Session 7: Crows, Spiders and Choices Report

General Summary

The lords of White Gold Hot Springs and companions having come face to face with the dangers surrounding the settlement felt that they needed to take action. They began by passing out equipment to some of the more skilled people that arrived and collected what they thought was needed to battle the Spider Fae of the Forest of Crows. Oddly they took one of the roosters with them and began the trip to the campsite that once was attacked by the spiders.
    After a long trip, the party set up an ambush at the campsite using the rooster as bait. Many hours into the day the parties watch noticed the spiders were moving into place. Without much time the rooster was attacked by them and the battle ensued. A fierce battle began and much of the spiders were destroyed and even the canopy was set ablaze by magic. Once the battle was done they took time to rest before the next leg of the trip.
    As the canopy's fire spread the party watched on not sure what to do about the fire they created. Yet thankfully help from the Sage of Underknoll arrived and summoned a storm to put out the fires before scolding them for allowing such a thing to happen. Once the troll left the campsite they began to pick up their equipment and leaving two guards to stay with the cart and donkey. 
    As they went deeper within the domain of the Spider Fae of the Forest of Crows the darkness slowly enveloped them. By this time they were relying on small oil lamps to light the way, yet the path twisted and turned as they tried to avoid cutting the webbing. The deeper they went in the harder it was to think that the spiders didn't know they were there, and yet nothing appeared to defend the nests. 
    As they traveled the domain they began to go uphill and beneath the feet of the group were bones of many crows and forest animals. Once they reached an opening to a clearing a glowing blue light appeared around the inside almost as if to welcome them. Moments later the brave group entered and began to talk to a disembodied voice who claimed to be the leader of the Spider Fae of the Forest of Crows. After being offered a chance to aline with them the group said they'd think about it. The voice said that it was going to send one of its kind with them as an ambassador of its people. Moments later a spider the size of a human hand appeared from one of the wholes on the floor and was picked up by Geoff Whalerman.
    Once the group arrived at the campsite again they spoke much about what to do and whom to trust. They had Geoff leave the area so they could speak with a crow to understand its side of the story. Soon after casting speak with animals the talks revealed much yet still offered questions about who or what the crows were. Yet they offered "shiny stuff" if they worked with them to remove the spiders from the forest. It was not until after they spoke with the spider that came with them that they learned that its name was Envoy. Not much else was learned and the group felt the need to see if anything was going on by casting detect good & evil. This revealed that all the crows and even the Envoy were faes in nature. Now the group was more paranoid than normal and set out to travel back home.

Rewards Granted

• Giant Spider Carcass
• Knowledge about the Spiders & Crows

Missions/Quests Completed

• Cleared out wayside campsite
• Sidekicks survived

Character(s) interacted with

• Theren Mooncairn 
• Lilac Silverfin 
• Luthor Falck 
• Sage of Underknoll 
• Hiar 'Ol' Chesapeake' Flemming 

Campaign

Charybdis & Scylla: Wonders of the New World

Protagonists

Aldric Merrion

Geoffrey Whalerman

Neutral Human (Fisher)
Fighter 3

28 / 28 HP

STR
16

DEX
12

CON
15

INT
8

WIS
14

CHA
10

Broderick Beauregard

True Neutral Human ()
Druid 3

24 / 24 HP

STR
10

DEX
14

CON
14

INT
12

WIS
16

CHA
8

Lord Darius Clay

Report Date

31 Jul 2021

Primary Location

Forest of Crows

Secondary Location

Spring Haven