- We slept in The Green Golem
- Altaeum has a dream
- On the edge of the grand canyon, I think I hear water below
- Nightgoo in the stream below, there’s a shape (pentagon? dodecagon?) that isn’t a shape
- I fall over the edge and get a positive affirmation
- Barney has a dream
- they are in a field dressed for battle
- Sky is bright, and a man on a horse is glowing
- The man turns towards Barney, their face is emitting light
- Barney gets on their knees and finds purpose
- Barney gets indoctrinated
- Leigh wakes up Barney
- Barney learns how the staff works
- We decide to head to Halfhausen to complete Duke Ganelon’s quest
- We first go to King’s Arms
- There’s a dwarf named Godalman making stuff
- He’s interested in the Blade of Roses
- Seras once showed him the sword; it was the most valuable thing he owned
- The sword should’ve been buried with Seras
- It was one of Seras’ symbols
- Kaelen stays in Greenmont to help the priests in the Chapel of the Oathsworn
- Rest of the party heads to Halfhausen
- On the road the party found destroyed carts and bodies with arrows
- 2 figures are in the woods yelling help (kenkus)
- Party head over to investigate and gets jumped
- An invisible man (the kenku’s boss) joins the ambush
- Invisible man is a tall humanoid with grayish pale skin
- Party wins the fight
- In the carts, there are large amounts of iron
- the party find an active abbey
- WHAT ABBEY IS THIS
- Basically a forge
- Monks had fancy weapons
- Abbot wants to speak with Altaeum
- Abbot probably had enchanted weapons in his tower
- He says the party isn’t worthy??
- 5 days after leaving Greenmont, the party finds smth else
- Intestines draped across 2 trees, blood is smeared on the road, runes on the trees
- Seems like a summoning gate
- Seems to be calling on some greater power
- Looks like a warlock spell
- Seems dormant for now
- Requires some sort of “light” (arcana check)
- Conjuration magic is involved in the making of this thing
- Jørgen has an allergic reaction to it
- At a dispel magic, it mainly goes away
- Party finally arrives at Halfhausen
- There’s a big fire
- It starts raining
- The Fort of Halfhausen is on a hill
- The bridge is lowered
- Lingering magic: evocation + abjuration
- Evidence of a battle
- Party sneaks into The Fort
- They fight + kill some wolves
- Rest in the nurse’s office
- There are boxes that were hastily emptied
- There are wolf corpses
- The fort was attacked early in The Reaping
- They find a survivor with an injured leg
- Manheim is dead D: