Session Twenty-Four: A Mother of Finds!
General Summary
The session started with Sneatcha going to the bank to pick up a package left for him by Lady Bastiabas Maerklos. After Sneatcha returned, the party decided to rest for the night. In the morning Sneatcha traveled to the Temple of Tempus to do some research on an item which was left to him. Upon his return, Sneatcha asked Nyx if she knew how to speak Far East. Nyx informed Sneatcha it is one of the languages which she speaks. Sneatcha asks Nyx if she can teach him which she agrees. The party met in the study and talk about what happened at the coronation. Cora informed the party what Iris told her. Valna tells the party what happened during the coronation and shows the letter she received from Victoro. The party decided to check out the Kolat Towers.
The party decided to go to the Kolat Towers during dawn the next day in case they have to escape the vampires. The party spent the rest of the day gathering supplies to assault the tower. The party made their way to the Kolat Towers. Nyx scouted out the area and found there is an invisible force field surrounding the towers. Nyx found a set of rain barrels which contained an access point through the force field. The party passed through the rain barrels and made their way to the first tower. Nyx checked the door and found it was not trapped. Nyx opened the door and the party entered the tower. The party enters into a store room where there were several crates of food and supplies. While the rest of the party was investigating the room, Nyx checked the door which exited the room. Finding nothing on the door and hearing voices Nyx opens the door and enters the chamber. Nyx finds three Zhentarian soldiers playing Three Dragon Ante in the chamber. The male soldier at the head of the table stands up and introduces himself as Romeir. Romeir asks Nyx if she was her to see Manshoon and Nyx tells Romeir she has business with him. Romeir agrees to escort her up to see Manshoon. Nyx call for the rest of the party and they follow Romeir.
The party follows Romeir into the kitchen where a halfing was making breakfast. As the party moves through, the halfling, identified as Manafret, looked at Cora suspiciously. Manafret asked if he knew Cora but Cora stated no. Manafret remained suspicious of Cora and told Romeir they were his responsibility if things don’t turn out right. Romeir dismissed Manafret and escorts the party up a set of stairs which ascended the tower. The party enters a reading room where they see a half-orc Zhentarian reading a book. The half orc looks up at the party’s arrival and Romeir tells the half-orc, Yuri, they are here to see Manshoon. Yuri returns back to his book and the party notices Yuri is reading Volo’s Guide to Monsters. Sneatcha asked Yuri if he had read about the mating ritual of goblins. Yuri flips to the section and tells Sneatcha goblins are weird. Nyx tells Yuri she knows Volo and Yuri seemed excited. Yuri shows where Volo signed his book. Yuri was proud of Volo’s autograph and told the party he would have to meet with them later so he could talk with Volo. Romeir takes them up another set of stairs which had several quarterstaffs on the wall. Romeir stops at another chamber and opens the door. He makes his way over to a wall where he tries to open a secret door. Romeir fumbles with it while he tells three Zhentarian soldiers in the room the party is with them.
While waiting for Romeir to open the door, the party hears a woman’s voice sing a lullaby. Nyx and Sneatcha make their way over to the door where the voice is coming. Cora is shocked by the lullaby as it reminded her of one her mother use to sing. Nyx looks into the cell and sees an older female halfling mixing components for a potion. The party feels the power of the radiance in the chamber as well. Romeir calls to the party as he finally gets the secret door open in the other chamber. As the party follows Romeir, Cora quietly lets Nyx know the lullaby reminded her of her mother and when Nyx described the halfling Cora tells Nyx it maybe her mother. They make a mental note where the cell is and decided to come back afterwards.
Romeir continues to lead the party up the tower. They enter a laboratory which appears was used to make golems. Nyx spots some material to make a golem and tries to take some. Remeir sees Nyx take the material but Nyx tells Romeir it something she needed which Romeir gives a moment pause but shrugs his shoulders. Romeir warns the party the last part is tricky as the stairs up is in disrepair. The party made their way up and into the final chamber. Romeir unlocks the door and makes his way to the center of it. Romeir opens a door with magical runes on it. Inside is a glowing pulse of magic. Romeir points to the glowing pulse of magic stating Manshoon is on the other side. Nyx determine the pulsing magic was a gate to a different plane. Sneatcha tried to tackle Romeir and force him through the gate but slipped and missed Romeir. Romeir, startled by Sneatcha tells them it’s the only way to see Manshoon. The party decides leave Romeir and go through the gate.
The party ends up in a chamber with glass walls with a door exiting the chamber. Outside the glass wall the party sees extradimensional space. A woman with a bald head with several scars enters the chamber and introduces herself as Kaeja, Manshoon’s servant. Kaeja escorts the party into the entrance foyer. Kaeja asks the party their business. Nyx tells Kaeja they are here to retrieve the noble. Kaeja tells them to wait and she exit the chamber and returns shortly with Manshoon. Manshoon demands to know why the party is intruding. The party demands the return of the noble and Manshoon tells the party it was foolish for them to come to his sanctum. Nyx attacks Manshoon with Galrik while Sneatcha tackles Kaeja putting her into a sleeper hold. Manshoon fights back against Galrik’s and Nyx’s attack. Sneatcha knocks out Kaeja as Cora helps Nyx and Galrik strike down Manshoon. The party discovers Manshoon was a simulacrum as it melts away. Nyx puts the manacles of cooperation on Kaeja while Cora helps revive her. Sneatcha asks where the noble is and through her body actions figure out the noble is in a chamber to the west.
The party exits the chamber to the west and stops at a door in the hallway. Nyx opens the door and discovers the chamber is magically held at a cold temperature. Beyond the glass walls in the chamber the purple pulse of the extradimensional plane is being held back. In the center of the chamber is another simulacrum of Manshoon. Nyx cast dispel magic into the chamber causing the magic hold the extradimensional plane back to fail. The purple pulse of the plane begins to fill in the chamber. Sneatcha closes the door as they party makes their way to the end of the hallway. Nyx opens the door to discover a sitting room with several books and a harp playing music. In the room a spiral stair case goes up. Sneatcha enters and investigates the books as Nyx goes up the stairs. Intrigued by the harp, Cora stops it from playing and decides to play a tune on it. As Cora plays a tune, Galrik is compulse to pick up a book and read it.
Upstairs Nyx finds Lady Wavesilver looking through several books but unable to locate what she is looking for. Nyx brings Wavesilver downstairs as Cora tries to reverse the effects of the harp on Galrik with avail. Nyx tries to dispel the magic on Lady Wavesilver and Galrik but is unsuccessful. Nyx goes over to the harp and plays another tune after determining what chord to play to reverse the spell. Nyx is successful in breaking the enchantment on Galrik and Lady Wavesilver. The party exits the sitting room to discover the extradimensional plane has engulfed the door and almost the hallway. The party makes their way past the pulsing purple space. Sneatcha grabs Kaeja to the side and Nyx undoes the manacles. Kaeja struggles against Sneatcha but Sneatcha picks Kaeja up and throws her into the puple pulse causing her to scream as she is absorbed the extradimensional space. The party quickly makes their way back to the gate and goes through it as the extradimensional space begins to flood the hallway.
Romeir greets the party as they reenter the tower. The party tells Romeir their business is done and they are to pick up the halfing on their way out. Romeir escorts the party out of the chamber and Nyx casts an arcane lock on the gate. As the party is making their way down the damaged stairway Galrik trips and falls to the floor. The rotted floor breaks beneath Galrik and Galrik falls into the chamber below. Galrik slowly gets up from his fall and notices he landed in a summoning circle. The party race down to the chamber below as Galrik tries to exit the circle. Galrik movement triggers the circle and a portal opens above Galrik. Galrik fights against the pull of the portal as the party reaches the chamber below. Galrik is able to hold off being sucked into the portal as the portal closes releasing him from the circle. The party pushes on and stops at the cell with the halfing. Nyx enters the cell and convinces the halfling to come with her. Nyx notices some radiance on the table and takes it. With the halfling in tow they leave the tower and return to the Trollskull Manor.
At the Trollskull Manor, Lady Wavesilver thanks the party for rescuing her and departs. The party goes into the library where they talk with the halfing. The party discovers the halfing is Thea Tealeaf, Cora’s mother. Thea is creating a special potion with the pool of radiance which allows the vampires to be immune to their weaknesses. The party discovers Thea is a spawn to Lady Dhalia and if Thea does not consume some of Lady Dhalia’s blood she will die. Nyx discovers the potion Thea imakes will keep her alive until they can destroy Lady Dhalia which will release Thea from the curse. Nyx goes down to the basement and has Friac make the potion. Nyx gives the potion to Thea. Cora is conflicted as to what to do but Nyx advises her with the potion they have time to help her mother. The party decides they are going to report to the Open Lord Manshoon is in Waterdeep and to track down the where abouts of the Night Masks. The party gives Cora some time with her mother as the session ended.
The party decided to go to the Kolat Towers during dawn the next day in case they have to escape the vampires. The party spent the rest of the day gathering supplies to assault the tower. The party made their way to the Kolat Towers. Nyx scouted out the area and found there is an invisible force field surrounding the towers. Nyx found a set of rain barrels which contained an access point through the force field. The party passed through the rain barrels and made their way to the first tower. Nyx checked the door and found it was not trapped. Nyx opened the door and the party entered the tower. The party enters into a store room where there were several crates of food and supplies. While the rest of the party was investigating the room, Nyx checked the door which exited the room. Finding nothing on the door and hearing voices Nyx opens the door and enters the chamber. Nyx finds three Zhentarian soldiers playing Three Dragon Ante in the chamber. The male soldier at the head of the table stands up and introduces himself as Romeir. Romeir asks Nyx if she was her to see Manshoon and Nyx tells Romeir she has business with him. Romeir agrees to escort her up to see Manshoon. Nyx call for the rest of the party and they follow Romeir.
The party follows Romeir into the kitchen where a halfing was making breakfast. As the party moves through, the halfling, identified as Manafret, looked at Cora suspiciously. Manafret asked if he knew Cora but Cora stated no. Manafret remained suspicious of Cora and told Romeir they were his responsibility if things don’t turn out right. Romeir dismissed Manafret and escorts the party up a set of stairs which ascended the tower. The party enters a reading room where they see a half-orc Zhentarian reading a book. The half orc looks up at the party’s arrival and Romeir tells the half-orc, Yuri, they are here to see Manshoon. Yuri returns back to his book and the party notices Yuri is reading Volo’s Guide to Monsters. Sneatcha asked Yuri if he had read about the mating ritual of goblins. Yuri flips to the section and tells Sneatcha goblins are weird. Nyx tells Yuri she knows Volo and Yuri seemed excited. Yuri shows where Volo signed his book. Yuri was proud of Volo’s autograph and told the party he would have to meet with them later so he could talk with Volo. Romeir takes them up another set of stairs which had several quarterstaffs on the wall. Romeir stops at another chamber and opens the door. He makes his way over to a wall where he tries to open a secret door. Romeir fumbles with it while he tells three Zhentarian soldiers in the room the party is with them.
While waiting for Romeir to open the door, the party hears a woman’s voice sing a lullaby. Nyx and Sneatcha make their way over to the door where the voice is coming. Cora is shocked by the lullaby as it reminded her of one her mother use to sing. Nyx looks into the cell and sees an older female halfling mixing components for a potion. The party feels the power of the radiance in the chamber as well. Romeir calls to the party as he finally gets the secret door open in the other chamber. As the party follows Romeir, Cora quietly lets Nyx know the lullaby reminded her of her mother and when Nyx described the halfling Cora tells Nyx it maybe her mother. They make a mental note where the cell is and decided to come back afterwards.
Romeir continues to lead the party up the tower. They enter a laboratory which appears was used to make golems. Nyx spots some material to make a golem and tries to take some. Remeir sees Nyx take the material but Nyx tells Romeir it something she needed which Romeir gives a moment pause but shrugs his shoulders. Romeir warns the party the last part is tricky as the stairs up is in disrepair. The party made their way up and into the final chamber. Romeir unlocks the door and makes his way to the center of it. Romeir opens a door with magical runes on it. Inside is a glowing pulse of magic. Romeir points to the glowing pulse of magic stating Manshoon is on the other side. Nyx determine the pulsing magic was a gate to a different plane. Sneatcha tried to tackle Romeir and force him through the gate but slipped and missed Romeir. Romeir, startled by Sneatcha tells them it’s the only way to see Manshoon. The party decides leave Romeir and go through the gate.
The party ends up in a chamber with glass walls with a door exiting the chamber. Outside the glass wall the party sees extradimensional space. A woman with a bald head with several scars enters the chamber and introduces herself as Kaeja, Manshoon’s servant. Kaeja escorts the party into the entrance foyer. Kaeja asks the party their business. Nyx tells Kaeja they are here to retrieve the noble. Kaeja tells them to wait and she exit the chamber and returns shortly with Manshoon. Manshoon demands to know why the party is intruding. The party demands the return of the noble and Manshoon tells the party it was foolish for them to come to his sanctum. Nyx attacks Manshoon with Galrik while Sneatcha tackles Kaeja putting her into a sleeper hold. Manshoon fights back against Galrik’s and Nyx’s attack. Sneatcha knocks out Kaeja as Cora helps Nyx and Galrik strike down Manshoon. The party discovers Manshoon was a simulacrum as it melts away. Nyx puts the manacles of cooperation on Kaeja while Cora helps revive her. Sneatcha asks where the noble is and through her body actions figure out the noble is in a chamber to the west.
The party exits the chamber to the west and stops at a door in the hallway. Nyx opens the door and discovers the chamber is magically held at a cold temperature. Beyond the glass walls in the chamber the purple pulse of the extradimensional plane is being held back. In the center of the chamber is another simulacrum of Manshoon. Nyx cast dispel magic into the chamber causing the magic hold the extradimensional plane back to fail. The purple pulse of the plane begins to fill in the chamber. Sneatcha closes the door as they party makes their way to the end of the hallway. Nyx opens the door to discover a sitting room with several books and a harp playing music. In the room a spiral stair case goes up. Sneatcha enters and investigates the books as Nyx goes up the stairs. Intrigued by the harp, Cora stops it from playing and decides to play a tune on it. As Cora plays a tune, Galrik is compulse to pick up a book and read it.
Upstairs Nyx finds Lady Wavesilver looking through several books but unable to locate what she is looking for. Nyx brings Wavesilver downstairs as Cora tries to reverse the effects of the harp on Galrik with avail. Nyx tries to dispel the magic on Lady Wavesilver and Galrik but is unsuccessful. Nyx goes over to the harp and plays another tune after determining what chord to play to reverse the spell. Nyx is successful in breaking the enchantment on Galrik and Lady Wavesilver. The party exits the sitting room to discover the extradimensional plane has engulfed the door and almost the hallway. The party makes their way past the pulsing purple space. Sneatcha grabs Kaeja to the side and Nyx undoes the manacles. Kaeja struggles against Sneatcha but Sneatcha picks Kaeja up and throws her into the puple pulse causing her to scream as she is absorbed the extradimensional space. The party quickly makes their way back to the gate and goes through it as the extradimensional space begins to flood the hallway.
Romeir greets the party as they reenter the tower. The party tells Romeir their business is done and they are to pick up the halfing on their way out. Romeir escorts the party out of the chamber and Nyx casts an arcane lock on the gate. As the party is making their way down the damaged stairway Galrik trips and falls to the floor. The rotted floor breaks beneath Galrik and Galrik falls into the chamber below. Galrik slowly gets up from his fall and notices he landed in a summoning circle. The party race down to the chamber below as Galrik tries to exit the circle. Galrik movement triggers the circle and a portal opens above Galrik. Galrik fights against the pull of the portal as the party reaches the chamber below. Galrik is able to hold off being sucked into the portal as the portal closes releasing him from the circle. The party pushes on and stops at the cell with the halfing. Nyx enters the cell and convinces the halfling to come with her. Nyx notices some radiance on the table and takes it. With the halfling in tow they leave the tower and return to the Trollskull Manor.
At the Trollskull Manor, Lady Wavesilver thanks the party for rescuing her and departs. The party goes into the library where they talk with the halfing. The party discovers the halfing is Thea Tealeaf, Cora’s mother. Thea is creating a special potion with the pool of radiance which allows the vampires to be immune to their weaknesses. The party discovers Thea is a spawn to Lady Dhalia and if Thea does not consume some of Lady Dhalia’s blood she will die. Nyx discovers the potion Thea imakes will keep her alive until they can destroy Lady Dhalia which will release Thea from the curse. Nyx goes down to the basement and has Friac make the potion. Nyx gives the potion to Thea. Cora is conflicted as to what to do but Nyx advises her with the potion they have time to help her mother. The party decides they are going to report to the Open Lord Manshoon is in Waterdeep and to track down the where abouts of the Night Masks. The party gives Cora some time with her mother as the session ended.
Rewards Granted
Experience for the session: 5,100 xp. Party's total experience to date: 75,029xp. This will level everyone to ninth level.
Lady Wavesilver paid the party 5,000gps each for rescuing her.
Lady Wavesilver paid the party 5,000gps each for rescuing her.
Notes
Key Findings:
- Manshoon, a leader of the Zhentarian, is using the abandon Kolat Towers as a base of operation.
- The Night Masks and Manshoon are working together in Waterdeep due to an unknown issue which has cause them some concern.
- Lady Dahlia is one of the leaders of the Night Masks.
- Thea Tealeaf, Cora's mother, was found to be alive. Thea is a spawn of Lady Dahlia and needs blood from Lady Dahlia to survive. Thea is the creator of the elixir which allows for creature's weaknesses to be suppressed.
- The Order of the Immortal Lotus is a monastic order which follows the tenet of obedience, discipline, and tenacity in the pursuit of knowledge. They are searching for something and their members are acquiring knowledge through force or thievery.
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25 Jan 2022
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