Session 08: The Cavern Report

General Summary

The plucky heroes have left the caverns, with Fleec lifting some amber style shards from the floor of the cavern. Both make it out as far as the outer wall in front of the tower. There they are confronted by five zombies. Both fight them and are successful. Grimmas examines the remains and finds the following:

• Three bandits that had gone missing. Only been dead for about two weeks.
• One wood Elf. Been dead about 2 to 3 months.
• One Celt. Been dead for about 2 to 3 months.

All are rotting, and have had nails forced through their wrists, and ligature marks are present on some. Grimmas investigated further and found another Wood Elf & Celt tow to three months dead in the bushes. The Celt was nailed to a log, and the Wood Elf to a tree.
Upon leaving the mouth of the valley, the duo are confronted by a group of twenty Wood Elves. After Grimmas talked to them they find out the following:

• The place has been cursed for millennia.
• About 400 years prior a Roman expedition entered the valley to mine for gold. They vanished and then bodies of locals started appearing at the edge of the valley crucified.
• Spates of disappearances have happened on and off for decades.
• The two Wood Elves, and Celts were known off to these Wood Elves.
• Millennia ago, a group of Elves from the surface entered, and encountered both a group of Dwarves and an unknown species. None were heard off again and all reports were they found some type of knowledge that influenced them.
• Everybody has nightmares of crucified beings going back millennia in the region.
• The amber-like substance is part of an amber sarcophagus that contained a dead or unformed dark god.

They said to the elves they will return with reinforcements and look to destroy the necromancer and find out what exactly is going on. From there they travelled to Parisius, and met with Burgomaster de Rais. He asked them if they found anything interesting, and not let anyone know he was asking. He wasn't interested in the book Fleec had. When Count de Sade entered he was curt with de Rais and explained that de Rais is a suspicious character, and can't understand how such an individual got that position. Also mentioned de Rais has rumours about what he gets up to floating about.
After looking at what turns out to be the diary of Vitus Nhung, de Sade mentions they guy had been alive about 400 years ago, was a Roman Catholic Priest, and him & the Roman Legionnaires he was with went mad. All had nightmare & something pushing into their minds. These involved mutilations and crucifixions of strange beings who seemed to have enjoyed it. Nhung was the only one to survive and when they broke through the caves into the cavern, started to search for the "Crucified Man", and the "library". He also mentions the Council of Thirteen (all appearing as undead in dreams), and an ongoing war against beings from outside.
They are now awaiting for a small band of militia to be assembled to return to the cavern and stop whatever is going on there.

Rewards Granted

1000 xp each.

Character(s) interacted with

5 zombies, 1 Wood Elf leader and a further 19 Wood Elves, Burgomaster de Rias, Count de Sade.

Campaign

9th Century Earth Dungeons & Dragons 5e Campaign

Protagonists

Fleec Snow

Chaotic Neutral Half-Elf ()
Rogue/assassin 8

61 / 61 HP

STR
12

DEX
18

CON
16

INT
14

WIS
14

CHA
16

Grimmaz Fyrwin

Neutral Human ()
Fighter 14

144 / 144 HP

STR
18

DEX
18

CON
18

INT
14

WIS
14

CHA
14

Report Date

05 Aug 2021

Secondary Location

Parisius