Session One of "The Horrors Beyond the Crypt!"
General Summary
We start the campaign eyeing the Squid Festival of Oceania around 8am on May 25th, 3168 Era of Man, where people from all over have gathered to enjoy the delicacies of the 'Oceanic Squid,' a creature that happens to make its home in the Oceania Harbor every spring! We are introduced to Bianca Farless of Daggerveil. She is wandering the town and notices a small boy, no older than 12, pickpocketing a wealthy looking woman in line at the Squid Festival. Bianca goes over to the child and praises him for his skills as a pickpocket. The kid uses the Gold Coin he stole from the woman to pray and wish at the Fountain of Oceania. The child is then approacheed by the woman, who scolds him for taking it, only judging it by his appearance as a street rat. Bianca stands up for the child, getting the woman to leave in a huff. The boy asks if Bianca will accompany him to the Tavern, Stefan's Tavern in Oceania, and Bianca agrees.
In the tavern, they notice there are no seats, due to the increased population of people due to the Squid Festival going on. After a Dwarf and his crew get extremely drunk, they leave their bar seats, allowing Bianca, the child, and a stranger to sit in their place. This stranger was a nice Asian man who goes on to buy Bianca her drink and the kid a float. When asking who they are, the boy responds to just call him "Float," after his favorite drink. Bianca informs him of her name and he responds with the name, Kimball. They hit it off immediately and end up discussing their time in Oceania, mostly focusing on the events going on in the tavern at the moment. Stefan, the owner of the tavern is a grade-a asshole and works his wife to the bone, and Bianca almost gets in a fight with him, when his wife, Esmeralda, escorts them to the backroom for a free meal, as a sort of apology for her husband's actions. Back in the kitchen, Kimball and Bianca meet a hooded stranger named William Buyin' and an intelligent Orc that is the tavern's chef. This Orc's name is Jambalaya, and he creates a burger for each of our characters. The food is very good and shows how intellectual Jambalaya is. Eventually, Float meets up with everyone in the back room, stating that he wants to wait outside by the fountain.
When leaving the tavern, Bianca notices that her money has been taken, presumably by Float, who was nearby them in the kitchen and at the bar. Kimball relays that he is missing all his money as well, and they set out to find the child outside by the fountain, but realize he is long gone, seen by William leaving the town out the West gate. William, attempting to fulfill a bounty from the town's bounty board, meets our party inside the Iron and Shite blacksmith building, awaiting them to do the bounty together. The bounty is to find Taldek Breithiem's missing brother, Vondutt, at the local caverns, and to figure out what's going on there since there is no influx of minerals, like there usually is. However, before meeting William there, Bianca and Kimball make their way out of the West gate of Oceania to tail the lad, after stopping at the Boon Financial stand in the market square. Kimball gets money out of his account, as well as pays for a lifetime account for Bianca, who didn't have one. Eventually, they make their way out of the town. They happen upon the old abandoned asylum a few miles outside of Oceania. This abandoned building was known as the "Noble Gardens Asylum," a location where, many years ago, people would be sent to that were clinically insane.
Inside the building, they happen upon a wounded boar. Unsure of how it got into the building, they follow it, cornering it. Bianca makes an effort to connect with the boar to help it, showcasing her love for animals, however, a rogue arrow from the opposite corner of the room ends up slaying the boar. They follow where it came from, finding a trio of Goblins, whom they were warned about from the guards roaming Oceania. The rumor of an influx of Goblins nearby fell on deaf ears, however, it was evident that they were nearby, closer to the town than anyone would like. In the middle of the trio of Goblins, lies a corpse of a young boy. Bianca and Kimball take out the threats and examine the body. It was all mutilated, with several lacerations around the body, including the throat. There was also an arrow in the leg of the child. They determine that this boy was Float, and that he met his fate at the end of a Goblin scimitar. He had the money that he stole on his person, so they took it back, leaving the scene of the gruesome battle.
With disappointment in their minds, they head back to the Iron and Shite in Oceania and meet up with William. They are introduced to the blacksmith, Taldek Breithiem. He informs them of the bounty and the disappearance of his brother the prior day. He pleads with the party to bring his brother back and figure out what's going on. Taldek also takes Bianca's rapier and upgrades it with his various wares as a gesture of goodfaith. He states that the bounty reward is 2 Platinum, a decent amount of coin for a task. Little did the party know that they would be stumbling upon a mystery.
Character(s) interacted with
-Bianca Farless of Daggerveil
-Float the Boy of Daggerveil
-Kimball Cho of Sapphiria
-William 'Whaddaya' Buyin' of Oceania
-Esmeralda Aratois of Oceania
-Stefan Ondum of Daggerveil
-Taldek Breithiem of Oceania
-Jambalaya of Oceania
-Various NPCs of Unknown Name and Origin
Report Date
27 Jan 2024
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