Session 20: Meeting the Lady Whtie Report

General Summary

Session 20 – Wednesday November 30, 2022 – Meeting the White Lady

4 Hour Role Play session 6:00 PM to 10:00PM

The Stone Bearers. Party of 4:

It is the 1st day of the month of Uktar (The Rotting) in the 50th year of the Age of Enialis (Early November.)

• Abrash – Wood (Dessert) Elf, L4 Druid – Jacob Munson
• Ajani– High Elf, L4 Wizard – Nathan Gioconda (School)
• Gazlowe – Goblin, L4 Artificer – Josh Pozsonyi
• Thomas – Human, L4 Blood hunter – Ryan Armstrong (Remote)
• Isabella – Forest Gnome, L4 Barbarian – Jackie Armstrong
• Cedrik – Human, L4 Bard – Dan King (Absent)
• Gurthen – Dwarf, L4 Paladin – Spencer Armstrong (School)

Searching in the temple

The party spent several hours, resting, searching, and transcribing the magical writings they found. Isabella spent some time clearing out a bunch of the bushes, making a straight path through the room. Abrash spent some time as a spider helping Isabella. He then tried to communicate with the spiders in the adjacent room but found they weren’t very friendly. Before they left, the party also searched the goblins. On the goblins they found 4 daggers and short bows. The Shaman had a couple gold and a component pouch with 300gp worth of diamonds. They also found a scimitar and a bag of holding on him. The bag of holding contained 50 rations and lots of water. They carefully made their way out of the temple.

Camping

The party exited the cave and found they had less than an hour of daylight remaining. Wet and cold, they lit the fire in Gazlowe’s cauldron. They decided not to camp in the dead area outside the cave so they sailed downstream about 15 minutes to another clearing. Abrash setup a lean-to. Isabella caught a large fish with her bare hands. Ajani warmed his socks by the fire. They all sat around the fire and talked, and Isabella ate handfuls of good berries.

While Abrash was on watch he spotted something lurking in the woods about 60 feet away. Abrash spoke to the creature telepathically. The creature froze. Abrash started to approach in a kind manor. He saw a person dressed in a dark robe get up and run into the woods. Abrash cast entangle to slow the creature down while he called out to the others. The others woke up groggily except for Isabella who began to chase. Abrash turned into a war horse and tried to follow but couldn’t make it through the thick brush very well. The creature dashed away. Returning to the others they all continued their rest with Thomas on the last watch.

Elashore

The sun rose and the party woke and started to prepare breakfast and clean up the camp. Abrash examined the area where he spotted the intruder. A thin elf approached cautiously and called out, “Stone Bearers?” Abrash looked up and said “Yes.” The elf introduced himself as Elashore and approached in a very friendly way. His cloak helped him blend into the woods. He told the party that the Lady White would like to meet with them. He sat by the fire and told the party that Grigori Nistrupa has spoken kindly of the Stone Bearers to the Lady White, and she wishes to aid them. The party ate breakfast and Elashore spoke briefly of the Lady White. He mentioned that she appreciates respect, gifts and is a bit paranoid. Afterwards the party cleaned up and followed Elashore and 2 other wood elves who kept a keen eye out for any threats. They walked for about ½ a day and ran into another group of Elves and the man Grigori.

The Lady White

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Grigori led the party into the chilly night to a camp site of wild elves. They arrived and saw dozens of wild elves in a large campsite with relatively small tents. From a large tent came the Lady White but there were 3 of them as she had some form of Mirror Image cast upon herself. Grigori approached and presented her with is spare dagger. She graciously accepted the gift and Grigori introduced them to the Stone Bearers. Abrash presented her with some Trisage from his homeland. She asked why it’s important to him and Abrash explained how it remined him of his homeland. She became very interested in Abrash’s homeland and he explained how it was once beautiful and is now a desert. She became very empathetic with Abrash and asked several questions about what happened to his home and how it became a desert. She told Abrash to provide more details to Elashore as this is something that perhaps she can help with. The Lady white seemed very sincere and very willing to help as she thought this would be a very noble thing to do. Abrash provided Elashore some very specific details.

Ajani approached very properly with a deep and appropriate bow. Ajani presented to her a page from his journal where he had a vision of meeting a beautiful lady in the woods. The Lady White was intrigued by Ajani’s visions and accuracy of it. She asked about his education and desires and after some discussion she offered to Ajani her personal library of magic and knowledge. She asked one of the Elf guards near her, Bilvar, to escort Ajani to the library tent. Bilvar took Ajani to one of the larger tents but when he pulled back the front flap Ajani saw that it was bigger on the inside. Abrash said, it’s a TARPIS! The inside was a very large library and Ajani began to explore it.

Thomas handed her a vial of blood. After a brief explanation of its importance, she determined that he was a blood hunter and asked if he was an elf. Thomas told her he wasn’t, and the White Lady went on a bit about how Rare Blood Hunters are. She accepted his gift and then gifted it back to him. She told him that within the camp they have a Blood Hunter, Rolf. She told Thomas that Rolf can help hone his skills as a Blood Hunter. She told them all that they can call her Tina.

Living with the Wood Elves

The party was shown that there are dozens of Wood Elves protecting the site and that they will be very safe here. They were offered their own quarters in a magical tent. Like the library the space inside the tent was massive compared to the small outside. The party went into the tent and found 8 comfortable bedrooms, a common area with a large wood stove and all the necessary items to prepare their meals.

The party talked about The White Lady and determined that, for now, they will trust her. The each explained the training and knowledge they can gain from her and the Wood Elves here. Ajani found a tea kettle in a cabinet and made some tea. Abrash warmed himself by the stove. When Abrash went outside to study the stars another elf offered him some herbal tea that kept him warm for a copule hours. In the morning they found a basket of fresh fruit and greens along with a note saying that meat can be provided upon request.

Grigori

Grigori met with the Stone Bearers in the morning and told them it’s time for them to plan to destroy Niptu. Abrash asked about learning from other temples and Grigori explained that they have proven themselves worthy by getting through two temples and now time is short. They need to plan on assaulting next week and to that end they will receive all their remaining training here.

Grigori explained that there is a guard inside the Shield of Niptu Keep who is an agent of the Sword and his name is Lodnar Detinbec. Lodnar is simply a low-ranking guard, but he’s provided the Sword with information on the Keep’s layout and where he believes the Body of Niptu may be.

The layout of the Keep.

Grigori showed them the sketch and explained that there is one area where Lodnar isn’t permitted. Next to the prison cells is a room that has 3 locked doors, each requiring a separate key. Even though he hasn’t been in there, he knows that no one person has all 3 keys and knows that that area is the most guarded area in the keep.

Grigori pointed out that there is an entrance to the keep through a secret door in the cliff on the prison level but that too is guarded plus there is a passageway that Lodnar has not been down, so he doesn’t know what’s there. In addition, that route goes past the guards’ quarters and past at least 5 additional locked doors into the prison area. Even still, it’s the most stealthy approach. If they go in through the main gate, there is a trap door in one of the guard towers that leads directly to the prison area. This way is much mor direct, however it’s in the wide open and only proven members of the Shield will be able to make it through the gates.

The strong hold is a one-day journey from their current camp. They believe that they have Spellhouds, anti-magical dogs that can dispel magic. They have four score guards and mages protecting the keep. The stonework is strong and thick but it’s just over 30 feet high and could be scaled with the right equipment. Ajani asked if scouts can be sent to study the guards’ movements and Grigori made it so. Grigori said that Lodnar will be at the camp in 2 days and can answer more questions.

Grigori mentioned that full frontal assaults have been made in the past, but the keeps defenses are strong. Ajani suggested perhaps an underground assault. Abrash suggested they go through the walls somehow. They all determined that they need additional training. Grigori suggested they learn how to use Elven weapons and study new magic. Ajani asked for training with grappling hooks.

The White lady joined them and told them that any resources at her hand are theirs to be used. The party started going into great detail and The Lady White told Grigori, “Make a list of what you need, and we will do what we can to make it happen.”

What’s Next:

• Locate the Shield of Niptu and find where they’re hiding Niptu’s Body
• Disintegrate Niptu’s Body and let Revalor Miadi know.
• Revalor is hiding with family at cottage along the Delimbiyr River between Zelbross and Loudwater.
• Meet Victor Rathmore at Blackmoor’s on 23rd (date missed) to return gem and hand over Revalor
• Gazlowe to find out about Adventurer’s guild
• Find out about the Red and White Ladies and report back to The Lord’s Alliance.
• Find out about mysterious slave trade in the High Forest.
• Train the Hellhound Johny Cash
• Purchase the Firestone Keep and rebuild it.
• Gazlowe not happy with helm purchase
• Party to utilize the herbs Abrash and Ajani found.
• Gazlowe to make a permanent mayonnaiser for Flicktongue
• Restore Abrash and Ajani’s homeland.

Campaign

The Forest

Protagonists

Thomas Elliot

Abrash Asim

Chaotic Good Moon Wood Elf (Folk Hero)
Druid 1

9 / 9 HP

STR
7

DEX
10

CON
13

INT
8

WIS
19

CHA
14

Report Date

03 Dec 2022