Chapter 5 - A Cult in Noke

General Summary

Travelling to the town of Noke, the party came down the forested roads, where they were stopped by forest bandits. Charles Mane convinced them to leave them alone with three gold. When the party arrived in Noke, they met a giggling old man named Gregor, and were bewildered by his strange attitude. He ascribed it to the sight of a woman in his dreams. The party thus entered the Restwell Inn, where the men of the town were partying and fighting. The innkeeper, Davorin, was annoyed by it all.
Aldric talked to a woman inside of the inn, named Ala. She was a beautiful blond woman in white clothes. As Aldric talked with her, she entranced him, and she stole the winterstone from him. Charles was also nearly enchanted while drinking vodka, but he resisted. Saphira used her skill in alchemy to run a drug test to ensure that Charles did not get his drink spiked. The drink was clean. The party decided to ask the guards what is going on in the town.
Going to the town hall, the party was stopped by two cultists, named Lubek and Alexi. Lubek talked with Charles Mane about the state of his soul. Charles mocked him, saying he did not believe in the gods. Lubek told him that death did not need to happen, that they could be in eternal pleasure under the Dark Lord. Aldric, being entranced by Ala, started to agree with the cultists and said he would go to their meeting. Once the cultists left, Charles, Saphira, and Aldric arrived to see a drunken Captain of the Guard, named Ziva. Ziva taunted them, and sided with Aldric that they should do as they please. Ziva and Aldric went to go back to the inn, while Charles and Saphira trailed them.
Aldric stopped by the town's well. The evil enchantress had him start to destroy it. Charles and Saphira found him doing it. Charles forcefully removed Aldric, and Ziva tried to kill Aldric. However, Saphira used her thaumaturgy to scare Ziva and Aldric, and they snapped to their senses. The enchantment lost hold. As Aldric started to repair the well from his tampering, Saphira began to place the pieces together: the manipulation of the towns men, a woman in their dreams, and the enchanting was the work of Cardia's fallen angels, the Succubi. Ziva was uncomfortable with the idea that a demon was controlling the town. The party thus decided they needed to stop Ala.
The party tried to sneak up on a cult meeting, where Lubek was leading some of the towns folk to summon another demon. Ala, in her demonic form, spotted the sneaking party, and ordered the cult to try and kill them. Saphira got into a battle with Lubek, while Charles and Aldric held off the cult townsfolk. Eventually, Saphira killed Lubek, which prompted Ala to take matters into her own hand. She enchanted Aldric and kissed him, causing Aldric to fall unconscious. Charles tried to stab the demon twice fold, injuring it with his magical blade, but the demonness also enchanted him and kissed him.
With the party down by two members, Saphira was left to deal with the demonness all by herself. Saphira called upon the powers of Cardia and began to blast the demonness with guiding bolts. The demonness attempted to attack Saphira, but the cleric resisted her charms and claws. Then, Saphira prayed to Cardia, asking the goddess to give her power to vanquish the fallen angel, and blasted Ala the Succubus with a second guiding bolt. The bolt of radiance tore the demonness into shreds, vanquishing her upon the mortal plane. The succubus dropped the winterstone, and Saphira healed her friends before they could die. With the stone back into their hands, the party realized this was not the end, as they found a note saying two more winterstones needed to be collected, one by a group of Orcs at Bytea.
Sapphira preformed the funeral rites of some of the dead peasants who got involved in the cults. Then, the party bought alchemical supplies, and headed out from Noke. The party would be stopped by a group of Orcs and a Half-Ogre. The party dealt with the threat swiftly, and rode on their ways toward the orc camp of Bytea.

Date (in world)

December 15th, 5699.

Report Date

14 Jun 2020

Lilith by IrenHorrors

Saphira knew the Succubi were the fallen angels of Cardia. They were lead by their demon queen, Lilith.

Player Characters

Charles Mane is a human fighter of noble birth, hailing from the Kingdom of Goth. However, because of his lazy lifestyle, his family hates him, including his scheming uncle. Now in his 50's, he is now on a quest for glory.

Saphira is a half-elf life cleric, devoted to the mercy of Cardia. She finds herself on a quest to help the people of Icenglav to extend care to those who seek it.

Aldric Gemcutter, a gnome artificer from Avenve, finds himself looking for new inventions and ideas. He now travels in Icenglav to discover new possibilities, and uncover the secrets hidden beneath the snow.