Riley Weltner
Riley Weltner
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Everybody’s always trying to get a leg up on somebody in Ereth.
One group’s con artist might be another’s revolutionary.
Or maybe you’re just in it for yourself.
In any case, characters with this background have a plan to hit the big time; all they need is audacity and a little time.
You have always had a way with people.
You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books.
It’s a useful talent, and one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage.
You know what people want and you deliver, or rather, you promise to deliver.
Common sense should steer people away from things that sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around.
The bottle of pink-colored liquid will surely cure that unseemly rash, this ointment — nothing more than a bit of fat with a sprinkle of silver dust — can restore youth and vigor, and there’s a bridge in the city that just happens to be for sale.
These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real deal.
CHARACTER FEATURE: HEART OF DARKNESS
Those who look into your eyes can see that you have faced unimaginable horror and that you are no stranger to darkness.
Though they might fear you, commoners will extend you every courtesy and do their utmost to help you.
Unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them, they will even take up arms to fight alongside you, should you find yourself facing an enemy alone.
Illness:
Riley has contracted BLIGHT after helping a group of slave prisoners escape a mine. He was bitten on the right forearm and the blight has extended up his arm to his neck.
The infection fills his veins and discolours his eyes to a yellowish colour instead of white.
Alignment
Chaotic Neutral
Age
29
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Blue
Hair
Black
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Tanned
Height
5'8
Weight
180lbs
The Journal Entry’s title
Was never a prisoner, didn't have a ring around his neck.
Got bitten by a demon dog. Arm got infected with blight.
Requires a reed of Dia Weed to help slow the blight infection. Must be from Warnora Wilds.
Party agrees to travel south to Westkeep.
Paid 1gp to the Guard for direction.
Paid 1gp to the bard to get info from the tavern.
Nannurluck - Terrible Bear to the north
Brown gelding horse called Eric
Attacked by Wildcats in the night.
Riding along side Sabrae's horse as they exceptionally unwell. Attempted to feed a goodberry and made it worse.
Approached the Avolire Fortress to seek passage and got denied.
Voted to continue along the river looking for the rapids crossing
Got to the rapids crossing, daisy chained each other to cross and led the horses across one by one. We lost one horse during the crossing.
Briana sustained a head wound during the crossing
Wild Shaped into a Panther to get over a ballisade wall to help infiltrate and steal Dia Weed.
Ended up pillaging an entire orc camp rather than fighting a Legendary Bear. One orc escaped.
Within the camp were prisoners we rescued and they have safely escorted us back across the river to Avolire Fortress where we have rested and eaten.
Brendyl casts the ritual to heal the blight and passes out from exhaustion after. The ritual is successful however the blight remains active within the group
Seven Gem stones of Arendiel from the silver spire to create the barrier. Azhug the orc scholar is hiring us to restore them.
Amethyst in the Lost Valley. South of the Lake
Nial - The Lion from Somewhere. Only eats meats. Summoned from a small statue. There are 20 to collect. They're summoned for 1 hour before returning to their original statue form and cannot be resummoned for a week.
Met a bounty hunter who had projected multiple versions of themselves threatening to kill Thraka and Briala. Upon Riley threatening to give them blight they figured we'd die anyways and left on their own accord.
Went to the 'Bottomless Couldron' in Windbrook and met the barkeep Deedra. Bo and Arch are questioning the barkeep about the fight that got them arrested. Arch pays for everyones food and gets charged double. The group starts to talk about themselves and their history. Beau and Arch talk about their families and being fighters and how they got arrested. Dharnok brings out the magic obsidian 8ball and asks it questions and continues to sit in silence. Riley explains he's seen some dark shit and doesn't want to get into it. Superheats Ilythyrria's cutlery as a retaliation. Sabrae explains that it's their fault Briala was in prison with her. Sabrae expresses that there are spirits around that tell her to do things. Briala was helping redistribute the wealth back to the victims. Thraka says he's chasing after his kids because someone killed his wife who was an elf. Worried his kids wont like him anymore. Briala was a slave who was bought as a child. Briala and her father stabbed a man and Briala attacked his son. Mansion got demolished while escaping. Stomped on the dudes eye.
Upon entering the barge again the group sees a new goliath on the boat called Darvia. She has a similar tattoo as Beau's tribe. She's heading south to get help from the Elves and Halflings since the humans aren't helping. Their lands have been taken over by a dragon called Galaint. Riley asks Daavia about the stones and blight. Daavia tells you that shes not heard of any gemstones matching your description but perhaps her chieftess would have an idea, if you were inclined to travel that far north. Galainth also has an immeasurable dragon hoard that may also contain such items.
Disembarked the barge into Silvermines and was met by a person named Earl with a strange accent, very friendly banter but too friendly. Heading to the "Bog and Willow" pub. Darkskinned man standing behind the bar. We entered in quite early. We asked about the National Spitting Comp. Men are sacrificed and found with "Big smiles and crushed pelvises. The witches take children and it's assumed their eaten for the witches to retain their youth. Witches live in the bog to the south.
Riley buys some armor from the dwarf in town and promises to return if it ever gets imbued with magical properties.
We leave the group and head towards The Lost Valley. The group arrives to a walled in stairs. We decide to set up camp.
We make our way up the stairs as it's been raining all night. Dharnock slips and takes out Sabrae and Thraka. Riley catches Sabrae, Arch catches Thraka and Beau catches Dharnock and does 12 points of damage before he tumbles the length of the stairs.
Sabrae, Riley, Briala, Ily, Thraka , Arch
Straight
Beau and Dharnok went left and a horrifying scream echoed from where they're from.
The group met back up, broke a shiny orb, took the shiny orb, met up with Beau and Dharnok who escaped their capturer by running and clotheslining them with the rope that bound them together. The group left the cave fleeing from a mimic into an open valley with dinosaur like creatures and a tribe of druids. The druids gave them a balm that let them withstand heat, They led them to an active volcano where there may be a stone the group requires.
The group enters the Lava Chamber and walk towards what appears to be the middle chamber.
There's a path that hugs one side of the volcano, there are other paths within sight but on the other side.
Ily rolls a stone under a slug hanging from the ceiling and it drops down onto it.
All 4 slugs are killed and the group moves on.
They fight 1 tentacle in a room of 5 "holes" and carefully move around the outside of the room.
After making it rain, Riley gets attacked by two dogs who've had their fire extinguished. Riley almost dies.
The group moves on after defeating the two dogs into another room with a woman hung in stasis with an Amethyst. We enter a room with 4x4 square with 6 stars. 9 Gems line down the side. A plaque stands infront saying "Brave warriors met their demise fortold, their secret kept shall yet unfold, if crowns placed correctly on the shrine, celestial beds for four of nine.".
Floor:
3123
XOOX 3
OOOX 2
OXOO 3
OXXO 1
The group solved a puzzle and released the girl from the stasis when Ily took the amulet off her. Immediately the entrance was collapsed by rock and a magma creature has spawned.
While fighting the fire elemental an earth elemental spawns. Through fighting, grappling, and sending the monsters away the group successfully defeats them, swinging across the lava gap using a whip and a tied rope.
Running through the valley as the volcano errupts. Riley takes empathetic damage as he hears all the animals dying around him. This could have lasting effects.
The group makes it back to Silvermines and gives the unconscious girl to Byrnhilda to try to restores. They all long rest in the Inn while spells are cast by Ily and Brynhilda to try to restore the girl to a conscious state.
Briala and Sabrae go to see the frog to deliver mushrooms collected while the rest of the group has breakfast at the inn.
Brynhilda knows approximate Pearl, Sapphire, Opal and Emerald locations. The pearl may be somewhere in the Isles of Cormonbo, The sapphire may be somewhere in the dragon galainth, The opal may be hidden within the Red Delves to the west, possibly in the lowest region known as the abyss, the emerald may be within the Jungles of Kith to the east south east.
Thraka and Briala both received notes that made them stressed and angry.
An ear arrives inside a pie and Briala leaves in a hurry followed by Dharnok, thraka, sabrea, illy.
The Party returned to Dromadale and headed to the blacksmith to collect their smithed goods.
Riley heads to a magic store and trades 2 magic beans for a book of exotic beasts and a scroll of leomunds tiny hut.
Riley then catches up to the party at the teple of the light.
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