Episode 8 - Home, Part 1 - Notes

DM Notes

Flesh out Ambassador, Lira and Varemael.
Integrate Lira and Varemael with Odanus and Simmah.

Néshira, Rowlfwicke and Shae go out forging for fire wood, other supplies and scouting the surroundings.

Locate abandoned eladrin town where Lira is from.

General Ahern (Sly Winter). Took Lira under his tutelage after the town was razed.

Ambassador was once part of the priesthood for the Star Dancer.

Shae falls ill with a fever.

Néshira and Rowlfwicke go scavenging for a medicinal herb.

They find an abandoned and razed town.

Néshira gets captured.

Lavan (Night Forest)
Saeque (Forgotten Wood)

18 day journey to mist
day 12 - Interlude: Home
day 15 of journey is Harvest Day (lord of the sky holy day)

Odanus
Lira
Varemael
Simmah
Rowlfwicke

750xp

Scene 1 - Leaving for Mist

Your time in Dayton has been seemingly well spent and filled with adventure and intrigue. Just less than a week ago you arrived with an unconscious and poisoned Ambassador Alaina Queus. While she was recovering, you took a few days to explore the city and discovered the Dawn Ray, a glowing sword that once belonged to your somewhat reckless roguish friend, Kincaid, only to have it stolen and taken into a haunted Eladrin mansion.

Within the mansion, you defeated hordes of undead, discovered Captain Russo's body, battled statues of Fey heroes, dreamt of the awful slaughter that occurred and met the Russo replacement, Nester, a leader of the Asps, and Elaron Celebar, King of Skywood. and finally recovered the Dawn Ray.

With the Dawn Ray returned to the city, you met Vaermael in a tavern you followed a lead from Nester that lead you to a hidden headquarters for the Asps operating in the region just outside of Cairbara, a trading port closely tied to Dayton. You cleared out all the Asps and learned of a law under consideration that legalizes the enslavement of shifters and that there was an Asp agent operating as part of the Dayton city council.

Finally, at Mr. Green, Mayor of Dayton's, behest you took to the streets to find the murderer of Mr. Blue, a member of the city council. You learned of the ridiculous social life that these hidden council members live, an embezzlement scandal that rocked the council a decade ago, and found the Asp agent, Ms. Indigo, and arrested the murder, Mr. Red.

With Mayor Green busy trying to stabilize his city and find new council members and better securing the Dawn Ray, he's unable to properly thank you but sends the newly promoted Captain Chiles to see you on your way with the promise of a favor or two should any of your party return to Dayton in the future.

The journey to Mist will take almost three weeks. Ambassador Alaina Queus has finished her business and has the supplies for the journey well prepared. There are only a few small roadside inns along the way, so an additional horse is loaded with extra supplies.

Scene 2 - The Sky Dancer

Ambassador Queus has been a diligent teacher of the Common tongue. Each night she gathers the group and gives a lesson. She often concludes the lesson by telling stories of her past or the Ithquenti to find out how much her students have retained.

This particular night she tells the story of how she found herself in Kacorothi.

I was barely an adult by an useful standard. I was in Aithessi at the time. My mother had moved us there in hopes of finding my father or his family. But we had no such luck and lived on the streets for a few years before my mother passed on. After a year of barely getting by and not knowing anything about my father except that he was a skilled swordsman, I decided to move on and out of the elf city. I wasn't sure where to go and really even how to get out but I went to bed one night determined to make it my last in Aithessi. That night I dreamt of my father. I couldn't see his face but his sword was magnificent. Perfectly balanced, honed to the sharpest point I had ever seen, an ornately designed hilt and it shined with an otherworldly glow. As if it had been forged by the gods themselves.

The next morning I offered a small prayer to the Star Dancer asking for guidance and set out for the western gates to find a leaving caravan. After hours of waiting around and having no luck, a gust of wind picked up and sent me tumbling towards a small covered wagon with a wizened elf and a young elf. The gust must have also caught the wagon because I landed among the remains of a ruined crate. As I lifted myself up, I found a beautiful sword in my hand. It was so much like the one in my dream the night before. I begged and pleaded with the elder elf to take me with him. That I would help in any way and be of no trouble. After demonstrating my skill with the sword and confessing the dream I had the night before, he relented and we set off for Kacorothi. He took a liking to me and each night he would share a story about one of the swords he made and the person who wielded them. I suppose this is where my love of stories started. Eventually we made it to Kacorothi and we parted ways. With a sly smile she concludes her story, I'll save the rest for another night.

Scene 3 - Spider Attack

Encounter - 600xp
Tree Spiders [x4] - 600xp

Shae and Néshira will get poisoned.

Nature (DC 15)
Rowlfwicke is likely to be able to find some herbs to reduce the fever and swelling but it's only a temporary remedy. Not sure if it will last until they get to Mist.

Alaina finally breaks her silence. "There's a ruined town nearby. Nobody's been there in decades. But there's a chance that we might find some preserved supplies. It's only a short walk through the forest.

Scene 4 - Meeting General Ahern of Saeque

Encounter - 750xp
Dire Wolves [x2] - 400xp
Fey Panthers [x2] - 350xp

General Ahern Saeque (Slywinter Forgotten Wood) will introduce himself.

Elf
Student of Shiyak, a well revered eladrin warlord.
Recent promotion.
Just returned from overseas. 50 years of exploring the world.
Just learned about the death of Shiyak.
On leave from service at the moment.
Good friends with Elaron Celebar.
Ahern will offer some of his supplies. It will remove the poison.
He'll ask for assistance in investigating Lavan. He thinks there's a corruption growing in it.

For the past 50 years, Ahern has been exploring the world at the request of Elaron.
He left Lavan 100 years ago
80ish years ago the elven town of Lavan was razed by a well-trained battalion of humans.