Session 15: Reviving James Report

General Summary

Our heroes started the session returning to Norcastle from the escapades near Greenmill, to revive their friend, James. Orion is stopped at the gates and quizzed by Egoron Lantaththar, while the rest of the gang head in to learn of the debt they need to pay. The procedure to bring James back will cost 1,250gp. Eek.
Contemplating their options in the foyer, they meet back up with Orion, who's in the middle of casting detect magic or something probably. Thalia approaches them and requests the lantern, they hand it over after some chatter, then a small halfling boy asks if they're happy with a portrait of Maku-Maku to hang up on the wall. Reggie wants to add a tail.
From here they head to talk to Lanstone Gringk to ask for another loan. Hank does most of the talking, and he bestows a new quest upon them to pay the debt: learn about the rips in the world, learn about the monsters, find out where they're coming from, and also kill them (that's an official contract). Our heroes agree and head off with a pouch of coin to heal James. An hour later, and the half-orc lives! Albeit entirely knackered.
Back to the full compliment, they start grilling Farrell about The Tainted, who doesn't know too much. He tells them that some guys came that were working for The Benefactor, but they were weird. He also says some guys went south to Cliffbeach to meet some shipment that came in by... ship.
Annoyed and tired of his lack of knowledge, our heroes had a thirst. So they headed to the library! Only it's not a library, it's a dingy basement room with rows and rows of scrolls, and a little old lady running it. Each of them seek out their own particular knowledge and spend the next day researching, helping, reading and thinking.
The next day they swing by the quest board and pick up a new quest to save a little girl at the graveyard. That afternoon, the party head out to finish off a cheeky quest before bed.
Down at the graveyard Freddie tells them of some guys that tried bribing him, then threatening him, then just broke into a crypt. He told the guards but no one did anything about it. Our heroes head down into the crypt where four guys in robes are stood around a little girl clutching a doll. After some threatening (in initiative) the little girl freaks and twists James' arm around and hits him with some force. FIGHT! This goes on for a while, the girl kicking off and the robed guys fighting with their bare fists. What's this all about!? The little girl is close to death after some war hammers to the face, and tries to flee. Some clever use of space and line of sight finishes her off, as her body transforms into some weird blue thing - a doppleganger!
After the fight the PCs fetch Freddie to join them, as one of the monk fellas comes round. He's quizzed for a bit and claims that the girl took over his mind and pleads innocence. Some scouting around reveals the crypt to contain the bones, flesh and rotten body parts of many, many children. Yuk.
We leave our heroes at dusk on the 5th of Hirudo, deciding how to alert the guards and get their reward at the same time.

Rewards Granted

No rewards have been given yet, except knowledge.
The next session will likely start with the handing out of rewards.

Missions/Quests Completed

• Our heroes complete the contract given to them by Thalia and retrieve the lantern.
• The Emerald Straws are on Rank 2!
• Thalia gives The Emerald Straws a new contract to find if there was a pair to the lantern
• Lanstone gave our heroes a new contract too, to find and destroy the foul beasts that pour from the rips in the world. He also gave them a secondary quest, which will pay off their debt for James' life, to learn any information they can about these rips.
• James learns where his dad is!
• And our heroes take out a quest to save a little girl, which is almost completed.

Character(s) interacted with

Our heroes met with Thalia Oloren again, and also spent some more time with Lanstone Gringk. They also crossed paths with Big Freddie again.

Created Content

Spells an Tha' The Five Rings of The Diamond Sun Jamven Battlebeard Gwenniss Hormand Lanstone Gringk Farrell

Campaign

Guardians of the Last Age

Protagonists

James Grom Jr.

Joe Smith

Reginald Jones

Hank Strongsoul

Report Date

01 May 2020

Primary Location

Norcastle