# Session S01: You meet in a tavern… ← `=this.prev` | **`=this.campaign`** | `=this.next` → > [!overview] > | **Session** | `=this.session` | > | --- | --- | > | **Session date** | `=this.date-session` | > | **Campaign date** | `=this.campaign-date` | > | **PCs** | `=this.pc` | > | **Active NPCs** | `=this.npc_active` | > | **Discussed NPCs** | `=this.npc_discussed` | > | **Active locations** | `=this.location-active` | > | **Discussed locations** | `=this.location-discussed` | > [!summary]- > Five strangers exterminate rats in [[Deep Root|a tavern]] in [[Greenest]], while waiting for the town's harvest festival to start. > %% > tldr:: Five strangers exterminate rats in [[Deep Root|a tavern]] in [[Greenest]], while waiting for the town's harvest festival to start. > %% %% ### Starting notes - Don't die. %% ## Notes - Character intros - [[Shava]] - Goblin, female - Bard - 3-ft? - Carries/plays bagpipes - Age 12 (an adult) - [[Astrid Dawngaze]] - Tall (6'-3"), red hair (braided) - Wears deep blue shirt - Green eyes, golden flecks - Freckles - Off work today, doesn't need to do the patrol on festival day - Athletic build, strong - Member of the city guard - Carries a longsword - Age early 20s - [[Faust Huxley]] - Bunny plushie - Wears glasses, sleep deprived - Tussled grey hair, despite being young - 6'-1" or so - Age mid-20s - [[Leonard Draushum]] - Promised to help [[Gruda Blessedblade]] today - Impeccably dressed, good quality clothing - 7'-0" - Speaks [[Dwarvish]] - Carries battleaxe - Age 18 - [[Big Boggins]] is playing the lyre at the [[Deep Root]] » a newcomer - [[Gruda Blessedblade]] is around the bar - [[Marisa]] also works at the [[Deep Root]], is attractive, naturally [[Astrid Dawngaze|Astrid]] notices this - [[Linan Swift]] and [[Cuth Swift]] are seated in the corner - [[Gruda Blessedblade]] spots big rats down in the cellar - The party goes down to investigate - Giant rat! And small swarms of rats. - They find and patch a hole in the cellar. - [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] walks into the [[Deep Root]] - Taller than Leo - Dragonborn - Never seen them before - Heavily armored - They order a beer and meal from [[Marisa]] - [[Shava]] chats with [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] (Lenore eavesdrops) - She's looking for a black dragonborn - He has one who is "family" (hesitates when calling them that) - [[Odonth Darkwrath]] is the name of the dragonborn that [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] is related to - [[Astrid Dawngaze]] chats with [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] (Lenore eavesdrops the best she can) - Brings to "special" beverages made by [[Gruda Blessedblade]] - Brings up her hair colour and height, that she's not a local - She considers herself a regular, but isn't from [[Greenest]] originally - Dragoborns aren't common around here, more common in cities or adventuring - [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] is a paladin, working with a noble hence the nice armor - He mentions fighting a green dragon with his brother - Brother is a thrill seeker - Hasn't seen him in a week or so - Brother has a bit temper - He carries a symbol of [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Bahamut|Bahamut]] - [[Lenore Sigyn|Lenore]] goes to talk with [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] having heard him mention [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Bahamut|Bahamut]] - She mentions that [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Bahamut|Bahamut]] has been an inspiration in her life - There aren't many followers of [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Bahamut|Bahamut]] in these parts, and it's not a very overt religion - They think the reason [[Lenore Sigyn|Lenore]] is there (researching cults) is a terrible idea and she's going to get stabbed. - She is researching the [[Cult of the Dragon]], having previously researched the [[Light of the Shadows]] and the [[Daughters of Oghma]]. - [[Leonard Draushum]] is a noble, out to prove himself to his family - [[Shava]] is looking for someone, a black dragonborn. - Her name is [[Surina]]. - [[Faust Huxley]] is a house doctor looking for work. - They have a plushie (familiar) shaped like a bunny, [[Fantoccio]]. - [[Astrid Dawngaze]] is from [[Loudwater]]. Her family is still there. She's looking for adventure. - [[Faust Huxley]] is arcane magic, [[Shava]] is self-taught. Lenore muses that she has divine magic. - [[Shava]] family is "difficult" - Has a brother, a blacksmith - [[Leonard Draushum|Leonard]] asks if they know anything about the Wood of the Sharp Teeth - Nope. - He has heard of rumours about beasts. - [[Leonard Draushum|Leonard]] once killed a wolf, keeps a tooth as a token - A coming of age - He wants a "strong" heir