Session x 105 "The Trinket Lord & The Sleeping Prince"

Session 105: The Trinket Lord & The Sleeping Prince

In the Inn on legs, Reynard the Fox introduced himself and began to fill Bucky and occasionally some other members of the party in on many details surrounding Rensig’s mysterious past. Rensig as it turns out is a lesser Archfey belonging to The Crystal Court. His demesne (pronounced dəˈmān/) is in Thither, which is a realm within the larger kingdom of Prismeer. Hither where The Lucky Seven now found themselves was also within the kingdom of Prismeer, which until recent times had been ruled over by the Archfey Zybilna, The Queen of Witches. Three members of her court, sisters and witches known as The Hourglass Coven concocted a plan to seize all of Prismeer by putting a powerful curse on The Crystal Court that froze them in place. They divided up Prismeer, each taking a section. Hither where the Inn on Legs now stood, was ruled over by the sister Bavlorna who was very much focused on the running of her bathhouse. Thither was ruled over by the sister Skabatha who also went by Granny Nightshade, and finally the third land, the land of Yon was ruled over by the youngest sister, Endilyn, known to most as Bitter End.

Rensig, who had been known as Tuxil The Trinkletlord, was not frozen with the rest of the court but now suffers from a unique curse interwoven with the one the others are under. He has no real memory of his life as Tuxil, and as soon as he does remember his mind goes through a reset a day or two later in which he winds up as someone else. Rensig is the most recent of these identities. Others you know of are Nib Agietusso, Mearn Frogamern, and Damon the Wizard of Thylea. Reynard said he did not know how to break the curse, but that he did known the curse on the Crystal Court must first be lifted as the curse on Rensig is frozen in time along with the rest of the court. There may however be a way to bring back Rensig’s memories if he returns to his cave in Tither. While Rensig would have access to a great deal of knowledge relating to the court and The Hour Glass Coven, he also would have a limited amount of time before he resets. Reynard said that the only way out of Hither was to speak with Bavlorna and get her to agree to send you off, but that you should be wary of bargains you make with her. Tither was where you had your eye on going as it is the location of both Rensig’s cave and where Bucky and Dorn had lived for a short time with their father, Lorelie, Dorn’s mother, and Begbee her companion.

With that The Lucky Seven left the Inn with the aim of finding Bavlorna’s Bathhouse, but realizing you were not exactly sure where to go you flew out into the misty swamps of Hither, only to come upon a large man in a red suit with white trim, and a bushy white beard struggling with a sleigh stuck in the mud. Together you helped free the sleigh and in exchange, as is the rule of reciprocity he had gifts for each of you. When asked his name he said he simply went by Nick, or Nicholas. The last gift he gave was to Dorn, who he said should be very careful with what he had and maybe not open until later. Dorn immediately ripped the package open and found a full set of The Deck of Many Things, a magic item he had long heard lore of and been interested in finding. Without waiting he drew two cards, and while the first card seemed to show no effect, as he drew the second card his body collapsed to the ground.

Bob theorized that it had been The Void card and that Dorn’s soul was now trapped. Where he couldn’t say. Nicholas aka Santa, feeling terrible, said he would watch over Dorn’s body for you and sent his assistant, a peculiar little fellow named Rasmus with you to help out. He said Rasmus would be able to get in touch with him and that he would take good care of Dorn in the meantime. With mixed emotions you followed his directions to a river and going down river found the lake you knew the bathhouse to be in. Seeing a couple of Bullywugs working on repairing a balloon on the banks of the lake, you offered to help make repairs, but the one who engaged with you said that such decisions were only up to the king of The Soggy Court and that if you wanted you could go speak to him. Now with a new strange ally in a completely different world we find you in a group off to the side from the Bullywugs working on the balloon, deciding on your next move.