Session Twenty-Five: The Cult and a Mystery God!
General Summary
The session starts with a noble woman arriving at Friac’s shop. She tells Friac she heard lots of good things about his potions. She asks Friac if he could make a love potion because she fears her husband has been unfaithful. Fraic agrees and makes the potion for the woman. When the potion is completed, the woman is so pleased with the final result she tips Friac before leaving.
At the Trollskull Manor Star arrives to see Sneatcha. Star tells Sneatcha she is concerned since Sneatcha is noblitiy he will forget about her. Sneatcha reassures Star he will not and they share a drink. After a few drinks, Sneatcha reaffirms his passion for Star and tells her he is not going anyway and will always be her champion. Happy, Star leaves the manor as the party got together and decided to investigate a few leads Nyx had found. The first lead was the head of the High Order of Torm, High Lord Dmitri Aerihel, was seen entering a warehouse in the Dock Ward. High Lord Aerihel would stay at the warehouse for an extend period of time before leaving. The warehouse’s door had strange runes on it with a serpent head. High Lord Aerihel’s actions were suspicious and the warehouse had no entry except for the front door.
The party traveled to the Dock Ward and located the warehouse. Nyx did a quick check of the warehouse and found nothing. The party decided to enter the warehouse to find out what was inside. Nyx was able to open the door and once the door opened a cold stale breeze came out from the corridor behind the door. The party, except for Nyx, could not see into the corridor due to the magic darkness which encompassed it. Nyx led the party into the corridor. Once inside the warehouse, the party noticed the floor of the corridor was sand and the walls were made of sandstone. Nyx dispelled the darkness which allowed the party to see. Galrik heard a noise from the corridor ahead and moved up calling out the noise. From a chamber which the corridor ends a noise of scudding came towards the party. Galrik saw a black mass on the floor moving towards him. Galrik tried to step back as thousands of scarabs poured down the corridor towards him. Nyx hit the scarabs with a fireball which had little effect. Valna saw the scarabs and used the power of positive energy against them. The white light from the divine power destroyed several scarabs. Cannella moved up and attacked several of the scarabs. The scarab swarm moved up on the party climbing up Cannella, Galrik, Nyx and Valna. The stench from the scarab sickened Galrik. Nyx stepped back and unleashed her breath weapon as Cannella, Sneatcha and Valna destroy what was left of the scarabs which survived Nyx’s breath weapon.
The party regrouped and made their way into the chamber at the end of the corridor. Inside the chamber, the party noticed it was like a burial tomb. There were hieroglyphics on the celling of the corridor and chamber. Nyx read the hieroglyphics which told about the fall of Set. Set was part of the three gods who tried to gain power during the times of the Guardians. Cyric and Shar scaraficed Set to protect themselves from getting destroyed. In the central chamber the hieroglyphic tells how Set was reborn and he is plotting his revenge against Cyric and Shar. Set was able to find the Book of the Dead which allowed him to return and rebuild his power. Set is looking to use the key against Cyric and Shar to weaken them and destroy them all.
Galrik made his way over to a human with a jackal head on its body which was in the corner of the chamber. There were three more of these creatures in the other corners. When Galrik approached, the creature did not move. Galrik drew his weapon and struck the creature down as Nyx and Cannella decided to investigate a sarcophagus in the center of the chamber. Nyx pushed the lid off as everyone felt the power of the radiance. With the lid open, Nyx saw four lay lines connected to an unknown source powering divine magic. Nyx was able to interrupt the lay lines as she tried to disrupt the connection. The three remaining jackal creature became alive. They moved up on the party to attack them. Valna, Galrik and Sneatcha turned their attention towards the jackal creatures as Nyx set about destroying the sarcophagus and its connection to the lay lines. Cannella, once he saw Nyx handling herself, turned and attacked the creatures. Cannella, Valna, Galrik and Sneatcha destroy the creatures as Nyx finishes destroying the sarcophagus. The party flees the chamber as it begins to collapse on itself. The party makes it out of the warehouse before it is destroyed. A group of sailors walk by to see the warehouse collapse. Valna tried to tell the sailors it was termites but the sailors are stunned by the obvious lie. The party quickly leaves the area and returns to the Trollskull Manor.
At the Trollskull Manor, Nyx sends word to Lord Gundwynd she wanted to speak with him. A short time later Lord Gundwynd arrives at the manor and has a discussion with Nyx about the potential ties to Set with High Lord Aerihel, Lord Gundwynd tells Nyx he will conduct his investigation and if he finds anything he will let her know. The party rest for the night before heading out of Waterdeep to investigate the second lead Nyx had. Nyx learn the Cult of the Dragon was shipping items they had stolen in a convoy. The convoy arrived at Carnath Roadhouse north of Waterdeep but the convoy never leaves the Roadhouse. The party departs for the roadhouse.
After a day’s travel, the party arrives at the Carnath Roadhouse. On their journey to the roadhouse, the witnesses several work crews expanding and reinforcing the road. Nyx notices the expansion of the road would facilitate a large army with siege weapons. Upon the arrival at the roadhouse, Nyx asks one of the workers to see the camp superintendent, a half orc named Bog Luck. After a few minutes the worker returns with Bog Luck. Nyx tells Bog Luck she is moving “hot” goods on the trade route and wanted to see how secure the roadhouse is. Bog Luck tells Nyx he can accommodate any elicit goods for a price and takes the party on a tour of the roadhouse. After touring the rooms and stables, Bog Luck takes the party to the strong room. Nyx asks about security and Bog Luck tells her it secure. Nyx forces the door open with magic and tells Bog Luck he needs better security. Bog Luck tells Nyx he knows when the secure room is entered and not to worry. Bog Luck allows the party to inspect the secure room. Sneatcha notices a crate which appears to be off and bumps into it. The crate pops open revealing a ladder going down. Nyx pushes Bog Luck where the ladder goes. Bog Luck gets defense when Galrik grabs him by the neck and uses a power to wither his neck. Unable to support the weight of his neck, Bog Luck’s head snaps forward breaking his neck and killing him. Nyx closes the secure room door and the party descends down the ladder. Galrik takes Bog Luck with him as a weird trophy.
The party follows the tunnel until it ends in the Mere of Dead Men swamp. A worn pathway goes off into the swamp. The party follows the pathway for a few hours until they are ambushed by a group of Yuan-ti. The party navigates the swamp and easily kills the Yuan-ti. The party continues to follow the path until sunset. Nyx spots a dock area with several lizardfolk camped by a fire. Nyx moves closer as several of the lizardfolk hear the party approach. The head lizardfolk raises his arms in a peaceful manner and calls out to Nyx. The lizardfolk introduces himself as Snapjaw and recognizes Nyx as the destroyer of the blue dragon. Snapjaw asks for Nyx’s help in freeing his people from slavery in return he will tell Nyx where the Cult of the Dragon is at and get her access into the castle. Nyx agrees and the lizardfolk open their camp to the party. The lizardfolk share their meals with the party. They notice Galrik had the body of Bog Luck and they present Galrik with several gifts as Bog Luck was a bad person. After dinner the lizardfolk and the party depart in several canoes to Castle Naerytar.
After a few hours the party arrives at Castle Naerytar. Snapjaw is greeted by the bullywugs leader Pharblex. Pharblex berated Snapjaw for being late in front of the party and to make sure everything is offloaded within the hour. Snapjaw acknowledges it will be done and tells Pharblex he is taking the new recruits to see Rezmir. Snapjaw takes the party into the castle and up to the top floor where he introduces the party to two guards. The guards yell at Snapjaw as he leaves and escorts the party into a sitting room. Inside the sitting room is a large table with several seats and a Cult of the Dragon banner hanging up. A few minutes later, Rezmir enters the room with a Red Wizard of Thay and an elf. Rezmir ask the party about being new recruits but becomes suspicious when the party tells him they are here for him. A fight breaks out and the party handles Rezmir and his associates.
The session ended.
At the Trollskull Manor Star arrives to see Sneatcha. Star tells Sneatcha she is concerned since Sneatcha is noblitiy he will forget about her. Sneatcha reassures Star he will not and they share a drink. After a few drinks, Sneatcha reaffirms his passion for Star and tells her he is not going anyway and will always be her champion. Happy, Star leaves the manor as the party got together and decided to investigate a few leads Nyx had found. The first lead was the head of the High Order of Torm, High Lord Dmitri Aerihel, was seen entering a warehouse in the Dock Ward. High Lord Aerihel would stay at the warehouse for an extend period of time before leaving. The warehouse’s door had strange runes on it with a serpent head. High Lord Aerihel’s actions were suspicious and the warehouse had no entry except for the front door.
The party traveled to the Dock Ward and located the warehouse. Nyx did a quick check of the warehouse and found nothing. The party decided to enter the warehouse to find out what was inside. Nyx was able to open the door and once the door opened a cold stale breeze came out from the corridor behind the door. The party, except for Nyx, could not see into the corridor due to the magic darkness which encompassed it. Nyx led the party into the corridor. Once inside the warehouse, the party noticed the floor of the corridor was sand and the walls were made of sandstone. Nyx dispelled the darkness which allowed the party to see. Galrik heard a noise from the corridor ahead and moved up calling out the noise. From a chamber which the corridor ends a noise of scudding came towards the party. Galrik saw a black mass on the floor moving towards him. Galrik tried to step back as thousands of scarabs poured down the corridor towards him. Nyx hit the scarabs with a fireball which had little effect. Valna saw the scarabs and used the power of positive energy against them. The white light from the divine power destroyed several scarabs. Cannella moved up and attacked several of the scarabs. The scarab swarm moved up on the party climbing up Cannella, Galrik, Nyx and Valna. The stench from the scarab sickened Galrik. Nyx stepped back and unleashed her breath weapon as Cannella, Sneatcha and Valna destroy what was left of the scarabs which survived Nyx’s breath weapon.
The party regrouped and made their way into the chamber at the end of the corridor. Inside the chamber, the party noticed it was like a burial tomb. There were hieroglyphics on the celling of the corridor and chamber. Nyx read the hieroglyphics which told about the fall of Set. Set was part of the three gods who tried to gain power during the times of the Guardians. Cyric and Shar scaraficed Set to protect themselves from getting destroyed. In the central chamber the hieroglyphic tells how Set was reborn and he is plotting his revenge against Cyric and Shar. Set was able to find the Book of the Dead which allowed him to return and rebuild his power. Set is looking to use the key against Cyric and Shar to weaken them and destroy them all.
Galrik made his way over to a human with a jackal head on its body which was in the corner of the chamber. There were three more of these creatures in the other corners. When Galrik approached, the creature did not move. Galrik drew his weapon and struck the creature down as Nyx and Cannella decided to investigate a sarcophagus in the center of the chamber. Nyx pushed the lid off as everyone felt the power of the radiance. With the lid open, Nyx saw four lay lines connected to an unknown source powering divine magic. Nyx was able to interrupt the lay lines as she tried to disrupt the connection. The three remaining jackal creature became alive. They moved up on the party to attack them. Valna, Galrik and Sneatcha turned their attention towards the jackal creatures as Nyx set about destroying the sarcophagus and its connection to the lay lines. Cannella, once he saw Nyx handling herself, turned and attacked the creatures. Cannella, Valna, Galrik and Sneatcha destroy the creatures as Nyx finishes destroying the sarcophagus. The party flees the chamber as it begins to collapse on itself. The party makes it out of the warehouse before it is destroyed. A group of sailors walk by to see the warehouse collapse. Valna tried to tell the sailors it was termites but the sailors are stunned by the obvious lie. The party quickly leaves the area and returns to the Trollskull Manor.
At the Trollskull Manor, Nyx sends word to Lord Gundwynd she wanted to speak with him. A short time later Lord Gundwynd arrives at the manor and has a discussion with Nyx about the potential ties to Set with High Lord Aerihel, Lord Gundwynd tells Nyx he will conduct his investigation and if he finds anything he will let her know. The party rest for the night before heading out of Waterdeep to investigate the second lead Nyx had. Nyx learn the Cult of the Dragon was shipping items they had stolen in a convoy. The convoy arrived at Carnath Roadhouse north of Waterdeep but the convoy never leaves the Roadhouse. The party departs for the roadhouse.
After a day’s travel, the party arrives at the Carnath Roadhouse. On their journey to the roadhouse, the witnesses several work crews expanding and reinforcing the road. Nyx notices the expansion of the road would facilitate a large army with siege weapons. Upon the arrival at the roadhouse, Nyx asks one of the workers to see the camp superintendent, a half orc named Bog Luck. After a few minutes the worker returns with Bog Luck. Nyx tells Bog Luck she is moving “hot” goods on the trade route and wanted to see how secure the roadhouse is. Bog Luck tells Nyx he can accommodate any elicit goods for a price and takes the party on a tour of the roadhouse. After touring the rooms and stables, Bog Luck takes the party to the strong room. Nyx asks about security and Bog Luck tells her it secure. Nyx forces the door open with magic and tells Bog Luck he needs better security. Bog Luck tells Nyx he knows when the secure room is entered and not to worry. Bog Luck allows the party to inspect the secure room. Sneatcha notices a crate which appears to be off and bumps into it. The crate pops open revealing a ladder going down. Nyx pushes Bog Luck where the ladder goes. Bog Luck gets defense when Galrik grabs him by the neck and uses a power to wither his neck. Unable to support the weight of his neck, Bog Luck’s head snaps forward breaking his neck and killing him. Nyx closes the secure room door and the party descends down the ladder. Galrik takes Bog Luck with him as a weird trophy.
The party follows the tunnel until it ends in the Mere of Dead Men swamp. A worn pathway goes off into the swamp. The party follows the pathway for a few hours until they are ambushed by a group of Yuan-ti. The party navigates the swamp and easily kills the Yuan-ti. The party continues to follow the path until sunset. Nyx spots a dock area with several lizardfolk camped by a fire. Nyx moves closer as several of the lizardfolk hear the party approach. The head lizardfolk raises his arms in a peaceful manner and calls out to Nyx. The lizardfolk introduces himself as Snapjaw and recognizes Nyx as the destroyer of the blue dragon. Snapjaw asks for Nyx’s help in freeing his people from slavery in return he will tell Nyx where the Cult of the Dragon is at and get her access into the castle. Nyx agrees and the lizardfolk open their camp to the party. The lizardfolk share their meals with the party. They notice Galrik had the body of Bog Luck and they present Galrik with several gifts as Bog Luck was a bad person. After dinner the lizardfolk and the party depart in several canoes to Castle Naerytar.
After a few hours the party arrives at Castle Naerytar. Snapjaw is greeted by the bullywugs leader Pharblex. Pharblex berated Snapjaw for being late in front of the party and to make sure everything is offloaded within the hour. Snapjaw acknowledges it will be done and tells Pharblex he is taking the new recruits to see Rezmir. Snapjaw takes the party into the castle and up to the top floor where he introduces the party to two guards. The guards yell at Snapjaw as he leaves and escorts the party into a sitting room. Inside the sitting room is a large table with several seats and a Cult of the Dragon banner hanging up. A few minutes later, Rezmir enters the room with a Red Wizard of Thay and an elf. Rezmir ask the party about being new recruits but becomes suspicious when the party tells him they are here for him. A fight breaks out and the party handles Rezmir and his associates.
The session ended.
Rewards Granted
Experience for the session: 3,667 xp. Party's total experience to date: 78,696xp.
Notes
Key Findings:
- High Lord Dmitri Aerihel has been entering a warehouse in the Dock Ward which is a burial chamber for Set. Several lay lines of power was connected to the burial chamber. The purpose of these lay lines are unknown.
- Set was one of the three gods who tried to gain power during the times of the Protectors. Shar and Cyric sacrificed Set to protect themselves. Set found a way to be reborn and is plotting to use the key to destroy them and the key.
- The Cult of the Dragon was using a roadhouse to smuggle stolen treasure into the Mere of Dead Men Swamp where they are using an old castle as a base of operations.
- The lizardfolk had being enslaved and looked to the party to freeing them from the Cult.
Report Date
25 Jan 2022
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