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wynnHollow's Last Hope
Canada
Logan (mission leader), Abigail, Nels, Miles, Grimrot | March 2015
The Knights were briefed about a mysterious disease plaguing the small town of Falcon's Hollow, in Canada, called blackscour taint. The disease seemed strangely resistant to clerics (who were few in the area in the first place), but a local herbalist had come up with a cure.She needed assistance gathering the supplies from a dangerous part of the woods that had fallen through from the Shadow World.
Arriving in Falcon's Hollow, they talked to a local cleric, who told them that there was line of people outside of the herbalist's shop, so it should be easy to find. She also told them that the locals tended not to trust clerics around here because of the dangers presented in the nearby region transported from the Shadow World, which she called Darkmoon Vale. They found the shop, Roots and Remedies, and they skipped the line, heading inside to meet Laurel, the herbalist. She described the disease to them, and the cure she had gotten from a book of her grandmother's, which required three ingredients: elderwood moss that would gross on the oldest tree in the Vale, rat's tail, and seven ironbloom mushrooms. She suggested they look for those in the woods where there were rumors of dwarven ruins, and for the rat's tail at the home of a local witch, Ulizmila.
They headed out to the woods, passing through a lumber camp, where they talked to some people and got a map of the woods with directions to some of the locations they were seeking. They were also warned about copious monsters in the forest.
They went into the woods anyway, where Abigail fell into a hunter's pit trap, dislocating her shoulder. Miles and Logan rescued her, and they found a little fox caught in a hunter's trap as well, which Miles rescued. They were attacked by Grung, a hobgoblin, who had been using the fox as bait and everyone talked Logan out of killing him. Grung told them that the dwarves who used to live in the woods were evil and he marked the spot of the ruins on their map. They let him run off and went to find the oldest tree. It was a titanic darkwood, which Logan started climbing, before he found dead bodies hanging in it. He was attacked by a reptilian creature, and Nels threw a blade that sliced it right in the throat. Logan cut the packs free from the bodies, where they found some gear, and then collected the moss and climbed back down.
Their next stop was the witch's glade, where they found a creepy, ugly cottage that seemed abandoned. They started searching the hut, when the cauldron abruptly came to life and attacked them. They destroyed it and Abigail found a magic shrunken head called a soulspeaker, as Nels came up with the rat's tail.
They headed on, past giant mosquitoes, and found the ruined monastery. They discovered a partially dismembered body in the yard, and found a mushroom. Heading inside, they found the mummified remains of a dwarf blacksmith clutching a note asking the dark father of the forge to forgive him. They were attacked by darkmantles, that they easily dispatched. They figured out that the place had once had a shrine to Moradin, the dwaven All-Father, but it had been defaced. In a study, they fought some wolves and then came across a giant talking wolf, named Greypelt, who asked them to destroy the monsters that had taken root in his home, in exchange for his mushrooms. Abigail had a bad feeling about the deal, and Grimrot recognized the creature as a worg. They killed it instead and collected the needed mushrooms.
As they were leaving, they were attacked by even more wolves in the courtyard. They were heavily injured from the fight so they decided to rest in the witch's hut on the way back. The next morning, they returned to Falcon's Hollow to bring the ingredients to Laurel. The cure worked, saving the townspeople, and reaping a big reward to send back with the Knights.
Canada
Logan (mission leader), Abigail, Nels, Miles, Grimrot | March 2015
The Knights were briefed about a mysterious disease plaguing the small town of Falcon's Hollow, in Canada, called blackscour taint. The disease seemed strangely resistant to clerics (who were few in the area in the first place), but a local herbalist had come up with a cure.She needed assistance gathering the supplies from a dangerous part of the woods that had fallen through from the Shadow World.
Arriving in Falcon's Hollow, they talked to a local cleric, who told them that there was line of people outside of the herbalist's shop, so it should be easy to find. She also told them that the locals tended not to trust clerics around here because of the dangers presented in the nearby region transported from the Shadow World, which she called Darkmoon Vale. They found the shop, Roots and Remedies, and they skipped the line, heading inside to meet Laurel, the herbalist. She described the disease to them, and the cure she had gotten from a book of her grandmother's, which required three ingredients: elderwood moss that would gross on the oldest tree in the Vale, rat's tail, and seven ironbloom mushrooms. She suggested they look for those in the woods where there were rumors of dwarven ruins, and for the rat's tail at the home of a local witch, Ulizmila.
They headed out to the woods, passing through a lumber camp, where they talked to some people and got a map of the woods with directions to some of the locations they were seeking. They were also warned about copious monsters in the forest.
They went into the woods anyway, where Abigail fell into a hunter's pit trap, dislocating her shoulder. Miles and Logan rescued her, and they found a little fox caught in a hunter's trap as well, which Miles rescued. They were attacked by Grung, a hobgoblin, who had been using the fox as bait and everyone talked Logan out of killing him. Grung told them that the dwarves who used to live in the woods were evil and he marked the spot of the ruins on their map. They let him run off and went to find the oldest tree. It was a titanic darkwood, which Logan started climbing, before he found dead bodies hanging in it. He was attacked by a reptilian creature, and Nels threw a blade that sliced it right in the throat. Logan cut the packs free from the bodies, where they found some gear, and then collected the moss and climbed back down.
Their next stop was the witch's glade, where they found a creepy, ugly cottage that seemed abandoned. They started searching the hut, when the cauldron abruptly came to life and attacked them. They destroyed it and Abigail found a magic shrunken head called a soulspeaker, as Nels came up with the rat's tail.
They headed on, past giant mosquitoes, and found the ruined monastery. They discovered a partially dismembered body in the yard, and found a mushroom. Heading inside, they found the mummified remains of a dwarf blacksmith clutching a note asking the dark father of the forge to forgive him. They were attacked by darkmantles, that they easily dispatched. They figured out that the place had once had a shrine to Moradin, the dwaven All-Father, but it had been defaced. In a study, they fought some wolves and then came across a giant talking wolf, named Greypelt, who asked them to destroy the monsters that had taken root in his home, in exchange for his mushrooms. Abigail had a bad feeling about the deal, and Grimrot recognized the creature as a worg. They killed it instead and collected the needed mushrooms.
As they were leaving, they were attacked by even more wolves in the courtyard. They were heavily injured from the fight so they decided to rest in the witch's hut on the way back. The next morning, they returned to Falcon's Hollow to bring the ingredients to Laurel. The cure worked, saving the townspeople, and reaping a big reward to send back with the Knights.