Session 24

General Summary

After dealing with the windmill of death, we raced to our next goal, stopping the sleigh rides of DEATH! (Children ride for free) As we were doing so, a fey fellow came out of nowhere and challenged us. Around his neck was a necklace of ice and he taunted that we could never catch him. He zip past us, insulted Gilain, and disappeared into the crowd. I mounted Socks and took off after the sleigh while the rest dealt with the taunting fey.
As the taunting fey ran through the crowd he began to attack innocents while the group had hoped it would come back. My ardent friends responded by their insults and tried to chase after him. He tossed a bead of force at my dog caretaker who became trapped in a bubble. I caught up to the sleigh and with a daring feat of bravery I leapt off my surefooted steed and landed on the sleigh. I began to fight the driver, a insane looking gnome with a beard of living ice tendrils and one eye swollen to monstrous size.
While we dueled the party chased the quickling into the pie eating contest tent. I need not go into the what exactly the contestants were eating, but it was quite disturbing. I was told that the contest leader was a big pig fey with a butter churn on his back filled with disgusting offal. Gilain shattered the churn with his wand while Eva killed the pig man. She almost succumbed to sleep venom on the quickling's dagger who had stabbed her previously, but Lianna's anti-toxin prevented this fate.
After nearly a half minute of viscous close combat I finally finished off the mad gnome while my noble steed slowed down the sleigh. It cursed me with its last breath and while I feel a deep brittle chill in my bones I am PERFECTLY FINE and I saved the children afterall. Meanwhile, my friends were still chasing the little fey fellow, its next stop was the ice maze. Valkyrie led the way and fell into a pit whose bottom was filled with ice cold water. After some effort they got Valkyrie out.
There was a sign.
"Beware the Ice Chain Jingling Devil"
Such a thing did show up wearing a collar with a chain attached. It breathed frost. Whatever it was was unknown as apparently it was a magical creature disguised in a paper mache costume. After dispatching they moved on till they reached the center. There was another mad ice gnome there. They fought it and it displayed more magical powers like creating walls of ice. Thanks to my timely arrival it died even more quickly than his brethren.
After healing, we followed the quickling to the ice carving area. Townspeople were frozen in blocks of ice, being chipped away by eager artists. There was a gaggle of ice gnomes present. All of them ran except for one who engaged us. After killing him, we chased the quickling onto the ice, forcing it to abandon the ice shard containing the soul of the Carnival leader's wife. After Gilian grabbed the shard, the Carnival master stepped out of nowhere and demanded the crystal.
He was given the crystal. He shattered and it reformed into the unconscious body of a woman. He picked her up and walked off. He then returned after putting his wife in a tent. He gave Lianna a cure light wounds wand as a gesture of thanks. The Cold Rider then made his appearance on an undead stag. He attacked us with Ice Storm and the final battle began. The Caravan Leader assisted with haste and bardic performance.
Depsite the curse, I fought for the people and glory, slaying the foul thing with some help (Gilan using the shatter wand, my brave dog and his caretaker, Eva likely did something but I didn't notice). Despite being impaled on its stag like horns I as I delivered the killing blows. Afterwards, the the veil that covered the twisted Carnival lifted, revealing the cold harsh reality of the horrors that occurred.
"I am far from the only one," the Cold Rider said to me before its existence ended.
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Loot: Type 1 bag of holding, Wand of Cure Light 45 charges, +1 Battle Axe, +2 STR Belt.

Report Date

16 Sep 2016