Pre-Session
Talk about not having XP anymore, but level according to where the story is?
Patrick: okay if sylken is a vampire/paladin of necromancy and building an army of zombies to build him a giant tower/castle?
Maxi: Dream of a naked drow transforming into a white crow
Setup
The party saved Harald Pyre from the slave traders with the help of Cirillia and Doran, his guards. They are now back in Arcastle, and the princess plans to go on with the wedding.
Activities
Explanations
The king summons the party (Dion is there) and asks them where and how they found the temple, who had it, how they got it back, who they need to arrest, etc.
Also the king will ask Hilde “Don’t think I didn’t notice the earrings. What were you doing in the crypts?” But he has no knowledge of a door or portal.
He wants to send the group to Oxpyre with the princess to make sure she has a safe trip after the wedding. But before this happens, Hilde and Auron need to finish their studies, so they will have an exam the next day, for which they should prepare.
Exam
During the night, Wolf has a dream of a white crow shape shifting into a drow.
The king, the Queen, Dion, Myria, Matheos, his wife and Harald will all be at the exam.
Auron’s exam will be a fight against his master, Balthazar.
Hilde’s exam will be a fight against her master, Lex.
Auron will get as a reward from his father, regardless of the results, a bottle of Aleport Ale.
As the exam ends, a beaten up man on a horse arrives, saying his small village 30min from here was attacked by orcs. The king will send his daughter and her friends to take care of it, despite Isolde arguing “she’s getting married in a few days, she doesn’t have time for this!”
Orc Settlement
The party can trace the orcs to a small settlement from the attacked village. This time, all footsteps are in the same direction and look coordinated.
On their way to the camp, they fight off 3 basilisks.
Small orc camp with 2 stronger guards first and 5 normal orcs afterwards (should be pretty easy). They are not enraged, but are confused. They don’t feel as amazing anymore. They need something.
Loot: 120 gold, 1 health potion, 2 rubies, a silk vest (25gp), iron mace (25gp), Potion of Resistance (poison)
On their way back, Akì will notice that a white crow is following the party since a while. It will lead them through the forests nearby.
The crow continues to guide the party, until they approach a small house.
Bringing shame to the family
In the house, there are light curtains, and looking just through the windows, hearing a woman screaming, they can see Helena von Weisshaffen (still pregnant) in intercourse with Harald Pyre.