The Wood Rots (Session 1)

Expedition

The rotting of the wood leads to much damage and further investigation into the strange clocktower of Glimmervale.

Unsure of the power of the clocktower the Heroes of Glimmervale decide to flick the lever with it the ticking of the clock begins. In fear of what that means and more urgent issues to explore the heroes decide to disable the clocktower once more by reactivating the lever. They decend from the tower and informed the other inhabitants of Glimmervale of what they discovered.
Copper Guardian Scar requests that he and the other heroes check in with the Woodsmen regarding his strange phrase repetition, "The Wood Rots!". Nirx known for his skills with smithery and often the repairman of Glimmervale sees no issues with his mechanics so they go into the forest to investigate the issues following the Woodsmen.
As they are exploring the surrounding forest they discover a large fallen figure a treant by the name of Oakentwig. However, he appears to be dying a darkness spreads over his body decaying the wood that makes him up. He tells them of a darkness that rots the forest a vile creature from beyond the vale, the Life Plague.
The party releasing the risk that this creature poses on their town heads deeper into the forest to rid the forest of this creature along with the aid of the Woodsmen.
The Life Plague attacked the party heavily injuring Copper Guardian Scar by denting his head before running deeper into the forest. The heroes spread out with torchs forcing the creature to Old Glimmervale.
Here they run the creature to the edge of the dock that hangs off the edge of the floating island startling the monster that resides here, Carrion Crawler. Here the party engages and defeats both the Life Plague and Carrion Crawler but not without being heavily damaged. With the ingury of Gael Morgana and the death of Francis. However, a strange magic surrounds the puddle that was once Francis and he crawls out of it returned to life but with the lost of his left hand.
With the intense fighting and need for recovery the party spends the next week resting and researching the strange mechanics of the clocktower.
The research seems to lead to an understanding that this tower is from a different plane of existance beyond the Material Plane. The party also speaks more with Oakentwig who seem to be recovering now that the rot has been purged. Gael Morgana, Francis, and Copper Guardian Scar spend time resting and being repaired, Francis finding an old prosthetic hand in Tanya's store.
A small group heads to Old Glimmervale to rid the docks of the remaining eggs of the Carrion Crawler.