Session 22

Session 22

·        Session Starts

·        Party name ACQUIRED: The Deliberators

·        The noble we dropped off tells us that they’ll contact us if they have work or need help.

A few of the party members notice a caravan containing the bandits the party parlayed previously. The caravan is packed.

o    The party briefly discusses going ROUND TWO. But eventually decides against it.

o    Langar is ready to go on sight, he’s too far to engage.

o    Leonidas is stirred by Vjenga, mentions he has a splitting headache.

o    Solla assures the nobles that they should be wary, as the bandits are in town, and they say that they’ll relay this information to the (shitty) Alsvartr Guards.

o    The bandits are seen entering a decrepit guild building “The Lightbringer Brigade” as the party leaves town.

·        After they’re on the road again, Vjenga sits by Langar to speak.

o    She asks if Langar has been alright in the sun, cites Kare’s face melting.

o    Vjenga asks to listen to his heartbeat, it’s incredibly slow - around 1 per minute. This is much slower than it should be, even for a “human”.

o    Vjenga continues to press him for how he’s feeling, he says he feels fine as long as he has blood. She asks him to be wary of the strength of his bite, and he justifies killing Adria as protection of the party.

o    Langar insists that he doesn’t want to bite any party members, but says he isn’t sure how he’d fare without Leonidas’s supply of blood.

o    They discuss future blood sources, Langar says he might need the party to contribute blood.

o    Langar mentions that Sir and Madam Lumleys may be able to help, according to Leonidas.

o    Vjenga is confused and perturbed -- still thought Kare and Sylvi’s last name was Olivier.

o    Langar makes a history check

§  Learns that Lady Lumleys is on the council of Green Lights

o    Leonidas hears this, he has never heard the name Olivier.

o    He puppets Kare’s lifeless body to say that he doesn’t know either, it is awkward. Leonidas is very nervous about the fact that Kare has (essentially) died.

o    Vjenga looks very uncomfortable at the mention of the name Lumleys.

o    Solla doesn’t know anything about the Lumleys family.

o    Sylvi says that she and Kare used the name Olivier to distance themselves from their parents, explained they were sent away to a temple in Thorath. The temple was dedicated to Frigg.

o    The party comments that the situation with the Lumleys is becoming more and more suspicious.

o    Venphira insists they can’t trust the Lumleys. They are reportedly responsible for the deaths of everyone in her family. Leonidas is. Confused.

o    Venphira says that the Lumleys betrayed and slew the Vidals. She describes it as a slaughter. Vjenga is having a meltdown while she explains why she didn’t share it, in the interest of not causing panic. This slaughter, according to Venphira, happened 4 years ago.

o    Leonidas says there *is* a survivor of the Vidal family. Nanna is alive and reportedly working under the care of the Lumleys. Leonidas is being truthful in his account, but he doesn’t seem to understand what’s happening. This is very surprising to Venphira.

o    Langar says they might recognize Venphira.

o    Langar asks what problem Vjenga has with the Lumleys family.

o    Vjenga recounts the events of session .1 with Barlen and Gunborg - explains how they snuck into the tent to discover the reason for the farm losing funds, held Ketil at spearpoint, and escaped. She mentions that he spoke to a footlight fiend, and that he was looking for the Helm of the Valkyrie around Maerin.

o    Ymna has some knowledge about the Helm of the Valkyrie. It allows Valkyries to find the dead and also protects the wearer from Ragnarok. It is probably received from dvergr.

o    Sylvi doesn’t know anything about this.

o    Venphira suggests disguising herself from the Lumleys.

o    Solla is apprehensive about seeing the Lumleys also, because of the Vidal’s relationship with dragons. (though I think this was part of an understanding)

o    They were hoping to expand on the idea of negotiating with dragons with the Lumleys family.

o    Leonidas says that this doesn’t make sense, because the Lumleys have befriended a clan of dragonborn (those which were mentioned last session, around the volcano)

o    Venphira rejects the idea that her sister is alive, and says that any sister that cooperates with the Lumleys is no sister of hers.

o    Leonidas seems very concerned, saying that this theory is very out-there but is starting to make sense.

o    Venphira wants to continue on the path, she clearly is out for vengeance of some kind and wants to know more about what happened to her sister.

o    Langar asks if the Lumleys know she’s alive, and says that’s a good secret to keep.

o    Vjenga proposes that Venphira write an anonymous letter, but Langar doesn’t want them to do this.

o    Leonidas says that the Lumleys may already know, as he has been informing them of updates in his retrieval of Kare and Sylvi.

o    Nanna Vidal says that there was a fire, Leonidas had previously believed this.

o    Venphira says that this would be an impossible mistake to make.

o    Leonidas wants to continue on their path, and says it seems like the party is genuine as far as he knows.

o    Vjenga proposes that Venphira use the orb to try to confirm that her sister is there.

§  Venphira needs help, but is able to. She is unable to press through the clouds in the orb, and can’t see Nanna.

o    Venphira relays to the party that she didn’t see anything in the orb.

o    Vjenga can’t send an anonymous letter to Nana on Venphira’s behalf because she doesn’t know her. She offers the Mug of the Visitor instead -- which has a better chance to work if they sleep at the same time.

o    Leonidas says that the Lumleys also wanted to offer their children and the party a contract.

o    This whole time, Eikthyr is staring at Leonidas. He is being EXTREMELY suspicious. He’s staring at him. If a dog could give off “shut up” vibes, he would be. It’s close.

o    Solla says they have reason to be in The Green Lights. Langar concurs, and with a little prodding brings up Jongar Bonebreaker, the person he is aiming to kill.

§  Langar clarifies that Jongar has hurt everyone close to him. He led a raid on Langar’s village when he was 15-16, near the northern peaks, near Molgor.

§  Solla asks if they’re a “human like you” to Langar. He and Vjenga side-eye each other.

o    Leonidas asks if ANYONE ELSE has a problem with the Lumleys, nobody speaks up. Ymna briefly says that they intend to stay with the party.

o    Solla asks if the Jotunn of the party “eat anything different”

§  Vjenga gets offended

o    Venphira asks for the mug (so that she might try to contact Nanna), Vjenga gives it to her and offers to help her use it.

o    Solla continues to press the food thing. It is said out of character that Jotunn do not have substantially different diets from other humanoids.

§  Vjenga asks if Solla eats humans, it is Solla’s turn to be offended.

·        That night, Venphira and Vjenga brewed tea for the Mug of the Visitor, and Venphira tries to reach her sister. Her call is forwarded to an automatic voice message system

o    Venphira’s dream begins as is normal to her. The floor is wet and dark and she can see the roots of the tree. She does not see the cell of her patron. She eventually approaches a mote of amber light.

o    She reaches into the light to pull and stretch it, and it gives. She is consumed by amber and the sound of people speaking, whispering, and screaming.

o    She sees the silhouette of a little girl, surrounded and overwhelmed by the sound. She is eventually covered in amber, and the voices give way to a single one. The voice is unintelligible.

o    Eventually, Venphira sees the silhouettes she recognizes as Sir and Madam Lumleys approaching the little girl. As she tries to call out to the shape she thinks is her sister, she is stirred by Leonidas as it is morning.

·        Venphira makes a wisdom saving throw as she wakes up. Her eyes are wet with tears and she can still hear the garbled voice from her dream in the back of her mind.

·        Venphira relays the events of her dream to Vjenga when she asks. They embrace, and Venphira explains that she’s feeling reserved about being seen by the Lumleys (Ulfred and Morgana). She thinks that they took Nanna for a sinister reason.

o    Venphira says she’ll hold back and stay elsewhere in Grey Town. Vjenga doesn’t want her to leave.

o    Langar suggests that if she has to split off, she takes someone else with her.

o    Jinx volunteers (uh oh) She promises to keep and “eye on Venphira to make sure she stays out of trouble.”

o    Vjenga does not believe her and says she does not appreciate coy misdirection.

o    Langar says that he could acquire transportation for the party in Grey Town, as a soldier he has a feature to get horses from military barracks.

o    Jinx PINKIE PROMISES that she won’t get into trouble.

·        Leonidas gets the party through customs with no issue. Leonidas flashes a card or slip of paper, presumably from the Lumleys, and they let them through without issues. (no issues with the human remains, yippee)

·        During the three weeks that pass as they move through The Green Lights, Vjenga receives three letters. One is spam from The Collector, one is from her Uncle, and the last is from Ingvar.

o    Vjenga gives The Collector letter to Langar when he asks. The letter says that The Collector is in Beruvik

·        When the party arrives, they see The Iron Lake. There are signs around the lake and it is being patrolled to prevent people from swimming. The party also observes people dropping their weapons into the lake.

·        The party is greeted by butlers in similar garb to Leonidas, with differently colored bow-ties. One has blue and one has purple. Leonidas has red.

·        They lead the party into a dining hall. At this point Venphira and Jinx have split off to avoid being noticed. In a room with pillars of fire in each corner and a hexagonal shape, the party passes a group of three. There is a tortle, a dvergr, a bronze dragonborn.

·        When the party enters the dining room, they see a wispy person sitting at the table. Kale describes Qo.

·        Qo introduces himself as a mercenary for the Lumleys family and a mage.

·        Langar has 0 respect for magic users apparently

·        Vjenga knows that Air genasi are usually created for a specific purpose, and they disappear when they complete that purpose. They are usually made by personifications of hunting or winter, like Skaði or Ullr.

·        Qo has been around for longer than most genasi, and does not know his purpose.

·        Vjenga stares at Qo and does a poor job of being polite about it.

·        The layout of the room and the table is extremely fine and well decorated. There is, however, a very creepy organ decorated with the symbols of monsters from all over the continent. It seems to give off a very vague magical energy.

·        Before they entered the house, Langar warned Leonidas to keep his lips sealed about the events and conversation that transpired on the trip.

·        The party is told to wait as Sir and Madam Lumleys arrive. They have a few minutes to discuss.

o    Solla says they don’t think they should be here. They are apprehensive about being seen by another dragonborn, though they are resistant to sharing why.

o    Solla is given a letter by another butler. They say it is from Guldrad. It is an invitation to attend a wedding between Rösk and Esirar, as the best man.

o    Solla remains very still after they read the letter, closer inspection reveals that they are panicking.

·        Vjenga casts guidance, Leah reminds me that I need to make a new height chart.

·        There is another young woman who returns with Leonidas. She has small wings behind her ears, the shape of horns in her hair, and there seems to be a glow coming from inside it.

·        Leonidas introduces Sir and Madam Lumleys to the party as they enter the room. They are in fact Very Gomez and Morticia. Ulfred Lumleys wears a yellow and purple suit, which he pulls off like a champ. He has a small mustache and slicked back, greying hair. He also has weird curly shoes. Madam Lumleys is dressed in a beautiful white cloak.

·        Ulfred greets Sylvi, and *seems* excited to see her, though the way he does so is very strange.

·        Ulfred asks where Kare is.

·        The party explains that Kare is Pretty Much Dead.

·        Morgana begins to cry, and Ulfred hurries over to comfort her. They both **seem** very distressed by the loss of their son.

·        Langar brings up Kare’s affliction with vampirism, they seem totally chill with that.

·        The Lumleys sit down and invite the party to eat.

·        Session ends BUT IT DOESN’T ACTUALLY!

·        We take a break.

·        As we resume, Eikthyr is curled around Ulfred’s chair. He seems very happy to be reunited with the heads of the house.

·        Sir Lumleys spills tomato soup, Eikthyr is loving it.

·        He also asks if Kare gave the party too much trouble, the answer is yes.

·        Sir Lumleys suggests that Qo join the party, he says that whatever happened to his previous team was unfortunate ???

·        He offers the party jobs, he wants them to find items relating to the Valkyries (ex. Armor (like that which Ketil was looking for) and bloooooooooOoOood?)

o    He says that they want these items for the betterment of Grey Town, Vjenga believes him because he is Fucking. +15 with a natural 20

o    He says that they have about 6 people searching at the moment, some they have not heard from in some time.

·        He bemoans the fact that the dvergr have hidden the portal to Svartalfheim.

·        Langar brings up Vampirism, and asks about a cure.

o    The Lumleys say that they know of a cure, but the materials for it are only present on Arkadia.

o    They clarify that Langar must continue to drink blood.

·        He and Morgana met in a place that was CRAWLING with vampires

·        They reiterate that they don’t get the blood they consume from unwilling human sources. They say they take donations from the people of Grey Town.

·        Langar asks about business in the north.

·        Ulfred says that they do have someone looking around in the north, and mentions that their contact is Jongar Bonebreaker. He is extremely expeditious in retrieving the items that he wants.

·        Solla tells Vjenga to ask about bronze dragons, she tells them to do it themselves.

·        They do

·        Solla asks if they have business with dragons, Ulfred says of course. They reiterate the same information that they got before about the colony around the volcano. Previously this information came from Leonidas. This is the Golden Horn

·        Ulfred seems to wonder about the number of questions the party is asking.

·        The conversation shifts to that of the food. Ulfred notices that Vjenga is avoiding the meat and tries to assure her that it is not human. Vjenga bluffs REALLY shittily and says that she’s just avoiding meat in general.

·        Sir Lumleys makes an affirmative sound but doesn’t seem to believe her.

·        Solla asks about Qo, who says he is good with his hands?

·        Vjenga asks him to show the party, and Qo gets out their flute to play a lovely lil ditty.

·        Qo says his mother taught him.

·        🤨

·        Jinx and Venphira are debating getting into trouble.

·        Venphira is visibly antsy, it’s uncanny to see the village she grew up in. The quality of life seems better but Venphira doesn’t trust it under the Lumleys.

·        Jinx sees that a child with his family is oogling her cute self, and flashes her knife.

·        Venphira explains that she needs to make sure her sister is alive, and they discuss sneaking into the estate.

·        Venphira describes Nanna, who would be 19. Around 5’4”, blonde and curly (hair horns), would have eyes similar to Venphira. Venphira doesn’t know about the wings behind the ears, but Nanna does have them.

·        “Vjenga told us not to get into trouble, but…”

·        The two of them make their way toward the Lumleys mansion with the intention of BREAKING AND ENTERING. INTO A VAMPIRE CASTLE

·        Langar uses “know your enemy” and learns that Morgana and Ulfred have much higher hitpoints than he. Ulfred’s AC is equal to Langar’s and Morgana’s is greater.

o    He asks if the Lumleys would be opposed to him “meeting” with Jongar.

o    They see right through this. They tell him that he’s a capable fighter, and hint hint hint warns the party that they’re not at the right level hint hint.

o    Jongar is described as not a great fighter. Very sloppy but determined. Unwilling to go down.

·        The Lumleys offer Langar an item from the treasury to show their willingness to work with the party.

·        Jongar is based above Molgor.

·        He asks Leonidas to lead Langar and Qo to the treasury so that he can have an extended conversation with the rest of the members at the table.

·        If u got this far you’re entitled to a scratch and sniff sticker.