Session 25

Leaving New Haven (August 2, 2019)

Balor shared the news that his father was sick in Anchorage, and Ignatius convinced Lady Yen to delay returning to the Ebon Hawk for three days in the hopes that they could use this time to find a teleportation circle to Anchorage. With Farnsworth’s help, Tryx and Rurik were able to find a book that described a teleportation circle to a small temple to Arromar, two days outside of Naldum. The party ran some final errands around the city including: sending a letter home to Anchorage, giving the bank heist plans to Henrietta in hopes of implicating Thorn, picking up their clothing order from Norris, visiting Ainsley in the Hall of Respite and ordering 3 years’ worth of flowers to be laid at her statue, and following cannon tracks to the docks. Altair properly identified the Tiny Turtle as the ship from Black Agatha’s cauldron, and the party met its Captain, Cuttlescar. The party decided against using the teleportation circle and instead paid Cuttlescar 200 gold to take them to Anchorage.

Ignatius discovered that he was unable to take off his troll-scale ring, but that some clerics could for a fee. And over the next week the ring regrew Ignatius’s hand!

When the party went to say goodbye to Farnsworth and Lady Yen they found that Penelope had been cursed by Black Agatha and finally succumbed to the her nightmares by transforming into an ice hag. Despite Tryx’s best efforts the party was unable to track Penelope, and they parted ways with Farnsworth, and Lady Yen returned to the Ebon Hawk. The party planned to meet the Ebon Hawk in Thor in 22 weeks for the final push to the Infinite Isle.

The party arrived back in Anchorage in the middle of the night, and headed to Balor’s family’s castle. Along the way they saw no signs of the Ashlander incursion that Balor had been warned about; however, they ran into some guards who insisted on escorting them. Ignatius recognized one of the guards who tried to signal to him, and Rurik and Tryx questioned the motivations of the other guards. Combat broke out and the party defeated several waves of guards before the draw bridge was lifted, leaving them outside the castle just as Jameson arrived riding a clay golem.