Ninth Session
| Campaign | The Primordial Campaign |
|---|---|
| Game Date | Sunday, Mar 30, 2021 |
| Start Date | Mamir 21, 261 IM |
| Start Location | Koboldy Rock |
| Absentees | David McIntyre/Rayjok |
| Next Session | Tenth Session |
The Ninth Session technically began the evening of the 20th of Mamir. The party had just returned from Jalinbeti to be greeted by their cohorts Gulshara Rysbek and Rayjok at the gates. Gulshara took the party on a tour of the facilities. The grounds had been cleaned up since the party's departure and crude animal shelters and pens had been erected. All variety of farm animals loitered about the pens and the still grassy areas within the walls.
The Keeping of the Keep
Inside they found that the main floor of the keep, though lightly scrubbed was mostly black and ashy from previous Ungir and Hedgewind Jalinbeti encounters. The 8 bedrooms upstairs, 5 of which were assigned to the party by Gulshara Rysbek and Rayjok were in a semi-restored condition, and sported the ramshackle straw mattresses and pine beds featured in the barracks below. In the lower level, the progress is remarkable. A full kitchen and dining hall are in working order, as well as barracks, baths and toilet facilities.
50 Shades of Black
Gulshara seated the party at the head table of the mess hall and offered a selection of meats from the kitchen. As dinner went came to an end, a bottle of the impossibly good Ælfen wine picked up in Jalinbeti was poured. Obisdian Black in rare form called for the room to be cleared, and staff and patrons alike cleared the room to give them privacy.
Obisdian had a lot on his mind and shared his findings on the puzzle of life, with pieces that fit suspiciously well together; perhaps too well to be coincidence. Among his the revelations, he explained that while in the basement of Balagash Keep he experienced death, and afterlife and a re-birth. This shocked the party, who struggled to believe it. Obisdian went on to describe the interconnectedness of all things since their initial meeting nearly a month ago. And with that they finished their wine and went to bed.
Flurpity Flurp
The alarm bells sounded at about 2am and the party was awakened to the announcement that there were dragons at the gate. The party dressed and rushed to the gate to discover that there were in fact two white dragons gnawing at what was once their keep's portcullis. They were backed up by an Ungir in robes who appeared to be issuing them commands.
Obisdian and Matteo unleashed a fury of acid and javelins, ignoring the dragons and focused on the Ungir who was killed instantly. The remainder of the party who all had initiative on the chewing dragons, made it clear that they did not wish to harm the dragons, making a show of holding back their attacks.
The dragons did not attack and addressed the party in the Otani tongue. Now, with their patron dead, they had no need to follow orders, but were well aware that the party possessed their bedding. While the party pieced together the reconnaissance mission made by Panamon Cree days earlier, they began to make assumptions. Panamon himself was in a bit of a daze, and nodded to acknowledge that he might have recovered some 'bedding' on that trip.
The dragons treated that they would not destroy the party and the keep if their bedding was returned. As if in a daze, Panamon dropped the 2400 gold he had recovered from their lair at their feet. The one dragon snatched up the gold and flew away. While the other dragon was about to leave, Greef Roake issued a question. A dialogue ensued in which Greef seemed to offer the dragon a contract to stay at the keep, only to change his mind... annoying the dragon who flew off in a huff.
DM Note: Anyone caught in the dual cone of these dragon's frost breath would have received 45 (10d8) damage per blast. The parley was a very good idea.
Over My Dead Body
After a restful sleep the party woke early to tend to the dead Ungir. Using a clerical spell for petitioning the dead with a set of questions, he began to interrogate the corpse. Unfortunately, the corpse gave its answers in the Ungirsi tongue and the party did not understand. They did learn that the research being done in the Balagash Keep had something to do with the leader of the Ungir, Daniar Erbolat. The party buried the Ungir's remains near the keep's escape exit.
Augur With Woden
Once disposed of the body, Greef decided it was time to speak to Woden. He cast his gaze skyward to receive a sign, and was granted and enthusiastic "weal" indicating they promise of success on their upcoming investigations.
Southpaws
With the party witnessing a load of different groups heading south, they developed a natural curiosity as to why this was happening. They party decided to use the Balagash River as starting point to pick up the trail of anyone moving south. With Rayjok leading the scouting party, he did indeed discover a spot where the river had been forded. His investigation indicated a group of Grendel, perhaps as many as 30, within the last 24 hours, and likely headed south.
Panamon, not interested in vagaries of Ranger clues, sent Tryx the imp up into the air for a look. The imp returned to report spotting a collection of Grendel to the south with only about a 1/2 mile head start. Using the imp to take to the air and report back in a repeated cycle, the party set off to follow the Grendel pack.
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