Session 2

### Summary

After successfully initiating a prison-break, two elves accidentally get high in a swamp with their friends.

## Setting

### Locations

Modale, the Mines, Ruby Ring HQ, Grig's Shop of Curiosities, Modale's Prison, Feviss' Hut

## NPC Appearances

### Mentioned

Eris, Grat

After spending the night at the inn, the party left in the morning to go explore the mine that Bethel had been talking about. Eventually, the path in the mines diverged; on the left, the party found some old explosives, and a puddle with a dismembered dwarf foot. At the end of the tunnel on that side, they encountered and killed some giant rats that were scavenging a couple dead dwarves.

Finding nothing of any particular note, they turned around and followed the other path around. On that side, the walls of the cave were covered in cobwebs; Gossamer got caught in one by a giant spider. The party went in to rescue her, and ended up killing two of them. Mavka took their fangs and some of their venom. At what seemed like a dead-end, the party discovered a metal door with a riddle engraved on it: *towns without houses, forests without trees; mountains without boulders, and waterless seas*. The answer, which definitely took a reasonable amount of time to come up with, was *a map*.

Once the door was opened, the party found some furnishings inside the room. There was a dresser, a table, a bucket, a mirror, and a desk with some papers. Upon examination, some of the papers were about Modale and Medusina Gray, so the party took them. While investigating the room, they discovered that the mirror was some kind of portal, which the party entered.

On the other side, they found a room made entirely of wood, as if it were a ship of some kind. There, Bethel introduced the party to half-orc wizard Kerog and kenku rouge Yipyip. Apparently one of their companions, Agile, was imprisoned in Modale, and they wanted the party to rescue her. They also told the party that the The Ruby Ring had been assembled to prevent a coup against Queen Sophya, ruler of the Kingdome of Beville.

After entering another portal that took them back to the Westies in Modale, the party decided to test Jibow's loyalty to Medusina Gray, fearing that he might be in on her plans and uncertain whether they could trust him. They decided to have Yipyip forge a letter in Medusina's handwriting, which Mavka's falcon, Takal, would deliver to Jibow. The letter contained the instructions to meet at a certain room of the inn at around eleven that night.

Once the letter was sent, Gossamer, Caeli, and Yipyip went to go scout out the prison that Agile was being kept in. Caeli walked right up to one of the guards to ask for a tour, and he obliged. Not only that, but she actually agreed to go on a date with him; his shift ended at around midnight, so they would rendezvous at a tea shop at around one. His name was Travis Williams.

In the meantime, Mavka and Jasper went to go visit a library and sell some of their loot, where they met shopkeeper Grig. After that, they met back up with the others.

Caeli had learned that the prisoners were effectively unguarded after 7:30 PM. The party decided to drug the guards under the guise of a pre-date gift to Travis and all his coworkers. Jasper and Mavka went back to Grig's shop to buy a fortnight's worth of sleeping draughts, while Gossamer and Caeli went to get wine and pastries.

The treats were delivered, and accepted happily by the guards. However, before they had time to initiate the prison break, Jasper got a message from Bethel that Jibow was becoming a problem. Gossamer and Jasper left to handle him while Caeli, Yipyip, and Mavka stayed behind to free Agile.

Once the guards had fallen unconscious, the three of them snuck in to the prison grounds, avoiding the few remaining guards and their grouchy captain, then into the building. Caeli led the group to the basement, where the prisoners were, but found Travis playing a game of cards with one of them. He was talking about his food allergies and the cute girl he had a date with later. In an effort to get him away from Caeli and Yipyip so that they could unlock Agile's cell, Mavka wildshaped into a stray dog to lure him away.

Mavka led Travis upstairs, away from the prisoners, but in the process drew the attention of the captain, who was rather rude. At that moment, chaos erupted outside as Jasper and Gossamer caused a distraction, allowing the group inside to escape by the skin of their teeth.

After a bit of a chase where Mavka, still a dog, misdirected some guards, and after Jasper some time spent in a barrel with Jibow who was stuck as a moth in a jar, everyone eventually met back up again at the Ruby Ring's headquarters. They decided that in the morning they would leave for the village of Grat, where Eris, another member of the Ruby Ring, was awaiting execution. After that, some of the party rested while Caeli decided to go on her date, tailed by Gossamer just in case. It went well, all things considered.

The next morning, the party un-mothed Jibow and began traveling to Grat. Karog gave Mavka some letters to deliver to Feviss, as she was on the way. Feviss gave the party a bear pelt which she beat with various herbs and chanted over, turning it invisible. Once they had the pelt, the party set out again, plagued by swamp-gas that made the elves, Gossamer and Mavka, a bit high.