Session 06: From a Cabin to a Settlement Report

General Summary

CABIN IN THE WOODS

Now that Dilya and Luvon have been rescued, the party considers what to do next.

As they make their way up the ladder and out of the cabin, the discussion continues which winds up disrupting a nearby vine blight hiding in the thick brush nearby.

Dilya, still weak from being unconscious, quickly flees north to escape the fight.

Luvon, who is also still weak, keeps his confidence and wants to help in the fight.

The party quickly dispatches the vine blight and Doric decides to talk privately with Dilya and Luvon about next steps.

Upon return, Doric is clear that she feels they need to take the two back to the elven village. While Luvon is excited and anxious to be a part of the anxious, she simply does not believe they should take the risk. The party agrees to head back to the village.

Of note, Dilya and Luvon report that before they were captured they were able to see some fires burning off in the distance to the northwest. It was a bit unclear who was there but they believed it might be the main bandit settlement.

Along the way back to the village, Dilya expresses both tiredness but also some fear as she sees the death that has come as the party tried to save them. Luvon, on the other hand, is sad that he's been forced to return to the village.

As the party arrives at the south edge of the river where the bandits had camped, Luvon excitedly searches the tent hoping to find something of use. He gets overly excited when he finds 3GP but the others are a bit embarrassed by his behavior.

WOOD ELF SETTLEMENT OF NEVERWINTER WOOD

Back at the village, the party heads forth and runs into Falcon the Hunter and Nasir talking as two quiet guards stand nearby.

Both Falcon and Nasir are eager to get an update about where the group has been and if they have gotten any word about those who went missing. The party explains that they actually found Dilya and Luvon and returned to help them get safely back to the village. Nasir is ecstatic to hear the news but he wonders where Luvon is.

Just then, the party realizes that Dilya and Luvon are not with them. However, they discovered that they had simple rushed over to talk with Daratrine and Evindal about their being rescued.

Upon arriving to continue the discussion with Dilya and Luvon, the party faces some backlash from two village elders since they hadn't yet from Torrieth. Everyone is quick to say that is their next goal but decides to leave the cranky elders who seem content just yelling at them.

As Doric continues to talk with Falcon and Nasir, Thaymirr Madison decides to sneak away for a drink at the Emerald Tavern. Naivara Nightstar and Miramenor Starsinger decide to do the same but Falcon quickly notices when Miramenor tries to make his way out of the room.

A short tussle between Falcon and Miramenor occurs. Falcon is clearly a proud and arrogant human who seems to have gained some reputation in the area. Miramenor stands his ground which gets Falcon to back down and decide to talk with the nearby guard instead. As Miramenor heads towards the tavern, the guard winks and gives a thumbs up for standing up against Falcon.

At the tavern, the three party members get a drink and also some lunch with it being near lunch time. They eventually decide to return to Doric with the hope to make their next move.

Doric is conflicted about whether she should stay at the village or continue on with the party. She would like to see if she can get any possible leads on Torrieth's whereabouts. However, she winds up deciding to go with the party in pursuit of the bandit settlement.

THE BANDIT SETTLEMENT

Heading back towards the cabin in hopes to continue towards the bandit settlement, the party tries to use some survival skills to see if they can gather any clues

Both Doric and Naivara are able to find some footprints but then lose the trail. Mira then picks up the next set of footprints and soon they have discovered the settlement nestled in a large, rocky area.

The group decides to simply go boldly into the main entrance rather than try to sneak in. The bandits see them and engage the party.

The bandits threaten the group for thinking they can come without a fight.

As the debate gets going, hundreds and hundreds of rats begin to strangely pour forth from around the rocks and forest and stream out of the entrance where the party stands. The rats all try to make their way across a small bridge across a creek running through the settlement. Most make it but many also fall into the creek and drown.

With all of the disturbance, a bit larger bandit captain emerges from his tent in the back of the settlement. He is angered by all the noise and, of course, the bizarre rat situation.

The captain threatens the party to leave but then a mysterious female voice beckons from one of two cave entrances at the back of the settlement. As she speaks, all of the bandits fall down in humility before for the voice begging her for her love.

The voice speaks of being pleased that others have come to be with her. She begs everyone to remain at peace and not to fight.

As the voice fades off, the bandit captain and a few nearby bandits begin arguing about who is loved more by the mysterious woman.

Eventually, being threatened more by the party, the captain calls the bandits to engage and take down the intruders.

Campaign

The Sword Coast Calls Out

Protagonists