DW Sidequest 1: Great Old Ones

General Summary

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• First, Veridan decides to ditch the party
• He’s not a fan of all the violence and ‘shedding blood’
• Plus he didn’t like being accused as a double agent by Cassandra
• He cast an illusion spell and sneaked out in the middle of the night
• Left a note for the party to find
• Cassandra is royally pissed by the betrayal
• Vents and fumes all the way to Grendel
• Party arrives in Grendel, a small farming village on outskirts of Thork
• Cassandra has to meet with Characters agents to find new party member
• They find a replacement, but he’s a little on the weird side
• Goes by the name Wilbur Whately, very intense and creepy
• Amara has to go and help him at a Temple of Seevo in the mountains
• Why is it in the mountains?
• They’re suspicious of each other, but they agree to work together
• At Temple gate Amara finds an elven watchtower
• Guards are away, but they’ll arrive soon
• There’s a key to the temple in the watchtower
• Inside Wilbur and Amara find a desecrated temple
• Pews destroyed, statue of Seevo in ruins
• Wilbur senses magic, uses force hand to find secret door switch
• The two of them discover a secret passageway leading deep into the mountainside
• The walls are covered in ancient murals, abyssal writings
• It’s the story of the Ostry Apocalypse
• When monstrous deities invaded Ekal
• At the end of the tunnel the cavern opens into wide pool
• A giant tomb/statue of an aboleth looms over the pool
• Party investigates cavern, accidentally summons two chuuls
• But Wilbur speaks to them in abyssal to stop a fight
• The two chuuls are Dome and Helix
• They’re quite friendly, willing to talk about good old days during the Ostry Apocalypse
• They’re waiting for their ‘boss’ to wake back up
• Wilbur and Amara tell them about surface world
• Dome and Helix make them some musty tea, exchange gifts
• Amara is given some tablets to study Abyssal with
• Wilbur is given a paralysis wand
• Before they leave, Dome asks if they’ll take Helix with them
• Helix didn’t get to see much of world during the Apocalypse
• He only saw the defeats and retreats at the end
• Party is unsure, but they eventually agree
• Outside the two elven sentries are back at the watchtower
• They absolutely freak out when they see Helix
• The fight is nasty, brutish, and short
• Wilbur pushes one guard down mountainside with an eldritch blast
• Amara slices up the other guy real bad
• Helix finishes it off by eating the guard’s face
• In the end Wilbur sucks up the guard’s soul
• He gets valuable intel about Thork and fighting there
• Only a criminal can sneak inside
• On way back to Grendel Wilbur and Amara bond some more
• Turns out they both have monstrous patron deities
• And together they might just find a way to bring them back

Report Date

03 Nov 2019

Primary Location

Grendel