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Session 4: The Witch

November 26, 2022

TL;DR:

  • The party gets lost in the cave system
  • Another Strong Earthquake hits them
  • They find a teleportation puzzle
  • They walk in on Blood Witch Lyzolda almost killing one of the cavern imps, Zeeg.
  • Morkrog and Daisy may have some new trust issues
  • The party and Lyzolda discuss the obelisk crystals (aka The Genesis Stones) and Lyzolda states that "Her" crystal hasn't activated. She is intrigued to hear that others have activated. 
  • Daisy seems to have an instant connection to the witch.
  • Daisy and Lyzolda bond over Daisy's dagger
  • Will Harrick Vorr and Daisy's close relationship stay the same?
  • Lyzolda leads the party to the Black Crystal for some kind of ritual. "a soul for a soul"
  • Morkrog is communing with his god.


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  • The party has spent about 1-2 hours in this cave trying to follow Zeeg and Prac, the imps who have been tasked by Gafilimore to find the Black Crystal and the witch who lives in these caves.
  • The party realizes that they made a wrong turn somewhere along the way but right before they turn around and backtrack, a room up ahead catches their
  • Another strong earthquake shakes the land and Daisy, Morkrog, Harrick  take 7 points of damage.
  • After the ground settles, the party, Daisy peeks in and sees a  large cavern full of lava and interesting floating crystals and platforms.
  • There are 4 platforms around this cavern, 3 of them with floating crystal above them. Red, Blue, Green. 3 of the platforms are on separate floating pieces of land that do not seem easy to get to.
  • After some testing, fire activates the red platform, water activates the blue platform and green is activated by a stalactite that Daisy still had on her.
  • The last platform is activated by walking onto it.
  • The part gets teleported to a clean but empty structure still in a lava filled cavern.
  • As the party continues to look around the structure, Daisy sneaks ahead and hears loud voices on the other side of a door.
  • Morkrog connects with his imp and sees Zeeg and Prac arguing with a Witch-like lady.
  • Morkrog snaps his imp back to him as the witch almost slices Zeeg's head off. 
  • Daisy busts into the room to stop the fighting and Morkrog attacks the Witch!
  • Daisy tries to stop this fight by attempting to blind Morkrog but fails. (Morkrog will remember that)
  • Daisysy says that she "needs this lady! don't kill her!! I just wanted to stop the torture."
  • CALM EMOTIONS- Harrick.
  • With emotions still on high but numbed by calm emotions, the party and the witch attempt to chat. 
  • Lyzolda has been found.
  • The party discusses the obelisk Crystals and Lyzolda states that 'her' obelisk hasn't changed. and is surprised to hear there are other obelisks that have activated
  • Lyzolda is immediately drawn to Daisy's dagger. This makes Morkrog worried.
  • Lyzolda claims Granny Nix was never "good enough" in response to Daisy's claims that Granny Nix was eating children's soul. 
  • Daisy asks to speak privately but ends up having to settle for a more public discussion. Harrick is hard to read. uncomfortable. Daisy makes Harrick promise to still like her.
  • Daisyshows the dagger to Lyzolda who is thrilled with the dagger. They speak about lost ones and souls. "a soul for a soul"
  • Lyzolda leads the party to the Black Crystalto perform some kind of ritual.
  • The party has no idea what is going on between Lyzolda and Daisy but they are planning something unusual.
  • Morkrog is communing with his god.