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Session 5: Funeral Flames and Dark Secrets

General Summary

Summary

The party investigates mysterious deaths linked to necromantic magic while dealing with tensions from an approaching army. They attend Isben's funeral, learn crucial information from a Silvanesti elf, and conduct a risky infiltration of the mayor's house, where they uncover a necromancer’s lab and fight a flaming skull.  

Key Events

  • Torven updates the party on the city's plans to prepare boats for a potential evacuation.
  • The party suspects the attack will come from the north and prepares a boat as a backup escape plan.
  • Torven and Eldar investigate mysterious killings at a nearby farm and discover the same symptoms as before (red-shot eyes).
  • Eldar meets a Silvanesti elf maiden who gifts him spell scrolls and informs him of his upcoming wizard trials.
  • Isben’s funeral takes place, with notable attendees including Becklin and the magic shopkeeper. During the night, flames are seen coming from the north.
  • In the morning, five more bodies are found with the same symptoms as the previous murders.
  • The party investigates the mayor’s house, sneaks in, and finds a necromancer’s lab with notes on the flow of life and a chained ghoul.
  • They battle flaming skulls but fail to open a large chest.
  • Eldar learns that the mayor may have been working on a map of the soul.
 

NPCs Met

  • Guards updating Torven.
  • Silvanesti elf maiden (name?).
  • -Miles the fisher.
  • Becklin Uth Viharin.
  • Dwarf barkeeper (name?).
  • Magic shopkeeper.
  • Mayor’s maid Marta.
 

Locations Visited

  • Vogler.
  • Nearby farm (dog investigation).
  • Town square (funeral).
  • Mayor’s house (library, cellar with necromancer’s lab).
 

Quests and Objectives

  • Investigate the mysterious killings.
  • Prepare for a potential attack from the north.
  • Discover what is going on in the mayor's house.
 

Loot and Treasure

  • Case of spell scrolls (what spells?).
  • Special spell scroll for Eldar's wizard trials.
  • Magic book on conjuration (what spells or knowledge does it contain?).
  • Notes from the necromancer’s lab.
 

Combat Encounters

  • Fight with flaming skulls in the mayor’s cellar.
     
Report Date
15 Aug 2024
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