Arc 2: The Waypoint Conflict

## Session 8: A Sea of Uncertainty

Named NPCs met: Angela Not-Stacy, Huxworthy the 9th, Captain Silver, Winston Ramsay

Session started with Merrik making Naddie a new magic arm.

Meanwhile, Brad and Gwen went to Neverwinter to meet Naddie, and Bumble, John, Trey and Mark stayed in Phandalin to meet with Moop. When they arrived, Gwen went off to buy poison to kill Brad's parents, and Brad found them a ship that was leaving for Omithrion that evening.

Gwen learned that poison was expensive, and went to meet Brad at the gates. Sildar, Angela, and Hux (he was also there!) pulled up to the gates in a carriage pulling a cart full of dragon scales. Brad went to greet Sildar, and had a confrontation with Angela in which he accidentally revealed that he was traveling with Gwen. During that, Gwen showed up to the gates and immediately hid, before running back to the docks to try and convince the Captain of their boat (Captain Silver) to set sail early, but failed. All the Fire Fellas regrouped at the docks, where they learned that Angela was Gwen's sister, and Brad's parents were the rulers of Omithrion and also very strong and evil. At some point Angela and Sildar showed up at the docks (idk when exactly) and Gwen promptly hid again. Naddie annoyed Angela so much (and also revealed he was a Warlock) that she almost attacked him, but Gwen stole her holy symbol and ran away. Angela started chasing her through the streets, and Sildar gave Brad the other Sending Stone, since it would probably be more useful if the Fire Fellas had two. All the group managed to get on the ship safely, and Brad cast Hideous Laughter on Angela's dog to stop her from jumping on the boat after them.

That night, they were attacked by a giant squid and a gang of pirates led by Winston Ramsay. He killed the captain of their ship, before Brad made Ramsay's head explode by saying that his pun was bad. The gang barely managed to avoid sinking, but ended up shipwrecked on an island.

Session ended with them on the island, rapidly getting surrounded by many little fish people.

## Session 9: Fear the God Makers

Named NPCs met: God Gwen

Session started with the fish people attacking (after Naddie tried to speak with them in French/Underdark). The Kuo Toa were trying to capture the Fire Fellas, and the sailors they rescued in nets, but they fought them off. Unfortunately John and Trey were grabbed by a giant salamander thing during the fight and dragged underwater to the Kuo Toa's lair. The rest of the gang found a diary by a dead traveller that said that the Kuo Toa could make gods. In the lair, John and Trey were put in a cell. The Fire Fellas found the entrance to the lair, and made it past the Plesiosaurus swimming around it. They fought some fish people, in the process discovering that they could only see movement. Meanwhile, John failed to befriend the Kuo Toa guarding his cell, and was taken away from Trey and the rest of the sailors. The rest of the Fire Fellas broke Trey and the sailors out. Brad charmed a Kuo Toa into leading them to the place they'd taken John, and they eventually found a massive cavern with a giant glowing mushroom god. John was tied down to a slab in front of it.

Session ended with John about to be sacrificed to the mushroom god.

## Session 10: On the Back of the Turtle

Named NPCs met: Carmalae, Nice Jewelers (they had names but I forget), Hans Trencham

Session started with Gwen, Brad, Bumble, Naddie, Trey, and Mark attempting to rescue John from the mushroom god. They got him free from the slab and fought off the Kuo Toa. Gwen got the killing blow on the Mushroom god, and it promptly turned into a giant version of her. All the remaining Kuo Toa stopped fighting to kneel before God!Gwen, and real Gwen told them to not sacrifice people any more, please. They left God!Gwen and the Kuo Toa and found another group of marooned sailors on the surface. Among them was the hobgoblin Bryce from the road to Craigmaw, who turned out to be chill (him and Mark were friends). He told them about the dragon turtle Baku, who could come pick them up.The next morning they boarded Baku (who had a town on his back) and set off on the rest of their journey to Omithrion. While on Baku, Naddie helped out some jewelers and fought some sharks, John put a knife on a staff, and the rest of the Fire Fellas met Carmalae, the kind Tortle Druid who ran Baku. When they arrived at Chronia, Bryce and Mark decided to stay behind on Baku. They got into the city and discovered that there was a parade being held in Brad's honour, Brad had been declared dead, Chronia was currently at war, and Angela worked in Chronia as part of a team of holy knights. Gwen bought a magical colour changing cloak from a slightly racist shopkeeper. Brad went to a church to investigate/maybe trick Angela into a trap (I forget what our plan was here) and met Hans, a Cleric, who promptly told him that Angela was annoyingly obsessed with finding Gwen, and Geas-ed Brad into never going to that church again. Later that night, Gwen went to the church to further investigate. She found Angela and Hans arguing, and fled back to their hotel before she was spotted. They went to sleep. Session ended with the Fire Fellas waking up to discover that their hotel had been set on fire! (Ironically)

## Session 11: A War on Every Front

Named NPCs met: Kriv Vedan (in a dream), Adelaide Starborn, Giovanni Portage, Fanciful Hudson, Ozimandias (in a dream), Howard Morrison, Arlo Reynolds, Bad Naddie (Baddie)

Session started with Gwen meeting Vedan in a dream. He showed her that their hotel was on fire, before flying over to Waypoint to show her Trensden manour (which he said he was trapped in). She woke up in the burning building. The Fire Fellas fought off the two masked figures that had set the fire, killing one (an Aasimar named Adelaide) and making the other (a Tiefling named Giovanni) teleport away. As the Fire Fellas were leaving, Angela and the Knights of the Word showed up to help, Giovanni among them. The Knights of the Word were trying to frame them for arson. The Fire Fellas escaped Chronia undetected and headed to Waypoint, stopping at Oar's Rest (I think that's the town name?) on the way. While in town they met Fanciful Hudson and saw that the monster tamer Alphonso was also headed to Waypoint. John had a nightmare about a man named Ozimandias (who had a modern gun) killing the rest of the party in a green house. The left Oar's Rest and headed to Waypoint, where they discovered it was divided by war. They met with the Chronian leader, Howard Morrison, and lied to him. They investigated the town and met Arlo, a farmer living on the edge of town. They talked to his briefly and got some information. The river dividing the city was magically frozen, so they were able to cross unseen but had to fight a Yeti in the process. They discovered that the other side of the war was Naddie's former kingdom, the Segals. While sneaking up to Trensden manour, they found some Segal representatives interrogating Chronia soldiers. Among them was Bad Naddie! Session ended with the real Naddie jumping out of hiding to confront his duplicate.

## Session 12: Mirror, Mirror

Named NPCs met: Clarissa Yeet, Randy Yeet, Marnie Mistweaver, Klance, Klang, Alphonso Nicci

Session opened with a brief fight breaking out between the Fire Fellas, and Bad Naddie & co. The fight ended quickly, with no deaths on either side. Bad Naddie refused to believe Naddie was the real Naddie, and the two hooded figures were revealed to be Clarissa and Randy Yeet, the heads of the assassin's guild the Crimson Fang, and Bumble's parents. With them was an Elven woman (named Marnie Mistweaver). Bad Naddie and Marnie went back into the manour. Clarissa and Randy warned the Fire Fellas about confronting the Segals, and told them about a gang of Kobolds that were planning to retake the town from the occupying forces. Bumble argued with her parents, and found out that her father was suffering from a disease, and potentially dying. Bumble seemed too angry with her parents to care. After Clarissa and Randy left, the party sent Gwen to sneak around the Segal base. She found a crystal ball and overheard a council meeting with Bad Naddie, Bumble's parents, Marnie, and an elf wizard, then found a magically locked door that she couldn't open. She got spotted but managed to escape. That night, Gwen got scryed on. Marnie was following them, so Gwen led her on a wild goose chase and managed to lose her. The next day, they went over to the Kobold's base. They met Klance, the leader, and Klang, the brains of the operation. The Kobolds accepted their offer to to help them clear out both occupying forces. They made a plan, which consisted of telling both sides that the other was planning an attack at a specific location that night, to draw most of the soldiers away from their bases. They successfully lied to Howard Morrison, and Brad revealed that he was the King of Chronia and convinced Bad Naddie of the same thing. The regrouped at the Kobold base, where Klang told them that they had an ally at the Chronian base, the former mayor of the town Miram Trensden. He gave Gwen a box of bees to give to her, for some reason. That night, the Kobolds and the Fire Fellas went to the Chronian base to try to take it first. They successfully fought off the occupying forces, and captured the monster hunter Alphonso Nicci. Session ended with  Alphonso telling them that there was a Feeble-minded blue dragon in the river, and he was the only one who could control it.

## Session 13: A Tale of Three Princes

Named NPCs met: Miriam Trensden, Threx

Session started with the Fire Fellas meeting Miriam, who was beating the shit out of some Chronian soldiers. Gwen tried to give her the box of bees, but decided against it. They fought Threx, a mind flayer, in the attic, and found a dead Doppelganger that was being experimented on with modify memory. Brad got the headband of intellect, and stopped Klang from making a ballista into a Kobold Kannon. They headed over to the Segal (formerly Trensden) manour, putting Alphonso in a cage before they left. Gwen snuck ahead to the manour to scout, to find that Howard Morrison had been captured. She reported back. Brad and a disguised Naddie went in to distract Bad Naddie, while Gwen and Bumble went to open the gate to let the army into the courtyard. Brad and Naddie learned that Bad Naddie was secretly a mind-controled Doppelganger assassin working for Chronia. Howard Morrison gave an order, activating him. Bad Naddie convinced/threatened Brad to follow him down into the basement (the door that Gwen couldn't open). Naddie doubled back to get John to help. Meanwhile, Gwen and Bumble opened the gates and let the army in. In the basement, Brad heard Vedan's voice calling to him from a magic vase. Bad Naddie turned into a giant monster, and before John and Naddie could get there he Dimension Doored away with Brad. Session ended with Brad teleporting into Chronia and being greeted by his mom.

## Session 14: Trial By Fire

Named NPCs met: Kriv Vedan

Session started with Sterling getting called over to Trensden manour from the Chronia vs Segal battle. At the manour, John and Naddie told the party what happened to Brad. Sterling showed up and offered to help them. Gwen recognized Sterling as a member of the Knights of the Word, and hid. The Fire Fellas, plus Sterling, Miriam and Trey, absolutely beat the shit out of that one Segal wizard. Giant monster Bad Naddie showed up and attacked. Gwen stole his sword (somehow), and Miriam killed him with a barrel. Bad Naddie turned back into a Doppelganger. After the fight, Sterling's sword absorbed the powers of Bad Naddie. Gwen came out of hiding and didn't realize Sterling recognized her. The party went into the basement (vasement) and found the vase. A portal opened from the vase into a magical mansion, and they met the ghostly Kriv Vedan. He told them that the Unsinkable Few, a pirate cult, were going to use the Deck of Many Things to summon Aboleths in order to destroy the world, and that they had a deal to get the deck in Ghor Dahrim at the end of the month. The group decided to go rescue Brad first, to Vedan's slight chagrin.

Session ended with the group leaving the vase, back into Waypoint.