General Summary
The Valkyrie
- Atha had a conversation with Krumbleton, asking if he would like to change his weapon at all, and delivering an invitation and request from Thor.
- She identified herself as a Valkyrie who sometimes but not always helped Krumbleton in battle when he cast spirit guardians.
- She said that she had heard great things abough Krumbleton's cookie cookie cookies. After trying one, she said it was good.
- She seemed somewhat unused to delivering messages and drank some black lotus mead.
- She greeted Crunch.
- She asked Krumbleton what he was up to and whether she could offer him any help but Krumbleton said no.
- Meanwhile, Alton struggled to figure out how to use the stove
"Do you wish to carry the hammer of thor into battle or would it suit you better to use it to strengthen the monke hammer of krumbleton? .... These are the words of Thor You must come to me Krumbleton. There is mead in my hall you must try. A first challenge, and a second, and a third, you have passed. But before we meet, I must ask you another three. The balance must be tipped lest Vyaelian fall to chaos and ruin. The Child is easily influenced, and we have been losing ground. So we have loosed to you the key so that you might venture through the worlds, best the threats that knock on the doors to your homeland. The Fiend who would have his treasure returned, and sits with bait for the assassin at the end of his line, waiting for you. The Prince of the Deapths who peers into Vyaelian through the waters, by chance, corrupts even the kindred of Milor, my friend. And the witches who have spun despair in these lands since time before I set down here. Who have saved your foolish wizard friend only to hurt him... They must be slain, defeated, beat back. And when this is done, you must sail swiftly to my doors. I will throw them open wide and treat you, the greatest chef this side of the Phlogiston to a feast but only for a time for I and Vyaelian will have need of you still. will you do this?"
A thorough investigation of Sia's Folly
- Harold, Alton and Rust went back to Sia's Folly to thoroughly investigate the ruins.
- There was little to salvage though some excavation revealed signs of battle long, long ago.
- Nearest to Lys, there was almost no sign of life so they moved further away.
- Eventually Alton discovered a statue depicting an elven woman with a sad face, eyes looking down at a glass rose cupped in her hands. She had no wings. The statue was life-size and covered in moss.
- Harold recognized the woman from his dreams.
- Alton activated the rose with light, causing it to replay a sad elven song, similar to the way a glass memory replays images. It sang a lament for the death of the stars, the moon, the sun, the world and then for the sacrifice of the sixty, and then the birth of the stars.
- Harold wanted to take the statue but it was too heavy so he took the rose and placed it in the bag of holding.
- Rust and Alton found a small underground bunker, revealed when Alton pressed down on the lady's hand and Rust fell in.
- Rust found the bunker mostly empty except for a decrepit pantry shelf filled mostly with empty jars and an empty box. He heard a clank when he flipped the box upside down and found a broken necklace.
- The necklace was identified as a periapt of health.
- The captain used this time to get in some reading.
Teleportation Is Totally Safe
- Rust attempted to bring the ship directly to the Sapphire Island.
- There were two mishaps and boxholder almost died twice.
- Krumbleton reluctantly bothered to save boxholder.
- Matee and Finn the Green were almost downed as well.
- The ship eventually made it to the Sapphire Island
- Rust flew the ship a bit away so the party could recover before invading the area.
- Hugs was destroyed and required reconstruction.
Surveying
- The peninsula on which the fortress was located was mostly covered by leafless trees with gnarled branches, coiled tightly enough in some places to create a canopy.
- There was a dark haze about a mile from the "coast" of the island, which floats in the void. This is the presumed location of the fortress.
- To the north and west, there was movement in the trees.
- Alton noted a roc trailing red mist, unaffected by the sunlight, emerge and then return to this part of the wood.
- To the east, it was mostly quiet.
A Long Rest
- After much debate, the party elected to long rest after having Donnie disguise their magical scent as undead/vampires.
- The effect should last for 24 hours.
- The plan is to bring the main party - Farren, Alton, Rust, Krumbleton, Harold - as well as Panda, Hugs(remade), and Donnie (to cast mystic aura if noticed).
- Alton's bow was upset by the disguise.
Alton's Bow Wants Violence
- After about five hours, Alton noticed two individuals moving amidst the trees by the coast.
- Alton informed the captain and went to investigate
- He found that the ground was covered by fine grey sand and some of the trees were staked with vampires.
- Most of the vampires were safely staked in the shade of the curled branches but some were rather precariously placed under makeshift shelters almost certain to collapse and let the sun in eventually.
- The two vampires, a dark elf and a goliath, were investigating vampires staked to the trees and abandoned, dusty and disheveled. They seemed to be looking for something.
- They did not seem to notice Alton.
- While Alton kept his distance, they found a firbolg and freed him from the tree. He shouted angrily and in pain.
- They seemed to be against the fortress or at least possibly Myviira and started heading away, but keeping their distance from the fortress.
- Alton asked the captain if he should speak with them, sensing possible allies.
"Only if you are one hundred percent sure" - the Captain "It's like a 50/50" - Alton, after some thought.
- Alton approached the vampires, and noted that the dark elf had disappeared.
This is Going Great
- The vampires were immediately suspicious of Alton
- Alton claimed they could find their friends together, and he had a way off the island
- The goliath tried to grab him.
- The dark elf tried to charm him.
- Alton resisted and managed to calm them slightly until he mentioned that he wanted to know where Ryltar was.
- The goliath and dark elf exchanged a look and immediately attacked Alton.
Rewards Granted
- Rose of Lythienne
- Periapt of Health
Character(s) interacted with
- Sir Finn the Green
- Matee
- Fernando
- Judy
- Gim
- Crunch
- Boxholder
- Atha
- Daario
- Oreria Rexbreaker Nola-Kithino
- Luren
- Pyrravyn
Report Date
23 Dec 2022
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