Ispara: Session 19 Notes

The road to Pendelhaven

Continue on, rest for the night, no events
Find an elk beaten to death, Wufgar eats it
Some people on the road: OWC soldiers, look beat up as fuck, 1000 mile stares, their fallen comrades are piles of dust
Party encounters some Eldrazi on road, bigger, crazier, party kills these evil creatures
Strange puzzle box in cart, Tadhg starts to play with one and the party ends up in a cell in another dimension

Volun, deceptive devil trapped in other dimension, tries to convince party to let him out, but Tadhg solves the puzzle and the party escapes back to material plane

Party enters temple, strange, many of its symbols & banners are missing / thrown off Into the fields, Monks live here, maybe 20-50 at most
Monks speak of the night mother (Shar), they seem to have forgoten Vivictus entirely
Torrin recognizes his old friends / acolytes of Vivictus; including Devin Scarborough, Pwent Stonehand
Clerics of Vivictus were told to go needle spine pass, and they would find their answers, that’s where we are heading, note that other Monks have never returned from there
Monks say porcelain mask woman telling them to join brothers & sisters as the convergence draws near, Cave entrance at the needle spine pass the leads somewhere important
Dream voice: “bow in her presence, darkness is our ally, have faith in darkness & let it guide you forward”
Torrin has another dream: vivictus famished, needs more death, eldrazi…this is kinda fucked up
Devlin, the tiefling found dead in morning, same type of bludgeoning as the buck that we found on the side of the road earlier
Monks believe it may have been the party as were were the only guests on the site at the time
Pwent knows it wasn’t us, shows us out quick, gives us horses / provisions
Note: mountain pass is dangerous, red dragons, harpies, giants, & probably other things that will kill us

Party heads to the pass, giants throw rocks / boulders, I think one hits one of the dudes, but they party continues on without fighting the giants, seems like they are just protecting their territory
Party is attacked by some young red dragons, party defeats them

Shar claims we should not go to Pendelhaven, but we would be better served by going to the places where our family’s are
Shar describes a few of the places we should go; one of these places is a cave along the mountain pass where she claims Thorian’s family is, of course Thorian wants to go there
Shar snaps her fingers to make a delicious breakfast appear for us, but Vasher throws it off the side of the cliff
Party basically tells Shar to go fuck herself

The pass is treacherous with many small stone bridges and clouds below
Flying ship surrounded by wayverns, being attacked
Party will try to help the flying ships crew fight off attack
Adult Red dragon shows up, things get Nutz.
Party defeats the dragon, and Torrin skins the dragon, gets some gold / jewels that were carved into it’s hide
During the fight, only Tadhg sees a cave entrance that fits Shar’s description

Captain Vospidr Vaporson. (what? did I get that name correct?) Tall elf long blonde hair.
Fog of war has made these notes very sloppy, Tadhg did get knocked out during this battle

After speaking with Vasher, Tadhg decides to tell rest of party about the cave even though he’s pretty sure it is a trap
Cave in side of mountain, Indiana jones style trap
Dead bodies of Vivictus Monks that Torrin talks to: “Night mother beckoned, 7 of them, no Goliaths traveled with them, Goran Veshtal was the leader of their party”

Party continues on into another puzzle: illusions of different groups of people offering things / asking questions / needing help, never ending loop

Party walks out into a large underground cavern holding a giant ziggurat! Not again! But yes, again.