Session #1: New Friends and a Wedding  1/25/21

Day 1, Duvin 37: After a few days travel, I finally arrived at Vorin only to be stopped by guards at the gate because of a special event in the city, the Wedding of Lord Vos-trin to Giamel, Princess of Loria.   I handed them my invitation and they let me inside.  I had no idea why I was invited, but I saw this as an opportunity to meet new people and learn new things.

The streets were lined with more vendors than usual and I spotted an attractive half elven lady in a fancy dress (Elairiel) looking over their wares.  She also had a fancy longbow on her back. Seeing no reason to disturb her, I continued on my way.

I went straight to I Live to Zerv, the nicest inn in town, to get a meal and a room to stow my gear.  I wasn’t going to attend the wedding tomorrow in my travel gear.  I ordered some food and took note of slovenly, pudgy human at the bar with a very odd voice and very little manners or knowledge of life in the city (a shape-shifted Morchid). 

As I was finishing my meal, the door opened and a small dark figure entered and darted into the shadows (Squish).  Not someone I’d ever seen before, the Kenku slipped into the area behind the bar and stole some cheese.  I got my room key and headed upstairs after giving Zerv a 3-gold tip to cover the stolen food.

While going through my nightly routine, the kenku slipped into my room. Without a word, they curled up on the foot of the bed, and I decided not to protest.  I am going to finish this entry and go to sleep. 

Day 2, Duvin 38: The next morning, after a short chat, Squish and I went downstairs after hearing a commotion.  In the hall, we officially met Elairiel, the very same woman I had seen when I first entered the city.  Her dress was fancier and she still carried her equally fancy bow.  Seems she also had a room at the inn.

Chaos was brewing between Zerv and a massive firbolg over some stolen cheese (which we quickly learned that Morchid is allergic to).  After I managed to calm things down, I officially introduced myself to the others.  At one point, Morchid showed us some strange mushrooms that had grown on his arm, and he took me outside to show me what they could do.  One massive explosion later, he got carted off by the guards while I cleaned up the damage.  After that, I went back inside to speak with the others until Morchid returned.  Zerv was still rather annoyed and told us that breakfast service was canceled.

Though it was still pretty early, we headed off to the wedding.  We stopped at another somewhat forgettable tavern to get some food and get to know each other.  Due to the slow (and surly) service, we barely made it to the wedding on time.  Attendees included the Royals of all three countries along with some other random-looking strangers.

As the vows were completed, a human in plain clothes stepped up with a bow to attack the princess.  We all jumped into motion to take the assailant down, along with an odd clerical-type person named Berry.  As the human fell to Squish’s blade, a second attacker joined the battle, a Yuan Ti woman who proved to be extremely hard to kill.  During the attack, the distinguished guests were rushed away, but the princess was struck down, a poisoned arrow in her neck.  Once the attackers were dispatched, we rushed to the princess, but healing wouldn’t do anything. She had died. 

Vos’trin called for someone to retrieve the Durrells.  Squish and I rushed to the monastery to find the strange and powerful clerics.  They revived the princess while we examined the bodies.  On the Yuan-ti, I found a magic ring (Extreme Endurance), two daggers, a bow and a Scroll of Banishment.  Squish looted the farmer who had a magic ring as well.  (Resistance-Force) The ring from the snake-woman was cursed and the Durrells took it and stowed it away with a number of other objects, all presumably cursed as well. 

We asked Vos-trin why we were all here, especially a common farmer and the snake bitch (as Morchid seemed to enjoy calling her.)  We had already learned that Elariel was related to the Princess, a cousin or something, but the rest of us had no connection to anyone in the wedding.  He said that he was looking for people in the region who were known to possess items of magical power, which I found to be very odd for sure, but then, I’m not a Royal.  With the Princess alive once again, Vos-trin dismissed us. 

Back at the Inn, Morchid and the innkeep got into another argument about food, but we did get a decent meal.  Afterward, we went back out to the festival to watch the fireworks and we were joined by Berry, the odd cleric from the wedding.  After a time, we heard screaming in the distance.  We rushed off to see what was happening and we discovered a much larger and more snake-like Yuan-ti who had been attacking folks and poisoning them.  We dispatched the creature and Berry set to work, healing the injured carnival-goers.

Back at the Tavern, after yet another argument with Zerv, Morchid decided to sleep outside.  Squish wanted to watch over him so I currently have the room to myself.  I’m going to take some time before I sleep to work on my equipment.  I’ve got particular plans for my armor and my satchel.

Day 3, Duvin 39: In the morning, the others were all gone when I went downstairs, this time with all of my belongings including my crossbow, my newly enhanced armor and a new bag of holding.

As I was speaking with Zerv, the others returned including Morchid who was in the form of a large cat-like creature.  Zerv refused to let the beast inside and cast a Wall of Force over the door to prevent entry and another argument began.  Eventually everyone calmed down and I went outside to talk with them.   As we discussed what do next, a servant of the Queen of Loria showed up and told us that she wanted to speak with us at the Town Hall.  I hoped it was for a reward and not some form of conscription.