Session 29

The next morning, everyone woke up late. Gossamer messaged Zeema to meet the party on the third floor. Karaa was on the second floor playing chess with Paisley. Mavka greeted them and then went down to breakfast, where Biscuit the barkeep gave her five boiled eggs. She joined Helio, Gossamer, and Caeli at Zeema's table.

Zeema suggested that the party travel to Nemlad or Baldirth to find more information on the Talgrex Moon. Helio went with Caeli to go pick up his prosthetic finger from the blacksmith's shop, and it was subpar. Gossamer and Zeema went to go find a wagon and got hazed by someone giving her more weird directions, but they did eventually find the stables. Karaa and Mavka went to go wash up at some hot springs, which the others the night before had failed to find.

The carriage, pulled by two large horses, was delivered by the girl Gossamer had ordered it from, and they went on their way to Baldirth. The road was traveled frequently, still by mainly white dragonborn folks. They travelled for most of the day until Mavka saw something in the clouds. Gossamer used her primeval awareness and detected the same unnatural presence she'd felt for weeks, in addition to something draconic.

Helio cast Pass Without Trace, but still attracted the attention of the dragons. Three shadows descended from the clouds.

Gossamer shot two of them out of the sky, and Mavka cast Conjure Animals which summoned eight giant bats, which attacked the remaining dragon in the air. One of the dragons bit Mavka and her concentration broke; the bats disappeared. One of the others cast Cold Breath at the people in the back of the wagon, and then the last one cast Cold Breath at the front. Karaa stabbed one of the dragons with a dagger. Zeema put her hands on one of the dragons' faces and it shook violently, then fell to the ground, dead. The other two tried to flee; Mavka cast Conjure Animals again to resummon her bats, which attacked one of the ones that was fleeing. Zeema lifted a barrel from the carriage in one hand, sensing the flight of the dragon, and flung the barrel at it, but missed.

With the one downed, Caeli prayed over it, then Gossamer took some of its scales, and Mavka cut off a section of its hide and took some vials of its blood, but got covered in blood in the process. She doused herself in water to wash off the blood, but was freezing. She wildshaped into a horse but found that the remaining horse, Kevin, was distraught that his brother, Ben, had died. Unable to console him, Mavka left her wildshape, clambered out, and rode, freezing in the carriage. The party traveled until dark.

They paused to plant the pocket tree, took out the tent, bedrolls, and warm clothing, then covered the carriage with the tent and the bedrolls, changed into their warmer clothes, and pressed onward. Karaa and Mavka took the first watch. The snow picked up into a violent blizzard, limiting their visibility. After their shift was over, they traded with Caeli and Gossamer. Caeli went to bed eventually, and Gossamer finished her shift.

They traveled for another day, another night, and another day. In the distance, they could see a huge city. Ahead, there was a relatively new sign, where many people were turning around, frustrated that they had to turn back. The sign read "Baldritch closed. No entry via the Talgrex Moon. Turn back."