Session Summaries

Every session ran in the Adventures in Aggheron discord will be summarized on this page. Starting with the third session of the Ghosts of Ashkar campaign, each session is assigned a song to go with it, which is also listed here.

## Ghosts of Ashkar

### The Tomb of Hazzilgazch

***Session 1***

Having each arrived in the town of Ivold at different times on their ways to different places the party united to explore a ruined tomb. Upon entering the tomb and disarming the traps, the party discovered a sarcophagus inscribed for Hazzilgazch, but it was empty. On the stone lid of the sarcophagus was the sword Mourncrest. After Soren safely removed the sword from the lid, Lirianne attuned to it with unkown consequences. On their way back to Ivold from the tomb, the party noticed that the forest around town was unnaturally quiet. After following a cart into town, the party discovered the crates in the back of the cart were an illusion cast to hide a band of Dreng who promptly began attacking the town and the party.

There is no song for this session.

### One Night in Ashkar

***Session 2***

As the Dreng attacked Ivold, the party was joined by two more adventurers. During the skirmish with a handful of Dreng, Kaede was able to heal the man driving the cart into Ivold and he later informed the party his name was Garynn. The party acquired horses from Ivold and shortly afterwards, the  made the trip to Ashkar to inform the Caveri government of what had happened in Ivold. The party was met with little gratitude and told that nothing would be done about the raid. Later, most of the group reconvened with Garynn at the Stardust Inn and shared a few drinks with them. They were rudely interrupted by Dirge once again, and shortly after he left they were joined at the table by a mysterious figure wearing a copper mask with tear streaks of oxidization under the eyes. The man offered to buy Mourncrest, but was turned down, resulting in him threatening those at the table. When he was denied several more times, he left the tavern. That night, Kaede attempted to dream about Mourncrest in order to obtain more information about it, but was once again taunted by the masked figure who declared that Kaede would be the first in the group to die by his hand.

There is no song for this session.

### Introduction to the Last Eclipse

***Session 3***

After spending about a week in Ashkar, the party heard rumors that someone broke into a hidden chamber under The Old Palace. After sneaking in, they discovered a mummy and a sarcophagus belonging to a noble named Marina. Hanslem assisted the party in finding out more detailed information about the tomb. The party was then gifted with six healing potions by Garynn before they set out on the road to Morne. On the way there, Soren and Kaede met a goblin artist who Kaede then named Barry. Barry drew several pictures of the party and then went on his own way. The next day, the party was drawn towards the sound of a gunshot, where they confronted both a group of members of The Last Eclipse and a clan of Dreng working with a Caviri man named Regis of Torge. Lirianne attacked The Last Eclipse for insulting Kaede and to take the supplies they were keeping from them. The party successfully killed the clergy members and returned most of the supplies to Regis.

The song for this session is *People Who Died* by The Jim Carroll Band.

### Morne, Mourncrest, and Mourning

***Session 4***

While Lirianne stays behind in Torge in search for more information about Ashkar and the masked man, the rest of the party proceeded to Morne. On their way there, they stopped at a tavern where they happened to run into Hanslem. Hanslem accompanied the party to the city before he splitting off to accomplish his own tasks. Soren met with his contact Kari while Kaede and Corvo went off on their own. The duo quickly backtracked after receiving a cryptic threat, and on the way they Ruggok began tailing them. From Kari, Soren discovered that the Order of Shadows was receiving a large shipment of something from an airship. On their way to investigate the airship the party ran into Ershid, an old acquaintance of Soren. Soren interrogated and killed Ershid before the airship docked in Morne, caught on fire, and then exploded, setting most of the city on fire. Hanslem reunited with the party and suggested that the party help him take civilians into the statue where the fire won't spread. After most civilians were either out of the city or inside the statue the city was built around, the party and Hanslem descended into the statue. After reaching the first chamber inside the statue, Hanslem revealed himself to be the masked man, Hazzilgazch, in disguise. In the ensuing battle, Kaede was killed before being mysteriously revived by some outside force.

The song for this session is *Pyscho Killer* by Talking Heads.

### Aftermath

***Session 5***

The group inside the statue proceed to the next room where they are confronted by Allithine. Corvo, Kaede, and Ruggok are each presented a choice. As a result, one of the iron masked soldiers is unmasked, Kaede sees his mother, and Ruggok learns a certain "scaleskin's" secrets. Meanwhile, Soren is given a letter from Garynn, requesting the party's help back in Ashkar. As the group leaves the statue they meet a man in a red hood as well as a cleric of The Bright Goddess named Tor'Tari. A mysterious symbol appears on Kaede's hand as the party searches to find where Soren is hiding while they are tailed by their new acquaintances. The party finds Soren in an abandoned barn outside the city and the man in the hood invites Alsorin to dinner with The Banshee somewhere in the southern reaches of High Caveria. Tor'Tari joins the party after casting command on the hooded man when he tried approaching the barn. Infighting occurs that night as party members recount what happened in the last 24 hours. As everyone sleeps, Kaede once again comes face to face with Hazzilgazch and learns about his true intentions. Tor'Tari previously made it clear that he has joined the party because his goddess has guided him to Hazzilgazch. Corvo awakens and is granted an omen by Seymour, pointing him to a rocky crag to the southwest of Morne. Soren sneaks back into Morne to do business with a fence.

The song for this session is *Live and Let Die* by Paul McCartney/Wings.

### Just in Time

***Session 6***

After finishing up the last of their business in Morne, the party decides to head to Ashkar to help Garynn. The party stops at the same tavern they ran into Hanslem at on their way back to Ashkar. During the night Tor'Tari communes with Hazzilgazch's mask while a pseudodragon sneaks into Kaede and Soren's room. The pseudodragon accidentally wakes up Kaede, who quickly befriends it and names her Elza. The party proceeds to Torge, where Kaede talks with one of Malthrax's Dreng before continuing the rest of the way to Ashkar. Once they arrive, they find the city locked down. Guards are allowing people to enter, but making it clear they will not be able to leave in the near future. The courier who gave the group Garynn's message takes them to his hidden apartment, where he tells them he suspects it's one of the people he is currently running against in the election for Senator of the Patchwork Throne. The party goes to the office of Eris, where they find his corpse. After finding him dead, they rush to Talidor's office, where they have a conversation with him before several members of the party are drugged and attacked.

The song for this session is *You're Dead* by Norma Tanega.

### Taking up the Cudgel

***Session 7***

The party spends a week and a day in Ashkar, working on various different projects. During their final day in the city, they are lured into the sewers by a man wearing a golden mask identical to Alithine's. The man is holding a vampire hostage, and asks for Hazzilgazch's mask so that he can bring him back to life and torture him. Kaede refuses this proposal, and the party leaves the sewers where this new foe had hidden. The party set out from Ashkar towards the location shown to Corvo in his vision. The party once again stops at Torge and then heads south where they located a desecrated tomb of followers of Seymour.

The song for this session is *Holy Diver* by Dio.

### The Havel Rat

***Session 8***

The party leaves Torge to head south in order to make contact with The Banshee. After passing through a small hamlet, the group arrives in the town of Havel. In Havel, Ruggok asks around for jobs to do. He discovers the owners of a particular tavern are paying 15gp to anyone who can kill the rat in their basement. The party fights the Havel Rat and manages to kill it before Kaede wild shapes to explore his tunnels. Kaede finds his hoard, where a revived Havel Rat threatens to kill Kaede unless he leaves. The party turns in the Havel Rat's corpse to the innkeeper and claims their prize before traveling to Balthazar's Rest and making several large sales and purchases.

The song for this session is *Bullet with Butterfly Wings* by The Smashing Pumpkins.

### The Man and the Mirror

***Session 9***

After several weeks in Torge and several more in the forest, Lirianne follows a donkey to the gates of Balthazar's Rest. On the way there, Lirianne passes through several burned villages, including the town of Havel. In Havel, she meets a particular awakened rat and offers to give it a ride to the next town. Shortly after arriving in Balthazar's Rest, Lirianne releases the rat and meets up with Soren and Kaede. As the three catch up, an agent of the Banshee signals Soren to follow him to a shack on the edge of town. After a brief conversation, the shack is surrounded by guards led by a knight using a mirror as a shield. After putting up some resistance with the guards, Lirianne is arrested and both Kaede and Soren are trapped inside of the knight's mirror. While inside the mirror, both Kaede and Soren run into several interesting characters, including Kud, The Doorman, and the servant of an apparently powerful lord. Eventually, the two are released from the mirror and imprisoned in a cell next to Lirianne.

The song for this session is *I Fought the Law* by The Clash.

### The Banshee and The Blood Mother

***Session 10***

Lirianne, Kaede, and Soren are released from the prison of Balthazar's Rest after talking with Pandring and a knight in his service named Cordivar. The three of them meet up with Ruggok and Corvo who missed the encounter that landed them in jail. The group meets back up with the Banshee's agent and follow him to her keep in the nearby mountains. Upon arriving, they are taken to the keep's great hall and given a lavish meal. Shortly after they are sat, the Banshee enters the room and reveals herself to be Ashera, Soren/Alosrin's sister. The Banshee discusses several matters with the party. Before the party continues to their next objective, Lirianne tries to get closer to Ashera, but ultimately finds that Ashera is not interested in her. After several days of travel, the party arrives in the area Kaede grew up in. After questioning Calliope briefly, Kaede finally meets the entity that revived him twice before: The Bloodmother.

The song for this session is *Babooshka* by Kate Bush.

### Huge Tracts of Land

***Session 11***

The party leaves Kaede's hometown and makes their way to the land they were given as thanks by Garyn. The party first arrives in the town of Sourspring, which over the past several years has become mostly abandoned. The town is led by Edgar, who lives there with about 10-15 other human villagers. The party then traveled to the town of Loaf, a nearby halfling village renowned for their baked goods, particularly their bread. After Loaf, the party made stops at the Mines of Aldacor, which they found abandoned, but still largely unmined, as well as The Castle Shriek, a large, crumbling stronghold on the edge of a cliff. Before heading back to Sourspring, the party made one last stop at the abandoned town of Fogmar where Corvo, Soren, and Kaede fought and killed a Banshee, and recovered a magical sword and a pair of daggers.

The song for this session is *Take Me Home, Country Roads* by John Denver.

### Arrival

***Sessions 12 & 13***

Evelynn joins the party after stumbling into them in Sourspring. The party then fights and kills the Wyvern inhabiting Castle Shriek. Soren recieves a letter from Hazzilgazch and the party leaves the land they own to go to the festival in Ashkar. Evelynn almost wins a beauty and Kaede wins a drinking contest. Kaede then discovers that the beauty contest was ran by Alithine. The festival concludes with a green comet's arrival. By betting on the result of the comet, the party manages to make a large amount of money. After the festival, Kaede discovers a large congregation of the Bloodmother's followers at a quarry near Ashkar. The followers seem to have been looking for Kaede. After a while, the party decides to head to Balthazar's Rest to meet with Hazzilgazch, who offers to assist them in exchange for Mourncrest.

The song for this session is *We Didn't Start the Fire* by Billy Joel.

### Priorities

***Session 14***

After meeting with Hazzilgazch, the party receive letters from different individuals across Aggheron. The letters addressed to Kaede and Soren seem to contain the most urgent business. The party rushes to meet Calliope to see what is wrong. When they arrive, they discover that the Yuan-Ti of Al-Sairim have apparently abandoned their serpent gods and constructed a new ziggurat. Additionally, the Yuan-Ti seem to be in the final stages of constructing a fleet. The party manages to strike a blow against the Yuan-Ti using guerilla tactics. Civilians are evacuated, traps are set, and the docked Yuan-Ti fleet is set aflame. Before the party can celebrate their victory, a Yuan-Ti Dreadnaught sails into the bay. The party quickly retreats and heads south towards Drenghel. In the town of Fairweather, the party meets with Gumpe Torsah, a dwarf and the last person to see Soren's brother Ryfon.

The song for this session is *This Fire* by Franz Ferdinand.

### The Mines of Drenghel

***Session 15***

The party reconvenes the morning after meeting with Gumpe. Beforehand, Soren discovers his brother was not in the prison that Gumpe said he was in and his familiar is killed when Soren commands it to fly over and into Drenghel. Soren buys the ingredients to resummon his familiar before the party follows Corvo into the forest. Corvo is drawn to a Pegasus, but before he gets a chance to interact with it, a band of masked soldiers scare it away. The party ambush the soldiers and save the woman they were escorting. The woman introduces herself as Artemisia and requests the party take her back to her home in Nogric. The party agree in exchange for her help saving Ryfon, which she agrees to. On the way to Nogric, the party encounters a Dreng loyal to Malthrax. While Kaede and Corvo argue with Ruggok on whether to heal or kill the Dreng, Artemisia steps in and stabs the Dreng, killing him. Kaede is immediately enraged and Artemisia requests that someone in the party carries the Dreng back to Nogric for her. Once the party arrives, she advises them not to step foot in any building other than the mansion, and to stay away from the scarecrows outside of the walls. Her mansion is tended to by several clockwork constructs, one of which who takes the Dreng downstairs to her laboratory. While the party is in Nogric, Artemisia grafts one of the dead Dreng's arms to herself, removes the magic from several iron masks, and gives Kaede a cure for the scale plague. Shortly afterwards, the party follow her back towards Drenghel, where they encounter Vermilthrax, one of Emperor Melios' generals as well as Ryfon. The party manages to take down Vermilthrax and the Dreng protecting him. Ryfon is ultimately saved, but not before Soren almost dies to a Dreng Honor Guard.

The song for this session is *Stuck In The Middle With You* by Steelers Wheel.

## Through the Storm and Squall

### A Momentous Occasion

***Session 1***

Each member of the party is individually invited to a ball at Talocretes' Palace in Myriador. In the middle of dinner, most of the party is escorted to a separate room. Elias and Hektor, both witness the massacre that takes place in the ballroom as Talocretes' men rain crossbow bolts down from above on their distinguished guests. They are then escorted to the same room where they are allowed to finish eating. Not long after, Belam (The Lister, The Listerer, The Master of Lists) is also escorted in, and he begins to eat his cake. The party is then tasked by a representative of their friend to escort Belam to the island of Dectos so that he may speak with someone. The party negotiates payment and accepts. Some take gold and others take information; Srvolign is able to secure an island for his clan. The party then departs from the palace, and after staying the night in a rather unpleasant inn, decide to leave the island on a ship Belam owns named The Barracuda.

The song for this session is *Barracuda* by Heart.

### Kobold Slaughterfest #1

***Session 2***

After sailing for a couple of days, the party arrived at the island that had been given to Svrolign. The island is nothing remarkable. There are two abandoned villages and a castle, all of which have certainly seen better days. The castle had been partially burned down and was infested with kobolds. The party entered the castle and killed all but a few of the kobolds on the first and second floors. The last remaining floors were left unexplored as the party went back to the ship to rest.

The song for this session is *I'm Still Standing* by Elton John.

### Kobold Slaughterfest #2

***Session 3***

The party finishes clearing out the kobolds on Srvolign’s island before discovering that the island is one of three patrolled by a red dragon. The party free a hostage named Davikos (Dave) and are able to successfully prevent Srvolgin’s people from reaching the island while the dragon is still a threat. The party then spend a week traveling to their destination, where Belam proceeds to dig up a helmet and commune with a celestial of some sort.

The song for this session is *Bones* by Imagine Dragons.

### A Meeting with a Friend

***Session 4***

The party leaves the island with Belam after reading a prophecy on the stones present on the island. After several days, the party arrives back at Talocrete's Palace where they finally meet the person claiming to be their friend. He pays each member of the party, giving some of them gold and others information through the Wickwards that seem to be under his command. He offers the party another job: kill an enemy of this 'friend' and retrieve a magical artifact in his possession. He tells the party that said item is located in a demiplane, and the easiest way to get there would be to travel to The Pit in Bolok's Divide.

The song for this session is *Come As You Are* by Nirvana.