AKA “Sticks And Stones”

Adventures in Taggriell

Session 94 (Date: 18th September 2020)





Players Present:

- Rob (Known as “Varis”) Elf Male.

- Bob (Known as “Sir Krondor) Dwarf Male.

- Paul (Known as “Labarett”) Elf Male.

- Travis (Known as “Trenchant”) Human Male.

- John (Known as “Ragnar”) Dwarf Male.





Absent Players

- Arthur (Known as “Gim”) Dwarf Male. <Played by Bob>





NPC

- (Known as “Naillae”) Elf Female. <Controlled by Travis>





Summary

- Moonday, 8th Desnus in the year 815 (Second Era). Summer.

- The party begin this session, in the mid morning, still in the corridors of the lair of Adult Green Dragon, Chuth, and the forces of the Cult of The Dragon Queen.

- Trenchant, using his Elven Cloak and Boots Of Elvenkind, sneaks forward whilst the rest of the party rest after their last battle. Trenchant discovers a lit side chamber and a dark store room.

- Labarett detects magic from the lit side chamber and he sees a glowing arcane ward protecting the entrance of the chamber. Exploring the store room first, eight bottles of Elven Evermead are found and taken. A large water barrel is rolled out towards the lit chamber and then pushed past the arcane ward and to get stuck at the doorway of the chamber.

- Naillae remembers the Cult often uses the phrase “Blessings Of Tiamat” as an arcane ward. Hoping that this Arcane Ward uses the same phrase, Sir Krondor says the phrase and safely steps over the ward and up to the water barrel. The Dwarf Knight smashes the barrel to pieces with his enchanted war hammer, water begins pouring out and filling the floor of the chamber.

- Entering the lit room, they find a log frame bed, a large chest, a comfortable looking upholstered chair, rich carpets, and hanging tapestries on the walls. A knocked over and discarded wine cup lays on the floor near the chair, wine spilled onto the floor in a puddle, as if someone left in a haste.

- At the far end of the chamber, Gim finds a small hidden button under one of the tapestries. Pushing it makes a section of the stone wall move slightly back, revealing a secret door into another chamber.

- Naillae and Varis disarm a trap on the chest to find an elaborate mirror and a blue gem. Labarett informs the party both items are magical. Nedumlin refers to the gem as “the old magic” and the party realise they have found another Moon Gem.

- Whilst the chest is being dealt with, Sir Krondor, Gim and Ragnar move into the next hidden chamber. A long but mostly empty chamber with no apparent exit. A simple shrine to the Elven God Fenmarel Mestarine, god of outcasts and the forlorn, sits at the far end. Nearby a journal rests on a small wooden stand. The Dwarves try to read the journal but it is written in Elvish. Sir Krondor notices small smudges of red wine on the floor, as if someone from the proceeding room had stepped in the split wine and run here. The wine goes directly to a section of stone wall.

- The rest of the party move into the room with the Dwarves and Trenchant reads the journal. It contains the incoherent ramblings of a mind in turmoil. The hand writting changes often and the book is almost beyond understanding. All Trenchant can learn is that the book is written by Neronvain, oldest and banished son of King Melandrach, who blames not only his father for his “betrayal” but also all the Elven people. And he seeks revenge.

- The section of stone wall that the wine leads to is pushed open and the party see a small room with a single lit torch in a metal ring on the wall. There is no other apparent exit. Sir Krondor and Gim enter the small room and Sir Krondor twists the torch. It turns slightly with a click. A small, narrow section of the stone wall opposite opens ajar.

- Gim and Sir Krondor enter through the small opening to find a massive chamber, with a ceiling so high that it is beyond their vision. At one end of the chamber is a large pool of water, with a low barrier surrounding some of it. On the other end is a pile of glinting treasure, coins and gems. A burnt body lays next to the pile of treasure. Two large massive metal grates are visible on the stone walls. Standing near the opposite wall is a muscular green dragon, Chuth, with a male Elf seated upon it, Neronvain.

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