Campaign: Silver Dreams

Main Quest

Game Style: Gritty Realism rules.

This variant uses a short rest of 8 hours and a long rest of 7 days. This puts the brakes on the campaign, requiring the players to carefully judge the benefits and drawbacks of combat. Characters can’t afford to engage in too many battles in a row, and all adventuring requires careful planning. This approach encourages the characters to spend time out of the dungeon. It’s a good option for campaigns that emphasize intrigue, politics, and interactions among other NPCs, and in which combat is rare or something to be avoided rather than rushed into.

Location/Timezone: GMT+1

Starting Level: Level 5. Levelling through milestones.

Starting Equipment: 50 gold pieces, 2 Greater healing potions and one Magical item. (A Heirloom)

Ability Scores: Point Buy

Camapign Status: ACTIVE

Party: The Travellers

The Quest for Rivermond

Campaign Premise

It's the year 913 of the 4th Age.
Orders from the Rivermond Capital have urged the Barons to assemble their Knights and Troops to fortify the border along the Khein Dynasty. Word from the Church told them about a possible invasion across the barren landscape known as the "Deahtly Frontier" just across the border. The Knights of Bellmond charged across the border in hope of demoralize the enemy forces however they charged straight into a well defended war camp, the charge was stopped in an instant and the fighting continued on foot. The losses were heavy on both sides however a handful of Knights managed to return home. It was a major blow to the Baron of Bellmond, his son however quickly put the blame on the Church who led his father to believe the enemy was on the march rather than being fortified. The Baron's hatred towards the Khein only grew while the son saw his father pass a point of no return. The Dynasty forces despite their losses saw it as a victory.

Meanwhile across the Dynasty Border, at a small fort called the Knight's Rest. The people were plotting a secret mission. An outlandish creature of metal and cogs has been prepared however not everything is as it seems. They lacked the skills to make sure the creature was working correctly and thus sought out the help of an artificer across enemy lines. Their kind are rare in the Dynasty and the closest one was in Rivermond. As they were waiting for them to arrive they looked for skilled people who could take part in the mission that would take them across the border into Rivermond.

The Border Crossing

The Party arrived at the Knight's Rest along side a dwarven caravan without any issues crossing the border into the Dynasty. There they met with Max and his Commander Mirann, They introduced them to the construct, called Sabre. A large walking automaton, Varis inspected it and notice missing parts and some makeshift adjustments. It would take him the night to go through everything. Meanwhile Varis companion and kin Bartimaeus sought out a good resting place after the long journey. Their armed companion Amelia wondered the Stronghold. Meanwhile in the holding cells of the keep. Inside one cell sat a stranger. It was Keira from the Vache Kingdom, she had been found in the crate in which the construct arrived in so she was taken and thought to be a spy or a saboteur. Early the next day Varis discovered something hidden within the chest of Sabre, a small cube to which Sabre quickly put back into his chest once awakened. Sabre was able to walk and move however he was lacking a voice module.

Once Sabre was fixed. The party was tasked to escort it across the border into Rivermond. To be inspected by a researcher at the Arcane Academy outside of Greenfield in Rivermond. Before they left they brought forth Keira and asked if they could take her. They did not mind, less bloodshed to be spilled and she would be the party's problem. She got her belongings and joined the party.
On their way to the border along side the dwarven caravan that had helped them cross the first time they all noticed that there were movement in one of the carts. To everyone's surprise it was a small cat-person who had snuck on as they left the Knight's Rest. Her name was Aislinne and was eager travel but also to find out her mysterious lineage to dragons. She was no threat to the current mission and was allowed to join the party.
As they approach the Rivermond side they came across a newly build encampment, with soldiers from the local Bellmond region and soldiers from the Rivermond Capital. They hid in the caravan as the dwarfs took their through the encampment, they were however stopped by Captain Fredrik. He wanted to go through their wares however before he was able to uncover the hidden party members, a Knight walked up and greeted the dwarf leading the caravan, Floki Bjornson. The Knight Za'Halid informed the Captain to let them pass as he appeared to know Floki.
Once across the border and safely in Rivermond they later down the road found themselves an Inn called the "Lioness Inn". Spent the night and on the morning the dwarves were ready to continue their journey, the party thanked them and departed from the caravan as their paths split from there.

March 21st, 2023

The Bellmond Plot

As the party continued their journey on the road it did not take long before they were confronted by local soldiers. Mounted soldiers approached the party and questioned them about their affairs and Sabre. They were escorted to an encampment not far from the road they were on. The encampment was surronded by soldiers and knights bearing yellow cloth and the sigil of a Stag. The mark of the Bellmonds.

They were introduced to a small group of distinct Knights. The leader of the encampment was called Lucas Kardean. The next in line to become the Baron of Bellmond. On his sides were Rosemond Wilds, Jeremy Castle, Reinar Quinn, Felisha Riverrun and Kurion. Against some of their judgement, Lucas decided to take the group of adventurers in and handed them a task to do as they were passing through Bellmond. To deliver word to someone within the city called Aron Tarvon who was the Weapons Master at the local Blacksmith and a loyalist to Lucas.
The party eventually met him and informed him, he revealed that one of the Bellmond Knight Lords were unaccounted for, Isaac Forester. They were unaware of his standing with the Baron, while being known to be very loyal to the Baron, Lucas needed him on his side. Aron overshared about the coming attempt to remove Kyle Kardean as Baron. According to Aron many of the people, including the majority of the Knight Lords and the people of Bellmond are worried that the Baron had gone mad.
Next they were tasked to find Lord Forester who was somewhere outside of the city hunting down rebels. The party who were aware of the planned coup thought the Lord was hunting Lucas' people, they tracked him down but before encountering him they ran into a young lady who was hunting game. She aimed her bow at the strangers before the party introduced themselves and then she did the same in a somewhat lady like fashion. Her name was Amanda Forester, the daughter to Isaac Forester. She took them to the encampment where they saw a handful soldiers and in the midst stood the half giant himself with a smile on his face. He was pumped and ready to take out the rebels they had tracked down. The party was unsure what to do and did not warn Isaac, they did not mention their talks with Lucas other than they had met. They tried to get a reading of Isaac's thoughts on the Baron but appeared as loyal as ever.
The party stood behind while Isaac and his men moved to engage the rebel camp further in the woods. Eventually the party snuck after to look only to realized the rebels they were fighting were not part of Lucas' people. They jumped into action and fought the rebels to aid Isaac. Who himself was having fun in the mayhem and when the fighting was over he did not waste much time waiting around. He told the party he could talk more in Bellmond before leaving. His men looted everything from the Rebels and returned home.
The party later returned to Bellmond as well. First to talk with Aron about finding Isaac and to discuss his standing however first they wanted to have some clarification over the supposed "Rebels" to which Aron explained, there are rebels around the Bellmond region. Family members to people who were killed in the attack against the Dynasty, they hate their Baron for it and wish to see him hang. Lucas does not seek to ally with them as they are deemed too violant. The party met Isaac in Bellmond inside one of the taverns where he was drinking with his men. They ascertained that he had as much love for Lucas as he had for Kyle, his loyalty lied with the Family. Aron was informed of this but little was said of what came of it as the Party had to move on from Bellmond towards Greenfield.

March 21st, 2023

On The Road

The party were back on the road towards the Capital. Along the road they came across a large Inn called Doe's Den where they decided to spend the night.
1. Outside of the Inn were two other travellers, a tall hooded figure and a short chubby man. When the party tried to talk to them they quickly tried to avoid any contact, they clearly were in a hurry to leave. Amelia and Varis became quite curious over the duo's cart which was covered up. While the others went into the Inn to grab some rooms the other two waited until they spotted an opening. Eventually Amelia managed to get an opening and looked through the cart before grabbing a handful of items.
2. Meanwhile the chubby man had entered the Inn and shortly there after outside the Inn a small group of armored soldiers arrived looking for that very figure. Leading the group of soldiers was an Orc, he went room to room looking for the man, he reached the room where Keira was staying and opened up. Informing him that there were no one else in her room. Shortly thereafter she could hear the heavy sounds of someone being thrown about next door, she would later see the orc drag the man out of the Inn. This was their first encounter with men of the Dominus Chain.
3. The others outside saw they soldiers and the orc leave with the chubby man. The hooded figure who was with the man also noticed and left on his own in the opposite direction with the cart. What was taken from the cart was various items of dark alchemy, something that didn't stand out too much for Amelia.
They spent the night at the Inn without any issues and got ready to leave early in the morning.
The next day the party travelled closer to the Capital, they came across the the small port village of Baymount where they dropped by to get some supplies.
1. There they met Meleni Allorey, artificer and smith of Allorey's Alluring Anvil. She had a job for them while they were heading to the Capital. A small box of goods that needed to be delivered to the blacksmith of Heavy Metal Works in the Coin District of the Capital. It happened to be the same district where Varis had his own place. They took on the job and gathered other supplies before moving on.
2. After travelling for most of the day they set up camp next to a small creek and got ready to rest when suddenly they got company. The hooded figure from before who Amelia had stolen from had tracked them down and was asking for the items back to which she refused. The hooded figure, who appeared human sized removed his hood and suddenly morphed into a catlike humanoid with a sharp claws and a bone tail. He attacked their camp and the party. It was at this fight that Amelia revealed her own ability to morph into another form. The fight was short and the party was left with more questions than answers.
The day after they continued their journey and arrived at Sungard. The last stop before arriving at the Capital, there they once more gathered some supplies and split the party.
1. Amelia wandered straight through the front yard of the Lord's estate to get to a small rivver behind the estate. Leaving the guards baffled while Bartimaeus followed and spoke to the guards and Zarra Veedis who was the Lady and ruler of Sungard. He introduced himself and as they heard his name they stopped and invited him in. Turned out Kitt Veedis the husband of Zarra was a historian on the side and had collected information about the Order of the Grail Knights. He showcased a book with his notes which helped Bartimaeus with his fuzzy memory.
2. Meanwhile Varis was exploring the town with Aislinne. They eventually discovered a small fighting pit in which Varis was eager to take part in, he informed the guild behind it that he had friends who would back him up however not everyone was there to get the notice. Varis was on his own with Sabre. Keira was in the crowd betting on the fights. Varis and Sabre caused havoc in the pit againts their beasts and made a handful of gold before leaving.
3. It was in Sungard the part came across the dog Archibald which became their latest party member. He was clearly stolen by the merchant but the party either did not put much thought to it or were busy with the dog's cuteness. The party grouped up and got ready to move on with their quests to reach Greenfield.

March 21st, 2023

Arrival at the Capital

They traveled the road south and planned to go through the Capital city where they made a stop in the Coin district where Varis had his own homestead.
1. The party took a moment to rest in the city. Got some more supplies and delivered the box they brought from Baymount. The dwarf they met at the Heavy Metal Works was called Ulfnir Rockmane who was an old friend of Bartimaeus.
2. Varis was visited by some strange owl spirits at his home that gave him a message about the happenings at the Arcane Academy and in Greenfield.

March 21st, 2023

The Stormwoods

The party entered the outskirts of the Stormwoods, and they quickly came across the local wildlife when a little Owlbear cub rolled out of the bushes.
1. The party handled the situation rather calmly by handing over some rations before mommy Owlbear arrived and retrieved her cub without any incident.
2. The party continued their journey into the words and quickly discovered the change of scenery when they discovered enlarged plant life such as giant mushrooms and giant trees.
3. There were signs of other people who had tried to cross the woods when the party found a wrecked carriage which later was found to belonged to two hunters who simply tried to hunt some game.
4. The party also managed to evade the attention from a beast giant who was roaming about and was the cause for the wrecked carriage the party found.
Near the hunters encampment the party discovered an old grave, belonging to the late “Sir Nicholas Umeren Denova” who was one of the Grail Knights about 300 years ago.
1. Something in the wind persuaded Bartimaeus to attempt to open up the sarcophagus, which he got help with from the others. Inside were the remains of his old friend and brother in arms, with a magical necklace and a strange stone seal which they took before they resealed the sarcophagus.
2. The wind calmed down but it started to get dark so the party decided to hunker down with the hunters at their little camp. As the night sky arrived the sound of some strange buzzing could be heard from nearby the encampment which Varis decided to investigate closer. What he saw was small dragon-like creatures buzzing around in the moonlight. They eventually flew away and the night continued on, it was calm and mostly uneventful as members took their shifts. As morning arrived Varis mentioned the creatures he saw and the hunters told him to stay clear of them and handed over some holy water “just in case they sting” without elaborating more.
The party packed up and continued their journey, after travelling for what appeared to be hours they slowly began to think they had gone in circles, the woods kept changing and eventually you found yourself on a new path and saw that you were near where you came into the woods. Instead the party continued the opposite direction and walked into an old ruin. A strong gust of wind pushed the party away from the ruin before a phantasmic being appeared before the party, a tall masked elf woman mounted on a great elk. Warning the party not to go any further, stating they were tricked by their kind before and if they were to enter it would be at their own peril.
The party entered the ruins and found themselves in the central region of the Stormwoods. They found themselves before a ruined bridge and crossed it by letting Keira set up a rope between for the others to climb over.
1. Their first encounter was with a large Flayer Rose where Amelia and Varis got trapped in its roots, while the others dealt with the rose.
2. Afterwards they found a ruined vault that appeared to be locked shut from the outside, Varis and Aislinne took a look inside. Noticing quickly a pile of bones by the door inside, they investigated the chamber and found nothing of value inside other than a skeleton with a handwritten note. "He lied, he tricked me, tainted my mind with foul visions of greatness. I was defiled by lies, I gave into them like a thirsty wolf near a pool of tar. It wasn't me, I didn't do this. He made me, the voices.. He took.. It wasn't me. I will not let him do more.. I’m so sorry, maybe I will, by your grace, finally be with you. Forgive me."
Eventually the party carried on, Kiera and Amelia shot arrows at another plant from afar before they moved forward. As they approached another ruined Archway the party was struck with arrows and told to stop. Spoken in sylvan which Kiera understood. The voices went quiet after Kiera tried to ask questions and they moved forward. On the other side of the Archway they found themselves in a small village, once they were in the middle of it the elves appeared armed and ready, stating once again for them to leave. The party managed to talk things through and the elves were led by a young girl named Nelvana Umeren. She made everyone some soup as a good gesture. (A super soup with the effects of a heroes feast) everyone but Kiera took part.
1. The party saw a statue in the village of a woman like no elf in the village but all plants around it had died. Neleva mentioned that they had lost connection and protection from their Queen about 2-3 months ago. At the same time her village was visited by a human male with a group of other humans. Something happened and the village fell into chaos. People fled the forest and there was a large stone gate that had been sealed with something very bad inside.
2. The party decided to take a closer look, but was once again greeted by the Elven woman they saw as a phantom before but this time in the flesh. Warning them and telling them to leave however she was quickly made aware of who Amelia was after she introduced herself with her full name and her fathers. The woman threw one of her spears and pierced Amelia’s chest in quick response and claimed that the “Despoiler” the elves referred to was Amelia’s very own father and in that way she shared his crime.
3. The party quickly de-escalated the situation and as they were informed of what she was guarding. She explained that whatever is sealed behind that gate was feeding the disorder of the land. How she did not know but given how that evil had twisted the mind of several villagers it might have a greater influence than she thought. She refused to let the Party enter no matter what.
4. Meanwhile Kiera managed to sneak around and got close to the sealed stone gate. Around it were black root-like tendrils coming out of the walls and ground. As Kiera walked on top of them she was touched by them and hurt her but also “marked” her according to the Elf woman. She quickly went after Kiera and said she could not let Kiera leave now and had to kill her. She threw her spears at Kiera, missing one and piercing her leg with her second one. Before the Elf went for the kill, Bart offered to “cleanse” her in an attempt to save Kiera. He was given a chance of the goodness of her heart and kept an eye on Kiera as Bart began his prayer. Somehow the distant rivers lent some blessing to his prayer and blessed Kiera causing her harm but enough to convince the Elf to let the Party take Kiera with them.
5. They asked for a safe passage out of the Stormwoods and the Elf tasked an elder horned owlbear to guide them back to the mainroad. But first the party decided to spend the night in the village with Neleva and get some rest after a rough day.

March 21st, 2023

Arrival at Falktown and Summerwind

The party woke up after having a short rest overnight in the elf village. They didn't spend too much there before being guided through the thick forest by an elder horned owlbear until they arrived back on a familiar path, when they left the woods and returned to their carriage they quickly noticed there had been some foul play at hand.
1. Papers, clothes and crates were trashed on the ground and the horses were gone. Archibald the dog was laying in the mess, bruised up by whatever had come through. Around the mess were three piles of sand, a familiar sight to some but a strange sight for Mary who noticed the sand were not local. Far too fine and smooth, akin to ocean sand. They also discovered blood droplets around the mess, human, indicating there was some human interference as well.
2. Before they investigated any further a group of four mounted soldiers arrived and asked what was going on. They offered to help bring the carriage to the nearby town of Falktown, they also mentioned a small camp up the road they had for some refugees. They brought the party there for the time being while two of the mounted soldiers went back to bring the carriage to Falktown.
3. Meanwhile in the camp, Bartimaeus zoned in on the soldier in charge and questioned him about the supposed soldiers in the camp who appeared to be nothing but armed peasants. So he offered to duel one for a horse, the Sergeant called over one of the men, Billy was his name. He agreed to the duel however Bartimaeus showed Billy his martial skill with a blade. The Sergeant stood by his word and promised a horse, as Billy stood up to thank Bartimaeus he suddenly got struck by a crossbow bolt in the eye. Billy died immediately.
4. Panic in the camp ensued, the armed soldiers and the Sergeant formed a battleline while the party took defensive positions towards the incoming threat. They quickly realised a small company of the Dominus Chain was charging the camp with a hostile intent. While the refugees fled the party and soldiers kept the enemy at bay. In the middle of the fight one of the armed peasants fled breaking the line, the Sergeant aided Bartimaeus on the front while the rest took aim from afar. As the party took down Dominus soldiers left and right suddenly a wall of fire divided the party and obscured the people’s vision.
5. The Sergeant told the Party to retreat to protect the others but Bartimaeus stood fast and told the Sergeant to take his men to safety. To which the Sergeant agreed but told Bartimaeus that he wanted that horse he promised for himself if they were to meet again. After they had fled to safety an unknown high elf lady slowly approached the camp, having her eyes on something, however the Party quickly caught her attention when Mary managed to knock her off her horse with her newly telekinetic powers. While the rest of the party shot down the other Dominus soldiers, Bartimaeus charged the Elf Commander with new vigour. He challenged her but she appeared to look for some heretic in the camp. She did not appear interested in him and he was quickly shown how outmatched he was, Amelia turned into her Wendigo form and charged the Elf as well, biting her with her jaws. Mary joined them up front however as the Party began to surround the Elf commander she showed a portion of her holy power by engulfing herself in radiant fire. Mary was struck and fell unconscious, Bartimaeus swiftly healed her before Amelia picked her up and quickly in the blink of an eye ran across the field to safety.
6. Bartimaeus stood his ground. Nearly all the other Dominus soldiers had been killed by the rest of the Party. Varis rushed up to aid Bartimaeus as reality finally sunk in. He called everyone to retreat just as the one peasant soldier that fled before had returned, he dropped his weapons and pulled out what appeared to be an amulet from his chest which he broke. This caused the ground underneath him to open up and magma crawled up the man’s flesh and in his place a large magma elemental appeared. The Elf Commander saw what she was coming to find, however Varis stood next to her and she quickly struck him with her sword nearly finishing him but he turned invisible right away with the hope of retreating to safety. Little did he know she had keen senses and struck towards him, hitting him as he ran over to Bartimaeus. One by one they managed to retreat to safety as the Elf Commander’s attention was directed against the “unholy” magma elemental. The party ran away and patched some of their wounds as they went down the road, seeing the outline of Falktown in the far distance.
The party arrived in the little town of Falktown. Battered and tired from their previous encounter they quickly sought out the nearest Inn to grab some rooms and hot baths. Meanwhile some took notice of a nearby notice board which informed them of a possible bounty for Bartimaeus' head. As well as an investigation into the "Grail Knights", which made Bartimaeus believe there might be more of his brothers in arms out there while some of the Party just reminded him that he has been running his mouth a bit in the past.
1. There was also a poster for an upcoming Top Hound Championship in a nearby town which appeared to be a quick way for a good sum of gold. Among other jobs on the board, however, the Party decided to explore the little town and restock on supplies. Quickly realising how small the town actually was, everything appeared to go through the general store run by dwarfs. Amelia stocked up on healing potions and some fine arrows. Kiera managed to get her hand on some rather fine clothes from their wares and Aislinne bought a book of the Legends of Windelcrest to further her studies into dragons. Varis ended up buying a very basic "make-up" and a wig for Bartimaeus, but for himself he asked about these new black powder weapons. The dwarf wrote it down in their ledger and said they had it, when they got it.
2. Then the Dwarf tried to pull Varis into a quick deal to get his hands on some of those new weapons, which he seemed very open to, however it involved the secret ingredient of "crime". The dwarf informed Varis that the local Lord had recently made a purchase from someone to get his hands on weapons like that and is currently training some local soldiers to use them. The Dwarf claimed he could get his hands on one at night but asked for a heavy price upfront as it was a risky job. Varis couldn't resist and looked forward to get his hands on it.
3. Eventually the party gathered together to look at the stables, however now with Bartimaeus looking slightly different and using the name Tom. The Knights guarding the entrance to the Stable area did not let him through but before the Knights saw through him a familiar voice came through claiming to be with the Party. It was the Sergeant from the encampment, he quickly eased the Knights suspicion and let them get through to get their things. But the Sergeant was beginning to become suspicious of Bartimaeus over the strange disguise, the party assured him it was for a good reason and they moved over to the stable.
  1. As they entered the stable they ran into a small group of heavily armoured knights accompanied by a healer and a strange half beast akin of the great Griffin. This one was wingless and smaller in size. Varis quickly began to sketch it while the Sergeant told them not to disturb them. However Varis made his intention known to the owner of the mount and he asked to see the final work before he left the stables. One of the knights waited for Varis to finish his work then took it to the head knight of the group then led the mount out of the stables.
  2. The Sergeant showed a few of the horses in the stable to Bartimaeus and said he could look into getting a second horse for the party as he owed one already for saving his life. He then offered to bring that to the local Lord, who he revealed was the man they just met with the Knights. Nikolay Von Keiner was his name. The Sergeant said he could try and talk to him about the party's actions for a possible reward as he thought they were low on funds. Bartimaeus thanked the Sergeant and asked for his name, which was Samuel. Who in return asked to have a drink with him in the evening when he would bring the news of what he had found out.
  3. Meanwhile Varis was exploring the stables, finding an unattended hammer which he gladly took for himself. Further down the stables he began hearing the clanging of heavy plates before spotting a familiar face. In one of the booths stood a heavily armoured orc, adorned in the Church's sigils. Varis greeted the man and told him that they had met before however the Orc did not seem that sure but did not deny the claim as he had met many on his travels. Varis began questioning the Orc about his business in town and his Church affairs to which the Orc found suspicious but gave simple or vague answers. Apparently he had travelled ahead of the company he was currently with which Varis gathered was simply known as the "11th" and that he was heading towards Hillburg for their new stronghold. Varis also found out that the rest of the Church company would pass through Falktown in the evening. Varis thanked the Orc for his time and hurried up to tell Bartimaeus and the others.
4. They began to deliberate on what to do, some wanted to leave town for a bit to do one of those jobs on the board and wait there while the Church passed through Falktown.
  1. Others thought staying at the inn would be just fine. Regardless, the party decided to visit the local bar and teased Bartimaeus for having a "date" with Samuel. At the bar the party got themselves some drinks and eased their nerves over what's to come. Amelia went straight for the heavy stuff and got wasted at a table on her own while the others sat near the entertainment stage and discussed what to do. Questioning Bartimaeus' methods as he had offered to be "bait" for the bounty on his head to get some quick gold. Then they ended up using the magical orb to give themselves a little edge for later.
  2. Meanwhile Samuel had arrived, dressed casually and shared a drink with Bartimaeus. He informed him that he had managed to make a deal with another Knight over a secondary horse. It would cost him 80 gold for the horse which Bartimaeus didn't think was too bad. Samuel also told him that the Party had been given a small audience with the local Lord in the evening. As the party enjoyed their downtime the evening was about to roll in over Falktown where many things are about to unfold in the evening alone.
5. The party continued their evening in the tavern, Amelia got rather tipsy after finishing her strong drink and Bartimaeus were about to finish up his drink with Samuel when a local soldier came into the tavern to talk to Samuel. He was called back on duty and informed Bartimaeus that there had been a robbery he had to look into.
6. Samuel told him that they could inform the other soldiers and knights that they had an audience with the Lord.
  1. Everyone got themselves ready as they gathered up before meeting the Lord, they managed to get past the guards with ease thanks to Samuel's notice. As they arrived at the Manor grounds they were introduced to recruits with the new black powder weapons. But before they got too close they were taken up to the Manor by one of the soldiers, you met with the Lord outside his manor and he greeted the party with open arms however he requested to talk further inside as he wanted to change from his armour.
  2. While waiting for the Lord, Nikolay Von Keiner to change into something more casual, the party was met by two strangers inside the Manor. An older gentleman in some mechanical wheelchair and a dwarf engineer. At first the dwarf accused the party of being behind the reported robbery but the gentleman did not share the suspicions. They mention that the robbery involved the new firearms and it had to be dealt with. Kiera questioned the dwarf if he was the one making the firearms after spotting his weapon on his backpack. The dwarf clarified that he was not the maker but did tinker and improve upon what the Lord had brought in from the Vache Kingdom.
  3. As Varis introduced himself to the two he caught the older gentleman's attention and as they discussed the firearms Varis kept his attention on the gentleman's wheelchair. The man pointed out Varis and nudged towards the fact that they knew one another however this was the first time they met face to face. The gentleman was called Stefan Riverton, he mentioned the "Network" casually and Varis quickly tried to hush him. They both caught themselves and began to act very odd. Thanking each other for meeting and wishing each other a good day before they parted ways.
  4. As Stefan and the Dwarf walked away Lord Nikolay returned in finer clothes, the party did not realise it was at first now that they saw his face and all out of his heavy armour. Regardless, Lord Nikolay was quick to thank the party for saving the refugees and Samuel.
7. As Nikolay was about to bring up the reward there was a heavy knock on one of the doors. Nikolay did not expect company so soon so he helped the party hide in the storage room next to the hallway. Nikolay locked the door behind him and opened the front door. A Knight came in to inform the Lord about the Church having arrived early.
  1. Meanwhile Mary was trying to listen through the door and managed to pick up just enough to understand what was happening. It was the Elf Commander from before, she barged into the hallway and questioned Nikolay about the party to which Nikolay denied knowing anything about and mentioned that he was quite busy with a serious robbery. The Elf Commander was displeased and warned the Lord. She mentioned that her men would stay around for a while before heading to Hillburg. She left the Manor and Nikolay shortly thereafter let out the Party from the storage room.
  1. They asked the Lord about the Elf who she was and he revealed her name to be Ameena Summerwind. A thorn in his side but he did not wish to kick the hornet's nest so to speak. Bartimaeus brought up his views on the Church and asked where the Lord stood in all of this but he did not choose a side, just tried to do the right thing. Mary mentioned she is a part of the faith and the Church however she did not approve of their recent methods she had witnessed.
    1. Nikolay was curious about Mary and asked how she came about to be with the party and she brought up her map as she explained her quest given by her Mother Superior. She asked if the Lord knew anything about the supposed artefact known as the "Tears of Enghilm" to which the Lord responded thinking it was just a tale. However Mary managed to convince him to start believing in it and in doing so he was happy to help her in hope it would be good for the realm.
  2. Firstly he handed over the reward for their deed of saving the refugees. Then he asked one of his knights to grant them the best for their carriage to ease their travels. Bartimaeus then asked Nikolay if he knew of the Von Kass lineage to which Nikolay first tried to shrug off before Bartimaeus got through to him after revealing who he really was. The Lord began to connect some dots and gave it all a moment before revealing he was the descendant of the Von Kass. However he was not the kind of Knight his ancestor was and would like to keep it that way as his family has a new place in the realm.
    1. Shortly thereafter his fiance came down to the hallway and greeted the party. They greeted her and mistook her as a Von Keiner however they were to be married so she was still Lady Riverrun. As they were talking there was another knock on the door and Nikolay opened up slightly to take a look. He then opened the door to let in Samuel and a strange thin woman with a long firearm on her back. She appeared rather eager to find the one behind the robbery as it was her wares that were taken. Samuel and the woman had looked around and managed to determine that the one behind it would still be in town somewhere.
    2. Half of the party were eager to lend a hand in the search. Amelia got curious about the woman's firearm and began to creep her out with her curiosity. She then stepped away and appeared to have lost interest in the weapon. The woman then left in a hurry rather irritated over the whole incident while the others went out with Samuel. As they got outside Mary peaked into the pouch she was given by the Lord and saw two handfuls of platinum coins within. When they got to the centre of town where the tracks had gotten lost Samuel and the party decided to split and search on their own.
  3. The party decided to head back to the Inn and managed to get Filip the Innkeeper to bring out a table to them as they did not want to be at the tavern with soldiers of the Church being around. As they discussed what to do and got fed some amazing cheese toast, Amelia brought up some of her experimental concoctions she had been working on. She asked if anyone would be willing to test the new prototype, Varis took one as well as Aislinne as curious as she can get. Varis quickly became very weakened and for some reason decided to take another one which hit with a harsh exhaustion. Meanwhile Aislinne became sick and crawled her way up to bed for a rest. Amelia took one for herself and somehow it had no effect on her this time which she found odd. She helped Varis up to his room and in his weak state he informed her that he was waiting for a delivery.
    1. A special delivery, from a certain Dwarf from a certain store. His deal with the dwarf was what led to the robbery of the Lord's wares. She later walked downstairs in the Inn and saw the Dwarf from the store enter with a long chest. She had been given the coins for the trade however she paid 50 instead of 40 platinum. Amelia brought the chest upstairs to Varis and they discovered the stolen firearms inside the chest however he quickly noticed there was no ammunition.
    2. Amelia decided to wander out at night and began to search the town for someone out of sight. She eventually found two drunkards standing between two buildings, she walked up to them and they in their drunken state began to flirt and offer their drinks. Amelia transformed into her wendigo form and pin down the men with ease before injecting them with her horrifying chimera drug. She then left them to let the drug take its course and returned to the Inn.
    3. Meanwhile, as everyone was getting ready to rest, Bartimaeus had taken an evening walk in town over to the stable where he attempted to summon an old friend he recently had regained memory of, Snow, a magical creature granted by the rivers in the form of an elk. As Bartimaeus was tending to his friend a soldier entered the stables, surprised to see such a creature at the stable but the hour was too late to question it and helped out at the stable.
    4. Back at the Inn, Mary got woken up by heavy knocking on her door, annoyed over being woken up so early she stumbled over to the door and peeked out to see a large Orc outside. Clad in Dominion armour, he gave her a quick nod before telling her he was tasked to bring her in. She didn't trust the Orc at first but he presented a sigil confirming he was with the Church and she tried to insist that she should have her sleep first however the Orc would not let her. It appeared it was urgent, the Lord Commander of the Dominus Chain himself ordered it. She gathered her things before joining the Orc, little did they know Kiera had woken up as well by the knocking and had listened in on the conversation. She tried to follow them and managed to do so until they left Falktown. They headed west in quite the hurry, Kiera went back to the Inn and rested while waiting for the morning to arrive.
  4. After a night's rest, Kiera woke up to the sound of firearms going off. She got up and tried to wake everyone up before leaving the Inn. Bartimaeus got ready and went out to meet up with Kiera who had discovered a loud and angry mob of citizens in the centre of town. They were being stopped by a line of soldiers and Bartimaeus walked up to check what was happening. A knight recognized him and told him what he could, some monsters had attacked people during the night but the soldiers had managed to stop them. However they were unsure what they were or how to deal with it.
    1. Bartimaeus asked Kiera to get the others, she went back to the Inn and informed the others to come. As they arrived at the loud mob they were let through, they walked up to a large pool of blood with some kind of chimera beast lying dead on the ground. By it stood Lord Keiner and the Gunner Captain. They tried to find out what it was and how this happened then the Lord said that the theory was that they were the ones behind the robbery however they could not figure out why. Why would they go after the firearms then go on a rampage on civilians.
    2. The monsters had the heads of a canine, patches of scales across their bodies, spikes protruding from their arms and talons. Amelia convinced the Lord to burn the monsters just in case as he was considering sending the corpses to the Academy for study.
    3. Lord Keiner gave his condolences as one of the victims happened to be Samuel. Most likely been attacked as he was looking for the robbers during the night, unclear if he put up a fight or was ambushed. The party brought up the notice they saw on the board about a monster taking livestock at a nearby farm thinking it might be the same kind, the Lord agreed and asked them to check it while he handled the mess in town.
    4. They were curious as for where Mary had gone but Kiera repeated herself of what she had witnessed. They were unsure if she was taken or went willingly but decided to deal with the matter at hand before seeking her out.

March 21st, 2023

The Ambush and Old Friend

So the party headed out from town and travelled down the road not too far and found the farm "White Willow Gardens". There they met with a peaceful family doing their daily chores, the party introduced themselves and informed the man of the farm about why they were there. He and his family had little to provide other than some direction and said that things happened at night.
1. The party went up to their fields, Kiera walked up to the mill tower and took a look across the area. She noticed a nearby farm, apparently it was the neighbour "Lars" and the farmer by the party mentioned he had tried to contact him but no answer which he found odd.
2. The party offered to check in to see if there were more clues or tracks of the supposed monster. As they arrived outside the farmstead a rugged man walked out to greet them. As they introduced themselves the man quickly smiled and told them to follow him. When they entered the courtyard of the farm they quickly noticed how old and torn the place was.
3. The man turned around and slowly backed up as the party walked forward and kept an eye out. Suddenly the man jumped over a small stone wall and yelled before two young men stood up aiming their bows at Varis. The old man pointed his club at the party telling them to stand still and wait. No need for anyone to get hurt, he said. The men said they just wanted the Brightheart while focusing on Varis. There was a price on his head and the party casually discussed splitting the bounty but during the talks a small company of soldiers of the Church arrived.
4. A Knight looked around asking for the Brightheart but Aislinne then unleashed a massive arcane ball of freezing cold. The fight was on, the Knight rushed up to attack Bartimaeus as everyone jumped into action. The soldiers tried to rush Bartimaeus but he called upon the river's aid and summoned a wave pushing several away from the party; however Archy happened to stand in the way of the incoming wave and was knocked out. The party kept the soldiers away with arrows, fire power and might. The Knight struck true, through Bartimaeus' armour causing him to fall unconscious for a brief second before getting empowered by the elvish amulet and brought back to fight again.
5. The duel between the Knight and Bartimaeus continued while the party shot down the incoming soldiers. Kiera had rushed back to disarm the men who lured them but she maintained her calm self despite the open wounds on the men next to her. Varis engaged his Stormbound Gauntlets and hurled a sphere of lightning among the soldiers, vaporising some of them in the process and it appeared the party was gaining the upper hand when the Knight once more got the better of Bartimaeus and struck him down. Before the Knight managed to deal more harm to him, Kiera rushed up and struck the already battered Knight. Just then a second group of soldiers arrived, all aiming their crossbows at the party however Kiera then buried her fangs into the Knight's neck causing the soldiers to freeze for a split second.
6. Then it appeared as if everyone were about to get shot down, as every soldier took aim there was a sudden sound of clinging and slashing as the soldiers began to fall over dead one by one. A cold silence covered the farmstead as the bodies of several soldiers lay dead all around, the party readied themselves, quickly helped Bartimaeus get back on his feet who then helped Archy. Suddenly two figures walked over the dead soldiers towards the party, an older half elf and a younger woman with her bow at the ready aimed at everyone as she moved. Bartimaeus straightened himself and thanked them as she kept an eye on them while Varis and Amelia were unsure of these new faces.
7. Eventually it clicked for Bartimaeus when the half elf walked up to him, it turned out to be his old Squire now and old sellsword. He introduced himself as Nathaniel and introduced the woman with the bow as Vaylin. She did not speak and as they introduced one another Amelia noticed someone behind her and turned around to see someone try to sneak up on her. It was a member of the Ratfolk, as he was spotted he sighed and walked around as Nathaniel informed him that the party were good folk. He then introduced his third friend as "Unknown". Varis was impressed by him as he wielded three daggers at once, one in each hand and one in his tail. Kiera however had met many of their kind back home. They had found out about the price on the Brightheart, he had to find out if he was who he fought it was but now it appeared unclear who is the wanted one. Varis or Bartimaeus. Kiera took a look around the farmstead and found the real "Lars” hanging in the barn, as the men who lured the party were called up and clarified they were not Lars, Veilen Moss quickly let loose three arrows into the men. The party were stunned but did not fight it, they decided to head back to the other farm for breakfast and talk.
When they returned the farmer asked if they had found Lars or any clues to which they informed him that the monster killed him. They then were invited inside for a meal, Bartimaeus and Nathaniel began to catch up on old times while giving some insight of current events. He mentioned that he had been working for someone called Mel for a while but he did not like to play guard, he liked a life on the go far more and then Amelia asked about her father. Nathaniel knew the name Vicarin, but it turned out he had been looking for him as well, however for the price on his head.
1. Bartimaeus asked about his old brothers in arms however Nathaniel had little to say but warned him about a suspicion he had about some strange dark Knight in Whitechapel who kept close company with the Lord of the Castle there, Lady Steinheart. He thought it might be a former Grail Knight but unsure how, maybe the same as Bartimaeus. They had plans to head there at some point, Varis openly spoke about the wargames and blood sports there wishing to take part. Even Nathaniel thought Varis was crazy being so eager to take part as he would not himself. However it seemed that the games had the attention of Lady Steinheart which Varis thought might be a way to get close as he thought he could contact his father for help.
2. Nathaniel then mentioned some supposed hauntings in the Highmarsh. The former land of Grail Knight, Sir Asher Karlstain before his family and household were burned and torn down. Bartimaeus then thanked him and asked for a favour, to head to Rivermond to watch over the Family now that the name Brightheart is plastered on notice boards. He agreed for old times sake, and for the promise of gold of course.
3. As they left the party stuck around, Kiera asked the farmer if he had any traps at home to which he said he had a few that turned out to be some small tripwire traps for small game. She took them and together with Varis they tried to make something to set up for the night. Varis managed to tinker together one explosive trap, meanwhile the others got ready for the night. Amelia kept to herself while Bartimaeus made himself a nice spot in the barn for him and Archy. Varis and Kiera went down to question the Farmer's daughters if they knew anything about the supposed monster but they had little to no clues. The only thing they got from them was that one had heard humming which was strange.
4. As the sun was setting and the two moons started to light up the night sky the party had made themselves ready for whatever might come forth. Bartimaeus and Varis were in the tower mill looking out for any signs. It was an uneventful evening at first so Varis began to tinker and cold forging to improve one of Bartimaeus' swords. Time passed and Bartimaeus was given back a tempered sword with a silvered layer, as he inspected it he spotted some movement in the fields below. Turned out to be a fox running across the wheat field however not long after that they noticed a sudden flash of light some distance from the farm but no sound so it could not have been thunder.
  1. Bartimaeus went down the tower and towards the farmstead to wake up the others. Kiera was already awake and was scouting off the roof so she had seen the light as well. As Bartimaeus went to wake up the others Varis tried to look out but his poor eyesight failed him once again. Eventually the rest of the party arrived at the fields and began to hear humming among the wheats. Out comes a random dwarf looking figure that walks around looking over some cut wheat. Amelia did not waste a moment and rushed up to the figure causing the figure to instinctively turn invisible however Kiera took a reactive shot.
  2. They all heard a whimper and a thud as the figure fell over after being struck by the arrow. Amelia ran up and tackled the figure only for her to quickly find out that the dwarf figure morphed back to its real form. Her grabble turned into a big hug as the figure appeared as a large, fat horned and hoofed creature. He was shocked and asked Amelia if she could let go of him but she did not let go until the rest of the party arrived. The creature was hurting over the arrow in his knee and the party quickly realised that the creature wasn't the brightest of minds.
  3. His name was Fugal and was there to bring back a goat to his master. It took some time but eventually the party found out that his master was a dragon called Kazmidrax. He was not in a good mood. Not trusting people after someone attempted to steal his heart, why, Fugal could not say. He simply did what he was told and it was to bring his master goats. Amelia and Kiera were not liking the sound of this dragon and told the party not to pursue this; however Bartimaeus and Aislinne were eager to meet this dragon, Varis was not against the idea either and as they discussed it among themselves Fugal kept asking for a goat. Bartimaeus tried to make a deal of giving over two goats in exchange for being taken to the dragon. One goat then and the other at dawn. Fugal did not like it as he was not meant to be out during the day nor liked people much either. But he eventually agreed and awaited one goat which Bartimaeus went and gathered.
  4. As Bartimaeus returned with the goat, Fugal clapped happily before walking up and slapping the goat unconscious so he could throw it over his shoulder. He then opened an urn he had hanging around his chest and scattered some kind of magical dust around him. He said he would return at dawn for the second goat then snapped his fingers and vanished in a flash.
5. The party then went back into the barn of the farmstead and slept the rest of the night.

March 21st, 2023

The Kazmidrax Incident

Varis decided to sleep in the tower mill by himself and woke up first as the first sunlight crawled into the mill windows. He made himself ready and got down the tower, meanwhile the other party members slowly began to wake up. Suddenly they heard the cries of the farmer as he noticed a goat was missing. Bartimaeus attempted to explain and calmed the man down who was getting angry over the fact that they had given away one of the goats they came to protect. He then informed the farmer that they were gonna take a second goat from him to which he got more angry over however Bartimaeus handed over a good amount of gold for the goats.
1. Meanwhile Varis and Aislinne stood near the wheat fields eager for the day's adventure. They could hear the farmer and his wife argue loudly in their house, suddenly they heard Fugal behind there as he appeared behind the mill. He was eager for his second goat and got ready to teleport everyone to his master. After Bartimaeus came with the second goat Fugal made a big circle of magical dust before snapping everyone to an unknown location. Somewhere in some woods they appeared before an overgrown cave entrance.
The party then followed Fugal into the cave, he waved over at a group of people and turned around to the party to tell them they don't talk much only for the party to see a group of miners that were completely frozen on the spot. Varis walked over and investigated the miners and the crystals they had mined. Majority of them were fine permafrost crystals while some stood out to Varis to be Frostbite gemstones which he had worked with before. Some of the miners depicted one dropping a gemstone which would have caused the group to be encased in permafrost.
1. Kiera and Amelia still were against this entire ordeal but everyone followed Fugal even as the cave got colder and colder. Eventually they reached a tight frost entrance at the end of the cave. Fugal woke up the goat and tapped it on the back to make it wander inside then looked at the party to tell them to head on in.
2. Amelia decided to wait out in the cave with Fugal while the others ventured into the ice covered cave system. Aislinne was so eager she began to call out in draconic as they walked through the cold tunnels while Kiera, still uneasy about it all, walked behind everyone unseen. Further into the frozen cave they found a small opening in the wall where they discovered two corpses, Bartimaeus took a closer look and removed a bag from one of them, finding some health potions and a ring with the Steinheart Bat sigil on it. They continued on and arrived at what appeared to be an underground lake, surrounded by floating ice and frozen walls. As they entered they spotted movement which quickly turned out to be a large white dragon sleeping on a frozen plateau.
3. Aislinne in her little size rushed up onto the ice plateau in front of the dragon's head and continued to call out. The dragon, Kazmidrax opened one of his eyes and locked in on her. Everyone else stood still as Kazmidrax began to rise from his sleep and he quickly showed everyone how he towered over everything in the frozen cave. Without hesitation he swiped his claws at Aislinne, tossing her off the ice plateau, causing Bartimaeus to rush over to her just as Kazmidrax extended his wings and roared.
4. Ice shattered around the cave and everyone but Aislinne was struck by fear. Everyone started to run back where they came from as Kazmidrax began to flap his wings. As everyone ran, Aislinne began to move towards the party but as she got to the edge of the icy lake Kazmidrax engulfed the area with his cold breath causing Aislinne to freeze completely. She fell onto the icy floor. Varis and Bartimaeus stopped before jumping into action to save their tabaxi friend. Varis managed to grab onto her frozen body and tossed her over to Bartimaeus who began to rush when he got his hands on her. As Kazmidrax roared and chased the others into the narrow tunnel, Amelia could hear the dragon's loud roars, she quickly shapeshifted and bolstered her own physical abilities to run super fast... and fast she went, out of the cave completely to safety.
5. The cave eventually became too narrow for Kazmidrax causing him to turn and rush around the cave to try and intercept them on the other end however just as he managed to get around the party had barely gotten through the icy corridor. They ran out of the cave and looked over Aislinne's body that was still lifeless and ice cold. Bartimaeus did a prayer and ceased her body from decay to give the party more time to come up with a plan to bring back their friend.

March 21st, 2023

The Hillburg Jailbreak Catastrophe

The party did not know where they were, after scouting about and finding a more used road they eventually found some signs to pinpoint where they were. They were not too far from Falktown but they were now somewhere between Whitechapel and Hillburg.
1. On the road they came across a fortified farm and a familiar merchant. Thomas Von Belthazar, still on the road trading and selling goods to all good folk. The party quickly asked if he had anything for their 'dead' friend but he quickly said he did not deal with the dead market. However he offered to sell some teleport scrolls for a good price to which Amelia bought, a group teleport and a single use. While they were chest deep with the merchant he pulled out other goods they might want. Varis bought some dwarven belt and Kiera a dark cape which also had the bat sigil embroidery on its collar.
The party also put forward together to buy two rough diamonds for a good price, knowing Mary had mentioned she needed some in case of dire situations. Thomas and Amelia began to discuss in whispers about her father and he repeated what she had heard about him having a price on his head. But also that he had become an honorary guest for Lady Steinheart. When she asked him about the manor she had been seeking he had only heard drunken stories about some overgrown manor near Bekvik matching the name she gave. Then they parted ways and the party decided to travel towards Hillburg to see if they could bring back Mary as they are in dire need of her skills as a cleric.
The party arrived in the little hamlet Hillburg and is met with wary eyes from the locals. Varis and Amelia ask a local about the Church presence and are directed to a large wooden fort across the river. And shown the local tavern where they first head to discuss what to do, they all had their own idea of what would be most effective and as they were sitting down Amelia walked out to take a more direct approach. She crossed the bridge and went up to the guards, one of them stopped her and she began asking about Mary and to speak with the Orc Beastbane who took her.
1. The soldier would pass on what she asked for and told her to wait which she did. Meanwhile Varis had found an old rugged ballista on a wooden platform which he began to mess around with.
2. Bartimaeus walked down to the river to pray as Amelia walked back across the bridge to look at what Varis was doing. Shortly thereafter they heard the heavy rumble of horse hooves from the fort before a small group of mounted Knights came rushing out from the fort, across the bridge and through Hillburg. Varis' sharp eye noticed Commander Summerwind in the lead of the group.
3. With the Commander away from the fort, Kiera had begun crossing the river and looked for a way over the tall walls. She found a window of opportunity and disguised herself as the Commander herself while keeping to the shadows and the blind spots of the guard. Eventually she reached the walls of one of the structures and began to climb towards an open window.
4. Meanwhile inside the structure, Mary sat in a small cell talking to herself and the nearby guard who tried not to say anything back. She had been visited by Captain Gutter who she had met before on the road, she was eager to figure out what the Lord Commander wanted from her however Mary did not know the answer to that. Gutter said she would figure it out before she left empty handed.
5. Shortly after she left Kiera came through the window and landed in one of the cells. As she tried to figure out what to do next, in came the large Orc, Beastbane and walked down the hall towards Mary's cell. He was too busy to notice Kiera in one of the cells, he looked at Mary and asked her the same thing Gutter did to which she could not answer.
6. Beastbane said he was in charge now while Commander Summerwind was away, he had looked through Mary's belongings and asked if what she was looking for was true. Mary insisted that it was to which Beastbane believed but still could not connect a reason for imprisonment. He then mentioned that one of Mary's friends was asking for her but he was not allowed to release her. He would speak with them but told Mary to wait for the Commander's return.
7. Then he left the cells, Kiera had overheard Mary's voice and knew she was in the right place. After some brief thinking she thought of a way to distract the soldier guarding the cells. She began to vomit and spit before falling over to have the guard come over, he looked at her and was rather annoyed that it happened on his watch. He opened the cell and looked around for what to do. Kiera managed to quietly remove a key ring from him before he left to find some help, during this brief window Kiera got up and walked over to Mary's cell to inform her the Party had come to get her out. However as time ran out he went back to his cell and laid down. The cell Guard came back with another Guard who was off duty. They discussed what to do and the off duty one told the other to toss the body into the river at night when no one was watching. The guard agreed and went back to their duties.
Meanwhile in Hillburg, Varis had armed the old ballista with a Molten Gemstone while Amelia was watching him. They then saw the fort gates open again and Beastbane had come out on the bridge. Amelia walked over and greeted him and asked about Mary to which he told her she was there and well but he could not let her leave. He told her to simply wait and she did not push further on the matter but thanked him for coming out to talk. Inside the cells Kiera made a note and managed to shoot it out the window and miraculously hit the wooden platform where Varis and Amelia stood.
1. Varis found the note and read it out loud telling not to fire to which Amelia misheard and fired the ballista. It went off and stuck the roof of the centre tower building inside the food, Kiera and Mary started to smell the smoke and feel the heat of the fire above their cell block.
2. The guards were running around trying to assess the situation, this created a window of opportunity for Kiera and Mary. Kiera got out of her cell and released Mary. Together they climbed out the window Kiera came in through, she disguised herself as a guard and held Mary close. Beastbane stood outside ordering guards around to bring water and saw Mary with the guard, telling her to stand still while they sorted the fire out. Kiera then managed to snuck into the side building to find Mary’s belongings; she found herself in the Commander’s personal quarters and began to look around. She ended up taking some papers before finding Mary’s bag. She went out and got Mary, suddenly they saw a colourful dust cloud fall over some of the guards who then began to scream and yell at random things in the fort. Some shouted at the fire as if it was alive. The guards were under some illusionary trick. Kiera and Mary together then managed to sneak out in the midst of the chaos inside the fort.
3. Amelia was the one who had fired one of her strange concoctions over the walls, she and Varis had shortly after ran into the woods where as Bartimaeus suddenly got out of his praying by the river. He snuck up behind the fort and got inside in the midst of all the chaos outside. He entered the commander’s quarters and looked around, with no word from the others thinking Mary was still somewhere in the fort and looked through all the rooms he came across. He broke into storage rooms and the commander's bedroom.
Meanwhile in Hillburg, some of the crazed guards had gone on a rampage on the civilians. Once Bartimaeus got out and across the river he and Kiera saw the massacre unfold. Kiera began to let some arrows loose on them while Bartimaeus walked up and stuck down some. Eventually everyone found one another on the road outside Hillburg.
1. Leaving a massacre behind they still had their dead friend with them, Mary quickly laid out the fact that there was nothing she could do in the state Aislinne was in. Suddenly then all felt a strong gust of wind behind them before a call scaly elf walked up towards the party, with a simple request that he would help bring their friend back and the party appeared split on the decision. Shortly thereafter they heard a firm voice from the other side of the road where three individuals appeared, three druids who warned them not to listen to the strange elf figure.
As the party was unsure what was going on, one of the druids walked up and cast something to reveal the elf’s true form which turned out to be a gargantuan elder wyvern. It quickly flew away disappointed while the druids looked over the party, their ‘leader’ was a heavily bearded goliath who offered to take Aislinne with them to bury.
The party first took her belongings before gently handing over her, one of the druids noticed one of Aislinne’s books and asked if she could see it. The Druids revealed they were heading in the direction of Windelcrest to seek an audience with the ancient dragons to find answers for why there is such disorder in the realm.
1. One of the Druids, Rayenne, asked to join the party in their adventure as part of their own pilgrimage and quest from her circle. The Goliath, named Tark, let her go with the party as they continued their own journey. The party moved into a glade and Rayenne put up her tents as everyone got ready for the night.

March 21st, 2023

The Bloodbath at Whitechapal

March 21st, 2023 May 4th, 2023

The Escape to Windelcrest

March 21st, 2023 May 4th, 2023

The Appeal to Oakheart

March 21st, 2023 May 4th, 2023

The Rescue Mission

The party arrived in Riverend via teleportation seconds after casting the spell.
1. They found themselves in a deserted inn, quick to act the party had Keira scout the outer area while Bartimaeus and Amelia searched the cellars, which were empty. Keira reported back after climbing the roof tops that there were Soldiers and Ogres everywhere, carrying the black banner of Redmond. She also reported that there were no towns people anywhere in the city. Eager to move forward the party moved from house to house, eventually spotting a lone soldier walking down the road.
2. Amelia subdued him and brought him to the party for questioning, making sure to keep him tied up. His name was Mark and was an ordinary soldier. He reported that Lord William Karlstain was being kept in his mansion by Lord Ivon Eisenhorn of Redmond while awaiting for Baron Rocks of Redmond to arrive.
  1. The party quickly devised a plan, take Marcus' armour to disguise themselves while also using a disguise self spell to assist in blending in. It worked for the most part until they were stopped by some High Guards who questioned them for a moment, upon revealing some false evidence the party were allowed to pass, until the High Guards were both slain by a Black Blade.
  2. The Black Blade belonged to a hooded man, wielding two identical swords and silver armour. The party identified him as a Silver Dominion Knight and he had already slain hundreds of Redmond soldiers. It lead to a dangerous battle, the hooded man appeared to have no face at times, smoke billowing from his armour. He eventually revealed wings and charged at Varis during the battle. It was long and ardous but eventually once the nature of the parties' disguise fell, the angelic hooded man attempted escape via teleportation scroll, which Varis counterspelled. In anger the Angel continued the fight and eventually was defeated, erupting into a light back into the heavens, he disappeared with no trace besides two white divine feathers.
The party continued, making their way to the guarded Karlstein estate. Amelia opted to be the distraction as the others sneaked around, charging into the camp in her beast form. Eventually the party was able to gain access to the estate and were greeted by several knights and Lord Ivon Eisenhorn who then fought. Compared to the Angel this fight was easier, Varis freezing the knights in place.
1. Eventually as they all fought a sound was heard from an adjacent room and Varis followed, discovered that a Dragonborn and a Woman were stepping into a teleportation circle. The Dragonborn was a man Varis had met before, Tyranoth Redgast the commander of the 13th Company, a secret traitor to the church and apparent ally of Varis who he called a Librarian.
After the Dragonborn and woman had left Varis returned to his party who had defeated Lord Eisenhorn but had left alive. After a short discussion it was revealed Karlstein had allied with Redmond and ordered his people to leave for Redmond lands, this was a ruse to lead the Silver Dominion astray. The party and Lord eventually discovered they were actually allies in the fight against the Silver Dominion and decided to unite their Barons against the Silver Dominion at a future date. With that the Lord left with his troops and Varis with his Party now known as the Travellers had an entire empty town to themselves, until the Dominion shows up.
After resting in the Lord's manor the party began to go through some buildings for possible supplies or interesting loot. Amelia ran through some homes and gathered some rations out of food that had been left behind, While she did that Bartimaeus went out to look for Archy who had been out and about in the city. He eventually came back after being called upon.
1. Amelia found herself in a ransacked magic shop, there she found some partchments and scrolls. Among them was a Scroll of Insightful Vision, she then noticed a door behind a shelf. On the shelf was a little note that said "Rufus is watching my stuff." She moved the shelf and forced her way through the door to find herself in a storage room. She quickly began go through some chest, she found a bunch of healing potions. On the second chest, when she tried to lockpick it, the chest morphed and revealed itself to be a mimic. Its mouth latched onto Amelia's hand. She had a moment of thought whether she could "keep" the mimic and hesitated attacking it. Eventually she did to get her hand out and morphed herself into her beast form. She quickly wrapped roped around the mimic to lock its chest form to keep it locked. She then dragged it out on the street where Bartimaeus was. Eventually Varis and Rey arrived and saw what Amelia was playing around with. She tried to test what the mimic ate with a corpse and a magical potion. The mimic ate both of them and lashed out at Amelia once more, this time latched onto her head. Kiera arrived seeing this and attacked the mimic right away while Varis opened fire at it. The mimic spit out Amelia's head and vomited out various trash and a leather bag it had eaten before. It then died. Varis was given the leather bag and within it was three covered scrolls. Scroll of Radiant Protection, Scroll of Frost Nova and Scroll of Trebuchet Strike.
2. The party gathered their things and decided to repair a wagon out of parts from other destroyed wagons and carts. They then left the city of Riverend just in time as they heard the horns of an incoming force on the other side of the city. The party headed south towards the Riverwoods in order to avoid the main roads where the Church would be able to see them.

March 21st, 2023 April 9th, 2023

Journey to the Riverwoods

The party travelled on the small roads and in the evening they found themselves on a quiet road and saw movement up ahead, it was shadows made from a campfire. By that fire they found an orc who had set up for the night, eventually the party and the orc recognized one another. It was Daviok Beastbane who had been on the road since Windelcrest. They ended up sharing campfire and settled for the night. Beastbane was asked to join the party for the time being and figued he had nothing better to do.
1. As night covered the sky, the party maintained their lookout while the rest slept. Varis at the end of his watch recieved a magical letter from his parents letting him know they had left the capital city of Rivermond to stay at his mother's sister outside of Seacliff in the Barony of Bellmond. Despite this he did not deture the task at hand. The night was generally uneventful and calm.
2. In the morning when everyone woke up they gathered their things and continued on the road south on their makeshift wagon. They didn't travel far before they came across a familiar Ogre on the road who was asking for gold in order to pass. Some of the party argued while Bartimaeus tried to reason but also fool the Ogre. Eventually the Ogre gave in and left rather annoyed.
3. Later along the road they came across what looked like a tavern, when they went in they saw that the place was unusually empty. It was only them and a tall lady behind a counter reading something. She greated them and asked them to take a seat before getting their orders. The party ventured inside and noticed that the tavern had several shelves covering the walls. Book upon books, Varis quickly began to shimmer through them while Amelia was convinced there was something shady going on and checked for traps. The tavern lady dropped some of the tea she was serving but the party helped out cleaning the mess.
4. As the lady of the tavern came back with their meals she told them that they were the first of the day and that she generally deal with regulars and some travellers. Despite this, Amelia was sure something was up.
5. Shortly thereafter Beastbane and Amelia went outside were they encountered two Dominion knights who came down the road. They asked who they were but Beastbane handled it while Amelia told them about the Ogre who was demanding gold from people. The Knights thanked them and rushed in the direction of the Ogre.
6. Inside the tavern the Varis had found some novels while everyone else was eating. The lady of the tavern, called Theresa Malina thanked them for their visit. Despite the little mess they made inside.
The party gathered up and continued down the road, all freshed up and having a day ahead of them.
1. It wasn't long before they came across what looked like a small mine entrance.
2. Some of the party wanted to check it out so they stopped, while some waited outside, Bartimaeus went inside with Keira. The mine was abandoned and the tunnels shafts were caved in. They found several pieces of Onyx gemstones inside but then suddenly the rocks began to move as a large stone elemental rose up infront of Bartimaeus, it then summoned two to more which flanked the party. One by one the others ran into help. The fight was rough but nothing the party hadn't dealt with before. The elementals were defeated and Varis managed to recover some elemental essence from one of the rocks.
3. They party left the mine without any major injuries and were able to spot the vast tree line of the Riverwoods in the distance. They hurried down the road and eventually began their entrance into the border of the Riverwoods.
As the party entered the Riverwoods it did not take long before they heard someone call out. It was a man calling out for his wife. The party investigated and found themselves infront of an old ruin covered in vegetation. The man was walking around it calling out and saw the party arrive, his wife and he was explorers. She had brought them to this place and now she was missing. In the middle of the ruin was a black stone circle that had been carved with abyssal symbols. The man told the party that his wife did that and the party realized the wife had defiled an old teleportation circle.
Varis felt his black sphere vibrate while on the circle and as he took it out the man pointed out that his wife had a similar one. The party all stepped onto the circle and Varis held his sphere out as it began to spin. The party was taken somewhere dark and cold. Following events: Intruding Nightmare
The party returned to the Riverwoods however this time they were not at the ruins but somewhere in the middle of the forest. They had stepped out of a Sungate.
1. As the party stepped towards the woods the trees began to move and out from the vegetation came various sized tree figures. In the midst of them all a tree man walked up with a large stone hammer. He gave everyone a look before landing his gaze upon Rayenne. He did not say anything, only gave them a "follow" nudge to which they did.
2. While following the tree man down a narrow path in the woods he asked Rayenne about her path as a Druid, questioning if she maintained her ways and if her loyalty lies with the woods. To which she claimed to be.
3. The tree man after being asked who he was simply said he was known by many names but referred himself as "Birch". He took the party deep within the woods to another ruin, before they were three stone corridors and he asked her to walk through them all to get tested. It was his way to put her path through a trial.
4. Bartimaeus walked over to a stone pillar and sat down, letting Rayenne handle her trial. Amelia also sat down and began to prepare her pipe for a smoke. Daviok was silently against all of this and kept to himself praying. Varis and Keira decided to join Rayenne.
  1. The first hallway took her to a chamber with some ancient trees, one of them morphed into what appeared to be a wooden wyvern. He spoke to Rayenne, asking why she had come to which she explained her situation. The tree spirit gave her a simple task, to plock one of the flowers near her and bring it to him. Rayenne had not forgotten her knowledge as a druid and knew it was not just any flower but a rare blossom. She refused the spirit's tasked to which it tried to rephrase it by saying it was sick and needed the flower. Rayenne stood her ground and refused to take the flower. The spirit simply gave her a nod of approval and returned to being a simple tree.
  2. The party went back through the hallway, the tree man saw them return and was slightly surprised but pleased. He gestured towards the other hallways to which they continued to go through. The second hallway took them to a small glade with a massive blue crystal in the middle with a stone altar infront of it with a small blue crystal on it. Next to the altar stood two strange creatures, with the body of what appeared to be lions and their heads were tree crowns. They stood still but slowly had their gaze towards Rayenne, the closer she got to the crystal the more powerful she felt. Physical power and her magical power. But the closer she got the more intense did the gaze from the creatures became. Despite the increase of power she felt she stepped back and did not take it. She did not give into the temptation. They went back through the hallway again to see the tree man who simply gave her a nod.
  3. The last hallway they walked through took them to a chamber of stone with three stone gates before them. They had druidic symbols on them; "Past", "Present" and "Future". As they walked up the ground erupted and out came tiny stone people. Among them was one little stone figure with a stone crown being carried by a group of stone people. He greeted Rayenne and vaguely informed her about what was before them. She walked up to the gate of the Past. She wanted to see what caused the current disorder between the dragons and wyverns. Varis tried to argue against that. As they did another stone figure appeared from the ground, this one had a stone hat and waddled over to Rayenne to get her a better understanding. He gestured to the gates, told her that she could choose to glimpse into one. She could ask for an answer to something that has happened, stay in the unknown, let fate play out, or ask for an answer to something that might happen in the future. After some thinking she decided to walked up to the gate of the Present. The stone people clapped before returning into the ground. The party went back through the hallway and the tree man gave a nod of approval before gesturing to them all to continue follow him.
The party ventured further into the forest until they found themselves in the center of a large circle of ruined pillars. The tree man walked up and began a summoning call, shortly thereafter three figures appeared before them all. A familiar face as Lupricall Maximus appeared walking up to the tree man and gave the party a nod. And then the strange Nadrivana arrived with her deepwood fairies, she immediately displayed her disliking of the party's presence. Lastly the large and magastic Aleyna appeared from the bushes, she greeted everyone telepathically. They all appeared to await for someone else who did not appear. Nadrivana did not waste any time waiting and left early. The party asked who they were missing and the "Birch" told them they were missing someone small and sometimes wise. Maximus chuckled and let the party know they hoped to see the druid known as Satix to appear. He summoned a little bird and whisper to it to fly to Satix homestead then asked the party to follow the bird.
1. The party followed the bird through the forest until they found themself outside of a hidden homestead, they walked up and noticed no one was home. They took a risk and walked inside to look around, they looked through the shelves and Varis looked through a book collection to find bunch of fanfic and "historical" account of Satix exploits the previous year. The others helped themselves to eat some vegan soup that was left while waiting for Satix to return home. Hours went by and it began to rain outside, shortly thereafter Satix returned home. Seeing the party in his home he quickly began to question who they were. They one by one introduced themselves and Satix informed them about himself and what he knew. The party told him that they were sent to find him by "Birch" and Maximus. Satix told them about the tribunal he was summoned to, he was aware of what it was about. It turns out it was to see if the Riverwoods would support the Barony of Bellmond in the wars to come.
2. As it was already late they settled in for the night but Satix stated first that he had his own trial for Rayenne then he jumped into bed. The party were left to ponder what that meant but settled in on the floor of the druid's homestead.
3. After resting at Satix's homestead the party was woken up and were taken outside where Satix teleported the party into a pocket dimension of the forest where he put them to the test against his magical powers. He turned into a large adult brass dragon. Bartimaeus and Daviok rushed the dragon while the others took cover as the dragon let out a loud roar which struck fear in Varis heart. Shaken by fear he tried to fire his handgun while the others attacked. Amelia transformed into her beast form and rushed up to bite down on the dragon's tail. The dragon then suddenly grew in size and sprew acid breath over half the party which caused Bartimaeus to fall unconscious but not for long as Varis healing sphere brought him back shortly thereafter. Rayenne blasted the dragon with her moonbeam before she decided to deploy her protective dome. Keira stood ontop of a pillar raining arrows upon the dragon and even pierced the eye of the dragon. The dragon then suddenly vanished and reappeared behind the party to spew arcane breath that slowed a number of the party. They were trying to rush into the dome as the dragon flew away to recharge its strength only to return in the form of a silver dragon. Majority of the party was protected within magical dome when Varis got the idea to dispel Satix magic after recalling the method he used to transform into a dragon. Before the dragon to swoop down and attack them Varis stepped out of the dome and dispelled the magic. A large magicl cloud surrounded the dragon and out came the little druid gnome Satix who was catching his breath but also clapped as the party bested his magical prowess.
4. Satix returned the party to his homestead where he began to give away tools and gifts from his old days of adventuring.
5. Before they were able to do anything else a forest troll had come to the homestead looking for Satix. Doma the forest troll was asking if Satix was ready to join the tribunal this day. He and the party told him to lead the way as they were ready to move on. Half the party walked through the woods with Doma while the other half turned into ravens and flew through the woods. Eventually everyone gathered up before walking onto the tribunal grounds where Lupricall, Birch, Aleyna and Nadrivana were waiting for them. While Lupricall and Brich welcomed Satix despite his delay Nadrivana was less than pleased and was less so after seeing the party again. Satix explained himself and told them he had put them through his own trial. He made it clear they made it and that they were worthy. To which Nadrivana was confused and annoyed as she informed Satix that the people of Bellmond had set up an encampment outside of the forest. She wanted to get rid of them while the others saw it as an opening to deliver their verdict. Satix put forward that the party should represent the Riverwoods to which Nadrivana disaproved of. While Lupricall agreed that they may be worthy he did not see them to be the key for solving this issue. Birch, now known as the Tree King walked up to Rayenne and handed her a Sacred Treaty of the Living Forests. Showing her that the forest is behind her while the party was unsure of what was going on.
6. After all was said and done Varis heard something in the bushes only to see that Archibald had made it back to the party. He was rough looking with twigs and leafs sticking out from his fur. Later Satix took the party back to their wagon and teleported them to the edge of the forest near the Bellmond encampment. Leaving the Riverwoods behind.

April 9th, 2023 June 18th, 2023

Navigating the barony of Bellmond

The party found themselves outside a military encampment belonging to the forces of Bellmond. They had been cutting down a handful of trees in order to fortify the encampment to which the party was told to bring up with the leader of the camp. When they approached the entrance they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp. The party quickly informed them that they were there to see the leader of the camp and that they were friends of Lucas Kardean, the Baron of Bellmond and Lord Forester. The guards hesitated at first but another soldier came up and recognized Daviok and Bartimaeus. However he did not make a scene and told the party to follow him into the camp.
1. They were taken to a large tent in within the encampment where they were let inside to meet some familiar faces. Inside they saw Isaac Forester standing at a table overlooking a map of Rivermond, accompanied by Jeremy Castle and Rosemond Wilds as well as a wolfman stranger. Isaac greeted the party and was happy to see the ones he recalled from previous meets however he noticed Daviok and questioned why he was there to which Varis said he was with them and Daviok kept his mouth shut while nodding. Rayenne brought up the concerns from the forest to which Isaac appeared unconcerned with however he stated he wouldn't cut down more trees.
2. Isaac warned them not to go to the city of Bellmond as members of the church and the Dominus Chain were there to go over the legality and ceremony of Lucas Kardean becoming the new Baron of Bellmond. The party took his advice and planned on going around towards Seacliff. They mentioned that they were aiming to reach Greenfield to which Isaac chuckled at as it was quite far away. Party asked Isaac to tell Lucas about their meet and wished for him to reach out to them. Isaac said that there was no chance Lucas would travel that far however he brought in Felisha Riverrun who was in the camp. She is the bodyguard of Lucas however she had been ordered to join Isaac to raise the encampment. She would be able to come travel to Greenfield after hearing from Lucas, it was revealed that the party had met her sister Alexandra Riverrun who is the fiancee of Nikolay Von Keiner of Falktown. As the plan was set Isaac had Jeremy gather some rations for the party for their journey.
It was still the middle of the day and the party decided to have a rest within the camp and found a free spot where they nodded off until night-time. As night had set in the party quietly left the encampment and began their journey across the barony southwards.
As they travelled along the road, Bartimaeus tried to keep an eye out for any trouble however his old eyes failed to notice a pair of eyes watching them. Keira however noticed them and told him to stop as she pulled an arrow at the ready. Out of the bushes a hunched over werewolf came out and slowly moved towards Bartimaeus' mount Snow. Varis took out "Marcus' Head" and used it to attempt communicate with the beast. Rayenne jumped off the wagon and approached the beast trying to talk to it, the part tossed rations at it to which it ignored at first but eventually it ate the rations Rayenne threw. The werewolf slowly backed off and the party carefully but quickly went passed the beast down the road only to spot a handful of other werewolves standing behind the bushes.
After evading the beasts they continued down the land and encountered a familiar face on the road. Thomas Von Belthazar was having a stop on the road towards Bellmond. He greeted the party and offered to showcase his wares to which some were open to trade.
1. He showed them various bottles and potions to which Varis wanted to check out the Booster Flask, however he took a sip from it right away and the effects of Haste took affect right away making everything slow down for him while he was hyperactive. Thomas was not happy and demanded Varis to paid for it, to which he eventually did. Keira bought Amulet of Runic Healing and Amulet of Manoeuvre from him. Rayenne traded the Amulet of Manouvre with Keira. Varis however did take a look at the Tonic of Resilience but did not buy it, he took note of what it was made of and gave the details to Amelia. Varis then wished to sell various gemstones he and the party was carrying around. He sold a handful of Onyx and Quartz which almost caused Thomas to spend all his own gold however he believe he could make a profit once he reach Bellmond.
2. The party noticed that his dog Ruthas was having a golden medal hanging from his collar. Turned out he won at the Top Hound Championship in Honeyfair.
The party carried on for the rest of the night without taking a rest and other a couple of hours they eventually found themselves outside of Seacliff. They reached an area of vineyards and along the road they saw an estate which had some make-shift defenses around its outer walls. Two guards stood ontop of the entrance to the estate, the party was tired and Bartimaeus greeted the guards. They asked who he was to which he said his real name, the guards whispered to one another before one of them asked "Bartameaus who?" to which he replied with a gibberish surname. The guards shrugged and wished him a good day before Bartimaeus continued on the road into Seacliff.
1. As the party wandered into Seacliff they decided to enter the Cliffside Bar where they ordered themselves a meal each. Daviok Beastbane took a stop at the blacksmith first. The rest found some free seats on the outside part overlooking the coast. When the food arrived they were given some alcohol-free cider but they asked for the expensive fine wine to which the bartender questioned at first. She would later return with a bottle of White Rose, a local wine made at a vinyard nearby. Once they had eaten they split to seek out a captain who could take them across the sea to Edgewater Port in the Barony of Greenfield.
2. Varis and Bartimaeus went to the blacksmith Garrett Morduk who let Varis work with his forge as it was a calm day with little work.
3. Amelia wandered the sights and spotted a tannery and bow shop where a man was overlooking his apprentice. Amelia got herself some regular arrows and asked to have some armor piercing arrows made for her. It would take him the day and told her to come back the next day. She also wished to have some of her clothes patched up.
4. Keira headed directly to the docks of Seacliff. There she saw several ships come in and out waving flags of the Khein Dynasty and Vache Kingdom. There was one smaller ship being docked however no people were seen around it. She tracked down the dock master and asked him to find someone who could take them across the sea to Edgewater Port. He informed her that most of the ships were going aborad however he pointed out the lone ship that if she was able to find the captain of it he might help if he could pay the dock master his fee. She told him to inform the captain that she looked for him.
5. Amelia continued through Seacliff and walked up to Inn where she saw two figures arguing. One of them walked off when she reached them, the other one, a large man with a mechanical cannon for an arm. It was hard to tell it he was a large man or an ogre. The large figure was called Renshaw and he was a Captain of a ship however he seemed hesitant about talking too much about it but he was up to sail to Edgewater Port. He was eager to know if she and her friends had gold for it to which Amelia reassured him that they did.
6. Rayenne and Daviok remained at the tavern enjoying their meals. When the tavern lady came by with the bill Daviok's jaw dropped however he paid up for everyone's meal.
7. The party them met up and decided to spend some hours in Seacliff. Keira sat down and read one of her books while Varis was allowed to work at the forge. Amelia wandered to the general store in Seacliff. she bought a handful of health potions and a Molten Gemstone which she later handed over to Varis at the forge. He then managed to struck some luck and crafted two bundles of Explosive Gem Arrow.
Later on the party ventured out of Seacliff to the vinyard just outside where they clarified who they were, the guards let them in and they were shown inside where they met Varis' mother Fabella Gemshard Brightheart along side her sister and Varis aunt Thessalia Gemshard who quickly walked up to inspect Varis' face and form before greeting them. She welcomed them to her vinyard and let Varis catch up with his mother. She quickly asked how he was doing and asked the others if they were well. She offered them food and tasked their house servant Emily to prepare something for them. Fabella then informed Varis that his father was resting upstairs, he and Bartimaeus walked up to meet him. There they saw a unknown man stand next to the bed doing something which Varis quickly interrupted. The man was startled and calmed down the moment Varis explained who he was, the man introduced himself as Tywill Diamon, the fiance ofThessalia Gemshard. He was new to Rivermond and its customs but he welcomed the Brighthearts and left them to talk to Laurence Brightheart. He was resting and Varis calmly woke him up to see his old father bedridden.
1. Laurence thought he had died at first but then was glad to see his son sooner than he had expected. Asking how he was and if he was in any danger. He then brought up the fact that Varis should look out for a possible wife, even mentioning his fellow companions. He said he had a binder somewhere then told Varis his mother have it. Varis and Bartimaeus noticed that the bed had a magical ward on it. Varis figured out it was some kind of Death Ward. They let him rest as they walked back down to meet the others.
2. While waiting for their meals some they went outside and some explored the vinyard. Varis and Amelia came across a large wooden barrel which Varis bet he could lift himself to which Amelia doubted. Varis walked up and two workers were confused as Varis tried to lift the cart with the barrel on it. It moved half an inch before he stopped as it was too heavy. They continued around the vinyard and eventually they noticed bad weather approaching and walked back to the main house.
3. As they all sat down and were ready for their meals, Emily came out from the kitchen with fresh meat pies for everyone and one special pie for Keira. As they enjoyed their meal the bad weather passed over the vinyard, dark clouds and thunder. Suddenly there was a series of knocks on the door to everyone's surprise, Thessalia came out asking if they heard a knock to which the party said yes then asked if she was expecting anyone. She wasnt and walked up to the door and opened up to see a long young man with a black leather coat standing there with a crooked smile. He greeted her and she quickly asked who he was to which he just asked if they would invite him. Bartimaeus suddenly sensed an undead presence outside the door, he grabbed Varis handgun and fired a shot without hesitation. The man took a step backwards as he realize he had been shot and began to bleed then fell back onto the ground as he began to bleed out.
4. Keira then rushed up after realizing herself what just happened. To everyone's surprise, from the dying man's shadow appeared another, more gaunt and slender man. He sighed and cursed at the party saying he really liked him and it will be hard to find another like him while not showing any care in trying to aid the bleeding man. Keira however ran out and used one of her health potions to heal the man, the wound closed up and the man stood up in shock after being shot. The other man who appeared from his shadow was still annoyed and cursed at the party. They asked who he was and he said he was there for Keira. She wandered off in anger and the man walked after her. He told her that his mother told him to inform her that Keira's father had indeed recieved her letter however he did not respond to it personally for unknown reasons. The man introduced himself as Krasmir Kisling of the Kisling bloodline. He said that Keira's father Jonathan Everron was sending people to rivermond. He was confused as to why but figured the little blood of him there is in her is enough to protect. Krasmir didn't care either way but simply obeyed his mother's orders to relay the message. He ended the conversation by asking if he was allowed to go after Bartimaeus or if it was pushing it.. Keira told him not to. The man simply nodded and called his human back to him, he called him Anton.
5. As they left and vanish into shadow and smoke. The party gathered their things, Keria went ahead of everyone and got herself a room at the Seacliff Inn. Varis was given the binder by his mother and promised he would look through it althought it was thicker than he expected. They then all went to the Inn and got themselves a room for the night. Which again Daviok Beastbane was left to pay for.

July 2nd, 2023 July 15th, 2023

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Campaign: Silver Dreams

The Quest for Rivermond

Campaign Premise

The Border Crossing

The Bellmond Plot

On The Road

Arrival at the Capital

The Stormwoods

Arrival at Falktown and Summerwind

The Ambush and Old Friend

The Kazmidrax Incident

The Hillburg Jailbreak Catastrophe

The Bloodbath at Whitechapal

The Escape to Windelcrest

The Appeal to Oakheart

The Rescue Mission

Journey to the Riverwoods

Navigating the barony of Bellmond

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