Session 5: Dwarven Uprising Report
General Summary
Resting at the Golden Hearth Inn, the party meet a wandering bard called Xavier Position, or X position in short, Who shared some news from around the world to them.
The party gets to practice three full days with the Pale Fangs in Goldcrest and level up their powers (level 3). To finalise the training, Istor Icefang challenges them to have a practice match, 4 to 1. Maya is on the sidelines and makes sure that no one is seriously injured. After some hefty blows, the match is stopped and Maya helps everyone to fully recover from the combat.
Together with Istor and mayor Elvira Fairwind the party gathers in her office and discuss the next steps. (Istor:)
We have reports, that there is a cultist camp north in the Neverane plateu. They likely gather close to Stonepost and plan to raid the mining town. Brunhilst took a couple of man and already set up a small outpost close to Stonepost. I want you to meet up and help her to eradicate the camp.Elvira also remarked that there is a package that arrived for Brokkr from Aeloria. It is from professor Alistair Luminar and reads:
I hope you are faring well and make steady progress on gaining control over your magical abilities. I'm writing to you about a research opportunity I would like to enlist your help with. Reports have reached me about strange wild magic surges occurring in and around the Kingdoms. Apparently some of these surges happened around Lake Elaris and Lake Neverane. I would love to study these myself, but alas I have responsibilities here at the Nexus. Therefore I like to ask you to gather observational data in my stead. I did take it correctly that you are from Goldcrest, close to lake Elaris? Or perhaps you are planning to travel towards Lake Neverane in the north? If you could use the recording apparatus I send you inside the attached bag of holding to collect data and bring it too me, I will be in your debt!
I imagine your schedule to be filled with traveling and studying, of course, as well, so do not stress too much about the time sensitivity of the subject.
Hope you're doing your exercises,
Professor Luminar.
During a long day's hike, the party chats about the recent events and open up a bit to each other. Misa Mu and Anhiri Nolastname seem to try and work out their differences.
Arriving in the evening the party reaches Stonepost a small mining town filled with dwarfs, gnomes, half-orcs and other characters. Brokkr quickly approaches one of the dwarves and invites him to talk over a beer in the Moonrise Tavern later. Gerrith Garrick concluded that there must be a lot of ore in this region of the mountain. Anhiri talks with some high-elf traders and found out useful information about the goblin camp and where Brunhilst might be currently. Misa talks with the traders in order to find some useful books, but fails to haggle one out of his copy of Volo's Guide to Monsters and other Malevolent Creatures
Later in the tavern, that is located within a small underground village inside the mines, the party tried to figure out some more information. They spot a hooded Tiefling sitting with a little imp in the corner of the tavern, studying a book. Misa and Anhiri go up and talk with him, inquirering about his book. Misa recognises it as a book in necromancy and persuades him to let her read a page. Succuming to the intricate arcane energy, she grows a ravishly desire to posses it by any means necessary.
In the meantime, gerrith walks over to a lonely goblin and demands an explaination of why goblins are such foul creatures and slaughter everyone. The goblin however seemed to be shocked by this and fell into tears. He is only looking for a job and a place to stay. The tavern owner has to come over and seperate the two.
Brokkr talks with the other dwarves around and starts to instigate a mob against elfs as their traders are stealing most of the profits the dwarfs are mining up around here. Again the tavern owner chimes in: "Oi ya twat! Me wives a elf! Stop this before I throw you out."
During the night, Gerrith decides to follow some hooded figures he saw earlier in the tavern. They lead him to a small cul-de-sac, where they wait for another person from one of the houses build into the cave walls to come out and greet them. They go inside and gerrith decides to listen in by pressing his ear against the door. He hears them talking about having spot the duo that dared to anger Dari. One of them feels off and checked the outside again. Gerrith tried to hide behind some crates, but still gets spotted and a short pursuit happens. He managed to escape them and reunite with the party.
Misa Mu
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Gerrith Garrick
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