Session 2: Abandoned Library of Froll Report

General Summary

After talking to the monks of Froll, the party set out to clear the library for them. Before leaving, Bill is approached by Nerri and she asks if she can join as back up for the party, Bill initially denies her help but the next day changes his mind. Nerri and Bill are now both close and she will help him and join the party as needed. However, the next morning Bill finds that his axe is slightly lighter, however he does not discover why initially. At the same time Jesus helps a young elven woman (Ilona) as she is chased by some unknown creatures into the city. Ilona and Jesus become companions and he guards her for the rest of the night.   During the night prior to the library attack, Moses begins to have visions of multiple sorts. Firstly, he loses some sanity after entering a vision where the harpy that nearly killed him in session 1 begins to attack him. He is helped by a young woman who wears an augmented version of the symbol of Ethos, Moses' god. She tells him that she needs his help and that she is stuck inside the library and that he is reaching out to her mentally but she does not have much time left. Additionally, Ethos reaches out saying that it is becoming harder for her to establish a mental link for communication but that she will be able to offer him some power still (channel divinity, spells, etc.).   The party scopes out the library and sees a pair of lizardfolk guarding the doors in but cannot see inside due to the boarded up windows. As the party got further into the library, Moses began to feel shooting pains for some unkown reason. The party took care of the lizardfolk and eventually found a spined devil, which put up a good fight even knocking Moses prone. Moses was brought up to 1HP as his god's final attempt to help him, however this meant that the connection allowing him to communicate was closed. The party an additional infernal contract, however there was no further leads into who these deals were with or what settlement they may attack next. After returning to the monks with news that they had taken care of the library, Bill was gifted a Ring of Protection. Additionally, Moses found the girl trapped under ruins and she introduced herself as Lyra.   After this the party decided to take a week of downtime. In this downtime, the following threads happened: -Nerri and Bill: Nerri told Bill that she was looking for the axe because inside the axe she had stashed scrolls which were related to the mystery behind the infernal contracts. She also told him that she needed to tie up and loose end in an abandoned village named Lowry and that afterwards she would have to send word to Stratum of her findings. They easily found the object and saw that a few bugbear had conquered the village. -Moses and Jesus: Moses and Jesus set out to the Great Tree out of curiousity of what it was. They found that it was a colony of Thri-Keen protected by a female firbolg druid who they did not get the name of. The druid talked to them and gave them a couple supplies and then went on their way. -Belavor: Belavor spent the week helping fend off an attack on his tribe which had began to reestablish themselves in a new section of the forest. He was rewarded gold for his efforts and the threat was taken care of.   After downtime, the adventurers decided that they were in need of a new home base. They decided they would go back to the abandoned village of Lowry and settle it for themselves. They killed the bugbear who patroled the village daily and advanced to level 3. They spent an additional three weeks establishing three buildings (blacksmith, temple, and tavern) for when they decided to begin recruiting citizens.