Twelfth Session – The aftermath of the rat manor in Wymoor, and we figure out how to go free Weebrook from the clutches of the great black dog of the moors. Plus, zombie bunnies!
I am late to the session due to Easter. In the meantime the party decides to burn down the hedge maze and manor house that are now a rat-pus-plague-factory. They limp back to town with four diseased peasants, which gets Podrick entry into the Loyal Order of the Water Buffalo for his heroism.
Unfortunately though, Morgan, who we had rescued from sacrifice to the Hound of Herat in Weebrook, is caught in a strange shadow-haunted sleep. We engage in research on her problem (learning that some godling named Cheret the Lost is related to the Hound) and other topics, including this bit which will be a very long term plot thread:
[Podrick] is specifically interested in recovering the Helm of Chistu so it is safe for a Lawful person to use. He finds that Chistu was an ancient King of Eldros, a kingdom that once existed in these parts. His reign was tainted by the rise of an evil deity named Chavinaugh, an entity that changed from defender of humanity to a god of the dead. The ancient kingdom of Eldros was ultimately destroyed in a devastating war against Chavinaugh and his dark forces – but there is little solid information on what happened. The Knights of Lushnia have long sought the Helm and protected the legend because they hope to reinvigorate the forces of Law with the powers of Eldros.
Hemp, who is still crushing on Morgan, summons the shadow demon from his crow-whistle since this is clearly a shadow problem. As usual, the shadow demon is worthless about doing anything, though it does dump some lore (partially a duplicate of research lore, but some new) and takes some of his STR. But, it was about trying.
So we decide to go to Weebrook, find Cheret the Lost’s lost knickers or something, and somehow use them to thwart the Hound, and hope that frees Morgan. But along the way we get an Easter-themed mini-adventure, a fight with some giant zombie rabbits! Hemp comes out of it with a lovely bronze rabbit-head magic shield.
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