"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
Summaries from Nathan's interactive storytelling sessions (otherwise known as DnD)
"The mind is a doorway...
...one that you can walk through if you wish."
- Jaques, Blay, Derfel and Rook head towards Redwell
- Clamps and Lucy stay behind at Dragonsden to get some “business” done - Redwell is a city on the northern border of Alwen - It is known for its extensive graveyard(The Barrows) and its high murder rate - it is also known for the large mansion nearby - The Rayden family made its money from mining an explosive material: Oraxium - As Blay practices his Common, and Jaques messes with his Ritualist kit, the group remembers the advice given by Kilvin - Kilvin recommended they meet with the town’s detective, Gumshoe, and get the info they need - They see the town is light by flames, as one of the houses is being burnt down - Then an Oraxium explosion goes off - They arrive at the scene, seeing city guards swarming a crazy man trying to blow up the road - He’s screaming and going crazy - The town constable(Thelen) approaches the heroes and explains the situation - Apparently, the madman in front of them is Gumshoe himself - With a flash of their Bandit Buster IDs they schedule a meeting with the Constable in a couple hours - They then head deeper into the town - They see the carnival wagons of the traveling Ruttan Performers, no doubt preparing for the New Year Festival on Friday - There are two Inns in town: The Rusty Boot and the Jackdaw Inn - They decide on the Rusty Boot - Upon entrance they meet a bully named Jordan, who tries to scam Derfel using an “entrance fee” - A girl with a sword comes to help in the fight - The get into a fight which is stopped with Jaques puts a dueling pistol to Jordan’s head - Jordan retreats, and the group gets free food, drinks, and rooms for their trouble - The Halfrock Heroes get to know the girl who came to help them - She is a traveler who is a master of herbs - Another traveler is sitting at the table with them, his name is Ellaren - Ellaren is in town to explore the Devil’s Well, a sinkhole that opened up last year - Ellaren names the female herbologist Giana, which is Eschelen for traveler - While they are talking a Shae slave comes through the tavern, putting pamphlets onto each table asking people to vote for Goldthroat, - Ellaren is made furious by the sight of a Shae slave, and has to leave to calm himself - While they are talking Blay catches someone trying to pick his pocket - It’s a young eight year old girl - Jaques realizes that he has been stolen from too - He demands the money back - The girl is absolutely scared - But just as she is about to give it back, she puts a knife through Jaques hand - Jaques roars with pain, and the girl dashes out - Giana and Derfel race off in pursuit - Blay and Jaques head to the town Hospice - Giana and Derfel try to keep up with the girl but lose her when she goes into the Devil’s Well - Blay and Jaques get an appointment with Doctor Stipen, a Sudari doctor - As he walks out of a soundproofed room they hear someone screaming THEY’RE IN ME THEY’RE IN ME THEY’RE IN ME - Jaques and Blay get taken care of, and Jaques tries to get out into the soundproof room but fails - The group is gathered together by a panicked guard, saying that there has been another murder - They meet at a house by Devil’s Well, where the wall has been burrowed through - After examining the crime scene it is clear that the occupants of the house have been torn apart by human teeth - A note with a strange rune on it marks the crime scene as one of the Corkscrew killer’s works - Blay finds a disturbance in the snow with his Shae senses and follows it to the pit - Jaques and Blay head back to the Inn to prepare for their expedition and to find Ellaren - a charm spell is cast on Derfel by a passing woman and he begins to follow her to her house - Giana sends her pet bird(Birdey Ricky) to alert the rest of the group of her location - Jaques is having a frustrating exchange with Smithy Abend when her gets the note - They meet outside of the vampire’s house - As they are talking about what to do the girl herself opens the door and invites them in - She explains(via writing and Blay) that she is vampire who was run out of her town in Norre - Vampires all have different abilities and powers, thus the large amount of differing stories about them - But many vampires can have a link, someone who when blood is drawn from them there is positive effects all around - She knew that Derfel was her link when she saw him, and had to know him - She adjusts Derfel’s covers to make him warm and heads to bed - The group wakes late on Thursday morning when a city guards knocks on the house door - He is letting the group know that Madman Gumshoe wants to meet with them - They all go to the Jailhouse to meet with him - Gumshoe is in a watery cell in the basement - He is quite quite mad - With Giana’s help they get that Gumshoe went mad after going into the mansion - They begin to gear up to go into the mansion when the constable asks them to check on some missing guardsmen for him near the Ruttan caravans - The group head over only to find the caravan deserted - There is no sign of the Performers or the guards… until they look up - Impaled on the leafless trees are dozens of bodies -A note pinned to a wagon’s door with a strange rune on it marks it as one of the Corkscrew Killer’s works -Lucy arrives -The group head quickly to the Rayden mansion -in front of the mansion is a young man drinking something out of a bag who cheerily greets them -he offers them a tuor which they warily accept -Jaques quickly gets disturbed by the young man(Teren) and tries to shoot him -Teren disappears -Teren’s voice(without the goofy accent) comes through the walls, taunting the heroes -Jaques foolishly tries the drink that Teren was drinking, with no immediate effect -they all advance into the house -they find themselves in a long hallway and take a right -there is a trapped door that takes a small drop of Jaques blood with a small blade -(I forgot a room or two) -in the next room the floor is covered in small hairs -Derfel recognizes them as spider hairs -Jaques makes a makeshift ritualist circle and crushes the spider hairs -unfortunately he also hurts himself because he drank a potion called pacifists fire, which makes all damage you inflict hurt yourself as well -they also find a rare artifact hidden in spider webs -then the group moves upstairs quickly(to avoid the room flooding) -they pass through a spider room filled with corpses -they then arrive in a new room -as soon as Jaques steps in the lights turn off -suddenly their are two Jaques -the blood taken earlier was used to clone him -the group realizes the the true Jaques would have drunken the pacifists fire -they quickly kill the fake Jaques -but as they leave the other Jaques attack them! Both were clones -(I then forgot another room) -the group arrives in an immaculate kitchen -they smell the smell of burning flesh and quickly pull us out of the oven and leave the room -next room is a library -Blay identifies some of the books as traps and Lucy takes one for himself -before they get to the next door they are stopped by a Butler book -the book warns them the his master is in the study and security measures are in place -they wave him away -the group steps into a maze and feel a cold chill of fear wash over them -Ellaren identifies the feeling as one of a revenant -they quickly move through the maze, avoiding the revenant -finally they arrive at a large door, with many creatures painted on the walls to each side -they have to choose a monster to fight to get through the door -they defeat the troll handily and start to exit when they feel the revenant coming -Giana and Blay are frozen with fear -Blay is carried out but Giana is still there -Jaques throws Wraith Whiskey at the revenant, who screams at the memory of all the pain it has caused -the group escapes into the study -there Giana solves the mystery -the town was carved into one big ritual circle, with Teren being the caster -the ritual made people go mad and murder each other -that’s why Gumshoe wanted to destroy the roads -Teren appears in human form to explain his grandfathers reasons -Rayden lured people into he mansion and killed them, observing their final moments and recording them -Jaques shoots Teren, but the body was only a puppet -the group tries to escape the house but Teren morphs it around them -Blay begins to burn the house down -Teren sends in ghouls to attack them -the group defeats the ghouls while sustaining some damage -with the house badly damaged, Teren transfers into the panicked Ellaren who then challenges Jaques to a duel -Jaques beats him, and then Teren commits suicide -the house explodes, just in time -the heroes have won the day again Comments are closed.
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