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Held seems possessive of the box, mumbling to himself as he keeps his magic over it. Yourunawitha Despair notices that he is speaking Infernal, unusual for a cleric like him. His right hand also looks slightly atrophied, and his left eye seems to cloud over and go misty occasionally. She tells the rest of the group to keep an eye on him.
Hardy Da asks Held what's in the box, and tries to convince him to ransom opening it but is declined.
Princess Lydia and Marjorie ask Kira for fighting training.
Dolly Dagger asks Held to bless his peppers, and he does so - it grows in weight (now grants 1 minute Bless). From the side of the road, three large cockroaches attack. Marjorie declares herself ready to fight as she battles to free her sword from it's scabbard. Princess Lydia draws her away. Dolly throws a javelin at one of the roaches, missing. Whiskeythimble climbs a tree, hiding himself in the foliage. He fires his shortbow, dealing 11dmg to one of the cockroaches. Yourunawitha hides behind a tree, and casts Sorcerous Burst, but misses. Hardy casts Faerie Fire, but fails. One of the Blattoids flies up and attacks Whiskeythimble, dealing 8dmg. The next one attacks Dolly, hitting him for 6dmg. The third lands in the tree above Youruna and swipes at her, missing. Kira swipes her glaive at the one in the tree, dealing 6dmg and slicing it open. The body falls to the ground, the head following it. Dolly swings at the Blattoid next to him, but misses. He runs behind the tree Whiskeythimble is in. Whiskeythimble sneak attacks the Blattoid, missing. Youruna swings with her scimitar at the blattoid closest to her, dealing 5dmg. The blattoid is sheathed in energy, preventing it from moving without taking damage. She steps back, and the Blattoid tries to attack, missing, and incurring 1dmg and losing a leg, downing it. Hardy runs up to the undamaged Blattoid, casting Thunderclap but missing it. The Blattoid swings at Hardy, critically wounding him. The sheathed Blattoid hits at Dolly, dealing 6dmg. Kira hits back at it, hitting it and dealing 12dmg, impaling it on her glaive. It flops to the ground, lifeless. 'Most impressive', says Marjorie. Dolly throws a javelin at the remaining Blattoid, missing. Whiskey fires at the Blattoid, missing. Youruna casts Sourcerous Burst, hitting it and killing it. While Hardy is being tended to, Whiskey runs over to the box, and opens it. He sees a withered hand and an eye, and concludes that wizards are into something weird.
The next moment the lid is slammed shut, barely trapping his fingers, and the priest screams at him 'Never! Never!'. Whiskey pushes Held again to tell them what the box is about, and the Captain encourages him to do so.Held says that when armageddon was (barely) averted 5 years ago, something from another reality extended itself into this one, and it is now up to the Arcanum to banish this back to it's realm. It is a foothold into this world for an entity of immense power. The Captain gives Dolly and Hardy healing potions, and points towards a Holly tree.
'We're close to some good friends of mine', he says. 'The van de Lijdens should be able to help us'. Dolly knows that they are known as local philanthropists and counsellors. The Captain says that the 2 day delay to visit them would be worth it. The Captain offers to take the physical price of safekeeping for Held, but Held refuses. Youruna uses Thaumaturgy to persuade Held to share the burden, and the party looks on in surprise as she glows. Held accepts her offer, and passes the box to her. From the box, Yoruna hears, in Infernal, 'Let me in'.A day's travel later, the road seems better, and the party is feeling a chill creeping in. One of them could have sworn they'd seen a unicorn in the brush. Yoruna still hears 'Let me in'' repeated from the box. The party comes across a nice cottage, with the smell of stew and a spit roasting pork. There's a figure singing in the kitchen, but the captain says - that's not Mrs van de Lijden. The figure turns to them and asks how she can help. She spies the Captain's shield, and says that the van de Lijdens asked her to help the Cranes. The Captain asks where the van de Lijdens are, and she says that they were called away on business, asked her to tend the house. She says she's made to much food, and asks them to eat. Whiskey realises that this woman couldn't have 'accidentally' made that much food, and there seems to be some kind of magic in play - the aura doesn't match the tone. He recognises the woman as an ilusion, and he attacks.Whiskey hits with his daggers, dealing 15dmg. The image of the woman flickers and the true appearance of a crone appears. The crone pushes Marjorie and Lydia out of the way, and rushes to her cauldron, where the stew has been replaced by a green bubbling liquid. 'I'll need something else for my stew', she says, and looking at Youruna she asks for her magical item. Youruna refuses.Whiskey attacks her again, missing, and retreats away from her. Youruna casts Sourceror's Burst, dealing 5 thunder dmg. Youruna realises that they are dealing with two hags, not a coven. Held and the Captain go inside to deal with the other hag. Hardy casts Faerie Fire on the hag, making her easier to hit. Kira swings at the hag, but she dodges out the way. Dolly swings at the hag with his great sword, hitting her and dealing 10dmg. 'No!', screams the hag, scratching at Dolly and slashing him for 4dmg and 3 poison dmg. She scratches at Kira too, but misses. Whiskey fires his bow at her, hitting her for 8dmg. Youruna uses Chilling Touch on the hag, hitting her for 7dmg and preventing her from healing. Hardy uses Thunderclap, but misses. Dolly hits with his greatsword, dealing 14dmg. He steps back, the hag attacks him but misses. Kira hits at the hag, but misses. The hag points at Youruna, and a green ray fires at her. Dolly jumps in to intercept, hitting them both for 7dmg. Dolly is downed. Whiskey fires at the hag, but misses. He feeds a healing potion to Dolly, healing him for 10HP. Youruna uses Chill Touch, dealing 8dmg. Black blood oozes out of the hag afresh, and she crawls towards the cauldron, dying before she make it. Youruna sees that the eye and hand from the chest have crept somehow close to the cauldron. She starts using her Mage Hand to put them back in the box, and hears the voice again: 'I will give you more power, you will sit at my side.'. Falling into temptation, she doesn't notice her hand creeping up to pluck out her eye. Whiskey manages to stop her, and Hardy uses Mage Hand to move the hand and eye back into the box. He also fails, and Youruna manages to stop him just in time. Kira tries to kick the hand and eye into the box, but also fails - Lydia finally manages to close them in, and the voice, having gotten louder and louder, is suddenly quieter again. The Captain and Held emerge from the cottage, with the second hag bound. 'My sister, Skibidink', she says. 'Well. Do it now, kill me.' Youruna tries to intimidate her, but fails. Kira realises that she will need to figure out her weakness. Looking around, she gathers a small snowball and throws it at her. It seems to burn into her, and she breaks, promising to tell anything.It seems a single warrior defending the premises was easy for them to overcome, and the hags were using the energy of the place to increase their power. She says that she could say something of the hand and eye they're carrying, that it's connected to a god. You could replace the hand and eye with your own, but you'd become a pawn of that God. The hag tells Youruna that as a child of Azmodeus, the best way to honour her family is to 'Kill kill kill'. Kira shoves a snowball in the hag's mouth - 'If you can't say anything, don't say anything at all'. The hag starts melting. Exploring the house, the party finds some doors magically barred. The Captain declares he will ride out to find provisions, and then they will have to head on to Thane. Held says that they could take a shortcut through the ruins of Eshkrisher. The captain blanches, and the priest looks as though he regrets the idea.The Captain explains that Eskrisher is the ruins of an insect city, from when insects ruled the world. It would be a substantial shortcut, but would be through insect territory, and the insects want the hand and eye.
The party decides not to take the shortcut, and investigates the house some more. Yoruna finds a book on poetry, Hardy finds scrolls and letters, correspondence in an older dialect of common, between someone and the van de Lijdens - saying the 'Most Exalted' has been taken.The party also finds 13 health potions. ]]>session-2.htmlSession 2.mdSun, 30 Aug 2026 13:24:26 GMTLeng]]>characters/held.htmlCharacters/Held.mdSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:17:25 GMTgods/leng.htmlGods/Leng.mdSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:15:58 GMTPrincess Lydia]]>characters/marjorie.htmlCharacters/Marjorie.mdSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:14:02 GMTKira's glass has run dry. Kira demands a triple, The barlady, Mrs Frien fills a large mug, and slides it down the bar to her. Looking down the bar, Kira sees a dapper halfling, who asks the barlady, Mrs Fram, for a whiskey.
Kira lights her finger with Produce Flame, and dips it into the whiskey. Following his protestations, he introduces himself as Whiskeythimble
Watching the proceedings is Dolly Dagger. He's holding onto his sack of homegrown hallucinogenic peppers. He offers Mrs Frien a sample - she declines but Kira and Whiskeythimble are eager to sample the wares. They're spicy but not too hot - however, Whiskeythimble feels the trip coming on, and watches as the bar morphs and strange items flit in and out of existence around him.Dolly tries to slip some liquid distillation of his peppers into Mrs Frien's drink, but her hand clamps down as she catches him.
At this point Hardy Da walks into the bar. He greets Mrs Frien, and accepts a pepper from Dolly. His eyes go wide on taking it, and sees a rainbow bird outside. He rushes out to greet and sing for it, and Whiskeythimble, seeing the same bird, follows him.
Walking into the bar, a Yourunawitha Despair surveys the scene and asks for two flagons of ale. Telling Mrs Frien of her need to see the Plains of Despair, Mrs Frien lends her guidance on the best route. Dolly sneaks into the kitchen to survey the scene, and sees a clean and well appointed kitchen, well stocked for the end of winter. He sees the chef, a mean looking woman working the spit. Dolly asks her about the kitchen, and the chef kicks him out - the kitchen is not for patrons.
A well dressed man in full armour enters the tavern, bearing a shield with a symbol of a crane in flight.Mrs Frien greets him as the leader of the procession. She asks if any of his men will be staying in the tavern, and the man says that he is on his way to Albany with protected cargo. He asks if there are any willing hands to swell their numbers. Dolly offers a pepper to the general, and Whiskeythimble attempts to pickpocket the general. Mrs Frien whispers in the general's ear - 'take the goblin, maybe you can teach him to sing'. Whiskeythimble manages to lift two envelopes from the general.Mrs Frien asks about food for the camp - the general needs food for 40 people, and food for two royals - one of them a princess. Whiskeythimble offers his services - the general accepts at 5 silvers a day for the next 5 days. Upon pressing, Whiskeythimble is able to persuade him up to 10 silvers a day. The General tells the group to meet at the camp at sundown, and asks if anyone would like to attend the druid with him. Dolly offers him a pepper, which he pockets to eat when his mission is done.
Perusing the purloined envelopes, Whiskeythimble founds a letter of rights for 500Gp, and a letter saying that the Duchess will be making her way back to Albany, having been freed from her Lenthori prison. He flushes the second letter down a latrine.
The general, having finished writing his letters, walks over to the school where the local wizard teaches. The children stand and nudge each other at seeing a leader of the True Way. Upon being asked, they say that they have been learning Elven. They are wide eyed at the sight of a tiefling. Hardy offers to entertain the kids with a song, and wide eyed, they cry out not to. Whiskeythimble does card tricks instead to their amazement.
The mage returns, and the general asks for more numbers from the Wolf King to assist the True Way, but the mage maintains that it is important to stay neutral. The party heads into the Northern forest - the same one Mrs Frien had advised them to avoid, and come across a hut in the wood, with an elderly woman out front. 'Hello there Kira', she greets them. Her face darkens on seeing Hardy, and she cautions him not to sing.She offers the party with help, but has no whiskey for Whiskeythimble. Dolly offers her a pepper, but she declines. The general asks if she has heard anything from her superiors, and she says she has not. She reiterates that her and her colleagues have been deterring young men from being conscripted.
In the general's camp, the party settles in. Dolly volunteers for guard duty for the people being escourted. The party are pointed towards the clip board man, a sea elf. He signs them on, and points them towards the mess, and gestures Kira and Dolly towards the princess and her maid, Marjorie.
The princess is indignant that she was captured, and at having to deal with the old king on Lenthor. She introduces herself as Princess Lydia, and confides that she's not sure her escort care about her that much. She mentions that the clerics are guarding another tent even more securely than her own. Hardy sets out to start playing to distract the guards. It's a terrible performance, but distracts the guards well enough for Whiskeythimble and Dolly to sneak into the tent of Mei. They see an obsidian chest on the ground, in a circle drawn with salt. There's a separate chest to the side, that Whiskeythimble is able to pick and open, revealing some fine silks. Whiskeythimble takes the silks, and tells the others that there's a magic chest. Youra tries to sneak in too, but is caught immediately. She's still able to infer that the circle is protecting something from breaking out, and that it is slightly out of phase with reality. Dolly decides to throw a javelin at the chest. Hearing this Whiskeythimble hides. Dolly misses the box entirely, and only just avoids breaking the salt circle. The priests - True Way initiates - are extremely unhappy with this. Youra offers to help repair the circle, and identifies the runes as Draconic. The box itself is not magical, but it is still covered in shadow, and the shadows also seem to be holding something in. The guards, still upset with Dolly, drag him off to the captain. The captain asks why he would do such a thing, and decides to drop him off at the nearest town in the morning - with no pay.
Back with Marjorie and Lydia, Kira finds herself tiring of the chatter. Lydia invents an excuse to step away with Kira to escape Marjorie's talk. They go to find out what was discovered in the tent. Whiskeythimble has snuck into the other tent, but finds nothing of value. Lydia and Kira join the party at the fire, and exchange what they've learnt. Dolly asks if Lydia can persuade the Captain, the princess is unsure of any chance of success. Lydia mentions that the side chest had been opened, but Whiskeythimble says he'd noticed the same. Hardy sees through it, but stays silent. p The camp settles down as the night progresses. Hardy is woken by a loud buzzing, very close by. Youra wakes up too - and senses that insects are coming, en masse and in the dead of night. Hardy and Youra wake the others, and Whiskeythorpe realises that these are huge cockroaches, surrounding an even larger wasp. Youra tries to slice one of the bugs, and moves back. The bugs surround Hardy and bite at him, dealing 2dmg. Dolly throws his javelin, taking several of them out. Hardy casts Tunderclap, which the bugs resist but the entire camp is now alerted. Kira runs forward and swings her glaive, dealing 14dmg, killing almost all of the bugs. Whiskeythimble fires from his sleeping point in the tree, hitting the large wasp and bloodying it. Youra casts Sorceror's Burst, hitting it for 3 dmg. The bugs hit Hardy for 1 dmg, and the wasp hits Dolly for dmg. Dolly manages to cut the wasp in half. As it shrivels, Dolly hears in his mind - 'you humans will never prosper'. Kira swings at the remaining bugs, dealing 6dmg. Hardy riffs out Thunderstruck once more, and the addition of his voice seems to add enough to take the last of them out - they shrivel as they collapse to the ground. The party sees that the camp has been ravaged, and most of the survivors are dying, though Lydia is fine. Youra finds the captain, he is bleeding out. Whiskeythimble finds the healing potions the Captain bought, and stabilises him. While doing so he checks the captain's pockets, finding the pepper and 5sp. He also finds a letter of rights for 10sp. Yours checks the tent of Mei, and finds the salt shield has been broken - and a very large bug telekinetically moving the box. It looks at her, hisses 'Filthy human' and scuttles off with the box. She casts Sorceror's Burst at it, but misses. She sounds the alarm for the others. Dolly throws his javelin but misses. Hardy casts Faerie Fire at the roach Kira hits it with her glaive, hitting it for 28dmg. Her blade slices through it's brain, killing it. Youra rushes up to the box, and barely manages to recreate the sigils and protect the box. Whiskeythimble finds the last surviving cleric. The cleric casts Hallowed Ground, safeguarding the area. He asks after the captain, and says that it is imperative that the box be guarded, and the fate of the world depends on it. The party spreads out to find supplies. Dolly finds 2 health potions, and short sword, some holy water, and a dagger. Hardy finds 3 health potions, a nice rapier, and a pendant with shining liquid inside. Kira finds a short bow. Whiskeythimble finds a short sword with metal like nectorising flesh. 1d6 necrotic dmg. He also finds a wolfs head medallion, and 12 platinum coins. Youra finds a shard from the Shadowfell and 4 healing potions.
The priest draws them together, and the party sets off for Thane. ]]>session-1.htmlSession 1.mdSun, 30 Aug 2026 11:13:48 GMTSession 1
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