| Location: | Aboard Klauth’s red sky ship, and in the Utgarde encampment, in the Valley of Kedrun |
| Session at a glance | New characters and key characters this week: Kralk the Utgard Shaman and his three guards (Note spelling correction) Klauth’s subjects: The dragon cult: leather-clad humans on the red sky ship. Narft the barbarian who joined them to find the chief’s cousin’s daughterNoori – the chief’s cousin’s daughter – rescued from the cocoon. Now the new chief of the Barbarian village, cousin of the former chief.——————————————————————————————— Where we left off:Following a festive Candle Night feast with the barbarians, they watch as a sleigh with reindeer flies away, having dropped a Sock of Holding. With Kralk the Shaman defeated, they have removed the corruption from the Utgarde tribe and won the favour of Noori and her subjects. They have also pleased the Serpentine Coatul. Noori agrees to help them with gathering relics. Triumphantly they display the first relic (half-shield) on the side of the dragon-cult sky ship. The They are heading to One Stone, to attempt to get another relic. They end the night singing, grappling and enjoying merrment. Player reminders: – Add a Charm of Restoration to each inventory – Add a Christmas Sock of Holding to one inventory – Add a stone dragon symbol to one inventory (a symbol of their favour with the Utgarde tribe)- Remove 500g from Londer’s inventory – Add inspiration to Gunther for his inspired and inspiring bag-pipe song (Last Candle Night) ——————————————————————————————— Quests:– Taking relics from the Barbarian burial grounds to the All Father Collecting relics will give them access to paths to the Storm Court (1/9 collected) – Accessing the King Hecaton conch to root out the evil in the King’s court – Seeking the powerful weapon in the possession of Cerisa (Hecaton’s daughter on the throne) – Avenging the slain cloud giant (Igorn) who was killed by his father |
| Last week (flash backs) | They wake aboard the dragon boat and assemble in Londer’s room to plan ahead. They agree to search for the entrance to the Shaman’s hideout and will attempt to charm the Shaman. They head towards the area where the cavern was and work out roughly where the entrance must be. They traipse through the snow, sometimes knee deep and find an area with a series of rocks. They see a dark gap between them. When Leshanna reaches her hand out she can feel the cold air in the gap between them. Thoradin senses a trap is nearby. There is something magical just inside the cave. Leshanna dispels it. With the magic gone, they all strain to remove the rocks and creep in. A room appears ahead. They see a figure that they are sure is Kralk turn and look towards Rillix. He appears to be levitating as he turns. He drops his feet down as he turns. He dashes out the door. The room is a dome, not dissimilar to the ones they slept in. There is a four poster bed with no mattress that has been singed. Everything is covered in ash. There are bowls and broken piece of furniture. One bowl in the corner is intact and black.Rillix flies over to the bowl, it’s a scrying bowl, used by magical people to take readings. Leshanna summons Rillix back and passes on the information to the others. Thoradin becomes aware of Kralk’s movement. He’s moving quickly away from the cave out towards the village. After a while he gets the sense the he’s moved through the village and is beyond it. They head back out of the cave and make bird noises to summon the dragon boat. When it appears they jump for the rope ladders and hold on. Thoradin gestures where the Shaman is running. Kralk is now in the plains. They are heading towards him in the boat. They’ve passed the village, in the darkness ahead they can see footsteps in the snow and they can see him and three others, clearly the guards they had seen with him before. As Leshanna prepares to charm them, Thoradin throws a net over them. Miss Moss fires quickly and does some damage to Kralk. Leshanna charms the guards who suddenly see her as a friendly acquaintance and begin admiring the boat. One of them is netted, the other wanders around. As one escapes from the net, Gunther charms Kralk with a festive bag-pipe performance. Kralk suddenly drops his weapon and begins to dance to the music. Just as this happens, Noori and Narft come running over the hill. As Noori rushes up, Kralk makes some amiable noises. [time jump]Back in the tent, Noori is cleaning the blood off her axe. She has decapitated Kralk. Immediately the mood began to change. A great weight seemed to be lifted. Noori can see through the fog that was around her perception before. She invites them to join the great Mid-Winter Feast. They walk back into the cavern in the enormous room. In the middle, the altar rises up. As they approach it, they see a shifting, circling serpent creature – green and gold. It appears to be phasing in and out of existence. In their heads they hear the voice from their dream. “You have done a great deed. As promised, we will bestow on you a favour”. They feel celestial warmth and light. They have been charmed with a Charm of Restoration. They head out hunting with Narft and the barbarians.Back in the cavern it is Candle Nights, the festival of mid Winter. Flaming torches light the room. The tables are decorated with berries and fruit. The adventurers have been given a place of honour at the front of the room. The food is not delicious. Londer starts an impromptu grapple with the barbarians and they all line up to have a turn. They conference with Noori and explain that they need the relics to be able to restore the ordning and to prevent everyone being ripped asunder. She agrees that the other tribes will not be eager to hand over the relics, so she asks them to come with her. Inside her tent she goes into a chest and brings out a stone carved dragon – if you present this to anyone from the Utgarde they will know that you have our favour. They hear a great crack outside – a crack of extra planar energy. They rush out, they can see the great purple clouds. They see something fly across the sky pulled by reindeers. A child rushes over and starts cheering. The thing flies around above them with white dust covering them. A package falls down from the sky. The figure continues on its way. Gunther rushes over to open it, pushing the child out of the way. Inside is a Christmas stocking. The child gasps, “It’s a Sock of Holding.” and Gunther and the child headbut each other. When he grows up, he wants to be just like the Adventurers. Londer feels overwhelmed with benevolence and makes him a gift of 500 gold. They take the shield-relic (half shield) and attach it to the side of the dragon sky ship. Upon close inspection, it’s clearly made of dragon scales, which makes the dragon cult very uncomfortable. |
| Current journey | The Frozen North – A tremendously difficult journey at the coldest time of year- They seek to restore the Ordening – They are negotiating the barbarians |
| Significant other points: | – They are carrying a divining rod to find adamantine in the bag of holding – They recall an Elk (symbolising an omen, like the birth of a new king) – They know stories of giants fighting dragons in the past and of them using adamantine to create a great Colossus – They have encountered the Dragon cult before when they attacked Zephyros – A green dragon attacked Miss Moss’ village and she is seeking revenge |
| Other recent encounters | GiantsHarshnagg the Frost Giant – waiting for them back at the temple A frost giant corpseIgorn the forlorn spirit (cloud giant) and his corpse – seeking vengeance on his father, Blagakis ——————————————————————————————— Barbarians Wormblood – the chief, slain in battle by the heroes in the Giant Temple, along with his allies, except Noori and Narft Merft, the temporarily second in charge while Wormblood was away ——————————————————————————————— Dragons and Dragon boat Sky Nugget: Miss Moss’ baby dragon Klauth’s subjects: The dragon cult: leather-clad humans on the red sky ship. Klauth – a Red Dragon – one of the oldest dragons in the land, He is incredibly evil. There are famous stories of him joining battles A trapped fire elemental: providing heat in the furnace on the sky ship A trapped air elemental: with a system of doors to activate the propeller Other An adult Remorhaz they battled and defeated A serpent like creature, a Couatul, imprisoned in the Barbarian altar |
| Oracle questions | How do we restore the Ordening? The only one to do it is the Allfather. He disrupted it to rouse his children from their complacency. Only he restores the ordening. How can we get the Allfather to restore the ordening?Root out evil in the court of the Storm Giants – the storm giant King Hecaton. You must visit King Hecaton’s court. How can we travel safely to the court of the Storm Giants? You must find King Hecaton’s conch to transport you there and root out the evil How can we find people or items to restore the ordering, including (and especially the conch)?You must prove your worth by finding some treasure. Barbarian kind built altars to Rutgar, their king atop these relics and surrounded the area with burial mounds. Go there and find the lost relics and bring them here to the All-Father as tributes. There are many paths. The more relics you bring, the more paths will be open to you. What more can you tell us about the missing King and the evil in the court of Hecaton?The evil in the court is from multiple sources, the King was undermined by his daughters Miran and Nimh, his daughters covet the throne. Where can we find 5 magical weapons that will help us in our battle?Giants do not entertain small-folk weapons. There is one weapon – the coral nora sceptre, wielded by Cerisa, the one who sits on the Storm giant throne. The daughter of King Hecaton. It is amongst the most powerful weapons known to giant-kind. |
