Detailed Adventuring Notes

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The following notes are written in Vaelas' adventuring log, cataloguing a summary of the adventures of The Four Hoors Men.

## Adventuring Notes

#### Session 1

* Bromin Goldseeker - Hired us to deliver a cart from Dawngarde to Dalcrest for 10g
	+ Secretive about plans but excited for possibilities upon arrival
* Bastien Oakenhart - Associate of Bromin
* Found horses of Bromin & Bastien on the road dead
* Ambushed by goblins
* Followed north to cave
* Defeated Hrolk (bugbear) & goblins
* Found crates belonging to Red Shield Trading Company
* Short rested outside
* Levelled to level 2

### Session 2

* Re-entered cave
* Goblins led by Groose (goblin) holding Bastien hostage
* Defeated goblins and interrogated one
* Learned that Bromin is being held at a castle on the north side of the forest
	+ The leader is The Black Spider
	+ Exact location unknown - need further inquiry
* Rescued Bastien
	+ Learned that Bromin had found the Crystal Cave, an old mine, and that is where his map leads
* Bastien promised to pay the group for rescuing him provided they agree to search for Bromin with him.
* Group continues on and reaches Dalcrest.
* Group cashes in original job, talking to Brom Clayden of Clayden’s Provisions
	+ Brom informs group that the Goldseeker Brothers are coming to town soon
	+ Group told Brom of Bromin’s disappearance
* Group went to Red Shield Trading Post and sold the trade goods
	+ Lady at RSTC informed group of Ahlyssa Hayhurst, a local midwife who lives out of town and the group was asked to convince her to return to town
* Group went to the Pinewind Inn
	+ Met Burhart Pinewind, owner of the inn, loves the group and loves to talk about himself
	+ Burhart told group about the Stoneswords, local thugs who are causing trouble among the town
		- They can be found at the Broken Pick Taphouse
		- Towmnaster Aldrin Weber may know more, but is a craven and refuses to do much about it.
* Group heard of a dragon sighted in the area
* Group met Roderick Bravetoe, a dwarf who claimed to have found an ancient dwarven temple, and is looking for a group to help him explore it
	+ Mentions he expects the offer to expire within a day
	+ He went with Thurrick Everhorn, and he was lost in the scruffle
	+ The monsters there seemed to duplicate when hit

### Session 3

* Discussed plans as a group, decided to go after the Stoneswords
* Met with Bastien, who paid the group for their services and agreed to help search for clues on these Stoneswords and Bromin
* Group went to the Broken Pick Tap House
	+ Aelar scouted the area
* Group confronted Stoneswords outside of the taphouse
	+ Defeated the stoneswords and took their cloaks
* Group questioned the barkeep inside the Broken Pick Tap House
	+ Learned that Burkhart pays them for protection more than anyone else and that they don’t bother the Miners Exchange
* Group went to Aldrin Weber, the townmaster, to inquire for information.
	+ Townmaster was horrified that we slaid Stoneswords
	+ Townmaster agreed begrudgingly to pay the group if they deal with the stonesword problem, as long as it doesn’t blow up in his face
* Group decided to go to the Dalcrest Miner's Exchange, thinking they must be allied with the Stoneswords
	+ Tried to enter disguised as stoneswords, lady at exchange got angry at the sight of stoneswords and told us to get away
	+ Dropped disguise and told her everything
	+ Learned where the stoneswords are hiding out and that the leader goes by the name of Callixtus Bentham, a noble wizard from Dawngarde
	+ Learned stoneswords are under the keep above Dalcrest and are told we can earn 100 gold for killing the wizard.
* Went to Alyssa Hayhurst, killed a manticore, sent her back to town.

### Session 4

* Went to the stoneswords hideout
* Floor 1
	+ Found some foodstuffs, found the trapdoor
* Basement
	+ Some rooms, nothing interesting at first
	+ Found a crypt with the spalding family in it
	+ Killed some guys, interrogated a lowman
		- Found that boss is in the room at the ‘far end’
		- Wrapped the guy in the cloak, taking the cloak off triggered the skeleton defense systems
		- Killed skeletons
	+ Found prisoners - a woman and children
		- Woman named Lisa, wanted us to help find husband, could not help them out of the prison right now
	+ Killed more guys, found big cavern room with creepy monster in it, avoided for now
	+ Found guys on break, pretended to play game with them to get surprise and attack
	+ Entered room that belonged to presumably Callixtus, heard him leaving through a back door
	+ Vaelas chased him with Aelar, however the rest of the party didn’t join on the chase and he got away
	+ Searched room, found a journal, some notes.
	+ Exited room to face the monster
	+ Killed the monster, learned it was a Nothic, an old wizard that has gone too far.
	+ Found a +1 shortsword, which Aelar wielded.
* Exited cave and returned to town.

### Session 5

* Went to miners exchange
	+ Learned that the nothic was likely being studied by Callixtus
		- He may be found in the Crystal cave
* Went to townmaster, showed him the Nothic that was in the cave, nothing of note
* Talked to Bastien, who clued us in more on Bromin’s plans
	+ Plans to reopen the Crystal Cave
	+ 500g reward for Bromin’s return
	+ Pointed us to Falcon’s Hunting Lodge to give us directions there.
* Got info on Aelar’s Sword
	+ Belonged to Spalding family
	+ Historically wielded by lord - wiped out in orc attack
	+ Useful against orcs
* Roderick Bravetoe
	+ A 2nd dwarf, Thurrick, was there
	+ Same offer
	+ Told us that Goldseeker brothers are camped in the foothills of windfell peaks
* Set off to Falcon’s Lodge
	+ Falcon is basically Gaston
	+ Stayed at his lodge
	+ In the morning he led us to the place, encountered some lumberjacks on the way, killed some goblins, all that jazz
* Interrogated Goblin
	+ No idea where black spider is
	+ Told us where to find King Nalk
* Found castle
	+ Scouted around
	+ Grappled up to 2nd floor
	+ Defeated kitchen goblins

### Session 6

* Killed our way through castle, found ‘throne room’
	+ Tense confrontation with Ranad and King Nalk, with Bromin unconscious in the room
	+ Following Augustin’s lead, random of 100g was paid to secure Bromin
* Exited castle peacefully, but talked to Ranad outside
* Waited for Bromin to be conscious to discuss intentions with Ranad
	+ Claimed Bromin stole something from him, Bromin seemed to give tells that it’s true
	+ Agreed to discuss further at the town inn
* Ambushed in the middle of the night by Hobgoblin force
	+ Nearly killed
	+ In fight, Ranad turned on us and revealed himself as a Doppelganger
	+ Attackers were defeated

### Session 7

* Debriefed with Bromin
	+ He needs to deal with the guardians of the cave, it is unknown how right now
	+ He stole a book from the Doppleganger in Dawngarde, the book said there is a survivor of this battle, a human spellcaster, buried near Dalcrest
	+ We learned that there is a bounty on Augustin’s head in the attacker’s corpses
		- Black spider symbol
	+ Went to graveyard by dalcrest
		- Stone kerns - all small but one large one
			* Dug up large one to bring back to town
	+ Attacked by orcs, killed them

### Session 8

* Talked to Bromin
	+ He told us of a lady cleric - Sister Lavenna
		- Can be found at the shrine of luck
		- She may be able to talk to the corpse
* Talked to Sister Lavenna
	+ She has a severed connection with the dead currently
	+ Doesn’t fully trust us, however is willing to help if we restore her connection and put this spirit to rest
	+ She saw visions of waves crashing against towers with lightning, had no more direct information
* Talked to Burhart Pinewind
	+ He told us of a traveler from the coast who talked of a lighthouse which can be seen from the King’s Road, which draws in boats and they are never heard from again, and that you’d be a madman to climb
	+ Told us of a dragon as well, but that’s still a thing for another day
* Talked to Bastien
	+ He was a dick as normal, dicked us around on the Bromin reward, we begrudgingly accepted to kill the king since we planned to anyways
	+ He’s an ass
* Went south to first hit up King Nalk
* Met traveler on the road, he was collecting lightning and narrowed down the location of the lighthouse
* Went back to castle
	+ Fought King Nalk - big fun fight
	+ Found some money
* Freed owlbear pet - Aelar convinced him to leave

### Session 9

* Swept the castle
	+ Chapel room - built by humans
* Killed a Grick in chapel room
* Found that the altar was used for human sacrifice
* Found a longsword, heavy crossbow, and chainmail armor belonging to Bastien
* Found goblins hiding in a room - let them flee with their lives
* Rested in the castle and set off to the lighthouse
* Met a man on the travels who loved catching lightning
	+ The man was able to give us detailed directions to the lighthouse
* Arrived at lighthouse and Rossalt/Vaelas scaled the dangerous cliff wall while Aelar/Augustin fended off a harpy attack
	+ Aelar almost walked off the cliff after being charmed but was caught by Augustin mid-fall

### Session 10

* A friendly crab waves over the group, Aelar talks with it
	+ Crab warns us of the harpies
	+ Tells us that his master, the ghost in the cave ahead, has made him intelligent
	+ Asks the group to help him lift this so he can return to a simple life, promises he'll grab some treasure in exchange
* The group encounters an undead sea elf named Allura
	+ Allura was killed by a half-orc named Mokruk
	+ Says that she can be laid to rest if we retrieve a conch that was stolen from her by Mokruk
	+ If freed, her effect on the crab as well as Sister Lavenna will be no more
* Group accepts and travels to the lighthouse
* Group encounters the harpies again plus some extras, defeats them
* Group sweeps the lighthouse - finds a shrine to Talos and sees many shipwrecks in the sea
* Moves upstairs, finds Mokruk on the balcony
* Upon Mokruk being unwilling to negotiate, the group fights and defeats Mokruk
* A boat almost crashes into the lighthouse but the lightning rods are broken in time for it to no longer be affecting the ship
* The group goes to the top floor and destroys the heart of Mokruk which is causing some magical light
* The group returns to Allura, and gives her the conch to lay her to rest
* Aelar hails the crab, who no longer remembers the group and has reverted to it's simple form
	+ The crab has however stumbled on treasure, which it lets the group have
* Rossalt and Aelar dive to the nearby ships and attain some treasure
	+ A magical wand
	+ Small book with arcane sigils
	+ A magical cloak
	+ A magical longsword

### Session 11

* A figure is seen in the distance on the beach, the group decides to check out the situation
* The group sees an old man, and recognizes him as the old man they encountered on the road on the way to the lighthouse
* Group talks to him, learns his name is Fottlan, and that he is here to capture the lightning
	+ He gives lots of useful information about various topics
	+ He can identify magical items at his workshop near Dalcrest
	+ He has some information about the Crystal Cave, and is more interested in the Forge of Spells that lies within as it creates many magical items
	+ He requests the group help him with putting his lightning rods in as the storm is coming fast
		- His 'catching lightning' allows him to get 'lightning glass' made from the sand which he can work with to experiment with magical items
* Group undergoes a challenge to haul his 20 lightning rods and stick them in before the storm gets too bad
	+ Missing his staff to put in the center, Vaelas puts a javelin in the middle to channel the lightning
	+ Group camps with Fottlan overnight while they let the storm do it's thing
	+ The group learns that Augustin came from a small village, and that he doesn't know if his family is alive
		- His parents stayed back and held off attackers while a young Augustin fled, it is believed that they died there
* In the morning, the group checks out the results of the lightning
	+ Fottlan is excited about the amount of lightning glass
	+ Vaelas finds that his javelin is suddenly emitting a magical aura from being used to channel the lightning
	+ Fottlan gives the group a small reward of 120 electrum for their services, invites them to see him in the future at his workshop
	+ He can help us work with some of the things we find in the Forge of Spells if we find anything of note
* The group travels back to Dalcrest
* First they go to Bastien, return his armor and collect the reward for killing King Nalk
	+ Vaelas gives Bastien some shit but otherwise leaves on good terms
	+ Bastien has been combing through stonesword documents, but has no direct new information
* Group travels to Sister Lavenna to talk to the corpse of the wizard
	+ She channels the essence of the wizard and he addresses the group
		- Group asks him what is guarding the caves - he says it is being guarded by a spectator - a minor conjured version of a beholder
		- Group asks how to get past the spectator - either fight it or disguise yourself as the sorceror, as he will obey the sorcerer's command
			* His staff could help with this - it can be found at Amber Hollow, a town near Dawngarde
			* It was left with a band of dwarves who were there last he knew
		- Rossalt asks to identify a cloak, the sorcerer identifies it as a Cloak of Many Fashions
	+ Group talks to Bromin to update him on everything
		- Bromin is extremely concerned about the possibility of Amber Hollow. He has heard that a dragon has set up shop there, and doesn't believe the group should go there.
		- Bromin requests that the group check in on his brothers in the meantime while he ponders the options of getting the wizard's staff or going to the crystal cave without it
	+ Group sets off to search for the Goldseeker Brothers
	+ Group finds the site where they were camped, seems to have been captured by somebody
	+ Aelar leads the search to track them down, manages to follow tracks to their cave
	+ Group ambushes an Orc standing outside their encampment
	+ Group enters the cave and fights an Ogre inside, as well as a number of orcs in a different room

Session 12