Session 16 Summary 8/29/25
While I made an excuse why i wouldnât have this done I donât like that for myself so here is summary/lore dump.
Our heroes following the skelly fight discovered Mordane the Librarian stuffed in a closet in a type of suspended animation. They also discovered an altered faculty pendant that would make any creature appear as the Mordane, presumably Odwald had been using it to assume his identity.
The team learned that Odward Ebonhart was a bit of a child prodigy hailing from an old and revered family in Alderheart. In certain echelons of society he was fairly well known and a star pupil when he attended the Avium a few years back. There is also a prophesy oft repeated in his family that an Ebonhart would be the savior of the Humblewood. After graduation it was as though he just disappeared from the social scene though. It would seem he became a bit of an adventurer teaming up with an Avium dropout, Susan and a young Strig knight, Riffin.
We confronted and talked down the very disturbed corvum and his cobblefright, Jimmy his grotesque lab which led the team to gather more information. Specifically, that he was trying to work on using necromancy to siphon off power from fire elementals as he believed balancing that heat with ice might now be impossible given his inability to locate the ice shard forged into a staff, The Borealus. Odwaldâs plan was to create a giant soul-sucking abomination to confront the fire elemental. What could go wrong?
Further unraveling Odwaldâs story, it seems he had been lured to a glyph in the Scorched Grove by an unknown patron under the guise he would be sealing the fire elements away forever, allowing the Humblewood to fully heal finally. However, what happened instead was a cracking of that seal, releasing ash serpents and what appeared to be a giant fire elemental. Which certainly would explain much of the recent events as Tenders fight feverishly to defend the wood and Bandits, er-um âOutfolkâ leverage the instability to try to overthrow the Birdfolkâs status quo.
At the heroeâs requese the Dean will hold Odwald as a guest in magic dampeners while the team heads into the mountains to treat with the Outfolk
Rewards:
Gain a LEVEL up to 4!!!
For Services rendered to the Avium (without running too far afoul of the schoolâs rules.)
Avium Access Pendant - Faculty level. Once per LR this item will grant the wearer who knows the password teleportation to the Aviumâs Experimental Teleportation Circle. In addition, all wearers have full access to the Library, may audit classes, and may formally enroll if they wish.
Pages containing the spell: Grasp of Shadows. By spending at least a minute reciting a ritual listed in this book, you can summon forth 1d4 + 2 shadows. These creatures are loyal to you and can understand any instructions you give them. They will carry out these instructions to the best of their ability. This property can only be used once per week.
2 Potions of fire resistance (copies to all players)
1 Ring of spell storing (will not copy), Preloaded with the spell Stellar Bodies, 5th level by Dean
1 Bag of Holding.
1,200 GP per adventurer
(reference to my previous note, the 500 Giftcard from the Council would still be valid. Shops are available in the Avium. Should items from the shop in Alderheart be desired I am sure a few days downtime would allow for a shipment to be brought in to fufill that order)
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