Session 2 - Into the Shade Report
General Summary
17th of Elouhine 1298 PS - 20th of Elouhine 1298 PS
The Landing
The party arrived at Grim Landingat the beginning of their journey into the Dead Lands.
They said their goodbyes to their friend Quipper who departed on the Luciana, a small sailing ship, heading through Rökkurveldi territory.
Quickly, the party found a tavern to recruit a guide through the Dead Lands, as they discovered it would be a near impossibility to do so without one.
The Strangers
Going to the Butcher's Apron, the party met Darby, the bartender and owner of the tavern, who informed them of some things going on south of Grim. Among these were an increase in Vampires this far north.
After a bribe, Darby pointed the party to a prodigious ranger named Yia that they could hire as a guide for their journey south.
Yia agreed to take the group as far south as Boneveil for 300gp and a promise to stay out of trouble. They also gave the expectation of stopping in the town of Grave Hill.
Greylyn had a brief encounter with an unknown blood sister of hers, who informed her that Myalo would be notified of her arrival.
Yia followed this Drow vampire to a small house on the outskirts of town where they witnessed them turn into mist and pass through the towns outer walls, as well as the exsanguinated corpses of four people from the town. Yia burnt the house down and told no one.
The Roadside
On their first day of travel, they found a gruesome site of an attack on a group of travelers on the side of the road.
They found there was evidence of missing bodies and several assailants.
The only remaining corpse was found as only a torso and appeared to carry some sort of disease. The entirety of the body was eventually found, though it was in pieces and appeared to have been dismembered by a large serrated blade.
The Butchers
On their second day of travel, the party came across a small homestead that had been obviously abandoned or raided. In their brief investigation of the buildings, they were attacked by brutish men and a large half-ogre.
During this fight, they realized that this group's weapons matched the wounds of the body found the day before and that they likely killed the townsfolk. Three of these butchers, including the leader, were felled, two escaped with orders to go to their headquarters, and two were captured despite their efforts to be slain instead.
Greylyn single-handedly killed two of these enemies, decapitating each, and quickly discovered a hunger and impulse that she had not felt in some time had returned.
After securing the remaining two butchers, Cina witnessed Greylyn giving into the Hunger atop one of these corpses, discovering a side to her friend that she had not seen before.
This group of travelers now looks upon those they slayed, those they captured, and those they fought beside and decide what is to come next.
Cinamon Hadalia
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Report Date
07 Feb 2023
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