More Fey, More Fun

Modokus

Monana

Ena

Minty Pineapple

Leora

Via Rose

The party was stunned by the appearance of The Dragon. Edric immediately confronted Zahir who was curt in his responses. He said he had no idea the dragon was coming or that there was a dragon in the vicinity. He immediately rushed off to rally his soldiers.

The rest of the party gathered and Leora went to help tend to the wounded. Judith, the healer from the city immediately put Leora to work on a crushing victim, but saw Leora’s discomfort and gently suggested she help with some less complicated wounds.

Meanwhile, in a small hut hidden away on he side of the mountain, Via Rose, a centaur druid was living her life, when she heard a deer crying for help. She exited her home and found the deer to calm it, but not a few moments later the dragon that was attacking the war camp below landed on her home and smashed it with its foot before flying off again. The deer ran away and Via went to follow it. On her way she ran into Minty who was also trying to calm Silvee the deer. The two of them bonded over their love of the deer and their dislike of Lykus the deer-smacker. Via began to charge the dragon for destroying her house, but upon getting closer to the battle and seeing the dragon already engaged in battle with a blue-skinned humanoid of very tall stature, she decided to go with Minty back to the city.

Lykus and Edric went looking for Minty and eventually found her. The group reformed and agreed it was time to leave. They retrieved Leora and Via told them about a hidden trail that could save them some time on their way back. Via took the party along this trail and they camped in one of her hidden hovels, filled with wind chimes and dream catchers woven from all sorts of flowers, shrubs, feathers and stones.

While hidden, on Modokus’ watch, he noticed a group of soldiers moving along the road. He stayed hidden but he noticed they were not quite human. They had scales and fins on their bodies that seemed like they didn’t quite belong. Along with that, these men wore metal armor and had a drake with them. They passed the party without noticing them.

Modokus sketched the estranged and gave his sketch to Edric when it was his watch. Edric speculated these men were symmic hybrids, creatures that it takes dark magic to create. The group rested the night and awoke in the moring. Minty and Via made pancakes for everyone which even Lykus admitted were quite tasty. The group headed off and using Via’s knowledge of the mountains, arrived at Eero’s location 4 hours early.

Eero was helping the small town of Nenhaven rebuild after the Thri-kreen attack. When the group arrived, Eero explained what had happened and where Galvur and Yunet had gone. Edric asked Eero about the Quedem and their religion.

Eero explained that the Quedem do believe that Merolius promised their faith would keep the lands fertile, but Kord is at the center of their temple’s order because, according to their legends, Kord is planning a meeting of the gods and Larithon, Bahamut, Merolius, Auros, Pessonyl, Embrilee, Losvirith and Denier would all be there. When these gods would meet they would exact retribution on the world for all the curruptions and injustices that have taken place in the world. And the place of this meeting would be the lands which the Quedem are keeping safe.

Edric was not impressed, and voiced his disdain for the idea that the gods would come and commit, what he compared to genocide, in the world. No one else spoke their thoughts. Eero was surprised by this reaction, but respected it.

Edric decided the only course of action would be to follow Galvur and Yunet into the underdark. Lykus doubted Galvur’s plan would work as Galvur rarely thinks more than two steps ahead and often gets those under his command killed. The party, without any stronger leads, headed down into the tunnel after Yunet and Galvur.

The giant ant appeared to have known where it was going as it dug directly to the nest’s entrance from a naturally occurring cave system. Once they crossed the threshold, the party found the ant slain. The party began tracking Yunet and Galvur via marks on the walls Yunet left, which seemed to work well at first. However, the party came to some flooded areas of the tunnel and lost the trail. Leora and Monana almost drowned, but received some help from Modokus and Via.

Via’s ability to shift into different animals as a druid gave the party a distinct advantage as they became stuck in an underground lake, unsure how to proceed. While exploring the lake beneath, the party encountered a swarm of carnivorous clams, whid Edric baited using his infusions on a rock to make it smell like meat. Edric captured one clam and placed it in his bag of holding for study later.

Eventually, after cycling through the forms of a crocodile, a shark, and an octopus (each sporting a snow-white color with light blue spots) Via found the way out. The party realized that this method of tracking was too slow, and Monana suggested Via become a dire wolf and try to catch their scent. The group headed back to the cave entrance and found one of Galvur’s hairs. Via caught his scent and the group immediately began making better time tracking them.

The group tracked Yunet and Galvur all the way to the edge of the underdark. The group set up camp while Via and Minty began trying to speak to the carnivorous clam, which only understood the words ‘Food’ and ‘No’.

The group rested for the night, or what they assumed was night in the lightless underdark. This deep in the ground, no sound or light reached the party as they slept in cold, dark silence.