Silverfish

An image of a Silverfish- what Book generally looks like

### Results

The party discovered and named the chitinous being Book, talking him into freeing the people he had "preserved".

### Involved Parties

Crusaders of the Sterling SerpentThe Cabal of the Brass Arrow

## IRL Data

### PCs

Quindarious GoochRuari Burke

Nahir

Vasha Decore

### Log Author(s)

Lilgreenfox

**Silverfish** was a miscellaneous Halintar oneshot, set in the Great Northwest at the Atheneum Vineyard in the Whiteshock Citadel. After fending off the assault from the seemingly alive vineyard, the group makes their way into the central cottage's basement, where they discover a sapient silverfish-like, humanoid-sized, nameless being. Rather than default to violence, the group spoke the creature down from his actions, giving him the name Book due to how much he enjoys "reading" them (by eating them).

## Prompt

*You hear gossip in a tavern, in the church pews, in the fields. It’s faint, but by fate or otherwise you perceive it in passing.*

“Heard the vineyard claimed another child last night.”

“...fletcher claims she saw it happen; the paddock rose like a blanket and swallowed him whole”

“No need to panic, surely the Crusaders will send someone to investigate... won’t they?”

*But two months pass. No one comes.*

*Three more people disappear.*

*Scared and impatient, the fletcher goes to investigate herself, over a dozen fellow concerned citizens backing her up.*

*A month passes. Not one returns.*

*The Atheneum Vineyard stands silent- untouched, like the plump, neglected grapevines surrounding it. Tonight, you’re here to change that.*

## Character Developments

* First appearances for:
	+ PCs
		- Quindarious Gooch - Tevind
		- Ruari Burke - Voltsung
		- Nahir - SylasHale
		- Vasha Decore - Crabmalique
	+ NPCs
		- Book
	+ Locations
		- Atheneum Vineyard

## Summary

After rumors of a vineyard "swallowing people up" proliferated in the Whiteshock Citadel, a group of people local to the area met up to investigate and potentially discover the truth behind the missing peoples lost at the Atheneum Vineyard.

They were assaulted/dragged forward towards the cottage by the cobblestone path itself, which seemed to be alive in some way. Attacking the creatures scared them off, but as they moved the space beneath them was exposed, dropping the party into a hole that led to the cottages' basement.

Exploration of the building soon led to the discover of the cause of the missing people- a humanoid-sized silverfish, who seemed to be fully sapient. He was sitting in the corner eating the pages of a book as the group approached, and seemed to react fearfully moreso than angrily when he realized their presence.

Rather than default to violence the party decided instead to speak with him. They discovered that he had no name, and had been taken care of by the elderly couple who lived and worked here at the vineyard. He grew very close to them, though they had apparently not chosen to give him a name. The party decided to call him Book, a name he appreciated greatly.

The party learns that the elderly couple had sat Book down and taught him what the concept of death was, as one of them had been growing rather sick from old age. Realizing that humanoids can be lost to old age caused him to panic, preserving them in a sort of paper-mache form of petrification. Others arrived, and seeing his caretakers in this state, they decided to attack Book. He petrified them in response, and continued to do so as more and more people arrived and attempted to hurt him. He also seems to have the power to create smaller creatures similar to himself that he can control as a swarm, and disguise by enchanting more of his paper-mache-like goo- hence the appearance of sentience in the cobblestone path and fields, which he used to capture and bring forth potential threats in order to safely petrify so he wouldn't get hurt.

After the situation was de-escalated Book agreed to release the people he had petrified, and is being brought to an undisclosed location by Quindarious Gooch in order to take him to the capitol of the Badlands, Mouyeaf, where he can safely live and read/eat more books.