A House Divided: Episode 01

**A House Divided: Episode 1** was streamed on Octopple's Twitch channel on Janurary 7, 2024. A group of merceraries has been tasked to investigate the halls of Raventree Estate. What has happened to the family? Where could they gone, find out as the mercenaries traverse the building.

## Summary

* The group were able to made it onto the lightning rail before the changeling got us
* During the night, Narfi woke up when he heard a knock on the door
* Once he open the door, he saw a lady holding food with a unicorn pin on her right chest

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Unicorn symbolizes the House of Orien

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* He turned around to give everyone food, but once he do he see everyone' throat been cut open
* Once he turned around again, his throat have also been cut open before he woke up
* Narfi then woke everyone up and tell them about his "dreams"
* Our code word is **Beef Boranel with a wink** in order to help the group know if each other is real
* The train stop at the outside off the city before we walk to the Inn to meet
* Stifado and Narfi head up the stair and quietly approach the door where the ogre and hobgoblin guarded it
* As they both go into the room, Orvendor Danos and Byceilla come in to greet Stifado

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Orvendor have gone to school with Stifado in the past

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* Haret and Lavek stay back before Lavek stole the barrel of alcohol and tankard
* Byceilla told us about her family and the raven tree estate

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She hired us to go to the estate to take a look around and report back, which Stifado accept

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* Stifado and Narfi found Haret and Lavek drinking when they come down stairs before Lavek 'demonstrate' his power by using eldrich blast on a table
* Orvendor and Byceilla show the expression of subdue horror when they come down stairs and found a stolen barrel and broken table
* Byceilla explain about the estate:

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Raven tree estate need to be scouted and check the ground for danger before reporting back
If the place need clearing out of monster, then they will transfer a fee to the group
it has been 10 years since Byceilla's mother leave to stay at the estate

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* When we arrive at the manor, the estate itself are cover with light mist
* The door to the left seems to have the tree grown into them, which make the door impossible to open
* The door on the right, there is a figure sipping on the teacup that has been waiting for a servant
* As Lavek reach to shake his hand, it passes through Lavek's hand
* The figure name is Perrius Aannmatar
* Lavek pretend to be a servant in order to take Perrius to the party
* Stifado broke the door down before we see the dance floor that is covered in wreckage
* We were attacked by the ghost within the room
* After the fight, we went on through the hallway
* there is a low humming from the room to the right, but we went back to take the rest at lounge are
* Perrius seems to be back into the chair and repeated the same thing he did when we first arrived
* When we ask for the year, he stated the year dated back 10 years ago
* Once we open the door in the humming room, we see a portal
* We heard a crackling sound before its face starting to contorted and scream with agony
* The group decided to run into the portal and escape from the creature

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Haret Repmuth
* Narfi
* Lavek Foodhand
* Professor Stifado

### New

* Orvendor Danos
* Byceilla
* Perrius