Chapter 2: Stranded in the Land of Shadows

session 6 (30/03/2024)
session 7 (13/04/2024)
session 8 (27/04/2024)
session 9 (25/05/2024)
session 10 (08-06-2024)
session 11 (06/07/2024)
session 12 (20/08/2024)
session 13 (17/08/2024)

session 6 (30/03/2024)

Gloomreach day of arrival
Shadowfell echo of Waterdeep
- grotesque carricature of Waterdeep
- no light
- skeleton dudes
- it oozes dispair
- it's fucking silent hill
there are shadar-kai
- "people" here are psychos
- they do anything they can to feel emotions
- otherwise they disappear
other prople here are called shadowborn
- less infused by the plane
- they aren't as much at risk of disappearing
some people here still have color in their eyes
- visitors from other planes ?
it is easy to get lost here
- roads seem to move
- Nybarg tries to smell the road back home
  - it smells of dust and decay
    - like when someone is been away for a while
    - abandonned smell
  - not able to smell a route
party is in the equivalent of the Dockwards
Jez interrogates a bystander
- slamming that person on the wall
- Jez wants to know who is very good at magic here
- appart from the dragon
  
  Maybe one of the Unkind
- the ones who enforce the raven queen
- they are a bunch of ravens
- more could be known near the castle
  - the dragon is weirder now
  - he goes through phases
  - god of death and undeath for dragonkind
    - Kronapsus: god of death
    - He Who Shall Not Be Named: god of undeath
- Jez stops holding him to the wall
- bystander points out to Calcine she should extinguishes her hair
  - it is super bright to denizen of the Shadowfell
  - even if it doesn't give Calcine light, she becomes a lighthouse and a blinding beacon
  - if needed the party can buy shade lantern or seeing googles
- lately more people arrived
  - few days ago a mass influx
    - people at a festival arrived not knowing what happened
  - cultists are regulars here
    - coming and going
    - he doesn't know how they do it
    - the cultists travel to the Barrens
      - no one knows what they are doing there
      - not even the Unkind
      - doesn't seem to be an issue to the cultists
      - everyone else passes with boats to avoid the region
party goes and tries to find a tavern
- large building
  - ruckus noise inside
    - 2 well armored flying through a window
    - not pulling punshes
    - they both seems to enjoy it
    - on cut the tip of the finger of the other
    - they stop and go back inside to drink together
  - a lot of species here
    - mundanes and not
    - waiters are shadowfell quicklings
    - some pets
      - only take shape when looking at them
      - otherwise looks like a small ball of arm of hadar
      - inside of the "mouth" is a big nope
  - a goth cantina
  - people enjoy the place as an oasis
- Roystone tries to be crazy for a while
  - Jez and Vincent stop him
  - for now
  - he still is talking to random people in the bar
  - asks the 2 fighters what is a good souvenir from here
  - they show daggers made in the Shadowfell
  - Roystone asks if he can have one
    - he has to win a 5 fniger fillet
    - Roystone is allowed to cast magic to help himself
    - best of 3
      - Roystone wins it by a land slide
      - the shadarkai stabs himself on purpose ?
    - Roystone get the knife
- Jez buys food and drinks for everyone here
  - a lot of mushrooms and cave aged cheeses
  - thick ale
  - all is bland and muted
- Vincent goes over to Calcine
  - she is not feeling good
  - Vincent hand a cigarette to calm her
    - Vincent called her "darling"
  - she is burning hot
    - tried to raise her temperature to fight the cold feeling the plane gives
    - the place is cold
    - the places makes her feel cold
    - not working so far
  - proposes to go towards the bar to get info with her
    - to go ask for information
    - maybe trade work for a way out
    - Calcine sticks with Vincent giving her a task to focus on now
- at the bar
  - bartender
    - female elve shadowborn
    - not shader-kai
    - Khala
  - Vincent mentions the cultists going in and out of the Barren
    - asks information about them
    - people here don't trust them
    - rumors say they are not from here
      - obvious from the smell (smells like hell)
      - no one knows what they are doing here
    - cultists just are here
      - don't interract a lot
      - come here from time to time to buy stuff
      - sometimes have scuffles with the Unkind
      - most of them are "alright"
      - keep the undead here in check
  - Vincent asks them if they recruit in exchange for a way out
    - bartender realises we didn't plan to come here
    - some sorcerer are powerful enough but are dicks
    - unkind are not feeling well now
      - Vincent asks if it is because of the dragon god state
      - the bartender feels unsure about what she can say
      - Vincent tries to reassure her to the party's intentions
      - rumors that the Ravenqueen has abandonned the place
        
        Ravenqueen is one of the things that keep the dragon "in check"
        
        mainly rumors
    - bartender offers a job here
      - Vincent refuses
      - Calcine asks if she can help in the kitchen to take her mind of for a while
        
        Calcine can go in the back ask Mako the cook
  - Vincent buys 2 rooms for the night
  - it is currently about midday
    - there are clocktowers outside to check time
      - not always on balance when there is a quake
      - Vincent asks if there is a time parity with material plane
        
        she doesn't know
        
        hard to know from the Shadowfell
      - to help visitors mainly
    - shadowfolk don't need it and are open 24/7
  - Vincent messages the info back to Nybarg
    - Nybarg is first confused
    - info is still passed well
    - multiple options
      - hell smelling ppl
      - Vistani
      - Unkind
- Calcine goes to the kitchen
  - open kitchen
  - Nybarg watches over to
  - Markos
    - male Shadowborn Orc
    - big boi
    - very chill
    - likes his job a lot
  - Markos is impressed with her performance
  - Calcine learned Markos mushrooms stew
  - in exchange offers some Orangette
- Jez and Roystone in the bar
  - Jez is busy with a gay panic over the Shadar-kais
    - table of ex was safe today
  - Nybarg asks Jez if she wants help with a ice breaker
    - Jez is embarrased as hell
- Nybarg goes to the shadar-kai table
  - 1 male
    - name is Vale
    - looking 30
    - broken glass wrapped fists
  - 2 female
    - older
      - name is Breña
      - larger
      - double bladed weapon
    - younger
      - name is Tryn
      - bladed whip
- Nybarg asks them were they got the dagger
  - chipped the obsidian from the mountain
- Nybarg offers and arm-wrestle
  - caltrops are placed on the table
  - Nybarg shows the fire hand (crimson rite)
  - Nybarg goes hybrid
  - Shadar-kai picks a caltrop
    - hurs himself
    - starts raging
  - shadar-kai is winning at first
  - Nybarg counter attacks with his curse of bloated agony
  - Vincent cheers on the side (bardic inspiration)
  - Nybarg finsishes winning
  - shadar-kai enjoys the pain
- Calcine brings Shadar-kai and Nybarg some food
  - chef snacks
  - spiced up the mushroom soup with the spice pouch
  - Shadar-Kai feels the difference in taste :D
- Nybarg considers a piecing as a memento
  - Vincent is against having some himself
    
    Calcine, remind me to not get some
    - also Vincent wants his horns untouched
  - Duck makes a comment about handlebars
    - the Tieflings reacted hard
    - it is a sensitive subject in Faerûn
  - one of the female shadar-kai takes a professional piercing kit out
  - Jez wants a piercing
    - belly button piercing
    - obsidian one
    - Jez takes the operation like a champ
    - shadar-kai gives a goodberry to help fight infections
- the party and the shadar-kai enjoy bonding over a meal together
  - Vincent gets a bonus Orangette
  - Nybarg asks some questions about the cult
  - after some drinks
    - reiterate the information already given
    - they believe too that the Ravenqueen is distant
    - they heard the rumors also from friends in other Shadowfell cities
    - the influx of creatures in not only from the Prime Material Plane
    - death seems to have traffic jam
      - souls are no sent to the Fugue Plane
      - lingering in the Shadowfell
    - 2 hypothesis
      - Raven Queen has stepped away
      - Dark Ones might be involved
        
        dark evil:tm:
    - some people are still alive when coming down here
      - they get converted after a while
      - note to self: do not accept the fatality of the Shadowfell
    - Barrens are further than it looks
      - like a shadow they can strech for an inch or a hundred feet
    - tip for Calcine
      - don't cast a shadow or it will come to life
      - consider taking a shadow lantern for non darkvision people in the party
- Vincent goes to bed
  - Vincent is not alone in the room after 20 minutes
    - takes his hand crossbow
      
      I give you 6 seconds before i shoot
    - a kenku reveals themselves
      
      oh nonono, please no shoot
    - kenku asks if Vincent is from the main realm and where in it
      
      Waterdeep, and apparently this place is the reflection of it
    - kenku picks a book from Vincent
      
      what's this ?
      - Vincent's private journal
    - Vincent agrees to answer if the kenku answers questions
      - name is Quickquick
    - Quickquick reflexively tries to steal
    - Vincent shows him the flute to distract him
      
      you help me get back ? I'm from there.
      - Quickquick is from Baldur's Gate in the Prime Material Plane
    - Vincent asks Quickquick if he knows the Vistani
      - he knows them
      - when they show up it is heard from easttown first
    - Vincent asks about the cultists
      - Quickquick knows them
      - they cause a lot of trouble in easttown apparently
    - Vincent takes a closer look at Quickquick
      - REDACTED
- Calcines goes to bed
  - pats Jez on the should when she leaves
    
    good luck
  - casts guidance and doesn't turn back
- Jez goes on the offensive for Tryn
  - it goes better than expected
    
    just me ?
  - rest of the party leaves
  - Jezz spends a night with Tryn but also Breña and Vale

session 7 (13/04/2024)

date is Uktar 3rd 1519DR ?

in the tavern
- during the night Jezz managed to slump back in the room after the "fun"
- Duck is nowhere to be found
- Roystone left a note and will catch with the party later
- Breakfast talks
  - Calcine brings the breakfast
    - standard stuff in the realm but with some spices
    - Jezz get an extra madeleine with yerba mate inside for some energy
  - Vincent talks about his nightly encounter
    
    I met someone of the Unkind
    - will talk to us today
    - name is Quick
    - he is a kenku wearing a nice jacket
    - no one sees him
  - party decides to go towards the Barrens
Shadowdeep Streets
- party hears a bird whistle
- it's Quick
- Vincent checks that the party is alone here with Quick
  - coast seems clear
    
    are these all your friends ?
- Quick is surprised there are not more than the 4 present
- Vincent asks Jezz to bring the rest of the group
  - Quick asks if we are companions of Vincent
    
    yes
- Quick is willing to trade a way out for a service
  - his eyes still have a little bit of color
    - Calcine believes he has a way out
  - he wants to prevent the cultists to do stuff
    
    they are trying to make this a realm of undeath
  - Vincent mentions Quick's link to the unkind
    - Quick can pull strings with them through services due
    - Quick wants the party to first prove themselves
      - Quick notices that Calcine is desperate to get out of here
- the party hears a painful moan in the near distance
  - Nybarg asks if the party should do something
  - Quick doesn't say no
  - Nybarg goes take a look
    - Calcine guidance
    - Nybarg goes stealthily
    - Nybarg sees a couple amorphous shadow
      - none has seen Nybarg yet
  - Nybarg reports to the party
    - the party is starting to decide what to do
    - more shadows and shadow mastiffs appear
    - Nybarg activates rites and transforms
  - fight script
    - Vincent
      - inspires Jezz and Nybarg
      - shoots cold shadow mastiff
    - Calcine
      - blesses Vincent, Jezz and Nybarg
      - pulls out her silver dagger out of her boot
      - toll the dead on cold shadow mastiff
    - Jezz
      - runs to naughty shadow
      - axes and flurry of blows it
    - Nybarg
      - slashes down naughty shadow
      - runs to nasty shadow mastiff
      - slashes at it
    - nasty shadow mastiff misses Nybarg
    - Quick crits cold shadow mastiff
    - Vincent
      - moves away from cold shadow matiff
      - spray of cards vapid and confident shadow
      - vapid is dead
    - Calcine
      - goes up to cold shadow mastiff
      - slices it with her silver dagger
    - Jezz
      - goes to cold shadow mastiff
      - axes and flurry of blows it
    - confident shadow
      - goes to Jezz
      - it misses Jezz
      - Jezz ripostes
    - chipper shadow misses Vincent
    - cold shadow mastiff bites Calcine
    - Nybarg
      - wins a staring contest against nasty shadow mastiff
      - it is cowering
    - nasty shadow mastiff runs away
    - Quick attacks chipper shadow with his shortswords
    - Vincent
      - sees a menacing figure creeping towards the group (Bodak)
      - mentions it to the party
      - dissonent whispers cold shadow mastiff
        
        Calcine hits a toll the dead on it
      - inspires Jezz again
    - Calcine tolls the dead cold shadow mastiff who barely lives
    - Jezz finishes confident shadow and cold shadow mastiff
    - fluffy bodak
      - joins the fray
      - don't look at it !
      - stare at Jezz hurting her
    - chipper shadow
      - drains Quick of 1 STR
      - Quick finishes it as it tries to leave
    - Nybarg
      - charges fluffy bodak away from Jezz
      - takes damage from ending close to it
    - nasty shadow mastiff runs back in
    - Quick
      - misses fluffy bodak
      - hides behind a wall
    - Vincent
      - casts vicious mockery on nasty shadow mastiff but it resists
      - takes the fluffly bodak aura damage
      - asks Calcine help with cold shadow mastiff
    - Calcine
      - casts burning hands on cold shadow mastiff
      - doesn't like it at all between fire damage and necrotic
      - moves to avoid it from moving towards Vincent
    - Jezz
      - looks at fluffy bodak and tanks it
      - axe and kicks fluffy bodak
      - attack does full damage
      - there is a blue spark getting out of the impact
      - takes fluffy bodak aura
    - fluffy bodak stares at Nybarg who saves it
    - Nybarg
      - stares at fluffy bodak and saves it
      - charges fluffy bodak prone
    - nasty shadow mastiff bites Calcine
    - Quick finishes nasty shadow mastiff
    - Vincent
      - moves away of fluffy bodak
      - unsettling words fluffy bodak
      - dissonent whispers fluffy bodak
      - Jezz hits an attack of opportunity
      - goes and helps Calcine up
    - Calcine
      - takes one step
      - toll the dead on fluffy bodak
      - doesn't let go of Vincent and says thanks
    - Jezz
      - gets saved from the stare by bless
      - stomps on fluffy bodak
      - gets away from it
    - fluffy bodak
      - gets up
      - stares at Jezz who barely saves and survives (#blessed again)
    - Nybarg
      - runs at fluffy bodak
      - nearly saves the gaze
      - slashes at it
      - it resisted the cold damage
      - takes the aura damage
    - Quick misses fluffy bodak
    - Vincent
      - makes a snarky comment at Jezz
      - casts dissonent whispers at fluffy bodak killing it
  - Calcine
    - goes with Vincent towards the very hurt Jezz
    - heals Jezz and gives her a snack
      
      i know you have my back
    - starts scolding her recklessness
      
      this is exactly why i tell you you were reckless, i know my limits
  - fluffy bodak
    - shadow essence leave it
    - a physical body is left behind
    - a distorted version of a grey
      - elongated face
      - hollow
      - distorted death scream
    - a blue liquid is seeping out of it before fading out
      - Quick looks very panicked
      - it did not go away
      - it should have
    - Quick goes to it
      - Vincent joins him and helps him
      - Quick finds a burnt symbol on leather
        
        oh no. oh no. oh no. oh no.
    - everyone but Calcine recognises it
      
      this is the symbol of Orcus, this is not good
      - the lord of undeath
      - this is not his realm, he should not have power here, nor even be here
      - maybe possible because the raven queen has gone missing
      - Quick say he needs to go contact the Unkinds
      - all that means that Orcus has started to break free of his chains
- Quick asks if the party is staying to help
  - Quick asks if the party can gather reinforcements in the material plane
  - Quick mentions that the smell is smilar to the other cultists
  - Quick confirms he'll talk about it to the Unkinds
  - Vincent mentions calling upon the Harpers for help if we are brought back
    - Calcine mentions it is the first time he mentionned it
    - Quick poke at Vincent about being secretiv about it
    - Vincent pulls out a Harper pin
      - it was in the basement near where the party went in the Shadowfell
      - blames himself about it
      - Quick said it might not be his fault
  - Quick hands out a sachel to Vincent
    - rest for now
    - 100pp inside
    - key to a set of lodgings
      
      stay here this is safehouse
  - Quick cuts the head of the bodak and places it in the bag
  - Quick will first try to convince the Unkind
    - the head will serve as a proof

session 8 (27/04/2024)

gloomreach street
- Duck and Royston catch up with the party
- they are caugth up with what the party did
- Quick departs for his misson with the Unkind
to the safehouse
- party buys some stuff for the trip
at the safehouse
- Calcine proposes to cast a sending to Aurora
  - vincent panicks a bit
  - message
    
    Aurora, we have pursued the terrorists into the Shadowfell, they work for Orcus, we are doing what we can here. some assistance would be appreciated
  - response
    
    oh dear, where in the Shadowfell, it's a huge plane, if you let me know do what i can
  - Calcine informs the party about it
  - Calcine asks if Vincent knows people that could planshift
    - there is a few uncles
    - his sister Victoria knows someone in Candlekeep ~~(Léon)~~
    - he'd rather have us pull ourselves out of the mess
  - Vincent is still freaking out
    - Calcine does a calming hug
    - Calcine offers a do a dinner if the get out
  - 2nd sending
    
    sorry for the time, we are in Gloomreach, any information about the place would appreciated, Vincent is fine, i'm taking care of him
  - response
    
    Gloomreach ? Could be worse, don't go into the Barrens. I'm glad Vincent is fine, Null is fickle, the mist is deadly, don't trust shadows
- party hears a clicking sound of talons on the roof
  - from a small window a kunku is seen
  - Quick comes through the window
  - has good and bad news
    - bad news
      - it is most likely the work of Orcus
      - they don't care about sending the party back
        
        we are stuck here ?
    - good news
      - quick heard about a potential Vistani trade route
      - leaving maybe next week or so
      - going to another plane, not sure which
      - settlement accross the Barrens
  - need to be careful about shadowquakes when crossing the Barrens
  - Vincent informs Quick about the sendings

date is Uktar 4th 1519DR ?

next day
- inspiring leader
- planning to go through the Barrens to the Vistani
through the Barrens
- march order
  - Nybarg
  - Royston
  - Jezz
  - Vincent and Calcine holding hands
  - Duck
- as leaving the city
  - there is a wall of shadow now behind instead of Gloomreach
  - no sun, no light
  - mayb 1h of travel, hard to tell
- dust storm coming at the party from nowhere
  - 2 hands on the rope now to hold onto it
  - Vincent is assailed by visions and lets go of the rope
  - Vincent is dissoriented and moving away
  - Jezz and Royston feel Vincent going away
  - Jezz runs after Vincent
    - finds him
    - grabs him but the poney tail
    - and runs him back to the party
- the storm subsides
  - grey landscape
  - mountains and mist
  - no colors
- everyone hears the crying of a child
  - can't pinpoint the source
  - even heard when plugging our ears
  - can feel the sadness and cold of it
  - Calcine and Nybarg take a point of exhaustion
  - Duck hears a name in the cries
    
    don't fear the butcher, don't let him get you, he will eat you, HE WILL EAT YOU
    - little bit of color in the shadow
    - beckoning sound coming near the song
    - Duck tells the rest of the party about it
  - Calcine is having a slight panic attack
  - Duck sings back at the child
    - the party only hears his part of the song
    - after a singing back and forth a red portal opens
      - claws tearing space-time
      - it's a planar rift
    - Duck beckons the party to come inside after him and follow to play
- inside the rift
  - looks waterdeep adjascent
  - bassy laughter
    
    fresh meat
  - Duck continues to rhyme at the Butcher
  - the Butcher rhymes back at Duck
  - very hot place
    - cooking meat
    - boiling blood
  - Duck casts Protection from Evil and Good
  - party advances runing after Duck
  - at the end of the alleyway sits a huge figure
    - large figure with horns
    - big cleaver in hand
    - very red
  - Duck asks the party to help him this one time
  - Butcher starts moving towards the party
  - fighting script
    - Duck
      - rolled a 34 initiative with a nat 20
      - runs towards the Butcher
      - chromatic orb misses the Butcher
      - casts Blink
      - doesn't blink out
    - Vincent
      - moves towards the Butcher
      - unsettling words
        
        only one person can be red in this world of black and white
      - hypnotic pattern fails as the Butcher is immune to charm
    - the Butcher
      - walk past Duck
      - summons 4 floating chains
      - Duck deflects a gore
    - Royston
      - runs towards the Butcher
      - punches the Butcher
      - stunning strike
      - Vincent silvery barbs the save
      - the Butcher is stunned
    - Calcine casts haste on Nybarg
    - Nybarg
      - rushes to the Butcher
      - unleashes a flurry of 4 attacks with haste
    - Jezz
      - runs up to the chains
      - misses the chains
    - Duck
      - moves away from the Butcher
      - misses a chill touch
      - blinks away
    - Vincent
      - casts spray of cards on the Butcher blinding him
      - unsettling words the Butcher
    - the Butcher
      - is stunned and can't do anything
      - the chains still move apparently ???
        
        holds until Duck is back
        
        hits Royston knocking him prone and grapple restrain
        
        hits Vincent for a shit ton of damage and grapple restrain
        
        hits Jezz for a shit ton of damage and grapple restrain
    - Royston
      - escapes the chain
      - patient defense
    - Calcine
      - heals Vincent
      - misses the Butcher with a produce flame
    - Nybarg attacks butcher and a chain
    - Jezz
      - is free from the chain
      - patient defense
    - Vincent
      - unsettling words
      - dissonent whispers the Butcher
      - the Butcher runs out of Royston's space and gets stun
    - the Butcher
      - is stunned
      - chains still move
        
        Vincent gets downed
        
        Jezz gets hit with advantage through patient defense...
    - Royston
      - bites and punches the Butcher
      - stuns the Butcher
    - Calcine
      - extends her arm toward Vincent
      - casts life transference (-20/+40)
      - concentration on haste is lost
    - Nybarg lost turn due to haste lost
    - Jezz
      - runs towards the Butcher
      - gets downed by the chains
    - Duck
      - misses chromatic orb
      - doesn't blink
    - Vincent
      - unsettling words
      - dissonent whispers the Butcher
    - the Butcher
      - still stunned
      - the chains still go
        
        Duck shields
        
        Vincent gets downed and 2 death saves
    - Royston punches the butcher near death
    - Calcine
      - hits a produce flame to no effect
      - heals Vincent
    - Nybarg claws the Butcher
    - Duck blasts down the Butcher with magic missle with a final rhyme quip

session 9 (25/05/2024)

inside the rift
- Vincent healed Jezz
- Nybarg cuts one ear of the Butcher of
- fill loot repartition
  - clothes of mending - Nybarg
  - dust of sneezing and chocking - Nybarg
  - elemental gem, emerald - Calcine
  - elemental gem, yellow diamond - Calcine
  - handy haversack - Jezz
  - instrument of the bards, folchlucan bandore - Vincent
  - mystery key - Jezz
  - stone of good luck - Royston
  - wand of scowls - Duck
  - dark shard amulet - in the haversack
  - cloak of many fashions - in the haversack
- short rest was taken
- Vincent felt the blood from the life transferance
- party goes back out
Gloomreach
- party tries to force march through
  - Jezz, Vincent and Calcine get a level of exhaustion
  - Royston finds a safe looking place to tale shelter for the sleep
    - it is a small travel safe heaven
    - looks like it is used from time to time
    - Duck plugs the entry with his tiny hut
    - Jezz asks if Calcine can do some lights
    - Calcine casts a flame blade
      - it is very bright
    - Nybarg takes first watch
      - transforms into his hybrid form
      - doesn't have some weird smells around
    - Calcine
      - opens her books
      - points at her father's name
      - dad is writing some stuff for the domain accounting
      - mom is cooking or brewing something
      - connection is a bit blurry but they are safe and sounds
    - Vincent leans over Calcine
      - fill later
      - asks what she was doing
      - she explains she was looking at what her father was doing at home
        
        a way to reconnect with reality outside of the hell that is the shadowfell
      - Vincent says that this is surprisingly sweet
      - Calcine asks why does he finds it surprising, did he feel like Calcine was a monster
        
        Vincent tells her that yes blood magic is weird and disturbing but she doesn't use it in a bad way
        
        Vincent asks how come Calcine uses blood
        
        Vincent is interested in learning more about it
        
        it is the thing she has the most ease using for her powers as a catalyst since ever
    - Royston mentions that Calcine's blood smelled very sweet
      - party and especially Calcine are very suspicious of his new state
      - he is a dhampir now
    - Jezz and Vincent start bickering a lot
      - Calcine tries to calm emotion so everyone goes to bed
      - Vincent is the only one thats saves
      - Vincent backhugs Calcine
        
        mentions it is cute that she tries to manipulate his emotions
        
        Calcine tells him that she succeeded twice already with it
        
        as she leaves for the bed Calcine thanks him for being honest about his feeling about the blood magic
        
        it is way better than the people doing comments in her back
      - everyone goes to bed

date is Uktar 4th 1519DR ?

next day in the rift
- a lightning storm looks like it is brewing
  - Nybarg and Royston scout tthe path ahead
  - Vincent inspires with music
  - Jezz and Calcine keep watch in the rear
  - party advances and find a random healing potion
  - storm is not catching up
- smoke can be seen now in the far
  - the other half of the city is approaching into view
other half of gloomreach
- the gards allow theparty in as we are not threatening anyone
- Royston asks if there are some Vistani in town
  - some came in the river yesterday
  - we should check the docks
- Nybarg tries to hide to check if ppl are following the party
  - he nearly loses himself in a street market
  - manages to find the party again
  - no one seems to be stalking the party
- Royston leads the party
  - gets distracted by a 7
  - starts talking with them
  - Vincent screws the flirting with silvery barbs
  - Calcine mentions the lack of fair play of it
    
    now this is funnier darling
- Royston then leads the party wonderfully to the docks
  - weird port market
    - selling stuff that looks like lamprey
    - workers all around
    - bloodborn fishing hamlet vibe
  - some Vistani can be seen
    - fancy clothes
    - loading a larger fishing vessel
  - Jezz hails them
    - asks if they are going to the material plane
      - they are indeed after a stop on Evernight before going into Neverwinter
      - Evernight is the reflection of Neverwinter
    - Jezz offers 20 platinum for the whole group and we are accepted aboard
  - Party helps the Vistani load
  - after some thinking about it Calcine catss sending towards Aurora
    
    Hello Aurora, we are on our way back, Vistanis took us aboard their ship, we'll arrive through Neverwinter hopefully in less than a week
    - Aurora's answer
      
      I was asleep, mind the time next time, i will see you when you get back
  - the same message is sent to Quick
    
    Hello Quick, we are on our way back, Vistanis took us aboard their ship, we'll arrive through Neverwinter hopefully in less than a week
    - Quick's answer
      
      Hh... good good, when you get there contact me again. I will have update on what i find gotta go.
  - Vincent plays his instrument for everyone that is around
    - nat 20
    - he is gifted some shadowfell food and ales as this is the tradition here
  - Jezz and Roystone mingle with the Vistani
    - double nat 20
    - they seem like honnest peoples
    - the racist rumors are unfounded

session 10 (08-06-2024)

date is Uktar 4th 1519DR ?

on the docked ship
- preparing to sleep on board
- little loud with all the living cargo
- Nybarg grabs a book for the night
- Royston feels like someone is breathing down his neck
- Duck is exhausted
- heavy footsteps come down the stairs
  
  MAKE WAY FOR THE CAPTAIN !
  - desc
    - large automaton
    - wielding a glowing large sword
    - tricorn hat
    - shaking hands with passengers and the crew
  - name is Captain Bronze Bones
  - Vincent exchanges pleasantries with the captain
  - Vincent offers services to the crew
  - not experienced in seafaring but hey
  - captain mentions that if we make trouble we will face madame ginette
    - it's his sword
  - Calcine also comes to talk to the captain
    - talks about cooking
    - there is a crazy goblin that does the cooking
    - need to be careful if she wants to help
  - Jezz tries to play the lute
    - Stairway to Mount Celestia
    - yeah... no.
  - Captain mentions no fire down the deck
    - Calcine asks more details about when is fire allowed
    - makes the captain uncomfortable
    - fire genasi
  - there are 3 life boats on board
- party can now go to sleep and we depart on the morrow

date is Uktar 5th 1519DR ?

ship departing
- small boats have latched on the ship
  - pulling the ship into the sea
  - casting some wind base magic
  - 1h later in the sea
- ship is now at sea
  - sea is black
  - no star in the sky
  - heat lightning strike flashes
- Vincent offers help with moving the cannonballs
  
  that's a fancy shirt are you sure you want to stain it ?
  - casts levitate on it
  - Vincent proceeds to help moving them
- the crew mentions a lot of shadow dangers
  - tl:dr: the place is fucked and everything wants you dead
- Nybarg helps moving a cannon
- a mist starts to form around the ship
  - no reaction from the crew at its sight
  - black amorphous shapes start surrounding the boat
  - the crew throws hardtack overboard
    - the crew feeds them hardtack
    - pseudopods emerge and grabs it
  - Nybarg asks what is that
    - they are shadowfell jellyfish
    - they just eat stuff you throw at them
    - don't touch them or lose your hand
- a loud noise
  - a crazy looking goblin comes up
  - is is Chuck
  - he asks who will help him to cook later
  - all the party points at Calcine
  - Chuck asks what it is that Calcine has with her as food right now
  - it is croquetas de jamón
    - small ball of bechamel with cured ham bit
    - surrounded in crumbs and fried
  - Calcine makes him taste it and asks what he'd add to it
    - kind of a trick question to judge Chuck's culinary skills as it is already seasoned
    - he shows some berries he'd add to it
    - they taste like a battery on your tongue
- after lunch
- the crew looks apprehensive
  - they saw a big shadow in the water
  - not good news
  - Royston gets up the rigging for a better view
    - Royston inspires and Calcine guides
    - it looks like the silhouette of a ship
    are there shadow ships ?
    - crew doesn't know about shadow ships but ghost ships are a thing
    - Royston confirms it is an underwater ship
    - the crew looks worried
    oh no there only one underwater ship...
  - the crew mentions it is time to start praying for our lives
  - the crew was just pulling a prank...
    - it was to liven up the ride
    - as a sorry the captain offers to fire the cannon as a sorry
    - Calcine angrily takes on the offer
      - did not like getting tricked into praying to her god
      - burns the wick with her hand
      - Vincent tries to calm Calcine
- dinner time
  - Calcine doesn't eat with the crew
    - still angry
    - Vincent accompanies her
  - rest of the crew
    - Chuck brings out the meal
    - it is halfling meat
      - not halfling but something they eat themselves
      - after the explanation Jezz eats it
  - Calcine and Vincent
    - fill the blood puppet sequence later
    - Jezz saw everything
- loud noises and a crash can be heard down in the hull
  - Jezz rounds up everyone
  - there are a large barrel and chest with mouths and tentacles
    - mimics
    - a crew member is being tugged on between the 2
  - fighting script
    - Nybarg
      - runs in
      - crimson rite
      - transforms
    - Jezz
      - goes to the chest
      - cuts of the chests' pseudopods
      - the crew member is freed from their grasps
      - moves between the chest and the barrel
      - attacks the barrel stunning it thank to Vincent's silvery barbs
      - flurry of blows the barrel
    - barrel is stunned
    - Vincent casts faerie fire
      - both mimics, Jezz and crew member are affected
      - moves back in the kitchen
    - Royston
      - moves to the chest
      - punches repeatedly and stuns it
    - crew member flees
      - a new mimic (table) fails an attak on it
    - Calcine fails a slow on all 3 of them FFS
    - table attacks the shining Jezz
    - Nybarg attacks the table
    - Jezz attacks the barrel
    - barrel
      - sprays a caustic mist
      - Nybarg takes the full brunt and is blinded
      - Royston and Jezz mitigate the effect
    - Vincent
      - walks out of the kitchen
      - unsettling words barrel
      - casts hypnotic pattern
      - table fails
    - Royston
      - attacks the chest and stuns it again
      - goes to the barrel
      - attacks it
    - Calcine slows table and barrel
    - Nybarg
      - grapples the table
      - no longer blind
    - Jezz attacks the stunned chest
    - barrel
      - doesn't recharge
      - while slowed crit bites Royston down
    - Vincent
      - healing word Royston
      - crit misses with the handcrossbow
    - Royston
      - breakdance kicks the barrel standing up and punches it
      - patient defense
    - Calcine casts life transference on Royston (-28/+56)
    - chest spits on Calcine (28 damage, I'm at 1 hp oh god)
    - table is incap
    - Nybarg shoves the table in the barrel pushing it back
    - Jezz attack the the chest
    - barrel
      - doesn't recharge the spray
      - bite on the table in it's mouth
      - pseudopods misses Jezz and Royston
      - Jezz ripostes and misses the pseudopod
    - Vincent
      - moves to the chest
      - casts shillelagh
      - misses the chest
      - inspires Nybarg
        
        I had the table under control, you were supposed to trust me !
    - Royston
      - finishes of the chest
      - attacks the barrel and stuns it
    - Calcine
      - heals back up a bit with healing word
      - misses barrel with toll the dead
    - Captain Bronze Bones
      - moves in the room
    - table
      - misses Royston with pseudopods
      - bites the barrel as revenge
    - Nybarg
      - attacks and destroys the table
      - attacks the barrel
    - Jezz unleashes all attacks on the barrel
    - barrel is stunned
    - Vincent
      - moves to the barrel
      - shillelagh misses
    - Royston destroys the barrel finishing the combat

session 11 (06/07/2024)

date is Uktar 5th 1519DR ?

down in the hull
- the fight with the mimics ended
- Calcine starts being groggy and sits down on the floor
- the mimic is degrading the material with its acidic blood
- Jezz mentions it needs to be neutralize with a base
- Calcine moves towards the corpse
  - offers some of her cooking supplies to help
  - pours baking soda to counteract the acid
  - pours flours to absorb some of the blood
  - this corpse is stable for now
- the other corpses start to having leaking water
- Duck asks Captain Bronze Bones where is the repair person is
  - the bosun is one of the crew members that were saved
  - he is for now still shell shocked
- Jezz has an idea
  - casts way of frost on one of the holes
  - the hole expands from the freezing water
- Royston starts moving water out through the top at a fast monk speed
- Duck
  - considers using wax to plug the holes with wax
  - not enough alone it might need more as it might get pushed out
  - finds a lot of very nice scented candles
  - Duck hates its smell lavender
- Calcine offers help to melt the candles
  - proceeds to cast flame blade
  - starts melting the wax to be used to plug
- Vincent levitates the melted candle container
- wax is poured over
- Vincent through entangle coax the boat into sealing the fissures and holes
- party starts to leave
  - Vincent challenges Jezz to a race
    
    30 i can race you to the top
    - after protesting Jezz joins
    - Vincent casts fly and goes
    - Jezz runs after
    - Vincent wins
  - Nybarg talks wit the captain
    - offers to help repairing the ship
    - a chance to learn more about woodworking
    - captain agrees
    - captain mentions that this might not be a random bad load
      - it was malicious intent
      - maybe pirates
      - might get their visit at some point
in the quarters
- party discuss about missing stuff from home
  - sun and more
  - party is surprised that Calcine complains about the blandness of food she learnt here
    - she spiced the food so ppl didn't realize
- Royston doesn't feel good at the moment
- Calcine heals a bit
- Vincent offers to cast sendings for the party
  - not one has someone he can contact
  - Duck dodges the question about Vincent knowing someone he knows
  - casts sending to his mom
    
    I'm sorry for suddenly leaving, It was not my intent. I hope you and father understand. I will try to be home soon. Love you
  - she answers in a calm voice
    
    When you are back let me know, your father is still away but we need to talk
  - casts another sending to Lucy'fyre Sat'ann
    
    Heading to Neverwinter. I want to meet you and father, something’s wrong in the Shadowfell, Raven Queen has Vanished, Orcus is trying to take control
  - REDACTED answer
  - Vincent doesn't look good
    - getting out of a trance
    - Vincent informs Jezz that he called her mom and gave her the info
    - it is a widespread transplanar problem
    - cult is trying to spread on a mass scale
    - to make population surrender in carnage and violence
    - could be Orcus or someone mascarading as him
    - Lords of the 9 are concerned about it
    - Lucy will keep an eye on her party
    - worried that Frug might know more than what he let of
    - a trip to Baldur's Gate might be in the order
    - RdV with Lucy and Rolen in Neverwinter has been postponed
    - Aurora wants her son back now
  - Jezz tries to downplay the gravity
    - Vincent insists it is more grave than that
  - Calcine what is the order of operations once back in the material plane
    - going down to Waterdeep
    - Calcine mentions that looking for more info and gear would be useful
    - Vincent mentions Candlekeep
      - Calcina has Chucks cookbook
      - it could work with shadowfell recipies
    - party might need to go all the way down to Baldur's Gae too
  - Calcine mentions that Candlekeep is also not far from home
    - would be nice to go there
    - before a sudden realisation of what would happen when her mom knows all that happened
    - Vincent doesn't understand the gravity of it
    - both Nybarg and Calcine try to convince Vincent of Blaze's temper
    - Calcine take her temper from her mom as she is a fire genasi smith
    - and she is worse by far
    - Vincent insists he can do it
    - Calcine thanks Vincent for his sacrifice of telling the tale to her mother
- Duck feels a tingling
  - zone of wild magic
  - Duck is affected by it and people needs to be careful about it
  - Duck mentions it to Calcine
  - Calcine doesn't think she is affected
  - Duck mentions it to Vincent
  - Vincent feels like he'd be fine
  - Duck mutters that Buck was affected
    - Vincent lights up at that revelation
    Yes... I do know number 2
    - Vincent asks as a repayment of the favor he was owed the story about that number 2/Buck
    - when Duck is calm and sober
- party goes to rest a bit
  - Duck casts Leomund's Tiny Hut
    - no wild magic
  - party goes to sleep
  - Jezz is plagued by her thoughts
    - REDACTED

session 12 (20/08/2024)

date is Uktar 6th 1519DR ?

next day on the boat
- Duck is under the weather and stays down on his bunk
- on the deck
  - the weather is a bit rough
    - Calcine casts water walk
  - Nybarg starts learning the beadworks of the Vistani
    - Baba Javessa is teaching him
  - Vincent inspiring leader the party and captain
  - Royston helps the crew
    - learning how to do the riggings, ropes and knots
    - having a climb speed helps him as he can't really fall
  - Jezz is vibing on the deck
  - Calcine preps a hot meal on the deck
    - sauté of mushrooms and potatoes on a plancha
    - one had doing the burner and the other moving the ingredients
    - the captain likes what he is smelling asks Calcine to note the recipy for Chuck
    - Calcine will do that
    - Chuck is looking what Calcine is doing, helps and serves what she prepares
    - the crew is in a good mood after the nice and new meal
  - the wind is now blowing in a favorable direction
  - the captain mentions we are making great time
    - maybe another 2 days if we keep this luck
    - the mimic repair was good and avoided catastrophic damage
- second half of the day
  - the temperature start to significantly drop
  - a strong mist is gathering
    - very thick
    - hard to go around
    - the captain looks very serious about it
    - mist is typically a precursor before the blending with a realm of dread
    - not good
    - we are about to enter a domain of dread
  - the captain continues course through it for now
    - less dangerous than failing to squirt around it
    - Calcine casts guidance on the captain
  - Vincent riffs to motivate the crew
  - the captain makes the boat go slower for safety
  - the wind starts to pick up quite a bit
    - the fog dissipates a bit because of it
    - making up for the time lost due to the speed down
- the captain invites the party for a dinner
  - some of the Vistanis are teling tales about their stories
    - a lot are refugees from Barovia
    - there was there a vampire lord that was slained
    - they are glad the mist was no more than mist in the end and not a blending like there
  - this is the big crew dinner
  - Vincent sends a sending
    - REDACTED
  - Calcine realises that today is her dad's birthday
    
    happy birthday dad ! sorry these last days were kind of busy so i did not have time to send a letter ! Kisses Calcine
    - Flint Radko responds
    Oh this is new, is this magic, did they teach you this in the city this is wonderful now...love you too
  - party goes to bed

date is Uktar 6th 1519DR ?

next day
- right before the morning hits
  - Royston hears a blood curdling scream
  - strong vistani has their head caved in
  - Royston shouts everybody awake
  - fighting script
    - Royston
      - asks the captain what happened to strong vistani
      - tries to see what happened
        
        strong vistani's head has been caved in by some sort of blunt force
        
        the weight of the hit was clean and broke the bed
      - asks defiant vistani to stay behind him and she obliges
        
        she agrees
        
        Royston grabs defiant vistani
        
        takes her to the staircase
    - defiant vistani moves upstairs and gets out
    - captain Bronze Bones
      - pulls a spyglass and looks around the room
      - they are invisible and came through the mist
      - having stuff to reveal invisible is nice or the encounter would be deadly
    - Vincent
      - gets out of the quarters
      - sees the scene
      - inspires Bronze Bones
      - casts fearie fire
        
        an invisible stalker gets revealed
        
        Bronze Bones gets hit also
    - another invisible force slams and kills hungry vistani
    - Calcine
      - gets out towards the action
      - casts toll the dead on the first invisible stalker
    - Jezz
      - gets out of the bunks
      - step of the wind to the first invisible stalker
      - hits the first invisible stalker
      - less affected by this non magical damage
    - Nybarg
      - activates claws
      - transforms
      - runs in the middle
      - get tagged by the second invisible stalker
      - stops near it
    - Royston
      - moves to the first invisible stalker
      - punches hard on it
      - stunning strikes it
    - Bronze Bones
      - pulls out Madame Ginette his scimitar
      - unloads on the first invisible stalker killing it
      - the bardic inspiration helping on the last one
      - Vincent drops fearie fire
      - pulls out from behind the barrels an old jet black battle axe
      - throws it towards Jezz
      - it is a lending and it is a +2 battleaxe
    - Vincent
      - moves near where Nybarg got hit
      - casts shillelagh
      - swings where he thinks the second invisible stalker missing it
    - second invisible stalker slashes at Nybarg and Vincent
    - Nybarg
      - sniffs the general direction
      - moves towards the zone
      - flicks the blood of his crimson right wound revealing it
      - slashes at it
    - Calcine
      - moves to next to Nybarg
      - throws her flour where the second invisible stalker was
      - it is revealed for Jezz' turn
    - Jezz
      - moves to the flour covered invisible stalker
      - crits and slashes it with the new axe
      - punches and stuns it
      - the flour falls to the ground
    - Royston
      - run towards the second invisible stalker
      - hits it twice
    - Bronze Bones moves towards vistanis to protect them
    - Vincent
      - casts detect thoughts
      - can't peer deeper
      - can keep tabs on the whereabouts of the second invisible stalker
    - invisible stalker is stunned
    - Nybarg unleashes on the second invisible stalker
    - Calcine
      - summons her flame blade
      - attacks the second invisible stalker with it
    - Jezz slashes and punches killing the invisible stalker
  - Vincent still hears the thoughts of everyone
    - Calcine si very stressed looking at the dead vistanis
    - Jezz thinks she is not leaving the ship without the axe
  - Calcine runs towards hungry vistani
    - casts revivify
      - takes out her diamond
      - smears it with blood
      - places it on her dead chest
      - the diamond crushes itself
      - the blood and diamond powder seeps in pumping the heart back
    are you ok ?
    - hands her a chef snack
    - casts life transference
  - Chuck comes in with a diamond
    - mixes it in his soup
    - feeds it to the dead strong vistani
    - casting revivify on it
      - force feeds a bunch of goodberries

session 13 (17/08/2024)

date is Uktar 6th 1519DR ?

Quarters
- Hungry Vistani is back alive
- Bronze Bone thanks Calcine for reviving her
- Vincent mentions that we read the thoughts of the creatures
  - might have been a targeted attack
  - these are summoned or enslaved entities given a task
  - talking about killing the crew and scouring the vessel
  - captain bronze bones is not surprised
  - there are quite a few different people that want him dead for various reason
most of the day goes by
- weather is very calm
approaching Evernight
- blue haze around the coast
- boat itself seems to travel too quickly
- the cliff is approaching rapidly
- it is immediately daylight
- in front the city of Neverwinter is here
- this was a trick to make think that the ship was crashing to observer
- Party finally is back in the proper plane !
  - Jezz thanks the sun
  - Calcine turns her hair back on fire again
arriving in Neverwinter
- Vincent casts sending to Aurora
  
  Reached Neverwinter, getting my bearings, can you set up a big dinner for when I get back ?
  - she aknowledges and asks to say when closer to Waterdeep so Lucy can grab the party
- start of the afternoon
- Calcine and Jezz talk a bit
  - a bit heated
  - Vincent tries to but in
  - Jezz barks back at him that saying ladies did not ever work with his sisters
    - it's the case
  - Calcine's hair is burning hotter and dangrously close to Vincent
  - the captain asks Calcine to try and not light the cannons up with that
  - hair simmers down
- captain will deal with paper works
- party talks about how to get back home
  - after a while party decides to go by road after a night
- Calcine shows some of the shiftweave outfits
  - she added some of her owns
  - also the pirate themed ones from session 0
- the captain asks Jezz to come see him
  - he asks Jezz to keep the axe
  - hands back the pouch of gold she gave
    - it is heavier
    for protecting my crew
city proper
- party is considering that they'll need winter gear
  - Jezz mentions that just the skirt might not be anough
  - after a think the skirt idea gave Calcine inspiration and starts dragging away Jezz for some girl shopping
  - Calcine
    - above ankle high creamy leather trekking boots
    - thick wool dark crimson tights
    - charcoal knee long skirt
    - dark crimson wool pull-over shirt
    - long charcoal knitted scarf
    - hair on fire
  - Jezz
    - has her own ideas
    - Calcine
      - adds confortable and hot trekking socks and undies
      - also gives a scarf matching hers
  - Calcine and Jezz go to buy a new 300gp diamond
- Driftwood tavern
  - desc
    - ornate building
    - people are on their best behavior
    - not very a very loud tavern
    - looks pricy but very nice
  - Chuck places a sachel on the bar near a goblin barmaid
  - party is the escorted in a private room
  - after a while
    - some Vistani are here
    - a lot of food is brought
    - Chuck is throwing food
  - one of the Vistani talks to the party
    - thanks Calcine for saving her daughter (hungry Vistani)
    - heard the party was considering trekking starting tonight
    - offers the party to pay for the night for their stay
    - party agrees to get one last night of confort for the sake of the city folks
  - date is indeed Uktar 6th 1519DR
- Vincent
  - groups up all his notes about the shadowfell and what happened
  - goes a bit in the city looking for a Harper place
  - organizes a dead drop of the notes and the call from Quick
  - casts a sending to Quick
    
    Made a dead drop in neverwinter, going to speak to my superior in waterdeep, be safe, we will survive this.
    - Quick answers
      
      ok i will meet you there in a tnday, in baldur's gate right now.
- Calcine asks Jezz if they show the outfits to the boys in the morning
  - Jezz doubt they'll notice

date is Uktar 7th 1519DR

tavern
- Jezz and Nybarg are hungover
- Calcine hands the cloth bag to Jezz and casts lesser restoration on her
- party goes down
  - someone is prepping breakfast there already
  - party eats and discuss again how to go back to waterdeep
  - Jezz smells cloves
    - scent of Lucy's cigarettes
    - it comes from outside
- Jezz goes to the door
  - Vincent asks what she is doing
  - Jezz opens the door
  - Lucy is on the other side
    
    you come back and don't tell me ?
    - Jezz and Lucy argue
    - Jezz can't cast sending
    - Lucy asks how Jezz went there
      - no clue
      - Lucy tries to break the ice by complemented her outfit
  - Lucy enters and joins the table
    - there is quite a it of discussion that happens
    - Lucy and Jezz both see pissed the whole time
    - Lucy knows a bit about some of us, including the transformation that Nybarg did the first night
    - Jezz, Vincent and Lucy talk for a while about what happened in the shadowfell
    - Cakcine doesn't like the dynamic between Lucy and Jezz
  - Lucy teleports the party back to Waterdeep