke of should not exist in this world. Knowledge of the flowers is a curse on its own.

— Child of Yohtga

"Leaving? Can't blame you."

— Jacob the Camp