Fair met weary travelers!
It is now time for the second installment of our ongoing adventure (and by that I mean here is session 2 of our D & D Campaign)!
Here is our newest party member:
Conch, the Olru`n Merfolk Druid
Jerome- an elephant that Chet receives as a gift (transforms from a small "toy" to the elephant)
Here are our newly introduced NPC's:
Patreon- (human) the late Jarl Wilhelm's uncle who is now, according to tradition, supposed to be the new Jarl of Grydain
Madame Mireal- (high-elf wizard) widow of the late Jarl Wilhelm, member of the counsel of Grydain, and founder of Grydain's college of magic
Vistra- (dwarf) blacksmith and owner of Grydain's Branch of the Bearion Family Armory
Leaf- (firbolg druid) owner of the magic shop known simply as Leaf's
????? - (?????) hooded figure who claims to work for "him"
and here are the enemies that were encountered:
Bugbears
Hill Giant
Minotaurs
Now for the Summary!
After completing General Landrorg's first mission for our Party, he managed to convince them to stay in town for a bit until the next mission. The city paid for everyone to stay at the Griffin's Wings Tavern & Inn with the exception of Zelladawn, compromised with the General and agreed to stay in the forest just outside of the city and was to only be disturbed under dire circumstances.
After a week of nothing but staying at the Inn, the party began to get restless and FINALLY received word from General Landrorg. As the Party made their way towards The Keep, they began to realize that they were receiving recognition from the citizens of Grydain.
When they arrived at General Landrorg's Office, there was a heated discussion being had between the General, Grimm, Ango Boyland, and two people they hadn't yet been introduced too: a noble fine dressed human named Patreon and a beautiful green-robed high-elf named Mireal. Patreon is discovered to be the uncle of the now deceased Jarl Wilhelm and is there to take his nephew's place as Jarl. Mireal is found to be the widow of Jarl Wilhelm and insists that her former husband wished that the new Jarl of Grydain be chosen by the city's counsel. After many strong words being exchanged, Patreon leaves the room furiously.
General Landrorg asks Ango to excuse himself, and the General, Mireal, and Grimm inform the party that there have been reports of an on-coming group of bugbears heading straight for the college. The bugbears are being accompanied by a hill giant. The general also inform's the party that Grimm will NOT be accompanying them, so they are on their own.
After some encouraging words from Mireal, the General urges the Party to get whatever supplies they may need and make haste to deal with this threat. He also added that as a precaution, the citizens have been put under a city-wide house arrest, and that the occupants and contents have all been cleared out of the college, but if they were to come into contact with anyone to say nothing of the bugbears and giant.
After stocking up on supplies, including new armor from the Bearion Family Armory from Vistra, several new weapons from Bilfer's Bits-N-Bobbles, and another "toy" from Rosie, this time for Chet PLUS information on a piece of Conch's past from Leaf at Leaf's, the Party finally heads to face the on-coming threat.
The Party passes the College and feel tremors with every step. Fifty feet out of city limits, they can see six bugbears coming their way, with another eight bugbears and the giant accompanying them another sixty feet behind them. The Party decides to try to set up a bait-and-trap, with Ogg as the bait. However, like most things with The Party, things do not go quite as they had planned.
The Party managed to take out the first six bugbears through a series of blasts of cold breath from Ogg's winter wolf Bardou and Chet, Conch, and Raizos attempting to pick them off from the cover of some nearby trees.
As this took place the Hill Giant accidentally took out two of his bugbearion allies as they entered into the combat. Chet released his newly found ally Jerome from his marble figurine and The Party advanced on their now present enemies. They managed to both blind and freeze the giant's heel, causing him frostbite and to fall to the ground. The bugbears began to throw their javelins into the trees to attack Chet, Conch, and Raizos, but were defeated instead.
Finally, with all but one bugbear vanquished, the party could all turn their attention to finishing off the giant. After what seemed like hours (5 to be exact) of combat, Bardou let out a furious blast of cold breathe freezing the giant into a massive block of ice, also freezing the remaining bug bear.
The Party began trekking back to the keep to inform General Landrorg that the job had been completed, a loud clang rang out from the Military's Barracks. The Party went to further investigate, and they found four large minotaurs carrying arms full of weapons and armor. Upon further inspection, The Party found that all of the minotaurs'eyes were glazed over through some means of magic. The Party then turned to see a hooded figure with a plague mask covering his face and a large tome strapped to his cloak. In one hand he held a lantern, and on the other arm a raven. was perched. He asked why they were snooping during the house-arrest and then claimed that "he" would not be pleased. Another clang rang out behind them, and the minotaurs were gone. When The Party turned back to see the hooded figure, but he was gone.
The Party made it to the Keep just before a sudden violent storm began to pour down. The Party relayed all of the events that had taken place during this task, and the General Landrorg thanked them for help, but seemed to not be concerned with the Hooded Figure; he said that Vistra could re-supply what was taken and that they would increase patrols in the city, but that was all that could be done. This stunned our heroes, clearly being able to tell that something was being keptt from them from their supposed ally.
All of the sudden, all of the lights in the Keep go out at once. There is a loud crash, and a scream rings out. The lights come back on, and there on the General's desk, is a beaked mask matching the one of the Hooded Figure.
(This last part is taken directly from my notes) " 'Boys,' Landrorg says, looking very stern and concerened, 'get some rest. I’m going to
get word to Zelladawn. It looks like your work here in the city just got
started.' He takes another long drink. "
And that's where it ended! We will have our next session this weekend, so be looking for the next summary next week. Thank you all for reading, and until next time: may your geekery be strong and may your rolls be crit 20's!
Picture Credits:
Conch- created on Heroforge.com
Hoooded Figure- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/229191068517070244/
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