Session IV: Traversing the Region Report

After watching the performance, the party saw the crowd dispersing, and some of you noticed Hons was heading toward northwest, which inspired Brea to track him with with her spectral Raven, and discovered he was heading toward the Healer. Others noticed how the crowd leaving were murmering about the current towns leadership. Vaida also noticed that Lysander, the bard who gave the performance was leading a small group down a alley beyond the Tavern.
  As the performance went along, almost everyone in the crowd became enchanted by his performance, and the party were no different. Each of them believe that may of been the best performance of all time, and cannot wait to see another, and would take any decent excuse to remain just another day, and see his next performance. Everyone but Brea also now has a sneaking suspicion against the Prevost and the Countess. Believing that they may be corrupt or at the very least untrustworthy. Stygg now feels that something should honestly be done about the corruption, and that people shouldn't adhere to a Countess, or any unelected Mayor... that this corruption should be rooted out. The sun has set, and you are all standing near the make shift stage in the town square, and you realize, in the distraction of the day none of you have eaten, besides Stygg, who had a not so good berry.
  The party decided to head toward to the tavern. As the party approach the bar, Drinn hears in here head a voice "Goodness Gracious Gods be praised, I had heard a Rumour…, never mind it’s clearly true your here!” And after not hearing a response "I’m terribly sorry, I can see I’m the first of our kind you’ve met. Allow me to introduce myself!” And Jeet, the Verdan Bartender aproached the party, and offered to Drinn to teach her about using her telepathy. While Drinn was hesitant, she agreed, and Jeet left Fontos the Satyr in charge of the bar.
  The group split up in the bar, Taysia approached the Satyr taking over the bar for Jeet, especially after hearing Jeet instruct the Satyr to give them what every they need free of charge. Stygg ordered some food, and began to eat, and Vaida went to speak with some Gnomes she spotted in the bar.
  Taysia discovered that Fontos the Satyr was terrified of the outside world, having not left the tavern in years. He admits that he was travelling through the Wilds near the mountain when he found himself fleeing a dragon, and this occured repeatively, where he would find himself again among the mountains, and fleeing for his life from a dragon. He admitted that he eventually found himself in a building, and a large hulking being barily visable from the shadows took pity on him, and gave him leave to escape, he ran, and managed to make it to town, and arrived at the bar, and had not left since.
  Vaida's converseation with the Gnomes was mostly about how great the performance was, and a disatisfaction with the current leadership of Springoa Crossroads.
  Drinn's Conversation was quiet enlightening for her on some of the questions she had. It turns out Jeet had traveled to this world from the Feywild, and there he had met a older Verdan, who was dying. The two shared a deep telepathic communication that allowed Jeet to learn much about this man's life. He had believed the answer to the source of the Verdan would be located in the mythical Great World Tree, from which all World tree's are believed to stem from in the Astral Plane.
  Brea was approached by Cardwell, who attempted to bribe the group with additional funding, and a promise of excessive payment for a more rapid response. Vaida joined that conversation, leaving the gnomes to continue their own conversation. She attempted to advocate for Cardwell, and getting the extra pay, though the rest of the group was still very conserned with Styggs nightmare, and wished to pursue his goals.
  Drinn made her way back to the group as they were wrapping up, and began eating as well. With great luck, the Juggler from earlier that day recognized Stygg from the Circus. The two shared in a conversation that reminded Stygg that Sorrela was actually located in a small fishing and Farming town slightly to the south, Mapleton.Only a few hours travel. The group decided to take backroads, and cut across farmlands and open planes to arrive as quickly as possible to the town.
  On the way, they ran into Hons, wearing and wielding his new weapons, he was searching for the room Stygg had mentioned. He came along with them for the time being. They arrived late, past midnight, though the Tavern and Inn owned by Sorrela's Parents was still open, and Sorrela's mother was working the night shift this night. Stygg and her caught up and the party learned that Sorrela had moved to Zoni with her husband. They stayed the night free of charge in the Inn.
  They awoke late in the morning and took off for Springoa Crossroads. The met with Cardwell in the town square, and after scanning the contract for any clear indication of something they would not want to agree to. They determined that while it appeared to mention the Infernal courts, that as it did not sign their souls over in possession or anything, they could sign it, and did so, including Hons. The terms on the contract were altered to two weeks, to accomadate Styggs reluctance to sign the document.
  Taysia slept in the two person carrage, and the group left town, traveling down the road. As the sun began to set, they reached the first river. Hons and Cardwell slept in the small carrage, and the rest set up a camp. Taysia Climbed a Tree and kept a watch. Which is how she spotted a group of Kobolds in the woods. To distract them, she cast an illusion of a camp fire a short ways away from there camp, while she awoken everyone.
  The group, recognizing the Kobolds for what they were, made a quick plan, first Vaida cast sleep on the group of five Kobolds, managing to catch 4 of them into a deep magical sleep. Stygg stepped out, as Brea cast Fairy Fire on them, illuminating the Kobold. Drinn, hid, and readied a arrow to attack should the plan go badly.
  Vaida let loose a Visious mockery, hoping to terrify the creature into fleeing, and the psycic damage nearly killed the creature, who fled at its first opportunity.
  The party had handled this well, and had just finished restraining the Kobolds to a tree, when another group, this time 3 new Kobolds, and the one who was glowing were returning, hoping to retrieve their sleeping comrades, but the party repeated the same trick. The Single Kobold escaped once again, and the party restrained the Kobolds to the same tree, and were just finishing the knot when they heard another group of Kobolds returning.