Session 19

Black Agatha (January 11th, 2019)

During their night in the meadow each member of the party experienced a vivid nightmare, and awoke disturbed by their respective dreams. Tryx noticed that the purple flower had released spores into the meadow. Ignatius cut a petal from the flower and experienced a psychic attack in response.

Tryx made a tea from Zingle root to dull his senses. Later in the day the party came upon a northern village of wood elves who had captured Brother Emmitt from the Bay of Marauders. The party avoided the village and continued north, before eventually coming upon one of the village's hunting parties. The PCs captured a wood elf called Fayal, and questioned him about the idol’s location. They also learned that the northern elves sacrifice their people to Black Agatha in exchange for the food and strength to survive on the island.

While the party rested for the evening, Ignatius and Tryx had a heated conversation. Tryx summoned a bear that mauled Ignatius, and Ignatius had to be revived by Altair. During the final watch of the night Ignatius took the map and headed to Black Agatha alone.

Outside a desecrated temple to Sarenrae,  Ignatius confronted an old woman at a cauldron who said she had been watching his progress in her brew. Ignatius told her stories of his travels before eventually being subdued by her frightful true form. When the rest of the party arrived, they disposed of Fayal, and defeated the old woman, Rotten Ethel. When Black Agatha revealed herself, she proposed releasing Farnsworth’s granddaughter and letting the party search for the idol if they left the island; however, Ignatius countered that she would free the elves as well. Black Agatha refused, and the party eventually defeated her and the troll Gumguk.

The party freed the unintelligible Penelope Farnsworth and found a luggage box with an emblem of two linked silver rings. Tryx recognized this as his family crest, the symbol of Berronar Truesilver; meanwhile, Balor recognized it as the crest of Remington Farnsworth from New Haven Harbour. The party replaced the damaged boar statue, which pointed to the next idol off a cliff and into the ocean. The party also examined the hags’ cauldron and realized it can be used to locate people and objects.