Goals
Bring Veronica to the King, and set up a plan to gather the children and save them.
Setup 56 - Damned At Birth
The Party travelled to the Brightstone Mines, encountering Yvonne Copperear on her way to with a delivery. They took her carriage and brought the kids to safety, waking up one of them named "Bernd" which is soon turning 13. He only remembers being on his way to school and nothing else. The party ambushed the guards at the Mine entrance, went inside and discovered more malnourished children. Fought against a wizard named Witold, killing him, and encountering Veronica who revealed her mission to save the kingdom. She agreed to travel to Arcastle with the party to talk to the king.
Locations
- Bad Axweiler
- Christof Kornfeder has been keeping watch on the children who are still unconscious, except for Bernd who's been quiet.
- Arburg
NPCS
- Veronica Korsch (female half-elf paladin, calm, strong)
- Uses some sending stones to contact some of the people working for her to send the children to Arcastle instead.
- Wonders why Habor is no longer answering.
- Maximus (male human noble, friendly to the party)
- Will default to Dion and Lex's opinion on the matter about saving the children. Gives Lex and Auron as a Paladin of the Kingdom carte-blanche to organise what they need. "It's what Hilde would want"
- Regarding Veronica, conflicted. A punishment is required for kidnapping children and slaying them, but understands the gravity of the situation. Didn't believe her back then (an advisor of the king of a descendant of Veronica's father and she, Wendelgard Korsch, hates her).
- Dion
- In town, about to go on a mission to the Baator (Nine Hells) where he has an "Old friend" () who's requested his aid in something. He would love to take Auron and Levin there one day, as it's from where they draw their heritage.
- Just joking, the place is horrible.
- He met up with a "a friend's mother" back in the day who didn't age. Looking into it, she was in the possession of a powerful item, the "Scimitar of Time". that stopped its wielder from ageing. She's still living in Enida and owns an art-school.
- Arlinda is in the orphanage and recovering. She talked about the situation with Kairon. Dion is ready to say that despite his best efforts, he never figured out what Kairon wanted/did, but that he always wanted absolute power. If he talks about Tiamat and his Queen, then maybe he is trying to bring Tiamat back to the mortal plane, but how would he do that?
- Tiamat once ruled the 1st circle of hell.
- If Auron should come into contact with his uncle, Dion gives Auron and Levin a single Arrow of Banishement. If it hits, the target is banished to the Astral Sea for 24 hours. This should buy them enough time to escape and get help.
- Once back from the nine hells, he will investigate more into Kairon and try and fix this once and for all.
- Sister Imelda
- If Quinn visits, thanks her for her letter.
- Very sad to know that Arlinda now follows Fauseria, what does she mean by "second chance"?
- Knows of the Wyrmseers as followers of Tiamat, that they were dangerous fanatics. Dragons and Giants no longer possess much power in this world. The war was a time of constant destruction and chaos. Thankfully the last giant king was sealed into a diamond for eternity. Should he be released, the energy could wake up the old magic of the giants once again.
- Regarding the curse, she was tasked by Dion many moons ago to see if Auron and Levin were "damaged" by Kairon, but she was looking for more general curses. If Auron comes, she could perform a new ritual more targeted at this kind of power.
- Two powerful entities are fighting for Auron's devotion. Tiamat's grasp on him is deep, but his heart belongs to Tormaa. Who is Tormaa? She is batteling to keep Tiamat's grasp in check.
- Could craft items to detect fey children, as the coven has dealt with hags before. They could sacrifice some of the children and put their eyes into jars, enchant them, so that they point in direction of the closest "same kind" as them.
- Or use pig's eyes instead and coat them in the blood of the children to infuse it with magic.
- Bjorn Yronfoot
- Can provide magical items to send the children to a safe dimension where they don't age.
- Aaron Bahr
- Wants to know more about the Hags and their ritual. Higher level magic can bend reality (wish) but bending reality for so many people is unheard of.
- Maybe can provide with the help of divination magic the location of all children, or at least how to track them.
- Myria
- We can't abandon the children, Pelor sees every life as sacred. We can't abandon them, must find a solution.
- One of Pelor's relics, Pelor's Shield, could be used to cleans the fey from the children.
- It is protected by Lady Rivandol.
- Habor Grief
- If scried on, if chained up with burn marks on his torso, unconscious in a dungeon.
Encounters
(3 White Abishai (mtf 163) or 3 black abishai) + lead by 1 Flind (volo 153) reskinned as a hag-like creature, working for the hags, tracking Victoria.
End of session