Haunting of Blackrot Session 4
General Summary
Our Party
| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Abbott | Warlock |
| Clovis | Fighter |
| Henrietta | Blood Hunter |
| Yohgrï | Cleric |
A Dream in Lumencroft!
We begin about to depart for Divinterre. All the gear is packed and it’s time to leave such a squalid place behind. With your best foot forward, the party journeys onward. It’s about half a mile in that things get complicated with a misty fog obscuring everything.
It becomes hard to see at first traversing this nuisance for weather. For ahead is a massive light up ahead. Getting closer, it begins to disperse into many smaller lights. Once the fog disperses, it becomes clear that you see the front gates to a beautiful sprawling city wide open. At the entrance is a human male with a checkered blazer and trousers with a round wicker hat introducing other clusters of people.
“Ladies and gentlemen, gather around! I welcome you all to Lumencroft for a wondrous tour of the best city ever built! Please! Come on in!”
The party mysteriously winds up in the City of Lumencroft. Under the supervision of Reginald Reeves, the Head of Recreation in City Council, the party is toured around. Starting with the Market District, they went into Fudger’s Cafe. Here, they tried Spark Lark Tarts, Dover’s Delight coffee, Chocolate Rush Brownies, and Joyden Creamers!
After that, the party was then brought to the Promenade Plaza. Reginald allowed the party to enjoy games such as croquet and a simple picnic in the park, on their own. Despite Henrietta making her unease known about the city, Abbott rode on the trolley and honked the horn as it passed by the park.
As the sun set, the bell tower chimed the hour. It was time to depart from a day’s worth of fun. As they left, they first heard two singers, a man and woman, singing them farewell before being overshadowed by a chorus.
The woman, “We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when.”
The man, “But I know we’ll meet again, some sunny day.”
Eventually, they’re overshadowed by a whole chorus of voices saying farewell to you all leaving the city.
Back in Reality
Divinterre
The party woke up back in Divinterre. After such a strange occurrence, they marched their way back to the Cidrefils Tavern. The supplies were delivered to Radovan and he payed them the 25 gold each and gave them half of the supplies of cider bottles. They then purchased healing potions and healing kits from him.
During this time, Clovis was shown how to recharge his handaxe from the Forester.
Once they left, Cardinal Couteau summoned the party to Notre Majeste. He questioned their input about what they saw in Portogne. They left the matter about the book discreet. Satisfied with his line of questioning, he let the party go.
Baldacci
There is a terrible smell of sweat as you approach the unfinished wooden gates of the village. It’s more like a wooden fence than an actual barrier. You can easily see much of the shelter here is either makeshift log homes, massive wagons, or sprawling tents.
Coming from within the settlement are violins, actually. Their somber tunes ring out into the air with each pained draw of the string.
The party entered the village and met with Doge Cipriani. After being asked about any troubles he’s had with the Divinters, he explained that their Lieutenant Valerian is responsible for the cold murder of Morono, a simple commoner. He knows Morono laid out a curse but was too far away to hear about it trying to keep others safe. He believes it was kidnapping attempts with their cathedral’s empty jail cells.
As discussion went on, Clovis listened in on conversations, and discovered that unrest had developed with the Venezians about Adamari Milento’s execution at the hands of the Misty Rider. A group went out to protest against the Cardinal to voice their disgust with such an action.
Back to Divinterre
Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once!
As the party was heading back, Ezmerelda reached the party first while invisible. She had a conversation with Captain Havre about what is going to occur next and only unsettling news had been made. Cardinal Couteau made mention to Havre that he has plans to stomp out the Venezians in Baldacci. The specifics of those plans are still in the woodworks. She insists that she and the party return to Divinterre and discuss with Havre about what to do to keep not just Venezians safe, but also the whole region.
Rewards Granted
- 25 gold per character
Missions/Quests Completed
- Returned the crates to Radovan
- Investigated Baldacci
Character(s) interacted with
- Radovan Yaroslava
- Doge Cipriani
- Ezmerelda D’Avenir
