Session IV Part 2: On the Road (again!) Report

General Summary

Premise

Alice Blackhawk, Jack Springer, Korrina Spiros, Cassius Montassar, Grunk, and Kyros are making their way to Acum, heading north from Cynhall toward Raunium.  

Session Events

After leaving the man selling wares on the side of the road, the party continues on toward their destination. As the sun begins to set beyond the treeline, Kyros notices some rustling in the nearby bushes. As she turns to point it out to Alice, the group is attacked by two normal wolves, as well as a noticeably larger, more ferocious wolf. Over the course of the fight, both Kyros and Grunk sustain injuries from the larger wolf, Grunk gets mad and makes the immediate area uncomfortably hot, and Alice shows off her fire punches.   After the battle, the large wolf morphs back into its original form: that of a middle-aged, plain-looking woman. Her green eyes were open and still had a ferocious, manic look to them; other than that, many of her features were indistinguishable, much of her body covered in burns. Alice and Kyros perform a small ceremony, burying the woman that they killed. Grunk unknowingly also participates.   When this was finished, the party pulled off the road to set up camp for the night. Alice takes the first watch; she's joined by Grunk, who stays up to tend to his wounds. Alice then goes to sleep, leaving Grunk to take the next watch. However, neither Cassius or Jack are woken up to take a watch. Instead...   Come morning, Alice awakens after a rather...strange night. She turns to notice that Kyros is not in his bed roll, nor does he seem to be in camp at all. After a quick investigation, Alice follows signs of...something: matted grass, as well as broken twigs and branches. Eventually, she comes upon a small clearing, where the brush and plants have been torn up and destroyed. She finds Kyros, lying face-down. Even in this position, she notices the alarming amount of blood on his hands as well as in the immediate area. Alice approaches Kyros, flipping him over. Doing so causes his mask to fall off, revealing an ombre black and white face, and blood covering his mouth. Moving him also reveals the carcasses of several small animals, including rabbits and birds. Alice spends some time cleaning Kyros off and replacing his mask on his face.   When Kyros returns to consciousness, he's filled with panic and confusion; he has no memories of the previous night after going to bed. Alice does her best to calm him, confessing to him that she saw him without his mask. Kyros urges her to forget it, and eventually they make their way back to camp.   When they arrive, Alice hears noise coming from the south. Telling Kyros to stay at camp, Alice investigates the noise. She comes upon Grunk in a patch of woods destroyed in a similar way to the one she found Kyros. Grunk was standing before her, his hands and face covered in blood, the carcass of a large buck at his feet. Similarly to Kyros, Grunk also has no memories of how he had gotten there. He last remembers Alice going to bed   Eventually, the two make their way back to camp, where the party prepares for the coming day.