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Wed 8th Jun 2022 01:31

Session 41 - Frozen Dassen

by Jack

The Protectors of the Pass saved a group of people fleeing a centipede monster. This monster was covered in thick plating and wreathed in flame, and seemed to not be chasing and killing the people for food, but for sport. The Protectors dealt with this fearsome foe, saving the lives of nearly all the fleeing people.
 
Continuing on their way, the Protectors were snagged by something frozen in the ice - the dead bodies of a courier from Lady Dene, and his two guards. The guards had crossbow bolts sticking out of their backs, and the courier had been hung, their bodies placed into the river and frozen in place to cover the murder. Following tracks, the party came upon a halfling caravan beset by five human soldiers. The soldiers were tossing the caravan, looking for and eventually finding a young woman. The soldiers were clearly intent on killing this woman, so the Protectors jumped in, and Jack magically incapacitated the brutes.
 
With everyone calmed down, the brutes, halflings, and young woman all explained the situation - some by blade, some by poison, King Steppengard's family had been assassinated. What's more, each of their hearts had been removed, presumable to stop resurrection magic. It was assumed the only reason Steppengard himself survived was because he had stepped out, responding to a noble who was complaining about a Ragesian ambassador. By the time he returned to the banquet hall, he had avoided the poisoning. However, King Steppengard could have been protected by the Book of Eight Lands, a magical tome that recorded the genealogies of the leaders of Dassen's lands and protected them from poisoning.
 
In the wake, all those fleeing the capital Bresk were considered conspirators with the assassin, and were being rounded up by vengeful soldiers under Steppengard's orders. This young woman was one of those fleeing. The halflings shared that she paid them 100 gold pieces to be smuggled out of the city.
 
Attempting to alleviate tensions, Bryn cast Zone of Truth on all the gathered people, and the young woman (introducing herself as Hethal Bekoff) admitted that she had nothing to do with the assassination, but that her boyfriend had been arrested under similar suspicions. The soldiers (introducing themselves as "The Talon") also admitted they had killed the courier in an act of vengeance, and intended to do the same to Hethel.
 
Taking Hethel with them and sending the soldiers on their way, the Protectors of the Pass continued their trek to Bresk. What awaited them was a kingdom holding back the tide of Ragesia, on the verge of civil war.

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  1. Session 2 - Deception in the Depository
    New Year's Day, 5754
  2. Session 1 - A Very Warm Greetings
  3. Session 3 - Mercy and Fireballs
  4. Session 4 - Rats, Badgers, and Imps
  5. Session 5 - Leaving Town
  6. Session 6 - Magic, Money, and Mages
  7. Session 7 - Pursuers
  8. Session 8 - Ceasefire before Forest Fire
  9. Session 9 - Snatch and Scourge
  10. Session 10 - Into the Inferno
  11. Session 11 - Devil in the Fire
  12. Session 12 - Indomitability
  13. Session 13 - Burning Questions
  14. Session 14 - A Hot Deal
  15. Session 15 - Games by Firelight
  16. Session 16 - A Little Illumination
  17. Session 17 - Sacrifice of the Seela
  18. Session 18 - The Hag and the Dryad
  19. Session 19 - Protectors of the Seela
  20. Session 20 - Cold After Warm
  21. Session 21 - Springs, Sorcerers, and Sphinxes
  22. Session 22 - Bar Games and Warships
  23. Session 23 - Arrival at Seaquen
  24. Session 24 - Deception at South Harbor
  25. Session 25 - The Headmaster
  26. Session 26 - Truth and Fire Rats
  27. Session 27 - The Wayfarers
  28. Session 28 - Gators in the Mist
  29. Episode 29 - Swamps and Mires
  30. Session 30 - Denizens of South Harbor
  31. Session 31 - Politics and Pilfering
  32. Session 32 - Badgers and a Dragon
  33. Session 33 - The Storm Breaks
  34. Session 34 - The Sunken Prison
  35. Session 35 - Tide of Bone
  36. Session 36 - The Red Room
  37. Session 37 - Bottom of the Prison
  38. Session 38 - He Who Controls The Storm
  39. Session 39 - After the Storm
  40. Session 40 - Leaving Seaquen
  41. Session 41 - Frozen Dassen
  42. Session 42 - Many Threads
  43. Session 43 - The King of Dassen
  44. Session 44 - Enemies of the State
  45. Session 45 - Keep to the Shadows
  46. Session 46 - Gallo's Fend
  47. Session 47 - Escape or Die
  48. Session 48 - The Alydi Gap
  49. Session 49 - Fighting Uphill
  50. Session 50 - King of the Hill
  51. Session 51 - Reunited
  52. Session 52 - Lord, Lady, and Mother
  53. Session 52 - The Battle Approaches
  54. Session 53 - Thravanvost
  55. Session 54 - The Battle of Otharil Vale, Part 1
  56. Session 55 - The Battle of Otharil Vale, Part 2
  57. Episode 56 - Return to Bresk
  58. Episode 57 - The King's Festival
  59. Episode 59 - Familiar Faces
  60. Session 60 - Madness Revealed
  61. Session 61 - Many From One
  62. Session 62 - Fiery Arrival
  63. Session 63 - They Have the High Ground
  64. Session 64 - The Quiet Town of Eresh
  65. Session 65 - Balance

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