Sessions

Session Notes

Backstory

Sessions:

Date	Session Number	Description
3rd March 2023	Session One	Arriving in the Luna Valley - assisting other refugees, killing winter goblins and skeletons. (Day 21 since Meteor Strike)
17th March 2023	Session Two	Arriving in Tomar's Crossing [NPCs: Orich Stronghammer] (Day 21-28)
31st March 2023	Session Three	Meeting people in Tomar's Crossing [NPCs: Bjalien Viadas, Huberg Greyborn, Sir Brenarfom Steelcrest] (Day 29)
14th April 2023	Session Four	Fort Frostfell - Exploring the basement, killing a wight, rescuing prisoners from winter hobgoblins. [NPCs: Harlyot Crushade, Harlan Barrypot, Gothmog Plaguereaper] (Day 30)
5th May 2023	Session Five	Fort Frostfell - Negotiating with a wyvern, killing winter goblins [NPCs: Chillwyrm, Borden, Gower] (Day 30)
26th May 2023	Session Six	Journeying back to Tomar's Crossing - Defeating cultists. [NPCs: unnamed cultists, Borden & Gower, an unnamed dwarf] (Day 31 since Meteor Strike) (Day 31)
16th June 2023	Session Seven	Arriving in Tomar's Crossing - Rewards and hearing of the threat to Kadra. [NPCs: Bjalien Viadas, Kadra Tourmaline, Paumine Sandlewood, Orich Stronghammer, Malaga Taerwain, Jorney Yovurn, Bazil the Bizarre, Cadicca LeBlorne, Sir Brenarform Steelcrest, Isperil Lightwind, Dorn the dwarf] (Day 31-32 since Meteor Strike)
14th July 2023	Session Eight	In Tomar's Crossing - An invitation by the Baker, interrupting a sorcerer's evil plans - a near death experience. [NPCs: Basil the Bizarre, Phelm and Messa Barristar, Ellie Mircar - aka Merriath the Quick] (Day 32)
28th July 2023	Session Nine	In Tomar's Crossing - The dwarf Mogadon saves Kadra and joins the party. Accidentally finding a murderer. [NPCs: Bjalien Viadas, Kadra Tourmaline, Paumine Sandlewood, Colinus Birthwitch, Isperil Lightwind, Sir Brenarform Steelcrest, Bazil the Bizarre, Merriath the Quick] (Day 32-33)
4th August 2023	Session Ten	In Tomar's Crossing - Trial and execution, tracking and losing a sorcerer. [NPCs: Bjalien Viadas, Kadra Tourmaline, Paumine Sandlewood, Colinus Birthwitch, Isperil Lightwind, Bazil the Bizarre, Phelm Barristar, Hranza Brinner, Merriath the Quick] (Day 33)
18th August 2023	Session Eleven	Leaving Tomar's Crossing to return to Fort Frostfell - NPCs: Messa and Phelm Barristar, Kadra Tourmaline, Paumine Sandlewood] (Day 33-34)
29th September 2023	Session Twelve	Skeletal nighttime ambush, arriving at Fort Frostfell, zombies, laying to rest two Order of the Last Bastion ghosts, Learning about Xancrown from Feriae the Wise. Heading to Gardong Marhold - NPCs: Feriae the Wise] (Day 34-35)

The Cast

The PCs

• Cormir De'Glast - [Male Human Fighter 4 - Rune Knight] - A tall strong man of many talents, Cormir De'Glast is a fighter first and foremost. Obsessed with giants, he had studied their lore for years, finally making a breakthrough recently as he managed to unlock some of their runic magic to incorporate into his fighting abilities.

Cormir's Background

• Morthos - [Male Tiefling Rogue 4 - Arcane Trickster] - An unusual looking being, complete with horns, tail, silver pupil-less eyes and purple hair, Morthos stands out in any crowd - which given his preference for skulking in the shadows and going unnoticed is unfortunate.

Morthos's Background

• Drex- [Male Aasimar Warlock 4] - Another unusual looking fellow, short with silver hair, pearlescent pupil-less eyes and pale skin, Drex turns heads wherever he goes. Having an unusual "fire" monkey as his familiar also tends to make him stand out.

Drex's Background

• Mogadon Ironheart - [Male Dwarven Cleric 4] - A traditional dwarf with a rock solid view of how the world should be.

Mogadon's Background

The NPCs

IN TOMAR'S CROSSING

• The village council
  • Bjalien Viadias - the Village Master
  • Kadra Tourmaline - Council member and minor sorceress on the quiet
  • Paumine Sandlewood - Council member and druidess
  • Colinus Birthwitch - Council member and local hunter/butcher
• Other notable residents
  • Isperil Lightwind - Elderly priestess of Gaeda Earthmother
  • Bazil the Bizarre - insane potion & scroll salesman - and murderer it seems
  • Orich Stronghammer - Village blacksmith and old friend of Cormir's
  • Phelm Barristar - Village miller/baker and owner of "Fire and Grind" - the Windmill with attached bakery.
  • Messa Barristar - Phelm's wife - an almost suicidally unhappy woman who is bullied by her overbearing husband Phelm.
  • Malaga Taerwain - Owner of the Weary Traveller Inn
  • Jorney Yovurn - Owner of Jorney's Tavern
• Notables amongst the refugees
  • Cadicca LeBlorne - Nobel and self proclaimed leader of the Safeharbour refugees
  • Huberg Greyborn - Leader of the refugees from Fort Icewind
  • Sir Brenarform Steelcrest - Leader of the Order of the Last Bastion Knights
  • Hranza Brinner - Dwarven alcoholic who runs the local Brewery, Brinner's Brews.
  • Dorn Stoneshield - the dwarf the PCs rescued from the cultists.
  • Merriath the Quick - Kadra's nemesis - a powerful sorceress who wants to drink Kadra's blood.

AT FORT FROSTFELL

• Dourkeg - the hobgoblin leader who controlled the goblins. Now deceased.
• Gothmog Plaguereaper - the Wight that Ralekai Gravemore had set in place to keep the goblinoids in line. Now deceased.
• Harlyot Crushade - Used to be a guard captain in Safeharbour, now works for Ralekai Gravemore to keep an eye on Harlan Barrypot
• Horlen Barrypot - Gnome wizard doing research on the Demonplague for Ralekai Gravemore
• Chillwyrm - the gem loving wyvern who turned a blind eye to goblin slaying for a gem or two.
• Borden and Gower - two ex-Militia from Sweetwater who helped the party escape Fort Frostfell

HEARD ABOUT, BUT NOT MET YET

• Allia Thernius - Bjalien’s niece that had gone missing since the group of refugees she had left Safeharbor with had been set upon by bandits led by a half-ogre.
• Ralekai Gravemore - the necromancer who is looking for a cure to the Demonplague
• Phalin and Callie - a priestess and her acolyte daughter who had remained behind in the ruined village of Sweetwater to maintain the daily ritual to keep Galell trapped beneath the church.
• Galell - an undead nymph (a Merath) who, when alive, had fallen in love with a human miner named Branock Finthar, only to be murdered by his brother Allan in a fit of jealous rage.
• Gartlemak - a power of some sort? Mentioned by the cultists that had ambushed the party on the way back from Fort Frostfell, as well as multiple times in the ancient goblin book the cultists had.
• Xancrown - a demon? Named amongst the Abyssal symbols on the altar in Bazil the Bizarre’s basement.

NAMES HEARD BUT OF PEOPLE THE PARTY WILL NEVER ACTUALLY MEET

• Branock and Allan Finthar - many years ago a miner and his brother from the village of Sweetwater both fell in love with a nymph named Galell. In a fit of jealous rage, Allan killed both the nymph and his brother, causing the nymph to later return as an undead horror - a Merath.

Open Plots Lines (to remind the PCs)

Here is a list of the current open “plots”, how the party found out about them and what “clues”they have come across so far… Not necessarily in any order... Though given the name of the campaign is "The Demonplage" - thought it best to pop that one at the top :-)

1. The Demonplague
   1. See link above.
2. The missing prisoners
   1. When at Fort Frostfell, the prisoners that the PCs rescued mentioned that other prisoners had been taken. Some would have been eaten by the goblinoids, but some were taken somewhere else. Several had been taken just a day earlier. A map on the wall of the Hobgoblin's room showed a place called Grading Marhold barely a day's march away.
3. Saving Kadra from Merriath the Quick
   1. Councilwoman Kadra is a low level sorceress, and her previous mentor, Merriath the Quick, had gone mad after hearing that dragons had returned to the world - and got this strange idea that if she were to drink the blood of all her students she would then become a dragon herself.
   2. Having battled Merriath twice, the party know she can cast some fairly powerful spells, including Wall of Fire, Dimension Door, Fireball, Dispel Magic, Flaming Hands, Invisibility and Scorching Ray with possibly others. She apparently also has a poison dagger, and some means of changing her appearance.
   3. Apparently Merriath will need a good uninterrupted hour to perform the ritual once she has kidnapped Kadra.
4. Find Bjalien’s niece Allia Thernius.
   1. She left Safeharbor with a group of refugees who were set upon by bandits led by a half-ogre. The survivors made it to Tomar's Crossing, but Allie was apparently captured. Bjalien tells the PCs that Allia is his niece and asks if they could find her and bring her to him. He will pay 100 gp for her safe return.
5. Investigate Bjalien’s stolen locket.
   1. He suspects one of his fellow council members - Colinus Birthwitch, Paumine Sandlewood or Kadra Tourmaline.
6. Guard the Bakery
   1. Phelm Barristar asked the party if they would sleep in the bakery at night as he was paranoid that given the deluge of refugees in the town and the lack of food, that someone would break in. He would allow the PCs to have free baked goods as payment.
   2. Messa Barristar was obviously upset about something when Morthos first entered the bakery, but submissively left when her husband Phelm came in with their three small children. She visited the PCs whilst they were spending the night in the bakery, and Mogadon suggested she speak to Isperil Lightwind, the village priestess about her deep depression.
   3. Cormir found a concealed hiding spot in the floor of the bakery with a burlap bag hidden below, trapped by a small bell, where the paranoid Phelm was obviously hiding stuff. The PCs spent just one night there before heading off to Fort Frostfell.
7. Building material for the refugees
   1. Malaga Taerwain, the owner of the Weary Traveller Inn mentioned that some of the refugees from Safeharbor had told her that large tents were part of a merchant shipment captured by a group of bandits with skull brands on their necks led by a half-ogre. If the PCs can recover these tents for Malaga, she will be a hero to the refugees, and she’ll be able to free up some of the space in The Weary Traveler.
8. Capture a Zombie Rat
   1. Paumine is very curious about the zombie rats popping up in the valley. She offers to give the characters a magic scroll of their choice from her collection if they bring her one to research. A Zombie Rat has been found trapped under a cloche in the basement of Fort Frostfell.
9. Votes for Refugees
   1. Huberg Greyborn mentioned that he was frustrated by the fact that the refugees had no say in the way the village was being run - which given the refugees now outnumbered the original residents, was crazy. He wants to persuade the council to give votes to the refugees.
   2. Cadica Le’blorne, completely separately expressed the same desire, though stated that he would also want to run as a council member himself, what with his being an experienced leader and all.
10. Visit Sweetwater to deal with Merath (an undead nymph)
    1. Borden, one of the people rescued from Fort Frostfell, mentioned that Priestess Phalin and her acolyte daughter Callie had remained behind at the village of Sweetwater when the floods forced everyone to flee.
    2. Apparently, many years ago in the village, a miner (Branock Finthar) had fallen in love with a nymph named Galell, but his brother Allan, in a jealous rage, had murdered both of them. The nymph returned as an undead horror - a merath - after murdering Allan, and terrorised the village until the priests of the village intervened. Unable to vanquish the merath, they bound it with special wards in their catacombs beneath the village church. The merath had been stuck there for several generations now - with the priests renewing the wards every day to ensure she remains bound. The few times they failed, she escaped and killed someone, so Phalin and Callie remained behind when the comet struck and the villagers fled - to continue to set the wards every day.

Magic Items

(Not including scrolls and potions)

Cormir

• Gem of Brightness
• Guardian's Shield of Retribution

Morthos

• Sword of Sharpness

Drex

• Iron Flask

Mogadon

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