Moonshadow: A Light in Dark Places

Moira a tabaxi looking cat lady turns up at the guild requesting some assistance with the Bleakwood Mill temple for pay.

## Adventurers Attending

* Creed
* Bearhugger
* Creak
* Skamos
* Aloisius
* Aldier

## Mission Notes

Arriving at the Guild, Beefington introduces our adventurers to butcher...err I mean Baker Bill who is still looking for the Guild to clear up the Bleakwood Mill, so he can take it over as a flour mill again. Before introducing the patron of this mission in Moira a tabaxi looking female selunite priestess.

Moira had conscripted the help of the guild in restoring the temple beneath Bleakwood mill and requested our adventurers help in clearing the area of any foes as well as repairing the cave-in near the altar, so that it might once again be used as a temple to Selune.

Using Hamer to travel to the mill, a couple of crows were seen, one was exploded into shadowy mist by crossbow, but the other appeared to get away as Skamos' nerves were set on edge. Inside the mill our adventurers found Olcan once again the former dwarven operator of the mill, who as he had before, turned into a werewolf ghost as the sun disappeared, but without corporeal form was unable to hurt anyone. Calmed by Moira, our adventurers attempted to consider what might be required to make the mill operational, but lacked the necessary carpentry and engineering intelligence to make it work.

Making their way to the temple, our adventurers found a well masoned open cavernous temple with a large stone altar, largely desecrated in dirt and charcoal sigils, decreasing its celestial radiance and encouraging a shadowy darkness, a darkness that manifested foes in shadowy humanoids and a shadow demon. After Aloisius took some damage and felt his strength pulled from his body our adventures dispatched the shadows with the shadow demon dropping another infernal soul contract.

Bearhugger used his summoned elk to help clear the makeshift caved in wall (previously caved in to prevent any more spiders entering the temple). As Moira stepped through the new opening, she pulled a driftglobe from her cloak and a brilliant moonlight lit the adjacent cavern as it became apparent, they had been beset by shadowy dark sullen elf like warriors, knocking the driftglobe to the floor and cracking it, to create a dimly lit dark cavern for combat to commence.

As combat began, 3 shadowy warriors, a shadowy spellcaster and 3 shadow mastiffs revealed themselves from the darkness and set about casting spells and swinging spiked chains at our adventurers. A number of our adventurers were incapacitated by whisps of smoke patterns cast in the air, before Skamos was dropped by consecutive thrashing by chain. After some healing and number of hastily applied potions, Moira howled aloud and 2 werewolves dashed into the cavern setting upon the mastiffs, before moira directed them to the 'crystal'.

After some battlefield rearrangement, Bearhugger set bats upon their foes, while others directed their attacks towards a dim blue crystal surrounded by smoky devices arranged in sequence around the crystal. As the tide of battle turned and a number of our adventurers were healed from desperate positions, the shadowy fighters were pushed back and the desperate spellcaster opened an arcane gate to escape.

As battle came to a close, all foes remaining were dispatched and all shadowy smoke devices destroyed, leaving the crystal to be reclaimed by Moira and the werewolves to flee the scene. With everyone re-entering the temple, the crystal was placed and embedded in the altar, reigniting the celestial radiance of the temple as it cleared the desecrations and began to repair its stone cave-in. Quizzing Moira regarding the proceedings our adventurers learned that dome from the Shadowfell were diametrically opposed to Selune and that it was likely the combatants had come from there. Moira thanked our adventurers offering them vials of Selunes tears.

## Loot

* Standard Level Xp & Gold
* 1 x Soul Contract (Custom item) Written in infernal legalese, but held on an abyssal demon, the contract is for the souls of evil aligned entities. With the contract offering a great boon should the contract be fulfilled. There is 6 of 16 slots already filled on the contract. The other 10 can be filled by choosing to bind the soul of any evil entity that has a soul that YOU have slain in combat or that dies by your hand so long as you are physically present and can use an action to bind their soul once they are dead (Msg me if you fulfil the contract)
* 5 x Tears of the Moon. (Custom item) This Vial contains a blue shimmering liquid that has been blessed by Selune. The vial contains enough liquid for one use. You can use your action to cover a martial weapon with the liquid and imbue it with the properties of a weapon of warning. The effects last for 8hrs, and are negated if not in dim light or darkness. Once emptied the vial becomes a mundane item.

## Rumours

* What's with all the shadow activity in the Ridings, is it all connected somehow?
* Another shadowy creature got away, where are they getting away to?
* What's the connection between all the shadowy happenings and Selune?