# 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