General Summary
Walter, the FLESH MOUND!!!
19th Day of Elient
Down the Stairs
- Rumex scouts ahead
- He understands the chant now
- “He is the Ancient, He is the Land”
- Gives the all clear to the rest
The Reliquary
- Stairs lead to a strange room with 13 carved alcoves
- Each with an odd artifact inside
- Some rubbed off markings are noticed by Ozan
- Two exits from room
- One leads downward to the chanting and a closed portcullis
- The other leads into a dark corridor
The Prison
- A series of cells looked over by Rumex and Verce, Skeletons manacled to the walls in each
- One skeleton, wearing robes had a golden ring
- A secret door is noticed!
The Ritual Chamber
- Everyone heads through the secret door
- The chanting stops
- A dais with an altar and chains hanging above is surrounded by 2 ft of murky water
- A ledge surrounds the perimeter of the room
- A black bundle on the altar is Mage Handed by Riak
- It falls apart and a dagger falls to the floor
Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
- Eight Shadow Cultists appear
- “One Must Die!”
- Rumex is cornered and attacks
- He gets “Dementor-ed”
- Kill the dog, Kill Verce? Nah, let’s fight…
- They disappear and chant anew…
- “Walter the Decayer, We awaken thee”
Walter
- Various body parts coalesce with rank garbage to form THE FLESH MOUND
- Baby Walter stuck inside
- At the fight's conclusion, the foundations rumble overhead and the ceiling begins to crumble
Players
- Kev - Vincenzo Prizzi - CG Tiefling Fiend Warlock - Charlatan (lvl 2)
- Mike - Riak Tao - CN Githyanki Artificer - Cartography Guild (lvl 2)
- Joe - Verse - CN Dragonborn Paladin - Haunted One (lvl 2)
- Milton - Ozan, the Lost- CG Shadar-Kai Twilight Cleric of Ilmater (lvl 2)
- Jay - Ilyson Ott - N Human Fighter - Bounty Hunter (lvl 2 )
- Ben - Rumex Kocho - LN Wood Elf Ranger - Haunted One (lvl 2)
In Game Outline
- Start. Durst Manor, Basement lvl 1 (Catacombs), early afternoon, 19th of Elient
- End. Durst Manor, Basement lvl 2 (Ritual Chamber), mid-afternoon, 19th of Elient
NPCs present
Victories
- Shadows - They’ve disappeared…but for how long?
- Walter the Flesh Mound - That was both gross and disturbing
Gains
- A bloodstained wooden sun
- An aged Tarroka deck, in such foul condition some cards are unreadable, rendering the deck useless
- A hag’s severed finger
- A dagger carved from human bone
- A broken silvered bolt
- A jar of severed raven talons soaking in wine
- A crown made of black vines
- A desiccated frog lashed to a stick
- A cracked egg containing the skeletal remains of a deformed, infant dragon
- A large, pure white feather
- A small wooden coffer containing a dire wolf’s withered tongue
- A chunk of amber resin
- A dagger with a bat’s skull set into the pommel
- A golden ring
- A ritual dagger from the altar
