• 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
    • It can cast command
  • 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: