Kingdom on the Brink - Session 41
General Summary
The party collects their supplies and begin to leave Strongfare Merrigold shadows the party and just before the party leaves she makes herself known by standing next to Duromar. Duromar draws his Rapier and points it at Merrigold and demands why she is following them; she states that at least a few of them are pretty famous heroes of the area and asked the party for help. Her wife has been taken and would like the party to help her in this task and in exchange she would help the party. The party asks what she has to offer and Uriel gives her a training sword and starts a sparring session with her, Merrigold uses her battlemaster abilities to goad and get behind Uriel and stays in his shadow. This impresses the party and she joins the group and they begin to head towards the Druebar border. The party continues on the path when they find they're blocked by a War Priest, Champion, Assassin, and Alchemical Archer. Rosemary embolden bonded the party and moved forward, the War Priest moves forward and casts spirit guardians, Uriel casts hold person which paralyzes the assassin and War Priest. The Alchemical Archer attempts to shoot Merrigold but all the arrows are dodged, Duromar casts circle of death which severely weaken the bandits. Merrigold closes in on the Champion and lands several sword strikes Merrigold and Gareth closes in on the War Priest and critically hits him several times due to the paralysis. The Champion quickly heals and hits Merrigold several times with his Greatsword and the Alchemical Archer hits Gareth with an explosive arrow. Uriel strikes the Assassin and smites him and uses his spiritual weapon to attack the War Priest, Duromar speeds past the group and charges the Alchemical Archer and Rosemary hits the Champion with a guiding bolt. The Champion continues to attack Merrigold (She goaded him) and the Alchemical Archer steps away from Duromar (provoking an attack of opportunity) and launches a concussion arrow at Uriel (taking away half his health). Gareth and Merrigold finish off the Assassin and Rosemary kills the War Priest, Uriel pays the archer back with several smites and Duromar lands the final blow, the party closes in on the Champion and strike him down. The party heals up and loots the bodies, finding 1000 GP and that the bandits had ties to the Lagoon Port shipping guild.
The party continues on when they are blocked by another group, some of the group realizes they are Fey. The Fey Ambassador steps forward and tells the group they can leave; they are only interested in Del Varis. The party asks why they want to take Del Varis and on whose authority, The Fey says the Queen of Night and Magic is the authority. The party responds that these are Bralorian lands under the authority of king Bronsom Hotham and the Fey have already overstepped their boundary being here, the Fey Ambassador responds they haven't stepped far enough since Del Varis is still here, they move in to engage. Duromar casts haste and moves up, the Fey Ambassador motions to the Abjurer and tells them to deal with Duromar. The Abjurer moves up and casts dispel magic on Duromar, who attempts to counterspell it, but the abjurer counterspells the counterspell and dispels haste on Duromar, a wave of lethargy comes over him. Gareth in Merrigold move up to help but they come under fire by the two Fey Poisoners, both Merrigold and Duromar get hit but fortunately they manage to resist part of the poison. Uriel casts bless on the group and Rosemary embolden bonds the group and moves up. The Abjurer moves up and casts cone of cold on the group, hitting 5 out of the 6 party members, most manage to resist some of it. The Fey Ambassador starts to trade blows with Gareth and Merrigold and the Fey Poisoners fire a volley into Merrigold, nearly downing her. Del Varis moves up and stuns the Fey Ambassador, he demands answers but she is unable to speak while stunned, he then moves to stun one of the Fey Poisoners but it's resisted. Uriel and Gareth focus on the Fey Ambassador, smiting her with radiance and fire, the Lethargy leaves Duromar and he casts steel wind strike with kills the Fey Ambassador (disappearing in a cloud of black smoke) and greatly wounds the other three opponents. Rosemary heals Merrigold and Merrigold moves to strike the Fey Poisoner that Del Varis is next to, they quickly finish them off. The Abjurer teleports aways with the last Fey Poisoner and the party rests, Merrigold comes into contact with some of the residue of the black smoke of the Fey Ambassador and it feels like a light shock. Duromar aggressively questions Del Varis, asking why he didn't mention the Fey were after him, Del Varis says he doesn't know why. He then retells the story of how his father went missing during an archeological expedition and his mother left him with his uncle to go find him. This satisfies the party and they finish resting, Uriel talks to Del Varis.
As the party gets closer to the border they see more travelers and billboards with postings, most are for tourist information and selling goods, but there's one poster that stands out. The poster depicts Ashara, Oneiro, Hendred, Stormsong, Runsha, Del Varis, Gareth and it states if anyone has information on these individuals then to speak to a Bralorian official. Gareth tears the poster off the billboard and shows it to the party, after much discussion on what to do (to include maiming their faces with fire or horse hooves) Uriel says that Oneiro gave him two cloaks of Elvenkind (keeping everything else from the portable hole), Del Varis reluctantly takes one. Gareth and Del Varis get in the cart to try and shield themselves from sight and the party continues on to the border. When they get there they see the guards are scrutinizing the carts, but they continue forward, the guards tell the party they need to inspect the cart and everyone needs to get out. Uriel states that the two inside are diseased and they shouldn't be touched, he's on a mission from the church. The guards insist, saying they're under strict orders from Druebar, Uriel carefully takes Gareth and Del Varis out of the cart and props them up against the wheel. The guards do a thorough inspection of the cart, once they're done they clear the party, they mention there's been an increase in Quartz smuggling into Druebar. As the party loading the cart back up they see another cart getting ransacked by guards, they're shouting they've found a crate of Quartz and the cart owners get detained. The party continues on to the border village to get rooms for the night. Merrigold, Del Varis, Gareth, and Rosemary stay at the inn (Merrigold ordering everything on the menu) and Duromar and Uriel explore the village. Uriel continues his quest to bring the Dragonmarked back into the world and manages to convince a human and a halfling to help him in his quest from the brothel, he gives them ample gold and instructions on where to meet others who are helping him. Duromar looks for an awaken spell but is unsuccessful, but does find scrolls of mirror image and shield, he returns to the inn to start scribing. Gareth listens in on some conversation and realizes the way directly west is blocked, under quaratine, he gathers most of the party and discusses what to do, the deliberation goes on for the rest of the evening and continues after sleep in the morning. The group decides they'll try to go west first as diverting south will add at least a week they might not have. They set out and reach an impromptu barricade with soldiers, the sergeant of the guard says they can't continue, but the party insists. The guard (being over the situation) explains that beyond this point there's rampant Quartz addiction and it isn't safe, the party explains they are heading west and Quartz isn't their biggest worry. The guard looks at them for a moment and then takes a map, he realizes their path will take them into the Lakecliff Ruins and asks if they are citizens of Druebar. The party responds with no, saying they come from Bralor, the guard sighs and says if they really desire to take this route then who is he to stop them and lets them through.
The party continues on when they are blocked by another group, some of the group realizes they are Fey. The Fey Ambassador steps forward and tells the group they can leave; they are only interested in Del Varis. The party asks why they want to take Del Varis and on whose authority, The Fey says the Queen of Night and Magic is the authority. The party responds that these are Bralorian lands under the authority of king Bronsom Hotham and the Fey have already overstepped their boundary being here, the Fey Ambassador responds they haven't stepped far enough since Del Varis is still here, they move in to engage. Duromar casts haste and moves up, the Fey Ambassador motions to the Abjurer and tells them to deal with Duromar. The Abjurer moves up and casts dispel magic on Duromar, who attempts to counterspell it, but the abjurer counterspells the counterspell and dispels haste on Duromar, a wave of lethargy comes over him. Gareth in Merrigold move up to help but they come under fire by the two Fey Poisoners, both Merrigold and Duromar get hit but fortunately they manage to resist part of the poison. Uriel casts bless on the group and Rosemary embolden bonds the group and moves up. The Abjurer moves up and casts cone of cold on the group, hitting 5 out of the 6 party members, most manage to resist some of it. The Fey Ambassador starts to trade blows with Gareth and Merrigold and the Fey Poisoners fire a volley into Merrigold, nearly downing her. Del Varis moves up and stuns the Fey Ambassador, he demands answers but she is unable to speak while stunned, he then moves to stun one of the Fey Poisoners but it's resisted. Uriel and Gareth focus on the Fey Ambassador, smiting her with radiance and fire, the Lethargy leaves Duromar and he casts steel wind strike with kills the Fey Ambassador (disappearing in a cloud of black smoke) and greatly wounds the other three opponents. Rosemary heals Merrigold and Merrigold moves to strike the Fey Poisoner that Del Varis is next to, they quickly finish them off. The Abjurer teleports aways with the last Fey Poisoner and the party rests, Merrigold comes into contact with some of the residue of the black smoke of the Fey Ambassador and it feels like a light shock. Duromar aggressively questions Del Varis, asking why he didn't mention the Fey were after him, Del Varis says he doesn't know why. He then retells the story of how his father went missing during an archeological expedition and his mother left him with his uncle to go find him. This satisfies the party and they finish resting, Uriel talks to Del Varis.
As the party gets closer to the border they see more travelers and billboards with postings, most are for tourist information and selling goods, but there's one poster that stands out. The poster depicts Ashara, Oneiro, Hendred, Stormsong, Runsha, Del Varis, Gareth and it states if anyone has information on these individuals then to speak to a Bralorian official. Gareth tears the poster off the billboard and shows it to the party, after much discussion on what to do (to include maiming their faces with fire or horse hooves) Uriel says that Oneiro gave him two cloaks of Elvenkind (keeping everything else from the portable hole), Del Varis reluctantly takes one. Gareth and Del Varis get in the cart to try and shield themselves from sight and the party continues on to the border. When they get there they see the guards are scrutinizing the carts, but they continue forward, the guards tell the party they need to inspect the cart and everyone needs to get out. Uriel states that the two inside are diseased and they shouldn't be touched, he's on a mission from the church. The guards insist, saying they're under strict orders from Druebar, Uriel carefully takes Gareth and Del Varis out of the cart and props them up against the wheel. The guards do a thorough inspection of the cart, once they're done they clear the party, they mention there's been an increase in Quartz smuggling into Druebar. As the party loading the cart back up they see another cart getting ransacked by guards, they're shouting they've found a crate of Quartz and the cart owners get detained. The party continues on to the border village to get rooms for the night. Merrigold, Del Varis, Gareth, and Rosemary stay at the inn (Merrigold ordering everything on the menu) and Duromar and Uriel explore the village. Uriel continues his quest to bring the Dragonmarked back into the world and manages to convince a human and a halfling to help him in his quest from the brothel, he gives them ample gold and instructions on where to meet others who are helping him. Duromar looks for an awaken spell but is unsuccessful, but does find scrolls of mirror image and shield, he returns to the inn to start scribing. Gareth listens in on some conversation and realizes the way directly west is blocked, under quaratine, he gathers most of the party and discusses what to do, the deliberation goes on for the rest of the evening and continues after sleep in the morning. The group decides they'll try to go west first as diverting south will add at least a week they might not have. They set out and reach an impromptu barricade with soldiers, the sergeant of the guard says they can't continue, but the party insists. The guard (being over the situation) explains that beyond this point there's rampant Quartz addiction and it isn't safe, the party explains they are heading west and Quartz isn't their biggest worry. The guard looks at them for a moment and then takes a map, he realizes their path will take them into the Lakecliff Ruins and asks if they are citizens of Druebar. The party responds with no, saying they come from Bralor, the guard sighs and says if they really desire to take this route then who is he to stop them and lets them through.
It is mid morning on the 7th day of Leranth
Rewards Granted
1000 GP
Report Date
30 Sep 2023
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