Session 4: Into the Midnai Wilds
Morning, 17th Summer Prime, 498 CE
- Ekhart, Sanglant, and Revana had breakfast with Egren.
- Egren offered to bring a letter to Ekhart’s mother for him.
- Ekhart was confused as to why he would write his mother a letter.
- Egren exclaimed that he himself was a mama's boy.
- Sanglant entered the Faerealm again.
- He touched Ekhart’s hand who felt it tingle like it was asleep.
- He gently cupped the light that floated around Rev.
- When he did, Rev felt a sickening pull into some kind of darkness.
- He checked outside and saw the large Water Elemental, but was far away enough not to be noticed.
- The party left for Ambermoor.
- They eventually reached a crossroad, and turned south towards the Midnai Wilds and Ambermoor.
Afternoon, 17th Summer Prime, 498 CE
- The party entered the Midnai Wilds.
- The Midnai Wilds had many, extremely large trees.
- They were large as ancient redwoods, but their branches hung low like weeping willows.
- As they were walking, the party heard an old woman’s distressed cry.
- They stealthily approached and noticed three bandits banging on a large stumped.
- The bandits all had red bandanas covering their faces.
- The stump appeared to have been converted into a woman’s house.
- Sanglant split off, attempting to go into the Faerealm and see what he could see there.
- As soon as he did, he was surrounded by small blue goblins that held him at spear point.
- They wanted to take Sang to he their queen.
- He quickly returned to the physical realm.
- Rev turned into a bear and she and Ekhart approached the bandits.
- The bandits saw the traveler and his bear and mistook them for aggressors and the two parties attacked.
- A fourth bandit was eventually revealed to be an archer hiding up a nearby tree.
- The party handily defeated the bandits.
- The woman in the tree stump was grateful to the party for helping her.
- Her name was Agabane.
- She offered them 3 healing potions, a potion of Bull’s Strength, potion of Cat’s Grace, and a potion of Eagle’s Splendor.
- She also told them that she would sell potions to them for a discount rate.
- Agabane also had a friendly black cat that took a liking to the party.
- The cat’s name was Aloysius.
- Agabaned explained to the party who the bandits were.
- They were members of the Silent, a group of disenfranchised knights.
- She used to work with them until she heard that they had taken someone hostage and tried to random them.
- She didn’t like their underhanded ways.
- The party departed for Ambermoor.
Evening, 17th Summer Prime, 498 CE
- The party made camp for the night.
Morning, 18th Summer Prime, 498 CE
- The party woke up and set out for Ambermoor.
Afternoon, 18th Summer Prime, 498 CE
- The party arrived at Ambermoor.
- The town rested between the Shadowfen Thicket, a thick and gnarly looking forest, and a raised plateau with a castle on it.
- The path sloped down to a wood gate with a guard stopping the party from entering.
- He appeared to be openly hostile to Rev, and elves in general.
- Sang mentioned he was a knight and the guard let the party pass without fuss.
- Ambermoor was a Tudor style town, always in the shadows of the forest or the plateau.
- The party found an inn to ask for more info about Ekhart’s brother.
- They found an inn called the Windscene Tavern.
- They began taking to the innkeeper, Ian Aether.
- He asked Sang what kind of knight he was, who then indicated he was a mercenary knight, doing a Nobleman’s business.
- The party asked the Innkeeper if they had seen anyone that looked like Ekhart.
- He said he hadn’t but he HAD seen an elf a while back that reminded him of Rev.
- Rev asked Terra about the elf, and Terra showed Rev an image of Laef, her longtime childhood friend, and a picture of jail bars.