Main: Havenrick

Chapter II

3 October 2023

19 September 2023

• Glasthalia messed with strange magic and performed a dark ritual. Material of the universe. Shadow merged with her? If she came to our world it might tear a shadow gate into the world. It's as if the wrong stuff in the wrong place. "Bad shit will happen." Because she is here, she can take in energy in the small realm.
  • She was once very important to Elerasha. A captured princess in an advisory role. Is still royalty.
  • A war was waged. A betrayal. The other shadow fey attacked the Queen's lands. Finally the Queen asked for parley, and the war ended. The Shadow Roads and Tolls were built. As part of the treaty, the Moonlight King (no longer living) gave up his daughter to her (as a spy perhaps).
  • Queen of Shades tricked Glasthalia into using the ritual into becoming a beast. Something she can control and make an enemy. Restart the war or get back at her father.
  • Glasthalia's power is tied to the water / the rivers - tied to the hells.
  • She may be able to help us get out of the Shadow Realm too.
  • She was Elerasha's lover.
  • Her Powers
    • She can channel energy through her staff. Glows sickly fire.
    • She can use cold.
    • She can throw energy of the rivers - shadow (necrotic / cold), limited.
    • Not easy to hurt.
    • No spellcasting.
• Elerasha once served the Queen of Shades. He has done horrible things. It is not his future.
  • "I do not share your morality." However, he has no love for the Queen.
  • The Queen is not our ally against Chytalla.
• We make various rituals to sacrifice to Glasthalia.
  • Glasthalia's voice calls out that we are welcome and to bring her love.
• We enter swampland where trees have been unnaturally felled.
  • Black shadow takes shape into a humanoid body. Insectoid but never completes.
  • A bear tied to a tree stump: Berengarius. Perhaps tied to Beren Saat?
  • She can help us for an exchange. She wants to get into the Town of Riverhold. Runes block her from entering.
    • She will help us intimidate the guards / attack them to get past the gate.
  • She doesn't remember how/why the Queen tricked her. If we were to get her memory back!
    • She lives in between living and dead.
    • She says the town is full of sycophants and those who do the bidding of the Queen.
    • In the Queen's Vaults in Riverhold. There is a ritual that reverses the condition she has been afflicted with. Celestials & Fiends are cast out. Ways to fix the veil. Glasthalia is a walking hole in the veil.
    • Head Knight in the Tollbooth will have powers that will be able to lock the gate and roads from us.
      • Deal: Release Berengarius as we get through the Tollbooth / Remove the Runes. She takes the deal and releases Berengarius.
    • Elerasha says: Glasthalia is a lesser evil than the Queen. The Queen wants to re-expand her realm. The Queen could be Chytalla's ally. Don't think Glasthalia can be fixed.
    • Berengarius is leaving the realm to go to our home.

15 August 2023

• Perhaps we can get Glasthalia a bison or a deer to devour to win her favor. She has an intense hunger and yearning for immortality.
  • She is a wispy, spider-like being.
• We hunt and defeat a shadow bison. We're bringing Glasthalia some meat!

25 July 2023

• Yorph is possessed! Mattis casts remove curse and Yorph gains control of himself for a while. The creature is trying to use him to get a knife from the crate. Then Khor casts Dispel Magic and drives out the creature. A roiling blackness forms and takes the form of Mattis' book. The fiendish creature's voice is garbled and reaches out from the box and the book closes the box. The garbled voice fades. Mattis' Remove Curse and void magic works strangely in the Shadow Realm.
• Traveling to Riverhold. Have to go through the Queen's Tollbooth.
• We make it to the tollbooth. The guards ask for 100 PP for passage. Or the "criminal."
  • The Queen's vacation home was turned into a swamp by a creature. If we bring the head of the creature, we can pass.
  • Glasthalia Hyvore the Betrayer that became an enemy of the Queen and tried to create their own domain within. Was once a friend of Elerasha. Could be an ally, but possibly not.
    • We have to cut off her head and raise to the moon.
• We are teleported by the guards to a beach near the swamp.
  • Near a tree is a bottle of wine and sack where Elerasha last sacrifice to speak with Glasthalia.

14 June 2023

• We start on the Shadow Roads.
  • Elarasha warns us to never leave the road or touch anything.
  • Touched by the void.
  • Once it was a great elven kingdom.
  • We meet an invisible creature: Orrazen.
  • Elarasha was once known as: Antelles Oliveras, Scion of the Witch Queen of the Hhural, 7th star of the House of Air
  • Orrazen won't let us pass without attacking us! Shadows and Shadowy Demons attack.
    • Khor turns undead. Many flee. Onggur destroys many.
    • Yorph sees treasures in a crate and reaches for a treasure! We begin to try to pull him away.

6 June 2023

16 May 2023

• Grandma Talala suggested Meris & Beren to "continue onward and to not trust anyone."
• Yuri "Two-Teeth" serves Chytalla.
• Gnolls set fire to another tower but Grandma Talala believes it to be a ruse to pull troops there.
• We set up defenses in a tower. The gnolls charge to attack!

11 April 2023

• We sneak to the docks.
  • We spot gnolls w/ two zombie gnolls. We try to sneak past them.
• We make it to the warehouse and convince them to let us in.
  • We attack Ricowal and Ven joins the battle!

28 March 2023

• Meeting w/ Mayor Semion of Bachraditown.
  • We are on the mayor's list.
  • Anka, Lt. in Atesri's previous campaigns. A former lover of Lord Atesri before Sule. Khor spoke to her in her head and talked to her of the importance of protecting the innocent and weak.
  • Grandma Talala can handle herself. Magic user.
  • Go find Yanin, an older retired soldier who knows Grandma Talala.
• To West Tower to find Yanin
  • We are ambushed by Gnolls!
  • We make it to the tower. We hear in the distance a deep hyena howl, north outside of town. Answered outside of town, 3 groups.
  • Speaking with Yanin.
    • Some folks in town wanted Atesri to take over town. Anka and Mayor didn't want that. Grandma Talala helped settle things.
    • Grandma Talala spoke of the Conjunction. She had a premonition: "She is living on the tip of a pin / through a thread / or something. A moment coming. She wouldn't make it. It was important she spoke to these people."
    • She was going to a meeting. Talking about Zygevei. Where they store barrels of fish off of the docks. She has to be at the meeting.

21 February 2023

• House of the Vedalken
  • Master Kogon knows of the Spear - "The Black Spear of the Soulless"
  • Chytalla was once a guest to the Tower, but was rebuffed and sent on her with no aid.
  • We show them the 3 magic/cursed stones and the helm. They perform a ritual on them.
    • 3 Stones of Havalla's Falling lost for centuries. The curse upon them would destroy you if you use them. There is a trap upon them. You would be seen by someone in the area as a way to turn the towns against you. They believe they should stay with the Vedalken for now.
  • Where will Chytalla's forces attack?
    • Tsakales Forest is likely safe. The veil is strong. The druids are protecting it.
    • Eglerakh Forest is in peril. We should focus our efforts there.
    • Haggenhelm Hall & Ostentown - Lower priority. Likely a secondary target as the space between the worlds is not thin.
  • Book of Levialoth - Don't perform any rituals. Don't open it.
  • Told us more of Andrenjyi
• Teleport to Bachraditown
  • We pick up some gnoll tracks!
    • Small party of gnolls (~12) attempting to obscure their trail. Camped and had a meal (bird) but only for half a day. We follow the trail to Bachraditown.
    • We talk with Guards, and Pali from Atesri Hall. Ricowol from Atesri may be an imposter. We were told he would be at the taverns
    • Sailor Ven asked about where Maris Saat used to live. Maris Saat & Beren Saat didn't feel safe and moved on. Ven said he needed to talk to Grandma Talala.

31 January 2023

• The heroes set off for the Vedalken tower with a stop in the village, Gudar Hall, to find the Zygevei, Grandma Talala.
  • At Gudar Hall, 3 people have gone missing. A child from a mother, named Loren. An older woman and widow, Galia. She disappeared 4 days ago. Just a streak of blood. The night after, a merchant man, Horgal. Most of his expensive goods were taken with signs of a struggle. All lived on the northern part of town closer to the roads. Galia cared for the child at one point. Galia wanted to take Loren to places away from the house. She thought he was destined for great things. Maris Saat & Beren Saat visited and stayed in broken down farm.
    • At Galia's house: Boot print is the same as the the boot print outside of the ruins while we rested in the swamp, Hagelic. Hagelic may think that these people know where Beren Saat is. Or Galia gave up the wrong name instead of Beren Saat and Hagelic got revenge.
  • Rumor is Grandma Talala is heading to Bachraditown.
  • There once were ancient cities at the bottom of the lake.
• We arrive at the Vedalken Tower.

Chapter I

17 January 2023

• Defeated gnolls attacking Atesri Hall Town
• Elerasha & Aurakhan Clanbane do not get along.
• Talked with Lord Atesri & Sule. Discussed how to stop Chytalla, her plans, etc.
  • Elarasha shares that there is a way to travel much faster to other places through shadow. His people can step through Shadow Roads. He will guide us on our first journey.
• We study Chytalla's papers
  • At the end of the conjunction, if properly ritualized, Chytalla will be able to turn on the Lighthouse and permanently create a portal that opens to an unknown plane of existence - beyond realms of time and space.
  • Yuri "Two Teeth" has a small horde of gnolls. However, it is a cover for him to find 1 of 3 pieces they need for the ritual.
    • Three pieces were scattered by versions of Beren Saat and other individuals, dragons, etc. throughout time.
      • Shalviar Hall / Beresk Hall
      • Lake Selegarkh
      • Warden Rangers may know the location of the last.
  • The top floor of the Lighthouse needs 3 pieces for the ritual to connect it to other locations.
  • Levioloth can pour out into the prime material plane. Some will possess creatures. They require a host.
  • Rorik working on corrupting the Lizardfolk.
• We are given a house with an honor guard!
  • 4 bedrooms! 8x8
  • Common Room
  • Kitchen

3 January 2023

• Heroes defeated the tentacled monsters. Banished Kan Atesri imposter.
• Heroes went off to battle gnolls attacking the village.
• Letter from Yuri Two-Teeth to Khor.

Khoravakri Ulud,
  We're still friends. Now that I have discovered my true self. My mission. A silly human concept of honor - of battle. The trappings of this civilization that you are so proud of. The values you are proud of. You represent those while I represent the true nature of animalistic values - gorging of flesh.
  Sure, you will defeat my gnolls. In two days time. Find me on the plains in two days time and meet me in time. A challenge for you. You've always liked challenges... etc. Anyway, I'll see you in two days or know you as the coward you are.
  Signed, Yuri (with two claw marks)

• The heroes begin a battle against gnolls.

6 December 2022

• Bullywugs conversed with booted party on the shore. Some others clawed. Before returning to the water. Some blood trails and dragging trails of bodies. Two trails of bodies: one trail to the town, the other towards Atestri compound.
• Lt. Kharano
  • Gnolls attacking the camp. Attacking the Atesri compound.
• We enter Atesri Hall.
  • Seated are, in order: Elerasha, Havlar, Kan Atesri (imposter), Lord Furook Atesri, Sule Catli, Aurakhan Clanbane, Janber Kirimiuseri, Tref the Bard
    • Kan is now at the right hand of Lord Atesri.
    • Janber, Aurakhan, and Tref are on the trusted side of Sule.
  • Sule is pregnant with Lord Atesri's child.

22 November 2022

• Hagelic notes for Yaratuk experiments on bullywugs et al-
  • Statue of derusalem powers- can persuade bullywugs to act up, guided by demons to amplify power, hagelic making them do bad things
  • Statue can enable demons to take over bullywugs, also their eggs
  • Similar object - the relic - does same on lizardfolk, lizardfolks some willingly accepting corruption to gain power- more warlike faction - others wary
  • Rorik, bad guy, in charge of corruption of lizardfolk. Due to our interference 2/3 lizardfolk not on board w this
  • Statue of derusalem involved in creation or aid of magic circles
  • Hagelic can amplify an effect and hold sway over bullywugs.
    • They are putting a circle and the statue of Goroozolog up. At the Lighthouse? Third floor?

Attacked by Bullywugs when our boat arrived.

• Suicide troops to attack us for them to gain honor.