Uncovering Jerosant

**Uncovering Jerosant** is the 11th session of the 2nd Season in Where Shades Rule. It takes place without the customary 6 players after the loss of one of the characters.

## Recap

After the wounding loss of Deagon Sunseeker, the Six must take a path forward either away from Jerosant or somehow further in. Despite having already forged their way through the trapped entry chambers of the Fort, without a Dwarf, they cannot hope to gain entry into the Fort as its only failsafe mechanism must be operated by a Dwarf and follow its very particular unlocking sequence.

## Summary

In the shock following Deagon's death, the party weighed their options. The most obvious choice was to turn back and head to Valour Haven now that their friend was lost and no Dwarf was left standing among them. In the conversation that followed, Vandor Tah fell into a deep grief and anger that he could not hold back. He in anger took his warhammer to the Fort's Gate but it yielded no reward as Vandor slowly gave to tears and his body's strength left him. In his wailing, something in him unlocked as holy power coursed through him and opened a small hole in the door. Not think enough to reach the other side, but hope.

Despite this, Sir Davion stated to the group that he also had an idea but it would require the party to leave the chamber whilst he does it alone. The party agreed although pressed him quietly as to the risk of him dying as well should it fail. Sir Davion insisted very few options remained and too many other possible traps that could unfurl them. The Six left the chamber as Sir Davion doffed his armour and clothing. In solitude, he did something that allowed him to see the failsafe mechanism and successfully operated it after a failed attempt; thanks to Dagmar's Fly spell. After hearing something below, the Six returned to see Sir Davion donning his clothes again and his armour. Tully suspects something about Sir Davion, nevertheless they venture in.

Entering into Fort Jerosant proper for the first time, they come across an open area from where there is a cliff overlooking a still body of water below with buckets resting by the cliff's edge with ropes harnessed to them. They spot in a corner next to the mouth of the entrance is a table where there was a desiccated corpse laying over a letter and quill from which he seemed to impart his final messages. In it, this soldier named Oliver had written his record for his liege lady Vizen and the officers of her legion his account of what had happened. He told of the spy, the undead who invaded the tunnels and they had to lock out. He spoke of the garrison soldiers becoming paranoid and that he was approached by Sabian, a fellow soldier who was covered in unidentified blood. He eventually succumbed to hunger and carbon dioxide poisoning.

The party make use of Vandor's Tiny Hut and they rest for the night after binding Oliver's remains just in case he should become a problem. During the evening watch, Vandor does indeed discover that Oliver's corpse has broken free of its binds and moves about. By the end of the party's rest, they find Oliver's corpse hovering ominiously above the cliff edge with the body of water below. Vandor taking the initiatve attacks it with Sacred Flame that soon also revealed three additional wights in the tunnel entry leading to the Fort Latrine that were covered in filth.

The battle was over swiftly and soundly leading to the Six's victory. They tossed all of the remains into the Latrine and then closed the door in. They went further into the Fort and discovered a mess hall with a body laid upon a table that had died due to wounds and another seated at the table who died to hunger and carbon dioxide poisoning. He too left a letter. This man was in fact Sabian who records that the Sergeants of the Garrison had hidden the Knight-Captain's death from them and suspicion grew that the spy had hoped for the garrison to seal themselves in so they could fall for the nefarious spy's allies hidden amongst them. This lead Sabian to carry out summary killings of those he suspected, which was almost Oliver as well.

Continuing on, they found a makeshift sleeping are that clearly was not meant originally for sleeping soldiers but in each bed were dead soldiers whose throats had been slit. As Tully was searching one of the bodies, it awoke and began attempting to strangle her as the whole room began to shift with Undead attackers. The battle grew chaotic with an Undead Caster rising among them but in the darkness it cast it disappeared from view as the darkness dissipated. It's location unknown.

## Featured Characters

### The Six

* Sir Davion Phylund
* Deagon Sunseeker
* Tore Wolfram
* Tully Tanglefoot
* Vandor Tah

### New Characters

* Oliver (Dead)
* Sabian (Dead)