Session 11-13

Setting: The Vault of Oblivion

PCs: Durzo, Lo'Kag, Mykiela, Rhaine

NPCs: Lizzy, Willyam

The group enter the first floor of the Vault, and deduce they need to find 6 fist-sized gems that fit into a panel in the center of the room. They search the rooms, and are tempted many times by traps designed to play on someone's greed. When investigating a set of tall stone statues guarding a set of double doors, they see a gem resting inside the chest of one of them. Lizzy asks for a hand in reaching it, but Lo'Kag tosses her into it, activating the statue. They fight the Stone Golem, and retrieve the gem. When the 6th gem is placed in its proper slot, the double doors open to a stairway leading up.

Lizzy talks to Willyam about joining the Order of Valor, revealing that she tried to recruit him many years ago. Willyam declines, mainly due to his young children waiting for him back in Errista. Durzo tells him that they'll make sure he makes it back to them. Upon reaching the second floor, they see a large chest, and 10 displays of armor lining a walkway to the next stairway. Before they continue on, Lo'Kag asks to go back down to look at a set of shimmering weapons they found in a room on the first floor. Rhaine tells him they were an illusion, but he Lo'Kag still wants to check it out. They go back down as a group, and attempt to touch the illusionary weapons. Doing so triggers a second Stone Golem, and the team is forced into another fight before the stairway is unlocked for them again.

Once they make it back to the second floor, they notice two of the armor displays are now animated and walking around. They decide as a group to activate all of them in small batches to eliminate the threats in the area. Afterwards, they open the large chest and find a couple of magical items. They continue on to the third floor, where they deal with rooms and hallways filled with mechanical traps set off by passing by magical runes. In a crucial decision, the group votes to take a short rest. They end up collecting 6 keys and use a mechanism to activate a lift to the next floor.

On the next floor, they read off a plaque, and the room glows to reveal 7 doors, 6 of which are glowing in different colors - Red, White, Purple, Green, Yellow, and Amber. They are approached by the spectral form of an Elven-like creature, who calls himself Vaultkeeper. He is tasked with allowing only entities holding a Vault Key to enter, but he was intrigued by the group. He set the traps to test them, and only let them up to the Vault area once he grew bored with playing with them.

The Vault of Oblivion contains orbs that have what the Tower Eternal deemed to be evil entities trapped inside. Vaultkeeper tells them that a White Dragonborn had just opened the White Vault, and a Shadow Assassin with her opened the Amber Vault. When it starts to be clear that they were up to no good, and not actually members of the Tower Eternal, he offers the team boons in exchange for hunting down and eradicating the evil. He lets them know that his time is running short, and his magic has limits, even for a member of the Eladrin race. He also divulges that they are indeed currently in the Feywild.

Vaultkeeper opens a teleportation circle back to the Archway to speed them on their way. The team debates at the Archway, until they finally walk through. They are just in time to see Siril Goldenwood, a Shadow Assassin, brother to the Queen of Falador, and cousin to Rhaine disappearing through a portal to Gale. He is holding an Amber orb, and waves as the portal closes.

They also see a larger portal open to an icy tundra. An old, decrepit White Dragonborn is hurling a White orb into a blizzard. At the same time, Willyam grunts when a now familiar black arrow is stuck in his throat. Another Shadow Assassin says, "Koyassa Oran, leader of the newly re-established Kraet nation, sends her regards." The team attempts to fight him, but he disappears again into the shadows. Durzo pulls the arrow from Willyam's throat, heals him, and cures his poison.

The team is left wondering what to do next.