Legends of Sha'oghal S1E10 Friends & Foes

The Legends, in the middle of a fight with a necromancer, start to lose hope as potential allies arrive. Hopefully, they can work together and can enter the mountain pass on their way to complete their quest!

Player Characters Present
Mata, Daffodil, Jynx, Friz, Rex

Synopsis
The legends, in the middle of a fight with a Necromancer notice a few individuals running full speed towards them on horseback. Rex continues to read his book while the rest of the party fight. Jynx unfortunately gets banished while the littles huddle together and O.S.C.A.R. gets into melee. Rex eventually gathers that the approaching figures are in fact the Crwydryn (Ker-wee-dryn), a group of travelers known to worship The Traveler. Once the Crwydryn are there they quickly take action. The woman ran straight up to the Necromancer and attacked with O.S.C.A.R. and the man healed the littles.

Mata runs up to join a fellow rogue while Jynx comes back from being banished. The Necromancer dimension doors away from the group surrounding him where he quickly gets fireballed causing steam to consume the area, making it difficult to see. Mata runs up, along with O.S.C.A.R. and Jynx. The Necromancer then teleports away, leaving most of the group frustrated and Friz ready to head into the cave.

The Crwydryn introduce themselves, Reveka & Dragos, a rogue and cleric of the Traveler. Reveka scolds Rex a bit for not helping his friends in combat but invite the group to feast with them for the night. Friz marches into the cave alone insisting they take the tour. A few Crwydryn follow and try to keep Friz from moving forward. Eventually Mata, Daffodil and Rex find Friz and Rex tells Friz what he has heard so many times. “Take a moment and think about it, sleep on it and we will go in tomorrow”. Friz, not happy with this but accepting it marched away in a grumble to sleep on his own.

Jynx feeling at home with Reveka and Dragos since they are from her hometown helps them set up camp and cook the amazing Zlasko Cod for all to enjoy. Upset that Friz was not partaking in the festivities went to find him and drag him back to try the fish. Rex went to speak with Dragos about the Traveler and learned that he was in fact not being whispered to by the Traveler, but in fact Vecna, who although not a god, a very powerful Lich who has their sights set on deification. With all of this information, feeling like he is putting others he cares for in harm's way starts to walk out of camp. Jynx notices and quickly followers, throwing rocks at him to get his attention. They stop and speak for a moment, Rex’s back still to Jynx they both see a shadowed cloaked figure materialize beyond the light of Rex’s book.

The Traveler steps forward, only revealing a green cloak with gold trim. He speaks to Rex confirming that it wasn’t him, but that they could travel together to help free him from the darkness of Vecna. At this time both Rex and Jynx hear whispers getting louder and louder. Rex goes down from the pain and the Traveler's cloak turns into a doorway. Jynx quickly drags Rex’s body through the door, healing him to 1 hp. The Traveler kneels besides Rex although unable to see it he can feel the hand on his chest. The Traveler asks Rex if he accepts the invitation to Travel with him. Rex does.

Back at the camp O.S.C.A.R. stands by while the children decorate him with ribbons. Daffodil ‘helps’ inspect and repair him before performing for the camp. Everyone enjoys the entertainment and the food before a night of well needed rest. The next morning Friz quickly gets up along with everyone else and heads into the cave. Rex, with a lower voice and a boost of confidence takes the lead and helps pop off wood planks so they can pass into the boarded up portion. Going deeper into the cave the atmosphere changes to a moist dank cave rather than the more dry cave towards the beginning. Rex and Daffodil notice whispers coming from deeper in the cave. Moving forward they start to notice hands affixed to the topes of stalagmites and eyes on the tips of stalactites. Upon further investigation it becomes obvious these are gnomish and dwarvish hands. Friz and Mata have a moment of mourning, Friz screaming out that those who did this must pay. Daffodil tries to bury some of the hands before Jynx scoops her up to just not bother, there are hundreds.

Rex, Jynx, and Shania sneak forward to see what the whispering is. What they find will surely haunt them forever. An opening in the cave holds a natural column. Hundreds of hands and eyes are affixed to this column in a twisted effigy. Surrounding the column are hundreds of pale figures staring at the column whispering. Daffodil lets Mata and Friz know what's happening via Shania. They decide to move forward and join their friends. As the Legends reunite, looking upon this horror, every figure's gaze turns towards them.