Group A Intro Session 1 Report

General Summary

Marya Silverstring and Dalmir Blackanvil were walking down the road away from Zadash when they noticed Crownsguard rushing toward them on horseback. The pair started to run, both assuming the guard was after the other; the guard gave chase. The two expertly evaded the guards, slipping into the woods and sliding down a cliff in unison and in the process appearing as a coordinated and practiced duo rather than the complete strangers they actually were. The two fell into a darkened thicket, hidden by trees and brush from the guard above. They spent a few moments discussing their situation, discovering that Dalmir was on the run and Marya had just gotten out of prison in the process. As they stepped outside, though, they found themselves in a different forest underneath the starry sky rather than the noonday sun. The pair heard some giggling from nearby; a Thaumaturgy-enhanced shout from Dalmir resulted in a pixie falling out of the tree. The pixie introduced herself as Magnolia Petalpool and engaged in conversation with the party as they found out that their standard methods of tracking and navigation failed in this realm. Magnolia led them to a road made of glowing stone with trees holding globes of moonlight to light the way. Dalmir managed to pull some of this moonlight into his Mage Hand by accident, resulting in a dimly glowing Mage Hand. An attempt at prying up the stone with the dagger resulted in the tip of the dagger becoming the same material as this glowing white stone. The group followed the path to a large palace made of similar white stone, two towers and a main building shaped sort of like perfect mushrooms with half-sphere tops. The enormous double doors bore the engraving of a large circle. Dalmir almost temporarily blinded himself by attempting to look at the aura of the door with Detect Magic, discovering in the process that it contained greater magic than he'd ever seen. The group eventually ended up entering after some difficulty with the door, meeting a girl who refused to give her name with silvery hair, pale white skin (not caucasian, white like the stone0 and a white gown sitting on a throne in a room with arrow-shaped columns and a clear view of the sky as if the building didn't have a roof. The two spoke with this being while Magnolia snuck into Marya's backpack. Eventually, they agreed to a deal: an unspecified future favor, specified as being beneficial to the common folk, in exchange for transport home. Marya made an additional deal to have the chance to make another deal (complete another task) for an answer to a question in the future. The being plunged arrows of silver into the pair's chests; when they opened their eyes, they found themselves under a more familiar night sky but in the middle of a camp of armed people who didn't seem to be enthusiastic about being awakened by armed intruders. Roll initiative!