User:Aldinator97/sandbox

This serves as the official page for the Group Name and their adventures throughout the multiverse.

Calendar
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=1u2ejto1l73lv7vp31q5rdqa54%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FChicago

The link above shows the calendar for the in game world.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jTMuJ1OT6BeEYkvJ2aLmPyRWWiU4zuehb6nZOsZDiMM/edit#gid=302660027

The link above is for the XP chart.

Days are broken into 6 periods, with timeframes broken down as below:

Period 1: 6AM-10AM (0600-1000)

Period 2: 10AM-2PM (1000-1400)

Period 3: 2PM-6PM (1400-1800)

Period 4: 6PM-10PM (1800-2200)

Period 5: 10PM-2AM (2200-0200)

Period 6: 2AM-6AM (0200-0600)

Nizana
Nizana was killed on 11/21/22 in the party's first encounter with the body collecting machine. She was revived by Frod Betterbriar.

Zitartzi
Animal nicknames:

Zorse (Zit Horse)

Zirtle (Zit Turtle)

Zizard (Zit Lizard)

Vaurein
Vaurein was slain on 9.19.22 by wild boars in the Mandelindi Jungle. He was buried at the site of the attack.

"Now you don't need to hide your face anymore". Malek

Zaphire
Zaphire left the party on 12.12.22 for IRL reasons.

The Reservoir
The reservoir is a fresh water, spring lake on the northern portion of Soleva. Sailors traverse the waters to harvest aquatic resources, and travelers use the lake to avoid land travel through the surrounding jungle.

Mandelindi Jungle
The Mandelindi Jungle is on the northern border of Soleva. Fertile soil in the jungle produces bountiful crops of fruits for Soleva. Tribes of tabaxi and other anthropomorphic humanoid races call the place home alongside many dangerous beasts. The party has noticed mutations in wildlife and indigenous people of the jungle.

Glassed Bluffs
Located a days travel to the south of Soleva, the Glassed Bluffs are a zone of hills at the foot of the Nala Spires. Here there are caves that lead underground with an abundance of resources, including rare gems and magical gems to power crafted magic items.

Vaurein learned from Rovil that this area used to be rolling hillsides, but after battles between the Kingdom and Eshea, Queen Aamakir's proficiency in fire magic caused much of the exterior minerals to turn into glass. Over time, much of the glass has been broken up by weather and worked into the soil again, leaving only hints of its past.

The towns of Dalry, Cullfield, and Hillfar reside here. They are the main source of mined gems and ores for Soleva.

The Durst Estate
A 3 story house that is home to Asemo, Thrall of Vampires. The party was invited here and it seemed to be closer to a death house than a real place of residence. Strange occult remnants and structures were found in the basement, and the house burned to the ground as the party fled in terror.

The party returned later on to try and kill Asemo. They found Ayalla, Nizana's mother, being sacrificed in the basement. The party killed Asemo and burnt the house down permanently.

Wards of the City
The city is broken up into 6 distinct wards. Each district has a watchman who oversees legislation in that district of town. The only exception for this is the Bem Atro ward, which has no direct oversight. The 5 watchmen of the city all report to the Head Warden of the city, the 6 of whom make up the Iron Vanguard.

Crystal Coin Ward
Crystal Coin Ward is the life blood of Soleva’s economy. Overseen by Grand Duchess Alezee Tortris, vendors occupy brick and mortar store fronts as well as street shops. Individuals in the area can’t walk 10 steps without having a barker waving something in their face or yelling for their attention. Many of the street vendors sell crops from farms along with handmade crafts and trinkets. The mark of owning a store front is the goal for many of these vendors to signify their symbol as a staple in the distribution of their goods. Consumers can choose between local vendors, or state sponsored chains for their every need.

Brightsword Ward
The Brightsword Ward is the military backbone of the city of Soleva. It is led by the Anointed Centurion of the Iron Vanguard, Ghalur Ediuc. The First Knight of Soleva (Agorok) also calls this district home. The cornerstone of the area is the Reinka Manor. During an invasion, new iron walls are erected around the district to provide extra defense. Mercenaries flock to the training grounds of soldiers trying to gain any useful knowledge or techniques. People who enjoy a calmer atmosphere often travel to Dusty Weaponry bar instead of the Bem Atro ward.

Feticero Ward
Considered the pinnacle of Soleva and its output as a society, the Feticero Ward is the hub of all things magical. Artificers and enchanters produce powerful and useful magic items in their workshops. Young magicians of all sorts attend the Pelligron Institute and Rebra Scola to hone their skills, and test their skills in the Battlegrounds in Mage Duels. Rules for the ward come from Catarina Cardoso, the Peria Maga of the Iron Vanguard.

Artezo Ward
Though Soleva is not as known for its arts there is still a portion of the city devoted to them. Kraldus Wuziros spurred the movement that founded this ward where individuals can witness merchants from the Crystal Coin ward hard at work crafting the trinkets they sell. The Oteiro Amphitheater is home to celebrity performers who are already known, and the Farelda House hosts aspiring artists with grungier performances. The ward also homes many of the religious temples and places of worship people attend, including the Alliance for Religious Freedom.

Reservoir Ward
The Reservoir Ward is where you can find a mixture of both recreation and labor. Merchant ships harvest foods for the markets and underwater resources for production of goods. Skilled laborers auction their skills off to the highest bidder to earn their coin. At the same time, barkers try to sell people rides on giant frogs and seals. Regulations are issued by Master Skipper Whesnyn Pehmalath

Bem Atro Ward
Referred to as the “welcome wagon” of the city, this location has 90% of the city’s housing along with 75% of its taverns and inns, including the largest of them all Hop Knotch Brewery

Agorok "Crackling Whip"
Agorok is a half-orc woman. She is the first knight of Soleva and the first line of defense when the city is attacked. She is an eldritch knight fighter.

Plume
Plume is a male tabaxi with patches of hair missing who is constantly scratching himself. He is the owner of the Hop Knotch Brewery tavern in Soleva.

Rorimac Boffin
Rorimac is a gnomish man who owns a small farm on the southwest outskirts of Soleva. He has a small pig pen and corn field which have been destroyed by Ankhegs in recent months.

Rolvir
Rolvir is a tiefling male with lavender skin and slight hunched back who is a TA at the Rebra Scola. He seems to have a disdain for his students and their lack of ability.

Coil
Coil is a female leonin with blonde hair. She is the owner and blacksmith at Anvil Crafts and as been missing for several weeks (information found 8.15.22 session)

Marquan Bratagan
Marquan is a late 30's human male with a muscular physique on a small body. He is one of the lead managers of Hop Knotch Brewery, and has bad sentiments towards the party due to the incidents of the 8.15.2022 session

Salalas Reyzorwyn
Salalas is a trans male elf with a blond bowl haircut. He has been Zit's connection to drugs to sell for some time now.

Whesnyn Pehmalath
Whesnyn is a male triton with sun bleached crew cut and aqua skin. He is the Head Skipper of the Reservoir Ward

Feren Wildvale
Feren is a human female who works at the Pelligon Institute as the co-owner and lead teacher for divine casters. She is the former wife of Tannyll Craefir. She is an oracle who uses different divination methods to see the future.

Hardo "Oldbuck" Flintglide
A hafling man 160 years old. His nose hairs have grown exceptionally long and he has very few strands of blond hair on his head that are mostly silver at this point. He owns a trinket shop called Oldbuck's Trinkets and is married to Pimric Flintglide

Jau
A harengon male who trades animal furs and byproducts to the locals in town.

Pahorn Ionan
A firbolg man who works as a tanner.

Wilston Bafflegem
A rock gnome female who works as a hired hand on the Reservoir Ward. She and her boss were attacked by a 2 tailed tiger, and the party completed the extermination mission for her.

Professor Eman
Eman is a high elf male. He teaches intermediate level transmutation classes at the Rebra Scola, along with beginner conjuration.

Asemo, Thrall of Vampires
A malnourished vampire that seems to be the one who invited the party to the Durst estate for a dinner party. He tried to attack and eat some of them, and was last seen in the basement of the house as it burned to the ground. The party revisited him later and killed him permanently on 12.19.22

Caelynn Aamakir
The former queen of the Nuvain Kingdom, she was a half elf lady with flashes of sliver mixed into her brown hair. She had tattoos on her left forearm that represented her allies, alive and passed, who fought against the deranged giant kings two centuries prior.

She was assassinated on May 21st by people connected to the maze tattoos the party has been investigating.

Catarina Cardoso
A human female in her mid 50's with straight black hair. She is the Peria Maga of the the Irong Vanguard and presides over the Feticero Ward. She fought Queen Aamakir in a spell duel just before her murder.

Sitrac
A green dragonborn male who works as a mercenary. He knows Malek from his childhood and works with 2 hafling brothers.

Frod Betterbriar
A hafling male with magical powers that travels with Sitrac. He performed the Raise Dead spell that revived Nizana.

Tiri Betterbriar
A hafling male who travels with Sitrac.

Ayalla
Mother of Nizana who abandoned her daughter years ago. She was found in the Durst Estate being sacrificed by Asemo

Hope and Owen
A couple who handed Malek a letter from his father, and were seen giving a secret handshake at a church of Ralnor in Soleva.

Hop Knotch Brewery
A two story tavern located in the Bem Atro Ward. They are the hot spot in town for party goers and business people alike. The main floor has 2 separate bars and table seating. The upper floor has tables on the sides and an open dance floor where bands will play. The lower floor contains the store room and washing area, along with private quarters for quests to reserve.

Dusty Weaponry
A tavern in the Brightsword Ward. Along the walls are weapons of notable military figures of the past. Typical patrons are off duty city guards and grizzled adventurers who want a slower crowd.

Rebra Scola
A wizard/bard college in the city. It has two campuses where students partake in classes and other college activities.

Oldbuck's Trinkets
A small magical trinkets shop in the Artezo Ward run by Oldbuck himself. No two pieces are ever made identical!

8/1/2022- The Adventure Begins
The session starts on period 4 of May 7th, and ends period 5 of May 7th

Our group of adventurers meet up at Hop Knotch Brewery. The city is buzzing with energy, as the Crown is making their tour stop in Soleva in 2 weeks time alongside the Soletrar Championship Series. The group enjoys an evening of sexual tension, failed dancing, and drinks at the bar. Vaurein and Malek notice an injured tavern employee, and make their way to the downstairs storage room. They are ambushed by a large insect with mandibles and acid oozing from its mouth. Malek made his way back upstairs to recruit the other 3 group members and negotiate reimbursement from the tavern owner. After striking a deal the group with Plume, the group made their way back downstairs, where they killed the first creature before seeing another one scuttle away and out of sight. Plume gave them a payment for the first extermination and said there would be more if they could take care of the problem for good. He also mentioned that there was a bulletin posting that mentioned similar creatures harassing farmers outside city proper.

8/8/2022- Mole Problems
The session starts at period 5 of May 7th, and ends period 3 of May 8th

The group spends the evening in the private rooms and store rooms of Hop Knotch Brewery. After a peaceful night, they trudged through the rain to meet up with the person who made the job posting Plume had mentioned. They meet Rorimac Boffin, a gnomish man who runs a small farm with his wife. The party found two similar burrowing holes to the one at the store room in Hop Knotch Brewery. After agreeing to a payout of 75 gold pieces from Rorimac, the group went to the library to gather some information on the creatures, learning they are Ankhegs. They did some preliminary shopping for for resources, including healing potions, armor, and spell scrolls. They backtracked to Hop Knotch Brewery and descended down the burrowing hole. After an hour and a half of traversing difficult terrain, they came across the Ankheg lair. The group fought two Ankhegs in their lair, with Zitartzi falling unconscious to poison emitting from fungus.

8/15/2022- Starting Trouble
''The session starts at period 3 of May 8th and ends period 3 of May 9th. Jillian was absent for this session''

The group started just off the heels of battle with two Ankhegs. After a quick scour of the lair, they hear scuttling of smaller creatures coming from a different tunnel. Ants the size of cats and dogs made their way into the lair. Malek and Rinrak used some quick observations to break open a wall which was holding water, causing the lair and subsequent tunnels to flood rapidly. Most of the ants reached the lair and made their way towards the Ankheg corpse, which Malek and Rinrak had decapitated as proof for Rorimac. 2 ants chased Rinrak as he had the head, and with some quick thinking Malek and Zitartzi threw the chasers off their tail for good as the group eventually trekked back to the store room of Hop Knotch Brewery.

While there, the group requested to meet Plume, who was not at the bar. Instead, they met with Marquan who was the manager for the evening to negotiate payment. All except Rinrak met in one of the private quarters of the basement floor of the bar, and the negotiations went very poorly. Threats were made by both sides, which ended with Marquan fleeing the room as he feared for his life. Zitartzi cast Spike Growth on the staircase, which caused Marquan to become seriously injured. Another employee made their way out of a different room, and Malek masterfully ushered them away from the ruckus. Zit approached Marquan, at which point the manager ran and fell unconscious on the spikes. Another employee witnessed Zit carrying the bloody body back to the room and called for security urgently. The 4 party members in the room and Marquan reached an agreement that no further payment would be made for their services, but Marquan would not report them to authorities in any way. As the party reached the main floor again to try and make their way home, they came to a bar brawl that was started by Rinrak. The brawl got out of hand for bar security, and ended with everyone barely dodging flying drinks and food to make it out and back home. Rinrak took a short rest on the ground outside the bar before joining everyone at Malek's abode.

The next day brought about a spur of shopping. Zitartzi purchased a longpole and sold his scimitar. Malek used the town postie service to send an invitation to Plume for an evening at his place, and put in a 5 gold bet in the Soletrar show match between Caelynn Amakir vs. Catarina Cardoso in favor of the crown. Rinrak learned the beauty of bartering, and the difference between state stores and individual vendors. Vaurein met with Rovil, a semi-ambiguous male character who is a TA at the Rebra Scola. In exchange for some information on high level spells and their effects and grading the pop quizzes he had, Vaurein learned the Unseen Servant spell and got a lead on missing people in town. After checking out the town Posting Boards, he found the name of a female leonin Coil who has been missing for several weeks, among many other townsfolk.

8/22/2022- Trouble in the Streets
''The session starts at period 3 May 9th and ends period 3 of May 10th. Sophia joined for the session as Zaphire''

Rinrak finds that Hop Knotch Brewery is closed after the brawl the previous day. Once they open, he sees Plume talking with a blue skinned individual that he paid. On day 3, Malek and Nizana went to the government building in the Feticero ward to gather more information on the missing people that Vaurein got the previous day. They found a total of 10 people who were reported missing. There were 2 main threads that connected the subjects. First, most were known as being outlanders who enjoy living in the jungle, not keeping to the city. Additionally, 7 of the people were anthropomorphic races, which are known to have tribes in the Mandelindi Jungle.

On day 4, Plume and his bodyguard Zaphire came to Malek's residence to discuss the groups interaction with Marquan. During the meeting, the group heard a loud explosion. They ran out to see what caused the commotion. The party witnessed an exploded cart and found 2 black robed individuals speaking in primordial, speaking of an Old One and downfall of society. One was apprehended by the group, with the other fleeing. He was taken back to Malek's estate for interrogations.

8/29/2022- Gathering Info
''The session starts at period 3 of May 10th and ends period 4 of May 11th. Sophia appears as Zaphire''

The group begins the session by asking questions to the man they apprehended. Through use of the charm person effect Malek had on the person, they learned some important information. First, the person had left his former identity behind years ago when his brother died and a dwarven woman approached him. She offered him the ability to spend more time with his brother, which was a kindness the world had not showed him ever. Since that event, she has spoken to him in whispers and asked him to perform certain tasks. He doesn't know why the bombing he performed was important and was not given a plan to escape.

The man had tattoos across his chest and his arms that form a maze. Zitartzi and Zaphire found certain primordial characters that were constructed using the maze paths. They found words meaning "Voodoo", "Companion/Friend", "Reincarnation", and "Eternity". The symbol of companion seems to be the center of the maze. At the end of the Charm Person spell, Rinrak was able to Hunters Mark the man, who ran away. The hunter's mark tracked the man as being in/on the water of the Reservoir. Master Skipper Whesnyn told the group that no boats had left the docks in the last hour and that no boats were allowed to leave. Eye witnesses saw a man in black robes jump off the docks and disappear.

On May 11th, the group did separate activities. They learned that 3 giants had been sighted by citizens in the city. One was seen fleeing eastward on foot, another southward on foot, and the 3rd was killed by guards and taken back to the Brightsword Ward. Vaurein tried to help Rolvir with his TA duties again, and learned that people are connecting the giants in town to the disappearance of certain individuals. Zitartzi had a tea leaf reading session with her old Pelligron mentor, Ferren. The leaves showed a shining gem that had had its own power. Zaphire and Nizana took up a guard position at Hop Knotch for the evening as well.

9/12/2022- Malek has a mortgage due
''The session starts at period 1 of May 12th and ends period 4 of May 12th. Sophia becomes a full time character as Zaphire.''

The party spent the day investigating some of their leads. Vaurein, Zitartzi, and Zaphire took a boat onto the Reservoir to investigate their previous interrogation subject's escape. Zaphire dove to the bottom of the lake, and suffered intense pain in her chest followed by a vision about her deity. She saw flashbacks to her temple back home, and a vision of the Elder Tempest's egg losing its lightning marks and light shining from it. A current of water pushed Zaphire away from the boat. Vaurein and Zitartzi used a rope tied to Zaphire to pull her back to the boat and took her back to Malek's house. Zaphire slept the remainder of the day in her lethargic and weakened state.

Malek and Nizana went to the Crystal Coin Ward to find information on anthropomorphic races that live in the Mandelindi Jungle. They spoke with a man who told them of a harengon trader named Jau that would likely have the information they were looking for. On their way home the two encountered a dwarf Kholgad Rubyhand who was taking new recruits into the jungle that day for basic training.

Rinrak snooped through Malek's study. After he purchased magical symbols from Oldbuck's Trinkets, and told a new recruit in Kholgad's group about Bahable. Zitartzi met an aarakocra named Kur who was willing to teach him some things about being a druid. Malek spoke with Wilston Bafflegem at the Reservoir, picking up a job posting about a 2 tailed tiger who attacked her group in the jungle.

9/19/2022- If a Goliath falls in a Jungle
''The session starts at period 1 of May 13th and ends period 3 of May 14th. Jimmy joined for this session as the kenku''

The party starts session by doing some shopping for camping supplies and multi-tailed tigers creatures. Rinrak and Zit found information on a creature called a displacer beast. On their first day venturing in the jungle, the party encountered a kenku who referred to himself as the Guardian of the Forest. He joined them to make sure they did no harm to the forest and the forest did not harm them. While eating lunch, the party is ambushed by a pack of wild boars. In the fight, Vaurein took lethal damage from a boar and passed away on the scene. The boars had compound eyes similar to an insect. The party buried Vaurein's body on site. Taking a short rest nearby, Zaphire walked by the previous battle sight and noticed the boar corpses had been partially eaten. The group went back to investigate and was ambushed by 5 humanoids with arrows that made the target drowsy. They captured 2 while the other 3 ran away.

9/26/2022- Scent of Death
''The session starts at period 4 of May 14th and ends period 4 of May 16th. Sophia was absent from session, and Zaphire was played by Isaiah''

The party interrogated the two jungle dwellers left, a leonin male and tabaxi male. The tabaxi showed signs of bloodshot eyes and restlessness, and the leonin had a bifurcated tongue. The tabaxi spoke a language no one recognized, and the leonin spoke common. He said he had been noticing odd mutations in the wildlife for about a month or so, and that his "family" had seen a recent uptick in members recently. The party let the two of them go and take some of the boar carcasses with them. After ~15 minutes of planning, the party heard loud screams coming in the direction the jungle dwellers left and ran towards them. They followed recent tracks until they came to a dead end, where they were ambushed by a tiger with slimy fur and a second tail growing out of its main one. The party managed to slay it, and found remnants of the jungle dwellers and boar inside the tiger's stomach.

Stinking to high heaven, the party warded off jungle beasts as they slept for the night. The next day, they came face to face with a T-Rex, one of the jungle's apex predators. They entered a chase, trying to run for their lives. Consistent damage, along with loud noises from Malek, Rinrak, and Zit caused the creature to back down from its hunt and turn away. The party spent the rest of the day running back to town to not spend another night in the jungle.

10/3/2022- Tides of Calm
''The session starts period 1 of May 17th and ends period 4 of May 17th. Maddie was absent, and Zit was sick for the session.''

After their fights in the jungle, the party took some time to reconvene. They collected their money for the tiger head from Wilston and divvied it among their party. Rinrak took his tiger paws away to a tanner, Pahorn to be made into oven mitts, and spent the evening at Hop Knotch. He ran into an individual named Sitrac outside at the bulletin board.

Malek met up with a professor at the Rebra Scoa named professor Eman. They spent time in discussion with one another about the tiger tail and other topics. He spent the rest of his day in his study in meditation.

Nizana struck up a conversation at Hop Knotch Brewery with Catarina Cardosa again. She learned that Catarina has apprehensions about her duel with the queen, and wished to stick more to politics than the showmanship that competition can bring.

Zaphire took her time in the drizzling storm to reflect on her recent events. She was followed by an elf named Arkvranil, who said he could assist her in her meditations. The two of them came to the conclusion that Zaphire required time to relax and thing back on her events to truly find her path forward. They ran off for a retreat of prayer and intensive thought.

10/10, 10/17, 10/24- Distinguished Guests, Unnamed Host
''These sessions start period 1 of May 18th and end period 3 of May 19th. Isaiah and Sophia missed these sessions for their honeymoon, and Kris was absent for the first of these 3 sessions.''

The party enjoys breakfast, when they hear a knock on the door. Malek opened the door to find only a sealed letter, stamped with a windmill seal. The letter invited their group to a dinner party as distinguished guests. There was no signature on the letter, but Malek vaguely remembered the seal from his earlier years. The group hired a carriage to take them to the listed address a few hours outside of town. As they approached the 3 story building, they saw silhouettes of people walking in the windows and two young children playing on the east side of the house. They entered the house and heard the chatter of a party and accompanying music. in the pristine dining room, Malek turned some silverware between his fingers before they sprung to life and hurled themselves at him. He ran out of the room and the door slammed behind him. On the first floor, the party found a hunters den room.

Ascending the stairs to the second floor, the party found a waiter's room, a study, and a larger reading room. In the study, the party found a hidden chamber that had a singed invitation similar to the one they had received addressed to Ayalla. Nizana pocketed the letter for herself. In the reading room, there was a piano and harp playing music on their own. In the main hall of the second floor stood 4 suits of armor. Making their way to the 3rd floor, the sounds of party chatter diminished slightly. A suit of armor stood at the top of the stairs on the 3rd floor. It attacked the party as they passed by it, and another suit from the 2nd floor animated and attacked from the bottom of the stairs. Malek fell unconscious during the fight, and the party bandaged their initial wounds, knowing fully that this was not a dinner party. In the 3rd floor, the party found a larger bedroom with bloodstained sheets. Connected to this room was a room with a black baby crib with a black veil hung over it and a balcony. On the opposite side of the floor was a master bedroom and a bathroom with severed feet rotting and molding in the bathtub. They found a secret door that lead to the attic.

In the attic, Nizana and Rinrak found two more bedrooms and a room containing covered furniture. One bedroom looked like a spare. The other was locked and had to be broken into. Inside they saw a room with two kids beds, and two small, shriveled bodies lying on the floor that resembled the kids they saw playing outside. In the attic, the dinner chatter gave way to indiscernible chanting. Malek and Zit stayed on the 3rd floor keeping watch, and saw a specter make its way out of the bedroom and start to travel up the floor into the attic.

Malek called out to the ghost asking what happened at this house. It lead him to a journal entry written by the house maid. She detailed how people would travel into the basement of the house and never came back out. In the attic, the party found a laundry shoot that lead to a small staircase that descended into an underground floor. They found some living quarters on this floor, with moldy beds but recently used plate and glass with blood. Being loud, the party continued exploring this underground floor. Rinrak was snuck up on by a bat, that transformed into a malnourished, silver humanoid figure with fangs. A real vampire. It took a bite from Rinrak before running down the hallway after a scuffle. Nizana gave chase and fell immediately into a spike trap. After a fight with four other ghouls as they continued to chase the vampire, the group decided to take a short rest to reassess their situation.

The party decided to continue downstairs with caution. Downstairs, they found some ritualistic objects and a large, open room with standing water and a raised alter in the center. A standing ledge above the water circles the entire room. Malek spots an empty coffin at the far end of this room. Zit makes his way onto the alter. Suddenly 12 shadowed figures appear chanting "One must die." Zit runs out of the room immediately, and an illusion in the room fades. Chains descend from the ceiling and a fresh corpse is laid out on top of the alter. As the blood from the alter dripped into the water below, it all turned into blood. A bubbling came up as the blood level in the room began to elevate rapidly. Malek looked for a different exit and was faced with a door mimic. The party made their way up the stairs again into the first underground floor and smelled smoke coming from above them. As they retraced their steps, the vampire ambushed them again, taking a bite into Nizana. They chased him off and ran back into the attic. The smoke was thick as they ran through flames to the third floor to get to the balcony. Zit checked the 2nd floor and saw a wall of flames that blocked his path. Nizana tried to push open the balcony door but it was boarded up. Malek quickly cast Shatter outside on the balcony, helping loosen the restraints on the door. With a mighty heave, Nizana shoved open the balcony doors prepared to jump. As she took the step to jump, she fell unconscious from the heat of the flames. With some quick thinking, Zit transformed into a deer and with Rinrak's help scooped Nizana onto his back and leapt out. Zit landed and healed Nizana back to consciousness, before an unconscious Rinrak leapt from the building and landed squarely on Zit. Malek spoke briefly with the still playing piano on the 2nd floor, swearing he would come back to cleanse and purify it of the evil that plagues it.

The party scrambled to consciousness and saw their carriage horses withered and dead. They quickly continued down the road to make as much distance as possible. After a few hours, they heard the sound of horse hooves galloping along omnipresent around them. As they prepared for a long rest of the road, they saw a cerulean blue horse with a rider making their way swiftly along the road ahead of them. As they finished their long rest and continued down the road, the party saw 4 graves that had been dug with bodies inside them. As the feet of these graves were letters written to each of them, written in a gothic script. They defiled the bodies, did not read the notes, and made their way into town.

In town, the city was prepared for the Crown Festival that starts the next day. Guards were adorned in sashes, and shops were preparing decorations for the ocassion. Rinrak picked up his oven mits from Pahorn's leather shop, who pied Nizana as they entered. Malek noticed that the letter they had received to this initial party now read a new text. Each party member was invited to a second dinner at the Durst estate courtesy of Asemo, Thrall of Vampires. That night, Zaphire returned to Malek's house with a new guest.

11/5- The Crown Festival
This session started period 4th of May 19th and ended period 1 of May 25th.

Arkvranil gave his basic introductions to the party, and joined them to a bar to discuss his past and where his futures were taking him. The party awoke the next day feeling slightly better about themselves and prepared for the crown festival. Rinrak gave Malek his present of oven mitts made out of the paws of the mutated tiger. The party watched as the royal convoy make their parade through town, along with the Iron Vanguard. Friday night at Hop Knotch Brewery, Rinrak gave a song tribute to his fallen comrade Vaurein which resulted in a showering of gold pieces for him and the performing band. Nizana and Zaphire went to the festival grounds, drinking spicy ciders and eating funnel cakes. The lads of the group went shopping at various stands, with Rinrak picking up some sea urchin husks and Malek giving Rinrak a mechanical doll from New Draxelford. Saturday the party did much of the same, and tried their hand at some festival games. That evening, they purchased tickets to the Battlegrounds to watch Soletrar Championship League play, along with the show matches.

Rinrak met someone he had seen previously at the bar, a green dragonborn named Sitrac. He claims to be a childhood friend of Malek, though Malek does not recognize him. They talked about bets they were going to make and kept the conversation cordial. The first matches went by with captivating combat that built up to the final big matches. During one off the intermissions, the party noticed two individuals walking by with line tattoos. They tailed them for a bit, but were thwarted when the pair teleported away. Ark searched the area and found a spell scroll that was hidden underneath the stairs nearby, which Malek identified as a 6th level spell scroll of Counterspell. They put it back and kept watch of the area, noticing a similarly tattooed individual pick up the scroll. He sat in the front row of the venue. Ark stayed nearby to interfere if necessary.

The show matches continued, and Caelynn won her match against Catarina. After the match, 10 people in black robes jumped from the stands into the arena and ran towards the queen, all of them pulling out spell scrolls. Simultaneously, more people in black robes teleported into the venue, totaling nearly 20. One person stood directly behind Caelynn and began reading loudly. City guards began flooding the field of play, launching spells at the person near the Queen. The robed group all used their scrolls to dispel these attempts, ensuring the person could finish their casting. "Death to tyranny. Death to tyrants. Death to the queen. The revolution begins now!"

Caelynn died on the field. The assassin was killed by another blacked robe member moments after killing the queen. Guards began subduing all people in the stadium, as well as clearing out the crowd to get them to return home immediately. The city went on lockdown for 3 days following this event. During this time, the party wrote a letter to Catarina Cardoso to inform her that they have had previous dealings with this group and want to help in any way they can.

11/14- After the Rapture
This session started 1st period of May 25th and ends 2nd period of May 26th.

As the lock-down lifted on Soleva, the city slowly emerged to news about the Queen's assassination. Crown officials named a group, the Wandering Harbingers, as responsible for the attack. Anyone with information relating to the events of the day, or seeing people with geometric tattoos are urged to contact officials immediately. The party saw Sitrac at the news post collecting his deposit from a bookie, and Nizana was spotted as they tried to tail him. He informed Nizana that he was a mercenary and had a contract to fulfill soon with his team. Sitrac also reaffirmed that he does know Malek from his childhood, but Malek might not remember him because he was very popular.

The party had a meeting with Catarina in secrecy at a bar that she paid to have empty. She consolidated information between her and the party, sharing that most of the individuals had tragic life events occur recently, all had similar geometric tattoos on them, and were all contacted by a female dwarf with flowing black hair. She asked Zit if he could talk to one of the suspects, because they have a past together at the Pelligron Institute. One of the suspects informed Catarina about a body harvesting robot that killed her parents. It was said to be heading back towards the Soleva portion of the nation. She asked the party to head towards the villages south of town in the Glassed Bluff to investigate.

The party left for 3 villages in the Glassed Bluffs, Dalry, Cullfield and Hillfar. Venturing to Dalry, they found a path carved by a large machine. In this wreckage, they found the Siege Shield. From the mountains, they found the city of Cullfield partially destroyed, and a machine walking out of its debris pile. Zit and Zaphire went to Dalry to warn the city of its impending destruction, but were not received well.

11/21- Machine Powered Destruction
Rinrak, Malek, Nizana, and Arkvranil trailed the machine from behind, observing its appearance and maneuverings. Unknown to them, Zit and Zephire approached the direction the machine was heading, coming from Dalry. The machine saw sight of them, and the duo charged at it. Zephire was knocked cold in two swift blows, and horse Zit ran Zephire to the back lines to stabilize her. The other 4 party members engaged the machine. In 2 more swift blows, Nizana was knocked unconscious and her corpse was thrown onto the spikes of the machine's back. Rinrak's arrows had no impact on it. The robot spawned specters from the corpses on its back, attacking the rest of the party. Rinrak and Malek both fell unconscious. Ark used the Aid spell to bring the two of them back to life, and Zit cast a Fog Cloud to disorientate the machine. Rinrak rescued Nizana's corpse, and used his crash symbols to make the machine run away.

The party licked their wounds and traveled to Dalry. Malek rode Zorse to the town and found Sitrac with 2 haflings talking with village folk. They went to work evacuating the town to Soleva, and took an early sleep an hour outside of Dalry to rest. Frod, one of Sitrac's party members, performed a successful resurrection ritual that brought Nizana back to life. As the party rested, Malek talked to Sitrac and questioned him about their past connection.

11/28- Best Laid Plan
After taking a long rest, the party set back to Dalry to plan an ambush of the machine. Malek and Zorse went ahead to scout out the robot's location, and found it being repaired by a female dwarf with black hair. She cast a spell that set Malek ablaze, nearly knocking him unconscious. Unable to put the flames out using his hands, Malek cast Summon Undead, hoping to harness the magic powers of the spirit to put out the fire. His attempt was successful as he and Zorse rode back into town, the machine hot on their tail. As they reentered the town, the party engaged with the machine. Rinrak rode atop Zorse lobbing arrows from range. Malek dealt damage from afar and Frod focused on keeping the melee combatants alive. Nizana, Sitrac, Zaphire, and Tiri engaged in melee combat to keep the ranged characters safer.

Battered, the party fought hard. Vaurein stood too close to the fire, and was killed in a single attack by the creature. Nizana bravely stood up against the machine, landing a fatal blow to it as the party's strength waned. As the dust settled, there was a heated argument between Zit and Frod about the distribution of rewards, causing the two groups to part on bad terms. Rinrak found some form of core to the machine, and brought it with him. They made their way back to Soleva and met with Catarina.

12/19- Unfinished Business
Meeting with Catarina, the party debriefed her on the adventure. She repaid them with gold and reviving Vaurein without inciting the Kenku clan. The party was introduced to Champion's Closet. The party decided to return to the Durst Estate to finish their feud with Asemo. Upon arrival, they noticed that there were fresh footprints on the outside of the house. They found a secret trap door in the hunters quarters that lead to the basement. After a few small skirmishes with undead creatures, Nizana heard a familiar voice screaming from the bottom chamber of the lair. As she sprinted downstairs, she saw her mother chained to the alter, the water below turned to blood, and the coffin ablaze in fiery writing. As Nizana approached the alter, she saw her mother's leg had been cut off. After a curt reintroduction, she explained that she had discovered the way to permanently destroy the household. The tomb of Asemo must be destroyed, Asemo must be killed, and the children's bodies must be placed in their crypts.

Nizana enlarged herself and charged the tomb with the siege shield, completely obliterating it as Asemo teleported out of it to somewhere else in the house. Zorse, Ayalla, and Nizana went to the main staircase towards the attic, while Ark, Malek, and Rinrak stayed downstairs to find the children's crypts and try to find Asemo again. Downstairs, the crew took a peak into the hunters quarters to see the effects of the fireplace. After trying unsuccessfully to douse the flames, Ark cast Sleet Storm to slow the burning and buy them more time before the building burned down. Returning downstairs, they had a quick interaction with Asemo before he once again teleported with a swarm of bats in his wake. They successfully found the 2 crypts with Rosavalda and Gustav written on their doors.

Upstairs, the mom squad found the two child corpses. As they began to move them downstairs, they heard the shouts of the children from outside come through the wall as the ghosts of the children pleaded with the party to not move their bodies. Zit took control of the situation and began putting the kids to bed as Nizana and Ayalla snuck out with the bodies. Zit told a magnificent story to the kids to keep them calm. As they made their way back to the secret staircase, Asemo appeared in the kids bed causing the ghosts to stir once more. Ayalla and Nizana fought for positioning of who would defend the other, as Asemo once again vanished into a swarm of bats.

With the two child bodies downstairs now, the party began moving them towards their crypts. Asemo attacked them again, and Malek goaded him into attacking him. Malek stood strong and channeled the tempest gods through his medallion, slaying him on the spot. Gustav's ghost went into his crypt, but Rosavalda's did not go quietly. It lunged for Ayalla to possess her, but Nizana dove between the two. Rosavalda took control of Nizana's body and began attacking the rest of the party. Malek thought quickly, and used the spell Summon Undead to create the ghostly image of the house maid to command Rosavalda to her crypt. With all 3 conditions met, the party began escaping as blood began flooding from the chambers below. Using another sleet storm spell, the party crawled their way through the smoky rooms of the house and burst through the front door on their last legs.

1/2/23- Family Reunion
Nizana spent time talking with her mom, trying to get any information about why she left and what her plans are. As if nothing had changed in the years of absence, Ayalla was very vague and distant. Their first order of business was getting Ayalla a new leg. Zit managed to steal Nizana's dice set on the way out the door. Hobbling through the city streets, Ayalla activated a red gem. Another shadar kai woman walked along side them, flashing a similar glowing gem. The group walked to outside the city walls. Ayalla and the woman conversed like old friends, and the woman went off to find a cleric to perform a regeneration spell. Getting more impatient for answers, Nizana demanded explanations. Ayalla revealed her military tattoos that had been destroyed by flames, saying that she despised her role in the military and had to leave. She had no specific explanation why she left Nizana behind when she left. The woman returned with a cleric, who was able to successfully regenerate her missing leg. Ayalla left the conversation by gifting Nizana her beacon in case she ever needed assistance from family.

Rinrak accidentally bought a horse, and used speak with animals to learn his name is Alfred. He went outside the city gates, trying to find the location of a vague memory he had with two people at a bar where he woke up outside the city walls. After searching around for some time, he eventually found a location that seemed similar, and used his tremor sense to locate a wriggling object buried in the dirt. He took Alfred back to town to find a shovel, then returned to the spot to dig up a palm sized skull object, with purple tendrils of energy coming out of it. He took it back to Malek's place, where it was identified as a baby illithid skull. After some arguing, it was promptly destroyed by Rinrak.

Ark and Zit spent the day gathering supplies for homemade rum. Ark spent time constructing a brewing pot that started off in the corner of Malek's living room, which upon his arrival was promptly moved outside. Ark infused the rum ingredients with weed, giving it certain smells.

The party ended the night at Hop Knotch, where Nizana introduced Catarina to her mother. Zit was using Nizana's dice to run a fortune reading hustle, which ended up upsetting one of the patrons, resulting in the 3rd bar brawl caused by the party.

1/7/23- Religious Threads
The party tried to continue following the tail of the Wandering Harbingers. Walking through town, they found a couple who seemed to recognize Malek. After some awkward back and forth amongst the party, Nizana placed one of Catarina's tracking beacons on them. The couple exited the bar, after delivering to Malek a letter from his father. Rinrak recognized the couple from his drunken night and memory of waking up outside of town.

The party went to the nearest church to find people who were dejected in their lives to try and find members of the Wandering Harbingers. They bumped back into the couple who gave Malek the letter, who identified themselves as Hope and Owen. The couple seem very awkward about talking with Rinrak, who is pressing them for details about their drunken night at the bar. After making a comment that was a bit too forward, the conversation was ended by the friar at the church.