This Mr. Hat is not as strong. (AC is lowered from 16 to 14)
Mr Hat has Vulnerability 1 to Radiant
“This is only temporary. I will be back eventually. If you can only send me to Hell, I will see you there. I’ll be watching you from Hell as you’re all reaped like corn. They’re coming, and you can’t stop them!” - Mr. Hat
Garruk unlocks the cages and the kids are now free.
The person that Mr. Hat had possessed in the cave was Rikkon’s brother.
Inside one of the caves was a desk and bed with 2 journals. 1 written in a kid’s handwriting, 1 written in an adult’s handwriting. The adult’s journal gave more details on the ritual that he was trying to complete. The child’s journal was Rikkon’s brother writing about being trapped in the cave and missing Rikkon.
Contrary to lesser daemons, it seems Mr. Hat was not serving anyone but himself. It does not seem like he has any other affiliations with higher evils. Seems he was trying to get a more permanent physical body on this realm.
The party gets back to town and it seems they had a rough night.
The townspeople gathered the children into one place protected by the parents. After the sun went down, an eerie melody played through the air and they sang the Mr Hat song and pulled out knives they had on them and started attacking the adults. They did have a bit of unnatural strength about them, but they are children, so the guards were able to restrain them and put them in a room. The kids tried to get out, when they seemed they were almost able to bust out, they stopped.
Only 2 casualties.
The doctor did die.
After a long day and a good meal. The party looks around the table at each other and suddenly all feel inexplicably tired, perhaps this past week catching up to them. They all decide to call it a night and go to their respective rooms and don't even remember falling asleep.
You each awaken after what feels like forever and just a moment a the same time. You are in a place that doesn't seem real, like a dream but you're awake. You look around and see this is an empty place, like a void of sky and nothing. It feels strange but not evil. You look back across a place you swear you just looked at and there was nothing there but now you all see each other, something makes you feel like there is no need to speak. A moment later the empty place begins to shift and swirl. Filling the space with a new image...
"The final calamity is upon us. Travel across the land to places lost and obtain the forgotten artifacts. Darkness shall fall on the people and test their souls. When the night seems darkest, always remember even the smallest light shines through. Find the Church of God in Eden but beware the King of Blood as he rises. Close the doors to Hell to bring salvation. Whatever you do, don't..."
Then the vision starts to flicker and fade and the party members awaken in their rooms. Unlike a fading dream, they remember everything they heard and saw very vividly. The party members have never heard the voice in their life, but they still feel like they know them.
The group gets to the Governor's office.
The Governor gives the party 25 gp for the work they did.
He got a messenger hawk from Joan’Stella saying that the new permanent priest is on his way. The group decides to wait with Silas to accompany him back to Joan’Stella.
Vinny explains he was part of an experiment done on lycanthropy that gave him the lycanthrope curse.
Jaya explains she was captive of a vampire for years as a kid and fed upon giving her blood magic.