Session Notes

Its the year 3057

Session: 1

The Party made it to Tristen's Rest where they met the Traveling Travesty Acting Company (TTAC) and their new member Harmony, a pink Tiefling girl. They went around doing some shopping and investigating, since the fish were rapidly dying in some of the lakes in this town. Some fishermen informed them that there was a small island in one of the lakes where a hag seemed to live. After a quick trip to the local bathhouse the all made it to the Southern Market to enjoy the 8pm show of the TTAC. Afterwards they went back to the Crooked Crown Inn, where Val enjoyed a lovely evening with Iatris.

Session: 2

The TTAC departed from Tristen´s Rest and shortly after Lady Bethed showed up at our inn. Zeph delivered a letter to her, which mentioned the death of the Ladys brother over in Kyra and that now her 7year old niece is on the throne. She introduced us to Tatsia, a halforc woman, with whom we investigated the sick lake. We set out to the little lake Invi, where we fought a green hag and learned about the witchling child which is the source of the sicknes. We went back to our inn and said goodbye to Tatsia.

Session: 3

We met Féin Tlech in our inn. She seemed to be looking for a halforc named Zereg. We then went out to do a bit of shoping and also to visit the Temple of Bahamud. There we asked for Dav, a boy the party had met before and were looking for. Dav was apparently taken to Northhall. We further investigated the town and found a shop where a warlock worked and gave us some tarot readings. Later we saw a group of children and found out thats Hannah, an 8 year old human girl, was indeed the witchling child we were looking for. We accidently ended up in prison, where we got asked about ascosiations with the fishermen. The group talked a lot with each other in our cells. Lady Bethed later got us out and we went back to our inn.

Session: 4

In the morning we met Fio, a pastel Tiefling boy who seemed a bit lost. They were talking to a halforc named Olf, who had been robbed. We investigated said robbed flat above an inn and had a look-around. One object that had been stolen was a pyramid paper-weight made out of jade. Olf´s brother Erc later joined us and we quickly learned that they weren´t as friendly as they had seemed to be. We fought them and Nilah almost died. Ups.

Session: 5

After the fight we went outside and got some guards. Outside we met a halfelv named Pip and we all went back to our inn. The next morning we went looking for the warlock but he had already left with his child. We did a bit of shopping and walking through the city before Pip and Fio had to say goodbye. Soon we would meet up with Lady Bethed.

Session: 6

After doing even more shopping (were we really that loaded back then?) we went to the castle to meet the queen and her consort. Queen Morag told us about the Devorus Family taking over the throne over in Kyra. We made plans to travel to Northhal next and went back to our inn. We found out that the paperweight can reveal hidden messages when used with a light source. A letter we found turned out to be a sketch of a big construction of a large crossbow-warmachine. We further went through the bag of holding we found on Ulf and found some stuff.

Session: 7

While Val had a date night with a guy called Adis, we prepared us to depart from Tisten´s Rest soon. We got some horses, rations, maps,ect. Before Nilah and Harmony went off to take a bath.

Session: 8

We started our journey in the morning and quickly got into the bog. During a long rest, Val saw an explosion in the  distance. The next morning we further followed the road and found a broken tower. While Harmony stayed outside, the rest went up to investigate. Up ther they found a corpse, a burned book and an Orb ™, which they put into a lead box before taking it with them.

Sesssion: 9

We soon arrived in Elenbach, which was currently preparing for the Winterfest. We stayed in the drunken mountain goat inn and brought the hoses to the townsguard. Back at the inn we all tried out some magical drinks, which some handled better then others.

Session: 10

We departed from our inn in the morning, everyone having a headache from the evening. We travelled through the mountains, sneaking around some giants, big cats and dwarfs. We took a rest before we continued to the mountain entrance. We solved the entrance riddle and entered the Unterdark. We laid down to rest but Nilah woke us up after only a few hours. She had noticed a strange shadow.

Session: 11

The shadow turned out to be a little drow girl called Izz´ria. Val decided to go with her to find some mushrooms and we followed them after they did not return for a while. We found them on the bottom of a cliff and after climbing down we got attacked by hobgoblins. Izzi was a great help in that fight. We found a boat at a small river and used it for further travel to Micartel. Arriving there we found ourself in a big cave with crystals everywhere and surrounded by guards. Izz´riia was gone.

Session: 12

We were greeted by guards with spears pointing at us before the Mistress of Anvryárett invited us over to her place. On our way there we saw a bi9g crystal statue of Lolth. We learned a bit about the drow here and the conflict between Dyrgan and Micartel. After that we were told that we were not allowed to leave the house and should wait for our trial. So we played some truth or dare. Later Harmony decided to give the pyramid and letter to the Mistress out of fear it could be held against them in a trial.

Session: 13

We went out and checked the library for books about Lolth and Izzi, who apparently had trained to become a shadow blade and died a few years ago. Then all of a sudden we noticed the lead box in our bag getting hot. Thinking it’s a bomb we put it down on the ground, flet the house and ran into Izzi. We followed her into an alley where she changed form and turned into Lolth. After a talk we exchanged friendship bracelets and Lolth gave Val a kiss. She disappeared into the darkness and we noticed the box had followed us. We started to run but couldn´t get rid of it. A lot of running later we decided to open it and Harmony took the Orb™ out. When she touched it, it showed a hologram of her twin sister screaming in pain.

Session: 14

After she put down the Orb™, the others also touched it. Their “visions” though were moving and showing different stuff. We rested a bit and then continued our way to Dyrgan. We disguised and muted Nilah, just to be safe since she was no longer welcome here. We headed to the exit but found out that it was only open from 2pm-4pm, so we would have to come back the next day. We got us some rooms at the Steinbruch inn. Féin and Harmony headed out and checked out some tattoo shops before heading back to the inn and falling asleep.

Session: 15

We muted Nilah again and checked out her old home. There we saw two dwarfs secretly embrace, one blonde and the other looking like Nilah. They turned out to be Nilah´s older brother and his lover. We managed to leave Dyrgan that day and played hot potato with the Orb™ all the way to Northhal. When we arrived there we settled in the Screaming Sealion Inn.

Session: 16

Walking around Northhal we ended up at the pier. On the way there we found some wanted posters of  Val and got rid of them. At the pier we met Mercury Nimble and his flying ship the Everheart. We helped him find some crew and we found them an inn.

Session: 17

After some testing we found out that the visions of the Orb™ were happening in real time. We also found out that the guy who was following Val, a guy called Mortimer, had followed her all the way here to Northhal. Still we attended the carnival, though a bit more careful. We headed to the tend of the TTAC but found nobody there. So we enjoyed ourself a bit until Val followed Mochi into an alley and was grabbed to the side.

Session: 18

It turned out to be Iatriss who pulled Val aside for a talk. While she went on a little date, the rest of us went into a mirror maze. There we got a glimpse of Mortimer and followed him out. We made it back to the tend and Harmony enjoyed a little family reunion.

Session: 19

The TTAC performed a show about the colonization and about the origin of the rifts. During that show Mortimer spotted Zeph in the crowd and started to follow her. Thankfully with some help of Marlowe she was able to successfully hide and Mortimer left again. We headed back to the tend and ate some dinner. Harmony went with Marlowe and the others to the Wonderland Residence while the others stayed in the tend till the next morning, where we then went back to the Everheart and flying away.

Session: 20

We fly around for quite some time and after Zeph slightly offended the captain she was send into timeout. We had some lunch and after more travelling we got stuck in a giant tree in the sky.

Session: 21

The tree we were stuck in was part of an island flying in the sky. In total there were 9 islands, called the Aerule Islands. Since our ship took some damage we climbed down the tree and began to explore. Everything here seems verry big. We find a house on the island we were on, which was inhabited by a sky giant couple named Cyfus and Elfia, together with their cat Mr. Wobbels. After they thankfully did not crush us, we headed to the flying stairs (where Nilah almost died again). Arriving on the biggest island we found a guarded Bell tree and an old giant lady named Maibeth. She offered to give us some wood for repairments if we would help to bring back her missing teaspoon.

Session: 22

With some help of Féin and her bird summoning powers, we made it to a magpie nest, where we found the spoon and other loot. But the birds of course came back and we just managed to escape in time through a crack in the wall. Making our way through said crack, we soon found a big gave with an underground lake and roots hanging from the sky. Féin and Nilah drank some of the water and also took some with them. We crawled up the roots and delivered the spoon to Maibeth. We took a bath and opened a wooden doll for funsies and released something (*this action will have consequences*). Then we went to bed.

Session: 23

We departed in the morning and everyone except Féin and Nilah had forgotten everything that happened. Though they did remember after they also drank some of the magical water. Féin had some private time with crow on top of the balloon and a few days later we arrived in Arcvale. There we were taken to stay with some friends of Mercury, Victor Flaming and Octavius York.

Session: 24

Arriving at their place we put our stuff down and prepared to stay here for a while. We made an appointment at the Archive of the academy for 11am the following day to do some research. The group, minus Féin;  went exploring the city and met up with an old friend of Nilah, Cadoc. We furthermore discovered the Hyacinth music bar and the after dark inn, where they were doing underground bawls.

Session: 25

After some more shopping we found Féin drunk on a roof. She had planed to leave the group and the city behind but couldn´t bring herself to go through with her plans. She revealed to us that her name was actually Shaz and that she was a changeling. She had been held in the Magebreaker in the free Citys after being wrongfully convicted for child traffic. After a good talk, some tea and more alcohol we headed to the fightclub.

Session: 26

Fightclub time! And the birth of O.R.B.

Session: 27

After winning we noticed a suspicious looking elf named Tesoda with Crow, who later went to a hotel called Roses & Lillys. The group headed back to Octavius and Victor to treat their wounds before heading out again. We did some more shopping before passing the Hyacinth. There Harmony saw a familiar looking figure and headed inside, the others followed quickly. There it was revealed that the musician Melech, who was Harmonys biological father, was actually the Lord of Hell Asmodeus. Offering to help her find her sister, she made a pact with him.

Session: 28

When the party left the bar, they noticed that quite a few hours had passed. We did a quick trip to the city hall, got scared off by bureaucracy and left again. The next morning we headed to our archive appointment and did some research.

Session: 29

We learned lots of stuff that day. About the locations of the rifts, about those 5 magical objects, about Henry Horatios Nimble and that Dav was now here in Arcvale with his older brother Senetor Magebridge. We go back to the apartment and plan a trip to the zoo for the next day (Note: the writer oft these notes still has PTSD from that trip. Thanks :D ) Heading to said zoo they quickly learn of a breach in the dinosaur area. 7 Velociraptors and a T-Rex had escaped. They found us before we could find them and a fight started. During that fight Harmony did some miscalculations can quickly fell unconscious thanks to her wounds. When the T-Rex tried to step on her, a ring of fire appeared around her and saved her from this mortal blow. Still it was not enough and she died due to her wounds. Thankfully Zeph was able to safe her life, though it would come at a great cost later. The group went back to the apartment to recover from this trip.

Session: 30

While asleep, Zeph was visited by a servant of the raven queen and had to make a choice about what to sacrifice for restoring Harmony´s life. She choosed to give up her powers that were granted to her by Valkur. Later the group went to the graveyard to talk to some priests of the raven queen, but didn´t learn anything new there. We go to Mercury and plan on leaving in the evening of the next day, planning to take Dav with us. We all go to a spa to get some much deserved rest and a little makeover. Then we headed back to the Hyacinth to see Melech´s show.

Session: 31

Arriving at the club we were only few between all the groupies there. We enjoyed the show and Harmony even did a little number together with her father. When all the fans had left we settled down and ate some dinner together. We learned some more about the magical objects and about Ralishaz. When Asmodeus tried to check out Val´s “possession”, he couldn´t get through and was pushed back by some kind of energy. When we arrived back home we send out a message to Dav, informing him about our rescue plan.

Session: 32

The next day we go to the parliament house and do some scouting. And since O.R.B. is O.R.B. they spend a whole session overthinking everything before just getting a scroll of teleportation.

Session: 33

Shaz was able to recue Dav and we fly away in our escape ship. We can only enjoy a few moments of peace before we get hunted by 6 guards on flying griffins. We successfully fight them but notice that something seems to have changed.

Session: 34

We find ourself in a forest co9vered in mist and we quickly figure out that we must have gone through one of the rifts. We rest a bit before flying to the ground with help of the griffins. The trees here are gigantic and old, animals that we spot seemed to have an unnatural glow and the fruits are very big. We notice that the forest is changing around us and after almost losing our way we decided to fly up to our ship again. Up there we were shocked to see that the ship was gone. We headed down again and were found by a fair looking humanoid.

Session: 35

The man turned out to be a fey and shortly after showing himself, more fey appeared. They tell us that we are currently in the boundless forest and that they would take us to the Citadel. We start going there but have to do a nights rest before getting there. In the night Val gets entranced by some willow lights but we can stop her just in time.

Session: 36

After more walking we arrive at the shore of the mirror lake. From here we could see the magical barrier over the citadel in the middle of the lake. Seeing a once in a lifetime chance, we decided to do some skinny dipping. After drying off, we walk across the glass bridge over to the citadel. The whole city is covered in crystals and we are lead to the main hall to meet the queen of the seelie court. It turns out that Arothas his her son and that today is her 500 year anniversary of her reign. We freshen up, get some fancy clothes and join her party. After some eating and dancing Harmony sings a little song for the queen. Shortly after that, the news goes around that we are under attack and that Arothas has been kidnaped.

Session: 37

We head to the warroom for some planning and the queen askes us to go out and look for her son together with Theylan. We follow the tracks to a swamp where we encountered some Dryads and a tree spirit, though we could thankfully find a peaceful solution. The tree reveals a dark portal behind them and lets us pass through it and we find ourself in the unseelie court.

Session: 38

We find a path and follow it. We take a short rest and then continue our way until Val sees some tracks on the ground leading away from the path. The trees here move away and open a new path for us, which we follow till we find a cave. Though we put up some watches, nobody but Val could resist the urge to fall asleep. She meets a little girl in the dark called Sylra, who later leads us to her hometown. There we meet Arothas again together with his lover Vethoras, a fey from the unseelie court. They invite us for diner.

Session: 39

We make some plans to help them escape together and plan on taking them with us on the airship. When we all head to bed, we all woke up to a shared dream directed by the archfey Fenmarel, the lady of the hunt. She gives us some challenges to master. As a reward she puts some spell on Mochi and our bird now can go spectral. We wake up and enjoy some Breakfast before heading back to the seelie court and to the hiding spot of our ship. We manage to escape the guards and quickly fly off again through the rift and back into our world. Thankfully only a week has passed in the Feywild and we are now 2 days away from Cinderfell.

Session: 40

We make our way to Cinderfell and say goodbye to our feybuddies. We got some donuts and head to Nilah´s shop where her assistant Mal had some trouble keeping up with the business. We learn of a blond dwarf named Goriak Garlynd and his elf boyfriend who are looking for Nilah. After some exploring we go back to the shop and met Goriak there. Turns out he is an old childhood friend of Nilah who she has forgotten, like she has forgotten a lot. Apparently Nilah´s mother and stepdad overthrew her father and were now mining magical crystals to build war machines. They currently have a contract with Millian Telryatt. Nilah´s lost memories are bound to Khari´s death and revival, since she also has no memories of her former friend and lover. Goriak tells us that Khari is constantly surrounded by henchmen of Nilah´s stepdad.

Session: 41

After getting more donuts we prepare for departure and soon leave after that. It takes us 2 weeks of travel to reach the free cities and we head for Osnaril. Arriving there we quickly loose hight and begin to sink. Managing to land the Everheart in the water, we see some boats approaching us.

Session: 42

The boats stop next to us and some guards, 4 genasi and 1 dwarf, come on board. The leader of the guards is the dwarfen woman Commander Tora Gemstone. Together we head to the mainland and already notice some things. There are flying carpets in the sky, magic is freely practised here and black seems to be the trend colour of the century. We step into a flying carriage taking us to the city centre for our registration. After some waiting time we get individually questioned. Everything goes well except for Harmony, who gets some magic binding bracelets. Afterwards we headed to the whispering Glory inn to finish our registration. We do notice a pale elvish looking man following us and we head into a side alley with him. Turns out he is a vampire boi named Nicolei, who offers to free Harmony of her bracelets if she would meet him at the Theatre of forgotten Dreams at 10pm. After that encounter we check out some magic stores and learn of the children book series about Shaz the Shadeless. We the headed back to the inn and wait till nightfall.

Session: 43

Going downstairs we find Tora again and have some dinner with her. She is giving Zeph some heart eyes, but Zeph does not notice. She invites us over to her house for tomorrow 2pm. After dinner we head to the theatre. (insert 1 painful hour of a bunch of dumbasses to stupid to figure out the “riddle” to get to the vampires. We are really sorry DM) After just asking the people behind the counter, we are lead downstairs to a smaller underground theatre. This place turns out to be a vampire lair and we get introduced to Raphael, the leader of the vampires here. He has a quick talk with Shaz while Harmony gets her bracelets removed. When we wanted to leave, a big rumble went through the ground and everything was shaking. A vampire lady named Claudine ran over to Raphael and whispered something to him. The only thing we could hear was “dragon”.

Session: 44

We escaped through some tunnels and ended up in Below Town. The people there though seemed quite obvious to the danger up on the surface. The shaking around us got stronger and we got the people to go further under the ground to safety. While Sha, Val and Nilah went ahead, Zeph and Harmony stayed behind to save an old woman out of a collapsed building. When they tried to catch up with the rest of the group, they noticed that the others had not waited for them. They had decided to spend the waiting time at a casino where Shaz heard a familiar voice.

Session: 45

After some trouble, the group managed to get reunited again. Since Zeph´s purse had been stolen, we went looking for it and found a trail of coins. The trail lead us into a room with a big fountain in it and a taxidermy cat on the brim. It didn´t take long before we noticed that we had been locked in. We went exploring and found quite a few rooms. We found a hallway that lead to a library and another hallway full of jars that attacked us. Making it through that second one, we ended up in a kitchen that wasn´t any less dangerous. And then the roasted pig attacked.

Session: 46

After fighting the pig, we entered a room full of bookshelves. After solving the riddle in that room by placing different animals on the shelves, we got teleported into a different room. There were 4 doors there, one in each direction though the east and south one were locked. In the north room was a fountain with a glowing crystal in it and the room to the west was a bathroom. In the bathroom was another door with a sign saying “Show me only light”.

Session: 47

After covering up the words “Show me only” the door opened. We entered a room with a few instruments lying around and another closed door with a sad mask above it. An awful joke ala Val was able to turn that frown around and the door opened. Behind it laid a room with a pool of lava from which a demon lady roose up. A fight started but was resolved by Harmony´s political engagement. The Demon (name Megara) left a key which then opened the next door before disappearing. The next room was completely filled with lava and only a few objects swimming around. Nilah took a quick dip into the lava bath after getting dropped by Shaz´ tentacle (what an interesting sentence…) but survived. We made it through a room and fell trough darkness into a circular room filled with some water and a door in the ground. We headed down there and ended up in another hallway. Again there were 5 doors and the door in the south was filled with a big kraken. We took a nap there.

Session: 48

We woke up and checked out  the other doors. The two east ones were locked by an eagle and lion indentation, the west one was a room filled with blue light that showed one a different version of your life. The we found the key for the north room where everything was gigantic. Thanks to some teleportation dust we managed to get some items and a key stone from this room and teleported back to the hallway. We now could open the east doors. The left of them opened to a feywild room with a pond in the middle (the kraken was released to find freedom here) and the right one lead through a long dark hallway. It lead to a room with red glowing eyes that turned out to be two beholder beasts fused together. It was a hard fight that Shaz paid with her life. It was time to struck a deal with the raven queen.

Session: 49

We promised the Raven Queen our eternal service to become her guardians. We returned to our reality and checked out the guy in the cage that was with us in the room. His name is Morpeus Pendragon (former Mydun the Silent Scholar) and he teleported us to his office filled with stained glass windows depicting dragons. We talked a lot and later laid down to rest.