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Dunmari Frontier - Session 45

Onward to Darba: in which the party recovers from battle, and finally reaches Darba

Featuring: Kenzo, Wellby, Delwath, Seeker, Riswynn
In Taelgar: Jul 23, 1748 DR to Aug 08, 1748 DR
On Earth: Thursday May 05, 2022
From Vandar to the outskirts of Darba

The Dunmar Fellowship, after a narrow escape, traps a poison troll, and journeys to the outskirts of Darba.

Session Info

The party departs Vondar with some treasures from the wyvern’s lair.

Summary

Timeline

  • Jul 23, 1748 DR, night: Flee towards the abandoned mines in the foothills as the ruined town of Vandar begins to burn in the aftermath of the fight with Casian, Kadmos, and Marcella. Camp near the entrance to the old copper mines
  • Jul 24, 1748 DR, late morning: Wake after a long sleep. Discuss.
  • Jul 24, 1748 DR, afternoon: Return to Vandar to scout. Encounter poison troll, and trap it in the mirror. Return to camp near mines for the evening.
  • Jul 25, 1748 DR: Travel west towards the Darba side of the Copper Hills.
  • Jul 26, 1748 DR: Travel west towards the Darba side of the Copper Hills.
  • Jul 26, 1748 DR, evening: Reach the waystation and safe haven of Padma’s estate, spend the night. Gather rumors and tales of Darba and report on the death of the wyverns.
  • Jul 27, 1748 DR - Jul 29, 1748 DR: Travel west along the Tokra-Darba Road
  • Jul 30, 1748 DR: Reach the trade road from Songara, turn southwest towards Darba.
  • Jul 31, 1748 DR - Aug 08, 1748 DR: Travel along trade road towards Darba.

Mirror of the Past

Narrative

We begin as Kadmos, Casian, and Marcella flee, leaving behind the party – near death – and a fire starting in the ruins of the temple, caused by the fireballs slung by Casian in the fight. In desperation, the party scrambles to flee to safety, finding shelter near the abandoned mines about a half mile away from the city. Here, they spend the night, getting a much needed rest after the difficulties of the evening. 

Waking near noon, the party discusses their options and the events of the night before. Wellby reports on his conversation with Marcella: there is something dark at the heart of the Society of the Open Scroll, some power that they have to control people. Hektor, the barbarian, was a sweet boy once, a sailor who liked to sing, but was turned to a servant of Kadmos through and through. Marcella was the thief, and was supposed to be the treasure finder, and is worried that if she does not succeed in a score, she will be taken away next, and come out as something not herself. Wellby gave her his Boots of False Tracks (Agata) and maps to help her get to Sembara, should she be able to escape.

While discussing the events of the night before, the party convinces Johar to take charge of the blood money from the Chardonians, and, when he has time, take it to Saka, who will take charge of it and take charge of the mission to track down the families of the bandits. This may take quite some time, given his mission in Nayahar, but he will do his best.

The conversation turns to the situation in Dunmar, and speculation as to how Sura got in the Mirror of Soul Trapping, whether she was paid and if so by who, or whether she was simply sowing chaos. To help, perhaps, the party starts to investigate items they found in Agata’s lair in Mirror of the Past, starting with the Ring of Displacement. As usual, they see a vision of its past in the mirror.

After discussing the scenes in the mirror and the various evidence for ancient Drankorian magic, the party decides to scout the ruins a bit more before turning west to Darba. Wellby, Delwath, and Kenzo proceed invisibly to collect the coins and treasure from the lair, and notice while they are doing so the poison troll is awake, and seemingly looking for the wyverns, poking at their lair with a stick. Deciding to sneak up on it and catch it in the Mirror of Soul Trapping, they succeed despite a few mishaps.

With the poison troll trapped, the party headed for the road again, reaching the next waystation and outpost, run by a woman named Padma in a few days time. Here, they brought welcome news of the wyvern’s demise, and then continued west towards Darba. Passing through the increasingly settled and lush land of the Darba hinterlands, in less that two weeks they reached the outskirts of the city, where our session ends. 

Along the way, they looked at one more object in the mirror, the valuable diamond Agata carried on her person, again seeing a vision of its past.