Category: Campaign 1 Histories

An entry in Kerath’s private journal:

In a rare moment of lucidity, Lyra explained everything. She claimed that Dark Warren was once the benevolent and rightful ruler of this city until Kane arrived in Blassingdell over 20 years ago. She said Kane made a pact with Cyric, the evil god of lies, that enabled him to steal Warren’s seat of power. Kane placed a curse on the city, erasing the memory of its past, and transformed Warren into a dragonborn while also robbing him of his memories. Lyra was a servant girl in Warren’s household and barely escaped with her life, but her memory is still fragmented. She struggled for decades to put the pieces back together and wants to see things return to how they were. Continue reading “Session 21 — Misplaced Trust”

An entry in Argora’s private journal:

“Even the best laid plans can lead to more turmoil.” These are some of the words from my father I still carry with me to this day, but don’t necessarily follow.. Continue reading “Session 20 — The Best Laid Plans”

Blumf pacified the enchanted rug smothering Kerath, which was designed by Arindel to obey the orders of any dwarf. The party then interrogated the charmed duergar, who confirmed that he and the one possessed by Arindel were the last survivors of their kind in Khundrukai. He also revealed that the duergar did not have a stash of Durgeddin’s weapons hidden away, as the party had hoped; instead, he and the other subordinates were ordered without explanation to periodically toss the weapons into a deep cavern. Continue reading “Session 19 — A Bald-Faced Miracle”

Charlie noticed that Durgeddin retained much more of his identity and memories than is typical for an Animate Dead spell. His form was becoming increasingly corporeal and his will was becoming increasingly free of Kerath’s as time progressed. Continue reading “Session 18 — “Hey Durgeddin””

When the party arrived at Khundrukai, they entered as before through the cave system beneath the stronghold and made their way to the octagonal room at the entrance of the Duergar enclave. As they expected, crossing the threshold into the adjoining throne room triggered the magical alarm they had previously encountered, so they quickly rushed into the near door in the southwest corner. This led to a kitchen and dining hall. There they found no duergar but were instead assaulted by the dinner table, which was apparently enchanted to attack intruders. Though the table was remarkably agile and dodged many of their attacks, the group eventually destroyed the fleet-footed furniture. Continue reading “Session 17 — Self-Serving Sacrilege”

An entry in Blumf’s private journal:

Dear dairy,

Oh man, what a weird couple o’ nights. Kerath and Zin went into town to deal with that shady look’n Dark Warren. Glad it was them and not me, fellow gives me the creeps, and I think he might’ve stolen me wallet. I’m thinking the two of them had the same concerns. I’m told Zin approached him first while Kerath followed “stealthily”. I dunno what the ranger man considers stealthy, but stopping to buy some bread doesn’t seem stealthy to me. In fact, he left poor Zin to herself to negoat… negoti… plan our next move. Continue reading “Session 16 — A Shimmery Night”

Argora relayed to the party that the six orcs in the next room were arguing and that at least one wanted to depose their current leader, Ulfe, and replace him with another, Yarrack, who had the favor of the queen, Shagol. The party hatched a half-baked plan: to burst into the room claiming to be Ulfe’s enforcers so that those still loyal to their current leader might turn on the conspirators. Little did they know that this room contained only opponents of Ulfe, including Yarrack himself. Continue reading “Session 15 — Inept Intimidation”

The party proceeded into a dark cave where they heard the sounds of orcs in conversation. Avoiding these voices, they crept silently in the dark until they came to a “jalapeño-shaped” jail cell. A pair of human prisoners were shackled within, and one named Garadel began shouting for their help. The party tried to quiet him, reasoning that they could not help until they made the area more secure. Just then, a pair of patrolling orcs named Whark and Thwark overheard the discussion and attacked but were killed by the party. Continue reading “Session 14 — Enemies at the Gate”

The party made camp in the woods outside the orc stronghold. Feeling like they were no longer in immediate danger, they turned their attention to Hugo, who had twice recently assaulted his allies when he was woken from a fitful sleep. He was very reluctant to discuss the matter, but the group insisted that he provide some explanation since it seemed he would likely put them in danger nightly. To assuage their fears, Hugo dropped his fake accent and revealed himself to be Charlie Oakes, the only surviving member of a noble house from the town of La’Riccia. Continue reading “Session 13 — The Impostor”

Rallying, the party slew 4 of the 7 duergar ambushers. Hugo held one captive with a Levitate spell as the female duergar leader, Ghared, and one other vanished magically. The group interrogated their prisoner, but he refused to provide any information about what his people were doing in the adjacent rooms. He offered his head, and Kavagal swiftly took it, to the dismay of the rest of the party. Continue reading “Session 12 — Battle Cuddles”