Session 1: Arrival in Blasingdell, Rats

General Summary

What happened?
Following instruction to travel to Blasingdell, the party arrive in the village square and are greeted by Theli Merrow , owner of The Windy Goat Tavern . With promise of food and drink, our heroes share with each other the common reason that they have made their journey.
Commotion heralds a mortally wounded giant rat, which bursts from the kitchen and dies at their feet.
Theli's son, Jess, went down to the cellar a while ago and hasn't returned. Theli begs the party to help.
Upon climbing down the dark stone stairs, the party discover giant rats, which are quickly dealt with, and a broken trapdoor leading to stone stairs below.
**Party moved to Level 2**
A cracked ladder leads down into a cavernous chamber formed from worked and natural stone. Giant piles of rotted wood, mud, bones, and refuse lie on the uneven floor. Some of the bones look humanoid. Wind blows through cracks in the walls leading to a narrow passage east.
The party successfully sneak past the rats using a scented diversion.
An altar of a horned bestial god kneels in front of a sacrificial pit leading deep into the ground below. Four more bestial-headed statues stand in alcoves along the natural rock walls.
The cult fanatic and one cultist for each character currently pray to the prince of beasts here. They have bound, gagged and murdered Morgant Knifekin who has double-crossed the cultists too many times. Our heroes battle the group and are successful, though gravely injured.
**Party moved to Level 3**
Secrets discovered

The rats in the cellar have mutated. They’re far more dangerous than normal rats.

The inn and the hill upon which it sits is perhaps more than a thousand years old.

Old caves exist beneath the inn.

A tribe of cannibals once worshipped the bestial demon prince Baphomet deep in the caves.

Baphomet’s curse has mutated many beasts in the lands as it has the rats underneath the inn.

Rewards Granted

• a shiny silver bell
• a vial of quicksilver
• a brass ring
• a lock of golden hair
• 23 gold pieces
• 18 copper pieces
• the breastplate for Krod
• the jewelled long sword for Killian
• the fine quality boots for Dolen

Report Date

13 Sep 2023

Primary Location

The Windy Goat Tavern

Secondary Location

Blasingdell

Related Characters

• Dolen Feredir
• Killian Hawkins
• Krod
• Theli Merrow