# Session S30 ← `=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]- > To write. > %% > tldr:: To write. > %% %% ### Starting notes: - Death Ward lasts for 8 hours - After long rest - You get 11 prepared spells! You currently have 9 because you forgot before. %% ## Notes - At [[A Pair of Black Antlers]], [[Ontharr Frume]] is present. [[Cole Silversteel]] and [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] are chatting at a table together. - [[Ontharr Frume]] seems less formal. - Gomash walks towards [[Ontharr Frume]] and salutes. The group follows. - Gomash is convinced of a fiendish brothel? - Kassandra says it's being led by [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Zariel]] and the [[Cult of the Dragon]] is involved as well. - Ontharr checks on the status of the caravan, sends his people to go get information. - [[Ryk]] offers to go with [[Faust Huxley]] to speak with [[Treya Oakhallow]]… but we can't see her and Huxley doesn't know where she is. - Huxley sends a message to Treya asking where she is. She replies that she's on her way back from the market buying clothes. - [[Cole Silversteel]] and [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] head over to where we're talking. - Gomash seems very convinced the previous conversation was about a fiendish brothel. - Kassandra says that fiends were responsible for the attack on [[Cole Silversteel]] and Astrid. Tells them that the fiends are involved in the cult, Zariel is involved, and the [[Hayla|woman in white]] knows we are here and knows a lot about me. (She's being cryptic being around Ryk still.) Talks about the [[Blood War]], which Gomash thought was the name of the brothel? - Kassandra asks if they're both coming to [[Baldur's Gate]]. - [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] is coming, wants to confirm his mind is fine. - [[Cole Silversteel]] says he's looking to stay in [[Elturel]] to deal with the fiends. - Kassandra asks if Astrid is okay, and she kind of snaps out of it and rejoins the conversation. She asks again about [[Cole Silversteel]] staying behind. - While he talks, Astrid casts [[Divine Sense]], but finds nothing. - Something [[Vee]] said about the [[Order of the Golden Tail]]… that she can't find information on it. It's secret, but not *that* secret. Cole doesn't seem that fazed by it, and he seems sincere about it. More concerned that they have no history of their background, or how she ended up in the Order. - Cole wonders if the only way they hadn't heard of anything is if the place isn't there anymore… and now he's worried. - [[Treya Oakhallow]] walks in with four bags, a pair of sunglasses, and a scarf around her neck. - [[Treya Oakhallow]] sits down with Huxley and asks what's up. Wants to know if she wants to [[Baldur's Gate]], and she's fine with teleporting with them, and then keep going to [[Waterdeep]]. - Huxley what she bought. It's all clothing. Brown clothing. - Ryk asks about why the fiend would know about the orphanage, but Treya says it's known for its witches. Wouldn't be surprised if someone made a deal with a fiend, and then Huxley says they know infernal. - Ryk doesn't speak [[Elvish]], but can speak [[Orc (Language)|Orcish]]. - Astrid talks about the mountain range nearby, and talks about a dream she had about the place. If it can be done, and we can still get to Baldur's Gate before the caravan arrives… she would like to go to the mountain. [[Lenore Sigyn|"Lenore"]] says she wants to research Kassandra's background since she's from the area. - We talk about wanting to investigate the [[Hellriders]], and [[Cole Silversteel]] says [[Ontharr Frume]] may have knowledge? - Usually campaigners would show that they're representative of the group… but [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Resolve]] wasn't wearing anything. - We head over to [[Harrowway]] as a group, including [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]], [[Cole Silversteel]], and [[Treya Oakhallow]]. Kassandra stays close to [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] generally. - Harrowway appears to be a repurposed church into a house. Lots of flowers, more like what you'd expect for a grandmother's house… - Huxley and Astrid take the lead, and [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Resolve]] and she's wearing white priests clothes… but no holy symbol. She invites us in, and says it'll be a tight squeeze because there are so many of us. - The whole place looks very barren, and not lived in. Very plain. - [[Oberon]] is not visible, and we haven't seen him at all. - She says he's upstairs. - She assumes we want to know more about the [[Hellriders]]. - It's an oath to the land around [[Elturel]], but no specific religion. May include [[Helm]], but not necessarily. - Most Hellriders are trained to ride horses. - Deal with dangers in groups. - Kassandra asks what the Hellriders are doing about the missing people in the area. - Hellriders aren't investigators. They are defenders. - Huxley knows a bit more about the history of [[Elturel]] and the previous vampire problem. - The High Rider was found out to be a vampire, and had started spawning more vampires, charming people, etc. - Huxley's mother was interested in it because the people of [[Elturel]] prayed to different gods and a second sun appeared over the city. They called it the Companion. It's been around for the past 4 decades or so… - Kassandra asks if there has been a problem with fiends. She says no, not really. She seems to believe she's telling the truth… - Asks if [[Oberon]] has dealt with fiends in the past or is sensitive to them. - It's awkward. - Ryk asks about the building. It used to be a private shrine; the previous owners bought a bigger private shrine. - She says she's not an official campaigner for the Hellriders, but just a private advertiser. - Kassandra excuses herself from the group to go use the bathroom, to have a look around. - There is a latrine on the first floor. - There is evidence of previous pews and a shrine. There is a symbol (faint, a star symbol) carved into the wall. - Kassandra then decides to go upstairs. - Meanwhile, back downstairs. You know, with the smart people, who don't wander off. - [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Resolve]] is a merchant. She has others sell her wares since she's a tiefling, and some customers get weirded out. - Someone tried to sell her stuff a week ago, but she declined. She doesn't like "cheap" jewelry. - Kassandra runs into [[Oberon]] who is upstairs and sharpening his great axe. And then sharpens his dagger. - She asks as a researcher, asking if he experiences any level of advanced warning etc. - He kind of cracks his neck. He gets feelings. Feels like when you're hungry and near food. - He's not originally from [[Elturel]]. - He's not a Hellrider. - He owes her a debt. Life debt. He was sick, and she saved him. She healed him. To the North. About a year ago. - He has advice for Kassandra. "Don't wander alone. You may get sick or die." He was alone when he was sick. - She heads back downstairs. - They all head on out of [[Harrowway]], and head back to [[A Pair of Black Antlers]]. [[Ferias]], [[Ontharr Frume]], and [[Leosin Erlanthar]] are there. They've all been investigating. - Kassandra keeps her identity to herself as they discuss… - [[Ontharr Frume]] looks annoyed. [[Ferias]] looks annoyed, even for Ferias. - The Cult has been gone almost as soon as they got here. They had premeditated the form of cover. Someone was covering for them. Either someone on the inside, a very powerful magic user, or an additional outside organization. - Still offers the teleportation circle to get us close to [[Baldur's Gate]]. - They've been on the road for 2–3 days. - They could have teleported people ahead, and the caravan comes behind. - Kassandra asks if someone else can go to Triel for information. Ferias asks [[Leosin Erlanthar]] if he'd be able to go, since he's "just" injured. Leosin doesn't like Ferias' tone, but agrees. - Ferias agrees to take us to the mountain in the morning. - Astrid talks about her dream. There was a temple inside the mountain, not made for humans. It was very old, partially in ruins but very beautiful. - The dream was right after the battle of [[Greenest]]. - Astrid was just herself in the dream. It felt like she had woken up, but was still in the dream. - There was a person ([[Visage]]) in the dream. The woman was very beautiful, ethereal, white hair, golden eyes? She's missing memory. She had talked about meeting some strange people, that Astrid should know them. There was a small house with a blonde woman she didn't get along with, and a kind black-haired woman who went away. There was the beginning of a name written, starting with a "J". Visage can do magic and it feels "weird". - Ryk says she has to go find someone to deliver a letter to her family, since they don't know where she is. She's more worried about their safety than her own. - Her family (community?) is very tight knit. - No siblings. - She's looking for a person since she doesn't know if they are the reason for what happened, or if they can help us. - Ryk had a vision once that took her to [[Greenest]]. - Had never planned to leave [[Cormyr]], as they were needed in their community. The woods are dangerous. Someone found their village, and they weren't prepared for that. - Dragons can travel very far if they want something. - Attacked by a dragon, and destroyed many buildings. - The dragon was blue, but it died in the end. - Not sure how her father is doing with the loss of her other father. Parents were the only people that could protect them? - Doesn't have a mother; has two fathers. - Her parents had a contract with a person. Some kind of pact or deal that needed to be fulfilled. - At the end of session, [[Astrid Dawngaze]] wanted to send a message to her mother ("Hey mom it’s Astrid through a friend. Wanted to check in. Are y’all alright? Hug dad and Ingrid. Miss you all. You can reply.") via Kassandra. The message does not go through. %% - Kassandra sent a message to [[Snow]]: "Hi, hope you're doing well! Whereabouts are you? Someone mentioned your other sister, Aurora. She seems interesting. What's she like? Whereabouts is she?" - "I’m in Waterdeep now. Aurora is really pretty, but don’t tell her this she’s really scary. I can’t tell what’s she is gonna do." - Kassandra gets a vision from her [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/05 NPCs/Guardian]]… one that she initiated, without realizing it. » [[2023-10-29_S30.1]] %%