The Kitty Conundrum

29th August 2023

## Adventurers Attending

* Aldier
* Hilda Millgrove
* 'Liz' Cold-Scales

## Mission Notes

In the enchanting realm of the East Ridings, where mystical forests and vibrant meadows bordered the mundane world, three bards found themselves embarking on an otherworldly journey. Aldier, the resilient leader, was joined by his companions, Liz and Hilda, as they ventured into the Feywild. They had been tasked with an unusual mission: to deal with a rogue cat that had stirred the realms' delicate balance.

Their path took them through a forest where perpetual spring blossomed, a place known to the trio from a previous adventure into the Feywild. After setting up camp and enjoying a well-deserved rest, the dawn brought an unexpected encounter. A talkative bird named Bert, enticed by the promise of succulent berries, offered to guide them further into the Feywild. The bards gladly accepted his guidance.

Their journey led them to Redwall, a fantastical place teeming with enigmatic creatures. Here, Aldier's peculiar habit of sharing his elven tobacco with the local eladrin children raised both eyebrows and concerns. The trio inquired about the cat they sought, only to discover that it had already been "dealt with" by a formidable figure residing in Winter.

Unsatisfied with the cryptic responses they received, the bards pressed on, entering a sinister mansion constructed from dead trees. Inside, they encountered the enigmatic figure responsible for the cat's plight. To their horror, they learned that not only had the tabaxi been feebleminded, but countless others had been subjected to a cruel experimentation involving deadly poisons. What troubled the group most, however, was the capricious cruelty of this man, arbitrarily imprisoning anyone he considered an inconvenience.

Unable to stomach such cruelty, Hilda made a fateful decision. Striking a pact with Aldier, she restrained the man with her magic and delivered swift justice. As the figure breathed his last, the group freed all the prisoners, their minds ravaged by feeblemind spells.

Together, they guided the feebleminded victims out of the Feywild and into Otha's Rest. Seeking solace and healing at the Temple of the Gods, they left the afflicted in the care of the compassionate clerics. However, their adventure was far from over. Strange spiders, blinking in and out of existence, had pursued them from the Feywild. Hilda, Liz, and Aldier engaged in a harrowing battle, teetering on the brink of death but ultimately prevailing.

The bards, once burdened by the weight of their mission, now carried the memory of their harrowing encounter in the Fey Wild. As they resumed their journey in the East Ridings, the echoes of their actions reverberated through the realms, reminding all who heard of the consequences of unchecked cruelty.

## Loot

* Standard Level Gold and Experience
* Three vials of Drow Poison

## Player Diaries

### **Hilda Millgrove**

Told to head to the fey wild and deal with some cat, Hilda along with her fellow bards Liz and Aldier spent the day walking to a woods where the flowers seemed always in bloom, a location which was used in a previous adventure to get to the fey wild. Once they arrived, the group set up camp and took a rest. In the early morning they were approached by a talking bird called burt, who led them to the fey wild in exchange for some berries. The group then made their way to Redwall to hunt for the cat, where to Hilda’s dismay, Aldier got some eladrin children hooked on his cigarettes. Upon asking around, the party discovered the cat had already been “dealt with” by some powerful man who lives in winter. The group found her responses a bit too ambiguous though, so they decided to head to winter and see for themselves. A large mansion made out of dead trees is where the bards found the powerful man in question, who explained he had the cat locked up in a prison downstairs. The group were allowed to see him and deduced the cat (now revealed to be a tabaxi) had been feebleminded and, along with many other people locked up, were being used as test subject for this man to try out different poisons. They inquired further about what these people had done to deserve being practically tortured, and it seemed he basically took anybody that was even a minor inconvenience. The rest of the group didn’t seem too bothered by this, and just wanted to go back to the guild with the tabaxi, having completed their mission. Hilda however was disgusted with this man, how dare he think he has the power to take who he deems lesser and torture them? She struck a deal with Aldier to promote his cigarette business at the bars she works at in return for his help, she held him in place with a spell, before killing him on the spot.After this the group released all the prisoners (who all seemed to have had feeble mind cast on them) and led them back out of the fey wild and to Otha’s rest, where they sought the aid of clerics in the temple of gods. Once in good hands, the bards turned to other matters. According to Aldier and Liz, strange spiders had been following them since leaving the fey wild, and Cerci agreed to help them get rid of these spiders. The group fought the strange spiders that kept blinking out of existence, Hilda and Liz came very close to death but, Aldier managed to finish them off and see them both safe to fight another day