1. Journals

55 - The Children Left Behind

Session
Ardenian Heritage 2019-02-16

Goals

Decide if the party follows Habor, or goes for the children. Integrate Medb?

Setup 54 - Traumgeschichte

Visited Habor's house, went to Habor's manor, released Laida, confronted Habor but it was an illusion. he said he will take care of what he should have from the start. Lex scryed on him and saw him on a horse going direction Arcastle.

Locations

  • Malden
    • Der Silbene Zahn - tavern owned by the Riesmann family
    • Habor's Lair
      • Notes / Diary regarding his science, his findings, him being close to figuring it out. 
      • Wanted to use Laida to transfer her magic after learning of her magical powers and link to Fauseira.
      • He didn't leave any clues about who he's working for. He cleaned up / destroyed the evidence.
      • Mentions his first success of sucking the life, but couldn't transfer it. A child named Günter (now old). The child managed to run away but he didn't find any body, so suspects the bear or wolves ate him.

NPCS

  • Habor Grief (male tiefling, 45, reserved, anxious)
  • Badolin (young dwarven male, 18)
  • Sabrina (middle-aged female human, friendly, worried about her friend)
    • Happy to see Laida back.
  • Laida Asllani (middle-aged female tiefling)
    • Happy to see her baby so strong and with good people
    • Angry that she was charmed by Habor, it was probably a spell.
    • Can't be with him, she sees Levin's father's face when she looks at him and it breaks her heart.
    • Story time about Laida's past.
      • A young man (20-30) knocks on the door, Sabrina gets up screams.
      • The man has a stitched eyes and mouth, but talks telepathically to the party, addressing Levin:
        • "I love family reunions."
        • Laida's face goes cold, terrified as she recognises Kairon's voice.
        • "No need to be scared my dear Arlinda. I am not here for you. Levin my boy, you have grown into quite the man. Weak like your mother, but I see some of my qualities in you. It's a shame little Dion hasn't allowed you to unlock your full potential, but little Dion is always scared of what is stronger than him. He was always the jealous boy. You can still be saved, I'm sure of it. I've fixed worse problems, but now's not the time for me to be raising you into a proper adult. And as for you little Auron, laugths well this is amusing. It seems like Dion has tainted you the most. A paladin? Following some unknown and insignificant Godess? Weakness really is a poison that spreads to all it enters in contact with it. But I take it you know, that you've seen the gift I gave you 20 years ago. I made sure you would remember when I killed that mage Dion hired to erase your memories of that night. This little gift in you is already having an effect. I have big plans for both of you, but we'll meet again soon enough. I want you to meet my Queen."
        • History DC 25: An old offshoot cult to Tiamat called "Wyrmseers" that were thought to be defeated when Tiamat was last defeated after the war between Giants and Dragons millennia ago.
        • Medicine DC 15: Human body not from the continent, has an old burned scar of Cearnach on him, which is covered by a 5 headed dragon tattoo.
  • Paulus Riesmann (human male, 48, ambitious, friendly to nobility)
    • Thanks the players for running to the rescue and getting rid of those evil thieves. 
    • Offers to have the carriage upgraded.
      • A bag of holding in the carriage
      • A fire resistance so it doesn't burn down so easily
      • Second row of seats in front so that a total of 4 people can be outside
      • All of this for free.
    • Seeing the players being heroic, will offer them to visit someone that he has kept a secret, because he finds the local guards incompetent, and the local ruler even more so.
      • He lacks the legitimacy to finance a proper investigation.
      • Brings party to a small hospital he finances.
      • A middle aged man who looks a lot like a young boy who went missing a few months ago named Günther was found in the woods, naked, starving, sick, in shock.
      • Doesn't speak, react, just old and has a blank/vegetable stare.
      • Mumbles "Tyrion der Schlucker, der Gentleman" and "Bad Axweiler". Tyrion der Schlucker is a tale parents tell their children so that they behave, or tyrion will come and "swallow" them. It's an old children's tale. Someone is probably using that name as an alias.
      • Zook can recognise the magic as one he's seen before, one that got him in trouble. It's similar but made similar damage.

Encounters

  • RP with Paulus
  • RP with Laida
  • RP / investigate Günther
  • Fight against Habor
    • If intercepted, he uses the winter eladrin statblock (mtf 197) and summons 2 or 3 bone devils.
    • He will stay for two rounds before continuing his route, leaving his monsters to finish the party off.

End of session