Session 29

Kyrie, Finley, and Echo recover in the snow with a bit of a nip from a flask, before looking for Devereux. Meanwhile, Dev is examining the body of the necromancer, finding 2 books, 30 gold, 12 silver, a helm, 3 potions of healing, and a bag with spell components. The first book says "Tohvar" at the front, and is a journal, dedicated to the Mad Lich King. The other book is a spellbook.

Echo and the others approach Dev, and they decide to burn all the bodies. Finley detects some magic buried in the nearby snow, as well as coming from the wagon and the nearby tent. Dev gives Kyrie a hug, apologizing for not saving them. Kyrie has a conversation with the horses, and Dev discusses that the back of the wagon is full of dead bodies.

Finley finds some digging supplies in the tent, and a writing desk. On the desk, she finds a petition to the empire to release documentation related to the Macierre family, especially Zandaria. She also finds some banishment notices from Wolfcrest, and a stack of 10 "missing persons" notices.

Kyrie casts Moonbeam, and uses it to melt away the snow from the areas under the snow where the magic is emanating from. The group finds the remains from several bodies, and 2 sealed tombs in the first area. An un-entombed body lies between the tombs, wrapped around a spear. The tombs have wards against necromancy on them, and Echo passes up the spear, which is as light as a feather.

In the second area, they find a body clutching a very sharp flint dagger, the hilt of which is warm to the touch. In the third area is an elven longbow. The fourth is much deeper than the others, and has a dark blade at the bottom, with geometric designs on it. When Dev gets down there, they feel drawn to it, and Echo gets a sudden glimpse of a halo appear above Dev's head briefly. Finley recognizes it as an archon blade. The final area has a stone mound with an engraving that says "Protect my star".

Dev considers how to open the stone mound. Echo comes down and the two of them poke and prod at it a little, but are stumped. Finley casts Shield of Faith over it, thinking of all the love stories she's read in which one lover called the other "my star". She sees a vision of a charismatic man, looking back at a halfling and an eladrin, as he places the ring in the dirt and cast a spell to form stone around it. She swings the new black sword at the stone, focusing on the love feelings she has for Xytharia, and is easily able to carve through the stone and retrieve the ring, which has an engraving that says "My eternal love, Rae".

As the group heads back to town, Finley identifies the items, and they discuss what to do with them. On their way back, Echo checks in with Kyrie, making sure they're ok, not having realized they had died and been brought back. Back in town, Echo excuses himself and goes to find his contact. He shows her the "missing persons" notices, many of which turn out to have all been members of the Silence.

Back at the tavern, Finley tells Kyrie that, if they want to talk about their death experience, she's happy to listen. They have a little dicey fun before heading back downstairs. Dev spends some time reading Tohvar's journal. Tohvar was obsessed with Zandarria, and also spent some time in the Silence, in an attempt to get to Vecna, before being kicked out. He then began working to raise a massive undead army.

The four of them get back together for some food, and as they do so, someone bursts in the front door, yelling that the tavern is on fire. They rush up to help people get out. They find that none of the artifacts are still there, but the books are. Finley's room seems to have been the starting place for the fire, and explodes open when she opens the door.