Session 7

General Summary

The party went back to the abandoned inn. After a short rest, the kidnapped Torga awakes. Lilla searches Torga’s carriage and finds the following: wood, blankets, wine, cask of cheap ale, fake medicine, and two thin vials containing green liquid, which Lilla recognises to be rat poison. Also, a locked iron strongbox was there - Torga screams at Lilla to keep away from that, but with no use. Lilla opens the srongbox, which contains valuables: 92 GP, 75 SP, 125 CP, and a greenish stone (worth ca. 100 GP), the latter is taken by Lilla. Whilst Drift is hearing that the residents of the city are not happy that a party of strangers orchestrated a massacre in the town hall and kidnapped or even killed Torga, a well-known merchant, thus Drift decides to keep a watch on the door. Ra’eb searches the body of the guard, who was killed before - he does not have the piercing blue eyes anymore. Ra’eb only finds a sword made of ice. While looking through the blankets, a dead body is revealed! Party starts to question Torga, who reveals that he killed this half-elf as a bounty-hunter - a bounty of 125 GP was set by mayor of Bryn Shander. Torga however does not know who and why his bodyguard had killed. The bodyguard was a strange guy with extremely high cold tolerance, most probably he was somehow connected to Auril. The party leaves Torga to Caer-Dineval. The found body and a casket of wine is taken along.   The party travels to Bryn Shander, which should take around 3 days. On the evening of day 1, the party sees two yetis in the distance and decide to take a longer route - just in case, bad memories.. Ra’eb turns himself into a big cat and checks out the yetis - luckily they are preparing for sleep, same does the party then. After a long rest, all party members get to level 4! The rest of the two days go smoothly.   At the gates of Bryn Shander the party asks about the bounty and shows the dead body. Unfortunately this body matches none of the descriptions of people on the bounty list of Bryn Shander, however it gets a match from Luskan’s list. The party agrees to give the body away here in Bryn Shander for 100 GP (kept by Lilla). The party goes to the bar and notices Hlin, who is surrounded by a bunch of people. Myrryn gets excited about a fish on the wall. Lilla and Eramus go to talk with Hlin and let him know that the problem has been solved, Hlin gives a reward of 100 GP. However, Hlin has a new problem to be solved - the four people he is talking to are hearing strange voices, which all say: “Nautiloid down. Emergency protocols enabled. Crew safe, but vessel imperiled. Psi crystal needed. Come at once.” They hear this voice from the same direction and draw a map. Later the party splits. Lilla goes on to buy herbs with 150 GP to make healing potions. She then revisits the dead glass-blower’s wife and gives her 50 GP for the glass and usage of glass workshop. The rest are on the path to get some information about weird things. Ra’eb finds out that something extraterrestrial is occurring in the Thermaline mine, something related to telepathy. Falorin is told that purple people with tentacles exist and that somebody saw a comet falling from the sky, approximately to the same location as was previously drawn on the map. Eramus hears that there are gems inside some ancient creatures.   After meeting up and exchanging the information, the party decides to visit the location where the comet had landed. After some rest, the party sets on. A blizzard hits and the group gets divided. First group is Ra’eb, Drift and Falorin and they seem to be 2-3 hours ahead of the second group, where Lilla and Myrryn are. The girls luckily find Eramus quickly as well. Group one continues to move towards the comet landing spot and when resting, Ra’eb makes a fire. This helps to connect the party again. After a long rest, the party continues their path. After a while, the party notices a huge crustacean - exactly where the comet supposedly landed. Probably this creature is the comet people saw. When getting closer, the party is attacked by giant parasites. The fight is long and hard with some party members being paralyzed for periods. Everyone is alive, except the four giant parasites, so all ends well!