We dead!
* Lohengrin and Chosen try and figure out a plan
* Swagger and Titanius talk to the soul of Macreadus. He asks you to “fix the Summer Star” with the “third ring.”
* Macreadus’s amulet is an Amulet of Health that goes to Chosen
* Macreadus points out a spot for a ring that’s missing from the Summer Star
* Lohengrin attunes to the Summer Star and suddenly, the sky becomes lighter, a cool breeze blows through the windows, and Macreadus fades away while the rest of us are returned to our bodies.
* When we all come back, Lohengrin grabs us in a massive bear hug :)
* Lohengrin looks through Macreadus’ things and finds a deactivated homunculus: he was an arcanis
* Coldlight Walkers arrive and attack!
* Sous is blinded so many times that he falls off the balcony into the snow but the rest of the party does a great job and we win.
* The fishing goliath werebear, Oyaminartok “Oya” that the goliath, Kwan asked us to look for appears!
* She is a “Winter Walker.” A legend that Goliath's tell their kids: If you ever meet the winter walker, you can run or challenge her, she’ll test you and, if you succeed, you “win” a bite from her to become a werebear yourself.
* Oya came to meet Macreadus and is sad that he died.
* Sous tries to talk to her but she isn't interested.
* We long rest and head back to Bryn Shander thinking that their good weather is because of a similar amulet to the one we found. We want to try and prevent any attacks similar to what we experienced.
* One the way, Lohengrin messages Scramsax about why we’re headed back and ask him to meet us. There is no reply.
* We arrive at Bryn Shander to see the town is dark again and light is no longer above the city
* Entering the gate, we can see fire in the market place
* We go to drop off our cart at the tavern but find it locked
* Lohengrin runs up to Scramsax’s tower and finds he is there but unconscious in bed with his tavern guard tending to him. Lohengrin and Cloak heal him enough to keep him from dying. He says, “Get Mishan!” who we discover is in the same bad shape next door.
* We run to the next room and heal Mishan too. She tells us that “walkers” attacked the temple and it is gone now.
* We quickly run to the market to investigate the fire.
* Two people are being burned alive in the middle of the square! The sheriff is making a speech about the need to return to sacrificing people to “save the town.”
* Sous immediately tries to attack the sheriff but that does not go well.
* Swagger saves the druid from being burned alive but the commoner next to her succumbs to the flames.