Session 31 Recap
It's now morning. Althena, Tolvin and Vistra are exhausted (level 1). It was a great party and the party goers are asleep basically where they fell down.
Arsel thanks us again for helping him. He gives us a scroll to give to Sloana when we see her. He tells us it has directions for Slaana on how to get back to him if she chooses. We get ready for the journey to Porzac. We are informed the Handmaiden of the town is a lady called Swygnihi. Trindel joins the group. He hands us a map with the quickest route to Porzag and says we shouldn’t have any trouble (where have we heard that before). He also gives us the box from Zizx that we are to deliver to the Shaman in Fiodhalart. The box also contains instructions for the Shaman to get us to Eisgfion. We reshock food and supplies (and of course alcohol) and head out.
We head to the south east. Pretty easy trail to follow and we’re making great time. Eventually we come upon a cottage hut in the trees and smell fresh baking bread. We also see a girl sitting outside the hut crying. We carefully greeted her and she was pretty surprised to see a unicorn. After a bit of conversation we learn her name is Gabrae (Gabby) and her dog (Sealla) has run away (alert the Twilight Bark). We agree to track the dog and bring her back.
We head off on the hunt for the dog. Sorcha spots the dog’s tracks so Vistra turns into Ghost to track the dog’s scent. We follow the scent and prints until something weird happens; the tracks disappear almost as if the dog jumped up and never came back. Tolvin uses his detect magic and sees some transmutation magic and an aura appears. We follow the aura for about 40 ft then the dog’s scent reappears. This goes on for a bit. Tolvin remembers reading about a fey creature called a blink dog (a dog that can teleport 40ft).
We come to a stream and the tracks change course and head north. We also notice boot prints head in the same direction as the dog. We eventually come upon the dog who is being surrounded by a group of bandits with a wizard who is holding some kind of artifact. We talk to them, Ghost freaks them out a bit with his howling but alas we must fight them. Ghost bites one of them in the ass and then Tolvin sends them all to hell in a fiery death.
After the “battle” we loot the bodies. The artifact is the shape of an egg. The bottom turns and creates an anti-teleportation field. We chat with Sealla and find out she just lost and Gabby found her and took care of her. Sealla decided to stay with Gabby as a way saying thank you and to protect her.
We head back to the hut. Sealla runs to Gabby and Gabby is happy we brought the dog back. Then her mom arrives and it’s the wood elf (Arlayna) from Verul’s court. She thanks us for finding the dog and we tell her about the wizard and his bandits. She will inform Mother. They give us some bread and we continue on our journey to Porzac.
We make camp and spend the night uneventfully. In the morning we break down camp and continue on the path heading south. We pass a caravan of elves but we ignore each other. We chat about the forest and what’s coming ahead for us. We come out of the forest onto a hilly plain but as we continue along the hill stop and it becomes a grassland. We see the village of Porzac ahead. Althena and Sorcha hide their goblin weapons. As we enter the village we see Guluias (the man who asked us to hand over the weapons and who’s brother we killed). We introduce him to Nalagon and tell him we need to the see the Matron. He leads us into the town. He goes and talks to two people and they head off to check the Matron. We head to the center of the town. He asks why we are here and we tell him about Arsel and Slaana (who we find out is Guluias’s sister). He says she’s not betrothed to any one and she’s hasn’t taken a mate but he didn’t realize they were close. Vistra heads to the bar and will listen in through the bracers.
The head matron arrives and is introduced as Swygnihi who happens to be Gul and Slaana’s mother. She knows we’re the ones with the weapons and we killed her sons but letting that slide for the moment. We talk about Arsel and Slaana. Guluias says it maybe nice to have “her” on our side and goes gets his sister. Sister comes out, Swygnihi and her talk then they argue then they fight. They move their mother daughter spat inside and the gang heads to the bar. Guluias tells us about the settlements history and it’s connections to Verul. They sent Arsel as a diplomat to her to ask for permission to hunt and cut down some trees. She agreed and kept him there as an ambassador of such.
After a whole Guluias goes to check on the family spat. Sorcha decides to ask bartender about the lizard people in the swamp. Says we’ve traded with them occasionally but they need more stuff to trade. Some of the group heads to the apothecary who’s owner in Ilmid.
Meet up with Guluias who says the conversation is pretty intense. Slaana bolts out and the fighting continues on the streets. Since it’s mid afternoon Guluias says he’ll put us up for the night. He leads us to ours rooms and starts cooking. We kick back and relax and enjoy our evening (for a few seconds anyway). Swygnihi comes is and tells Gul to talk to his sister. Nalagon says if you stop her she’ll resent you for the rest of her life. Swygnihi still can’t accept it. Just then a sword comes out of the front of her chest and Slaana says “I told you I was going” and bolts. Azi cast a spare the dying spell to save her and Guluias takes her somewhere more comfortable.
Long Rest.
