Session 1

**Real World Date: 8/2/2020**

**In Game Dates(x): 90th of Khanor, 5151 M.E. - 2nd of Lencten, 5151 M.E.**

**Party Level: 1**

## NPCs Met This Adventure

* Remora Vanderwall - owner/proprietor of **The Blind Thief Inn**, an inn in the center of the celebration in Coppersdale
* Omar Donoghan - mayor of Coppersdale, hires the PC's for the quest to hunt down Kosef Stormcrown
* Bugsy (Bugrin) Wovmar - drunkard and regular at **The Blind Thief Inn**, has been missing a couple days, found dead in warehouse
* Master Ilwen Vrye - monk master, leader of the pilgrimage from the Kensei school, died in his sleep the first night in Coppersdale
* Kosef Stormcrown - Cleric of Khanos who has initiated an attack on Coppersdale during their festivities
* Elgoth Wintermere - cleric of Lorkayn and head of temple in Coppersdale
* Carlisle the Druid - local druid in Coppersdale, gave advice to Bashan on how to find a Fire Drake

## Summary

### Monastery of Light

Quarion Liadon arrives with the Kensei Monks of the **Hall of Divergent Meditation** on the last day of Khanor. They are on a pilgrimage and one of their stops is a nearby monastery. Their leader, Master Ilwen Vrye, secures the last two rooms in **The Blind Bandit Inn**. He overpays the proprietor, Remora Vanderwall, even though there are eight monks and only four beds between the two rooms. Master Vrye takes one of the beds and lets the other monks sorts out where they are all sleeping.

The next morning, the monks let Master Vrye sleep in. Meanwhile, Poem and Baka arrive in town, having heard word of a job here. They meet with Remora Vanderwall who asks them to look into the disappearance of her regular, Bugsy. He may be sleeping off a bender, but she hasn't been able to check on him due to her obligations to planning this festival for the First of Lencten. She pays them 10  to look and will pay them 10 more upon completing the job. They head off to Bugsy's apartment to find out where he is.

### On the Hunt

Later that afternoon, Bashan Shalier arrives in town. He heads to **The Blind Bandit Inn** and asks Remora Vanderwall if anyone has seen anything regarding a beast he has been tracking. She recommends he seek out Carlisle the Druid. He has a tent set up in the festival area on the southern part of town. He sells varies herbs and remedies there, but he travels the wilds of the region and might know more about where to look for the beast he his hunting. Bashan leaves one  to reserve a room if one ever opens up and heads to the festival grounds to speak with Carlisle.

Poem and Baka find the apartment of Bugsy above the apothecary. Neither answer to door knocking. Poem manages to force open the door of Bugsy's apartment on the second floor. They find a sad, dirty living space of a man who has let himself go, but no sign of Bugsy himself. When they try to get into the apothecary downstairs, some local kids stop them. Poem tries to scare the kids away, concoting a story about a monster they are hunting, but they don't budge. One of them eyes a nearby alley suspiciously, worried the monster is down there because he saw Bugsy stumble down that alleyway.

### Wills and Detriments

After letting Master Vrye sleep into the later afternoon, the monks finally go upstairs to check on him. They quickly realize that he isn't sleeping, but died during the night. They immediately make arrangements for his body and they send for a cleric of Khanos to properly deal with the body. They also send a message back to the **Hall of Divergent Meditation** to find out what they should do next, as their pilgrimage requires a master to be part of the group. In the mean time, the monks are stuck in town until they get orders. They all decide to head to the festival grounds to get their mind off things.

Poem and Baka head down the alleyway, finding nothing in the alley. However, on of the doors that leads to a back room in a warehouse has blood on it. They head inside and find a back office. There was a map of some city streets and buildings drawn in chalk on the table, but it was mostly erased in a hurry. They also find the remains of Bugsy in the back of the room under a tarp. Apparently whatever Bugsy walked into got him killed. They head back to **The Blind Bandit Inn** but they are told Remora has left and is down at the festival grounds. They head there to deliver the bad news and to get the rest of their payment.

A soaking wet, lost, and traumatized Quintus Atreus Caerellius finally arrives into town in the later afternoon. He was directed by Wolyn to head through the trees and he would find a town. Sure enough, he found Coppersdale. He wandered in with the rest of the crowds arriving for the festival. A random citizen notices his dour face and asks if he is okay. He says his group was attacked. The random citizen recommends he goes to the festival grounds and talks to Mayor Omar Donoghan. He might see about getting someone to look into his friends being attacked. Quintus thanks him and heads to the festival grounds.

### "Even the Gods!"

At the festival grounds, Poem and Baka deliver the bad news. Bashan gets some advice from Carlisle the Druid. Cue and Quintus are looking around the festival. On a stage, fire dancers are performing. They are interrupted by a seemingly drunk man, who holds up a flask and yells "Life is precious! We must celebrate life! Because all life will end!" Five men in the crowd raise their arms and yell back, "Even the Gods!". They shoot out some sort of flare from their hands which ignites the man on fire. As this man burns on stage, the five figures in the crowd pull out swords and attack the crowd.

The crowd at the festival flees, except for our heroes. They manage to fight together and dispatch the attackers. As they breathe for a moment, they realize that from the burning corpse of the man on stage a large Fire Snake elemental creature emerges and attacks them. They get a little burned, but they also manage to destroy that creature. After the dust settles, the crowd returns and applauds our heroes. Among them is Mayor Omar Donoghan. He offers them money to track down Kosef Stormcrown, who was seen fleeing the scene after the attack failed, and is looking like he is responsible for the attack. He has been living these last few months at the Khanos temple in the nearby **Burrowndown Cemetery** supposedly doing renovations.

### My Name is...and I'm an Adventurer

The party find places to rest. Baka secures a bed for him and Poem at the local church of Aubade while the rest stay at **The Blind Bandit Inn**. They meet at the inn and discuss their strategy. They have brief introductions and drink and eat together. Baka tries to teach Quintus about the good word of Aubade and even gives him a book to read. They decide to leave at first light the next day and head towards the **Burrowndown Cemetery**. They will meet outside the church of Aubade and leave.

The next morning they gather outside the temple of Aubade just as their morning prayers begin. They began traveling east. After half a days travel, they find a sign that directs them to the cemetery. It is old and run down and in disrepair. Green covers the statues and headstones as grass and weeds have overgrown the entire area. As they spread out and explore the area they all reach the back of the cemetery grounds where the broken down temple is located. As they approach it, three zombies rise up from the grass and moss and a shadow on the temple wall comes alive and moves into attack the adventurers...